Detective in the Red Chamber

"Do you have a close personal relationship with him?"

"good."

Sun Shaozong pointed back and said, "During my investigation just now, I found that the deceased had indeed used the toilet, which means that the murderer could not have broken in and killed him before he locked the toilet door."

"And he was killed while sitting in the corner. If he was suddenly attacked when he opened the door after going to the toilet, it is unlikely that this situation will happen—especially since there are not many signs of struggle around."

"So I deduce that probably when he finished using the toilet, or was about to finish, the murderer called open the toilet door, killed him and walked away."

"But the latrine is an extremely private place. If it is not someone who has an intimate relationship with the deceased, or someone who has made an appointment with him in advance, it may be difficult to knock on the door."

"This……"

Su Xingfang felt reasonable when he heard it, but on the surface it was even more difficult, and he hesitated for a long time before saying, "According to the investigation of the subordinate officials, the closest person to Zhu Er in the Royal Opera Troupe is the troupe leader Jiang Yuhan—this Zhu Er He is the son of Jiang Yuhan's mentor, so he has been under his protection."

This is not beyond Sun Shaozong's expectations. A person with an unpleasant personality can not only gain a foothold in the palace troupe, but even get a quite important role. How can there be no support behind him?

but……

Sun Shaozong shook his head, and said decisively, "The murderer should not be Jiang Yuhan. His every move in Wangjiang Tower has attracted much attention. It is unreasonable to choose this time to strike."

Moreover, with Jiang Yuhan's status in the troupe of the palace, Zhu Er can be killed without anyone noticing, there is no need to make such a big commotion.

Of course, it is inconvenient to tell Su Xingfang clearly about the latter one.

Su Xingfang is obviously also a fan of Jiang Yuhan's drama. Hearing what Sun Shaozong said, he was relieved first, and said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I don't think it's Jiang Yuhan's team leader either!"

But apart from Jiang Yuhan, Su Xing didn't know who else had a close personal relationship with Zhu Er.

While the two were talking, they arrived at the temporary backstage, and saw two dragon guards patrolling back and forth with their waist knives in their forehand hands. Seeing Sun Shaozong approaching, they just cupped their hands loosely, and began to patrol again.

Su Xingfang explained in a low voice, "When I went to the backstage to inquire about the case just now, I saw many people gathered outside. In order not to interfere with your lord's solution to the case, I asked the guards of the palace to come forward and disperse them first."

The guards of the palace should belong to Nanzhen Fusi, no wonder they didn't show a good face after seeing Sun Shaozong.

"Brother Sun, Lord Su."

At this time, I saw Jiang Yuhan coming out from the inside, and said sullenly, "I don't know if it was the talkative person who broke the news in front of the prince. Now the prince is furious and ordered the troupe to return to the palace immediately and hand it over to Zhou Zhang. Shi is responsible for thoroughly investigating this matter."

tsk~

Sun Shaozong immediately became embarrassed. If he hadn't taken over the case yet, the palace would inquire and deal with it in private, but he had already taken over the case. If he sat back and watched the palace deal with it privately, wouldn't it be an excuse to spread the word?

But for the sake of an actor, it's true that he wrestled with King Zhongshun...

In the midst of a dilemma, Sun Shaozong suddenly noticed that there was some displeasure in Jiang Yuhan's brows and eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.

It was said that Zhou Changshi was very popular with loyal and obedient Wang Xin, and he was born as a Jinshi, so there might not be much harmony between him and Jiang Yuhan, the number one personal favorite.

So he deliberately frowned and said, "Brother Jiang, it's fine for the others, but I don't know how the government plans to investigate? Now many people are suspected. If they are tortured one by one, I am afraid that the whole theater troupe will be injured. Your face is afraid of..."

"Brother grandson!"

Jiang Yuhan's complexion changed when he heard the words, and he suddenly bowed and said, "I know you are a god in solving cases, I wonder if you can find out the real culprit of this case for me before noon, so that Jiang can give the prince an explanation?"

"This……"

Now it is less than an hour before noon, even though Sun Shaozong has always been known for solving cases quickly, he did not dare to guarantee it, and only said solemnly, "I can only promise to try my best. As for whether I can find out the truth, I am afraid it depends on God's will." How is it?"

Jiang Yuhan hesitated for a moment, but finally stomped his feet unwillingly, and said, "Forget it, let's bet on God's will!"

As he said that, he pleaded guilty to Sun Shaozong, and asked Sun Shaozong and Su Xingfang to wait outside for a while, then hurried into the room again.

Not long after, I heard Jiang Yuhan yelling in a shrill voice inside, "At that time, Jiang will plead guilty to the prince by himself, but it will not be the turn of that surnamed Zhou to punish me!"

