Chapter 5 Section five

Takehachi Sochii went back immediately and got in touch with Jiro Yamazaki by phone: "Shohei Okase is now at Iizaka Onsen in Kita-Fukushima Prefecture." "What? Iizaka?" Yamazaki shouted loudly, "Say more clearly!" "Just now, he took a taxi from here." "Then why don't you follow from behind?" "I don't have enough money. I still have money for the car, but if I live there, I don't know what to spend. Besides, he doesn't know how many days he will live there." Yamazaki asked on the phone: "What time is the train?"

"I heard from his uncle that the train departs from Ueno Station at 11:30." At this time, Takehachi looked at his watch, and it was half an hour before driving. "How to do it! You call a taxi right away and go straight to Ueno Station. I will bring the money and meet you at the ticket office." Yamazaki hurriedly said: "That's it, do you understand?" "Understood! Let's go immediately." Takehachi Sujii set off immediately. Nothing is awkward when you are unlucky.All taxis come and go with passengers.He was anxious, for it would take thirty minutes to run from here to Ueno Station no matter how fast he ran.And these 30 minutes were spent waiting for the bus, and there were only 22 or 3 minutes left.

After finally waiting for an empty car, he sat in: "I have something urgent to go to Ueno Station, please drive quickly, there is no time." He said to the driver. "What time is the car?" "Eleven thirty." "That's too late." The driver intentionally asked Suji Takehachi to get off the car before departure. "It's really too late and there's nothing you can do, try to move forward as much as possible!" The car is running at full speed.This lightning speed made Bottom a little scary, and it would be bad if there was a traffic accident.

"Driver, it's too late anyway, just drive at normal speed!" At this time, Yamazaki Jiro was waiting anxiously at Ueno Station; Okase Masahira was sitting in the carriage and waiting for the car to drive, which was five minutes away.At this time, the taxi had just walked down the ramp in front of Otowa Gokokuji Temple. At 11:30, the taxi arrived outside the red brick wall of Dongda Agricultural College.After crossing the pond, there was a red light again, and it was already 11:45 when we arrived at Ueno Station.Yamazaki, who was waiting in the parking lot, was sweating profusely because Sotsui hadn't come.

"I'm so sorry." Takehachi Suzui apologized. "It's really useless. I managed to rush here, but you are too useless." "I might be able to get a taxi right away, but there are no empty ones." "It's very good, I just watched the train go away, if I can go, it's still too late to jump on it." Yamazaki said: "Forget it! Find a place to have a cup of tea!" The two crossed the main road and found a drink shop in the alley near Hiroko Road and sat down.Yamazaki didn't blame Suzui.He wiped his naturally black face vigorously with a steamed towel.

"This guy's whereabouts are unknown, and I feel helpless." Yamazaki looked very kind. "When he was released from prison, he said that he wanted to go to the ancestral grave to worship, and now it may be for this purpose." "Well, there is still some filial piety." "I heard that his mother's grave is also there. He once said that his mother was dead when he was arrested. Fortunately, she didn't let her see his suffering." "Is his hometown Iizaka? This is a new discovery. Where is it in Iizaka?" "That's what his uncle said. I claimed to be a friend of Zhenghei to elicit his words." Sotsui took out the place names in his notebook and asked Yamazaki to read, "This village is near Iizaka."

"Really! Did he say when Okase will be back?" "He said that Okase was planning to stay there for two days, maybe a few more days. If I had money, I would have followed him right away, but..." "It's a pity that I was one step late when I arrived. You said that he got off the car at Kagurazaka yesterday. From this, it is not clear what he has to do with there." "I can't figure it out either. I'll have to figure it out when he gets back." "Okay!" Yamazaki thought as he smoked. "Mr. Editor, what should I do in the future?"

"I can't help it. Before he comes back, you can go to the club for a while!" Takehachi Sochii lived a leisurely life for two days.The editor-in-chief Yamazaki didn't send him to do anything in order to comfort Takehachi Suzui.Bosei Wuhachi felt that this was Yamazaki's tenderness to him.In any case, it would be nice not to have to go for an interview.He can rest leisurely for a few days in the company. "Hey! Tomorrow will be up to you." Yamazaki Jiro called Sujii Takehachi and whispered, "Tomorrow is the third day, that guy should be back. From tomorrow onwards, continue working as usual! Work hard!" is you."

After hearing this, Di Jing knew that he would be used again, but he had already got two days off, so he couldn't say anything else. On the morning of the third day, when Takehachi Sotsui saw the social news published by another newspaper, he couldn't help exclaiming: "Okase Masahira, who impersonated public funds, was killed in Fukushima Prefecture." He read the report in one breath: "At about ten o'clock in the evening on April 22, in the Fukuzenji forest in Nakano, Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, the strangled body of a 30-year-old man was found by nearby people and reported to the police under his jurisdiction. The body was found and presumed He was killed two or three hours ago. According to the items left at the scene, it was found that the deceased was 32-year-old Okase Masahira from No. XX, Shinna Yakushi, Nakano-ku, Tokyo."

