Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: The Order of Suspects

After a day's work, my body feels like it's falling apart, and I don't want to do anything. The restaurant where Yu Zhi works is from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm every day. Although there is a three-hour break from 1:00 noon to 4:00 pm, he just watches TV or flips through old magazines to pass the time. Even after being liberated from a day's work and returning home, he just sits listlessly.After a tiring day, she should have gone to bed early, but she didn't even bother to go to bed.It was too much trouble to undress and make the bed to sleep. Sitting in front of the TV every night, sometimes all the programs were over and the TV screen turned into snow spots. She didn't know that she fell asleep on the bed until dawn.

She never did this when Zhengji was around.At that time, no matter how tired she was, she had to wash clothes and cook for him, and to make him feel good. This was the whole meaning of her life.As long as Zhengji is happy, no fatigue is a problem. The whole value of a woman's life is to dedicate her life to the one she loves.Dedication is all about her life. Now that her dedication is gone, her spiritual pillar has also collapsed.She who lived for her son has lost the value of her existence since his son died.As a living being, although her body organs are still alive, they are no different from plants.

She hardly has the courage to live, but death is terrible, and now she is just a continuation of Zhengji's life, repeating every day monotonously. I eat at the restaurant every day, take a shower at the restaurant, don’t want to do anything, don’t bother to cook on rest days, and don’t eat anything for a day.Sometimes when I get tired of watching TV, I copy the magazines and comic collections thrown by the guests, saying that I read them, but in fact I just read them. This day when Yu Zhi returned home, he turned on the TV and watched it absent-mindedly as usual, it happened to be the time of the news program.What is the progress of the nuclear disarmament negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union? What is the visit of senior government officials to the United States in order to break the deadlock of Japan-US trade friction? There was a dead body, the deceased was a boy between the ages of thirteen and fifteen, wearing a Seiko watch.Hearing this, Yu Zhi, who was absent-minded just now, sat up cleverly.

Zhengji was thirteen years old when he disappeared. Because he was tall, he was often regarded as fifteen or sixteen years old. The Seiko watch was specially bought for him when he was in middle school.He likes this watch so much that he wears it on his wrist when he sleeps. Seiko watches are very common watches that can be seen everywhere in the market, besides, Zhengji is not the only one who is 13 to 15 years old.Although it cannot be concluded that it is Zhengji based on this alone, Yu Zhi still feels uneasy in his heart.This anxiety contained a premonition unique to a mother. On July 25, a woman who claimed to be Hiyama Ikue came to the search headquarters, saying that she watched yesterday's TV news and suspected that the body dug up from the ancient site of Hakone was her son.She said that the characteristics and belongings reported in the news are very similar to her son Zhengji who ran away from home in early March this year.

The dissected remains were kept in the hospital in Odawara City, waiting for the survivors to come to claim them. Yu Zhi did not expect to meet her son in this way. Seeing the bones and clothes fragments on the ground, she could not help crying and fell to the ground. . "Is it your son?" Facing his grief-stricken mother, Iwamura is desperate for confirmation from his family. "It's my Zhengji!" Yu Zhi cried for a while and finally stopped, picked up the watch that was found at the same time as the body, and pasted it on the denomination. "This is a congratulatory gift I bought for him when he entered middle school. He cherishes it very much and wears it on his hand when he sleeps."

So far, the identity of the body found in Gongshiping has been confirmed. According to his mother's testimony, Masaki Hiyama went to the judo classroom to practice on the evening of March 5th, and he never returned home after leaving the classroom at around 9:00 p.m. In order to find the trace of her son, she did not know how many times she went back and forth between her home and the judo classroom, and picked up a piece of necklace on that road. "I picked this up on that road. I don't know if it has anything to do with the murderer who killed Zhengji. It fell in a particularly conspicuous place in the middle of the road. It must have been dropped not long ago. I think it might have been dropped by the murderer." Just stayed."

Hiyama Yue said timidly and took it out. "It seems to be quite advanced!" Iwamura observed it carefully, then handed it to Kawakatsu. "Can you take us to the scene?" Chuan Sheng held the necklace in his hand and said while looking at it. "Did the murderer drop it?" "It's hard to say now. In order to confirm it, we want to see it on the spot." The travel medal and necklace were stacked in front of Kawakatsu's clothes.This yellow and white gold combination necklace is just right for the luxury traveler. "Why didn't you mention the necklace when you first reported the crime?" Iwamura asked.

