Chapter 25 chapter Ten

The sports car drove off the mountain road.Here, it was close to the residence of Fukuji Karoku and his son, and there were many vehicles and pedestrians on the street, so Kaichiro also kept his mouth shut. It was very helpful for Yue Shui to take Kaichiro's car to his house.Kaichiro called the foreman and the female telephone operator for him, and asked about answering the phone for Yuan Ze on the evening of June 19th. The female telephone operator answered Yue Shui's question. "When the customer called, he was calling Chiqukan. I answered the line, so I can't remember it wrong."

Kaichiro, who was nearby, heard it and said: "Qianqukan is a hotel, just around here." He told Yueshui. "At that time, did you hear what the customer said on the phone?" Yue Shui asked the female telephone student. "We just do the wiring, so we don't know what we're talking about." The female telephone student was unwilling to listen to the question. "Hello," Kaichiro said to the female telephone operator, "You are connecting to Chiqukan, who is answering the phone?" "It was Yoshiko who listened to it. Yoshiko was born on the phone at Chiqukan."

"Well, it's good to know it's her." After Kaichiro sent her away, he said: "Just ask Yoshiko from the Chiqukan, and you can probably find out about Mr. Harasawa's phone call." This is exactly what Yue Shui wanted.Kaichiro's assistance may be due to his curiosity! "I'll call for you!" After Kaichiro said that, he picked up the earphones and ordered to pick up the Chikukan. "Is it Chiqukan? I'm Fukuchi of the Takahara Taxi Company.... By the way, it's me. Long time no see. Excuse me, is Yoshiko there?" Kaichiro covered the earphones with his hands, and said to Koshimizu:

"Yoshiko seems to be there." "You asked her directly?" "I'll ask directly." Yue Shui thought so.I originally planned to ask the question myself, but now Kaichiro is asking the question. Since they have known each other for a long time, the question should be more tactful and natural.So he nodded in agreement.At this time, Fangzi probably had already come to answer the phone, and after a few polite words, he talked about serious matters. "I haven't seen you for a long time. I want to inquire about something. On June 19th, our telephone operator called you to find a customer. Do you remember this matter?"

Yue Shui stood beside the phone, staring closely at Kaichiro's mouth. "Ah, that's right. Our guest's surname is Yuan Ze, yes, it is a guest. This Mr. Yuan Ze called a guest who lives in your place." After listening to the other party's answer, Kaichiro repeated: "Are you looking for a person surnamed Qingshan? Is that so? Has the passenger not arrived at the hotel? Please wait a moment." As he spoke, he covered the earphone with his hand again. "Mr. Harasawa called Senqukan to ask if there is a female customer named Aoyama from Tokyo?" "Qingshan?" Yue Shui couldn't remember who it was.

"The hotel replied that there was no such guest. Mr. Yuan Ze said that she was originally scheduled to stay there that day, so she probably hasn't arrived yet. After speaking, he hung up the phone." "Oh I see." "Anything else you want to ask?" "Then, I would like to ask, did the female guest surnamed Qingshan make a reservation in advance? Also, did the female guest surnamed Qingshan go to the Qianqu Pavilion afterward?" "Understood." Kaichiro still asked on the phone. "Ah, yes, thank you." He hangs up.Then he looked up at Yueshui and shook his head.The answer to both questions is no.

"Do you know this lady named Aoyama?" Kaichiro asked. "I don't know. It's probably a woman that Yuan Ze knew. I don't know everything about him. Maybe it's a woman I haven't met." "This is a bit strange. Could it be that, that night, Mr. Harasawa's girlfriend came from Tokyo and was scheduled to stay at the Chiqukan?" Kaichiro's wink clearly indicated that the woman with the surname "Aoyama" that Harasawa asked was probably Machiko. Yue Shui also thought so, but he didn't say it. "Yeah, maybe it was too coincidental."

