Chapter 9 Chapter Eight Screen Poetry Riddles

In the early morning of the second day after the tragedy at Qianguang Temple, Prison Gate Island was filled with thick fog. The heavy rain stopped before dawn, and the fog was so thick that it surrounded the entire Prison Gate Island.The Qianguang Temple on the mountain is looming in the smog. At dawn, Kindaichi Kosuke heard the sound of chanting sutras in the main hall, and suddenly woke up. At this time, the door of the temple was closed, and the room was very dark, only the faint light of sunlight and the floating thick fog from the awning made every corner of the room look a little unreal.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at the watch beside the pillow. God!It's past eight o'clock!Even the monk got up late this morning. Kosuke Kindaichi lay on the tatami mat, reached out to pick up the cigarette next to the pillow and lit it, resting his cheeks with his hands, smoking while listening to the monk chanting. For some reason, the sound of wooden fish in the dense fog seemed particularly hollow and cold, as if it was so cold that it pierced through one's heart. Kosuke Kindaichi was still thinking about the murder case last night, and he really wanted to go under the ancient plum tree to find out the truth.I don't know if it's because of lack of sleep, his mind is in chaos, tangled thoughts rise and fall in his mind, but he can't find a clue.

He wanted to get up, but he was obsessed with the warmth of the bed. This lazy mood coupled with the dull sound of the wooden fish seemed to induce people to continue to slack off.In this lazy atmosphere, Kaneda Kazu Kosuke lit another cigarette, propped his cheek, and looked listlessly at the folding screen next to the pillow that could be folded into two pieces. Two or three nights ago, monk Qingran said that it was very cold on the island in the middle of the night, so he specially sent this screen for him to use. This screen is like a screen used by a doll, small and delicate, very cute, with woodblock calligraphy and paintings pasted on the entire screen, which seem to be written with ancient haiku, and some words seem to be consecutive sentences, because the font is quite strange and crooked Slanted, so Kindaichi Kosuke can only recognize a few Chinese characters like "喵" and "呀".

A total of three colored papers were pasted on the screen. On the colored papers, there was a portrait of a monk or a refined scholar, and the two paintings on the right were figures in black kimonos and headscarves of Sosaku.Judging from the three wrinkles on his forehead, he should be an old man!Although the postures of the two are different, judging from the lines and outlines, they look like the same person; as for the person on the left colored paper, it seems to be a very uneducated man. Look, although he is also wearing a kimono, his front is open, even his belly button can be seen, and he is bald, sitting cross-legged with his legs exposed, just like a pirate.

On the three portraits, there are haiku-like words written in cursive handwriting, which are more difficult to read than the haiku written on the backing paper. Kindaichi Kosuke clearly knew that he shouldn't recognize such difficult words at all, but he couldn't concentrate on exploring the murder case last night. In order to suppress this restless feeling, he tried to calm himself down and think hard. understand these words. He first looked at the sentences on the upper right, and saw that those sentences seemed to be written in hiragana, with five syllables at the top and bottom. .

Kosuke Kindaichi tried his best to patrol up and down in the handwriting that looked like an earthworm that got out of the muddy land after the rainy season, and he couldn't figure out where was the head and where was the tail.Finally, he gave up.So he changed his posture, looked at the author's name, and finally let him find two places that seemed to be signed. He looked carefully, and suddenly found that the word "copy" was written under the name. At this moment, he suddenly realized that this piece of colored paper was not written by the author himself, but a sentence from a certain master; he took a closer look , where the other two pieces of colored paper were signed, there was also the word "copy" below.

It can be seen that the three colored papers were all written by the same person.Kindaichi Kosuke seemed to have found the knack, trying to find some understandable characters on the three sheets of colored paper, and finally let him see the word "Jimen". "I see." Kosuke Kindaichi began to feel complacent about his ability to recognize strange characters. The nickname "Extreme Gate" undoubtedly comes from the three characters of Prison Gate Island.It is conceivable that the person who drew this colored paper must be a resident of Prison Gate Island. However, despite having a preliminary concept, it is useless not to know who the author is, so he wanted to recognize the author's name.

The name is written in hiragana with three syllables, and the two colored papers on the right have the same characters.Upon closer inspection, the two portraits wearing Zongjiang's turban and ten virtue eyes can be determined to be the same person.With great difficulty, Kindaichi Kosuke managed to pronounce that person's name as "Basho Old Man". "So it's plantain!" Kindaichi Kosuke struggled to figure out the name, but he was a little disappointed that it turned out to be the old man Matsuo Basho who was honored as a god by some haiku poets. But since I know it's Basho's sentence, it's easy to read.

