Chapter 11 Chapter Ten

Kindaichi remembered that the owner of the barbershop, Mr. Kiyoshi, once said to him: "Actually, everyone knows that this island is full of descendants of pirates or exiled criminals. However, some people may also have noble blood! Take Shiho as an example! It doesn't look like the descendants of criminals, A stunner like her may have the inheritance of nobles or ministers, and under some genetic recombination, it will show mutations. The same is true for Sanae. Although compared with Shiho, she still looks like the people here, but she acts at her age It’s really incongruous that she behaves so properly. That extraordinary perseverance is really frightening. It may be a bit abrupt for me to say this, but I still think Sanae is not an ordinary woman!”

At that time, Kosuke Kindaichi listened to his discussion with great interest, and he admired Qinggong for his knowledge and knowledge. When Hanako's body was carried to the main house, although Sanae's face was pale and her eyes were terrified, she did not panic. Instead, she blamed the old and useless Asheng, comforted Tsukiyo and Yukie who were crying loudly, and at the same time ordered Zhu Tibet arranges Hanako's funeral. When Kindaichi Kosuke saw this scene, he couldn't help but think of what Qing Gong said, and he also agreed that Sanae's actions at this time were supporting the entire Onitomoto clan.

Hanako's body was placed behind the Buddhist hall, and everyone sat around; Sanae looked at the monk's face inquiringly, with strong grief and indignation in his eyes. Monk Liao Ran coughed a few times clumsily and said: . "I didn't expect this to happen, I'm so sorry." After speaking, he stretched out his big hand and touched his face, as if to wipe off the shame on his face. Village head Araki also said in a sad tone: "This kind of thing happened suddenly, it seems that Wantai's funeral must be postponed." Sanae looked back at the village chief and said:

"These are not important, the important thing is, who is the murderer? Who killed Hanako so cruelly?" The whole room was dead silent, and Kindaichi Kosuke suddenly felt that everyone seemed to be harboring evil intentions. "It would be nice if we knew who the murderer was." The doctor stroked his goatee and muttered. "Why don't you know?" Sanae immediately turned around and said to the doctor: "This is not Tokyo or Osaka. Everyone on the island is familiar with it. Besides, it is surrounded by the sea, so there can be no outsiders. The people on the island must have killed Hanako... No!"

Sanae glanced at Kosuke Kindaichi, then changed his words: "It must have been done by the people on the island or on the island now. How could they not know who the murderer is? Master, right?" "Well, this..." Knowing that the monk is a little short of words. "Isn't there a letter from Ukai in Hanako's arms?" Sanae asked again. "Yes, Hanako came to Senko Temple because of that letter, but I don't think that man could have killed Hanako. First, that man has no reason..." "Why not? Even if Ukai has no motive for killing, what about the people behind the scenes who are manipulating everything? Like Gibei or Shiho..."

Sanae asked aggressively. "Sanae!" Monk Liao Ran suddenly scolded her loudly. Only then did Sanae stop, and looked at the monk a little timidly, then immediately lowered her head. Seeing this, the monk knew that he couldn't help but softened his voice and said: "It's no wonder you're so excited when something like this happens at home. It's natural to suspect others in your current situation. But if they really did it, you don't need to tell me, the police will handle it impartially. Right, Mr. Shimizu?" "Yes, what the monk said is correct. As long as the evidence is clear, no matter who the murderer is, we will not forgive him lightly. A prince who breaks the law is also guilty of the common people. Don't worry, I will definitely arrest the murderer and bring him to justice."

Shimizu grabbed his beard and said with a dignified expression. Sanae said nothing, and teardrops the size of beans fell on her knees. Kosuke Kindaichi moved the cushion forward and said: "Whoever the murderer is, there can be no conviction without proof. But, Miss Somother, I have something to show you." Kosuke Kindaichi took out the cigarette butt from his pocket. As soon as Shimizu saw the cigarette butt, he immediately snorted angrily, while the monk Zhuan and the doctor looked at each other, and village head Araki kept his lips tightly shut, as if sitting upright. Sanae frowned with an incredulous expression.

