Rebirth of the silly girl Chengfei

Chapter 75

Chang Xiao picked up a fragment of a wine glass on the ground and sniffed it. The smell of rice wine was strong, and a layer of arsenic remained on the fragment.

He wrapped up the fragments with a handkerchief, looked at Sun Bashi, and said, "Tell me the truth about the ins and outs."

"Yes, yes..." Sun Bashi glared at Old Ma and the others bitterly, and said, "The little one came to Jing'er's door not long ago, and wanted to ask how her preparations were going, but after knocking on the door, there was no answer." Someone answered, and the younger one knocked a few more times... Just like that, she found something was wrong, pushed the door in, but the door was unlocked, and the younger one saw Jing'er dead as soon as she entered the room... At that time, the younger one couldn't believe it, and rushed over for a while. Checking her breath, she was out of breath! The little girl felt that the sky was dark, so she hurriedly called for someone!"

Brother Ma spat: "Damn! Who knows how to tell stories! I think you killed Miss Jing'er!"

"It's really not me! Old horse, why are you spitting blood on people?"

"Silence!" Chang Xiao stopped the two of them in a cold voice, and continued to look around the room, and suddenly saw an altar behind the gauze curtain.

Chang Xiao walked over immediately, opened the gauze curtain, so that the utensils and furnishings on the table could be seen at a glance.

This Jing'er seems to be a god who loves to worship. On the altar table are the altar of Grandma Taishan, a bronze stove of sandalwood, and tributes of flowers and fruits.In broad daylight, the two candles were still burning.

Four porcelain cups were placed neatly in front of the altar, with the mouths of the porcelain cups facing the outside.

Chang Xiao's eyes sank, he observed the four porcelain cups for a moment, picked up one of them, smelled it, then returned to the table with the porcelain cup, and put the porcelain cup on the opposite side of Jing'er.

"Chang Xiao, this is..." Xiao Ke asked.

Chang Xiao said: "This porcelain cup should be here in the first place."

"On the table?" That position is still opposite to Jing'er's stool, that is to say, it is the place where she and Jing'er drink together.

Chang Xiaodao: "There are three wine glasses in front of the altar."

Having said that, Xiao Ke also reacted.There are always three cups of wine or clear water for offering sacrifices to the gods. How can there be four cups?
"Someone put this porcelain cup in the past." Chang Xiao said: "There is still rice wine left in the porcelain cup. It should be that someone drank with Miss Jing'er not long ago, and then put the porcelain cup in front of the altar."

After hearing this, everyone was immediately full of doubts about the person Chang Xiao was talking about.

Could it be that the man tricked Jing'er into drinking rice wine mixed with arsenic, murdered Jing'er, and then mixed his own cup in front of the god's throne?
Brother Ma pointed to Sun Bashi's nose and said, "It's you! I told you that you have a problem! It was you who killed Miss Jing'er and then ran out and shouted "Stop the thief!"

"It's not me! It's really not me!" Sun Bashi was anxious, and suddenly grabbed the lapel of Old Ma's clothes, "What kind of enmity do I have with you, Ma, who is so eager to put me to death!"

"Damn you dare to catch me!" Brother Ma spit on Sun Bashi's face, "You have a guilty conscience! Catch him, catch this murderer!"

"you--"

"Silence!" Chang Xiao sternly said, "If you keep arguing and obstructing the official's work, you will be arrested and taken to the Jingzhao Yin Yamen to get five sticks!"

Only then did Sun Bashi throw away Old Ma, and wiped the spittle on his face, his face flushed with anger, and his eyes were full of hatred.

The class leader said angrily: "Don't make trouble for the official anymore!"

Brother Ma spat, seeing Chang Xiao had been looking at him, and asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

Chang Xiao remained silent, turned his eyes away from the collar of Old Ma's jacket, looked at the cup in his hand and the dead Jing'er, and said, "Sun Bashi is indeed the most suspicious."

"My lord!" Sun Bashi's face turned pale, "The little one is wronged!"

"It's you!" Old Ma said.

Chang Xiao changed the subject: "Suspicion represents the official's suspicion, it does not mean that the murderer is really you."

Sun Bashi breathed a sigh of relief.

Emperor Tianying said: "Chang Xiao, what deduction do you have, tell me... let everyone hear."

"Yes." Chang Xiao clasped his hands and said: "Before that, I would like to ask the class master a few questions, and I hope the class master can know everything without saying a word."

"Yes." The theater troupe leader answered quickly.

"Master, I want to ask you, did Miss Jing'er leave her room today, and when was the last time she went back to her room?"

The class leader thought for a while and replied: "At noon, Cao Min called her out for dinner. She came out for a while, and then went in. After that, Cao Min was busy with the afternoon play and didn't pay attention to her, but she should Did not leave the house."

"Oh? The head teacher is so sure?"

"Yes." The troupe master said: "The official doesn't know. Miss Jing'er's room is connected to the backstage of our Liyuan. Caomin has been busy in the backstage before the show starts. Definitely see it."

"Perhaps the class leader is busy, so it's not sure if he missed it!" Xiao Ke said coldly.

The head of the class turned pale, and quickly explained: "If you go back to Prime Minister You, this is absolutely impossible! Jing'er was cultivated by Caomin, and Caomin praised her as the number one in the troupe. She is very grateful to Caomin. If she sees Caomin in Busy work, even if Caomin doesn't take care of her, she will take the initiative to say hello to Caomin!"

Xiao Ke glanced at Chang Xiao coldly.

Chang Xiao said: "Since Miss Jing'er's room is connected to the backstage of Liyuan, if someone enters the room, the head of the class should also see it."

