Chapter 8 Chapter Eight Tragedy

After Dr. Gu Yuan's detailed examination of the body, it is more likely that Professor Jiang Chuan was poisoned to death.Therefore, it was decided to transport Jiang Chuan's body to Jingpo Hospital for dissection, and Dr. Gu Yuan will be the chief surgeon.When the news came out, not to mention Wanghailou Hotel, the whole Gyeongpo was shocked.In particular, although the name of the poison was not disclosed, the term "special method" was used, which attracted the attention of major newspapers across the country.What is even more frightening is that if some careful observers were not present, Professor Jiang Chuan's death would have been dismissed as a simple heart attack.

"What's going on here, Mr. Kindaichi, who killed such a kind person as Jiang Chuan?" Kano Tatsuya cried again. "Mr. Kindaichi, is there something wrong? Or, even if Professor Jiang Chuan was indeed poisoned to death, he must have been mistaken for someone else to kill him." Allergic and bright eyes. "Miss Boss, do you know anything about this heinous murderer?" Kosuke Kindaichi asked. "How is it possible!" Although Etsuko denied it vehemently, her lips suddenly turned gray for some reason. As for Yiliu Minzi, when asked about inviting Professor Jiang Chuan to sit on the reclining chair, he naturally kept saying that he didn't notice such a weird ball on the chair.

"At the very least, if I were a criminal, why would I leave such important evidence there?" Minzi said aggressively, "Besides, why do I have to kill Professor Jiang Chuan? I can't get it if I kill him." The slightest benefit..." The more Minzi said, the more furious he became. However, if you think about her answer in reverse, you might as well come to the conclusion that as long as there is even the slightest benefit, she will do whatever it takes to kill someone. Next came the suspected Fusako and Toyohiko.After the incident happened, Fusako locked herself in the room all the time, never going out, no matter how much Fengyan tried to persuade her, she ignored it.

"What is Fusako doing in the house, reading?" Kinda Kazuko tried Toyohiko calmly. "No, she was walking around the house like a lion in a cage. Later I told my aunt about the situation." "The lady boss, what did she say?" "The proprietress said, 'She's always so neurotic, let her do it.' However, I don't think there's any need to be so scared about it. Human..." "Ahaha...Fusako is penniless?" "That's true... Uncle left her a large inheritance when he passed away. However, it's all her aunt Minzi's fault. She instigated Fusako to do something she was not good at, but she was tricked by bad guys, and she suddenly changed. On the contrary, Aunt Etsuko has the ability to make the only villa so impressive... That's why Fusako has to live with someone else."

"I'm sorry, please forgive me, what's the relationship between you and Fusako?" "We are cousins. And——" Toyohiko looked at Kosuke Kindaichi with his cat's eyes, "Auntie wants us to get married. Maybe because I think that although Fusako is so sexual, I will still take good care of her." "Then how do you feel about Fusako?" "Well..." Toyohiko sneered, "I have tried and observed many times, and found that she is too headstrong. Besides, even if I want to, my parents may not agree... Although I sympathize with Aunt Etsuko... ..." Kosuke Kindaichi once again deeply felt that this cat-like young man also had ideas unique to cats.

"Oh, that's right," Kosuke Kindaichi finally decided to ask the most important question as quietly as possible, "I was sitting on this rooftop overlooking the sea on Saturday evening. I suddenly noticed that Fusako seemed to be with someone. on a sailboat, is that you?" "What, Fusako was on the same sailboat as a man?" Toyohiko asked back, the surprised expression didn't seem to be faked. "Well, it's not necessarily Fusako..." "Fusako's temper is really unbearable, and she often misses appointments. I made an appointment to go sailing with me on Saturday the day before yesterday. Because I'm not very good at sailing. , so Fusako took me with her every time. Just after I dawdled for a while that day, she suddenly rushed to the sea alone, causing me to turn around on the shore alone. Until after five o'clock, she Just came back as if nothing had happened, and didn't talk to me. If she wanted to play some tricks to get caught, then she had miscalculated. I was very angry!"

"Uh, what does that sailboat, the one owned by Fusako, look like? For example, the color of the sail..." "Oh, I don't remember that. Is Fusako really with another man?" Toyohiko's eyes seemed to say, if that's the case, then I have to think about it for myself. The autopsy of Professor Jiang Chuan is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.As soon as the autopsy results come out, it can be formally determined whether the incident was a natural death or a death by poisoning. Therefore, after the body was transported away, the entire Wanghai Tower fell into a kind of extreme panic.Everyone looked tense and panicked.

