Self-help guide for non-professional young masters

When they came back, the troupe had cleaned off the make-up on the face of the deceased. Without the heavy gouache, the facial features of the deceased were easier to identify.

This person was in his early thirties, supposedly past the age at which he would be sought after, but his appearance and figure were indeed somewhat charming, no wonder he would attract dignitaries and dignitaries.

However, in the eyes of Jun Ziyou, the appearance of the deceased was a little familiar, looking at Xiao Beicheng's expression, he was half-believing and skeptical, not daring to jump to conclusions.

At this time, Shen Ci came in bouncingly, squeezed behind the two of them, poked his head out from the gap to take a look, and said without hesitation: "Huh? Isn't this man a master? That one is in the Gusu mansion. The master who tore up his face with Lord Xing Jinbao when he was in Yamen. Although the goatee has been shaved off, I still remember these red phoenix eyes very clearly. My lord, my lord, you will not forget him, right?"

Junzi Youxin said how could he forget, although he really didn't want to think so, but when he was in danger in Gusu, it was probably this person who made a move.

He said to Xiao Beicheng: "My lord, just now the maid said that the deceased's surname was Lin, and his name was Mu Qi, and he joined the theater troupe from Gusu to Kaifeng more than a year ago, the time is right."

"did you mean……"

"I remember that Lei Erbao once confessed that the person who lured the deceased Lei Dabao into tomb robbery and provided him with a channel to sell the stolen goods was a capable man named Lin. If this person is the master of the Gusu government..."

Then everything matched Xiao Beicheng's original guess.

Xiao Beicheng pulled Junziyou around the eyes and ears of the theater troupe, took him aside, and said in a low voice: "When I was in Gusu, this king did suspect that the person who wanted to harm you was around, but because of Senior Mo's suggestion, Don’t dare to act rashly. Thinking about it now, when you came back to Gusu just because of the Oiran case, it’s not surprising that someone wanted to harm you. At that time, the king was worried that if you moved him, it would affect Gusu’s interest chain. So he was not held accountable, I didn't expect that after so long, he still came to the door."

"Even if a little Lin Muqi is a local snake, it is impossible to cause such a big disturbance. I have no grievances or enmity with him. He must be ordered by others to attack me, so the most likely thing is..."

Needless to say, Ye Lanchen, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who was involved in his interests at the time, was the most suspicious.

Now that things have happened, it is meaningless to investigate what the deceased did in the past. The most urgent task is to unravel the mystery of this murder case.

Jun Ziyou rubbed his face, turned around to check on the deceased again, but was stopped by Xiao Beicheng.

"It won't do you any good to get to the bottom of it."

"I know, the prince is afraid that I will follow the vine and get involved in the interests of a group of people, and then become their primary target to get rid of. But with you behind me, are you afraid that someone will stab me in the back?"

Thinking of his willingness to enter the palace to become an aide at the beginning, the great reason was that he wanted to be free and not be restrained, so the latter couldn't bear to stop him anymore.

"This case, the king wants to investigate with you, no matter where you are, you have to go in and out with the king, and you are not allowed to act without authorization."

In this way, he could only ask the people involved in the matter in front of him.

Junziyou sighed, it was a compromise, and ordered Jiang Linyuan to help send the people who had been waiting for a long time to other courtyards. As for the scene and surrounding courtyards, they were waiting for the autopsy, and no one who had nothing to do with it was allowed to enter again.

Before leaving, when he passed by the deceased, he seemed to have discovered something again, leaned over and pulled the hem of the deceased's clothes, nodded secretly, and only quickly followed after hearing Xiao Beicheng urging him.

Due to the large number of theater troupe, if you ask them one by one, you may not get a result until tomorrow morning. In order to save time, Jun Ziyou asked them to enter the room in twos and twos to answer the questions.

In order to prevent some of them from colluding in the confession, he thought of a safe way, which is to dismantle the original team, so that the relationship is not very good, and even people who are not familiar with each other can answer together, which greatly increases the number of confessions authenticity.

After a few hours, I roughly summed up some points, recorded them under the light, and asked a few questions with the pen in my mouth when I was puzzled.

"My lord, the personal maid said that the deceased was kind to people, and would often give out silver to help the temple and the poor. He must be a good person. But many people in the troupe said that he was usually domineering and domineering. He would step on anyone he saw. Domineering over people, do you think this is very similar to..."

"During the Oiran case, the evaluation of the deceased Qihuang by those involved was also the same. Many of them did not want to be suspected and misunderstood as murderers. They always pretended to be friendly with the deceased. As for those who could not pretend Yes, they will say some scandals that make people change their impressions and opinions of the deceased to lure the investigators into confusion. Of course, it does not rule out that the deceased treated people differently during his lifetime."

"If that maid has been with him here since Gusu, her relationship with him should be extraordinary, and she shouldn't be as rude and unreasonable as outsiders. Speaking of which, the suspect in this case is the young master." Great God, how should he ask..."

