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Chapter 209 The Detective Story

During the period of the Republic of China, the most prosperous business in Liyuan in Kaifeng City, Henan Province was the Kaiming Theater.Every night, there are strings, gongs and drums in the Kaiming Theater Building, and there are many good shows. The auditorium and pool seats downstairs, the private rooms and boxes upstairs are all full.

One morning in the late autumn of this year, after the play was over and the crowd dispersed, a few gangsters (handymen) in the theater were busy cleaning up the fruit peels and melon seed shells all over the floor.When Xiaohe Bao Xiaoshanzi from upstairs cleaned up to the single room No. [-], he found that the guest watching the theater was still lying on the coffee table in front of him. He presumably fell asleep due to exhaustion, so he stepped forward and called out softly, but the guest did not move. move.Xiao Shanzi stepped forward and pulled the guest's elbow, the guest fell to the ground with black blood flowing from his mouth and nose! "Ah, dead... dead!" Xiao Shanzi was so frightened that he threw his broom and yelled desperately...

The police station received the report, and dispatched Huang Baoguang, the famous "superior detective", to lead a group of police officers to the scene of the crime. The deceased was a middle-aged man in his forties, lying horizontally in the box, with a Put the teapot and two teacups.The forensic doctor came forward for an inspection and determined that the theater guest died of poisoning, and the poison was poured into one of the teacups.Poison, commonly known as "seven steps down", is a highly poisonous snake medicine often sold by street snake charmers.

Boss Dong of the Kaiming Theater and Gao Huancheng, the manager of the theater, were passed on.After hearing Inspector Huang's inquiry, Boss Dong stammered: "This number eight... the guest in box eight is Qin Nianyun, the chief accountant of the Kaifeng Branch of Jincheng Bank, who is... the winning guest of our theater building yesterday , so... so I have the impression."

"The winner?" Inspector Huang was quite puzzled.

"Let me explain this." Gao Huancheng walked up from behind Boss Dong, and elaborated...

The reason why the Kaiming Theater has been able to outshine more than a dozen theaters in the past two years is that it hired the Shahe Bangzi opera troupe "Qinghe Troupe", which is popular on both sides of the Yellow River, to perform all year round. Both of them are leaders at the moment, and they are very popular; secondly, Gao Huancheng, a young drama manager, is shrewd and capable, and he has a lot of tricks to canvass votes.Since the spring of this year, Gao Huancheng has launched another clever trick of "watching theater with prizes". He took his friends and went to various government agencies, companies, shops and other places to pre-sell "group tickets" seven days later. [-]% off, and there must be a winning number for every [-] movie tickets.The winning numbers are announced to the public one day before the show. Winners enjoy the treatment of a single room on the upper floor. Not only are tickets and refreshments free of charge, but also popular actors from the Qinghe class will come to the box to sing a cappella during the break between watching the show.The conditions were so attractive that the Enlightened Theater was overcrowded and it was hard to get a ticket.The Kaifeng branch of Jincheng Bank also bought group tickets, and the day before the opening of the show, Gao Huancheng personally went to the bank to open the big red hot gold prize coupons in public, and saw "Box No. Qin Nianyun's movie ticket number is printed on it!Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Qin Nianyun, who always had a long face, also beamed with a smile...

"Oh, so that's the case." Inspector Huang nodded, and immediately ordered a police officer to go to the Kaifeng branch of Jincheng Bank, so that their manager in charge could come and identify the corpse.Then Inspector Huang learned from Boss Dong and Gao Huancheng that the tea in Box No. [-] and other boxes was uniformly supplied by the theater building, and now only Qin Nianyun was poisoned. The acquaintances who came to sit around were poisoned—there was a palm-sized movable round board behind the door of each box, which could observe the movement outside. If it was not an acquaintance, Qin Nianyun would not let him in and drink together Tea listens to opera.

