Chapter 19 Chapter Eighteen: Saya's Tragedy

There was no panic on the island. The three sisters of Guitou's family are all dead, and the tragedy is over, so nothing terrible will happen again, right? Everyone on Prison Gate Island thought so, and everyone felt relieved at last. Of course, this feeling was a bit disrespectful to the dead. Ships carrying a large number of heavily armed policemen came to the island one after another.The people on the island also felt from this tense atmosphere that the case was coming to an end. But in fact, the case is only now reaching its climax! Kosuke Kindaichi was just the opposite of how busy the police were. He seemed very sad. He hadn't slept for several nights. He was listless watching the police actively investigate the case. He kept thinking, as if the answer was not far away. No breakthrough could be found.

He fell into the blind spot set by the murderer, and was deeply distressed and irritated by this case. There were monk Ran and Liozawa's deep and slow chanting in the room, and the village chief Araki, Dr. Murase and three people from the branch family also came. Kosuke Kindaichi felt stuffy and had a headache. He thought that maybe the sea breeze would be more comfortable, so he put on a wooden jacket and walked out the back door to the street. The so-called "street" is just a place with only five or six small shops. When Kosuke Kindaichi was about to walk there, someone stopped him.

"Mr. Kindaichi, please come here." Qing Gong, the owner of the barber shop, shouted at him. Kosuke Kindaichi saw five or six people in the barber shop, arguing loudly. "Come on, come on, another big case happened here!" Kindaichi Kosuke's footsteps seemed somewhat hesitant. "Don't worry about anything! We're talking about this case! Ah Xian also said a very strange thing!" Duke Qing greeted him warmly. "What strange thing?" Kosuke Kindaichi stopped suddenly and asked curiously. "Boss, don't mention it!" Ah Xian hurriedly stopped.

"What does it matter! There is no such thing as a bell that can walk? But since you see a bell walking, it's better to say it and listen to Mr. Kindaichi's opinion!" Another man chimed in. "Can the bell walk?" Kosuke Kindaichi felt a burst of excitement, and unconsciously scratched his head. "Yes! Ah Xian said that he did see it, and that's why everyone is arguing. Please sit here!" Qing Gong took Kindaichi Kosuke to the barber shop with a proud attitude of having a close personal relationship with Kindaichi Kosuke; Kindaichi Kosuke was interested in the fact that the hanging clock can walk.

The five or six people in the barber shop didn't come to get their hair cut, they just came to chat about what happened last night. The owner, Mr. Kiyoshi, was standing on the dirt in front of the barber chair, and the others were sitting or lying on the somewhat dirty tatami mats. As soon as Kosuke Kindaichi walked in, these people suddenly sat upright. "Everyone worked hard last night." Kosuke Kindaichi bent down to greet everyone. "I've been busy for three days in a row, are you tired?" Qing Gong also said politely to Kindaichi Kosuke. "Yeah... By the way, just now you said that the bell is walking, what's going on?"

Kindaichi Kosuke was perfunctory to Qinggong, but looked at Axian and asked. "Let Ah Xian talk about this matter!" Everyone pushed A-Xian, A-Xian timidly, blushed, scratched his head and said: "This thing is really weird!" He saw that Kosuke Kindaichi was indeed listening to him, and he became more confident. "Everyone was making fun of me just now, but I really saw the bell walking. The day before yesterday, the day Xuezhi was killed, I rowed to the opposite bank. I can't remember the exact time. Anyway, it was at dusk. Time. When I was rowing back to the main island, I suddenly saw a bell near the ramp under the nose of the tengu."

Having said this, Ah Xian looked around at everyone, and then said: "Because the sky was getting dark at that time, although I couldn't see it clearly, I knew it was a hanging bell when I saw the shape. I knew it clearly. The monk asked the young man to carry the hanging bell to the vicinity for a while. Can't see the platform where the tengu's nose sticks out." "Then the place where you saw the bell, shouldn't it be on that rock?" Kosuke Kindaichi moved the cushion in front of A-Sen and asked seriously. "Yeah, that's why I wondered. Then I continued rowing, and looked up casually again, and from that angle I could see the platform where the dog's nose protruded, and I found the bell resting on it."

