Chapter 6 Chapter Six

The police immediately took Guanghui to the living room.Guanghui appeared in front of everyone, looking more tired than ever, with a thin robe draped over her dress. "Are you all right, Mrs. Guanghui?" Seeing the faltering Guanghui walking in, Zhengjin immediately stepped forward to support her, while Jiang Lizi and Zhongren cast stern eyes—Guanghui's friends are their enemies. I am a friend of all the relatives "stayed" by Tokura... If allowed, Zhengjin would like to emphasize this.But even that was impossible in the presence of the police, and one had to shut up and wait in silence.

"Thank you! Why, this gentleman said that the incident has been resolved?" Perhaps he had heard the police's introduction, and Guanghui stared at the detective suspiciously. "Yes, the matter has been resolved, ma'am!" The detective sitting on the sofa leisurely fiddled with the glass, as if the tense atmosphere in the room could not affect the young man. "According to your request, all personnel have arrived. Please solve the mystery of the incident quickly." The police couldn't wait to urge. The detective seemed to hear the sound of mosquitoes flying, and after waving his hand lightly in front of his eyes, he called the butler over.

"Yamamoto!" "Yes, Detective!" After saluting respectfully, Yamamoto took a step forward, "Everyone, I will take the liberty of announcing the result of the reasoning." "Huh? Isn't it up to you to reason?" Zhengjin couldn't help asking the detective. However, the detective's answer was surprising. "Strange! Why do I have to do such troublesome things? Didn't I just say that manual labor should be entrusted to people?" "You said so..." It's okay to entrust the butler to do the investigation beforehand. Masamune thought that the reasoning of the case should be carried out by the detective, because he called himself a detective from the beginning to the end.

"Then, please listen carefully. Yamamoto, continue!" The detective said impatiently, and then took a sip of iced coffee. "Yes, Mr. Detective. In this incident, Mr. Masakazu Tokura, the president of Tokura Keiki, was forced to drink sleeping pills by someone..." "Yamamoto, there is no need for so many opening remarks. Everyone has already understood the general situation. I have made an appointment to go out for a drive with Miss Jiang Lizi in a while. Please announce the result concisely. I can't keep the other party waiting for a long time. I must rush to the sun Before setting off."

"Of course." After speaking, the housekeeper bowed to the detective, and turned to Zhengjin and the others again, "I'm sorry for keeping everyone waiting. This incident started with the illusion of Du Cang's suicide - the murderer used the method of creating a locked space. It was a simple trick of using cotton thread to drop the key from the outside into the jacket pocket. But unfortunately, in recovering the thread, the murderer would..." "Please don't play tricks, tell the murderer's name quickly!" The detective uttered a stern voice again.

"As ordered. The murderer is Mrs. Ducang Guanghui." Following the detective's instructions, the butler quickly announced the murderer's name.Even Jeongjin doesn't immediately realize what it means because it's so direct. A little later, when people came to their senses, everyone's eyes turned to Guanghui.She was pale and her lips trembled. "Why should I kill someone?" However, the butler remained motionless, ignoring Guanghui's protest, and continued flatly: "Guanghui wanted to create a locked space, but she tore the cotton thread during the recovery process. So she was very anxious. Not only would the method of pretending to commit suicide be punished by others." See through, and may leave evidence of their own crimes. When threading cotton thread through coat pockets, using a sewing needle thread; —If the saliva left on the thread is detected... In fact, it is not known whether this level of residue can be detected, but it is a great worry for Mrs. Guanghui. Continue to recycle cotton thread and need a spare For this reason, she drove to the apartment of Miss Banner Bearer. What Ms. Jiang Lizi heard was the sound at that time. She beat Miss Banner Bearer to death with an iron rod she picked up along the way and got the key."

"Wait a minute!" Takenouchi hurriedly interjected, "What you said is completely unreasonable. First, put the spare key in Mrs. Guanghui's hand. Why did Mrs. Guanghui go to Miss Bannerman to snatch the key?" The butler glanced at the master briefly. "I was going to answer everyone's questions at the end. But it's okay, I'll answer you now. That's because during the quarrel last night, the two people's handbags were switched. No, this is not the correct statement. The correct statement is, Mrs. Guanghui secretly changed the handbag. The annoyed Miss Banner-bearer did not confirm the contents, picked it up and left the villa-this will be considered an accident in the future. Mrs. Guanghui expected that Miss Banner-bearer would I came here with Settra's handbag, so I prepared the same handbag myself. According to Ms. Enako's confession, Mrs. Mitsue seemed to know that Ms. Banner Bearer also had the same handbag in advance. What if she pretended to commit suicide? When it was revealed, the first person to be suspected was Mrs. Guanghui, who held the backup key. However, since the handbag was exchanged, the key was naturally in the hands of Miss Bannerman, and it was impossible for Mrs. Guanghui to open the door. That is to say, she put her The suspicion of committing the crime has been ruled out.”

