Chapter 26 Chapter 26: Family Tragedy

"Ms. Fujimura, do you have something to tell us?" Officer Hibino's tone of questioning is much gentler than before. This is the living room of "Wanshanzhuang". In addition to the officers present, Officer Yamashita, Officer Waitori, and Detective Kondo, Kosuke Kindaichi also stood aside with his sleepy eyes open. "Where should I begin?" Natsue Fujimura has regained his composure at this moment.From last night until today, Zuokoucao has been threatening her with words, preventing her from mustering up the courage to tell the truth and truly liberate her soul.

Before coming here, she changed clothes, combed her hair, and put on makeup in Tsuchiguchi's villa. Now she looks ten years younger than she was just now in Tsumura Shinji's storage room. "Then let me ask the question! Please answer my question based on the facts." Officer Hibino looked at the pamphlet in the hands of Detective Kondo, and said: "You were originally a new-style drama actor, and later married Akutsu Kenzo?" "yes." "Akutsu Kenzo married Hochiyoko in Showa 25, so you divorced before that?" "Well, I'm the next wife who was abandoned by him."

"After that, you faded out of the stage and joined the women's clothing magazine 'Zhuangmeiyuan'?" "Yes, Yasuko Takamori, the president, is my older sister who was studying at the Women's Art School in Tokyo." "What's your relationship with Hachiguchi?" "She was my senior sister when I was studying at the Women's Art School and Sendai High School." Hearing this, Detective Kondo couldn't help sticking out his tongue, while Officer Yamashita pursed his lips and smiled. "By the way, on the night of August 15th last year, the night when Feng Chiyoko's first husband Yasuhisa Dikoji died mysteriously, you have been to Karuizawa. We have witnesses to confirm this."

"That's right." Natsue Fujimura replied without hesitation. "According to the witnesses, you seemed to be following Mr. Dikoji that day?" When Natsue Fujimura heard this, she immediately showed a surprised expression. She was silent for a while before saying: "You are right. Where did the witness see me?" "She saw you standing in the bookstore opposite the 'Mimosa' coffee shop, flipping through magazines while staring in the direction of 'Mimosa'." "anything else?" "The witness only saw this. Later, because of the mysterious death of Di Xiaolu, the witness remembered it."

"If only the witness had followed me and watched me, so I wouldn't have to worry about it for a year or two." When Natsue Fujimura said this, he couldn't help shedding two lines of tears.She gently pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and her exhausted expression was clearly visible. "Do you know Mr. Fute Koji Yasuhisa?" Kosuke Kindaichi asked a question. Natsue Fujimura raised his face and glanced at Kosuke Kindaichi, then nodded slightly. "You are Mr. Kindaichi! I have heard your name for a long time. If I knew that you were investigating this matter, I would talk to you. On the evening of August 14th last year, I accidentally met you on the train. To Mr. Futekoji, I've never seen him before."

Officer Hibino looked suspicious, while Kosuke Kindaichi continued to ask: "Before you boarded the same car, you should know that the other party is Mr. Fuekoji, right?" "Well, I know. He also made some films after the war. He is a somewhat famous actor, but his appearance has changed a lot, so I was the only one in the carriage who recognized him as an actor who used to be active on the screen; I used to be Akutsu's wife also knew something about him. Not only the police officer thought that I was following Mr. Fuekoji, but even sister Cao thought so, but this incident was purely coincidental... In retrospect, it was really a one time Very unfortunate coincidence."

"Did you talk to Mr. Fuekoji in the car?" "No." "So, Mr. Di Xiaolu didn't even know there was someone like you?" "He probably didn't know that there was a woman named Natsue Fujimura in this world." "Ms. Fujimura, when you came here last year, did you know that the tenant next door to Mrs. Tsuchiguchi is Shinji Tsumura, and he is Hochiyoko's fourth husband?" Natsue Fujimura hesitated for a while, and then, like a flood breaking a bank, he began to pour out the whole story: "I don't know about it. A few days ago, my sister came to Tokyo and told me about it, so I had the idea to find out about it. Mr. Kindaichi, a woman's persistence is very scary, especially It is even more terrifying for a woman like me who has been robbed of her husband by another woman."

Natsue Fujimura recounted the past plainly, but from the expression on her face, she could still feel the hurt caused by this incident. "Mr. Kindaichi, I am a person with strong self-esteem, so I divorced Akutsu very simply. I know that there is a big difference between me and Feng Chiyoko, and I also know that Akutsu's heart is no longer on me. He is willing to do it. Feng Chiyoko's love prisoner, so my self-esteem does not allow me to pester Ajiujin anymore, alas... After the divorce, I have been paying attention to his movements, and my life is very painful. If Ajiujin hadn't told me about that at the time, I'm afraid I will always live in my own world."