"During the play, did you ever notice someone entering and exiting Box No. [-]?" Inspector Huang asked again.Boss Dong and Gao Huancheng looked at each other and shook their heads in unison. "Didn't you just say that Zui Haitang was going to enter Box No. [-] to sing a cappella for the guests? Human life is at stake, I hope you don't hide it!" Inspector Huang was a little displeased.

Gao Huancheng patted his head continuously, and ordered Xiao Shanzi to run to the backstage in a hurry, and called a young female actress with tall temples and a light blue cheongsam.Needless to say, she is Drunken Begonia.

Zui Haitang's real surname is Song, because she has a handsome face, a slender figure, graceful gait on the stage, looks forward to the wind, fascinates people like a begonia shaken by the wind, so she was given the stage name "Zui Haitang".

Faced with Inspector Huang's questioning, Zui Haitang's face turned a little pale, and she hurriedly said: "Oh, it's none of my business! I just sang in the eighth box last night when the play was at the third turn. A piece of "Su San Qijie". The guest is very polite, unlike other guests who like to touch hands and feet, but he is too dull, and he doesn't even know how to let me drink a cup of tea, let alone give me a tip. .So as soon as the song was over, I left with my pipa in my arms. Who knows what happened afterwards?"

While listening, Detective Huang observed Zui Haitang's words and expressions, and asked further: "When you were singing, did you ever notice any unusual behavior from the guests?"

"Hey, didn't I just say that? That guest is very polite, he just sat and listened to the music without moving at all!" Zui Haitang became a little impatient, and suddenly glared, "Oh, yes, I'm in the box When I was singing a cappella, there was a knock on the door outside. I put down the pipa and opened the door. There was no one outside the door, but a man in a gray gown and a black top hat was walking downstairs. Go. I... I only saw the back of that person. The hat and the back are very familiar, as if, it seems to be Chen Dazeng, who is new to our troupe. Doesn’t Chen Dazeng often wear a gray gown and a black top hat? But I also Not sure - that person seems to be thinner than Chen Dazeng. Uh, let me think about it again, there is a large yellow patch on the back of that person's gray gown. There is such a large patch of yellow color on the back of Chen Dazeng's clothes, it was when he put on makeup Accidentally touched..."

"What, you mean Chen Dazeng? No...impossible!" Gao Huancheng behind Boss Dong couldn't help crying.Immediately, Inspector Huang's sword-like eyes fixed on him again: "Who is Chen Dazeng? Why do you think it can't be him?"

Gao Huancheng looked at Boss Dong in embarrassment, hesitant to speak.Boss Dong glared at Gao Huancheng sullenly and said, "I didn't approve of Chen Dazeng joining the theater troupe at the beginning, but you strongly recommend it. As a fancier, is it reliable to be on stage? Now, explain to Inspector Huang!"

Gao Huancheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, and introduced Chen Dazeng to Inspector Huang.

Chen Dazeng and Qin Nianyun were about the same age, and they were assistant managers of the Kaifeng branch of Jincheng Bank, with a high position and authority.In his spare time, he became obsessed with Shahe Bangzi tune, and came to the Kaiming Theater almost every night to listen to the opera.He especially likes old dramas, and he often practices kung fu with a few like-minded fans, swinging sleeves, posing, stroking his beard... Every move, accompanied by drawling, is also very orderly.Naturally, Gao Huancheng became acquainted with Chen Dazeng. Once the supporting role of Laosheng lost his voice, Gao Huancheng had an idea and asked Chen Dazeng to come to the stage to respond to the emergency, and let him show his face without any flaws.