After speaking, he remained silent for a while. However, suddenly, the surname "Qingshan" came to mind. "Qingshan" and "Qinghe" bars, aren't they very similar?Just change the word for river into the word for mountain. ——It must be Machiko. This is so special.That night, Harazawa knew that Machiko was coming to Karuizawa from Tokyo.It is unknown whether Harazawa called Machiko to Karuizawa. Yue Shui's heart was pounding, but he still tried his best to maintain a calm face, so that Kaichiro next to him would not notice it, and deliberately took out a cigarette to smoke.

Yue Shui took a taxi at the gate of Fudi's residence.Kaichiro waved his hand to see him off. In the car, Yue Shui thought.Harazawa called Chiqukan on June 19 to ask if Machiko had arrived. The surname "Qingshan" was changed from "Qinghe", probably referring to Dingzi.Did Harazawa know in advance that Machiko was going to Karuizawa on that day?Or do you want her to go to Karuizawa?At that time, if Machiko had arrived, Harasawa might have something to say to her.So, first of all, find out if she is there. Having said that, just five or six minutes is enough to make a phone call. It took Harasawa almost an hour from leaving "Fujimura Villa" and returning to the villa from Fukuchi's home.This time is too long.Yuan Ze himself explained that he met a customer of his shop by chance and forcibly dragged him to drink.This may be true.But what had he done before meeting that guest?No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't guess Yuan Ze's actions.

When I went back to the scene, I saw that there was no one at the place where the police were standing just now.Turning around suddenly, I saw Fukuji Karoku standing in front of "Fujimura Villa", waving to him. When Yueshui walked into the gate of "Fujimura Villa", Fukuchi Karoku said: "Everyone is resting inside, please come in!" Said, invited him in. In the living room where the tape recorder used to be used to listen to the calls of wild birds, besides the police officers, my wife and I were also sitting and drinking tea. The housewife and young maid of the "Villa Fujimura" are arranging food for everyone.

"You are here." Mrs. Fujimura specially brought a chair for Yue Shui from another room. She is about thirty years old, slightly fat, and very kind. Someone moved in, and after all, it was very different from the last time, and it was full of vitality.Yue Shui, who came here when the house was still empty, looked around unconsciously.The desolate scenery of the four-person couplet that night is all gone.Now there are many guests who are resting.After careful observation, it was probably Fukuchi Karoku who told Mr. Fujimura and invited everyone to rest. The owner didn't show up, maybe went back to the back, maybe out to play golf.It seems that he is the main person in charge of a company.Fukuji Karoku also helped Mrs. Fujimura and entertained everyone. Yue Shui had just finished drinking the tea, my wife and I probably had already counted the time, so we immediately looked at our watch and said: "Then, excuse me." He got up from his chair. "Are you leaving?" The police officer of the Nagano Prefectural Police Station stood up as the last. Police officer Wei Mo said to my wife and me: "This time, thank you for your help. Coming here will be of great help to our search. I just want you to go all the way." After speaking, salute and thank you. As a result, Jin Teng and Yue Shui couldn't sit still, so they said goodbye together. "It's too much work for you. The bus fare and business trip expenses for coming here this time can be sent to another day." The officer made it clear to them in a businesslike manner. The three walked out of the door, and Fukuji Karoku and Mrs. Fujimura saw them off.In the eyes of men, Mrs. Fujimura's face has considerable charm. The police took them to the train station by car. In the car of the police station, three people sat in the back, and none of them spoke much.Useless dialogue, everyone is too lazy to talk about it. When we got to the station, the upbound train had thirty minutes to go.In the waiting room, my wife and I hurriedly asked Yue Shui: "Just now you went to his house with Fukuchi Karoku's son. Is there anything special you want to discuss?" Shinto also looked at Koshimizu's face. "No, nothing important." Because Yue Shui asked the question