"When did Ajiujin tell you what?" I don't know when, Kosuke Kindaichi became the master of the audience, and he asked questions. "It was the second year after the wedding between Mr. Tsumura and Ms. Feng. It was the autumn of Showa 32. One day, Akutsu asked me to meet in a private room of a certain restaurant. Since I divorced Akutsu, We never met again, and that time Ajiujin came to me to talk to me about his comeback, and I rejected his proposal on the spot. "To be honest, after I divorced A Jiujin, many TV producers did ask me to act, but I turned them all down because I didn't want people to think that I was a woman who wanted to raise my status by divorcing A Jiujin; what's more I am very satisfied with my current job, so I also rejected Akutsu for the same reason, and finally he gave up the idea of ​​persuading me. It’s just that he said something at the time, as if lighting a fire in my heart.”

When Natsue Fujimura said this, his originally flat tone suddenly became ups and downs, and a gleam appeared in his eyes. "What did Mr. Akutsu say?" "I said to him: 'I am the woman who was abandoned by you. I didn't expect you to be abandoned by Feng Chiyoko now.' As a result, Akutsu immediately replied: 'Don't be stupid, I don't want that woman! Maybe you will I thought I couldn't afford to lose, so I said that, but look carefully, Shin Kyogo will follow the same path as me soon. We are gentlemen, so in order to maintain the reputation of Feng Chiyoko, we agreed to divorce her , Tsumura will divorce her soon too.'”