Kindaichi Kosuke's serious expression made Ah Xian feel that he was really listening to him attentively, and Ah Xian couldn't help but feel a little complacent. "I was taken aback, thinking that the bell is not very heavy? No matter how strong and powerful a person is, it is impossible to carry it and walk. If it is transported to the rock from the place I just saw, it will definitely It’s right to make a lot of noise. The island is the quietest in the evening, and I should be able to hear these sounds on the boat. The strange thing is that there is no sound at all! That’s why I feel like hell, the bell itself will walk."

Ah Xian methodically explained the strange things he saw to Kosuke Kindaichi carefully. "Wait a minute, the bell is no longer where it was just now, is it?" Kosuke Kindaichi asked a very important question. "I don't know, because I couldn't see the slope when I crossed the headland. Now that I think about it, I feel a little regretful. If I knew it, I would just row back and take a closer look." Ah Xian also felt a little embarrassed that she didn't see the truth. "Are you sure you saw the bell near the ramp?" Kindaichi Kosuke was a little worried and asked again.

"Yes, although the sky has darkened, but the shape can be seen as a hanging bell." "Are there two bells on this island?" "How is it possible! During the war, there was not even a single bell." Duke Qing interrupted. "Is that bell very old?" "Yes, it is very old. During the heyday of Kaemon, the bell was cracked, and it was specially sent to another place for recasting!" "Ah! I also remember this incident. It seems that it was sent to Hiroshima or Kure City for recasting fifteen or sixteen years ago! There can't be two bells on this island. Ah Xian must be because of the snow branch I was so frightened to have such a dream by the case of my father."