together, he answered immediately.Whether it's my wife or I, or Shinto, the expressions on their faces are both disappointed and relieved. The train came, and the three of them sat together, but it was still difficult to bring up the interest of the conversation.Things are a little unusual today, and everyone feels very uncomfortable.My wife and I opened the magazine, and Shinto closed his eyes and dozed off.While looking out the window, Yue Shui kept fantasizing about Machiko's murder in one way or another in his mind. Later, when my wife and I went to the toilet, Koshimi hit Shinto's knee twice.Shinto immediately opened his eyes, clearly not asleep. "Shindo, I have something to ask you. Do you know a woman named Qingshan?" "Aoyama?" Shinto repeated it, with a look of distress clearly on his face. "I don't know, I don't know such a woman." He swallowed a big mouthful of saliva. "What kind of woman is she?" He asked back.Yue Shui understood that this was a purposeful rhetorical question. "No, I don't know." Over the water facing out the window.The train has passed the Ubing Pass and is heading for the Kanto Plain. When the train approached Kumagaya, Shinto also went to the toilet at the back.Le Shui looked at his back, and asked in a low voice to my wife who was reading a magazine: "Do you know a woman named Qingshan?" As soon as my wife and I asked about the woman surnamed Qingshan, my eyes left the magazine, and my complexion changed in an instant. "I don't know such a woman." He said this, without asking a question like Shinto, and immediately opened the magazine in front of him again.From Yue Shui's point of view, he was covering up his changing complexion. Both Shinto and my wife and I know that Aoyama is Machiko.The expression just now is the best evidence.In this way, Harasawa, my wife and I, and Shinto all knew that Machiko had an alias of "Aoyama".Know, what's the point?Knowing all three of them fully proves that all three of them have the same relationship with Machiko.In other words, when Machiko called the three of them, they all used "Aoyama" as their surname. When Koshimizu and others arrived at Ueno Station in Tokyo, it was already dusk.The three parted in front of the station.Normally, they would drink a glass of cold beer before breaking up. This time, no one spoke. When mentioning "Aoyama", my wife, I, and Shindo felt a little unnatural, and deliberately avoided Koshisui.Also, Yue Shui proposed it to the two of them separately, and they probably wouldn't bring it up for discussion. When Yue Shui returned home, his wife knew that he was going to Karuizawa as a witness, so she kept asking questions; he gave a rough outline and explained that it had nothing to do with him.Because it involves frequent friends, he would rather talk less about the actual situation. Thinking of Yaeko, the owner of "Qinghe" who went to Nagano Prefecture to identify the dead body, he didn't know if she had returned to Tokyo, so Koshimi called to ask, and it was the wine girl Ariko who answered. "The proprietress has an accident," said Ariko loudly. "What's going on?" "Because I went to Nagano Prefecture and saw Machiko's dead body and rotten face. We heard that we couldn't stand it. The proprietress just felt sick and fell ill in the Nagano hotel." "what?" Forty days had passed since the corpse. Needless to say, Machiko's face had rotted so badly that there might still be bones exposed.Seeing such a scene in this world, it is no wonder that Yaeko fell ill. "This is troublesome. Does anyone of you have a visit?" "We just informed over there that we haven't decided who will go....Mr. Yueshui, if you have time, you might as well go once. It's an opportunity!" At this time, don't take off your female nature and make jokes. "Freeze said." After Yue Shui finished speaking, he suddenly remembered: "By the way. Do you know a woman named Qingshan?" If Machiko often used the name "Aoyama" to communicate with customers, maybe Ariko would know. "Aoyama? I don't know." She immediately denied it.It looks like it's not a lie.From this point of view, Machiko did not tell others about the false surname "Aoyama" in the bar, but kept it an absolute secret.This woman saves money desperately and indulges in everything, but she is very good at keeping secrets about these things. Just as I hung up the phone, the bell rang again. "I'm Yuan