Chapter 7 Chapter VII Not Allowed

On the third day after he read the newspaper, Shicun boarded the westbound Shinkansen.Get off at Toyohashi, change to a taxi, and follow National Highway No. 259 until the tip of the Atsumi Peninsula, around Cape Irago to the shore of the Pacific Ocean.The road has changed from a national road to a county road.Sitting in a taxi, the scenery of Yuanzhou Beach gradually unfolded in front of my eyes.The wind is sunny and the sea is sparkling.The half-moon-shaped arc-shaped white sand beach about one kilometer is the romantic coast of love. "It's almost time for sea turtles to come ashore," said the taxi driver.

"Are you also here to see the turtles?" The driver looked quite talkative.Shi Cun took advantage of the situation and asked, "Where do you think the corpses floating in the sea here were thrown?" "What happened?" The driver didn't seem to understand Shicun's meaning. "It's a corpse, a human corpse. The one reported in the newspapers these two days. It said that the human corpse was floating on the sea here." "Ah, that seems to be the case." "On such a beach, it seems that I can't throw it away. The corpse was thrown into the sea after being killed. So, where did it come from?"

"In the front, go to the middle of Biaobang, there is a very high cliff." Omotehama refers to the Pacific coast of a peninsula extending eastward from the straight coastline known as the Pacific Ocean.On the map, from the end of the shore of love, there is a car-only lane along the straight coastline, and from the vicinity of Xiaoyanjin Village, there are continuous sea cliffs.The driveway is just above the cliff. "If you throw the body off the cliff over there, it will probably be washed up here." "Well, the water flow in this area is very complicated. It is said that it collides with the Thousand Island Current from the north, and sometimes flows countercurrently, so it is not surprising that it flows from there to here. But the coconut fruit flows from the South Island."

"That's just the poet's imagination. Ah, just stop here." That's not the poet's poem after seeing the fruit of the coconut.But after listening to Yanagida Kunio's talk about the coconut fruit floating here, it touched the heart of poetry. Seimura got off the car in the central area of ​​Aihama Beach.I plan to stay in a local hotel tonight, so I let the car go back. The place to get off is in front of a building that looks like an observatory.From there walk to the beach.Although the scale is not very large, the beach is very beautiful.The white lighthouse at the tip of the cape is reflected in the blue sea, marking a beautiful end to the land.

The driver said that it was almost time to see turtles, but there were no tourists in Hamabe.The steady water waves repeat monotonously.The water and the sky are the same color, and the horizon is faintly hidden in the light blue haze.A burst of drowsiness hit Shicun, Shicun almost forgot why he came here. In other words, in this magnificent scenery where the water and the sky are united, it doesn't matter why I came here. Moreover, even if he is aware of the purpose of his coming here, it cannot be said that he can figure out anything.I just want to see with my own eyes the scene where Qingyuan's corpse floated.Shi Cun understands that this will not help solve the mystery of Shi Cun's death.

It was only a kilometer of sandy beach, and I walked back and forth quickly. The poem monument of "The Reality of Coconut" is at the east end of the beach, on the gate-shaped stone building standing in the sea called "Sunrise Stone Gate" and on the observation platform on the mountainside overlooking the stone gate, but Secun did not leave. Interested to see there.He came here based on his interest in corpses rather than the "Coconut Reality".Although they both drifted from afar, the gap between the two is more than tens of millions. After walking back and forth on the sandy beach for a few times, his sight was attracted by a figure.It was a twenty-two or three-year-old woman, just like him, she either went back and forth aimlessly between the sandy shores, or stood there looking away.

Secun didn't see him at first, so he must have come after Secun.But it may also be that the blue dress she was wearing became her "protective color", making her blend between the blue sky and the sea, so that no one noticed.This is a beautiful woman with urban temperament. It caught Shicun's attention because although she walked a few times to a place very close to the stele of poetry, a place that women are generally interested in, she turned back and repeated on the beach. The small Sha Bin, after several encounters, the other party seems to have noticed Shicun.But the two of them didn't intend to talk to each other. , Because each other can feel the atmosphere of rejection on each other.

They met again on the elevator of the hotel.Wanting to eat, Shicun found her in the elevator when he went to take the elevator. "Oh!" She was surprised when they looked at each other for a moment. "We meet again." Shicun said. "I see you quite often." She replied kindly. "But I didn't follow you on purpose." "Oh, me too." After a few words in this way, the gap between the two was eliminated.But Shi Cun still didn't have the courage to invite her to dinner. "Did you come here to write poetry?" Secun wanted to lengthen the topic.

"No, does it look like it?" "Yes. Seeing you standing by the sea and looking into the distance, lost in thought, so..." "I thought you were working on a poem or a novel or something in there, too." "A novel? That's right. Maybe it will become the material of a mystery novel. After all, I came to confirm the scene where the corpse was found." At this time, the elevator reached the floor where the restaurant was located.She also came down. "Did you just say you came to confirm the scene where the body was found?" She asked politely.

