Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: Return to the Murder Scene

The employee of the Dream of the Red Chamber called and said that the victim in the murder case in the roadside parking lot in Shibuya District was the female companion brought by the man who died suddenly.After receiving this report, Ogami Detective of the Shinjuku Police Station immediately became nervous (Miyamae did not report directly to the Yoyogi Police Station in charge of the murder case, but reported to Ogami Detective in charge of the sudden death case). What does this situation mean?Like Guan Zhi, Dashang also fell into deep thought after learning about it: Did the motive for the murder come from the black gold memo?So far, the search headquarters of the Yoyogi Police Station knows nothing about the relationship between Shoko Hosoya and the Black Gold Memorandum, and they don't even know about the Black Gold Memorandum at all.

It is said that the police found cigarettes containing marijuana leaves from the sports car of the victim.A few days ago, Tsumura Gong, who lived in the same apartment as the victim, died of blunt trauma to the back of his head. The police also found stimulants from Tsumura's home.To this end, the Yoyogi Police Station has set up two search headquarters. With the further development of the situation, the two departments have launched a joint investigation operation. Of course, if the case is linked to the sudden death of a guest at the Shinjuku Tryst Hotel, things will be even more troublesome.As far as the current progress is concerned, the police's grasp of the case has not seen any improvement.However, some people speculate that once the black gold memorandum is released to the public, it will definitely cause an uproar in the financial circles, because the memorandum will inevitably involve revelations such as drug transactions.

After learning that a woman was murdered in a roadside parking lot, Beicun was really shocked.But as a writer, Kitamura's feeling at the moment is completely different from that of Dashang. To be precise, it is more of a kind of excitement that he has found a good subject for his work. Of course, Kitamura does not yet know the true identity of the victim.Is there some kind of connection between Heijin, one of the members of the drug carnival party, and Tsumura, the organizer of the party?While Kitamura was concentrating on this issue, a woman who lived in the same apartment as Tsumura was suddenly murdered.In addition, police are said to have found marijuana leaf cigarettes from inside the deceased's sports car.

Are these three related to each other?Kitamura couldn't help but fell into deep thought again. So far, Shinjuku Police Station, Yoyogi Police Station, and Kitamura have not fully exchanged the information they have.In other words, the Shinjuku Police Department only knows that Heokane's female companion is Shoko Hosoya who was killed this time. The Yoyogi Police Department initially believed that Tsumura was a drug-related homicide, and then after the criminal policeman Sugawara put forward the theory of "falling objects from a height and killing people", the police station classified it as an accident case.In the end, because the suspect in the case, Hoshiya, was killed, the police station shifted their investigation focus to drugs again, but they didn't know anything about the relationship between Hoshiya and Heokane.

Kitamura learned of the relationship between Heokane and Tsumura earlier than the other two parties after he took Heokane's membership card by mistake and entered the drug carnival by mistake, but he also didn't know the relationship between Hoshiya and Heokane.In addition, Hoshiya and Tsumura happened to live in the same apartment. Based on this, Kitamura deduced that there might be some connection between the death of Hoshiya and the deaths of the other two. The apartment where Hoshiya lived and the place where her body was found were both relatively close to Kitamura's house. It took about ten minutes to ride a bicycle, and it wasn't too far even on foot.

Let's go back to the scene of the murder! Thinking of this, Kitamura quickly packed up and set off. Perhaps this is the powerful impetus for the writer's curiosity?In fact, the reason is very simple. For a writer, if he does not even have the minimum curiosity, he has reached the end of the mountain and can only rely on writing some prose to survive. Fortunately, even though Beicun is in his fifties, his innate curiosity has not diminished in the slightest. After a while, Beicun arrived at the scene of the murder.There is a row of cars parked in the roadside parking lot, and there are several taxis in between.The sports car of the deceased at the time of the incident was estimated to have been towed away by the police.Did the murderer commit the crime here, or did he use a car to transfer the deceased here after committing crimes in other places?In either case, at least one thing is certain, that is, the murderer knows the geography of this area well.

In addition, it is very close to the apartment where the deceased lived.Why didn't the murderer transport the body there?Perhaps the murderer was worried about being discovered by the apartment manager or other neighbors. Based on this, Kitamura speculated that the administrator and neighbors might know the murderer.Perhaps as long as they meet each other, they can immediately know the identity of the murderer. If this inference is true, the murderer finally chose the roadside parking lot, of course out of safety considerations.After all, there is not much traffic here, even if you run into someone, it is impossible to be recognized immediately.