Ze." Yuan Ze's voice. "Ah, is that you?" Yue Shui unconsciously raised his voice.In fact, he was about to call Yuan Ze. "You worked hard today." Hearing that tone, Harazawa felt sorry for not being able to go to Karuizawa alone. "How's the situation over there?" "What's the situation... It's not convenient to talk about it on the phone." Yue Shui noticed that his wife was talking to the child in the next room, so he lowered his voice: "I want to talk to you. If I go to your place, your wife will be here. Let's meet in a cafe!" Hara Ze had no objection. An hour later, when he came to a nearby cafe, Yuan Ze was already waiting.He also paid great attention to the situation in Karuizawa today.However, Yue Shui felt that Yuan Ze's expression tonight was not cunning, nor was he hiding any strategy. "You don't look very good? What's the matter?" Hara Ze noticed Yue Shui's expression. "No, I'm a little tired." Yue Shui smiled a little. "Today, all three of you went. I'm the only one left. I'm sorry. I really have something to do and I can't separate myself." Hara Ze apologized. "If you want to do business, then there is no way." "Well, what's the situation over there?" Not many customers around.Yue Shui explained the details of the on-site inspection.The body had been sent to Nagano for an autopsy and was not at the scene.He also mentioned that Yaeko went to identify the body and is currently recuperating in the Nagano Hotel.This is what I just heard. "There are really a lot of problems!" Yuan Ze looked at the ceiling, as if sighing deeply.Yue Shui thought it was just a show. Having said that, Koshimi didn't think that Harasawa was the murderer of Machiko.Including Yue Shui himself, all four of them could prove that they were definitely not there.The four of them stayed in the "Villa Fujimura" all night without moving.It's just that Harasawa left for about an hour at around seven o'clock, and called from Fukuji Karoku's home to Chiqukan to look for a woman surnamed Aoyama. That's the problem. Regarding the person "Aoyama", Koshimi had already asked my wife and I, and now Harasawa was the only one who did not ask. Speaking of this, he said. "There is a woman named Qingshan, do you know her?" Yue Shui thought to himself, would Yuan Ze suddenly change his face like his wife and Shinto?Unexpectedly, Yuan Ze burst out laughing. "Why, you even know Machiko's alias?" Yue Shui felt that this Yuan Ze was much smarter than the other two. "Probably the same thing. Since you know that Aoyama is Machiko's pseudonym, it must have something to do with Machiko." Yuan Ze still wanted to press Yueshui down. "No kidding. Nothing to do with her." "Then, how do you know her surname? Did you ask my wife, Shinto?" As expected, Hara Ze knew about the other two people and Machiko.That being the case, Yue Shui stopped worrying and asked him the number to call Qianquguan. "What, is that the thing?" Yuan Ze's complexion did not change at all, but there was a smile on his face as if nothing had happened.Moreover, he kept blinking, looking at Yue Shui's face. "That's right. Aoyama is Machiko's pseudonym. You already know that she uses this pseudonym when she communicates with people she has a special relationship with. Now that I know it, it means that I am one of her special friends." When Hara Ze spoke, his gold teeth gleamed. "A confession came out after all. I have long thought that it is probably the same thing..." With a smile on Yue Shui's face, he agreed. "But, Mr. Yue Shui, don't get me wrong; I'm not her special friend now." Yuan Ze said. "What do you mean to say, you just acted on occasion, but now you've broken off the relationship?" "Yes, that's right. It's not too deep." "If the relationship is too deep, something will happen." "Something happened?" "It's the voice recorded on the tape. Machiko didn't want to leave the man, but the man wanted to cut off the relationship, so something happened." "It's really troublesome to develop to that point." "Machiko actually has people who don't want to let go!" "It's not money yet! Dingzi is good at money, and she absolutely doesn't want to let the God of Wealth escape." "So, that man is rich?" "I think there must be. Machiko doesn't like people who don't have money. That man must think Machiko is asking too much." Hara Ze said.After hearing this, Yue Shui immediately thought that he must