"This cigarette butt is..." "I want to ask you, is this what you smoked for that... that patient inside?" Kosuke Kindaichi felt inconvenient to say the word "lunatic", so he could only stammer. Sanae nodded immediately. "The cigarette butts were found at the scene, near Hanako's body." Sanae's eyes widened in surprise, she stared at Kosuke Kindaichi seriously, and her breathing gradually became short of breath. "How is this possible, how is this possible!" She rolled her big eyes, as if remembering something, and said like Sarai:

"Ah! By the way, it's not only our family that has this kind of dictionary, other people have it too! It must have been dropped there by someone else." "That's what I want to find out now. Have you rolled your uncle's cigarettes lately?" "I just rolled it last evening." "How many rolls?" "Twenty." "yes?" Kindaichi Kosuke thought of something, and scratched his head again. "It may be impolite to do so, but can you please take me to see those cigarettes? I don't suspect anything, I just want to see it."

For fear of hurting Sanae's self-esteem, he had to speak intermittently. The monk, the village head, and the doctor were also surprised. Everyone looked at Kosuke Kindaichi, while Shimizu looked very dissatisfied. Sanae gave Kosuke Kindaichi a strange look, and said: "Please." Then she stood up, ready to take Kindaichi Kosuke to see the madman. "Sanae, is this okay? Will it irritate the patient?" The village head said very worriedly. "If we keep quiet, I think we should be all right. Uncle seems to be in a deep sleep!" Sanae said confidently. "Okay, then I'll go too."