"yes." "What's going on? If it's not inconvenient, can you tell me in detail?" "It's not inconvenient, but if it's for dinner, this topic may not be suitable." "No. It doesn't matter." "Really? It's actually like this. Three days ago, a corpse floated here. I have some connection with the deceased, so I came to the scene to see for myself." "Huh?" Her expression was obviously stunned. "What's wrong with you?" Semura was surprised by her obvious reaction. "Isn't the deceased named Qingyuan Hezhi?"

"How do you know?" This time it was Shicun's turn to be surprised. "Qing Yuan is my brother-in-law." "You belong to Mr. Kiyohara..." "I'm also here to confirm the scene." "That's right!" The two were amazed by such a wonderful encounter. "If it's not inconvenient, can you tell me what kind of relationship you have with your brother-in-law?" "Yes. Oh, yes. My name is Semura Shinsuke. We met shortly before Kiyohara-san died." "My name is Yuko Sundaihashi. The holy saint, Yoyogi's Dai, the bridge of Ohashi." The two introduce themselves here. Yuko is a student at a prestigious private women's university in Tokyo. "Can I invite you to dinner?" "That's what I was about to say." Sitting opposite each other at the dining table, the two began to talk about the connection with the "corpse" that became the reason for their encounter.First of all, Semura came to visit his home before Kiyohara and reminded Semura that there was a connection between the deaths of the Kosaka couple, and he said that he deduced that Kiyohara's death was also related to their deaths.Yuko listened carefully.But Shi Cun treats his relationship with Chang Zi as a "friend". "That means Mr. Shimura thinks that the person who killed my brother-in-law and the Kosaka couple is the same person?" After listening to Shimura's narration, Yuko asked. "Has your brother-in-law offended anyone, or done anything to be resented by others?" Shicun didn't answer her immediately, but asked rhetorically. "Brother-in-law is not the type to attract resentment. My sister once complained that he was too serious, almost silly." Probably because of this, he felt dissatisfied, so he threw himself into the arms of Shinya Kosaka. "Journalism is a profession that can offend people without knowing it." "Although my brother-in-law is a journalist, he works for the Ministry of Culture and contacts scholars and writers. It has nothing to do with those bloody incidents." "What about personal issues..." "My brother-in-law loves my sister very much. My brother-in-law is not the kind of person who can deal with several women at the same time." "If the problem is not with your brother-in-law, then you have to consider your sister. This involves the Kosaka couple. After Kosaka Shinya committed suicide, your sister followed him to commit suicide. Mr. Qingyuan seemed to investigate the cause of the Kosaka couple's death. Deep." "Brother-in-law only met you once before his death, why did he even tell you such a thing?" Yuko showed a surprised expression.She also seems to know the relationship between her sister and Kosaka Shinya. "Mr. Kiyohara thinks your sister was killed by the same prisoner." "But how can you talk about such a deep personal issue with Mr. Shimura who has only met once? Unless Mr. Shimura has a deep relationship with the Gaosaka couple and knows something very important." His eyes were sharp and hit the nail on the head.Secun can no longer hide his relationship with Masako. "I'm sorry to say that. In fact, I have an affair with Kosaka Masako, so Mr. Kiyohara doubted me at first. But I started dating Mrs. Kosaka after her husband died. After understanding this, Mr. Kiyohara's doubts were solved. He wanted me to cooperate with him to find the culprit. But he was killed soon, and his body floated here." "Maybe I, like my brother-in-law, suspect you too." Yuko cast her deep eyes on Shicun. "I can't help but doubt me. Isn't it said that some prisoners will come back to check the scene?" Shi Cun smiled wryly.The police are already deeply suspicious, and it doesn't matter if there is another layer of suspicion. "Hmph." Yuko smiled lightly.There is also some naughty taste in the smile.It looks childish and cute. "What's wrong?" "If Mr. Seimura had been a criminal, he wouldn't have come to the place where the corpse was floating." "Why? Of course the prisoner is interested in the scene." "Because this is not the real scene. The prisoner killed his brother-in-law and threw it into the sea elsewhere. The prisoner should be interested in that place. He will check to see if there are any loopholes left." "I'm also interested in corpses. I'll see how the corpses I made float here." "If this is the case, then the corpse is not the scene of interest. What's the use of running to the place where the coconut tree drifted? And the prisoner will not admit that he is here to confirm the crime scene .” "You seem very confident in your judgment." Both of them unknowingly argued that they were unfavorable to themselves. "I've read about you in newspapers, and in weekly magazines, about having an affair with my student's mother. At that time, I didn't expect you to get involved with your brother-in-law in such a way. At that time, you were really screwed It's terrible. It's very dangerous for you to kill Changzi, but the benefits are very small. If she is killed, you are the most suspicious, and your work, family and social reputation will be wiped out. It's obvious without thinking about it." "Indeed, you're right. I lost everything, so I'm here now to see where the body was found." "You mean you came here because you were free?" "It's not exactly like that, it's just that there's