Extra Chapter 17 The truth behind the death of Ramashanti
From Dashi to Tang Dynasty.
Thousands of miles away.
Xiao Hei finally met Lanmasanti, whom he had longed for.
People are not hardened yet.
After all, he died not long ago.
It's just that anyone who dies from drowning will not look good in death.
So it’s hard to tell how beautiful she was in life, but she was tall and had slender legs, making her a good dancer.
This dancing girl drowned in Wangxian Pond, Wangxian Pond in Daming Palace!
Within the palace, there were also misfortunes for maids and servants, but during the sensitive period when the Thousand Autumn Festival was about to take place, it was a big deal that a foreign woman who danced for a saint drowned in the palace pool.
So even when night falls, hurried footsteps gather from all directions, and teams of guards arrive, surrounding the pool with water, waiting for the inner guards to arrive.
The people in the Neijiaofang were driven aside and not allowed to move around freely, so they began to talk one after another, and each one's words were more unpleasant than the last.
Compared to everyone rehearsing a big song, a beauty who dances alone is undoubtedly more likely to win the favor of a saint. Even if the saint and the queen are deeply in love, many girls from aristocratic families have no chance to enter the palace. It is impossible to fall in love with the dancer, but for the Jiaofang Si
For an actor, it is still inevitable to feel jealous. At this time, seeing someone die, there is no sympathy in the words, all of them are gloating.
Xiao Hei was hiding next to him, listening silently, and finally the key clue came to his ears: "Isn't there a charming maid beside this foreign slave? Could it be that she also sank into the lake?" "I didn't see it, I'm afraid.
Aren't you so scared that you ran away?" "Where can I run in this forbidden area?"
"A maid next to Ranmasanti is missing!"
Xiao Hei's eyes flashed and he moved towards the corpse.
After a brief surprise, she now began to wonder if Ranmasanti faked her death to escape?
Combined with the actions of Yang Zaiwei and his party, if important clues are obtained from the fake envoys of Honglu Temple and the other party discovers something is wrong, it is possible for the gecko to have its tail docked.
The decision is decisive, but in doing so, there must be a bit of panic.
If it gets messed up, something will go wrong!
Of course, mistakes can also be made up for. With the opponent's power in the palace, all traces could have been erased.
The so-called fake envoys and the evil-minded Oshuki Dancer are just a disturbance at the lower levels, which will not affect the situation at the top at all, and the truth will be covered up forever!
But Detective Xiaohei will never allow it!
The surrounding guards held torches and turned their backs to the corpse, just to prevent outsiders from approaching the destruction site, but they did not notice that a hand suddenly stretched out in the dark night.
Xiao Hei first conducted an autopsy and found that it was indeed consistent with the characteristics of drowning. He then carefully observed the soles of the corpse and found calluses from years of dancing practice, and then groped around the corpse's face.
"There is no trace of disguise..."
"The internal guards will come to conduct an autopsy soon. If he is disguised, he should not be able to hide it from Wu Zuo, unless Wu Zuo is bribed and secretly colludes to change his identity."
"If it's not easy to disguise, could it be that the appearance of Lanmasanti and the maid next to her are very similar?"
The corpse had not been soaked in the water for long. Although its appearance was ferocious, it was not so bad that it was impossible to see clearly. It was completely identifiable.
Ranmasanti had a humble status and was not a noblewoman. She had no reason to cover her face and was jealous of other actors. Even if she only showed one pair of eyes, she would still be remembered clearly...
Xiao Hei checked it several times and looked confused: "The body has indeed not been tampered with, and it was found so timely. Could it be that Lanmasanti is really dead, and the one who did it was the missing maid? To silence her?"
"No! Lanmasanti has already 'died' once in Dashi, just to avoid General Abu and follow the fake envoys to perform dances in the Tang Dynasty..."
"This arrangement is risky. This woman is definitely the key to the opponent's plan. Although there is a risk of being exposed now, she will still escape if there is a chance to escape!"
Thinking of this, Xiao Hei turned around and returned to the actors. Taking advantage of their heated conversation, he asked casually: "Have you ever seen this big-eating woman dance the flying dance with your own eyes? I heard that the saint can
Looking forward to it!”
It was late at night, and someone died by the pool in front of me. A strange voice that did not belong to an acquaintance suddenly sounded in my ears...
But Xiao Hei's words seemed to have magic power, causing the actors to subconsciously ignore the problem, and kept saying: "I haven't seen it!"
"What kind of dance music can Dashi have? He is said to be flying to the sky, he must be bragging!"
Xiao Hei changed the group of dancers and asked again.
