Chapter 21 second quarter

Takehachi decided to go to Yaita Station in Tochigi Prefecture once.Go to the veterinarian to find out what happened. The Yokokawa flight attendant was sitting in the last car of the train, so he couldn't always stare at the car where Sueyoshi Yunma was.Even if Sueji told him that the horse was sick, he could only take time to see it occasionally, and he had to ask the veterinarian about the specific situation at that time. Takehachi Sochii set off from Ueno.Yaita Station is the sixth station from Utsunomiya, and it takes about two hours and forty minutes from Ueno to Yaita. Takehachi Sochii came to the square in front of Yaita Station, and saw many buses with the signs "bound for Kinugawa Onsen", "bound for Osan", and "bound for Shiobara Onsen".He thought to himself: It would be nice to take a dip in the hot spring when he has free time, and he envied people who could go to the hot spring to relax.

He found the veterinarian quickly.He was told that there was only one veterinarian in Yaita, and it was called "Saza Livestock Hospital". Xiangzi is 800 meters away from the station.It takes time for Suekichi to come to the vet from the van's stop.The facade of Saza Animal Hospital was painted with blue paint, which seemed to be beautifully decorated, but it still couldn't hide its shabby appearance. Takehachi Sochii was admitted to the hospital.A middle-aged woman who looked like a nurse led him into the reception room. An old man in a white coat came in.Just as the flight attendant Yokokawa said, a thin old man with a white beard and high cheekbones.

Takehachi Suzui handed over his business card, and the veterinarian took out a mirror from his jacket pocket to look at it: "Oh! Are you from Tokyo?" "yes." "Please sit down." ... Takeuhachi Sotsui described what happened: "Did you treat the horse then?" "Yes. I can't remember the date. It was indeed around six o'clock in the morning. Someone knocked on my door. Veterinarians are not internal medicine. There are often emergencies. Who came to call the door early in the morning? Then what happened just now For those things you said, I hurriedly prepared my tools and followed the stable attendant to the station."

"How is the horse?" "The stable attendant said it was a horse he escorted himself. It was very tired and listless, it didn't eat feed, it didn't listen to commands, it was fidgety, and its stool was loose. And it was a sports horse to participate in the Fukushima horse race. If you are sick, you will be disqualified from the competition, please let me cure it no matter what.” "What's wrong with the horse?" "I listened to the dictation of the stable attendant beforehand, and it was supposed to be intestinal mucositis or gastric mucositis. I went with this idea and prepared myself."

"Do horses suffer from the same diseases as humans?" "Yes. I'll have a diagnosis. There's nothing wrong with it. The stable attendant was too nervous. It was a false alarm. I said there was nothing wrong with it. But he wouldn't listen." Veterinarian Zuo Zuo recalled the situation at that time and continued: "He said he knew the horse best. He bought it from Koiwai Ranch in Iwate when it was a foal. When it was just three years old, it ran second in the first competition. It has been raised since then , I know its physical condition very well. Its eyes are red and its legs are clumsy. Don’t be hemiplegic! Please take a good look at it! I can understand the mood of the stable attendant, but I am an expert! Yes Can’t tell the difference between hemiplegia and intestinal mucositis? You know, I’ve been a veterinarian for forty years. Am I a quack doctor? He said that if it’s hemiplegia or severe intestinal mucositis, a horse worth 100 million yuan It has to be dealt with. Facing the competition, the stable attendant's words are not unreasonable. I opened the medicine box..."

"Now, the stable attendant is happy!" "No. Not too happy." "why?" "He said that the injections were not enough, and he asked for injections of this and that. Finally, I was also angry. Can I give random injections if I am not sick? He was also angry, and said that if there is a problem, can you be responsible? In this way, we quarreled." "It's really unreasonable!" "Indeed." Veterinarian Zuo Zuo smiled wryly: "In this way, we stalemate for an hour, and the stable attendant refused to let me go, and made various diagnoses. This is the first time I have met such a stable attendant."

"Do you remember the name of the stable boy?" "Ah! What's the name..." "Is it called Moji?" "Yes, yes. That's the name." The veterinarian patted his knee and said, "Because of this incident, I also paid attention to the horse racing in Fukushima. I read in the newspaper that 'Xinuo Di' ran first. ... If the stable attendant really knows his horse best, why doesn't he buy a ticket for that horse? Maybe he thinks it's thanks to the country veterinarian who gave him the injection..." The veterinarian laughed loudly.

