Two hundred and eleven chapters blindfold
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Just at night, Xiao Yuer and Mr. Gongsun directed a performance together. The preparations before the performance puzzled everyone. A white screen was erected at one end of the room, with thick curtains on both sides of the screen. The lighting facilities were made in the palace, and everything was available in the palace. This is a stage play in the future, right?
When it was almost time for the Xu hour, the prefect Wang and Hao Tongzhi arrived at the royal palace. They were not very moved. They probably didn't agree with their plan. However, they heard that it was the prince's performance, so they came.
"It's a bit exaggerated, just like all his thoughts. But it's OK, as he said, it might save us a lot of trouble."
Xiao Yuer instinctively felt that the prefect Wang was distorting the facts and explained: "This is the prince's attention." He had nothing to say, and these princes were not easy to mess with.
Soon, Uncle Xiao arrived first with Xiao Gu. Before that, she had never seen her. She was a very beautiful woman and looked very nervous. The Juren and his wife then saw it for the first time. You can tell at a glance that he was very handsome, tall, light and dark-skinned, and had a unique calm demeanor.
Xiaoyuer arranged seats for the pedestrian. Facing the screen, a bright light shining on the screen. Since there were no searchlights in ancient times, there could only be a smooth crystal at the back instead. He ordered people to put out other candles. Everything in the room was in the dark except for the screen. This was also a new way of performing arts.
At this time, Gongsun Ce's voice sounded in the dark: "Sir, let me explain, the six characters will pass through the screen in turn. You are all familiar with these characters." One by one were the six people in the play.
As soon as these instructions were finished, the performance began. Every character mentioned by Gongsun Ce jumped to the front of the screen in turn, posed there for a while, and then stepped down. The lights were on again. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone was very nervous and didn't know what they were afraid of. Nonsense, the protagonist was the prince, and the person who played against him was Zhao Rong. How could he not be nervous?
However, for Xiaoyuer has watched the future film, the whole show is boring.
For those enthusiasts, it is indeed a big deal. Alas, so some people say, "Except for the protagonist, the true confession, I think this is a completely farce."
This method obviously failed, just as it was almost certainly going to fail. However, Gongsun Ce seemed not at all panic. He took a step forward and smiled.
"Wow, sirs, can you please tell me one by one, what did we see just now? How about you starting first?"
Uncle Xiao looked puzzled: "I don't understand what you mean."
"Tell me what I saw just now."
"I-oh-hmm. We should say that we saw six characters passing by the screen, dressed in a manner that represents..... It represents us that night."
"Don't worry about that night." Gongsun Ce interrupted him and said, "The first half of your words are exactly what I need. Madam. Do you agree with Uncle Xiao's words?"
He had turned around and said to Aunt Xiao.
"I—hey—yes, of course."
"You also agree that you saw the six characters that performed that night?"
"Uh-of course."
"Ju Ren, do you agree too?"
"Yes."
"Where is the madam?"
"Yes."
"Butler Ding. Do you all agree?"
He turned around and looked at us. His face was pale and his eyes were green. He looked like a cat's eyes.
"But you are all wrong! Your eyes deceive you, just as eyes deceived you on that night of the banquet. This is a very simple - a trick."
"Discovery Method"
"The ancients said that seeing may not be true. We should look with the eyes of our hearts, and we must look with our brains! Then you will understand that on the night of the evening of the banquet, you saw five people instead of six people! Look!"
The light went out again. A figure jumped to the front of the screen and was Xiao Haoshen.
"Who?" Gongsun Ce asked. "Is it Xiao Haoshen?"
"Yes." Everyone said in unison.
"Look again!"
The figure quickly took off Xiao Haoshen's loose clothes. A person with dazzling juren costumes appeared in the spotlight! At the same time, people heard a scream, accompanied by the sound of a chair falling down.
The juren said in surprise, "How did you guess it?" He thought that all this was perfect. It was really impossible for anyone to think of it except him and his wife. Several days passed, and no one in the yamen would know that he was the one who was doing the case. He was nervous and smart and wanted to escape, but was this possible?
Ma Xiaoling stepped forward, shook her wrist and tapped the other person's acupoint.
Then I heard Xiaoyuer say:
"You have been arrested, Juren, you have been accused of murdering Xiao Haoshen, you have the right to remain silent, but everything you say will be used as a testimony in the court."
