Chapter 31 5. Past Events

When Kosuke Kindaichi and other police officers hurried back to the villa of the Nishida family, the forensic doctor had just finished the autopsy.The cause of death was, of course, the fatal stab wound to the left chest.The time of the crime was roughly between eight and nine o'clock last night, which was milder than Kosuke Kindaichi's sighting. Kosuke Kindaichi remembered that when he went to call the administrator for the man in the Hawaiian shirt, he heard the siren sound through the fog, and subconsciously looked at his watch.It was eight twenty-seven at that time.The police officer Waiting for Li came by the train that passed the entrance of M Shangyuan at that moment.

The body still needs a forensic autopsy, and an ambulance is already on standby outside the house; however, Assistant Police Officer Okada and the house are still arguing over when the body will be moved.Assistant Police Officer Okada wants to be transferred as soon as possible, but the house says at least until Takehiko returns. "Takehiko hasn't come back yet?" Kosuke Kindaichi looked at his watch, the pointer pointed to half past twelve. "That's right. He doesn't know yet, and things have developed like this. Maybe he should still have a leisurely lunch somewhere."

"However, Ms. Momiji Teruko probably didn't go to her friend's place last night. Takehiko also knows what happened last night, so she should be a little worried..." "Yes, I think so too, but it's all Teruko's fault, isn't it?" "why?" "She always likes to tease people for fun. Probably because she used to be an actress, she always likes to do some harmless pranks to tease others..." Ms. House sighed helplessly, "So, even if Takehiko knew about Teruko last night, didn't Going to Xiangtian's place, it's likely that she just felt that she was playing tricks on people again."

"That's right. Then while we're waiting for Takehiko, can you please tell me about Ms. Momiji Teruko? Relatives or something." "Okay..." The house glanced at Kosuke Kanedaichi, looked around, and said, "Then let's go to the balcony." Then he walked over. Kosuke Kindaichi winked at Police Officer Waitoli and Assistant Officer Okada, and hurriedly followed.The two sisters had opposite personalities, which really interested him. The younger sister, Momiji Teruko, is charming and charming, while her older sister’s house, as mentioned earlier, looks like a dormitory supervisor of a missionary school. But he was as thin as a crane, and his light-black face was covered with wrinkles, which made people think of the skin of an elephant.

Perhaps, the older sister's experience as the younger sister's manager earlier, and later as the younger sister's housekeeper, made the two sisters' personalities so contrasting. "Everyone, please!..." The house led the three of them to the balcony outside the living room, where there was a small wisteria table and two chairs.The house brought two chairs with carved wood patterns from the living room. The house sat upright on one of the chairs with carved wood patterns, looked directly at Kosuke Kindaichi and said, "Mr. Kindaichi, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I know everything."

"Okay. Thank you." Kindaichi Kosuke sat down on a wicker chair unceremoniously, and said with a slight bow, "Then let's talk step by step. When did Ms. Teruko retire and get married?" "It's the eleventh year of the Showa era." "Before that, I heard that you were her manager. After Ms. Teruko got married, did you immediately start managing the affairs of the Nishida family?" "Yes. Nishida-san wants me to. My sister doesn't know anything about mundane matters—especially matters involving money." "She has no children?"

"No." "Mr. Nishida passed away at..." "Showa twenty-six years." "What disease did he have at the time?" "Brain haemorrhage." "How old was he when he died?" "Fifty-nine years old is a false age..." "So, how old is he and Ms. Teruko?" "Sixteen years younger." "Oh. Is Mr. Nishida's first marriage?" "No, it was a second marriage. My ex-wife died in a traffic accident." "So, are there any children between them?" "No." "Not with your ex-wife?"

"yes." After listening to this question and answer, we can know that the house has already made up its mind not to say a word, and this lady has enough firm will.This is the most difficult type of person to deal with during an interrogation. Kosuke Kindaichi looked at Police Officer Waiting Power and Assistant Police Officer Okada, and said, "Then, when Mr. Nishida passed away, the distribution of the estate must have been troublesome. Does he have nephews or nieces?" "No, Mr. Nishida has no inheritance." "What?!..." Waiting Li police officer couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"After he died, did he leave no inheritance at all?" "Yes!..." The house nodded affirmatively. "But this……" "But..." Kosuke Kindaichi frowned and said, "I remember reading somewhere before that Momiji Teruko's husband runs a very large hospital." "yes." "Is the hospital still there?" "It's still open in Shibuya." "Transferred to someone else?" "No, the management right is still in the hands of Momiji Teruko." "But, ma'am!..." Waiting for the police officer to say hurriedly, "You just said that the deceased Mr. Xitian has no inheritance..."

"That's true." The house still nodded calmly. "But, the right to run the hospital is in your sister's hands?" "That's because Nishida transferred the rights to Teruko before his death." The three looked at each other in surprise.Inspector Iwait stared at the house in utter disgust.Kosuke Kindaichi smiled softly, leaned slightly and said, "Understood. Ma'am, Mr. Nishida transferred all his property to Mrs. Teruko's name before he was alive, right?" "Yes!..." The house didn't even move its eyebrows, and looked at everyone calmly.This made Kindaichi Kosuke feel again that she seemed to be a dormitory supervisor who often played tricks.

