After looking at it, Di Xue turned around to look for Zhou Huai, only to see him sitting aside with his head hanging down.
The people around him kept a distance from him, and some wealthy businessmen were still whispering.
"I heard that the governor's son is not a good person to begin with. He was sued by farmers to Shuntian Mansion in the past few days!"
"I know what you're talking about. Isn't it the farmer named Wang who said he stole wheat? He has such a high status that he would do such a thing!"
"You are talking about how long ago it was. What I want to say is three days ago. This week Zhou Huai was accused again in Shuntian Mansion!"
"Is there still this matter?"
"Yes, this time all the farmers in his new land jointly filed a petition, saying that Zhou Huai not only overcharged the rent, but also sent people to cut away all their wheat."
"Evidence was also found for these farmers. Someone claiming to be the housekeeper of the Zhou family went to the grain store to sell the wheat, and the housekeeper of the Zhou family was Xu Lai!"
"Did Xu Lai really be killed and silenced by Zhou Huai?"
The discussions among the people around him became more and more intense, and their voices became louder and louder. Zhou Huai's face turned red when he heard this. He wanted to refute several times, but he suppressed it with all his strength.
Di Xue couldn't stand it any longer, so she cleared her throat and saluted Prince Heng and said:
"Please also ask the prince to close the mansion and keep guests temporarily. No one is allowed to enter or exit the mansion!"
"It's natural. This case happened in my house. I will definitely cooperate fully. Mr. Di, you don't have to worry and just concentrate on solving the case. I will arrange other matters."
As soon as Prince Heng's words came out, the scene suddenly became quiet. Firstly, he did not dare to refute, and secondly, he began to worry about his situation.
Then Di Xue found out what happened after Eunuch Jiang and the theater leader Zhao told her...
The dead female actor's name was Xu Yiyan. She was not from the theater troupe, but was introduced from the Hongxiu Tower.
Jin Qiao, who was supposed to go on stage, suffered a serious illness two days ago and was unable to go on stage, so she introduced her good sister Xu Yiyan from Hongxiu Tower to temporarily replace her.
Fortunately, the rehearsal went smoothly. Xu Yiyan had been bought into the Red Sleeve House since she was a child, and she had a good voice, so she didn't delay the performance.
Xu Yiyan has to play this scene twice, and after the beginning and end, the second scene will be played less than half a stick of incense.
In the middle, I have to go backstage to change into another costume, and I have to put on a prop sword and perform a scene of fighting a heartless man.
Later in the scene, she was so heartbroken that she drew her sword and killed herself. Originally, Xu Yiyan's sword was not edged, and fake blood could flow out by turning the mechanism, making it look like a real suicide.
However, today is Chu Ran's birthday and it is not appropriate to see blood, so there is no fake blood in the sword. This is why Team Leader Zhao noticed the abnormality immediately when he saw blood on Xu Yiyan's neck!
Seeing that Chu Ran was listening seriously, Di Xue spoke out her thoughts:
"This prop sword was deliberately replaced with a real sword. As for whether it was Xu Yiyan himself or someone else, an autopsy will be conducted."
Chu Ran nodded: "It's not a good time to go out to pick up your tools now. I can only force you to pick them from my medicine box for temporary use."
"That's all we have to do, but since you have a special status and practice medicine under a pseudonym, it's best not to be exposed in front of these people. When the body is carried into the wing, you can follow me for the autopsy."
Di Xue thought for a moment and then expressed her concerns.
Chu Ran felt a little warm in his heart when he heard Di Xue being like this. He was about to say something grateful, but found that Di Xue was already on the stage looking at the corpse!
Xu Yiyan's body fell in the center of the stage, with his head facing the guest seats. There was a neatly cut wound on the left side of his neck, and the amount of bleeding was not large.
The "suicide" sword fell to his right hand. Di Xue frowned slightly and had a guess in his heart.
Turning around, he saw the male actor opposite Xu Yiyan sitting in the corner of the stage.