In the past two years, the Kaifeng branch of Jincheng Bank has made little profit. The headquarters suspects that Chen Dazeng is the "inner ghost" of embezzlement and corruption. This summer, Qin Nianyun, the chief accountant of the Special Investigation and Accounting Section, checks Chen Dazeng's current accounts.After several days and nights of continuous investigation, Qin Nianyun finally found clues from the mountains of books and bills, which proved Chen Dazeng's crime.Chen Dazeng panicked, and begged Qin Nianyun to let him go in the face of his old colleagues for many years.But Qin Nianyun is a well-known "boss", and he did not miss the old feelings at all, and reported to the headquarters truthfully.In the end, the headquarters fired Chen Dazeng and ordered him to fill in the shortfall, or he would be prosecuted in the provincial court for "embezzlement of public funds".Now, Chen Daduo's savings for many years were wiped out, leaving him without a living.In desperation, Chen Dazeng came to the Kaiming Theater Building, and asked for a private room, a jug of wine, and two dishes of food, and poured himself a drink while listening to the play.After the show ended, Chen Dazeng was already very drunk, and feeling sad, he composed and sang: "The world is spinning and drinking, and the hell dares to leave..." Xiao Shanzi who cleared the scene found that his situation was not right, so he hurriedly called Gao Huancheng.Gao Huancheng listened to a few words outside the door, and then decisively knocked open the box door, only to see Chen Dazeng took out a paper bag from his pocket, opened it and was about to pour it into his mouth.Gao Huancheng recognized at a glance that the paper package was the poison "Seven Steps" often sold by snake charmers on the street, so he quickly stepped forward and snatched it from Chen Dazeng's mouth.Chen Dazeng sobbed and said: "For most of my life, I only knew how to count money, calculate the abacus, and copy codes. Now I have been fired, my reputation has been ruined, and all banks have rejected me. I... what else do I have?" A way to live? It would be better to die!" Gao Huancheng thought for a while, and persuaded him sympathetically: "Brother Chen, there is no unparalleled road. I see that your old opera singing is very authentic, with a correct accent and a rounded accent. Yayu is a famous actor, how about I recommend you to join the Qinghe class, at least you have a bowl of rice to eat?" Chen Dazeng's eyes lit up: "This... can this be done?" Gao Huancheng said in a big bag: "It will be done! I will Go to Boss Dong and the class leader of Qinghe class to intercede for you. I don’t think they will die!” In this way, under Gao Huancheng’s repeated recommendation, Chen Dazeng formally joined Qinghe class. Knocking on the side drums, and gradually stepping onto the stage to play a supporting role, it can be regarded as standing firm.However, due to the sudden change from a bank executive to a despised actor, and the great gap in life before and after, Chen Dazeng often sighed, and everyone worried that he would commit suicide one day.

Oh, it turned out that Chen Dazeng and Qin Nianyun had such a feud, and Inspector Huang and the police officers couldn't help but feel shudder.

"Where is Chen Dazeng now?" Inspector Huang asked.

"He's probably still sleeping in his room at the moment—he hasn't been arranged to be on stage for the past two days, and it's been hard for him to sell group tickets everywhere. So I don't think it was he who knocked on the door of Box [-] last night. "Gao Huancheng said, and ordered Xiaoshanzi to call Chen Dazeng over quickly.

Before the meeting, a red-faced middle-aged man in a gray gown and black top hat followed Xiao Shanzi sleepily.Hearing that Qin Nianyun was poisoned to death, Chen Dazeng was shocked, but he soon came back to his senses and couldn't help shouting loudly: "Why, you suspect me?! I didn't poison the surname Qin. I performed three plays in a row the night before yesterday. For two days in a row, I went around selling group tickets, and when I came back last night, my body fell apart, I didn’t even eat dinner, I just lay down on the bed and slept until now, and I haven’t gone anywhere!”

Zui Haitang walked around Chen Dazeng, and finally said with certainty: "It was you, Chen Dazeng, who knocked on the door of Box No. [-] last night! Look, the butter color on the back of your shirt is so eye-catching!"

Chen Dazeng was trembling with anger, pointed at Zui Haitang's forehead and shouted angrily: "Little girl, you...you are a woman who has no grievances with me, why do you want to slander and frame me? This is a murder case, don't talk nonsense!"