have had such an experience. Yuan Ze cut off his special relationship with Machiko very early, probably because he was afraid of her nature.Yue Shui thought to himself, he is a salaried person, although he went there to drink, but did not offend Machiko, he could not help but secretly wish for his own safety. Both my wife and Shinto are businessmen, my wife and I run the foreign confectionery shop, and Shinto runs a long-established iron shop.They all have some money.Machiko must have had a special relationship with both of them. — But, this relationship has been severed?Or keep it until she dies? This is what Yue Shui wants to know. However, Yue Shui was unwilling to ask Yuan Ze about this matter.The two are friends who share the same interests, and Yuan Ze will not be happy with their feelings.Needless to say, Harasawa knew the relationship between Machiko, Tsuga and Shinto very well. "But, how did you know that Machiko was going to Karuizawa on June 19th? How did you know that she was going to stay at the hotel in Senqukan?" Yue Shui saw that Yuan Ze's attitude was very peaceful, so he asked this question. "Ok!" Hara Ze smiled and took out the notebook from his pocket. "Mr. Yue Shui, do you still remember our couplet that night?" "I roughly remember." "I've written it all here. Okay, let me read it carefully, listen." Hara Ze finished speaking and read aloud. "Who is the person who came? In the round wooden hall, I heard coughing in the middle of the night." "After the nightingale crows, whisper and talk about love, every sentence is like a mystery star" "This is a haiku written by Tsuga Futing. It has a completely different artistic conception from the opening sentence. What do you think these two sentences mean?" Yuan Ze looked at Yue Shui's face. "What does it mean?" Yue Shui also looked back at Yuan Ze. "Listen, who is the person who came? This is one question; whispering like a mystery star, this is another question; wife and my haiku are all question sentences." "..." "At that time, we only heard private messages from male and female voices received by the sound collector. Needless to say, we absolutely didn't know the content; therefore, everyone was stimulated by the couple's love and wrote a lot of haiku about love. In these haiku In it, the sentences of my husband and wife cast interrogative marks one after another. He raised a question, what does it mean?" On Yuan Ze's face, there was a rather confident expression. Hara Ze from the roast chicken restaurant thought that there were hidden words in Tsuga Futing's haiku, and the appearance of hidden words was because he had an idea about a certain matter in advance; he asked. "According to you, Harazawa, it was my wife who called Machiko to Karuizawa?" "Oh, I can't talk to that point yet." Yuan Ze said with a smile. "Is it because of this speculation that you called Qianquguan and asked if this person Qingshan has arrived?" "Say it for fun; I just had this hunch and called to try it out." "So that's the case. I didn't expect it. You made the call because you guessed it. I thought you had more important thoughts. This is because you said that you forgot the 'Sui Shi Ji' and you had to go back to get it, so you took the bus." Mr. Fukuchi's car, returned to his home from "Fujimura Villa". "Sui Shi Ji" is of course important, but I once thought that you left your seat just to make this call...." "This is because your thinking is too detoured. I only remembered to call when I was going to pick up 'Sui Shi Ji', and I remembered to call Qianqu Hall." "Well, then, I'd like to ask. . . . " Yue Shui swallowed his saliva. "Why did you think that Machiko would go to the Senkukan in Karuizawa? In other words, why did you choose a particular hotel?" "Oh, this..." Yuan Ze showed a nonsensical smile, and replied: "Chiqukan is the hotel I heard Machiko mention before." "Machiko said so?" "I didn't say it to me on purpose. I don't know when, when I was chatting with her casually, I mentioned Karuizawa by the way, and she talked about Senqukan. At that time, I thought to myself, so when this guy went to Karuizawa , make frequent use of that hotel." "Does Machiko go to Karuizawa every summer?" "I don't know whether to go or not. However, I thought to myself that time, if she arrives in Karuizawa, she will probably live in the Chiqukan." "Did Machiko mention that