The huge cinema theater is gorgeous on weekdays, and even the luxurious leather seats are shiny after wiping under the various spotlights.

It's a temple of art, a place that has received a lot of praise and applause, but everything after closing is especially gloomy.

The retro and heavy wooden doors completely blocked out all visible light, and only a few dim small lights flickered in the entire huge venue, and the faint light could not even guarantee that the camera in the corner would retain something in this darkness.

Lan Yi, the manager of the theater, opened the door an hour earlier than usual, and the venue that had been simply cleaned last night was still filled with a smell that was too strong, she covered her mouth and nose a little uncomfortably, took a step back, and then beckoned the entire cleaning team behind her to enter, and the workers picked up their tools and acted quickly.

The stage play "Black and White Confrontation", which just started here yesterday, was unusually sensational, and its popularity exceeded everyone's expectations, and her boss, who is also the owner of this theater, called early in the morning to urge Lan Yi to personally supervise and ensure that all the hardware equipment before today's second show is unhindered, everything is carried out according to the original plan, and is ready to increase the planned performance of only one week to half a month or more.

Lan Yi stood in front of the promotional poster on the wall, a little unable to move his footsteps.

Now in this era of electronic information, all kinds of novel entertainment have emerged to occupy a large market, under these attacks, especially in non-first-tier cities such as Xingang City, there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to spend money to watch stage plays, and the theater is often empty and cannot receive any big business, but Lan Yi, as a staff member of the largest theater in Xingang City, has seen many famous actors because of his deep qualifications and half of the industry.

Some people don't have fat powder under the stage, but in fact, they are just ordinary appearances, so Lan Yi has never had much expectation for those legendary 'amazing people' and 'prosperous beauty'.

But a week ago, when she first saw the real person on the poster, her eyes widened in surprise.

Just like the depiction that occupies almost the entire wall of posters, the male protagonist Ouyang Chen, he is like a god who fell from the sky, the kind of purity that does not eat the fireworks of the world, can instantly calm the restless hearts of human beings.

In contrast, the heroine Xia Yurong is a lot inferior, but there is no way, a man like Ouyang Chen, both men and women, young and old, and female artists still have a sense of presence standing by his side, it is not easy.

Lan Yi thought that she could sit in the first row of the theater today and watch Ouyang Chen's performance again, her mood was suddenly better, and the dissatisfaction of being forced by the boss to get up early to start work was also swept away, she turned around and was about to go to the props room to check the equipment first, but the huge spotlight on the stage suddenly turned on.

She guessed that the control room staff was routinely checking the lights, and she didn't pay much attention to it, and continued to walk towards the door with her legs raised, but at the moment when she was about to leave the venue, she was frightened by the screams behind her.

When Lan Yi turned his head and saw the scene on the stage clearly, he was so shocked that the handbag in his hand fell to the ground.

The beginning of autumn has passed, and summer is coming to an end, but the weather is still very hot.

Everyone in the criminal investigation detachment was still busy coming in and out, except, of course, the leader of the squad in the office who was talking leisurely on the phone.

"Baby, I'll pick you up after work~ Come and kiss it, MUA! Tang Yunzhen, who does not look like a servant of the people, leans on the soft luxury swivel chair, with a pair of long legs, he just doesn't like to be down-to-earth, so he has to be on the wide desk, like a man who hangs idle in his own company, and the only thing he has to do to commute to work every day is to punch in.

Cheng Fengqian, who had been standing at the door for a while, walked in when he saw him hang up the phone. "Team Tang, the police office has just received a report that a male corpse was found in the Xingang Theater. ”

"Xingang Theater?" Tang Yunzhen frowned slightly and muttered irritably. "If you don't have an accident in the morning, you won't have an accident in the evening, I asked my girlfriend to go there tonight to watch the stage play!"

"Unfortunately, you shouldn't be able to see it. After a few months of training, Cheng Fengqian has changed from a trainee to a formal criminal policeman, and he is much more capable than when he first entered the criminal investigation detachment, but in front of his predecessors, he is still the big boy who is a little shy. "Team Cheng and Sister Feifei, they were originally nearby, and they have already passed, should we go too?"

"Go check it out, and stay if you need help. Tang Yunzhen finally landed on his legs, his arm supported the chair handle and got up, he raised his eyes to look at the clock on the wall, and then yawned loudly. "If we don't need manpower, let's go to lunch. ”

"Okay, then I'll prepare. Cheng Fengqian was accustomed to Tang Yunzhen's 'laziness', smiled at him, turned around and went back to his position, and picked up the documents on it.

It didn't take too long to reach the destination, Tang Yunzhen got out of the car and looked around.

The theater in front of it shimmered with a faint golden glow in the midday sun, like a giant seashell lying on the golden sand.

Cheng Fengqian also walked out of the car and looked at the door, where some staff members gathered, and there were no obvious police officers, and he couldn't help but sigh that the person in charge here did a good job of handling it covertly.

The two of them looked at each other for a few seconds, and then walked towards the door one after the other, just in time to see Zuo Quan, who had just walked out and looked a little uncomfortable. "Team Tang, you're here. ”

"Why do you still come out to bask in the sun on such a hot day?" Tang Yunzhen walked to his side and wanted to pull Zuo Quan indoors, but Zuo Quan didn't know why, he couldn't pull it alive or dead. "What's wrong? There's a ghost in there?"