Monk Liao Ran also stood up. "Shimizu, you come too." Kindaichi Kosuke greeted Shimizu kindly and said. Everyone went, and only the village head and the doctor were left in the Buddhist hall. Although Kosuke Kindaichi had been to the inner room before, this was the first time he had entered the bedroom. As mentioned earlier, from the mountain where Senko-ji Temple is located, it can be seen that this mansion is like a maze.If there is no one to lead the way in such a winding house, it is really impossible to return to the hall smoothly! When everyone came to the corridor at the end of the corridor, Sanae looked back at everyone and said: "Please wait here for a while, I'll go check on Uncle's situation first..." After speaking, she walked through the corridor with small steps. Kosuke Kindaichi leaned on the waist of the ferry and looked out curiously. At this time, the white mist has turned into drizzle, and the whole yard looks wet. At the end a little farther from the courtyard, there is a higher place with an old building on it, which is the prayer house that Monk Liao Ran pointed out on the steps of Qianguang Temple. Kosuke Kindaichi looked from the prayer room to the corridor in turn. He seemed to see something suddenly and leaned forward. "Come in, but please be quiet, uncle is sleeping." Yizaomiao exhorted softly. "OK." Knowing that the monk was walking behind Sanae, and Shimizu was following the monk, Kindaichi Kosuke suddenly pulled Shimizu's elbow and whispered something in his ear.After hearing this, Qing Shui revealed a surprised look, and hurriedly looked down the corridor. "Then please." So Kindaichi Kosuke let Shimizu stay where he was, and walked through the corridor alone. At the end of the corridor, there is a curved corridor at right angles. Turning that corner is the confinement room with Sansong. If Kindaichi Kosuke was like most people and thought that he would see a miserable and gloomy confinement room, then he was very wrong. Although Yu Sansong's confinement room was surrounded by thick lattice doors, the inside of the room was very clean, and there was no problem with ventilation and lighting. In the room of about ten tatami mats, there were alcoves and cabinets of different sizes.In other words, apart from the lattice door, it should be considered a very luxurious living room.In addition, on the other side of the living room, there are toilets and washstands. Such a confinement room can be said to be the most advanced confinement room. I saw that he and Sansong were sleeping in the center of the confinement room, with a pillow screen next to them.He has a beard on his face, but his hair is neatly cut, and he doesn't look dirty from the outside.Seeing him sleeping so peacefully, he didn't look like a lunatic at all. Moreover, judging from his supine profile and the bridge of his nose, he and Wantai who died in the demobilization cabin looked exactly the same. Sanae picked up a pole hanging outside the lattice door. There was a metal hook at the bend at the front end of the pole, which was convenient for hooking things.She put the pole through the lattice door, hooked it to the handle of the basin next to Sansong's pillow, and then used the pole to hook the basin over. From her skilful appearance, she used this method to accomplish things that could be done without opening the lattice door.Sanae took out the cigarette case in the basin and silently handed it to Kindaichi. I saw six cigarettes in the cigarette case. "Please connect the ashtray by the way..." Kosuke Kindaichi said that Sanae immediately followed suit, hooked the ashtray over with a pole, and handed it to him. Kosuke Kindaichi spread out the paper with the cigarette butts on it and asked: "When did you empty this ashtray?" "Yesterday evening, it was time to bring the rolled cigarettes to uncle." "Did you give him twenty cigarettes back then?" Sanae nodded quickly, and Kosuke Kindazu excitedly scratched his head again. "Look, there are six cigarettes and five butts, so there are only eleven in total, and..." Hearing their soft conversation, Sansong got up from the bed. "Ah! Uncle, are you awake?" "Yu Sansong, how are you?" Monk Liaoran wanted to cover Kosuke Kindaichi with his body. But You Sansong just sat in front of the bed, staring blankly at Monk Lian Ran and Sanae. Judging from Wan Wantai's age, Sansong and Sansong should be in their fifties, but from the appearance of this person, he is only about forty years old.Perhaps it was due to lack of exercise, his whole body was pockmarked, even his shoulders in pajamas were round, and his cross-legged feet seemed to have shrunk.From his pale complexion and absent-minded eyes, it was obvious that he was a lunatic. Kosuke Kindaichi showed a somewhat disappointed expression.At this time, a series of laughing and joking sounds suddenly came from the other side, and the footsteps of Yue Dai and Xue Zhi followed the series of laughter from far to near. "Ah! Oops!" Sanae shouted anxiously: "Master, Master, quickly take him over there..." Kindaichi Kosuke immediately understood the danger. Because the moment Yu Sansong heard Yuedai and Xuezhi's voice, his