place only to you?" "Is this..." Yue Shui knew that although Yuan Ze didn't say anything about it, these things must be Machiko's pillow talk.That being the case, there is no way to ask further.At this point, Yue Shui changed the direction of the inquiry. "You said that Machiko might have come to the Chikukan on the night of June 19th. What is the reason for this?" Yuan Ze seemed to want to say that on the night of the nineteenth, Machiko wanted to meet him, but he didn't say so, so Yue Shui pressed. "It's hard to say how I knew it; I don't know why, but I have this feeling. Maybe it's the so-called intuition, maybe it's the so-called sixth sense, and I have this idea. Later, Machiko's The corpse really appeared, maybe it was a real coincidence!" Yuan Ze replied frankly. "You think Tsuga Fuutei's haiku is questionable, so you speculate that Machiko may have gone to Karuizawa. What's the relationship between the two?" Yue Mizu pursued. "This is my imagination, don't take it seriously. And, don't mention it to my wife and husband. Our friendship will collapse." Hara Ze refused to explain. "Don't tell me, I can guess it." "Especially the reason why I can't bring it up to my wife and husband is that he was with us and spent the night in the 'Fuji Village Villa', innocent." "So, however suspicious you may be about my wife, he will be safe to the end. Well, tell me your reasoning based on your imagination." "Okay, let me say. Mr. Tsuga's haiku either asks 'Who is the visitor', or 'Whispering like a mystery star'. That is to say, when I just heard the voices of men and women talking through the microphone, my wife I probably thought for a moment, isn't this Machiko?" "That won't be the case. We also know Machiko. How can we tell from such a distant voice?" "That's right, that's the problem. There is a premise in Tsuma's haiku... You said, the three of us didn't realize that the woman's voice was Machiko. But, I think Tsuma didn't recognize it though. , but I had an intuition. That is to say, my wife knew about Machiko going to Karuizawa that night. Therefore, as soon as my wife heard the voice in the condenser, I immediately became suspicious that it was Machiko. Son..." "That's why he wrote this haiku: 'Who is the person who came? I heard coughing and coughing in the middle of the night in the round wooden hall'." "Yeah, that's what I think. At the same time, whoever in 'who is the visitor', as I see it, refers to the man who is with her. The voice is very similar to Machiko, what kind of man is with her Come here for a walk? That might be the meaning." "So that's the case. Then, 'Whispering like a mystery star' means the same thing?" "That's right. He called Machiko to Karuizawa, and she was having a deep conversation with another man. He couldn't help asking. Who is the other man? What are they talking about? It's all a mystery." Yuan Ze seemed to be thirsty, so he picked up the water cup to drink. "This is even more incredible." Yue Shui crossed his arms, once again realizing the meaning of Yuan Ze's words.For some unknown reason, Harazawa seemed to deduce that it was my wife who called Machiko to Karuizawa that night and asked her to live in the Chiqu House.My wife and I asked her to wait in the Chiqu Hall, and when Wild Bird’s recording work was finished the next morning and we broke up, he rushed to the Chiqu Hall immediately.This is probably what Hara Ze thought.If this is the case, it is not unusual for Machiko to appear in front of the microphone together with other men to talk. My wife and I were suspicious, jealous, and angry when I heard it. However, my wife, Fu Ting, was not completely sure that the woman's voice was Machiko.It was only because he already knew that Machiko was going to live in Chikukan that he became suspicious.With the existence of this kind of idea, he wrote his thoughts in the haiku once the couplets were made. ——This is what Harasawa said. "But, Yuan Ze, there are also some strange things here." Yue Shui raised his head and said. "What strange place?" With interested eyes, Yuan Ze waited for Yue Shui's reply. "We heard that conversation on the radio station. The man wanted to give up, but the woman pestered her desperately. Because of her firm attitude, the man was afraid, so he killed her. The police also judged in the same way. If Machiko has such a A man should go to