After a cup of tea, a beautiful dinner appeared on the table. Zhao Xing was covered in spring breeze and was entertaining everyone warmly, while Gongsun Ce and Xiao Yuer answered the questions everyone urgently asked.
"It's very simple. The discovery of the green pompoon immediately showed that it was pulled from the murderer's clothes. I ruled out his wife (because it would take a lot of effort to stab the knife very deeply), and designated Uncle Xiao as a criminal."
"But Uncle Xiao left Xiao's mansion one hour before the murder. So either he returned to Xiao's mansion and killed Xiao Haoshen, or... well, he killed him before leaving! Is that possible? Who had seen Xiao Haoshen after dinner that day? Only the wife of Juren."
"I suspect that her words were just intentionally fabricated, with the purpose of explaining the lost pomrose: and the pomrose was of course the one she cut from her own clothes to replace the one she lost on her husband's clothes. And Xiao Haoshen, whom she saw in the box in the third update, must have been fake. At the beginning, I once considered the possible surname of Uncle Xiao as a criminal. But he wore such complicated and delicate clothes, it was obvious that he could not play the dual role of Xiao Haoshen and Uncle Xiao. Because he was an amateur. The ancestors told us that there was only one specialization in the profession. Through investigation, Juren passed this way."
"On the other hand, for Juren, a young man about the same height as the deceased, it's very simple."
"But one thing makes me worry. There is no doubt that a doctor cannot not notic the difference between a person who died for an hour and a person who had just died for a cup of tea! Well, this doctor did notice it! But he did not bring him to the body and ask him. How long has this man been dead? On the contrary, before he saw the body, he was told that the deceased was alive before a cup of tea, so he just commented on the unusual stiffness of the limbs during the autopsy. He had no way of explaining all this. Because he was not a coroner."
"For my theory, all this is going well. The Juren killed Xiao Haoshen after dinner, which was when someone saw him pull him back to the room for dinner. As you remember, he left with Liu Yan and sent her to her house (rather than going in as he said to try to comfort her), and then rushed back to Xiao's house... But, dressed up as himself, it was very simple, he just had to take off his clothes outside."
Uncle Xiao, the deceased uncle, leaned forward and asked with confusion, "But if that's the case, he would be ready to kill my nephew when he came to the banquet. Can you imagine what motive he has? I can't see what motive he has."
"Ah! I have to talk about the second tragedy... that is, Liu Yan's tragedy. There is a simple thing that everyone ignores. Liu Yan was poisoned by Wushi Powder... and her Wushi Powder was stored in the glazed box found on Xiao Haoshen's body. So where did she get the dose of Wushi Powder that could kill? Only one person can provide her - Juren. This shows everything. It explains her friendship with Juren and his wife and why she wanted Juren to send her home.
Xiao Haoshen firmly opposed sucking Wushi Powder. He found out that she was an addict and suspected that Juren provided her with Wushi Powder. There was no doubt that Juren denied all this, but Xiao Haoshen was determined to find out the truth from Liu Yan during the banquet. He could forgive this unfortunate girl, but he would never pity those who made a living by selling Wushi Powder. Juren faced exposure and destruction. Therefore, when he went to the banquet, he had made up his mind to silence him at any cost."
"So was Liu Yan's death an accident?"
"I suspect this was an accident carefully planned by Juren. She was very angry at Xiao Haoshen. At first it was because of his blame, and later it was because he took away Wushisan. Juren gave her more Wushisan, and it is very likely that she would recommend that she increase the dose to show a challenge to him!"
"And... I want to ask, Constable Zhang." Lord Wang said, "How did you know that small room and screen?"
"Mr. Wang, that's the easiest. The servants are always in and out of the hut. So it's obvious that the corpse cannot be lying in the place where it is found. There must be a place in the house to hide the corpse. Therefore, I infer that there is a screen and a small room behind it. The juren dragged the corpse there. Next, he came to the private room and asked everyone to notice that Xiao Haojue was in the private room at this time. Before leaving the hall, he dragged the corpse out again. This was his wonderful idea. He was a smart guy!"
But from Xiao Yuer's ridiculed eyes, it is undoubtedly known that you are unlucky to meet someone smarter than him. And there are two.
Chapter completed!