Chapter 29 Chapter Fourteen

After Yue Shui returned home, he could never forget Yuan Ze's words.After dinner, he sat down at the table in a hurry, and explained to his wife that he had to consider some matters of the company and sent her away. Cigarette after cigarette, he wrote down the secret plan that he had just thought of on the letter paper. 1. Machiko did not go to Karuizawa on the night of June 19th.She may have been killed in Tokyo before then. 2. The voice of Machiko's conversation recorded by the sound collector is played back from the tape.This was presumably recorded before she was killed.What day was it recorded?

Also, in this case, why did Machiko say to the man, "What kind of bird is this?" The man replied, "It's a nightingale!" Machiko also said, "Nightingale? Is that so? I've only heard of this kind of bird." name." This conversation was clearly the sound of a nightingale at the scene. How can this be explained?Was it recorded somewhere in Tokyo where there are nightingales calling? There are still some places that are difficult to judge.Yue Shui wrote them down one by one. "Question. 1. On the evening of June 19th, although I knew that I was going to record wild birds in front of the 'Villa Fujimura', I didn't know where the sound collector was placed until I arrived at the scene. Fukuji Yoshiroku pointed out the location. How would the person who played the tapes of Machiko’s talk know? And how would he place a tape recorder (probably a portable minicomputer) within the listening range of the sound collector? There is a certain range."

"Second, therefore, the murderer among the three people, Tsuga, Shinto, and Harasawa, who gathered at the 'Fujimura Villa' all night, must have another helper to put the tape recorder in that place. However, the three of them at that time None of them contacted the outside world. Moreover, my wife and I and Shindo’s wife stayed overnight at Hotel A in Ikaho Onsen that night, so we did not come to the scene.” Yue Shui continued to write down his questions. "Three, if it is suspicious, you should be suspicious of Yuan Ze who came to record, but went out to get "Sui Shi Ji" under the pretext of going out; however, it seems that this view should be ruled out. In addition, it is accepted that he stayed in the villa that night. Fukuchi Karoku based on the opinion of the murderer in the movie; also, his son Kaichiro seems to be doing contact work to assist the accomplices, this is the most suspicious thing about Kaichiro.”

"4. However, how did the murderer transport Machiko's body from Tokyo to the scene in Karuizawa? Although Shindo's wife drove to Hotel A in Ikaho Onsen with Mrs. Tsuga that night; however, she assisted the murderer and brought It is unlikely that Machiko's body was put in the trunk of the car and transported to Karuizawa." "After May and June 19th, until Machiko's body was found at the scene, Tsuga, Shinto, Harasawa, and their wives showed no signs of going to Karuizawa again." "A private car is the most suitable way to move the corpse. Neither my wife nor the Harasawa couple can drive. Only the Shinto couple can drive. Simply put, the method of moving the corpse is unknown."

Yue Shui believes that the method of moving Machiko's body is the key to the case. It is now known that the sound of Machiko's conversation at the scene was the recording before she was killed. The tape was taken to the scene and played out against the sound of wild birds; but she was killed in another place and then transported to The scene where the body was found.The first scene where he was killed, needless to say, was in Tokyo.However, if it was in Tokyo, it was inexplicable that Machiko's voice would mention Nightingale. What is the reason for recording Machiko's voice and broadcasting it live? ——This is to prove the murderer's innocence, to prove that instead of showing up at the place where Machiko was killed, on the contrary, he was still having a haiku party with his friends at that time.Four people can prove each other.As long as the four people are not colluding and deceiving, others will not be suspicious.

The murderer was in "Villa Fujimura" that night.Sitting next to Yueshui.Let's talk together and make sentences together. Where was Machiko's voice recorded?That didn't seem like a dialogue deliberately arranged by the murderer, asking her to read it out.If it's a conversation between the two of them, there must be someone else present when the recording is made.What's more important is that Machiko didn't know that there was a tape recorder installed in that room at that time, so the conversation was naturally recorded.In that case, apart from an accomplice recording secretly, there is no other explanation.