Kosuke Kindaichi re-read the upper and lower sentences, while trying to figure out the meaning of these words, he finally understood it. It turned out that what was written above was: Because Kosuke Kindaichi understood this picture, he felt very proud, so he looked down again. With female family Ogi and Yue... Both of these are sentences from Matsuo Basho's collection of travel poems "Oku no Hosichi", which Kindaichi Kosuke had already read in his middle school textbook. After understanding the two pictures on the right, only the one on the left remains. Judging from the portrait, we can know that it is not Matsuo Basho, Matsuo Basho would not be so uneducated, and the author's name is neither old man nor Basho, but since the sentence on the right is Matsuo Basho, the sentence on the left must also come from The works of masters can be compared with Matsuo Basho, the author will not humiliate the master with some inferior works!Thinking of this, Kosuke Kindaichi began to recall the name of the ancient master, and finally remembered the name of "Kikaku".

"It turned out to be its horn... Alas! Why did you write such difficult words!" Kosuke Kindaichi let out an angrily humming sound from his nostrils.He only knew that Qijiao had a meditation question with Gengo Otaka on the bridge and made a fool of himself. As for his poem Kosuke Kanedaichi, he didn't know much about it, so he was not very sure about identifying this poem. "What's the opening line of this haiku? By the way, it's 'the last years of life are as cold as water'." Kindaichi Kosuke checked the handwriting on the screen, and confirmed it with the other lines in his memory, and finally asked him to find two or three lines of the same line.