"However, Mrs. Guanghui didn't mention this matter last night. If she wanted to emphasize that the handbag was replaced, she would definitely make a big fuss." Zhengjin raised an objection. "No. In the end, Mrs. Guanghui will let others know that she does not have the key sooner or later. As an insurance, Mrs. Guanghui must need someone to play the murderer, and this person is Mr. Zhongren. Obviously, Mr. Zhongren does not have the key, but There is a motive for committing the crime. However, with the passage of time, Mr. Takeuchi will see through this simple trick sooner or later. At that time, it is important to let the people around know that Mr. Zhongren believes that Mrs. Mitsue has the house in her hand. The door key. This is because, as the motivation for creating a locked space, in addition to creating the illusion of suicide, there is also suspicion of the person holding the key. If the police learn that Mrs. Guanghui does not have the key, they will act as a murderer The motivation of Mr. Zhongren to deliberately create a locked space will be weakened. It is precisely because of this that Mrs. Guanghui did not continue to make a fuss last night. Anyway, the next day, the love rival Miss Banner Bearer will automatically stand up and take out the key , to be an unshakable witness."

"Miss Banner Bearer and Mrs. Guanghui cannot conspire to commit a crime. No one doubts that. Mrs. Guanghui's purpose is to keep herself away from suspicion." Jiang Lizi said to herself in surprise. "Yes." An expression of relief appeared on the butler's face instantly.However, he immediately said with a serious expression: "Madam originally hoped that Miss Banner Bearer could become a living witness, but the situation changed suddenly because the cotton thread was torn off. Compared with pretending to commit suicide, obtaining a backup key has become a priority 'subject'. This forced Mrs. Guanghui to kill Miss Banner Bearer. If Miss Banner Bearer returns home and finds that the handbag has been replaced and informs the police, then nothing will help. Fortunately, Mr. Zhongren, who is a 'pretend suspect', also very reluctantly There is a motive to kill Miss Banner-bearer. Since the trick of pretending to commit suicide has failed, I will not stop doing two things and take advantage of the situation to kill the fetus in the belly of Miss Banner-bearer who may become the heir."

At this point, Zhongren finally realized that he also had the motive to kill Masako, and was immediately taken aback; at the same time, he also regretted how easily he told the police that Miss Bannerman was pregnant. "Mrs. Guanghui killed Miss Bannerman, changed back the handbag, retrieved the key, entered the room again and took away the cotton thread. Then, she re-threaded another cotton thread on the coat pocket. The one that Mr. Takenei showed us Both ends of the cotton thread were cut neatly—if it was torn off during recycling, one end must be uneven. After Miss Banner Bearer was killed, no one would accept that Mr. Ducang committed suicide. However, If the cotton thread is recycled, Mrs. Guanghui, who holds the room key, will be the target of public criticism. Now, even if the original plan is still implemented, there is not enough time to return the key. Besides, Miss Banner has died and will not return Some people came out to testify for the subcontracting. On the contrary, if the subcontracting incident is infinitely expanded, it will only attract unnecessary attention. For this reason, Mrs. Guanghui bet on the original plan—that is, creating a locked space and Whoever doesn't have the key is a murderer - although there are risks. Just assuming the authorities don't have a false lock - because the authorities will only discuss black box operations if no one has a backup key -Considering this situation, Mrs. Guanghui deliberately left the same cotton thread. The purpose is to give people the illusion that Mr. Zhongren who tried to create a locked space - perhaps including Ms. Eriko - failed become helpless."

"Mrs. Guanghui tried all her tricks, but she still showed her feet." Zhongren had a sneer on his face.However, in the next moment, those eyes became full of hatred. "murderer!" "Nonsense! A bunch of nonsense!" Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Guanghui yelled frantically.The loud voice and the distressed expression seemed to prove the excellent acting skills during the noisy yesterday.Its stiff face seemed to be about to reach its limit, and it would soon fall into a total collapse. "It's all his imagination. What proof do you have?!" "There is evidence." "Evidence? Do you have evidence?" It was Takeuchi who spoke.While listening to the reasoning, he kept his face drooping, dubious.However, upon hearing the evidence, he immediately reverted to the characteristic raptor-like face of the police. "Yes, there are fingerprints here. Mr. Zhengzu, you once said that you never touched Mrs. Mitsuhye's handbag. Are you still sure about that?" Being questioned in public suddenly, Zhengjin couldn't help hesitating.He understood perfectly what the butler was about to say.Zhengjin has never touched Guanghui's handbag.However, he had come into contact with the same handbag—on the night of the quarrel, Masatsu had picked up Masako's handbag that Mitsue had thrown over him.If at that point in time, the two handbags were swapped... "Mrs. Guanghui once wiped this handbag in her hand in order to wipe off Miss Masako's fingerprints. However, she didn't notice the fingerprints on the buckle." Guanghui seemed to have finally understood the housekeeper's intentions, she stared at Zhengjin firmly, with longing eyes in her eyes.His own testimony will determine the final outcome, which is especially painful for Zhengjin.For three years, Guanghui persevered tenaciously in the besieged environment.However, if Guanghui is indeed a murderer as the housekeeper said, then he must not remain silent. Zhengjin tried his best to avoid Guanghui's sight, lowered his head, and squeezed out a voice from the depths of his dry throat. "I swear, never touched that handbag." Soon, Guanghui's weak sobs could be heard from the side. There are still about thirty minutes until the sun sets completely. While protecting Jiang Lizi, the detective sat in the back seat of the black Rolls-Royce sedan driven by the butler.The police car left, and the neighborhood was quiet again.Zhengjin stood at the door watching all this. Jiang Lizi seemed very interested, so Zhengjin didn't intend to interfere with the actions of the two of them.However, there is one thing that Zheng Jin has always wanted to ask himself. "Are you really a detective?" The noble detective smiled nonchalantly. "Yamamoto is nothing but my private property." With a brisk motor sound, Rolls-Royce disappeared into the radiant jungle.