"Does Mr. Nishida have any siblings?" "There have been three." "Has it happened? Does it mean that all three of them have passed away?" "yes." "Is it before your husband's death or after his death?" "Before death." "All three of them?" "yes." "Can I trouble you to tell us about Mr. Nishida and his three brothers and sisters, and their ranking?" "Sister, younger brother, younger sister." The house rarely took the initiative to answer. "So, do all three of them have children?" "There are five children in total." "Could I trouble you to explain in more detail. How many children do each have..." "Okay. Mr. Nishida's eldest sister became a diplomat and gave birth to three children. The younger brother's son is Take Yan, and the younger sister's daughter is Rongzi." "Big sister's three children, what are they doing now?" "One is in the United States, one is in Kyushu, and the other passed away, at a very young age..." "Oh, that means, only Takehiko and Rongzi are in Tokyo now?" "Yes." The house still nodded quietly. "Are they both married?" "No, both of them are single." "Yongzi works in a magazine. Where's Takeyan?" "I used to be a high school teacher..." "What now?" "He said he wanted to be a writer..." "Oh, yes. That is to say, the only relatives who have frequent contact with Ms. Teruko are Takehiko and Rongzi?" "Yes, yes, that's how it should be." "By the way, ma'am!..." Kosuke Kindaichi observed the expression of the house, and said, "Do you know a person with a big scar from here on his forehead to his eyebrows...about thirty-five or six years old, a little Getting fat... Do you have any impression?" "What..." For the first time, the house had emotional fluctuations, and it seemed that she did have an impression of this person. "Is there something wrong with this person?" "No, nothing, if you know him, can you tell me something about him?" "Oh. You should be talking about Mr. Heitaro Sugiyama. The one with the scar from forehead to eyebrow should be him..." "What kind of person is Heitaro Sugiyama?" "When Teruko was in the film industry, Mr. Tadao Sugiyama took good care of her. Heitaro Sugiyama is his son, an orphan." "What is he doing now?" "Well, how should I put it... Anyway, I'm doing a lot of things, but unfortunately I can't do anything well..." "Does he come to your sister's often?" "Well, here to borrow money or something..." "Is Ms. Zhaozi afraid of him, or avoiding him?" "Well..." the house stared straight at Kosuke Kanedaichi, and said, "How is this possible. Aping... We all call him Aping, Aping is a person who has no scheming at all, like a young master, so he always Nothing can be done. But he is the son of my sister's benefactor, and my sister likes him very much. At least she likes Aping more than Takehiko and Rongle... I don't know if Aping is not, what happened to Sugiyama? " "It's nothing. Ma'am!..." Kosuke Kindaichi stared at the light black face of the house, as if trying to see through her, and said, "Is your sister afraid of anything recently? For example, her life is threatened..." Waiting for power, the police officer also looked at the expression of the house in an inquiring manner.But on her face, there was just some confusion, she said: "Not at all... She is always so leisurely and cheerful, and she doesn't understand what worrying is at all..." "How was yesterday? When she said she was going to a friend's place?" "It's nothing different...it's the same as usual. However, she feels a little excited..." Kosuke Kindaichi and police officer Waituli glanced at Jian, and said calmly: "Madam, let me ask you one last question. This is a very important point. When your sister was in the film industry, did any murders happen around her? And , that case has not been resolved yet... Do you have any impression?" "Ah?!..." The house widened its eyes, looking back and forth at Kosuke Kindaichi and police officer Waitoli, with a puzzled look on his face. "What's the matter? Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" "Oh, can you please answer first? When Momiji Teruko was in the film industry, did any cases happen around her that have not been solved yet?" Kosuke Kanedaichi was stunned by the house, and then his eyes were covered with anger, and he said heavily: "No, as far as I know, there is no such case. And..." "and?……" "I was her manager at the time, and I was inseparable from her. If there was such a case, I would not have known about it. But..." the house asked with some concern, "Why did you suddenly ask this? Has anyone said anything?" Speaking of this, the house seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly leaned forward, saying, "Mr. Jintianyi, you came here last night just for this case? Rongzi told you?" "Yeah." Kindaichi Kosuke looked very troubled, nodded and admitted, "Miss Rongzi said that the reason why she came to me was because Ms. Teruko was here recently and met the murderer of the unsolved case, and that person should have died a long time ago. , Therefore, Ms. Zhaozi intends to discuss this matter with me. She came to me at the request of your sister." "Mr. Kindaichi!..." It was the first time Assistant Police Officer Okada heard about this. From the time when they just recorded the question and answer between the two, Assistant Police Officer Okada has been in a state of being shocked again and again.This time he was even more surprised, and finally couldn't help shouting. At this moment, Wu Yan came back in a panic.