Karuizawa with him from the very beginning, instead of waiting for my wife and me to invite me, and staying alone in the Chiqu Pavilion." "Well, that's a good question. When we heard the content of the conversation, we heard it on the radio station after the sound was amplified by the filter. We didn't know the content of the conversation that night only when we listened to it with our ears through the microphone. Therefore, I think that when my wife and I heard the voice, I immediately became suspicious in my mind, thinking that it was Machiko talking about love. That is to say, my wife and I already have relevant materials in my mind." "So that's how it is... But my wife and I at that time didn't have any special expressions!" Yue Shui lowered his eyes and thought carefully about the appearance of his wife and I that night.I didn't think that my wife had the expression that Yuan Ze said, but since Yuan Ze made such an argument, Yue Shui didn't intend to sing against him.People are different, and the impressions they get will not be the same. "However, you called Chiqukan and asked if there was a female customer surnamed Aoyama before the couplet. Could it be that you knew that Machiko and my wife had a date and planned to meet in Karuizawa ?” "You have asked the key point." Facing this question, Yuan Ze was a little embarrassed, obviously being asked. "Isn't it a little strange? You have questions about my wife's haiku, but writing haiku is a matter of later. Before we started recording wild birds at 'Fujimura Villa', you had already called at Fukuji's house to inquire. So, then By then you should have expressed doubts about Machiko's actions and Tsuga's actions. Right? You said it was for fun, but I don't think so." The smile that had always been on Yuan Ze's face disappeared at this moment, and he was lost in thought for a while. "Actually, Mr. Yueshui, I said it because it was you; you were right. At that time, I already knew that Machiko had arrived in Karuizawa." he looked up. "What, you know?" Yue Shui opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Ze. "Well, I don't know if the word 'know' should be used... because, I saw her." "Did you see Machiko?" Yue Shui Wuzhong exclaimed. "Whether it's her or not, I'm not sure yet. You said that I went back to Fukuji Karoku's house to get 'Sui Shi Ji', and from the very beginning I thought of calling Senqukan. That's not the case. At that time, I really just wanted to get "Sui Shi Ji". Because the couplets are about to start, I am afraid that I will not be able to write haiku without a reference book at hand. In the car of Mr. Fukuchi, halfway, I suddenly found that there is a very A woman like Machiko." "where?" "Not long after the train arrived at the station, a group of passengers came out of Zhongqing Station, and there was a woman who looked like her. The car passed by, and I said 'Ah—' in my heart, and turned back quickly. The car was too fast, and I couldn't see it anymore. No sign. If I was the only one in the car, I would have the driver stop immediately and turn around to see if it was her; but there was a Mr. Ford sitting beside me in the car! Although I wanted to stop, I finally didn’t say anything.” When Yue Shui heard this, he felt that it was reasonable. "What was Machiko doing then? No, I mean that woman like Machiko?" "In front of the station, about to board a taxi..." "Since it's a taxi, it must be the car of Mr. Fukuchi Karoku's Takahara Taxi Company!" "No, there are other companies' taxis too. Mr. Fukuji Karoku's taxi is orange, so he recognizes it at a glance. She got on a green taxi.... At that time, I remembered that she once mentioned light taxis by accident. That's why I called the Chiqukan in Izawa. I went back to pick up the 'Sui Shi Ji' and found a woman who looked like Machiko on the way. This is completely true." "But, it's not Machiko after all?" "Actually, on the second day after I returned to Tokyo, I remembered this incident again, so I called Chiqukan again to conduct a review. They still said that there was no female guest named Aoyama living there. I brought up the characteristics of Machiko again, but there was still no such person. Therefore, there is no guarantee that it is Machiko. However, the reality is that Machiko’s body was dug up in Karuizawa, and I remembered The oddity of Tsuga's haiku, of course, connects