At this time, the manager of the Kaifeng branch of Jincheng Bank arrived. He identified Qin Nianyun's body and confirmed what Gao Huancheng said.In addition, the manager pulled Detective Huang and the others aside, glanced at Chen Dazeng and emphasized in a low voice that Qin Nianyun did not gamble or whore, he only knew how to work, and his interpersonal relationship was very simple. If there were people who hated him, Only this Chen Dazeng.

Chen Dazeng was arrested on suspicion of murder.At the case seminar at the police station, everyone thought that Chen Dazeng was the real culprit: Chen Dazeng had the motive to murder Qin Nianyun—it was Qin Nianyun's sternness that caused him to lose his job and almost to die; Evidence—Zui Haitang confirmed that he had been to box No. [-]; physical evidence—he had bought the highly poisonous snake drug "Seven Steps", and Qin Nianyun was poisoned to death by "Seven Steps".Detective Huang listened to everyone's speech, frowning all the time, and finally said: "I think the evidence is still insufficient, let Chen Dazeng go, let's continue the investigation!" Looking at the puzzled eyes of everyone, Detective Huang bent his fingers, Explain one by one: "One, it was the headquarters of Jincheng Bank that smashed Chen Dazeng's job, and Qin Nianyun was just following orders. Although Chen Dazeng resented Qin Nianyun's merciless subordinates, he did not hate to the extent that he wanted revenge and murder—when he was desperate. Even if he wanted to commit suicide, he didn't expect to die with Qin Nianyun, which proves this point. Besides, he has gained a firm foothold in the Kaiming Theater now, and his life has settled down. Can he still commit revenge and murder? Second, even if Chen Dazeng wants to kill Qin Nianyun, there are many opportunities , but it is impossible to do it in the enlightened theater where he sang. Wouldn't it be self-inflicted to be suspected? Third, Zui Haitang was at first unsure of what he saw from the back, and then he was eager to get rid of himself before he clung to Chen Dazeng; fourth, he couldn't Since Chen Dazeng bought the "seven-step pour" last time when he was about to commit suicide, it is concluded that this time he used the "seven-step pour" to poison Qin Nianyun, because anyone can buy poison like "seven-step pour" anywhere on the street. arrive."

Inspector Huang made the final decision: "Although it is difficult for us to confirm that Chen Dazeng is the murderer, after all, several pieces of evidence seem to point to him, so after we release Chen Dazeng, we will send someone to secretly monitor his every move in the Kaiming Theater to see who he is the same as. People have contacts, and new clues and evidence may be discovered from them."

After Chen Dazeng was released, two things were reported to the police station soon.

One thing is that under the sole control of Gao Huancheng, the colleagues of the Kaiming Theater served wine for Chen Dazeng to calm the surprise.During the banquet, Gao Huancheng repeatedly complained about Chen Dazeng's grievances, and persuaded Boss Dong to arrange for Chen Dazeng to play the role of Min Deren, the father of the filial son Min Ziqian in the play "Whiplashing the Reed Flower" three days later - which means that Chen Dazeng has almost become the role of the old student. The mainstay!Chen Dazeng was very grateful, he left the table on the spot, lifted his long gown, and bowed deeply to Gao Huancheng. Helped to go to the dormitory, but there was no meeting after Gao Huancheng left, Chen Dazeng became drunk, walked out of the dormitory and found Zui Haitang to "settle the score", and asked her why she wanted to trap him to death in the first place. The words are extremely ugly.Zui Haitang is a very popular character in the team, how can he bear his pot, the two immediately quarreled, until they cussed.Chen Dazeng wanted to punch Zui Haitang out of anger, but fortunately he was pulled away by everyone...