Immediately afterwards, two men in green clothes and caps came out of the backstage in a state of embarrassment. When they got outside, they slowed down a bit, then lifted their chests and bridges of nose up again, and went away triumphantly.

Only then did Jiang Yuhan come out again and invite the two of them in.

Sun Shaozong also knew that this matter could not be delayed, so as he walked in, he roughly informed Jiang Yuhan of the "acquaintance committing the crime" and asked him if he knew who in the troupe had a close personal relationship with Zhu Er.

"This……"

Jiang Yuhan slowed down, and said with some embarrassment, "To tell you the truth, this Zhu Er can be regarded as the eyeliner I set up in the troupe. He often reports other people's affairs to me on weekdays, but rarely mentions himself, so I don't know. Who does he have a close personal relationship with?"

This is a typical dark under the lights.

While talking, the three of them had already entered inside, but they saw more than thirty men and women, all wearing moon-white underwear, standing in one place anxiously.

Jiang Yuhan explained again, "I just saw what brother Sun meant, and it seemed that there was some clue related to the underwear, so I asked them to take off the costumes and coats, so that you can check them."

Because it is a scorching summer, the moon-white inner lining is made of silk, and the hoops are extremely thin, so it's fine for male actors, but those female actors, whose curves are exposed, don't dare to raise their hands to block the spring. , which shows that Jiang Yuhan's daily law is strict.

In fact, these days, folk actors are all played by men, and domestic troupes are dominated by women—and only those who are 'informal' and reckless like King Zhongshun choose to mix men and women.

Sun Shaozong roughly scanned these people, but suddenly frowned and said, "Liu Xiandi, what are you doing in there?"

But it turned out that Liu Xianglian was also carelessly lining up among them.

"Brother, did you forget?"

Liu Xianglian said confidently, "I'm also hanging out in the troupe now, so I'm naturally one of the suspects."

When other people encounter this kind of thing, they try their best to push it away, but this guy is good, he is in a hurry to join in the fun!

Sun Shaozong really didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he said solemnly, "Before the show started, whoever went to the latrine, give me a step forward."

As soon as these words came out, nine men, five women and fourteen people stood up in unison.

Chapter 388 The Murder Case of the Royal Opera Troupe [Part [-]]

This number is indeed quite a lot.

Sun Shaozong waited for a while, and seeing that no one came forward, and no one made a report, he asked again, "Then who was the first to discover Zhu Er's body?"

"Return to your lord."

One of the actresses, who had her face covered in oil paint, immediately said, "My family found it, but my family went with Jin Suo at the time. When I opened the door and saw the dead person, she was beside my family!"

A skinny girl on the side nodded hurriedly and said, "That's right, Sister Jinzhu is indeed with me."

Sun Shaozong took advantage of the situation and asked again, "Besides these two women, who else went to the toilet with others?"

"The villain is!"

"Me too!"

"The three of us went together!"

This time, it was three greasy and crooked sissies who stood up in response.

They corroborated each other, saying that they were just urinating, and it was resolved by talking and laughing, and they were inseparable when they came back.

Sun Shaozong asked again, "Then you three, have you ever knocked on the door of the second latrine in Dongshou?"

"Go back to the words of the adults."

One of them was sissy and coyly said, "Since the villains are all urinating, they don't bother to knock on the door one by one. After trying the first toilet in Xishou, it was empty, so they all settled in there together."

oh~

It wasn't a big deal at first, but when these three sissies said it, it made people get goosebumps all over their bodies.

However, in this way, five people were temporarily excluded, leaving six men and three women—of course, the premise was that the other people did not hide their use of the toilet.

Sun Shaozong asked Jiang Yuhan again, "Brother Jiang, I want to call a few servant girls and check carefully to see if there are any scratches on their bodies, I don't know..."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, more than half of the six men and three women became flustered.

"My lord, the scars on my body are scratched by myself!"

"Yes, my lord, the villain's body is very itchy, I can't do it without scratching!"

"My lord, it's such a horrible weather. After walking on the stage, I'm covered in prickly heat all over my body!"

There were even those who were afraid of being wronged, so they simply tore off the front of their clothes, revealing the little red bumps on their bodies.

tsk~

This is trouble.

Sun Shaozong originally thought that the scratches would be an extremely powerful evidence, but now it seems that the evidence is a little 'unacceptable'-now the weather is hot, and he wears a thick costume to perform on stage every day, so he has to cover up Is heat rash coming?

"Brother grandson?"

Seeing that something went wrong with Sun Shaozong, Jiang Yuhan couldn't help feeling cold here. He wanted to ask a few questions, but he was too embarrassed to put pressure on Sun Shaozong. It's the main character, so naturally he covers it longer than others.

"Brother Jiang, don't be impatient, I have other clues here."