"You are worrying too much. Even if he wants to kill someone, Qin Nangui doesn't bother to do it himself. Do you think his dark crows are a bunch of idiots? The more he doesn't hide his involvement in the case, the more it shows that he is not afraid of being caught People have found out. This case seems complicated, but the truth may be astonishingly simple, and the case may be closed after the autopsy results. "

Jun Ziyou nodded, stood up and stretched his waist, because sitting for too long, he would always feel uncomfortable when he got up suddenly, his legs cramped and he fell back to sit, babbling and screaming for pain.

Xiao Beicheng had no choice but to help him up, and kicked him on the leg mercilessly, the pain of a heavy blow overwhelmed the pain of cramping, Jun Ziyou immediately fell silent, afraid that he would have to shout more Take some pain.

But the pain at this moment reminded him of the details of what happened not long ago. Enduring the pain, he asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, do actors always wear special shoes when they sing?"

"In order to perform the charm of the three-inch golden lotus, Huadan wears a special kind of wooden stilts, which must be wrapped with foot wraps to fix them. Is there anything strange about this?"

"Just now I found that the uniform on the deceased's body was too loose. I lifted his hem and looked at it. I found that his bare feet and above the ankles had been strangled. If this is the case, why did the murderer What about taking off his seesaws after he's dead?"

"After death? How can I see it?"

"When a person is alive, the marks on the body will gradually fade over time, but the marks on the feet of the deceased have turned purple, which is caused by blood stagnation here, so the seesaws must be taken off after death. "

"So the murderer didn't just fake his makeup?"

"Compared with makeup, I believe that the murderer just took off his costume and put on a loose uniform. You might as well make a bet with me, if I really guess correctly, you..."

Seeing him suddenly leaning in front of him, Xiao Beicheng found it funny, his eyebrows raised and lowered in a funny way, and asked: "So what?"

"Just promise me one request."

"What if you lose?"

"Then I will also agree to the prince's request. The prince will not be afraid of a reasonable transaction."

Although his aggressive method is clumsy, his timing is just right.How could Xiao Beicheng tolerate being looked down upon by him, so he dragged him to the scene on the spot to find out what happened.

It was late at night, and the body that had been parked in the courtyard before had been carried back to Shuntian Mansion for inspection. The lights in the wing room were not lit, and the slightest disturbance would cause people to be frightened for a long time.

Jun Ziyou was timid, clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and murmured a few words to himself, is there any reason for that, then he sneaked behind Xiao Beicheng tightly.

A sudden noise made him howl wildly in fright, but it turned out that a passing stray cat accidentally stepped on a dead branch.He made such a fuss that it scared the cat away.

Xiao Beicheng had nothing to do with him, so he lit a fire to illuminate the light, thinking that this person is so afraid of ghosts that he insists on investigating some murder case, isn't this self-inflicted...

The bloodstains left by the day at the scene had dried up, and it still looked terrifying. Junziyou swallowed his saliva, and dragged Xiao Beicheng to the hanger full of costumes, flipping through the costumes one by one.

The deceased Lin Muqi, or Xiao Chunying was good at singing Hua Dan, so all the costumes of the Dan roles in the troupe were hung in his wing, and it was really troublesome to find them.

However, Jun Ziyou risked his life for this gamble, and later he even forgot about his fears, and he found a piece of clothing with traces of gouache on the cuffs and skirt.

He took out the costume, compared it, and felt that it matched the traces of the corpse's hands.

"My lord, it seems that this is what the deceased was wearing before he was killed. That's right. You can see that the open-front design is very easy to take off. Generally speaking, the gouache on the face will not touch these three places. , so it is very likely that this is the message left by the deceased. And the murderer discovered this, in order not to be suspected, so he took off his costume and changed into a loose uniform for the deceased."

Xiao Beicheng held the fire bag and didn't speak for a while, Junziyou felt strange, so he pushed him, but saw the man's eyes were fixed on the dark corner of the room, he only recovered after being touched by him, perfunctory He said: "...so that's how it is."

"The reason why the uniform is changed is because the uniform is sewn with buttons from the neckline to the side of the body, and the whole suit will not touch the makeup on the face of the deceased. The murderer is using this to cover up the message left by the deceased...Your Majesty What are you looking at, what is there?"

As he was talking, Jun Ziyou became more courageous, thinking that Xiao Beicheng was frightened by something, and wanted to use it to laugh at him, so he got stubborn and insisted on going to see that person places to find out.

Xiao Beicheng rushed to stop him, but he didn't want him to act rashly.But Jun Ziyou was too curious, he felt that this matter was fraudulent, he insisted on finding out, he broke free from his hand, and ran a few steps forward to check the situation.

At this time, the weather was not good, and thunder suddenly appeared in the night sky. With the ear-piercing loud noise, the scorching electric light illuminated the entire night.

The wind whizzed past, and the blown white silk swayed slowly on the beam, making Junziyou stop involuntarily.

At this moment, with the help of the thunder, he saw clearly the black shadow in the corner.

Surprisingly...it was a human face.