Chapter 39 Chapter One

Novelist Aisaburo Aoki finally bought the bracelet he had been thinking about for a long time, and his heart was pounding with joy.He walked out of the shop, intending to visit Kyoko right away, but suddenly remembered that today was Friday.Jingzi went out to ask the piano teacher on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays three days a week, but she couldn't be there by six o'clock. After a second thought, Aoki decided to go to Ginza to have a meal first, so he called a taxi. Sitting in the car, counting the money left on my body along the way, I found that the money spent on the bracelet was much less than originally thought.So Aoki was immersed in double joy, thinking of the joyful look that Kyoko would show when he saw the bracelet, he couldn't sit still a little bit.

I got off the car at the corner of Owari Street, and looked at the electric clock. It was still early for dinner.So Aoki decided to take a walk on the street for a while, and if he came across a tie he liked, he would buy it.He had just taken a few steps when someone slapped him on the back. "Hi!" "hey-hey!" "Long time no see!" "Yes. Look at your merriment! Is there a happy event?" "Well, I'm a little happy. How about you? Are you still so busy?" "Oh, it's been bad luck lately!—how about it, how about some treat?"

"Okay, please. However, it is rare for you to look sad." The friend Aoki met was called Hashiba, a reporter from the social department of the H newspaper. People said that he was a very talented person. He was a classmate of Aoki's university. The body gives people a sense of flexibility.Aoki has always liked his advantage of not having a bad heart for people and things, in fact, he didn't need him to mention it, and he wanted to invite him to have a meal together. "Seriously, what's wrong with you? Could it be that you've lost your love?" "Hey, if only I had that kind of love affair! I'm not that lucky yet. I just suffered some failures at work, and now I'm in a mess!" Hashiba said, shrugging his shoulders, really dejected, "It's about the robbery case that happened in Dr. Gu Feng's house. My words are a bit inappropriate. You know about that case, too?"

"Oh, that case? I've read your report, too, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it!" "Hmph! It's nothing, it's nothing. People say I'm chasing others, and I have to be held accountable! It's really nerve-wracking." Readers may still remember the robbery case at Dr. Gu Feng's house.It was the first case where the law on self-defense was revised, and it aroused close attention from the society.Below I outline the outline of the case. Dr. Komine has a large mansion on No. 3 Street in Marimachi.Dr. is a well-known authority on nutritional science. The monosodium glutamate he invented is now sold all over the world. It is said that the billions of property and the vast mansion that Dr. now owns are the benefits brought to him by monosodium glutamate, which may be true.The doctor has a son who is currently studying hard at the Institute of Physics and Chemistry in the United States.Therefore, only the doctor and his wife and a few servants lived in the mansion on No. 3 Street.His wife, Namiko, is only about 30 years old. She is a stunning beauty. She is more than 30 years younger than her husband. She is naturally a second wife, not the biological mother of a son who has a Ph. D. studying in the United States.

On the night when the incident happened, Police Officer B——, who was patrolling near Third Street, heard the sound of two pistol shots in the inner courtyard of the Doctor's mansion after twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and then heard a woman's wailing.He hurried to the gate and saw that the wicket on the side of the gate was open, so he went in through the wicket.As soon as he entered the door, he bumped into Mrs. Namiko who was in despair. "Robber! Robber! Doctor! Doctor—" As soon as the lady saw the police officer, she yelled out the above words intermittently like a madman, and then fell to the ground with a thud, and passed out.

The lady was wearing a night gown, holding a pistol that was still smoking lightly, and the jewels and other accessories pinned to her chest showed signs of being forcibly torn. B——When the police officer saw this, he immediately blew his siren, and on the one hand, he called out to the servants.Then, leaving his wife in the care of the frightened servants who came running, he walked with two or three police officers who had heard the sirens, to the inner courtyard where the pistol shots had been fired.Walking into the inner courtyard, I saw a large ancient pool surrounded by trees, and there was a pavilion beside the pool. Next to the pavilion, two men fell in a pool of blood.One of them is Dr. Gu Feng, the owner of the house, who looks extremely miserable.There were blow wounds on the back of the head and forehead, and the blood flowing from those two places dyed the beautiful white hair red.It appeared that he had fought a violent fight, and his clothes and coat were covered in mud.To be sure, he was dead.