"Mr. Jin Tianyi, the investigation director here asked a very strange question." Waiting for the police department to frown and whisper. "Strange words?" "He asked, 'Is there anything wrong with that Ms. Kato? "No, there's no problem with that. What he meant was that using lip-reading techniques to gain insight into the criminal's plan is really unbelievable. Could it be a fabricated lie?" "However, Mr. Police Department, I was there at the time, and I heard the conversation between the two with my own ears. Professor Jiang Chuan really..."

"Of course, I just listened to it for the time being. However, the investigation director said that what Professor Jiang Chuan recorded at the time and what he showed us later are the same thing? This is a shorthand symbol, which is different from the general The article is different, there is no way to check the handwriting. Could there be some tricks in it?" "That's true." Kosuke Kindaichi's eyes became deep. "In short, what he meant was: at that time, Professor Jiang Chuan did use lip reading to understand someone's conversation, and recorded it on paper. However, what he recorded was not such a serious matter, but something else. As a result Ms. Kato hid this material, but showed us her forged copy—do you think it is possible?"

"That's right! Otherwise, it would be too coincidental. Well, this kind of explanation makes a lot of sense... But why did Kato do this?" "I don't care about it. In short, in the view of the investigation director, Ms. Kato did this. And he believes that Kato's purpose is not only to poison Professor Jiang Chuan to death, but also to set the blame on others, so he forged the lip-reading copy." Record." "Oh? This kind of statement is reasonable." "Anyway, you should take this possibility into consideration." It seems that the Waiting Force Police Department not only failed their weekend vacation plans, but was even arrested by the local police.