the two." "I see." After Yue Shui finished speaking, he remained silent for a while. "I can't tell anyone about such a thing, so I haven't said it until now. If it gets to the ears of the police, I will get into trouble. And if I can judge that it is Machiko, I will definitely report it to the police ,Reference." Yuan Ze watched Yue Shui's face closely.When he said this, the expression on his face was very different from before the question was clarified. "The taxi in front of the station, although it is not the car of Mr. Fukuchi Karoku's highland taxi company, you should check that car. At around 7 o'clock in the afternoon on June 19th, when the train arrived at the station, The time is clear." "That's right. It might be useful to look it up." "If you had told me earlier, when I testified at the scene yesterday, I could have gone to the taxi company to investigate." "I'm still not sure." I've said it several times, but I can't be sure it's Machiko. Yue Shui remembered that Yuan Ze didn't even go to the scene to testify yesterday, maybe he went to investigate the taxi.Otherwise, why didn't he go to the scene: If there is something wrong in Tokyo, anyone can say something.Yuan Ze knew a lot about this case, so he would not go without knowing it. "Also, Mr. Koshimizu. Did you see Mr. Fukuchi Yoshiroku's son yesterday?" Yuan Ze changed the subject and asked him. "I met you....By the way, I forgot to tell you. The man said, I am very speculative with you, why didn't you come today? It's a pity, he said, among us, you are the youngest and most promising. See fit." "Did he actually say that?" Yuan Ze smiled wryly. "What do you think of that man?" "What do you think? What does this mean?" "I mean his man. Looks very much like a dandy, and probably quite amusing in that respect." "No, it looks like a carefree second-generation ancestor." Yue Shui thought in his heart that he was not much different from you, but he didn't say it out loud, he couldn't say it. "I think there must be a lady boss who likes him." "Miss Boss, Yaeko from the 'Qinghe' bar?" "No, a woman from an ordinary family. And an elderly wife from a wealthy family. You see, his face is still a baby face. With the shadow of his father, he doesn't know the meaning of hard work. What. His face looks lovely to an older woman." "You may be right." Yue Shui Wuzhong is a bit of an outsider on this issue.It was Hara Ze's eyes that were keen on such things.However, at this moment, the hostess of "Fujimura Villa" suddenly appeared in front of Yue Shui.It was Mrs. Fujimura who greeted herself and the police officers for tea and snacks in the living room.Age is about thirty-five or six years old.However, due to the good family environment and the housewife of the family, she has good nutrition and looks very young.The skin is fair, the expressions are many, and the body is plump. At that time, Fukuchi Yoshiroku also seemed to be the master, helping to greet the guests.Mr. Fujimura was not at home and was short of manpower. A large number of guests suddenly came, and Fukuchi just helped out; but this shows that since he managed the villa in winter for the Fujimura family, the relationship between the two families is quite close.This group of people has no direct relationship with Fujimura's family, and Fukuchi Karoku dared to entertain them to rest inside. If it weren't for the kindness of the whole family, it would not be like this.As is the case with Fukuji Karoku, his son Kaichiro must also be very close to the Fujimura family. Why do you think of this?Yue Shui didn't expect that because of the stimulating effect of Yuan Ze's words, he would think of it. "Hello, Mr. Yue Shui." Hara Ze spoke again. "Going to Karuizawa to record wild birds was entirely suggested by Mrs. Tsuga, right?" "Ok!" "Mr. Tsuga bought a whole set of sound collectors because of this. Mr. Tsuga figured out everything, and he took us there." "Hmm... what does this mean?" Yue Shui chewed on the meaning of Yuan Ze's words, and looked up at him. "I'll tell you everything I think is special. ... It was Fukuchi Yoshiroku-san who appointed to put the sound concentrator in that place. I followed Fukuchi-san's instructions, climbed up the tree, and installed the concentrator. Sound device. Isn’t it the arrangement of the two of them to record the conversation of the man and woman on the tape?”