expression changed drastically.His eyes were full of beastly murderousness; a face was twisted and squeezed together by violent convulsions. "Mr. Kindaichi, hurry over there!" The monk took his hand and retreated to the bottom of the corridor. At this time, Kosuke Kaneda heard the rattling sound of Sanmatsu shaking the lattice window, the low roar of a wild animal, and Sanae's voice that was about to cry. "It was fine just now, why did it suddenly become so noisy..." Shimizu, who was wandering under the corridor, asked Monk Ran in surprise, and then nodded meaningfully to Kosuke Kindaichi. "The lunatic is sick again. There's nothing I can do about it. Except for Sanae, no one can deal with that lunatic." Monk Liao Ran shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly. The three of them had no choice but to go back to the original room, only to see Village Chief Araki and Dr. Murase still sitting silently. "Master, is the patient sick again?" asked the doctor with fearful eyes. The village head looked at Monk Ran, with his lips tightly closed, still sitting upright. Monk Liao Ran frowned and said puzzledly: "It's really troublesome. The lunatic can't bear to hear the voices of those two ladies. Fortunately, they are still father and daughter! What a crime!" "Mr. Kindaichi, what happened to the cigarette butt?" Shimizu asked curiously. "This..." Kosuke Kindaichi took out two packs of cigarette butts and six cigarettes. "You see, this cigarette was rolled on page D. There are words dum, dummy, dump on it. The cigarette butts I picked up in the monastery also saw the words dumping, dumoish, dumoling. This can prove that, The cigarette butts I picked up in the temple, no matter who smoked them, were all rolled by Sanae yesterday. By the way, Shimizu, how about those footprints?" Seemingly troubled, Shimizu stroked his beard and said: "It's very strange! Those footprints are the same as those in the monastery!" "footprint?" Monk Liao Ran frowned in disbelief. "Master, just now Qing Shui and I checked the footprints left in the monastery. But I found a similar footprint under the corridor, so I asked Qing Shui to investigate..." When Kosuke Kindaichi said this, let alone the monk and the doctor, even the village chief Araki, who was motionless and serious, couldn't help but widen his eyes. "It's the same as the footprints in the monastery!" Shimizu repeated it clumsily, and after he finished speaking, he nodded, showing affirmative expression. Everyone looked at each other blankly. Monk Liao Ran said: "Qing Shui, what do you mean by that? Could it be that lunatic..." Kindaichi Kosuke glanced at the monk and couldn't help saying: "I don't understand either, but no matter who it is, in short, someone did go from here to Qianguang Temple last night." Hearing Kosuke Kindaichi's words, the monk, the village chief, and the doctor all looked at each other blankly. "By the way, Mr. Kindaichi, come to the police station! I have many things to discuss with you." After Kindaichi Kosuke and Shimizu left the Onitumoto's house, Shimizu invited Kindaichi Kosuke sincerely. Although the rain had stopped at this time, the sky full of dark clouds seemed to be about to rain again at any moment. "Then I'll interrupt. By the way, isn't the call connected yet?" The police station is not close to the most lively places on the island, such as the district office and barber shop, and it is even far away from the villages of the islanders. The two entered the police station, Shimizu turned on the light. "Is it this late already?" Kindaichi Kosuke asked in surprise. "The weather is bad, and it feels like it's getting dark quickly. Ah Zhong, there are guests here." Qing Shui shouted loudly, but Ah Zhong didn't seem to be at home, and there was no answer from inside. Shimizu's wife is called Ah Zhong, she is a short, sociable woman, and like Shimizu, she is a kind person. "Aren't you at home? Where have you been visiting?" Qing Shui walked into the house talking to himself, and suddenly, he let out a sharp cry: "Mr. Kindaichi, Mr. Kindaichi, come on, come on!" "What's wrong?" From the police station to Shimizu's house, you have to go through a narrow corridor, which is as dark as a tunnel. Kosuke Kaneda walked along the wall and came to a yard about four pings. And a solid prison. "Shimizu, where are you?" "This way, this way..." Shimizu's voice came from inside the detention center. Kosuke Kanedaichi walked unsuspectingly, and suddenly he didn't know who pushed him from behind, and he staggered and fell into the detention center.Immediately afterwards, the door behind him was closed, and a burst of smug laughter was heard. "Qing, Qingshui, what are you doing?" Kindaichi Kosuke asked stammeringly. "I'm sorry, please stay here temporarily until the General Administration sends someone." Shimizu said proudly. "Qing, Qingshui, are you crazy? Why did you put me..." Kosuke Kindaichi was anxious and angry, and his stuttering became even worse. "Ask yourself! I think you're so incomprehensible, a bum like a detective...what about cigarette butts, footprints, things I don't understand. I don't intend to lock you up for too long, as