nothing to do at home." "Isn't that the same thing?" "Ah, is that so?" Shicun scratched his head, and the two laughed together. "Then what did Semura-san gain?" "There is a big harvest." "yes?" "You do not understand?" "I don't understand." "Didn't I see you?" "what!" Looking at each other, Yuko felt a little embarrassed.Showing a side of ignorance, innocence and purity. "Actually, I have something to show Mr. Qingyuan. When I was looking for him, I heard the news that he was killed and his corpse was floating on the sea." "What is it?" "That's it." Shi Cun took out the photo that Tatsuya gave him. "How did this photo get into your hands?" Yuko reacted strongly to the photo. "Did you find anything?" "I know these two women." Yuko's words were surprising. "When you say you know, do you mean you know Kosaka Masako?" "Is there Mrs. Kosaka here?" "The thin woman on the left is Kosaka Masako, do you know this woman?" Shimura pointed to the woman who was caught between Masako and the man with the haircut. "I just saw this face. I don't know her name or her identity. I just now know that this person is Masako Kosaka." "How did you see the face?" "Saw it on here." Yuko took out two very old photos, one was four inches and the other was the size of a business card.The four-inch photo has a lake as the background, with three men and women in front.Hotel-like buildings are lined up on the shore of the lake, and a cable car hangs above the picture.The age and costume of the characters are much more mature, and the two women are the same two people in the photo of Secun.But that man is not alone.The man sandwiched between Masako and another woman was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and he looked like an office worker.Thick eyebrows, strong lines at the corners of the eyes and mouth, and a three-dimensional outline.There is no resemblance to the hooligan-like man in Secun's photo.The man is the only one in the business card-sized photo. "What's with this picture?" "Before my sister was alive, she said that she would entrust me to keep it and store it with me." "Your sister entrusted you to keep it?" "It must be something that she is inconvenient to keep." "The so-called inconvenience. It means that you don't want your husband, that is, your brother-in-law, to see it, right?" "I think so." "This man is probably Kosaka Shinya..." "I feel the same way now." "When did you know about your sister's relationship with Kosaka Shinya?" "After my sister committed suicide, my brother-in-law told me. I will never forget how lonely my brother-in-law was at that time." "Haven't you seen Takasaka Shinya's face?" "I haven't seen it. I only heard my brother-in-law say the name. Don't you know?" "I don't know. To me he's probably the one that scares me the most." "The most frightening thing for you is Kosaka Shinya. For my sister, Mrs. Kosaka should be the same existence, so why does my sister take her photo?" "Maybe all she wants is a photo of Kosaka Shinya, there's no way those two people are too close to him." "Really? So it's cropped. But why didn't she ask him for a better picture?" "Such photos would be very dangerous. If it is a photo with a woman, even if the husband finds out, there is something to say." "Wouldn't it be better not to prune then?" "This is why a woman is a woman. She still wants a single photo of her lover. But even though it has been trimmed, it still can't be pasted on the photo album, because she doesn't know how to deal with it, so I just Leave it to you to keep." "When you say that, it reminds me that my sister gave me this photo not long before she committed suicide. Probably because she was afraid of being discovered when she was sorting out her belongings. She was reluctant to throw it away. It seems that my sister had already made up her mind to commit suicide at that time Now, if I had noticed earlier, maybe my sister would not have died." Yuko bit her lips tightly after speaking. "You don't have to blame yourself. No one can stop a person who has made up his mind to die. I heard that even if you are forcibly sent to a mental hospital, you can't completely prevent suicide." "I'm not blaming myself for my sister." Yuko changed her tone. "That is……" "When I think that if my sister doesn't commit suicide, maybe my brother-in-law won't die, I feel very uncomfortable. My sister is doing it on her own, but my brother-in-law is innocent. I feel so pitiful for my brother-in-law. Not only did my sister betray him so deeply Loving her brother-in-law, and committing suicide by following the person she had an affair with. The brother-in-law was completely betrayed. Even if the brother-in-law is willing to forgive my sister, I will not forgive her." Yuko's eyes were moist.At this time, Shi Cun thought that maybe this girl is in love with Kiyohara Kazuki. The investigation into the murder of a female guest at the Royal Hotel has stalled.After the doubts about the most suspicious object, that is, the deceased's companion, were basically cleared up, the direction of the search became blurred. Investigations were carried out around the victim, but no other persons of the opposite sex related to him other than the companions of the night could be found.The search was limited to those who were familiar with the victim, but all suspicious persons had alibi. Because it was in a public place like a restaurant, the possibility of a sudden crime cannot be ruled out, but the victim was happily welcomed into the room by the victim wearing a bathrobe. If it was a sudden crime, this cannot be explained.In addition, the other guests on the same floor that night were also investigated, and nothing