Four or five steps away from the doctor's body, lay the corpse of a man who looked like a worker. This man's left thigh and lung had obvious gunshot wounds from behind, which was the cause of his death.From his pocket, he found his wife's wallet, which contained more than a hundred yuan in cash, and three or four pieces of jewelry that his wife was wearing that night. Not long after, the lady woke up.According to her narration, the beginning and end of the tragedy went like this.That night, Madam was invited to a friend's birthday party, and it was already half past eleven when she came back.Unfortunately, the little maid took two or three days of family leave because of her sister's illness, and her husband, Dr. Gu Feng, hadn't returned home from the research institute.So she decided to wait for her husband to come back, still in evening dress, and picked up a book to read.Suddenly, she saw the man who looked like a worker walking towards her, and she was so frightened that she couldn't speak a word.Then, according to the man's order, she gave him wallets and ornaments such as gems.The robber waited for those things to go out as soon as he got them.The lady was for a moment immobilized by terror after the robber had left the house.The robber's footsteps disappeared, and after a while there was a sound of punching, kicking and fighting from the inner courtyard.Moreover, there seemed to be mixed with her husband's angry shouts.

The wife thought, it must be the husband who came back and bumped into the thief.So her courage was born spontaneously.I suppressed the fear because of my husband's worry.She quickly took the pistol from the locker and ran out into the inner courtyard with it in hand.But she was one step too late, and saw the thief give the doctor a final blow, the doctor fell to the ground, and the thief pulled away and was about to run away.Seeing this, the lady recklessly fired two shots at the thief from behind, and the thief fell down after being shot.That's all she remembers, and the later memories are like dreams——

There was nothing suspicious about Madame's account.The lady's purse and gems were found in the robber's pocket, and there was a thick oak stick used by the thief next to the doctor's body.Moreover, according to subsequent investigations, it was learned that the thief's name was Maeda Sadakichi, and he was a gangster with seven criminal records.While the newspaper wrote articles mourning the tragic death of the doctor, it also praised the brave behavior of the lady. That happened two weeks ago. "I also read the report on that case. Is there anything wrong with your report?"

"I suppose the thieves in this case have accomplices, and stand by my opinion. But this statement seems to offend the madam. Her repeated protests are a pain in the ass." Hashiba blushed slightly as he spoke. "How can you offend Madam when you say there is an accomplice?" "I can't figure it out either. It's probably due to the vanity of a woman that Madam hates others adding fuel to the plot she narrated. But don't talk about it, let's have a cup of tea." So the two went up to the second floor of Fuji House.Because it was the time for walking in the evening, there were not many people.Aoki and Hashiba found a table in the corner and sat down.Hashiba seemed to have immediately forgotten his unhappiness, and said:

"My story is over, what about yours? I haven't heard you yet! You were so happy just now, if there is something good, you should let me know!" "Okay, I'll tell you. Let me show you this first." Aoki looked like a trickster, while talking, slowly took out a green paper bag from his pocket, and put it on the table.Qiaochang took it over, opened it, and said: "Oh, isn't it a bracelet?" He fiddled with the bracelet curiously, and said: "Haha, from this point of view, it must be for Miss Jingzi! Oh, it's quite appropriate!" After speaking, put the bracelet back on the table with a clang.At this time, they heard someone behind them "heh".They turned their heads in surprise, and it turned out that there was a beautiful middle-aged woman standing behind them.When she saw the two of them looking back at her, she immediately blushed, but she quickly calmed down again. "Oh, what a beautiful bracelet! Excuse me, can I have a look?" "Oh, let's see." Aoki's heart was pounding, and he said somewhat triumphantly, he picked up the bracelet and handed it to the woman.The woman took it in her hand, looked at it carefully, and said in her mouth: "What a precious bracelet! It's made in Italy. Well, sorry, where did you get it?" "Oh, it's M in Azabu - down the street - a thrift store called Silver Light Hall." "Ah, by the way, although that place is a thrift store, there are often rare items for sale. Thank you very much!" The woman said, carefully put the bracelet on the table, saluted, and walked downstairs.While thinking about something, Qiaoba watched the woman's back until she was no longer visible, then touched Aoki's waist with his elbow and said: "Hey, do you know that woman?" "I don't know. What's the matter?" "Really, Cao Cao Cao Cao will be here, she is Dr. Gu Feng's wife Namiko!" For some reason, while speaking, Hashiba's expression became serious.