long as As soon as the call is made tomorrow, someone from the General Administration will be fine. Please be patient during this time! For the sake of our friendship, I will give you special treatment. Bedding is placed here, and I will deliver food later. Don’t worry, if you don’t starve to death, you can treat it as a vacation on a big boat! Hahaha..." Shimizu laughed cheerfully and loudly, no matter what Kindaichi Kosuke said, he couldn't listen to it, laughed for a while and then walked away. "Idiot! Shimizu, you stupid pig. What the hell are you doing! I'm not that kind of person, I, I am... I am..." Kindaichi Kosuke was so angry that he yelled and cursed at the iron gate in the detention center. However, no matter what he said, it was useless. Shimizu was already convinced that Kosuke Kanedaichi was a suspicious person, and Shimizu's people had gone far away. At first, Kosuke Kindaichi stamped his feet and clenched his fists and knocked on the door, but gradually, he felt that he was very funny, and that Shimizu's misunderstanding of him was very ridiculous. on the bed. When Ah Zhong delivered the meal, he was still laughing so hard that he couldn't stand up, which made Ah Zhong wonder if he was crazy.After dinner, he turned on the bedding prepared by Qingshui, and soon fell asleep, sleeping soundly and sweetly, not knowing what happened on the island. Kosuke Kindaichi woke up suddenly by the rapid ringing of the phone. "Ah! The call is through." Kosuke Kindaichi looked up and saw the dazzling sunlight coming in from the window. It looks like today is a sunny day! Kazuko Kaneda stretched and yawned a lot. He heard Shimizu talking to the phone. He didn't know what he was talking about because he spoke too fast. At last, he only heard the sound of the phone hanging up, and the rattling sound. The sound of clicking footsteps gradually approached the direction of the detention center. Soon, Shimizu's bearded face appeared in front of the peephole. "Ahaha...Qing Shui, it's too much, it's too much! If you really want to plot against me, don't do it like this!" Kosuke Kindaichi still felt amused when he remembered what happened last night. But Shimizu just tensed his face, then cleared his throat and said: "Kindaichi, you didn't leave here last night, did you?" "Get out of here? Don't be kidding, haven't you already locked the cell door? I'm not a god." Speaking of this, Kosuke Kindaichi took a look at Shimizu, and suddenly found that Shimizu looked haggard, not only the beard was messy, but even his eyes were bloodshot, it could be seen that it was the result of not sleeping all night last night. "Qing, Qingshui, what happened again?" Kosuke Kindaichi changed his smile and asked nervously. Qing Shui pulled his face as if he was about to cry, and then unlocked the door. "Mr. Kindaichi, I did something wrong, I shouldn't have misunderstood you." "It's okay! What happened?" "Please come with me, you will know when you come." Shimizu said with trepidation. The two left the police station. On the way to the branch, Kosuke Kindaichi felt that the expressions of all the passers-by were strange, as if something ominous had happened again. Go up the hillside road leading to the front of the branch house, which is the platform called Tengubi. As mentioned earlier, Qingshui used binoculars to monitor pirates here. Kosuke Kanedaichi saw a large group of people gathering on the terrace from a distance. Monk Korran, Village Chief Araki, and Dr. Murase were all there; I don't know what happened to the doctor's left hand, which was hanging around his neck; A little farther away, stood Shiho and Ukai, and between them was a man with gray hair, a tanned face, and only snow-white eyebrows.Kindaichi Kosuke thought to himself, this person is probably Gibei!He gives off a hard-hearted, tough-guy vibe. Why are these people standing there silently?What the hell are they looking at? Kosuke Kaneda climbed up Tengu's nose and saw a big bell in the half-circle of the crowd, with a long sleeve of kimono exposed under the bell, he couldn't help but froze on the spot. As mentioned at the beginning of the story, the monk of Qianguang Temple once took the ferry back to Prison Gate Island with Kosuke Kindaichi for this bell, and now the bell has been brought back.Although it is relatively short to walk from the wharf to Qianguang Temple from the front of Guitou’s house, the road is very steep; in order to save effort, the monk later decided to transport the bell back to the temple along the gentle slope road next to the branch house. "It's Yukie's long-sleeved kimono." Shimizu said in a low voice while wiping his sweat. "This, this...there are snow branches under the bell..." Kindaichi Kosuke asked stammeringly. However, there was a strange atmosphere of silence all around, no one answered him, and everyone had a frightened expression on their faces. At this moment, the sun was shining, the sea was calm, and the sea breeze was blowing gently; but everyone at the scene felt cold sweat all over their bodies. Someone has spoken. Monk Liao Ran recited a sentence in a low voice, like a sutra: "The helmet-crusher neighs..."