If that person is really the murderer, how was the murder weapon brought in?
Di Xue turned around and left the wing with doubts, and walked towards the backstage of the theater troupe.
Prince Heng's palace was very quiet at this time. Prince Heng was indeed the emperor's most trusted courtier, and he did things properly.
The room where the troupe put on makeup was also guarded, and everything in it was still as it was when the crime occurred.
When Di Xue came closer, the servant opened the door and let her in.
There were no other furnishings in the house except the troupe's belongings. It seemed that they had been packed away specially for today's use.
There were only a few dressing tables supported inside, hair, hair and hairpins were scattered aside, and the costumes that had been changed were thrown loosely in the box.
Di Xue went to the prop box that she cared about the most and looked through it. As expected, she found a hollow prop sword blade.
It is impossible for the murderer to destroy this sword due to time constraints, so he can only put it in an inconspicuous place, that is, together with other swords!
But how did he let Xu Yiyan get the sword just in time? unless......
After thinking about it, Di Xue immediately rushed back to the wing, asked the old team leader a few questions, and after getting a positive answer, she had made up her mind.
Although time has passed not long ago, most of the guests in the mansion are nobles, so it is difficult to delay.
I had to explain the cases in the government clearly first. As for the connection behind the scenes, I could only go back to Dali Temple to investigate!
So Di Xue asked Eunuch Jiang: "Today is the birthday of Prince Heng. No guests are allowed to bring weapons inside. Is that true?"
Eunuch Jiang also understood the meaning of Di Xue's words, so he returned: "Master Di is right, there is no way that anyone among the tightly guarded guests today can bring in the sword that killed Xu Yiyan!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present more or less understood what Di Xue meant. The source of the murder weapon could only be another group of outsiders in the house today - the troupe!
Apparently, Class Leader Chen also thought of this, so he shook his head repeatedly with a pleading look on his face: "I raised all the children in the class with my own hands. I would never do this if I have a pure personality!"
Di Xue sighed softly and took out the prop sword he brought from the backstage. Now there is only a hollow blade left in the sword, but the hilt is missing.
"This object is the prop sword that Xu Yiyan originally wanted to take, but the murderer used the hollow part to hide the slightly narrow blade of the murder weapon and brought it into the house!"
Di Xue glanced at the troupe and continued:
"He only needs to remove the hilt of the sword in advance, take out the blade with the blade inside, reassemble it, and put it next to Xu Yiyan! This person must be very familiar with the production of props, and may be the person in charge of the props for the theater troupe."
Di Xue paused and then continued:
"And there are so many prop swords. The only person who can ensure that Xu Yiyan gets the real sword is the person who made the props, because he will tell the deceased to get this one, because this sword was specially made for the birthday banquet today."
As soon as Di Xue finished speaking, a thin girl in the theater troupe retorted: "Impossible, Senior Brother Zhang is not such a person!"
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Huaizhi. His face became paler under the oil paint. He stepped forward and cupped his hands towards Di Xue:
"Master Di, I have no grudge against this woman, so how can I talk about killing her?"
"That's right! Even if Senior Brother Zhang did accidentally pick up the wrong prop, Xu Yiyan scratched his neck on his own!"
The thin girl seemed to be encouraged by Zhang Huaizhi's words and spoke loudly.
Di Xue did not answer but took out the prop spear used by Zhang Huaizhi in the play: "She didn't scratch herself, but someone controlled her to scratch her!"
"What do you mean?" Chu Ran asked.
"The tip of this spear is the same as an ordinary spear, but there is an extra hook at the end of the thick iron tip. Although it is not bladed, the hook can be used to lock the tip of Xu Yiyan's sword and control the sword to scratch the left side of Xu Yiyan's neck. Make it poisonous, and the audience on the right will not see the abnormality!"
After Di Xue finished speaking, he stared at Zhang Huaizhi closely. Sweat dripped down his forehead. His feet were slightly unsteady, but he still calmed down and returned:
"Perhaps what you said is true, but Cao Min is just an actor, how can he complete such a rare action!"
As soon as Zhang Huaizhi said this, Chu Ran said without Di Xue having to say anything:
"Do you know that Lord Di is the martial arts flower specially appointed by the current Holy Emperor? If you fight against her, she will naturally be able to easily detect your true and falsehoods."
The case has been solved 90%, but there is one last thing left that Di Xue cannot understand, and that is Zhang Huaizhi’s motives! So she asked seriously:
"Zhang Huaizhi, who ordered you, why did you openly commit murder in Prince Heng's Mansion, and what was the purpose of forging the note!"
"No one is instructing me, but I can't tolerate her." Zhang Huaizhi said knowing that he would not be able to escape today.
Before Di Xue could continue to ask, the thin woman just now ran to Zhang Huaizhi and cried and asked him if it was because of Senior Sister Jin Qiao!
Zhang Huaizhi turned away and said no, but the woman said that he was too confused and would kill someone for a woman who didn't love him!
Finally, Zhang Huaizhi brushed the sleeves of his costume to separate her, but then a trace of pain flashed across his expression as if he had thought of something, but in the end he still made up his mind and spoke to Di Xue:
"It's none of Qiao'er's business. I was worried that Qiao'er would be replaced by her, so I killed her! I bought the Xue Rong Powder from the ghost market. You can check it out!"
"Xu Yiyan has just been in the troupe for two days, why are you so worried that you don't hesitate to plan to kill someone? I think you have something to hide!" Di Xue naturally didn't believe his words, and just when she was about to continue talking, a male voice sounded outside the door!
"I'll just say it has nothing to do with me!"
Perhaps after hearing the news that Xu Yiyan had not committed suicide, Zhou Huai rushed over from the resting place arranged by Prince Heng and said loudly.
Looking at Zhou Huai and thinking about the note again, Di Xue and Chu Ran looked at each other and understood the meaning in each other's eyes!
"There is nothing more than what it seems in this case!"
Just when Di Xue was about to interrogate, Zhang Huaizhi fell straight down. The thin woman wanted to pass but was held tightly by Team Leader Chen.
Chu Ran rushed to the side to check and shook his head at Di Xue:
"It's Xue Rong Powder. He has been taking it for a while. The poison will slow down when taken orally, but the poisoned person will feel a stinging pain all over his body like needles until he dies!"
"No wonder!" Di Xue looked at Zhang Huaizhi's body thoughtfully. He had taken the poison before entering the wing, but was it him who took it himself or was forced by others?
Di Xue reached down to look for the source of the poison on his body, and finally her eyes locked on an oil paper bag in his arms. When she opened it, there was a faint scent of sugar inside.
Chu Ran took it and smelled it, then nodded towards Di Xue.
The candy inside was stained with blood and melted away, and Zhang Huaizhi died after taking it!
The dead cannot speak. If you want to find out what's going on behind the scenes, you have to start elsewhere. Di Xue thought about withdrawing from the wing. The servants from Prince Heng's Mansion followed her and carried the two corpses back to Dali Temple...