Given the special location of the parking lot, Kitamura realized that the murderer was indeed very cunning. At this moment, there are two taxi drivers standing in the parking lot, they are drinking cans of coffee comfortably and chatting casually. "I heard that someone was killed here a few days ago." "Yes, it was a woman who was strangled to death in the car." "It's fucking scary, it seems that you can't be careless when you take a lunch break here in the future." "I don't dare to take a lunch break here in the future." "However, it's quite quiet here for a lunch break. Well, if nothing happens..."

"Will there be gangsters watching us in the future?" "So, let's not be careless. In fact, people in our business don't have much money, but there are still robbers who specialize in robbing taxis." "This world is not peaceful! It is said that as long as the cash with you exceeds 20,000 yuan, the gangsters will steal money and kill people." "how do I say this?" "That is to say, if you have more than 20,000 business funds around you, the criminals will kill you." "A human life is only worth 20,000 yuan? Isn't that too cheap?"

"Fortunately, I haven't earned 20,000 yuan today, so I can take a lunch break with peace of mind." "In that case, I don't have to be afraid. Anyway, today's business expenses are not high." "However, it's hard to say. The current world is unreliable! Even if you have no money, if the gangsters get angry, they will still kill you." "Hey, don't scare me." "I don't mean to scare you. I heard there was a murder here a few years ago." "Is this true?" "I heard from an old taxi driver that a taxi driver was killed here six years ago. This is absolutely true."