"If it was dropped by the murderer, this is the only evidence. The person on duty at the time would ignore it. I am afraid to give such important evidence to such a person." After hearing Yu Zhi's answer, Iwamura smiled wryly. Middle school students run away from home, half of them will return home in three days, even if it takes a little longer, 90% of them will return home or find their whereabouts in a month.The attitude of the police on duty is based on this background, but it is difficult for the family members to accept it. The "investigation and evidence collection" led by Hiyama Ikue to the scene did not reveal any new findings.This is a fork road leading to the nearby national highway. Cars from other places and drivers who are familiar with the road conditions often take a shortcut to the national highway from here, but there is very little traffic at night.

If Zhengyoshi and the car involved in the accident had an unfortunate encounter here, it is entirely possible that the car involved in the accident would transport the deceased to Hakone and throw it away while no one was watching. The characteristic of traffic accidents is that there are a lot of traces left at the scene of the accident. Unfortunately, the number of days since the accident is too long, and it is unknown whether the necklace belonged to the perpetrator?Even if it is, is the place where it fell off the first scene?These are all under investigation. In the end, it was decided to put aside the clues of the traffic accident first, and search for the clues of the "commemorative medal" with all its strength.

After inquiring about the planner and sponsor of the Orient Express European tour "All Japan Tourism Commune", the answer is that this line is a project launched by the company the year before last with an eye on the sharply rising market of the Orient Express. Several publicity campaigns are carried out in June and September-November depending on the situation. Although this line is widely favored by people, due to the high price and the main selling point is the ride, most of the sign-ups are wealthy elderly couples. The goal of each group is ten people. In 8X, a total of six groups were sent out, including a total of 56 people accompanying them.The group that the body discoverer Akimaro Kanai joined was the first to be searched.Among them, because Kanai has a travel badge, he was temporarily placed outside the suspects.

There are various indications that the murderer should be someone who is very familiar with the geographical environment of the scene.Judging from the special environment and convenient transportation of the ancient site located in the Hakone Mountains, it seems that the murderer did not bury the body here casually. Among the ten members of the tour group, there are people who know the scene besides Jin Jing. The first is Kanei's teacher, Eiichiro Anyoji, head of the investigation team.As a leader in Japanese archaeology, he knew the geographical location of the site before he became the head of the investigation team, and it was clearly recorded on the distribution map of underground cultural relics.It is said that he visited the scene several times in the preparatory investigation before the official investigation started, and it should be said that he is well aware of the situation at the scene. Next is Gozo Yonekawa, the landowner.He bought the land a year ago.The original landowner wanted to build a house here, but he didn't expect to find pottery from the Jomon period during the land construction process, so he backed down.Yonekawa took the opportunity to buy it at a very low price. Of course, Yonekawa would not fail to conduct a thorough investigation of the site before making up his mind to buy the land. Second, someone may have heard a description of the site from Jinjing or Anyangji.But Jinjing firmly denied it, saying that he had never told anyone in the tour group about the Gongshiping site. "Although Anyangji Eiichiro is a well-known figure in the archaeological world, he is a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken after all. It is impossible to transport the dead body to Hakone for burial." "The most important thing is that he doesn't have a driver's license." "Where's his wife?" "She does, but she can't live without her husband's help." "My husband probably wouldn't let her do that now." "It's impossible for a woman to be alone anyway." "Suppose a man is with his wife?" "The most suspicious one is Yone Chuan!" "If it's Yone Chuan, he has a driver's license, it's very possible!" "Could the necklace that was cut off at the scene belong to Yonekawa?" "If it's Mrs. Yonegawa's, she's about the same age, and her age is just right." "But if you bury the body in your own field, once you are found, you will bear the brunt of it." "Maybe he didn't expect to be dug up during the excavation investigation." "But this land is clearly intended for building a house." "There are no houses built where the site is located, and it is not within the scope of construction." "There is a gold engraver in the tour group." "You mean the goldsmith has something to do with the necklace?" "It's too early to say it's related, but after all gold jewelry was found at the scene, I think it's necessary to investigate first." "Then start the investigation in the order of the real estate agent first, then the gold engraver, and finally the archeology professor." The search meeting finalized the current investigation. Before directly contacting me, I first investigated the life experiences and experiences of the three couples.Through the investigation, we found out their respective family composition, family environment, experience and so on.This is the necessary preparation before the final "hand-to-hand combat" with me. After the suspects were identified, it was decided to further investigate their daily situation.