"The family asked to see Master Zhe Cheng, the abbot of Fushan Temple at 6:00 pm on the same day, saying that he had come to visit the grave of his deceased mother in the cemetery of Fushan Temple. It is estimated that the time of death was around 7:00 to 8:00. No witnesses have been found yet. " "In addition, it was also found that the family was Okase Masahira, who made a sensation in N province in Showa XX for squandering 500 million yuan of public funds. The relevant police are searching for the murderer. The place where the accident happened is about 10 minutes away from the famous Iizaka Onsen Two kilometers."

Shijing Takehachi stared wide-eyed, and read the news several times intently. It happened so suddenly, it was like a thunderbolt.After about thirty minutes, his mood gradually calmed down.He began to wonder: how and why Okase Shohei was killed. Okase Masahira was going to visit the grave, and Takehachi Sutsui had heard from his uncle. Local news also reported that he had met the abbot of the temple where his mother's cemetery was located. It seemed that this was not a lie. So who got any benefit from killing Okase Masahira? At first, he thought that the criminals might have strangled him in order to rob him of the cash he was holding, that is to say, "robber killing". However, Takehachi Sotsui thought again, Okase Masahira didn't have to go to the grave with so much money that could lure others to commit suicide. Or maybe the criminals knew his history and planned to kill him! Could it be that Masaaki Okase leaked the news to someone before he went to visit the grave?That is to say, criminals followed him from Tokyo, lured him into a deserted forest after he finished visiting his grave, and killed him by surprise. If so, what is its purpose? What Okase used was public funds, so it would not cause personal anger.Although that incident aroused public outrage in the society at the time, it is incomprehensible that public outrage turned into personal revenge.Such speculation is still a criminal act aimed at the huge sum of money hidden by Okase Masahira. However, this does not constitute a reason to kill Okase Masahira.Because the prisoner did not get the huge sum of money, if he was killed, he would not get the money. Perhaps the criminals coerced him to tell where the money was hidden, and because he failed to achieve his goal, he suddenly wanted to kill him? After much deliberation, it seems that this one can still be established... Takehachi folded the newspaper containing the news, put it in his pocket, and hurried to the newspaper office. Came to the messy newspaper editorial office, Yamazaki Jiro was sitting in front of the desk worrying, also reading the same report. It is rare for the editor-in-chief to come so early, and no one has come to work at this time. Yamazaki raised his head when he heard Soi's footsteps, his face was very sad. "Hey! The situation is serious!" Yamazaki Jiro and Sokui Takehachi exchanged views on the murder of Okase Shohei. Yamazaki Jiro's thoughts coincided with those of Sotsui Takehachi, and both thought this case was unusual. "What a pity!" Yamazaki Jiro repeated: "If he lives a little longer, the truth will come to light. With Okase's death, the money he hid will be gone." What Yamazaki thought made sense.Because Okase can't go to the grave with a huge sum of money.If he did have huge sums of money, the money would therefore remain a mystery upon his death. "That's right! He must have hidden the money cleverly. Once he died, no one would know where the money was, but that doesn't mean it can be kept secret forever. Although people's wisdom is different, what Okase can think of It's not hard for us to think of the place where he hides his money. How about it? Let's start looking for the place where he hides his money." Yamazaki finally revealed his intention. "Okay." Takehachi Sukui readily agreed.But he thought in his heart that it was easy for you to say, but the result may not be so! The murder of Masayoshi Okase made Takei Sukachi more and more interested in this matter.If the motive for the murder is related to Okase's possession of money, Takehachi Sokui would like to explore the reason. This is just a hunch.The criminal who killed Okase Masahira is being searched, has he been caught by the police? It's a different matter if it's a simple coincidence; if it's a murder for money, the prisoner won't give in so easily. "What is this for? Is Okase Masahira sweeping the grave to die?" Yamazaki expressed his doubts. "It is conceivable to be killed there; but I feel that he will meet that fate sooner or later even in Tokyo." "Hmm!" Editor-in-Chief Yamazaki stared at Takehachi Sukui: "Is there any basis?" "As you said, if the matter had something to do with hiding money, he would have been killed no matter where he was, but this time he happened to be near Iizaka in Fukushima Prefecture and was killed there." "Oh! So you mean someone followed him from Tokyo?" "That's what I think. The criminal may not be a local. If it is related to the money hiding, he is still from Tokyo." "Okay!" Yamazaki Jiro punched the table with his fist: "Do it!" Takehachi Sokui looked at Yamazaki's face. "It seems that we must go to the scene once. Whether the police have caught the prisoner is another question. It is necessary to go to the scene. You set off immediately tonight." "Is it tonight?" "Take the night train tonight, and we'll be there tomorrow morning. You've got to work hard, please!" A third-rate newspaper office can send people to such remote places on business trips, which shows how much the editor-in-chief Yamazaki pays attention to this matter. Takehachi Sokui understood this.Okase Masahira, who spent a lot of effort and monitored continuously for a long time, was killed. He also wanted to visit the scene and conduct investigations. Yamazaki Jiro immediately gave him 50,000 yuan: "Check out when you come back." Yamazaki watched Takehachi put the money into his wallet and lit a cigarette: "Please pay attention, what Okase Masaaki did near Kagurazaka is still unclear." He seemed to be talking to himself. Yamazaki didn't add a single word of blame for Takehachi's negligence.