"This..." The class leader was puzzled for a long time, and replied: "The official said this, Cao Min felt strange. After lunch, Cao Min was busy here. Several brothers came in and out, but no one came in and out of Jing'er. The girl's room, except for..."

"Except who?" Xiao Ke asked.

"Except..." The class leader glanced at Sun Bashi, "except that Sun Bashi said that Jing'er was dead..."

"Leader, it's not me!" Sun Bashi turned pale with fright, and almost knelt on the ground.

Brother Ma and others scolded: "The evidence is convincing, you bastard actually killed Jing'er!"

"Yes, this guy must hate Jing'er for embarrassing him, so he wants to kill someone for revenge!"

"Maybe before killing Jing'er, he forced Jing'er to submit! Lord Chang, this guy should be beheaded!"

"No, it's not me! My lord, the villain is wronged!" Sun Bashi's knees softened, and he knelt on the ground and began to kowtow.

"Get up." Chang Xiao's face was as usual, his eyes were slightly dark, but with a clarity that penetrated everything, he looked at the flower window of Jing'er's room.

"No one goes in or out of the door, but it's not impossible to pass through the window."

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words.

Xiao Sesu also looked at the flower window, which seemed to be tightly closed, and the curtains were drawn on both sides.

Chang Xiao approached the flower window, carefully looked inside and out of the window, groped carefully with his fingers, then pushed the window open, and touched around the lower edge of the window with his fingers for a while, suddenly his eyes brightened, he turned his head suddenly, and as far as he could see The place is Jing'er's door.

At the door, Duan Duan was leaning on a walking stick.

Chang Xiao pointed to the crutch, "I remember that this crutch was held by the Dragon King of Dongting Lake in "The Legend of Liu Yi."

Everyone was a little stunned for a moment, not knowing why Chang Xiao suddenly mentioned this.

Brother Ma patted his chest, and said proudly: "I am the one who plays the role of the Dragon King of Dongting. I have already taken off my clothes. I will laugh at you."

"You are humble, you played the role of the Dragon King of Dongting very well." Chang Xiao left the flower window and walked towards Old Ma, "But the scene of Miss Jing'er's death, you did not perform well."

Brother Ma froze, "My lord, what do you mean by this!"

Chang Xiao's eyes were bright, and he said seriously: "First of all, if the official killed Miss Jing'er with his own hands, after the crowd flooded into her room, he would not put the acting props neatly by the door, but continue Hold it in your hand, or pretend to drop it in shock."

Old Marco was startled.

"Secondly, if I were you, after going in and out of Miss Jing'er's room through the window, you would definitely remember to wipe off the traces on the window edge, so as not to leave the plaster on the soles of your shoes."

Old Ma shook his head again, and said anxiously: "My lord, are you joking? I'm used to putting things by the door. Does this also mean that I killed people? There are also traces on the window edge, and there are dust on the soles of other people's shoes. Why do you say it's me?"

Xiao Ke shouted: "Presumptuous! Is this how you talk to court officials?"

"I..." Ma Ge concluded, with guilt clearly shining in his eyes.

Chang Xiao bowed his hands to Xiao Ke, indicating that he was fine, then glanced at Old Ma Ge, walked back to Jing'er's body, and knelt down.

"Third, if I were you, then after force-feeding Miss Jing'er with poisoned wine, you would definitely wash off the powder in your nails."

Xiao Ke said: "Why, Miss Jing'er was forced to drink poisoned wine?"

Chang Xiao replied: "Miss Jing'er wanted to call for help during the arsenic attack, so the murderer forcibly poured the rest of the poisoned wine and poisoned her to death."

"What evidence do you have to support your guess?"

"Yes." Chang Xiao returned to Xiao Ke respectfully, and gently placed his finger on Jing'er's cheek, "Miss Jing'er's face has traces of her makeup being picked off. Picked it off."

Xiao Ke said coldly to Brother Ma: "Stretch out your hands, the truth is to see if there is any powder in your nails."

There was a slack in Old Ma's eyes. He stretched out his hands obediently. His hands were clean. His nails had just been trimmed, and they were very smooth, and there was no trace of makeup.

Xiao Ke frowned, momentarily unhappy, thinking that Chang Xiao's speculation might not be wrong.

Brother Ma also said: "I just cut my nails before the performance, and it was also for the convenience of acting. You can't say that I am a murderer based on this."

Chang Xiao showed a very shallow smile, "Okay, if you don't rely on this, then rely on other things." He said: "If I were you, fourth, I would change my shirt."

"Middle clothes?" Old Ma looked down at the lapel of his clothes, "What's wrong with the middle clothes, my middle clothes..." He gasped when he said this, his face was as white as the ashes in the incense burner, and he was frightened I can't speak the words.

"Your middle coat was torn, and the cloth silk is still in the palm of Miss Jing'er's left hand." Chang Xiao opened Jing'er's left palm, and pinched a piece of cloth silk from inside.

"So, fifth, if I were you, after killing someone, you wouldn't be in a hurry to throw the wine glass. Instead, you should check the body carefully and not leave your own things behind."

There seemed to be a bang in Old Ma's head, like the sky falling apart, shaking him to the ground.A pair of eyes were still open, but his lips were buzzing but he couldn't speak, and his body was trembling in vain.

This kind of reaction shocked everyone in the troupe, and the troupe leader couldn't believe it: "Old Ma, is it really you? Why on earth are you!"

"Hmph, this damn guy!" Sun Bashi roared angrily, "If you kill Jing'er, you still want me to die too! Bastard, I can't spare you! I want to kill you and avenge Jing'er!"

(End of this chapter)