"What is the reason?" "He didn't say it. But he mentioned the phrase 'riding a tiger is hard to get off', but in order to protect my self-esteem, I didn't ask any more questions." "Three years later, Mr. Tsumura really got divorced, so the doubts in your heart were rekindled?" "That's right. Ms. Feng is a beautiful woman. I heard that she worked very hard to be a good wife after she got married. Why is such a woman abandoned by men? This has always been a point of curiosity to me." "Later, you learned from Mrs. Tsuchiguchi that Mr. Tsumura rented a villa from her and lived next door to her. That's why you came to Karuizawa to inquire about the news?" "I heard my sister say that Mr. Tsumura is a very childish man. I thought maybe I could learn something from him. But I never thought of taking the opportunity to blackmail or revenge her. I just wanted to use it because I was defeated by her." Just to know some of her little-known secrets and increase some sense of superiority." "I see. Did you accidentally meet Mr. Futekoji on the train bound for Karuizawa?" "Yes, this is really a very wonderful coincidence. I naturally followed Mr. Miao Xiaolu out of the ticket gate. He called a taxi and told the driver where he was going. He said this place I'm very interested." "Was he talking about Camp Birch?" "Yes, I know what kind of lodging environment 'Birch Camp' is. Many young students will go to that place to lodging." "So you went to Camp Birch the next day, the night of August 15th?" "No, I didn't intend to go there at all, I just inquired about the 'Birch Camp' in the shop on the old road... I asked passers-by how to get to the old road, and when I reached a round intersection, I met the flute Mr. Xiaolu came to meet him, he was already drunk at that time." "So you followed him all the way to 'Mimosa'?" "yes." "Did anything strange happen on the way?" "No." "Well, we already know that you are monitoring Mr. Dikoji in a bookstore opposite the 'Mimosa', so the problem lies in Mr. Dikoji's whereabouts after he walked out of 'Mimosa', please continue." Fujimura Natsue suddenly trembled all over. She looked at Kosuke Kindaichi with fearful eyes and said: "Mr. Kindaichi, what I'm going to say next is very strange. I can't conclude that that person is the murderer, and I still don't understand what it means until now, so I feel very scared." "I understand. Please tell me what you saw with your own eyes, and let us judge." Like Xizi, Fujimura Xiajiang was worried that her statement would become a false accusation against the other party, and what she saw seemed to be more terrifying than what Xizi saw. "I forgot to tell you that the fog that night was very heavy. You may not be able to feel it in a bustling place like the old road, but in a relatively remote villa area, you can hardly see it from a few feet away." "Did you pass by the square where the Obon festival was being held?" "Yes, yes, yes, that area is very lively and the light is very bright. After I passed there, I came to the outside of a villa in a short while. The surrounding trees are quite tall and the fog is thicker. The only thing I can rely on is the road. The street lamp next to it. Mr. Dikoji groans drunkenly from time to time, and sometimes roars like an American Indian. For me, who has never been tracked before, it is not difficult to track him at all.” When Natsue Fujimura said this, he took a breath and continued: "It didn't take long before a strange thing happened. When Mr. Fuekoji came to a crossroad, he stopped to think for a while, then walked five or six steps forward, stopped to think for a while, and then he suddenly yelled, Said some strange things." "What strange thing did he say?" "He said: 'Even after giving birth to seven children, you are the only one who will forgive that woman. Keep your eyes open! I will give an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth...' After finishing speaking, he laughed out loud, The voice sounded very sad." Only Natsue Fujimura didn't understand what was going on at the scene, and everyone else knew that Yasuhisa Futekoji was referring to Misa.It seems that Fuekoji Yasuhisa already knew that Misa was not his own, and he couldn't forgive Chiyoko for lying that Misa was his child. "after……" Just when Natsue Fujimura was about to continue speaking, Police Officer Hibino interrupted her and asked: "Wait a minute, Ms. Fujimura, did you find anything at the intersection where Mr. Futekoji stopped?" "I saw many window-like things with lights on in the thick fog. I think it might be the Highland Hotel." "Has Mr. Fue Koji headed for the Highland Hotel?" "He seemed to want to go that way, but soon changed his mind." "Okay, please continue." "Mr. Dixiaolu yelled a few times and then quieted down. The fog was getting thicker and thicker. I could only follow him by the sound of my footsteps. Not long after I came to a rather steep slope, Mr. Dixiaolu began to climb up. There is a bridge, I think this bridge is probably leading to Asama hidden; just as I was looking around, Mr. Fute Koji disappeared. "Mr. Kanedaichi, once you cross that bridge, the road splits into two. Go up to Asama Gakushi, and go down to Sakurazawa. There is a villa at the end of Sakurazawa. I think you should know about it. At that time, I didn't know that the road went all the way to the end of Sakurazawa. The fog was getting thicker and thicker, and the big trees on both sides of the road stretched out their dense branches and leaves, which made me feel like I was walking in a tunnel; fortunately, there were street lights on both sides of the road. Can barely see the road ahead. "I walked for a long time and didn't hear the footsteps of Mr. Fuekoji again. I thought he must be walking in the direction of Asama Yin. But when I was about to reach the end of Sakurazawa, I suddenly heard the sound of my left hand. A woman's screams came from the side, and I subconsciously looked to the left, but... to this day, I still don't understand what the scene I saw meant." Natsue Fujimura held his heart with both hands, as if trying to suppress his fear. Kindaichi Kosuke said in a very gentle tone: "What scene did you see? If you tell the secret hidden in your heart, you will feel better in your heart. As for how to interpret this matter, leave it to us to deal with it!" "Mr. Kindaichi, I will tell you everything I saw. The door lights in the corridor of the villa were on. There was a room with floor-to-ceiling windows on the left side of the corridor. The curtains were drawn. When I heard the screams, Instinctively looking there, I saw a terrible shadow reflected on the curtain..." Natsue Fujimura said as if he was endorsing: "The shadow looked like a man hugging a woman in pajamas, and the woman was trying to resist, and finally the woman was facing upwards, and the man was lying on top of her... All these movements