suspicious was found. Dongju, who was absorbed into the search headquarters, continued to investigate the victim's relationship with exhausted steps. Dongju is very interested in the companion who the deceased agreed to have dinner at the French restaurant in Qingshan on the night of the crime.And as time went by, his doubts about this companion became more and more serious. What puzzles Dongju is why she suddenly canceled the date.It was said that it was because of a temporary emergency, but the victim booked a seat at the restaurant when he was dating Shinsuke Shimura, and he never contacted anyone else in the restaurant.That is to say, the companions who were planning to dine together knew that they would be in IN THE MOOD before the victim made an appointment, and they unilaterally canceled the appointment. Dongju couldn't let go of this point anyway.Hengdu said that he made an appointment for dinner first, and then made a reservation for the seat.This is also the case when it is certain that a seat will be reserved in a familiar restaurant. But the companion suddenly called again to cancel the appointment.It's this that bothers me.It is said that it was a woman's voice. The reason why she didn't come was not because of urgent business, but because it would be inconvenient to come. And if it is inconvenient, the first thing that comes to mind is that it is inconvenient to be seen by the waiter in the restaurant.For some reason, he didn't want to be seen by the waiter as a fellow diner on the night of the crime.But if that's the case, wouldn't it be fine if you don't come quietly? The reason why I boldly called was because if I didn't show up without contacting my companion, maybe others would guess that my companion knew that the master would not appear in the restaurant today.Did you call to prevent this?That is to say, she knew what happened to the mistress.This companion was overthinking, which aroused suspicion instead.But Dongju couldn't be too suspicious.Maybe it was because I thought too deeply, that companion might really be unable to come because of something urgent.Dongju thought about the possibility that the prisoner was a woman, associating it with his dining companions. "Indeed, this is a crime that women can also accomplish." Dongju's idea was recognized by Crossing.Because the woman who was killed was a woman who was indulging in sexual games with a man in a restaurant, it seems that the prisoner was first identified as a man. "For a woman, since she is of the same sex, you can welcome her into the house casually wearing a bathrobe." "Assuming the prisoner is a woman, what is the motive?" "If it was a triangle relationship, Semura Shinsuke's wife would be the first to be suspected, but not only was she completely unaware of her husband's affair, but several people proved that she was at her home during the time of the crime." "If you are resented by the same sex to the extent that you want to kill them outside of emotional entanglements, what will be the reason?" "It won't be because of property inheritance and business-related disputes, and the rest will be extortion." "The victim blackmailed the prisoner?" Hengdu said in shock. "The victim was a widow and had no fixed job, but she lived a very wealthy life. At first I thought she had an invisible husband, but there was no one other than Sechon. Sechon not only couldn't support her, but asked her to support her. That is to say, she has to rely on blackmail to maintain this kind of life." "It makes sense. But what did the victim use as an excuse to blackmail?" "There are many possibilities. Either you know some bad things done by others, or you have the fatal weakness of others, or you have been caught in bed..." "Didn't she have an affair herself?" "This is just one of the possibilities. Moreover, the victim is a widow, and she may not have the concept of having an affair at all. Even if she is found to have had an affair, she doesn't care." "It's an interesting idea." "One other thing has come to my attention." "What's up?" "The victim's husband committed suicide last year." "I heard about this." "For the sake of caution, I investigated the situation before and after his suicide, and found some doubts. I don't think he has the conditions to commit suicide." "That means it's not suicide." "It's not clear, but people around him said that there was nothing that forced him to commit suicide." "Then is there any connection between the victim's husband's suicide and her murder?" "Suppose her husband was disguised as a suicide and she learned the truth?" "What?" Hengdu was stunned. "At first I suspected that she conspired with a man to kill her husband. But after her husband died, she remained a widow. She had sex with Semura after her husband died. Even if she wanted to kill her husband, it didn't seem to be for Emotional matters. In short, there are many doubts behind her husband's suicide, and her death may be to silence her who knows the truth." "But according to your prisoner who is a woman, there should be a woman behind her husband's suicide." "The reason why I suspect that the culprit is a woman is because Masako Takasaka had no traces of interacting with other men before her husband was alive. Could it be that two women conspired to murder a man, and that man was the husband of one of them." "Then Masako Kosaka is also one of the criminals." "Even if she's an accomplice, what if she takes a harder line?" "Two women conspired to kill a man, and then killed another man to gag one of them. If you say it, it's a wide range." "It's also more complicated." The two looked at each other, deeply aware of the difficulty of the search.