"The pine shadow and the bright moon are even more worrying... The coolness of the stars flows in the wilderness, and the stars are flat and ambitious... Huh? It doesn't seem to be these two sentences. What is written in the corner?" Kindaichi Kosuke was a little upset, he managed to read a few words in the sentence, and after racking his brains, he finally recognized the word "Kana", while the other words were all Chinese characters, but he couldn't recognize them no matter how he looked What is written on it. When Kosuke Kindaichi was puzzled, he suddenly heard someone shout: "Mr. Kindaichi, Mr. Kindaichi." Dian Zuo Ze called him in the monk's room. Ryozawa's call broke away Kosuke Kindaichi's obsession with understanding what was written on the screen. "Mr. Kindaichi, are you still awake?" This was the voice of Shimizu, a patrol officer at the police station. Kosuke Kindaichi heard Shimizu's voice, and immediately got up from the bed. He felt that seeing Shimizu with bearded face at this time gave him a particularly cordial feeling. "Please, please wait a moment, I'll get up right away." Kindaichi Kosuke was so flustered that he even stuttered. Although Monk Liaoran was still doing the morning class, it seemed that it was coming to an end, and the clear and crisp sound of the chime echoed in the cold air. Kosuke Kindaichi quickly changed his clothes, put the bedding in the closet, and opened the rain-shielding window, only to find that the fog was heavy, and he couldn't help but sneezed three times in a row.At this moment, Qing Shui was already waiting for him in the kitchen. Seeing Kosuke Kanedaichi, Shimizu grinned with white teeth from his beard, then hurriedly put away his smile, cleared his throat, and put on a serious expression. "Sorry for getting up so late in the morning." Kosuke Kindaichi said slightly shyly. "It doesn't matter, if something like last night happened, anyone would..." While talking, Qing Shui covered his mouth and yawned. It was obvious that he also didn't get enough sleep, and his eyes were sunken. "Yeah, unfortunately it's raining heavily again, did you just come back?" "Yes, there's something wrong here, and there's a lot going on here! Oh, it's like making a movie!" "What happened?" "Let's go after the pirate ship! We fired a lot of shots! Didn't you hear it around here?" "No, is it near here?" "Yeah! It's near Manabe Island. The situation is very cool! About seven or eight pirates are chasing us and shooting at us desperately; of course we are not soft-legged shrimps, just like this, you come and go, fierce with each other It's even more brutal than the Tanpu battle in Yashima!" Shimizu gesticulated and said exaggeratedly. Kosuke Kindaichi couldn't help laughing when he heard Shimizu say this. "It's amazing, have you caught the pirates yet?" "Unfortunately, the machine on our ship was hit by a pirate's bullet. As a result, the ship broke down, so they escaped. Alas! Don't underestimate the fact that their ship is only about 15 tons, it is so fast!" "What a pity! Are you the only one catching pirates?" "How is it possible? The anti-smuggling ship of the General Administration brought a lot of people! I heard that they were going to rob the Mizushima warehouse of fiber and groceries, so I deliberately lowered the net to lure them into the bait. Who knew... Ah! By the way, I also met to someone who knows you." "People who know me?" Kosuke Kindaichi asked in surprise. Hearing Shimizu's tone, it seemed that there was a relative of Kosuke Kindaichi among the pirates. At this moment, Shimizu straightened his face again, looked at Kosuke Kindaichi suspiciously, cleared his throat, and continued: "Mr. Kindaichi, I admire your character, so I secretly warn you - if you do something wrong, it's better to escape as soon as possible." "You, what did you say?" Kosuke Kindaichi was startled by Shimizu's unexpected words. "Where would I do anything wrong? Who said that?" "It's someone who knows you. That person asked me: Did anything strange happen on Prison Gate Island, and I said no! It's just that a homeless man named Kosuke Kindaichi came—ah, I'm sorry..." "It's okay, just call me a tramp! What did he say about me?" Kindaichi Kosuke wanted to find out who this person was, so he asked eagerly. "He was startled when he heard it, and asked if it was Kosuke Kindaichi who came here? Then, he asked me if Kosuke Kindaichi looked like this? He described it exactly. So I said yes, and that person was even more Surprised, he kept saying that this was serious. People like Kosuke Kindaichi would come to Prison Gate Island. There must be some serious case. He also said: "Shimizu, you have to watch out for that person. If I am free recently Will definitely go there...'” Kosuke Kindaichi was so surprised that he was speechless. He stared at Shimizu and asked sharply: "Qing Shui, who is that person?" Qing Shui looked serious, cleared his throat again, and said slowly: "It's the old and powerful police officer Isokawa, everyone in Okayama County calls him the old fox." Kosuke Kindaichi seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and was so excited that he scratched his head desperately, because the force was too strong, the dandruff fell off so much that even Shimizu had to take two or three steps back. "Kindaichi, do you know Officer Isokawa?" "Of course I, of course I do. Hearing what you said, he's still alive?" Kosuke Kindaichi stuttered with excitement. "Of course he is alive! Although there were many policemen who went to the battlefield before, he seems to be safe and sound." "Then, you said he might come to this island?" Qing Shui asked suspiciously: "Mr. Kindaichi, what's wrong with you? Are you crying?" "I... ah, hahaha!" Kosuke Kindaichi smiled while hurriedly reaching out to wipe his eyes. If you read it, you will know why Kindaichi Kosuke is crying. The "secret room murder" case that occurred in a rural area of ​​Okayama Prefecture was handled by Kosuke Kindaichi when he first debuted, and the police officer Isokawa was handling the case with him at that time. Not long after that case ended, the war broke out. Many men were sent overseas to fight, and those who remained wandered around because their farms were destroyed by the war. Their