were reflected on the curtain. Then I heard Two or three low, short screams, and then everything returned to calm. I also noticed that there seemed to be light from a lamp in the room..." In an instant, a chilling chill invaded everyone in the living room. Police Officer Hibino shuddered all over. He remembered that Fute Koji Yasuhisa had sex with a woman before he slipped and fell into the water. Now he already knew who this woman was from Natsue Fujimura's words. After a while, Kosuke Kindaichi coughed lightly and said: "You saw a man violently assaulting a woman in pajamas with the lamp on by the bed, didn't you?" "That's right. Mr. Kindaichi, I made a very outrageous mistake later." "you mean……" "I saw this unusual thing, so I was eager to know whose villa it was here. I looked around and saw a house with the words 'Di Xiaolu' written on it, so I thought I was in it just now. The man must be Mr. Futekoji, and the 'mistake' I made was that I thought the woman in pajamas was Hochiyoko." "Ms. Fujimura, when did you find out that that woman is not Feng Chiyoko?" Officer Yamashita asked the question hoarsely. "You are Police Officer Yamashita! Please continue to listen to me. Mr. Kindaichi, what I saw was not just this, what I saw later was the truly terrifying scene." Natsue Fujimura shivered all over her body, and the men sitting around her seemed to be infected by her. In an instant, the whole living room was filled with an unbearable chill. "Ms. Fujimura, don't you..." Officer Yamashita hastily stopped Officer Hibino from speaking: "Hibino, I think it's better to let Fujimura-san speak first. Mr. Kindaichi, what do you think?" "This should be the best way. Fujimura girl, you said you mistakenly thought that the woman in pajamas was Feng Chiyoko, what's next?" "At that time, I thought that the secret Ajiujin mentioned was referring to this matter. I thought that although Ms. Feng divorced Mr. Fuekoji on the surface, they actually maintained a close relationship. No wonder Ajiujin, Mr. Shen and Mr. Tsumura would not want her." "So that's the case... No wonder you have such thoughts." "I am an old-fashioned woman. Although I was abandoned by Akutsu, I don't want to marry another man. Mr. Kindaichi, the reason why I have been standing there is not because of curiosity, but because I can't move at all. My feet It's like being nailed to the ground." "and then?" "I don't know how long I stood there, and..." "Ms. Fujimura, please wait!" Kosuke Kindaichi interrupted Natsue Fujimura's conversation and asked: "Did you hear the music of the dance festival when you were standing still with your feet immobile?" Natsue Fujimura looked at Kosuke Kindaichi in surprise and replied: "Yes, I have always heard the music of the dance festival, so I had the courage to do this. It was already very late... Is the music of the dance festival related to this matter?" Natsue Fujimura has heard the music of the dance festival all the time, which means that the maid Riede is not at home; and after the power outage the night before yesterday, the organizer used the battery to keep the loudspeaker running, and even Asama Yin could hear the music of the dance festival Voice. "Beast!" Detective Kondo couldn't help cursing in a low voice. "In the midst of this, I saw the shadow of the man stand up, and the figure disappeared from my sight in an instant; although it was only a momentary impression, I clearly saw the action of the man arranging his clothes. Then I saw Mr. Fute Koji Walking down the corridor, my first thought was: 'Go back to Asama Yin'. If it wasn't for the girl in pajamas who was yelling: 'Dad, Dad, you forgot to take something...' while chasing flute Koji Sir, I must have reached Asama Yin." At this time, everyone broke into a cold sweat, and Police Officer Hibino even took off his glasses to wipe his sweat. "The girl's voice was very low, as if she was afraid of being heard. When I looked back, Mr. Fuekoji had already climbed up the slope, and the girl just ran down the corridor. Because the door light was on in the corridor, I realized The woman in pajamas just now was not Feng Chiyoko, but a young girl... I was so surprised that I couldn't move." The muscles on Natsue Fujimura's face were paralyzed, and she continued like a robot: "I know that Mr. Fuekoji and Ms. Feng gave birth to a daughter named Misa, but I'm not sure if this girl in pajamas is actually Misa, because I've never seen her before, and there was thick fog at the time, so I couldn't see clearly The girl's face. It's just that the girl kept calling: "Dad, Dad..." Judging from this situation, the two of them are indeed father and daughter; if this is the case, then what happened to the scene I saw earlier? Could it be Father-daughter incest?" This was the scariest scene in the whole incident. Even the two police officers, Yamashita and Waiting Li, who had handled countless cases and experienced many battles, couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat when they heard this. "Mr. Dixiaolu seems to have heard the girl's call... But he was drunk, and he didn't seem to be sober, I saw him staggering across the bridge... The girl followed him, and she was holding something by the sleeve of her pajamas. I held it to my chest, and after reading the newspaper reports, I realized that it might be a whiskey bottle." Officer Hibino couldn't help sighing when he heard this. The police found only Fuekoji Yasuhisa's fingerprints on the whiskey bottle.Due to the popularity of mystery novels these days, the general public knows that fingerprints play a very important role in criminal cases; did the girl deliberately avoid leaving her fingerprints on the wine bottle because she knew this?Or was it pure coincidence that her fingerprints were not on the bottle? "After crossing the bridge, Mr. Futekoji began to walk down the slope just now. The girl followed him all the time, and I followed them as if obsessed. Mr. Kindaichi, I must do this." Natsue Fujimura spoke with sobs, and kept rubbing the handkerchief in his hand. "It's not your fault. Next, what did you see?" "The fog was still very thick. After a while, I lost Mr. Futekoji and the girl, but I could vaguely hear Mr. Futekoji's staggering footsteps. Soon, I also came to the T-shaped road. I thought Mr. Futekoji I will go back the same way, so I will go in that direction. "But when I came to the intersection where Mr. Fuekoji was yelling madly, I realized that I had made a mistake. I started to speed up and ran for a short distance, and I was more sure that I was really going the wrong way. I stopped I stopped and thought for a while, laughing at myself for being too curious, and planned to return to Asama Hidden. When I returned to the place where the road forked into a T shape, I heard the sound of hurried footsteps climbing uphill from below, and I immediately hid in the grass ..."