The two soon arrived at the cultural center of Shizuoka.
When we arrived at the place, we found that it was quite lively.
——There seems to be a drama performance today. At the entrance of the cultural center, there is a huge hard-shell billboard with three actors in gorgeous clothes printed on it.
Two of the young men were dressed as knights and were fighting with swords.
The old man in the background is sitting on a high throne, with a shadow covering his whole body, drinking wine and sneering.
…
Just after taking a second look, a laughing voice came from the side: "This is a popular masked play from the 17th to the 19th century. Today's show is John Benson's The Triumph of Folly. It translates to 'The Triumph of Folly.'"
Jiang Xia and the Henggou Police Department turned around following the sound and saw a smartly dressed woman.
The woman, wearing a suit and skirt, nodded to them elegantly, raised her hand and pushed up her glasses: "Mr. Henggou, are you here for the last case?"
Halfway through her words, she saw Jiang Xia turning around, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Miss Zhishui." Henggou Police Department came to their senses, "Your troupe's performance today? - I wish you a smooth performance. We have other things to do, so we have to leave first."
Zhishui Junzi made a sound, hesitated for a moment before speaking, and finally watched Jiang Xia leave helplessly.
——Their troupe tried the masked play "Silly Victory" for the first time.
Although the plot of this play is good, there has always been a legend about it - from the 17th century to the present, every time it is performed, at least one person involved will unfortunately die.
At first, neither the director nor Shimizu Kinuko took this legend seriously.
But when they were rehearsing a while ago, accidents always happened every now and then. Then they thought it was not possible and wanted to find a detective to come over and deal with the situation.
Unexpectedly, today, before the most critical performance started, Jiang Xia would come.
but……
Shimizu Kinuko sighed:
They moved so quickly that they had already invited a famous detective. The man was in the hall, watching the last rehearsal of the play.
Now if I take Jiang Xia there, not only will the Henggou Police Department be unhappy, but the detective might also feel that the troupe is not optimistic about his ability... I'd better forget it first.
Shishui Junzi shook her head, reluctantly looked away from Jiang Xia's retreating back, and returned to the hall.
…
On the other side, Jiang Xia and Henggou Police Department walked towards the side door.
Jiang Xia looked at the direction of the stage from a distance through the thick wall. She always felt that the air there was quite sweet - there seemed to be more than one murderous aura.
He remembered how the Henggou Police Department had met the female agent just now, and took a quick step to catch up with the distracted Henggou Police Department.
Then he asked casually: "That lady just now also knows about the case three days ago?"
"Huh?" Henggou Police Department came to their senses and nodded hesitantly, "She knew something happened over there, but she didn't know the details - those lounges that were blocked because of the murder were originally intended for their theater troupe.
But now we can only let them go to the other side, and besides..."
Henggou Police Department touched his coral-like curly hair helplessly:
"Their director and agent learned that a murder had just occurred in the lounge, but they didn't complain, but instead felt strangely apologetic.
"We felt something was wrong and asked about it, and then we found out that it seemed to be because of the 'Foolish Victory' they were going to play. There had been many fatal accidents in history - legend has it that since the show started in the 17th century, and that scene
Among the people involved, there must be a sacrifice. So they actually think that this case may be influenced by them... It's really superstitious."
Jiang Xia looked a lot more serious: "Have there been many fatal accidents?"
"Yes, in fact, in my opinion, this is just a pure coincidence - which drama has never had some problems.
"It's just that the overall atmosphere of the plot of this "Silly Victory" is very gloomy, so it is particularly impressive. In the end, it was even said to be a "curse"."
Henggou Police Department looks very materialistic.
If he hadn't gotten goosebumps all over his body while speaking, his words would definitely be more convincing:
"I also went to watch it at that time. The play was about a tragedy of fighting for power - a prince and a minister dueled, and was pierced by the minister's sword. The minister laughed and fell from the rooftop.
"After the two men died together, the king, who was watching behind the scenes, raised his glass to the audience with a smile - the dispute between the minister and the prince was actually started by the king in order to eradicate his dissidents. However, the king also failed to stand to the end.
The minister poisoned his wine, and he also drank it. In the end, no one survived."
Jiang Xia: "..." This drama seems to be quite realistic in this world. Is it adapted from reality?
…
While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived at the side door.
The Henggou Police Department opened the door and led Jiang Xia to the lounges in a familiar manner.
"This is it." He found the shoe covers and gloves and handed them to Jiang Xia. "A lot of physical evidence has been taken away, and the remaining traces are not too many..."
Before he finished speaking, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Henggou Police Department lowered his head and glanced at the caller ID. He couldn't help but twitch his forehead, showing a look like "the dog boss is here to persecute me again" - if the boss hadn't bragged that they could solve the case in one day in order to drive away reporters this morning, they would be here now
No need to be stressed out...
Henggou walked to the side and answered the phone.
Jiang Xia looked at his back, thoughtfully: Are the police in Shizuoka Prefecture usually so busy?
...Maybe when there are no cases in Tokyo, you can come and visit them nearby. Anyway, the two sides are not far away, and there is also the famous Izu Beach here.
Jiang Xia was thinking as she pushed open the door of the lounge, looking for possible murderous intent.
The lounge is very tidy, there are not many things, and at first glance, there is nothing.
The murderous intent is not here.
There are also no other adjacent lounges. Otherwise, at this distance, the ghosts must have packed up their murderous intent and brought them back.
"..." In the performance hall on the other side, you can feel a lot of murderous intent.
...I really want to go there and take a look.
Jiang Xia retreated to the corridor and looked at the vast topographic map on the wall, vaguely feeling like he was looking at a treasure map.
He was thinking about finding an excuse to go shopping there later.
He saw the Henggou Police Department hung up the phone and came back, apologetically saying: "Mr. Xiaogongshan's wife went to the police station to make trouble again. Now it happens to be the security enhancement month. There are not enough manpower. I have to go and take a look - you see
Give me a call when you’re done, and I’ll come and pick you up right away!”
The young detective was startled.
Then he nodded, as if he didn't mind at all the Henggou Police Department's behavior of "picking up guests and then leaving them behind" as a tour guide: "Don't worry, I will contact you right away if anything happens."
Henggou Police Department left gratefully.
…
Jiang Xia watched him leave quietly.
The corridor door clicked shut, and Jiang Xia turned around and left.