Soon, she determined that none of the atelier dancers who were jealous of Lanmasanti had seen her dance the famous flying dance with their own eyes.
"This is the truth!"
Xiao Hei returned to the corpse, and an invisible electric light flashed behind his head.
She saw through the secret of suspended animation.
Ramashanti's dance has a unique charm that cannot be imitated by others, but her rehearsals after entering the palace were all in a separate courtyard and not allowed to be watched by outsiders, which created an opportunity.
Opportunity to exchange identities.
The person who appeared in front of everyone from the beginning was actually the maid, and the real Ramashanti was disguised as a maid and accompanying her!
In this way, there is no need to bribe the widow, and the body does not need to be faked. Just drown the maid directly. There is only one key point. She cannot let her soak for too long, and she must be discovered immediately. On the contrary, the actors can prove her identity and her death can be confirmed.
"If this is really such a trick, it couldn't be a last-minute idea. Could it be..."
Xiao Hei's expression changed slightly, he abandoned the murder scene and ran towards Hanyuan Hall.
The death of an exotic dancer in the Daming Palace alarmed too many people. Not only did the imperial guards surround the place three floors inside and three floors outside, but the next focus of the inner guards was here.
And it happened that during the day, he went to the Duke Wei's Mansion, causing a lot of trouble in the city, allowing Yang Zaiwei to enter and leave the Foreign Guest House of Honglu Temple smoothly.
What if the enemy uses the same tactics as her, and when the inner guards and imperial troops are exhausted, they go straight into the inner court and assassinate the saint?
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Xiao Hei ran all the way and quickly passed the second palace wall. With the ability to see at night, he soon saw the Chongming Gate on the third palace wall in the distance.
At this moment, Shaoyang Courtyard came into view.
When Li Hong was the crown prince, he lived there and was even placed under house arrest by Empress Wu for a time.
However, there are also warm memories in that past. The emperor and the empress are still in love with each other now. It is because they helped each other during the difficult times, so the current prince also lives in Shaoyang Palace.
Historically, this place has become a symbol of the East Palace as a convention. Everything else has changed in this world, but this one has not changed.
Xiao Hei looked at Shaoyang Palace, and another thought came to his mind.
Once the saint is assassinated, the prince will be suspected...
Perhaps the prince did not do that, but in view of the excellent precedent of the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely arouse suspicion both inside and outside the court. The current good situation of national peace and security will cast a shadow that will never go away.
Thinking of this, Xiao Hei became a little faster and rushed into the inner court almost like lightning.
But before she reached the Zichen Palace, she slowed down and blinked with bright eyes.
Dressed in white, he stood quietly, with his slender neck raised, looking at the stars in the sky.
Xiao Hei showed a comfortable smile and curled his lips secretly: "You obviously have a bet with me, but you are calm and unaffected by the turmoil outside!"
Having said that, my steps have become brisk and my tense heart has relaxed.
As long as Wan'er is around, the internal affairs will be fine, and the so-called assassin is a joke.
The next question is back to Ramashanti.
"If this woman had not died, would she have escaped from the palace directly?"
"Won't……"
"The ability to successfully enter the most important place in the world is in the name of the Dashi Envoy. Once out, it will be extremely difficult to get in again. Even if she cannot assassinate her, she should still lurk!"
Thanks to Li Zhi and Empress Wu, a pair of construction madmen, the Daming Palace was so big that even Wan'er couldn't search it inch by inch. Xiao Hei sniffed his nose.
She couldn't smell Ranmasanti's scent. Perhaps it was precisely to prevent the strengthening of the five senses of Weishijin that the targeted treatment was done, but even she was able to prevent it.
But there was also an extremely faint smell left on the previous corpse, which was vaguely the unique stinky smell of the chamberlain.
Living in the palace, there is nothing wrong with being exposed to this smell, but now that there are no other clues, Xiao Hei simply follows this smell and walks towards the west.
Please stay tuned, it's in that direction.
And this place is also very busy. The servants are coming in and out. Maybe they heard that a dancer died in the outer court. The matter can be big or small. The expressions on their faces are very solemn, even a little nervous.
In today's Tang Dynasty, the status of eunuchs is still not high. It is far from the era when they were domineering. They are all very cautious and cautious, for fear of being burned.
"But precisely because of this, there are many people who are willing to take risks... If a thief wants to cause trouble in the palace, he must have an internal response. Don't let me catch him!"
Xiao Hei searched each house.
Just as he was thinking about how to question the person after catching him, a sense of threat suddenly surged into his heart, and then a familiar aura flashed behind him.