Sun Shaozong quickly reassured him, and then went forward to chat with those dramas one by one. Most of the chats were about topics such as 'what role to play' and 'when to appear', which seemed to have nothing to do with solving the case at all.

Seeing this, how could Jiang Yuhan not be impatient?

But the more anxious you are, the more things will come to you!

"Where is Team Leader Jiang?!"

When Sun Shaozong interrogated the three women, someone outside the door suddenly yelled with a long voice.

Jiang Yuhan's expression changed when he heard the words, and he walked a few steps to the door. Just as he was about to open the curtain, a thin and tall middle-aged man broke in!

"Zhou Changshi!"

When Jiang Yuhan saw this person, she couldn't help but blurted out and asked, "Why did you come here so soon?"

"Ha ha."

That Zhou Zhang Spi grinned without a smile, and then said sarcastically, "Zhou was thinking about the lord's oral order, and he might not be able to invite the boss Jiang, so he hurried over, who knew that Zhou was right !"

Hearing what he said, Jiang Yuhan didn't dare to push her back like when he scolded the two tyrants just now, and only said with a livid face, "Zhou Zhang Shi Mo wants to spit blood, when have I disobeyed the prince's orders?"

"is it?"

Zhou Changshi's eyes widened pretending to be surprised, and then he said, "It's likely that the two dog slaves misheard, since that's the case—"

As he said that, he suddenly turned his face hard, and shouted loudly, "Didn't you hear that your boss Jiang said that you dare not disobey the lord's oral order?! You shameless and frustrated bastards, how dare you procrastinate here?" Damn, don’t you want me to skin you?!”

After hearing the scolding, all the opera singers hurriedly glanced at Jiang Yuhan's face, seeing that although his face was livid, he didn't make a sound to stop him, so they hurriedly dispersed, packed their bags and prepared to go back home.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Changshi was still dissatisfied, stepped forward and kicked a female actress, and then stepped on the boots on the chest like the tip of a bamboo shoot, while rubbing it, he sneered and said, "The prince's oral order, I want you to go back home immediately, can it be that you cheap brats don’t understand human language?!”

The opera singers threw away the things in their hands in a hurry, and they didn't care about the spring light leaking out of their thin clothes, so they bowed their heads and walked out.

Seeing Zhou Changshi being so domineering and domineering, Jiang Yuhan yelled one after another, trembling all over angrily, but he didn't dare to stop him because of King Zhongshun's oral order.

"Wait a minute!"

At this moment, Sun Shaozong suddenly reached out his hand to block the actors, and said, "The others, Zhou Changshi, can be taken away, but I, Shuntian Mansion, captured the criminal on the spot. I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you to take it back to the palace."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuhan's eyes suddenly brightened. Although he still had to explain this matter to King Zhongshun, as long as he could find out the real culprit in advance, he could prevent the troupe from being severely humiliated by Zhou Changshi!

So he quickly asked, "Brother Sun, have you found out what's going on?!"

Zhou Changshi frowned when he heard the words, and said with a stern face, "Master Sun, brother Ling's errand in the Shenji Battalion, I was the one who helped you to go to the Ministry of War to investigate and cooperate. This matter..."

"I also ask Master Zhou to forgive me."

Sun Shaozong cupped his hands at him, and said calmly, "This is also my responsibility, and I really can't shirk it."

Afterwards, he smiled wryly and spread his hands together, "Besides, today's show is "The Case of Mrs. Sun", if I can't find out the truth, won't it make people laugh when it gets out?"

If it was someone else, even if he gave a reasonable explanation, Zhou Changshi might not give him face.

But these Sun family brothers are also people who are valued by the prince, and unlike Jiang Yuhan, they are involved in the power struggle in the palace, so it is not good for Zhou Changshi to really tear up his face with him.

So after pondering for a moment, Zhou Changshi snorted and said, "In this case, Zhou will give Mrs. Sun a face-if you can identify the murderer face to face, Zhou will also take some blame in front of the prince and hand over the criminal." It will be handled by your Shuntian Prefecture."

After a pause, he sneered again, "If Mr. Sun can't identify the murderer, or if he can't produce enough evidence, Zhou is responsible, and I'm afraid he can only offend him!"

Chapter 389

In fact, if Zhou Changshi relied on the power of the palace to act wantonly and recklessly, Sun Shaozong would really have nothing to do with him.

So hearing his relief, Sun Shaozong also heaved a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Actually, Sun can find out the real culprit, thanks to Mr. Zhou for his help."

"I?"

Zhou Changshi was taken aback by what he said, and said inexplicably, "Zhou has just arrived here, and he has never done anything before, how could he help Mr. Sun?"

"Who said Mr. Zhou didn't do anything?"

Sun Shaozong pointed at his feet solemnly, "Didn't you kick the real murderer to the ground just now?"

"what?!"