After a while, Kosuke Kindaichi came to the rooftop.On the table where Professor Jiang Chuan used to sit, there were three women sitting quietly, one of whom was holding up a telescope and looking at the sea frequently. These three women are none other than Professor Ekawa's granddaughter Ruriko, Ms. Kato, and Tsuzuki Masao's girlfriend Kume Kyoko.Liulizi's mother Jingzi has already gone to the hospital. "Oh, it's Mr. Kindaichi," Kyoko seemed to have just cried, but she still had a bright smile on her face, "Ruriko and I are the best friends. I don't know how much I like her." "Thanks to Ms. Kyoko being here. Ms. Ruriko said that she heard that her grandfather used a telescope to look at the sea here the day before his death, so she wanted to see it too..." Ms. Kato was so moved that she was about to shed tears. Liu Lizi's ears can't hear, if he doesn't watch the movement of other people's lips, he will know what the other person is saying.So she turned her head, greeted Kindaichi Kosuke with her eyes, and pointed the telescope at the sea again. At this moment, looking at the surface of Gyeongpo Sea from the roof of Wanghai Tower makes people deeply feel the impermanence of human life. The person who was here overlooking the sea three days ago has become a stiff corpse now, but the surface of Gyeongpo Sea is still lively.The sea is still full of battles, from the beach to the shore, there are crowded crowds and mulberry trees dotted among them. But now, the granddaughter of the deceased is watching all this with the same telescope... Kosuke Kindaichi couldn't help but feel sad One hot. "By the way, Miss Kume, where is Tsuzuku-kun?" "He's gone to sea." "Why didn't you go?" "Hey, when I think about Uncle Jiang Chuan, I lose my mood." "The relationship between you and Professor Jiang Chuan is very deep!" "Yeah, he and my father who died young were good friends..." "Oh, it's because of this relationship that you met Mr. Garner and his nephew Du Zhujun." "yes." "Mr. Kindaichi," Ms. Kato interjected, "her life is very poor." "Yes, cold?" "Well, I couldn't help crying just now. Miss Kyoko said that she should have become Mr. Garner's daughter last spring." "Mr. Kano's daughter?" Kosuke Kindaichi looked at Kyoko again, "Ah, you mean marrying Tsuzuki?" "No, it's not. It's Miss Kyoko's mother who wants to marry Mr. Garner. Thanks to the strong support of the late Mr. Jiang Chuan, both of them have this intention. Mr. Garner is very happy." "So that's the case, then..." "Originally, everything was agreed upon, the bride price was exchanged, and even the date of the wedding was fixed. Unexpectedly, just before this, Miss Kyoko's mother died suddenly in a car accident." "Kyoko's mother had a car accident?" Kinda Kazuko was taken aback when he heard that, Koyama had to turn around and take a closer look at Kyoko. "Alas..." Kyoko kept twisting her fingers on her knees, "The brakes of the car suddenly failed, causing the car to overturn. The driver saved his life, but my mother was not so lucky. Even the driver I wonder why the brakes suddenly broke down like that at that time, and it was fine before I left... Hey, but now it’s useless to say anything.” Kyoko lowered her long eyelashes and bit her lower lip tightly.But Kosuke Kindaichi carefully noticed that the corners of her mouth were trembling slightly. "It's really unfortunate!" Kato kept shaking his head, "Kyoko just cried and said, 'Of course the dead mother is very pitiful, and Uncle Kano is also very pitiful', I couldn't help crying Tears...I heard that they are very much in love with each other." Probably thinking of her own reasons, Ms. Kato suddenly burst into tears, and kept wiping the lower frame of her deep-sighted glasses with a handkerchief. "Miss Kyoko," Kosuke Kindaichi was deeply moved, his voice choked up, "Can you please describe the situation in more detail, that is, the situation when Lingtang died?" "This..." "You said just now that the driver said 'it was fine before leaving', where did Lingtang come back from?" "Yes, it's Kamakura." "Kamakura? What are you going to do in Kamakura?" "Well, that's how it happened." Seeing that Kosuke Kindaichi cared so much about this matter, Kyoko seemed very happy, and her eyes lit up. "When my mother met Uncle Garner through Uncle Jiang Chuan's introduction, Uncle Garner was still living in a hotel in Tokyo. As the relationship between the two deepened, Uncle Garner bought a house in Kamakura and moved there not long ago. At that time, Zhengxiong was officially adopted. However, since the family is full of men, they don’t know much about the layout and renovation of the house, so my mother often goes there to give detailed instructions as a housewife. The car accident happened on the way back that time. The location is Keihin National Highway." Hearing Kyoko's words, Kindaichi Kosuke felt an inexplicable fear for some reason. That is to say, Kano Tatsuya fell in love with a woman last spring and planned to get married.However, just when they were about to get married, the other party died unexpectedly.Moreover, this Kano Tatsuya recently fell in love with the proprietress Etsuko Liu.Judging from the way the two talked and behaved, it was only a matter of time before they got married.Maybe, the two have already committed to each other for life. However, another homicide occurred not long ago.Moreover, the ultimate goal of the criminals does not seem to be Professor Jiang Chuan.Someone is planning to murder another person, and it is estimated that they are also planning to pretend to die a natural death... Thinking of this, Kosuke Kindaichi suddenly felt a strong indignation. At this moment, Liu Lizi, who was concentrating on looking at the sea, suddenly let out a scream with her strange voice unique to the deaf-mute, her eyes still fixed on the binoculars, "Ah, the sailboat is going to capsize, the sailboat is going to capsize!" As mentioned earlier, most deaf-mute people who have learned lip-reading have some unsound language pronunciation ability.But after all, the language is learned not by ear but by lip reading. The pronunciation is slightly different from that of ordinary people-but under the painstaking teaching of his grandfather, Liu Lizi's speech is basically the same as that of ordinary people. All I heard was Liu Lizi shouting loudly suddenly, "Ah, the sailboat is going to capsize, the sailboat is going to capsize!" Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly turned their eyes to the sea.I saw a motor sailboat tilted very badly, and the people on board were raising their hands and calling for help.Moreover, it seems to be a woman. But that ship rushed to the front, and no ship around could be seen.The woman waved her hands like crazy and kept yelling something.Probably because the wind happened to be blowing from the land to the sea, so even the people on the sea couldn't hear the woman. Moreover, the hull was still shaking violently, and the woman was about to be thrown into the ditch.In order not to be thrown out, she hugged the ship's mast tightly. "My God, that woman is screaming!" Liu Lizi, who was holding the binoculars tightly, suddenly let out her strange scream. "Liuliko, Liulizi!" Kazuko Kaneda patted Liulizi on the shoulder.Ruriko walked away from the binoculars and turned her head to stare at Kosuke Kindaichi's lips, because that was the only way to understand what he was talking about. "That woman, what is she shouting? Liu Lizi, can you try lip reading?" "Okay." Liu Lizi nodded obediently, looked at the sea again, and aimed the telescope at the sailboat.One second, two seconds... Liu Lizi stared at the telescope with full concentration, and suddenly she shouted: "My God! The man is shouting, 'Kill, man, la...'" "What?" Kosuke Kanedaichi, Kume Kyoko and Tatsuko Kato had already rushed to the wall of the roof terrace, looking at the rickety sailboat in front of them.Hearing Liu Lizi's words, he couldn't help but gasp. "My God, she is still shouting, still shouting, 'Kill, man, la... save, life, la... kill, man, la... save, life, hinder..."' Liu Lizi is still frantically recounting Listen to the words of the woman on board. At this time, the sailboat finally capsized, and the woman disappeared into the sea as if being dragged by someone.