Let’s just say that in the evening three days later, the bright gas lamps were hung high on the stage of the Kaiming Grand Theater, and the curtain was lifted. Min Deren, played by Chen Dazeng, appeared on the stage, holding a whisk as a whip, and sang:
"It's cold, windy and snowy. On the carriage, I will teach the two sons. You must keep in mind the words of fathers. Life is based on kindness, filial piety, benevolence..."

In the audience, Inspector Huang, who was disguised as a theater guest, and several police officers stared closely at Chen Dazeng on the stage.After two episodes, Inspector Huang was puzzled: After all, this Chen Dazeng was a fancier who became a monk halfway through, and he was far from being able to compare with the old students who were born in a major. Although his singing voice was passable, his stage moves were blunt, almost like a puppet, which attracted a lot of attention. Many audiences booed. I really don't know why Gao Huancheng has to praise him again and again.

At the middle of the play, the curtain was half closed, and the audience in the audience bought tea and sour plum soup one after another, and through the gap in the curtain, one could see that the actors on the stage were drinking tea to moisten their throats without taking off their makeup—this is The "drinking place" in the jargon of Liyuan.I saw Chen Dazeng holding a big teapot, "gudu gudu" drinking happily, and from time to time he swished his water sleeves and wiped the tea leaves with the lid of the teapot.After a while, with the sound of "哐", the curtain opened again, and the second half of the play began. Chen Dazeng staggered to the middle of the stage, and sang again, but he became hoarse and staggered when he didn't sing a few words. Get up, put your hands on your belly, yelled "Ai yo ai yo" a few times, and finally fell headlong on the stage!This time the audience was shocked, Inspector Huang knew something was wrong, he jumped onto the stage, leaned over to look, and saw Chen Dazeng twitched for a while, rolled his eyes, black blood flowed from his mouth, he was dead!
Watching Chen Dazeng die just under his nose, Detective Huang was shocked.The forensic doctor soon arrived and found out that Chen Dazeng had also died of poisoning, and the poison was poured into the big teapot in the same "seven steps" as Qin Nianyun was poisoned!At this time, the audience was already in chaos, and the audience dispersed in a rush, while the actors on the stage were all panicked and hid in a corner of the curtain, trembling.Inspector Huang suddenly realized something, came to the actors, and asked loudly, "Is Zui Haitang here?" A female actress tremblingly said, "Sister Haitang, she's not here. Yesterday, yesterday she sang a double play, Tired, too tired, resting in her room..."

"Quick, lead us to her room!" Inspector Huang said eagerly.A group of people came to Zui Haitang's room panting, and knocked on the door for a while, but there was no movement, so they had to forcefully open the door, only to find that Zui Haitang had been strangled to death on the bedside, it was horrible!Based on the stiffness of the body, the forensic doctor judged that Zui Haitang had been dead for three hours.When Boss Dong and Gao Huancheng heard the news, they looked at each other in shock. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling, the pillars of the theatrical troupe have fallen..." Boss Dong murmured.

Zui Haitang's bed was messy, which was obviously caused by her struggle when she was unexpectedly strangled to death.Several police officers searched and found a pocket watch under her bed.Boss Dong and Gao Huancheng identified it as the gold pocket watch that Chen Dazeng usually hangs on his coat!
Out of Zui Haitang's room, Inspector Huang asked Boss Dong, "Who brought Chen Dazeng the tea at the drinking party tonight? Call him here, I have something to ask." Boss Dong turned to Gao Huancheng with a mournful face: "Are you ...You are a drama manager, and you will check the shift tonight, you... tell me how you arranged it." Gao Huancheng said without hesitation: "The one who brought the tea is that Xiao Shanzi." He ordered someone to take Xiao Shanzi passed it on.Xiao Shanzi had never seen such a scene before, his face turned pale with fright, his lips trembled, and he couldn't even complete a sentence.