If so, where is it?Is it the hotel where Machiko and the murderer often meet privately?However, there is also a question and answer about the nightingale, so how did it come about? It seems that the murderer used the tape recorder skillfully, and did not place the sound collector too close, but made the sound farther away. In this way, the call of wild birds is inserted, which is more real.The murderer probably calculated it this way; when the low voice of the conversation was enlarged, it became a completely different voice. If the place where the conversation was recorded, the place where Machiko was killed, and the method of transporting the body to the scene in Karuizawa can all be found out, this case can probably be solved...

When Yue Shui remembered that he was also the one who proved that the murderer stayed overnight in the "Villa of Fuji Village", he felt cold sweat all over his body. The next day, Yuan Ze came to Yue Shui's company again.After researching the place of discussion, I chose a coffee shop again. "I came to you in a hurry..." As soon as Yuan Ze sat down, he immediately spoke. "Just because of the Ikaho Onsen Hotel A incident, you must want to know the truth. I have already investigated." "Is it about my wife and Mrs. Shindo?" "Of course it's that matter. It's the other man who checked the two wives. Didn't I say that on the night of June 19th, there must be single men staying in Hotel A waiting for them?"

"Ah, I said so." "I've checked. But, Mr. Yueshui, there were four single men staying at Hotel A on the night of June 19th, which is troublesome." "Are there four people? Since there are two more, they must be unrelated residents." "That's inevitable. I initially thought there were only two people." "Where are the identities of the four male guests?" "Actually, as soon as I broke up with you, I went to Hotel A in Ikaho. I really couldn't wait a minute. Besides, I just came back." "Oh, it's been hard work. What's the result?"

"The four men staying alone, two of them went to Tokyo, aged 52 and 37, both are company employees. The other two are a 43-year-old from Yokohama and a 27-year-old from Shizuoka He is an electrical appliance dealer in Yokohama and a school teacher in Shizuoka. His name is also copied.” "The address, occupation, and name written in the hotel are not accurate. According to your guess, in terms of age, a 43-year-old Yokohama native, a 37-year-old Tokyo native, and a 27-year-old school teacher may be sex." "However, I found the waiter in the hotel and asked him about it. I'm not boasting about this. I still have the eloquence to inquire about this matter."