wives were separated and their lives were unknown. Now, on this small island where no birds lay eggs, Jin Tianyi suddenly heard the news that his old friend was alive and about to reunite. How could it not make him overjoyed and moved to tears? Shimizu stared at Kosuke Kindaichi's face again, and asked worriedly: "Mr. Kindaichi, don't you have to run away?" "How can I escape? Anyway, Skynet is not missing! Isn't it? Hahaha!" Kosuke Kindaichi laughed out loud happily. Shimizu was still puzzled and said: "Mr. Kindaichi, I heard Police Officer Isokawa mention you last night, and this morning I heard Takezura talk about the incident at night, so I was wondering if I should tie you up?" Kindaichi Kosuke finally stopped laughing and said: "I see, that's what it is. But you didn't tie me up! Have you changed your mind?" "I thought a lot and for a long time, and finally I made up my mind that if your identity is contrary to what I expected, I will tie you up right away!" "Ah! Contrary to what you expected?" Kosuke Kindaichi looked at Shimizu in surprise, wondering what was going on in this good old man's mind? Shimizu blinked, patted his head and said: "You are a comrade-in-arms of Wantai of Guitoumoto's family, and you were entrusted by Wantai to come here." "yes!" "Then I don't have to worry about it. On the contrary, if you are Hajime's comrade-in-arms and entrusted by Hajime to come here, then I will tie you up immediately." Kosuke Kindaichi looked at Shimizu, his eyes were sharp as if he wanted to see through Shimizu's head. "Shimizu, what are you talking about? Why would you tie me up if I were Hajime's comrade-in-arms?" "Mr. Jin Tianyi, don't you understand? The government has confirmed the fact that the main family is dead, but the death of Wantai does not mean that all the property of the ghost family belongs to Haji! The ghost family and Tsukiyo The three daughters, Xuezhi and Hanako, can only be killed—" Kindaichi Kosuke suddenly felt a chill down his back, and couldn't help shivering.He stared at the clear water and said in a hoarse voice: "I understand. What you mean is, if I am Hajime's comrade-in-arms, entrusted by Hajime to come here as an assassin..." "Yes, yes, that's what I mean, but you are..." "Wait a minute, I don't quite understand what you're thinking. First, Ha Yi in Burma will never know about Wantai's life and death in New Guinea; second, if he finds an assassin, isn't he making excuses for himself? It's too dangerous. Besides, Ah Yi is coming back soon, wouldn't it be safer for him to do it quietly?" "I don't think so! If Ah Yi came back and killed all the girls in our family one by one, others would immediately suspect him of doing it. Now, Ah Yi is still in Burma, and everyone will never suspect him. On. As for you, because you have nothing to do with the ghost family, even if you become Hajime's assassin, no one will doubt you." "Didn't I just say that Ah Yi is in Myanmar, so it's impossible for him to know that Wantai is dead." Kosuke Kindaichi eagerly explained. "Ah Yi knew very well that Wantai went to the battlefield. After fighting this war for so long, he must have thought that Wantai might have already died in battle. So he entrusted his comrades who had returned home earlier than him, to fight the battle before he came back. Kill those three girls. If Wantai comes back alive, maybe he will entrust his comrade Lian Wantai to kill them together!" Kosuke Kindaichi was deeply surprised when Shimizu said such terrible words.He gritted his teeth, stared blankly into the distance, then looked back at Qing Shui, and said: "Mr. Shimizu, why do you have such an idea? Are you sure I am not Hajime's comrade-in-arms?" Qing Shui breathed a sigh of relief, put on a reassuring look and said: "That's right! I've already asked Sanae at my house just now, and I also checked that the handwriting on the letter of introduction you brought is indeed Mota, so I didn't tie you up." "Thanks. Oh! Why did you have such a terrible idea? Would Hajime really do such a terrible thing?" Kosuke Kindaichi still couldn't understand why Shimizu had such horrible thoughts, and he couldn't help asking again and again. "I don't know why I think this way. It probably has something to do with staying on Prison Gate Island! Mr. Kindaichi, didn't I tell you that the residents of this island cannot be speculated with common sense? Inside my hard armor, my thoughts are strange and elusive. This war has made everyone more or less crazy, and maybe I am also crazy, so I have such terrible thoughts in my mind. " While talking, Qing Shui patted his head sadly. Kosuke Kindaichi has not met Hajime until now, so he dare not say whether Shimizu's idea is right or wrong.However, he can't say that Qing Shui's thoughts are groundless, because maybe there is an unexpected truth in Qing Shui's thoughts! At this time, Kosuke Kindaichi's mind resounded Wanta's last words, like waves crashing on the shore, like distant thunder: "...go to Prison Gate Island...my three younger sisters will be killed by them...cousin...cousin..." "Shimizu, thank you for your hard work." Monk Qingran, who had finished the morning class, followed Ze from the main hall, and both of them greeted Qing Shui with exhausted faces from lack of sleep. "Liozawa, go prepare breakfast first. Mr. Kindaichi, are you hungry?" Monk Koran ordered Ze, and said to Kindaichi Kosuke in a pleasant manner.At the same time, he did not forget to glance at Qing Shui, and then said: "Shimizu, there was an accident, and I'm sorry to trouble you. Hanako's body is in the main hall. Should I go and have a look now? Or should I have breakfast first? Hey, Mr. Kindaichi, please wait..." Monk Kyoran asked Kosuke Kindaichi with a sly smile on the look of "I finally caught it". "You said you came to check the footprints at dawn. Have you finished the check? Or did you oversleep? No wonder, no one can sleep well when encountering such a thing, not to mention it rained heavily all night. Smell the wind and rain'." The monk said something habitually, and then he said: "Although Zeng Liang's haiku is not very well written, I think his sentence has already expressed the feeling of last night." The monk shouted proudly in his hoarse voice due to lack of sleep.