One of the chat guests said so. "Nonsense! What I said happened before Xuezhi was killed!" Ash immediately retorted. Kosuke Kindaichi began to feel turmoil in his heart again, faintly feeling that there must be something in the middle that can solve the key to this case. "Just now you mentioned Kaemon, it seems that he is very powerful!" Kindaichi Kosuke was very curious about Kaemon, and asked these people for their opinions. "Yes! That kind of scenery will never be seen again in the future." "However... he is also very pitiful. He is worried all day long that his family property will be taken away by the division, and he will not even look at it until he dies!" "Did he die of illness?" Kindaichi Kosuke asked nonchalantly. "It seems to be a cerebral hemorrhage. At the end of the war, he fell ill. He couldn't control his left hand, and he was dragging his paralyzed body around. Then he got sick for the second time, and he couldn't die after lying down for a week. By the way, the anniversary of his death is Coming." One of the guests mentioned Kaemon's appearance in his later years, which made Kinda Kazukosuke's eyes shine. Left hand not listening? When Kindaichi Kosuke heard these words, he was so excited that he shook his head again, as if he had got a key piece of the puzzle when playing a jigsaw puzzle. "Before he got sick for the second time, he was originally a very good old man, but when he got sick, he became old immediately, which made people think he was very pitiful." Another guest also expressed his opinion. Kosuke Kindaichi thought over these words over and over again. At this time, Duke Qing said: "Tsukiyo was killed last night, do you have any policy to solve the case? I heard that he was strangled to death in a 'family', is it true?" "A family?" Kindaichi Kosuke looked at Kiyoko puzzledly and asked. "Everyone calls that prayer house 'family'." Qinggong answered naturally. "One family? One family..." Kindaichi Kosuke stared blankly at Kiyoko as if suddenly struck by evil. "That's Kaemon's name. Once, when Tsukiyo and her mother had a dispute, she said that she was like a ghost mother-in-law of the family. From then on, everyone called that prayer place 'family' .” With female family Ogi and Yue... Kosuke Kindaichi stood up abruptly, with a solemn expression on his face that was terrifying. Everyone was taken aback by his aura and looked at him in bewilderment. "what happened?" Qing Gong was also very nervous and asked in surprise. "This speech today is very useful to me, boss, thank you very much!" Kosuke Kindazu left the group of confused faces and ran and jumped out of Kiyoko's barber shop, looking almost drunk. "Hey, what's the matter with him? That look is quite frightening." Some of the guests asked Mr. Qing. "He must have found some clue from our words." Another guest thought he was smart enough to answer. "Hey, is he really a 'famous detective'?" Kindaichi Kosuke has indeed found a clue, "Ogi and Yue..." is like a white light across the dark mystery. The "family" in this sentence certainly means the same house, but it can also be used as a noun. Is this the meaning of the Dihua on Yuedai's corpse?And Bai Paizi is a wandering girl and a prostitute! God!Why is there such a terrible thing?Such a crazy act... oh my god!This truth can make the earth shake and the sea howl! Kindaichi Kosuke staggered back to the main house. In front of the entrance, he happened to meet Police Officer Isokawa who came out from inside. "Kindaichi! What's wrong with you? You look so pale!" Officer Isokawa said in surprise. ———. The monk understood and Ryozawa was still chanting sutras in a low voice, but Kosuke Kindaichi was so angry that he gritted his teeth. "Officer, please come with me, I have something to show you." Kosuke Kindaichi whispered to Police Officer Isokawa. Police officer Isokawa looked at Kosuke Kindaichi with a little surprise. Years of tacit understanding prevented him from further questioning. He just put on his shoes silently, followed Kosuke Kindaichi, and walked out of the house. As soon as Kosuke Kindaichi left the house, he immediately ran to Senkoji Temple. Of course, there was no one in Qianguang Temple, so he rushed into the academy. "Officer, please look at this, the colored paper on the left side of the screen..." Kosuke Kindaichi said out of breath. Officer Isokawa was silent, feeling a little scared. Could it be that Kosuke Kindaichi is crazy? Kosuke Kindaichi was referring to the screen that the monk had given him. "Officer, I have never been able to read the words on the colored paper. If I could, I might have discovered the truth of this case. Please read it, please." Kosuke Kindaichi was going crazy with anxiety, while police officer Isokawa looked at the colored paper on the screen he pointed to with a puzzled expression. "It was written by Qijiao!" "Yes, where is the sentence written in the corner?" Officer Isokawa looked at the colored paper carefully and said: "The handwriting is very illegible, and people who don't know Qijiao's poems can't read it. This is Qijiao's famous sentence, and Baoyi has also imitated this sentence! This sentence is 'Huangying upside down cries the first sound'. Baoyi seems to be In Yoshiwara or somewhere, I saw a high-class courtesan come down the stairs and call the maid. Sentence scribbled." "'Yellow Oriole hanging upside down and singing Hatsune...'Yes, police, police, police officer!" Kindaichi Kosuke was trembling all over, and a chill hit his back. He stammered and said: "This sentence is about Hanako being hung upside down on the branch of the plum tree; the branch of