Seeing this, Gao Huancheng coughed dryly and said, "Inspector Huang, Xiao Shanzi is a bad boy, so let me speak for him. That's it, our theater has rules. When drinking tea, the protagonists use a big teapot to drink tea. The tea was brewed with high-grade Biluochun, while the rest of the people used teacups to brew ordinary tea—because the leading actor was the most thirsty. These teas were made in small bags from the tea room and sent to the back of the stage. Tonight When I was drinking, I went to the dressing room and found that the tea delivery boy was hiding in the corner holding a big teapot and secretly drinking Biluochun. He poured down a lot of it. I was so angry that I couldn't help but slap him a few times and told him to send it to Chen Dazeng quickly. Xiao Shanzi, is what I'm telling the truth?" Xiao Shanzi nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.From this point of view, Xiao Shanzi was not poisoned when he secretly drank the tea from the big teapot. It is clear that the tea became poisoned after Chen Dazeng took over the big teapot. At that time, the opera singers gathered together in a drinking place, and everyone drank their own tea. Put poison into Chen Dazeng's teapot? ——Only him, Chen Dazeng himself!
After hearing this, Inspector Huang waved his hand, ordered Boss Dong and Gao Huancheng to go back first, and solemnly announced to them that before the case was solved, the theater building would be sealed up, and all members of the theater troupe would stay in their rooms and wait for interrogation. Do not go out.

The police officers gathered together to consider the case, and everyone agreed that judging from the fact that Chen Dazeng's pocket watch was left in Zui Haitang's room and Xiaoshanzi delivered the tea, it must be Chen Dazeng who strangled Zui Haitang to death in anger. He committed suicide on the stage again - he had a previous record of suicide, and now he pulled another back before committing suicide, which shows that this person's desire for revenge is really strong!Based on such deliberations, Qin Nianyun most likely was poisoned by him, he really shouldn't have been let go, and Zui Haitang was killed for no reason!

In the face of everyone's doubts, Inspector Huang frowned, as if he said to himself: "Whether Chen Dazeng committed suicide or not, Zui Haitang's death must have something to do with him. It's just that the tea in the teapot was good, why did it arrive? Is there poison in his hand? The problem lies in this joint." He took the big teapot from the forensic doctor, held it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, and then wiped the lid on the teapot mouth, which was obviously an imitation Chen Dazeng drinking tea behind the curtain.Suddenly, Inspector Huang's eyes lit up, and he rushed to the dressing room of the theater with a large teapot in his hand.The police officers knew that Inspector Huang must have made new discoveries, so they hurriedly followed.

When he came to the dressing room, Inspector Huang looked around, walked towards the garbage basket standing in the corner, and found another teapot lid out of it, and put a lid on the mouth of the big teapot, just as he was picking it up. suitable!Looking at the two identical teapot lids in Inspector Huang's hands, the police officers were very surprised. They gathered around and took a closer look. They saw that the two teapot lids were new and the other was old. There was a thick layer of tea stains on the bottom of the old teapot lid. And the bottom of the new teapot lid is clean.At this moment, the police officers finally had an epiphany: the lid of the big teapot was replaced with a new one, and the poisoning mechanism was here. Chen Dazeng definitely did not commit suicide!

In the middle of the night of the second day, when everything was silent, a black shadow quietly came to an old elm tree on the back wall of the Kaiming Theater Building, climbed up, and then hung itself on the branch of the tree to form a "fuchsia" , clasped a window of the theater building with one hand, pushed it lightly, the window was opened, and a dark shadow like a bat got in.This room is exactly the dressing room.The black shadow stopped for a while, raised his ears and heard that there was no movement in the house, then groped for the trash basket in the corner, and after a while, he took out something and hurriedly stuffed it into his pocket.At this moment, a bright flashlight came directly from behind the closet, covering the black shadow in the light circle.Hei Ying trembled in fright, and the object in his hand fell to the ground with a "clank" - Hei Ying was none other than Gao Huancheng, and what fell to the ground was a teapot lid!