"You can talk." "Unfortunately, these four people have nothing to do with my wife or Shindo's wife." "How do you judge this? You originally said that the two ladies can leave their rooms in the middle of the night, go to their lover's rooms, and return to their own rooms in the morning, and the waiter will not know." "That's my mistake." Yuan Ze said. "This is because, among the hotel guests that night, there was a mother and daughter. The daughter suddenly fell ill. At two o'clock in the morning, she went to the doctor for emergency treatment. The hotel staff was very busy for a while. This incident happened in the residence of the two wives. On the same floor of the room, the two ladies also expressed concern and walked up and down the corridor. Therefore, from this point of view, the two ladies slept in the same room throughout the night." The way Yuan Ze spoke was a little frustrated. "The mother of the acutely ill patient may also be related to this case. In this way, no one will be suspicious." Yue Shui was half joking. "No, there is no problem with this. The mother and daughter have a villa in Ikaho Onsen. That night, the checked luggage before departure did not arrive. There is no choice but to stay at Hotel A temporarily. The villa is on Haruna Lake above Ikaho Onsen. It is inconvenient to carry luggage nearby. Therefore, living in a villa is convenient, but there are also some inconveniences. You only live for one summer, and you have to take all the odds and ends with you. We need to transport these things back to Tokyo. There are not many left in the villa." "I have no experience living in a villa, but maybe that's it." "So, that night we went to the 'Fuji Village Villa' to record, and there was nothing in it. No one came to live in it, and even ordinary utensils were not complete. Even if the manager Jialiu took good care of it, the owner was still afraid of the furniture. Utensils were stolen. Therefore, it is generally not too much trouble to transport luggage from Tokyo every summer.” Yue Shui also remembered the desolate scene of "Fuji Village Villa" at that time.Later, not long ago, when I was invited in to drink hot tea brought by Mrs. Fujimura, I felt that although it was the same house, it was alive again, and there was a lively life of people again.As Harasawa said, this is not only a question of whether there are people to live in, but also a question of furniture.Mrs. Fujimura, who is sociable and kind, cannot play such a big role alone. "Okay, don't mention these irrelevant words!" Yue Shui returned to the topic. Then, Yue Shui told Yuan Ze one by one the questions sorted out last night.Where was Machiko's voice recorded?Who operated the recording?Moreover, if it was recorded in Tokyo, it would be difficult to explain the question and answer about Nightingale.Also, how was the body of Machiko who was killed in Tokyo transported to the scene in Karuizawa?These questions, he says, are at the heart of the puzzle, so to speak. Yuan Ze listened and nodded one by one; then said, I can't answer these questions for a while. When leaving the cafe, a truck full of moving goods drove past. The next day, before five o'clock in the evening, Yuan Ze called Yue Shui. "Mr. Yueshui. The mystery of moving the corpse has been solved." The sound is much higher than usual. "yes?" Yue Shui still thought that Yuan Ze was just inferring casually as usual, so he didn't pay much attention when answering. "It's almost time for you to get off work. I'll come to your place now. You wait." Hara Ze's words seemed to indicate that there was some kind of sudden emergence.This person always likes to talk around corners and talk about gags, but now his voice on the phone has changed a bit. Ten minutes after the off-duty time, the concierge informed that Yuan Ze had arrived.Yue Shui walked out of the gate and saw that Yuan Ze had an indescribable expression on his face.It's sad, it's exciting, it's coming to report the misfortune of a close relative.Yuan Ze said in a low voice, let's talk while walking today! Things are a little strange!Yue Shui felt the pressure brought by Yuan Ze's usual attitude, so he walked out of the company side by side with him.Yuan Ze's footsteps moved to the small street behind the building, Yue Shui had no choice but to follow.Yuan Ze didn't speak for a long time, and Yue Shui spoke first. "Hey, do you know how to carry Machiko's body?" He deliberately used a relaxed tone, urging the speech. "...It's the method we researched yesterday." Yuan Ze said in a melancholy tone, walking even slower. "The method we researched?" "It's the way to carry the luggage for the summer cottage." "..." "Mr. Koshimizu, the luggage of the 'Fujimura Villa' was picked up from Ueno Station in Tokyo to Karuizawa Station. Before the Fujimura family went to the villa, furniture and luggage were packed and transported in batches every day. In that batch Inside the luggage, there is one item that is Machiko's body." Yuan Ze still stated his reasoning in