"How can there be ghosts? Don team, you go in first! I'll ...... I just want to go out and buy a bottle of water!" Zuo Quan was a little weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to look directly at Tang Yunzhen, but instead pulled Cheng Fengqian next to him and ran out together. "Ah Feng, I just want to help Goddess Feifei buy a bottle to drink, but I don't know what she likes to drink, you can go with me!"

"Eh, what about me?" Seeing Zuo Quan take away Cheng Fengqian, who looked inexplicable, Tang Yunzhen innocently pointed to his nose and asked. "Hey~ bring me a bottle too!"

"Okay!" Cheng Fengqian turned his head to respond to Tang Yunzhen's words, and then was dragged out of his sight by Zuo Quan.

Tang Yunzhen tilted his head and smiled, then put on his police badge and walked inside.

Because it could not affect the original air conditions at the scene of the crime, the central air conditioning in the venue had not been turned on, and the people in it couldn't help but sweat profusely, the oncoming rich aroma coupled with the faint smell of corpse decay and fermentation, Tang Yunzhen finally understood why Zuo Quan went out against the sun, and he also wanted to run out now.

"Tang Team~" The police officers guarding the fence had already discovered Tang Yunzhen and kindly helped him pull the cordon.

Although he wanted to turn around and run away at this time, Tang Yunzhen could only walk on the stage with a hard head.

The medical examiner arrived early, and the body had already been removed, but because of the almost closed environment of the venue, the smell in the air could not dissipate for a long time, and the temperature was rising at noon in summer, many people covered their mouths and noses and breathed hard, and some even hung plastic bands on their ears, ready to vomit at any time not to stain the ground.

In the middle of the stage is a beautiful flower bed, and the prop bed is delicately arranged with various flowers, and the white lines in the shape of a human are drawn on the bed board, which means that it is the place where the body was originally found.

Zhou Yanfei stood in front of the flower bed, because his back was facing the stairs, and he didn't see Tang Yunzhen approaching.

The fragrance here is very strong, after the police questioned the staff just now, Zhou Yanfei already knew that these are the flowers that just arrived yesterday, although the flower room is just a fake set, but the whole production is very exquisite, more than the flowers that can be used in the real flower room.

"It's already a good flower room, why do you need to spray so much air freshener?" Tang Yunzhen's sudden voice startled Zhou Yanfei.

"Could you please say hello before you show up next time?" Zhou Yanfei glanced at him helplessly, and Tang Yunzhen just shrugged his shoulders innocently. "Team Tang, then according to you, why do you deliberately add artificial incense?"

"The corpse was placed so grandly in the middle of the stage, and even the spotlight was turned so bright, obviously to make people immediately aware that it was inconsistent with the purpose of using fragrance to cover up the smell of corpses, and it was too much and illogical. Tang Yunzhen circled around the flower bed, squinted his eyes and looked around, muttering in his mouth. "Unless it's trying to cover up something else. ”

"Probably. Zhou Yanfei coughed dryly, she had been in the harsh environment for too long, the feeling of nausea and nausea had passed, and she just felt a little dizzy now. "Director Jiang came to inspect the corpse spots and proved that the body had not been moved, and this was the first crime scene. ”

"That's good, you don't have to look anywhere else. Tang Yunzhen looked at everyone's increasingly wrong expressions, clapped his hands thoughtfully, and a few crisp sounds attracted everyone's attention, so he raised his voice and shouted. "The evidence collection is suspended, and everyone goes out to rest first. ”

Everyone was relieved and walked out one after another in response to Tang Yunzhen's order.

"That's the only time you have the appearance of a captain. Zhou Yanfei has been squatting in front of the flower bed, even if he stands up slowly at this time, the whole person is still a little weak, but he gritted his teeth and refused to speak, and while getting up, he swayed a few times and stood unsteadily, and he was about to fall, but his back suddenly touched Tang Yunzhen's back.

"I've always looked like a captain!" Tang Yunzhen didn't reach out to help her, just supported her with his back, and raised his head slightly to look at the top of the stage, as if he was just in this position, and chatted casually. "Why didn't you see Ting?"

"He took a few relevant people back to record a confession, he just left before you arrived, didn't you meet them in the parking lot?" Zhou Yanfei was not so dizzy after slowing down, so he raised his legs and walked out, and Tang Yunzhen also followed.

"There are too many entrances and exits to this theater, so you may have missed it. Tang Yunzhen was not in a hurry to find Cheng Tingshen, but just asked casually. "By the way, no one has reported the identity of the deceased to the captain and me until now!"

"I'm all stunned by the fragrance, who still remembers to tell you this?" Zhou Yanfei rubbed his temples, no longer as dizzy as just now. "It's Ouyang Chen, the actor of this stage play, you know that I don't know much about the entertainment industry, so let's wait until I go back and let Xing Ye check the information and tell you in detail. The stage play ended at half past nine, and their crew stayed here until about eleven o'clock, and then they left one after another, more specifically, you can find Ah Ting to read the confession, my senior brother said that the time of death was in the early hours of last night, and the cause of death is still uncertain. I was busy collecting evidence at the time, so I heard a rough idea. ”