"Manager Gao, what are you doing here in the middle of the night looking for this teapot lid?" Inspector Huang said with a drawn out voice.Gao Huancheng didn't dare to answer, so he turned around and fled towards the door, but just as he opened the door, he was firmly pressed down by two police officers standing by the door, one left and one right!

Gao Huancheng was taken to the police station. Facing interrogation, although he broke out in cold sweat, he remained silent.Inspector Huang sneered: "If you don't tell me, I'll tell you! To tell you the truth, since you arranged a surprise banquet for Chen Dazeng, we have paid attention to you!"

It turned out that, as a manager, Gao Huancheng made Zui Haitang famous in one hand, and the two got engaged in private.It never occurred to him that the son of Ouyang, the chairman of the Senate in the provincial government, fell in love with Zui Haitang and decided to marry her in.In the end, actors are innocent, Zui Haitang weighed things up and down, changed his mind, broke with Gao Huancheng, and got engaged to Mr. Ouyang in the newspaper, and agreed to hold a Western-style wedding at Christmas.How could Gao Huancheng beat Mr. Ouyang?He hated Zui Haitang so much, he wished he could kill her with one blow!How can we kill Zui Haitang without the police finding him?Gao Huancheng racked his brains and considered several options, but he was not satisfied.At this moment, Chen Dazeng ran to the Kaiming Theater Building to commit suicide. Although Gao Huancheng was quick to save him, he couldn't help thinking: Why not use this to build a "bridge" for the dead ghost to kill the drunken begonia?Gao Huancheng was fascinated by the plays of "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" because of the frequent performances in the theater building. He was very familiar with the plots of "creating something out of nothing", "killing someone with a borrowed knife", and "taking the ladder out of the house", and soon thought of a wonderful "serial plot".He first figured out the reason why Chen Dazeng wanted to commit suicide, then he tricked Qin Nianyun, who had a grudge against Chen Dazeng, to win the prize under the pretext of "watching a show with a prize", and asked Qin Nianyun to come to the box of the theater to watch the show and listen to the singing of Drunken Begonia, while He sneaked into Chen Dazeng's room and changed into Chen Dazeng's coat without anyone noticing, then slipped from the back stairs to the No. I thought it was Chen Dazeng.And after Zui Haitang finished singing and left, he turned around again, took the opportunity of offering tea to Qin Nianyun, and poured the poison into the teacup.After Qin Nianyun was poisoned to death, the police came to investigate, and it turned out that Zui Haitang testified against Chen Dazeng, thus making the conflict between her and Chen Dazeng "created out of nothing."After Chen Dazeng was released from the police station, Gao Huancheng put on a surprise banquet, further provoking the conflict between Chen Dazeng and Zui Haitang, causing the two to quarrel—this is called "taking the ladder from the house".The next night before, he deliberately arranged for Zui Haitang to sing a series of dramas, so tired that she couldn't wake up, he took the opportunity to sneak into the room and strangled her, and deliberately dropped the pocket watch that Chen Dazhang stole when he was drunk.After the performance of "Whiplashing the Reed Flowers" that day, Gao Huancheng first arranged for Xiao Shanzi to sit at the door of the stove in the teahouse to boil water, which made Xiao Shanzi's mouth dry, and then assigned him to deliver tea to Chen Dazeng at the drinking place.In this way, Gao Huancheng calculated that the greedy Xiao Shanzi must steal tea when he passed the dressing room, and he caught him.At that moment, Gao Huancheng slapped Xiao Shanzi on the head and across the face, causing Xiao Shanzi to cover his head and cover his eyes. He then took the opportunity to replace a new teapot lid that had been tucked in his sleeve. "Step down" poisonous ointment, it will melt in a rush of heat!It was just the old teapot lid, which he couldn't tuck back into his sleeve for a while, so he threw it into the trash basket.In this way, the police would think that Chen Dazeng killed Zui Haitang with hatred and then committed suicide by taking poison. How could they suspect him?This trick is "borrowing a knife to kill"!
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