a dogmatic tone, Yue Shui just wanted to laugh at it, but felt that these few words were a bit special. "Hey, even though it's packed in the luggage to the villa, won't the people in the villa want to open it when we arrive at the 'Village Village Villa'?" Yue Shui said. "However, at that time, the Fujimura family hadn't gone to the villa yet! They just transported their luggage there first. The villa was still empty. The person who managed the villa was Mr. Fukuchi Karoku entrusted by the Fujimura family." "Hmm... so, the luggage was taken out at Karuizawa Station, and it was handled by Fukuji Karoku, and then transported to the empty villa?" Yue Shui didn't feel nervous. "The luggage checked out from Ueno Station arrived at Karuizawa on the morning of the 21st. The time of check-in was the morning of the 19th. All five pieces of luggage were taken out by Kaichiro Fukuji, the son of Karoku, at Karuizawa Station and packed in the On the truck, transported to the empty villa. This is the case every year, and the Fujimura family entrusts Mr. Fukuchi Yoshiroku to handle it.” Where did this investigation come from, Yuan Ze explained in detail. "Is there a piece of luggage that contains Machiko's body?" "There's a big wooden box in it. That's where the corpse is." "Then, the murderer is Kaichiro?" "It wasn't Kaichiro who killed Machiko. The murderer commissioned that playboy to bury the body at the scene." "Who is the murderer?" The faces of Shinto and his wife and I floated in front of Koshimizu. "It's someone close to my wife and husband." Yuan Ze replied sadly.The two walked on the sidewalk behind the dark building, feeling quite chilly. "By my wife's side...?" That is to say, it is not my wife. "Mr. Tsuga was threatened by Machiko. Mr. Tsuga felt that Machiko's desire was very strong, so he wanted to make a clean break. Who knew that Machiko asked Mr. Tsuga to allocate a branch of a foreign dim sum shop to her. If she didn't, she would I'm going to do my best. Machiko is a stubborn person, and she will try her best to get the foreign dim sum shop in her hands. In fact, she may have already taken out a knife to threaten her. My wife and I, who are usually good husbands, are simply I couldn’t handle it, so I had to explain it to his wife. Instead of having my life and store taken away by Machiko, it’s better to confess my deviant behavior to his wife.” "So, my wife, my wife, will help my husband solve this problem?" "That lady is also a person with a strong personality. She hates Machiko and is unwilling to give up the pastry shop, let alone pay compensation. She just wants to kill Machiko. So she asked her husband to find a special reason, She had a secret date with Machiko and recorded their conversation. The place where the recording was made was the Sakura Hotel run by her classmate. Mrs. Tsuga was overwhelmed by Machiko, and the voice could be heard, very anxious." "Why are you at the Sakura Hotel?" "My wife met Kaichiro at the Sakura Hotel. Because every time Kaichiro went to Tokyo to have a tryst with Mrs. Fujimura, it was at that hotel. My wife and the proprietress of the Sakura Hotel are classmates. When I often go to the hotel, I hear The boss told about this matter. Kaichiro and Mrs. Fujimura had been meeting there for three years, and everyone was very familiar with each other. Later, the proprietress of the hotel made a phone call in the middle to pass on the message for Mrs. Fujimura and Mrs. Fujimura. My wife and I talked to Kaichiro there intimidating." The street behind the building is really dark and quiet at night. Hara Ze said while walking. "It was Tsuga's plan to go to Karuizawa to record wild birds, but his wife made the arrangement. From Kaichiro, Tsuga knew that his father, Mr. Fukuji Karoku, was Nojima. Members of the club, and know the related equipment. Kaichiro knows how his father records, such as the condenser..." "Um... so, what about the second conversation?" "That was a conversation between Tsuga and Kaichiro. The one who played the tapes of Machiko and Tsuga at that place must be Tsuga's wife. She came from Tokyo with a small portable recorder and recorded Machiko's conversation. Played it. After forty minutes, I walked away with Kaichiro, and we talked at that time." "But... my wife, my wife, didn't stay at Hotel A in Ikaho Onsen on the night of the 19th?" "That was Kaichiro's business. He drove my wife and I out of the hotel at night. Of course, the two of us had made an arrangement in advance. My wife and I took a small tape recorder and went out for a walk from the hotel door to where he was waiting. .Of course the people at the hotel didn’t know. Even if they saw her, they thought she was out for a walk. That playboy became the helper of my wife and my wife. When the recording was played, both of them were present....The second conversation, the two I personally didn’t pay attention. I thought I had left the range of the performance of the condenser. However, this only confused us even more.” "After all, who