"Doctor, is the train delayed because of this incident?" "That's right. If the injection went smoothly, it would not take time. The flight attendant was very anxious about this. He looked at his watch and came to look for us several times." "That's right," said Takehachi Sukui. According to the veterinarian's introduction, he learned that Sue Kichi had specially invited the veterinarian for a healthy horse, and had a fight, so he asked the veterinarian to stay in the livestock cart for an hour.His purpose became clear, and Sueyoshi greatly extended the forty minutes allowed by the flight attendant.

Takehachi Sokui returned to Yaita Station and sat on the bench.The sun radiates uncomfortably hot outside, but it is cool and pleasant here.Stations in rural areas are different from those in cities, and the small wind blows everything without hindrance. Why did the stable attendant, Sueyoshi, delay the delivery of the van? ... Under normal circumstances, the train departing from Tabata Station at 8:50 on the 15th will arrive at Fukushima at 14:00 on the 16th the next day.This is known from the flight attendant Shuzo Yokokawa. That is to say, the van generally takes seventeen hours.However, due to the delay, I arrived at Fukushima at 23:50 on the 16th. It took about 27 hours, and it was as much as ten hours late.

So, when did you arrive at Gobaokawa Station where the box body was found?The normal time should be 11:30 on the 16th, but it was actually around 21:30. When did the box body arrive at Koriyama Station?The normal time should be eleven o'clock, but due to the delay, we actually arrived around twenty o'clock. It was clear that the box was taken by someone at 21 o'clock. The truck that Sueyoshi took arrived at Koriyama around 21:00, and it was also 21:00 when someone picked up the box from the Freight Division of Koriyama Station.Takehachi Sochii was smoking a cigarette when he was suddenly stunned by a thought.

What does the consistency of these times mean?Could it be that Sueji deliberately made the train late in order to cooperate with people picking up boxes at 21:00?For this reason, he falsely claimed that the horse was sick and had unnecessary quarrels with the veterinarian. Assuming that the train has arrived at Koriyama Station before the blackjack for picking up the box, it is also possible that Sueyoshi comes out while stopping, takes out the box at the pick-up place, and carries it back to the livestock. In addition, the freight train arrived at Wubaichuan Station after starting for tens of minutes. It is also possible to take advantage of the long parking time to get out of the livestock carriage with the box on its shoulders and throw the box away.The box was left not far from Wubaichuan Station. Sochii Takehachi thought it necessary to go to Wubaichuan Station once, and then go to Koriyama Station to investigate in detail. He stood up from the bench, looked at the timetable on the wall, and there was a train going south in ten minutes, arriving at Koriyama in about three hours. Takehachi Sochii got into the train. There were very few people in the train, and the windows on both sides were open. It seemed that even the wind blowing in was blue. He wrote down the matters to be investigated when he arrived at Koriyama Station in a notepad: ⑴What time did the freight train with livestock carriages arrive at Koriyama Station on June 16?What time did it come out? (2) Does the person who picks up the box at the station look like Sueyoshi?I haven't been in contact with Sue Kichi before, so I can't compare him. This time, I will explain Sue Kichi's appearance in detail and check with the staff on duty at that time. ⑶ If Sueyoshi is the one who picks up the box, he must get out of the livestock carriage and walk to the window where the goods are picked up.Did Sueji really come out of the livestock carriage?Did anyone witness it? ⑷The box was discarded near the next stop Wubaichuan.That is to say, the boxes picked up at Koriyama Station must be transported to the livestock car. Has anyone witnessed someone carrying the box across the platform and into the livestock car?I have to ask all the staff of Koriyama Station who are on duty that night. (5) The matter to be investigated at Wubaichuan Station, if Sueyoshi carried the box out of the livestock carriage and threw it to the place where it was discovered later, someone might have seen him, so we should look for witnesses. He looked at his notepad with a smug expression on his face.The above presumption is the key to clarify the time issue. Because it has been clarified that someone at Koriyama Station picked up the box at blackjack.So Sueyoshi's truck had to reach Koriyama before then.If it was after the box was picked up, then all ideas would be lost. While looking at the scenery along the route, Sotsui Takehachi wished that the truck should arrive at Koriyama before 21:00. However, there is another problem that must be solved. The editor-in-chief Yamazaki went to Tabata Station to check in the box, turned himself into a corpse and put it in the box.