Xiao Hei turned around like a whirlwind and raised his brows: "Yang Zaiwei, why did you come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
The opponent's fist suddenly stopped: "Why did you enter the palace too?"
The two of them looked at each other, both a little surprised and confused. Xiao Hei took the lead and said: "I followed the inner guard into the palace and used a cover-up trick to investigate in the palace..."
Yang Zaiwei said: "We captured Lanmasanti's old servant and asked about many secrets. Time was tight. I took advantage of the movement in the palace and sneaked into the palace through the weakly defended silver gate."
Xiao Hei was a little surprised: "So smooth? Who is Lanmasanti?"
Yang Zaiwei said: "The old servant's guess is Yuan Tiangang, but there is no evidence. However, there is a secret agent in the palace. I am here to catch the secret agent."
Xiao Hei still couldn't believe it: "You asked for such an important secret too quickly, right?"
Yang Zaiwei explained: "Qiu Shenji, the leader of the Second Pavilion of the Inner Guards, came forward and interrogated him personally. The old servant recruited him very quickly..."
"I see!"
Xiao Hei understood and told the story of Lanmasanti's fake death: "It seems that we are looking for the same group of people."
"Fake death to escape..."
Yang Zaiwei was a little puzzled. The news in the Foreign Guest House could not be hidden from people who were interested, but Lan Masanti's "suicide" that night was still a bit unexpected: "When she died, she directly gave up her previous efforts. At that time,
The old servant is still resisting resolutely... That's all, arrest the person first, and then talk about other things!"
While exchanging information with each other, Xiao Hei and Yang Zaiwei were not idle. The former finally found out the residual smell from the messy atmosphere, while the latter simply locked a room and ran out.
The three waiters in the room had no time to react and fainted on the ground without making a sound. When Xiao Hei walked into the room, Yang Zaiwei was already searching.
Not long after, he took out a thick booklet from the secret place, flipped through it hurriedly, and then handed it over: "This is it!"
"If an uninformed person looks at it, what is recorded on it is just purchasing discrepancies. If you investigate carefully, it will be some minor corruption, but it cannot be said to be a big crime."
"But it is precisely hidden in these complicated records that there is important content. You see..."
"The thief is so brave. He keeps spreading information about the palace. He even inquires about the saint's meals! Wait a minute!"
Xiao Hei murmured, his eyes suddenly condensed, and he fell on a strange record: "There is a star coming out of the Big Dipper. It is as white as the sky during the day, and its horns are everywhere. It will be visible for seven days, and then it will fall in the west. In response to the goddess
A sign of arrival..."
According to the date, this is the celestial phenomenon caused by her return to the world!
Who is so accurate about the arrival of a goddess into the world?
Yang Zaiwei also noticed this, his eyes flashed, and he said slowly: "That's it!"
Xiao Hei was fascinated by the authorities and was still a little confused: "What did you see?"
Yang Zaiwei smiled coldly, and showed a nostalgic look: "Twenty years ago, Zhenwu Shengjun ascended to heaven and became a god. Not only the subjects of the Tang Dynasty witnessed it, but also the envoys from various countries were lucky enough to witness it. Taoism flourished, even in the west.
spread!"
"However, there are no such miracles in the world, but there are many people who deceive the world and steal their names. They have been exposed in the end. Only Yuan Tiangang, who has become a climate, is just a false preacher of the Holy Word. There is no possibility of riding a horse in the void and ascending to the sky to become a god!"
"Then since humans cannot ascend to heaven and become gods, what should we do if gods descend from heaven? Exactly a hundred days ago, there was a strange phenomenon, and a star fell in the capital of Dashi Kingdom!"
Xiao Hei blinked: "At that time, I was in Damascus..."
Yang Zaiwei said calmly: "I was also in Damascus, and happened to hear about the death of Lan Masanti, but it turned out that she went to the Tang Dynasty to perform a dance, and tonight, this woman drowned in the Wangxian Pond again! Wangxian... ha!
What a metaphor! What if this person comes back from the dead again?"
Xiao Hei immediately understood: "That is the celestial phenomenon of Shangying!"
"Twenty years ago, Zhenwu ascended to heaven, and the subjects of the Tang Dynasty and envoys from various countries witnessed that miracle with their own eyes;"
"Twenty years later, on the Qianqiu Festival, the subjects of the Tang Dynasty and envoys from various countries still gathered together. Some people wanted to create a miracle of birth. The goddess went through life and death dangers and finally reached the side of the saint! Ha!"
With a laugh, Xiao Hei curled up his lips and said silently: "It's a very clever calculation, but you never expected that a miracle really happened!"