Tang Chen immediately stood up and opened the door and looked outside. There was nothing outside. The light of the moon was shining on the ground, allowing him to see things clearly at night. Tang Chen looked for the location where the sound of the musical instrument came from, but
It seemed that the sound was coming from all directions, and it was impossible to determine which direction it was coming from. A shadow suddenly came out from under a big tree. Tang Chen frowned and followed it immediately, but saw the shadow suddenly turn into a room, and he immediately
Then the lights in the room came on.
Tang Chen hid behind the big tree and observed what was going on inside. A figure appeared in front of the window. It swayed a few times in the swing of the oil lamp. The shadow was reflected on the window. He was holding a mirror in his hand, as if he was putting on makeup.
Putting on makeup in the middle of the night made Tang Chen feel a little weird.
Tang Chen frowned and yawned unconsciously. He saw that the man seemed to be drawing something on his face. After drawing for a while, he suddenly put down the pen. Suddenly the shadow disappeared in the window and the lights went out.
At the same time, the sound of the instrument suddenly stopped.
Tang Chen frowned slightly and was about to go over to take a look. When he walked to the door, he thought that there was also a woman inside. It was a bit presumptuous to go in like this, so he sighed and went back to sleep. When he returned to the room, he thought about what he just said.
Where did the sound of the musical instrument come from? But I can't figure it out. I'd better wait until tomorrow to ask again. What if it's the palace maid who has nothing to do and plays the instrument?
This time he fell asleep quickly. Before he woke up, he heard the noise outside. Tang Chen went out and saw many people running to a room. That room was the room where Tang Chen saw the woman putting on makeup yesterday. Tang Chen
He walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Dead people!"
"Dead?" Tang Chen came over and saw Xiao Tao helping Concubine Zhen out. He glared at Tang Chen. After Tang Chen walked in, he saw a woman lying on the bed, but she had very strange makeup on her face.
, the lipstick applied does not look like a normal person, and the thick eyebrows painted on are even weirder.
Tang Chen touched her head, but her spirit was gone. Someone nearby said, "Xiao Cui must have come back to take revenge. What should we do?"
Tang Chen was also thinking of a way. Suddenly Xiao Tao rushed in and said to Tang Chen, "Aren't you going to catch the evil spirit? What happened to another person who died?"
Tang Chen said: "How do I know what's going on!"
"Aren't you just here to catch evil spirits? Now that another person has died here, don't you think you should be responsible?"
Tang Chen looked at the onlookers and said, "You all should disperse, I'm not afraid of evil spirits coming to find you tonight!"
After those people had left, Xiao Tao suddenly grabbed an eyebrow pencil from the table, held it up in front of Tang Chen and said, "This eyebrow pencil belongs to Xiao Cui, why does it appear here? Please explain to me! Is this a human?"
You killed him."
Tang Chen also frowned. Although he deleted it and couldn't find the eyebrow pencil that disappeared in his room last night, but judging from the length used, it should be the one in his room. He looked at Xiao Tao and said: "Indeed, the one in my room is
The eyebrow pencil is gone, but I did not kill the person. This matter must indeed be related to evil spirits. Take me to see Concubine Zhen!"
"Stop!" Xiao Tao grabbed Tang Chen and said, "If you don't come, no one will die here. Now Concubine Zhen is in a very bad mood. You'd better leave quickly. Don't let Concubine Zhen kill you directly!"
"I have something to tell Concubine Zhen. If I don't tell you, you are likely to die next, you know?"
"Stop being alarmist here. If you didn't come here, nothing would happen!"
"The idiom is quite right!" Tang Chen pushed her away and walked directly to Concubine Zhen. Concubine Zhen looked at Tang Chen and said, "What are you doing here?"
"I have something to tell you!"
Xiaotao rushed in at this time: "Empress!"
"Say it."
Tang Chen said: "Last night when I was about to fall asleep, I heard the sound of a wind instrument. Then I got up and looked, and I found that one of the instruments on the wall was missing."
"The musical instruments on the wall?" Concubine Zhen looked at Xiao Tao, and Xiao Tao said at this time: "It was the slave who arranged her in Xiao Cui's room. The slave thought that this would make it easier for him to catch evil spirits."
Concubine Zhen coughed twice and looked at Tang Chen. Tang Chen said, "I found out yesterday that I had lost an instrument, so I quickly got up and went outside. I found a figure outside entering the room of the dead palace maid, and next to the window
Putting on makeup, because it was the women's room after all, I didn't dare to enter casually, so I could only watch. After the light went out, the sound stopped. I thought nothing would happen, so I went back to sleep. Who knew it would happen at night?
This happened."
"That means you came out last night, right!" Xiao Tao took out the eyebrow pencil and said, "This eyebrow pencil belongs to Xiaocui, but today it suddenly appeared in Xiaoya's room, and he said he came out yesterday
So I think Tang Chen might be the murderer of Xiaoya."
Tang Chen chuckled and said, "There seems to be no reason for me to kill a palace maid."
Concubine Zhen sighed and said: "I don't want to hear you two bickering here now. I want to know what should be done next? Now that another person has died, will a third or fourth person die...
"
"Your Majesty, just drive this person out!"
Tang Chen said: "If you drive me away, can you guarantee that more people will not die here? I can tell you that I did not do this."
Concubine Zhen said: "Then what can you do now?"
Tang Chen said: "I want to know the relationship between Xiao Cui and this Xiao Ya, and I also want to know if this Xiao Ya has done anything unusual before."
Concubine Zhen motioned to Xiao Tao to tell him, and Xiao Tao said: "We have always gotten along very well and have never noticed anything unusual."
"If you are still lying now, I'm afraid I really won't be able to help you."
Tang Chen's eyes made Xiao Tao a little scared and then he said: "The relationship between the two of them is not very good. Anyway, they often quarrel. Everyone here doesn't seem to have a very good relationship with Xiao Cui."
"Then is there anyone who is nice to Xiaocui?"
This question made Xiao Tao think about it for a while and said: "No, except for Concubine Zhen who was kinder to her and took her in, she has always been a monster in our eyes." Just after she finished speaking, she suddenly said: "By the way, little stool.
It seems that with her..."
"Keep talking."
Xiao Tao glanced at Concubine Zhen before saying, "Xiao Shizi and Xiao Cui seemed to have heard that they had an affair before, but why are you asking about this?"