Chapter 388: The Murder Case of the Royal Opera Troupe (Part 2)
This number is indeed quite a lot.
Sun Shaozong waited for a while, and seeing that no one came forward and no one reported the crime, he asked again: "Then who was the first to discover Zhu Er's body?"
"Reporting to the Lord."
One of the female actors, whose face was painted with grease, immediately said, "I found it, but I was with Jinsuo at the time. When I opened the door and saw the dead body, she was right next to me!"
A thin girl beside her nodded and said, "Yes, Sister Jinzhu is with me."
Sun Shaozong then asked, "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, the ones who stood up in response were three sissy guys.
They corroborated each other, saying that they just went to the bathroom and that they solved it with just a few chats and laughs, and when they came back they were inseparable.
Sun Shaozong asked again: "Then have you three ever knocked on the door of the second toilet in the east?"
"Reply to your Excellency's words."
One of them said effeminately, "Since we all need to urinate, we are too lazy to knock on each door. We tried the first toilet on the west side and it was empty, so we all relieved ourselves in there together."
Oh~
It wasn't a big deal originally, but after hearing what these three sissies said, it gave me goosebumps all over my body.
However, this temporarily excludes five people, leaving six men and three women - of course, the premise is that the others have not concealed the fact that they went to the toilet.
Sun Shaozong then asked Jiang Yuhan, "Brother Jiang, I want to call a few servants and have them check carefully to see if there are any scratches on their bodies. I wonder..."
Before he could finish his words, more than half of the six men and three women started to panic:
"Sir, the scars on my body were caused by scratching myself!"
"Yes, sir, I am itching badly and I have to scratch it!"
"Your Excellency, it's a terrible weather now. If you walk on the stage, you will come back with prickly heat all over your body!"
Some people were so afraid of being wrongly accused that they simply opened their clothes to reveal the small red bumps on their bodies.
Tsk~
This is trouble.
Sun Shaozong originally thought that the scratches would be an extremely strong piece of evidence, but now it seems that this evidence is somewhat "not suitable for the local climate" - the weather is hot now, and if he wears thick costumes to perform on stage every day, wouldn't he get a lot of prickly heat?
"Brother Sun?"
Seeing that Sun Shaozong had also made a mistake, Jiang Yuhan couldn't help but feel disappointed. He wanted to ask him a few more questions, but was embarrassed to add pressure to Sun Shaozong. He hurriedly put his hands behind his buttocks and scratched them for a while - he was the main character, so naturally he covered it longer than others.
"Brother Jiang, please be patient. I have other clues here."
Sun Shaozong quickly comforted him and went forward to chat with the actors one by one. Most of the topics they talked about were "what role they played" and "when they would appear on stage", which sounded like they had nothing to do with solving the case.
Seeing this, how could Jiang Yuhan not be anxious?
But the more anxious you are, the more trouble will come to you!
"Where is Boss Jiang?!"
Just when Sun Shaozong was questioning the three women, someone outside the door suddenly shouted .
Jiang Yuhan's face changed when he heard that. He quickly walked to the door and was about to draw aside the curtain when a thin and tall middle-aged man rushed in!
"Zhou Changshi!"
When Jiang Yuhan saw this person, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you come so soon?"
"hehe."
Zhou Changshi grinned and said sarcastically, "I thought that the prince's order might not be enough to invite Master Jiang, so I hurried over. Who knew that I was right!"
Jiang Yuhan heard him say this, but he didn't dare to be as arrogant as he was when he scolded the two slaves just now. He just said with a sullen face: "Zhou Changshi, please don't slander me. When have I ever disobeyed the prince's order?"
"Yeah?"
Zhou Changshi pretended to be surprised and widened his eyes, then said: "It is likely that the two dogs heard it wrong. If that is the case -"
As he spoke, he suddenly frowned and shouted, "Didn't you hear that you, the head of the Jiang squad, said that you dare not disobey the prince's order? You shameless bastards, how dare you drag your feet here? Do you want me to peel off your skin?!"
After hearing the scolding, all the actors stole a glance at Jiang Yuhan's expression. Seeing that although his face was livid, he did not say anything to stop them, they scattered like birds and beasts, packing their bags and preparing to return home.
But Zhou Changshi was still not satisfied. He stepped forward and kicked the actress to the ground. He then stepped on her bamboo shoot-like breasts with his boots, rubbing them and sneering, "The prince's order is for you to return home immediately. Don't you bastards understand what he says?!"
The actors hurriedly threw away the things in their hands, not caring about their thin clothes exposing their nakedness, and walked out with their heads bowed.
Seeing Zhou Changshi being so arrogant and domineering, calling him a bitch, Jiang Yuhan was shaking with anger. However, due to the order from King Zhongshun, he did not dare to step forward to stop him.
"Wait a minute!"
At this moment, Sun Shaozong suddenly stretched out his hand to stop the actors and said, "You can take the others away, but the prisoner was captured on the spot by my Shuntian Prefecture. I'm afraid it's not convenient for you to take him back to the palace."
Jiang Yuhan's eyes suddenly brightened when he heard this. Although he still had to give an explanation to King Zhongshun for this matter, as long as the real culprit could be found out in advance, the entire troupe could avoid being severely humiliated by Zhou Changshi!
So he quickly asked: "Brother Sun, have you found out anything yet ?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Changshi frowned and said with a fierce face, "Sir Sun, I was the one who helped your brother to go to the Ministry of War to review the assignment for the Shenji Camp. This matter..."
"Please forgive me, Master Zhou."
Sun Shaozong bowed to him and said frankly: "This is my duty. I really can't shirk it."
Then, he smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "Besides, today's performance is "Sun Gong's Case". If I can't get to the bottom of it, won't people laugh at me if it gets out?"
If it were someone else, even if they gave a reasonable explanation, Zhou Changshi might not necessarily give them face.
But the Sun brothers were also people the prince valued, and unlike Jiang Yuhan, they were not involved in the power struggle in the palace. Therefore, Zhou Changshi didn't want to really break off relations with him.
So after a moment's silence, Zhou Changshi snorted and said, "In this case, I will give Lord Sun a favor - if you can identify the murderer in person, I will also bear some blame in front of the prince and hand the criminal over to your Shuntian Prefecture for disposal."
After a pause, he sneered again: "If Lord Sun cannot identify the murderer or cannot produce enough evidence, Zhou has a duty to fulfill and I am afraid I can only offend him!"