"The more you talk, the more mysterious it becomes, and it makes me sleepless." "Why am I not like this?" As soon as the two drivers finished their coffee, they quickly returned to their respective cars, started hastily, and left in a hurry. Beicun basically didn't listen much to the driver's exchange, he just stood by from a distance and stared blankly for a while.As for the rumors of murders happening here, he had heard of them before. As the population continues to increase, no matter where you go, you can always run into people.In this sense, criminals generally avoid committing crimes in downtown areas.In this way, a secluded place such as a roadside parking lot objectively provides an ideal criminal environment for the murderer.It is true that it is safer to commit crimes in remote mountains, but those places are inconvenient to come and go. Coupled with the excellent geographical location and the ease of coming and going, criminals have repeatedly chosen this place as a crime scene. "Repeated crimes!" In an instant, Beicun shuddered, and then he thought that Ganli Liangxing was killed six years ago.Although the exact location of Amari's death is unknown, the newspaper said that Amari was killed in Shibuya, and there seemed to be few taxi drivers killed six years ago. If Ganli was also killed here, is there any connection between the two murders? "What are you doing here?" Suddenly, a person appeared from behind Beicun.Bei Cun immediately turned around, it turned out to be a middle-aged man, with a pair of sharp eyes staring straight at him.Although this person looks like an ordinary salaried employee, he exudes an aggressive aura from top to bottom, giving people a feeling of calmness and prestige. At first glance, Beicun suddenly felt that he seemed to have seen this person somewhere recently.At the same time, the other party seemed to think of something, and immediately changed his expression and said, "Oh, it turned out to be you." "You were the..." The two remembered each other almost at the same time.It turned out that the middle-aged man was a detective from the Shinjuku Police Station.It was he who returned the manual that Hei Jin took wrongly to Beicun after Hei Jin's sudden death. "What a coincidence, it's an adventure. Oh, by the way, Mr. Beicun, what are you doing here?" After recognizing Beicun, the master immediately changed his attitude, but still asked persistently. "I heard that there was a murder case here. Anyway, my house is close to here, so I ran over to have a look." "As expected, you are a writer. Those who are in your business will come to the scene in person for every detail! There is a murder here, sir, are you going to list it as a typical subject and write it into the novel?" "That's not true. I just came to see it out of curiosity." "It seems that sir, you are a good writer who cares about society!" "Where, where. Mr. Police Officer, is this place also under your jurisdiction?" Since Osaka is affiliated to the Shinjuku Police Station, Kitamura thought he was on a business trip to Shibuya. "No, no. It's just that this case is somewhat related to the case that our police station was responsible for previously.". "Is it related to the case you are in charge of? Are you referring to the murder case that happened here?" Inadvertently, it was Beicun's turn to ask. "I really can't hide anything from you, sir. In fact, the person killed here was the female companion that Hei Jin brought to the hotel." "Really?" "After watching the TV news, the staff of the Dream of Red Mansions Hotel called and said that the information was absolutely accurate. For this reason, I came here to take a look. I didn't expect to run into you here." Da Shang didn't hide it explained the situation. "So, Mr. Police Officer, do you think that the deceased was killed because of his relationship with Heijin?" In this regard, the recent major newspapers did not mention it at all.This is because the search headquarters only suspected that Hoshiya was related to the Tsumura case, but did not link it with the black gold case. "Sir, you are really amazing. By the way, did you come here just because your home is close to here? Is there any reason that particularly attracts you?" Dashang cast his sharp eyes on Beicun, as if breaking a casserole How to ask the end.Therefore, Kitamura decided to tell Dashang all about his associations and guesses.He reckoned that if he was always bored in his heart, it would be difficult to figure out why. "Although homicides have occurred in the same place, the two may not necessarily be related. It is too arbitrary to think so, sir." After listening to Beicun's associations and guesses, Dashang tilted his head and analyzed. "I think so too. But at present this possibility still exists, it's better to be cautious. You know, this is a good place to park, and there are not many people who know it." In order to prove his point, Beicun He continued to explain. It turned out afterwards that Kitamura's premonition was completely correct.On June 23, six years ago, Yoshiyuki Amari was killed in the same place where Shoko Hosoya's body was found.In view of the particularity of the taxi itself, it was difficult for the murderer to drive away with the body of the driver after killing the driver six years ago. "I have read the search records at that time. It was a typical taxi robbery case. In fact, the last passenger on board before Amari's death was the most suspect. It is said that the passenger was in Koma, Setagaya District around 11 o'clock in the evening. Ganli was found dead in the car at 6 a.m. the next morning. The autopsy showed that Ganli suffered a blunt trauma to the back of the head, resulting in a fractured skull. Apart from this, the police did not find any signs of resistance , it is estimated that the murderer did it suddenly while Ganli was not paying attention." Regarding the above-mentioned situation described by Oshang Criminal Police, Kitamura had already learned from the news reports at that time.Suddenly, Kitamura asked as if thinking of something: "Mr. Police Officer, was the murderer who killed Ganli alone?" Although Kitamura knew a little bit about the case six years ago, the news media did not involve the above issue at all. "The search records at that time did not publicly discuss this point. The reason why it was not clearly stated, I guess there are several possibilities." "I remember media reports that when Ganli was killed, he had only 12,000 to 3,000 yuan in business funds." "At that time, the police speculated from the taxi's "Driver's Daily" and the meter that there was only 12,000 to 3,000 yuan in cash in the car when Ganli was killed, and it was estimated that all of it was taken away by criminals." Assuming that the value of the currency six years ago was twice what it is now, then roughly estimated, it is roughly equivalent to about 44,000 to 26,000 yuan today.Since the price changes caused by the second oil crisis have largely subsided, prices have never fluctuated significantly up and down. At this moment, Beicun recalled the conversation between the two taxi drivers just now. If the sales amount is less than 20,000 yuan, you can still survive, but if it exceeds 20,000 yuan, you will be killed. If calculated in the current currency, perhaps the 12,000 to 3,000 yuan at that time was the cut-off point for the robbers to kill.Of course, this standard is estimated to only apply to the premise that the murderer commits the crime alone. If several people commit the crime together, the so-called homicide cut-off point will inevitably drop a lot.Kitamura was thinking alone. "In most cases, taxi robbers commit murder on a whim. They may be a little surprised to find out that there is only a little cash after killing someone, rather than finding out the business money on the driver before suddenly committing murder. meaning." Seeing that Beicun still looked confused, Da Shang immediately added: "Actually, some people may not commit crimes just for money." "You mean to say...?" "Some people still take taxis when they are penniless and aimless, and when the driver finally asks them to pay the bill, they suddenly become angry and commit murder." "In the case of no purpose, is there anyone else?" "There are indeed such people. When getting in the car, they say a place casually, change it halfway, or extend the destination arbitrarily. In this way, seeing the ever-increasing taxi fares, penniless people will inevitably become impatient. stand up." "So, for what purpose are these people taking taxis?" "Maybe they wanted to escape reality for the time being. Penniless, hungry, and it was raining outside, and with nowhere to go, they just took an empty taxi that happened to pass by. " "When I lack inspiration and find it difficult to conceive of creation, I will also wander around in a daze." "These are two very similar mental states. But the difference is that after the husband has money and fame, he neither lacks social status nor lacks credibility. However, those people are completely different. Those who have nothing are the most Afraid of being cornered.” "The taxi that happens to be passing by is out of luck." "Yes, that's called bad luck. Generally speaking, you can't get much money by robbing a taxi." After Hei Jinji's sudden death, Tsumura Takashi and Hoshiya Shoko were killed one after another.Although it is not yet confirmed that there is an inevitable connection between the three, this series of events is all related to drugs.This undoubtedly implies that the nature of such incidents is completely different from simple cases of robbing taxis on impulse.