killed Machiko?" "It's my wife! On the night of the 18th, I went outside the 'Qinghe' bar and waited for Machiko to get off work. He said that he wanted to have a final negotiation, so he took Machiko to the warehouse of his store and killed her. By surprise, from behind Strangled Machiko to death with a rope. Middle-aged women who are angry sometimes have such abnormal strength. The corpse was packed in a wooden box and used as luggage. On the morning of the 19th, I ordered the clerk to transport it to Ueno Station. The address is written as 'Karuizawa Station to Fukuchi Karoku Transit Fujimura Villa'." "..." "My wife and I don't know about this. That day, he took the train with us to Karuizawa with a sound collector. ... Machiko's body was found more than 40 days after death, and it was dissected , and there is no way to judge that she was killed on the night of June 18. Moreover, the forensic doctor and the police who performed the autopsy believed that she was still talking to that man at the scene on the night of the 19th!" "You have analyzed the case to this point, what action did you actually take?" Yue Shui asked, his face pale. "By the way, my wife, my wife, was arrested an hour before I called you....Actually, the detectives told me all this when they came to investigate." Hara Ze said sadly. "Hey, needless to say, Kaichiro was also arrested; but why did Kaichiro obey my wife Futing's wife so much?" Yue Shui asked him. "Of course he thinks my wife and my wife are doing things strangely. But if he doesn't help, his relationship with Mrs. Fujimura will be threatened and exposed. The 27-year-old Shizuoka male guest at Hotel A on the night of the 19th is Kaichiro's. A pseudonym. The man went out immediately after moving into the hotel at seven o’clock in the afternoon, and didn’t come back until about half past eleven, so he drove my wife and I to Karuizawa, where he went back after doing something wrong. The hotel. At that time, we were in the "Fujimura Villa", and we heard birds chirping and recordings of Machiko's conversation. The car was parked far away from the hotel. That night, my wife and I went to Kaichiro's room Whether or not her criminal behavior has been exposed has reached the verge of danger. At this point, it is necessary to lie to Kaichiro. These things, my husband does not know." "..." "Kaichiro is a playboy with no rules at all. This guy assists in crimes, maybe because he thinks it's exciting, but maybe he has a special interest in older women. Mr. Shindo's wife has a lover in Hotel A , probably the person registered at the hotel as a thirty-seven-year-old company employee in Tokyo, they have no knowledge of the man that Mrs. We went to Hotel A together. So, after arriving at the hotel, we didn’t care about each other’s actions. She didn’t know that my wife and my wife had gone out. We both had the same illness, and the two always covered each other up.” "But, didn't you just say that there was a disturbance in the hotel that night, a guest was ill, and the two ladies were in their rooms?" "Please note that the time of sudden illness is two o'clock in the morning. That is to say, the two of them have already arrived at their lover's room. There was a disturbance in the corridor, and they walked out separately. After asking what happened, they went together Go back to your own room. When you walked out of your lover's room, you used to pay special attention not to be discovered, and deliberately made people think that they walked out of your own room and returned to your own room. Wait for the panic to pass Afterwards, they went back to the lover's room until dawn." "Hmm!" Yue Shui sighed. "In this way, my wife Fu Ting held a wild bird meeting with us at the 'Villa Fuji Village', and didn't intend to prove his innocence?" "Of course not. My wife and I don't know about it at all. So he was surprised to hear that the woman's voice resembled his wife's voice amidst the wild birds' voices, so he wrote Haikus such as 'Who is the visitor', 'Whispering like a mystery star'...Of course, after returning home, listening to his wife talk about what happened, I was at a loss and didn't even have the courage to report the incident to the police." Yue Shui coughed several times. "Okay, there is an important question to ask at the end. The nightingale was mentioned in Machiko's recording. Could it be that there are still nightingales calling in Sakura's apartment in Mukojima?" "Machiko didn't ask 'What bird was that?' Ah! She asked, 'What bird was that?'" "..." "This shows the sensitivity of my wife and my wife. For this recording, she placed a replica specimen of a nightingale in the room where Machiko and her husband had a tryst. This specimen was brought by Kaichiro from his home. So, when we looked at bird specimens at Fudijia Liujia, there was one missing." Yuan Ze stood still, and when he said these words, a couple appeared at the corner of the building.The bleak autumn wind dances at the couple's feet. (End of the book)