After realizing that Di Xue was looking at him, Zhang Huaizhi hurriedly wiped the sweat from his face. The oil paint also rubbed off a bit, but the exposed skin was also slightly pale.
"grown ups!"
After Zhang Huaizhi stood up and saluted, Di Xue was not polite and directly stated the request:
"Can you please replay the scene and treat me as Xu Yiyan?"
After saying that, Di Xue reached for the weapon at her waist, only to find it was empty. Then she remembered that she had handed over the weapon when she entered the house!
Eunuch Jiang was a wise man, so he quickly ordered the boy to get it, and Di Xue drew out his sword.
Zhang Huaizhi quickly picked up his spear and confronted Di Xue. After trading a few moves, Di Xue put the sword horizontally on his neck.
Zhang Huaizhi hurriedly used the tip of his spear to stop him, but missed!
After putting down the sword, Di Xue looked at Zhang Huaizhi's spear thoughtfully.
Chu Ran saw this and asked, "But what's wrong?"
"No, it's just that I have some doubts. You can order someone to carry the body."
After speaking, Di Xue once again took the real sword that Xu Yiyan used to commit suicide in his hand and looked at it carefully.
The sword body is overall harder and slightly narrower than ordinary swords. The blood on the sword is a little light. Could it be...
"Ah~ It's a fake corpse!" came a scream.
Di Xue rushed to the side room and saw that the boy was so frightened that he collapsed aside.
Looking down and seeing that the body was swollen, Di Xue immediately took out the silver needle from his head and prepared to test the poison.
At this time, Chu Ran blocked it in time and shook his head gently:
"This is something close to your body. Do not get it dirty. I have concluded that the poison is caused by blood! The bent fingers of the corpse were straightened by the edema caused by the poison. At this moment, he happened to see it and thought it was a fake corpse!"
"Could it be that she committed suicide by taking poison?" The boy came back to his senses after Chu Ran explained.
Di Xue put the silver needle back and continued to deduce the doubts she saw in her mind. When she heard the boy's words, she subconsciously blurted out: "She didn't commit suicide!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present took a breath, not only shocked by Di Xue's speed in solving the case.
I was even more shocked that anyone dared to commit murder under the nose of Prince Taishi Heng!
Although Chu Ran was surprised, he didn't react as strongly as others. After all, he had seen Di Xue solve the unsolved case in Dali Temple in five hours.
At the same time, he also believed that Di Xue would not have said this if he was not sure.
Eunuch Jiang reacted quickly and said with a smile on his face: "Master Di, what evidence do you have? If you ask me to do so, Prince Heng's Mansion will definitely not let the perpetrator go!"
Di Xue heard the tone of Eunuch Jiang's words and realized that she had just lost her composure, so she explained:
"The blood in Xu Yiyan's body melts away. This poison is so violent that if it enters the body from the blood, it will be poisonous almost instantly. The poisoned person will have edema all over the body."
"But I obviously saw her commit suicide on the stage." The boy scratched his head in confusion.
"She does look like she committed suicide, but the wound on her neck is not deep enough to be fatal!" Di Xue said.
"You mean this prop sword is stained with blood and melted away. The sword cuts the skin and the poison enters the body and causes death?" Chu Ran immediately understood the meaning of Di Xue's words!
"But this doesn't prove that she didn't commit suicide?" the boy asked.
Di Xue picked up the note found on Xu Yiyan and said:
"Although the writing on the note is crooked, the writing is clear. It cannot be written by Xu Yiyan, who was sent to the Red Sleeve Tower since he was a child."
Di Xue paused and said with a serious expression:
"And have you ever seen a suicidal person try to seduce a powerful person on stage?"
"Ahem!" Prince Heng cleared his throat awkwardly and said:
"If this woman did not commit suicide, can Mr. Di know who the murderer is?"
Di Xue cupped her hands:
"I know who the murderer is, but the person's motives and the method of hiding the murder weapon are not clear yet. We need to investigate. I will explain it to you after a stick of incense!"