snow is being held under the bell, this is the sentence over here 'the helmet crushing bug screams'; yesterday, the case of Tsukiyo was written on another piece of colored paper 'With a female family Ogi and Yue...'” Officer Isokawa looked at Kosuke Kindaichi in bewilderment. "Yes, officer, I know what you want to say. Yes, crazy, the residents of Prison Gate Island are all crazy, crazy..." Kindaichi Kosuke suddenly shut his mouth, stared at the words on the screen with a pair of sharp eyes that seemed to see through everything, and then laughed loudly: "crazy!" Kosuke Kindaichi hugged his stomach and laughed non-stop, tears and snot running down his nose. "Crazy... yes, it's crazy, I'm so stupid!" Kosuke Kindaichi patted his head while laughing and said. After Hanako was killed, Monk Liaoran once said to himself beside the ancient plum tree: "No matter who it is, there is nothing they can do about the madman." Kindaichi Kosuke only now understood the true meaning of that sentence. It seems that the mystery of the madman's identity has already been formed in the mind of Kosuke Kindaichi. "You want to know about the Honke Kaemon?" Gibei took a sip of green tea, put down the delicate tea bowl gracefully, and then looked at Kosuke Kindaichi. His small nose and the corners of his mouth are surrounded by two deep wrinkles, and his bucket-shaped face gives people a cruel and ruthless impression. In addition, the Onitomoto family is very picky and slandering him, so Kindaichi Kosuke always thinks that He seemed very unapproachable. From the opened door of the branch house, the tall roof of the main house can be seen.The morning breeze blew on Gibei and Kindaichi Kosuke, making them feel refreshed. Kosuke Kindaichi barely closed his eyes last night. He tossed and turned, and based on the astonishing hint on the haiku screen, he played the whole thing from the beginning like a video tape in his head. On those vivid pictures, three lines of haiku were clearly printed. , making him feel extremely shocked and terrified. After dawn, Kindaichi Kosuke's cheeks were red and his eyes were swollen, but his eyes were shining brightly. "Mr. Kindaichi, are you feeling unwell? Do you have a fever?" When Kōsuke Kindaichi walked to the tea room to prepare for breakfast, Officer Isokawa, who arrived first, was startled when he saw his appearance, and hurriedly asked him. He avoided Officer Isokawa's questioning eyes, and after wolfing down his breakfast, he immediately rushed out of Onitou Hon's house and ran in the direction of the branch house. "I want to ask Mr. Gibei about something." Shiho noticed that Kosuke Kindaichi's expression was not right, he hurriedly restrained his usual smile, and obediently went in to deliver the report, so now Kosuke Kindaichi and Kosuke could sit face to face with Gibei. "Kaemon is a very remarkable person. People on the island call him Taiko-sama, and he is indeed worthy of this title." Gibei praised Kaemon forcefully word by word. His tone was steady and sincere, which made people feel that he was also a reliable person. This may be the reason why he was compared to Tokugawa Ieyasu by the people on the island! "I think, before you came to our island, you must have heard a lot of legends about this island, right? After you come, you may be disappointed that there is nothing special about this island." Yibei looked at the ordinary-looking guest in front of him, but he was a famous detective and said. "However, twenty or thirty years ago, when I was young, you know, this island was indeed notorious, because the people living here were the descendants of pirates and exiled criminals. There is no island, so there is the name "Prison Gate Island". Kaemon is not a very learned person, nor is he a social educator, nor does he want to rectify the customs of the island. The island became prosperous." Yibei said straight to the point. Kindaichi Kosuke suddenly felt that he had a clearer understanding of Kaemon. At this time, Yibingwei took a sip of tea and continued: "Because Kaemon is good at management, the island has gradually become richer, even richer than other islands. Therefore, he will also demand himself in certain behaviors. Kaemon's unintentional intervention gradually changed the island. However, he is not working so hard for the people on the island, he just wants to become the richest person on the island, so he works day and night." Yibei gave a different explanation to the relationship between Kaemon and the fishermen on the island than the islanders.He said: "On such a small island, if the ship owner is rich, the lives of his fishermen will naturally improve. If one ship owner becomes rich, if the other ship owners do not work hard, they will not be able to retain good fishermen. This is very natural. Kaemon is a person with great foresight and determination. As long as he thinks of anything, no matter what difficulties and obstacles he encounters, he will try his best to overcome them. Therefore, in the boom before the Great War, he expanded his business, I finally became the largest shipowner on the island. And I just picked up some leftovers from Kaemon’s mouth, and this situation is what I am today. By saying this, can you understand Kaemon a little bit better? " With a sincere tone, Gibei stared at Kosuke Kindaichi with an open mind and an attitude that was neither humble nor overbearing. "I heard that he had a very unfortunate life in his later years, especially when he was dying, and he seemed very worried?" Kindaichi Kosuke wanted to find out what happened to Kaemon before his death, so he asked very seriously. Gibei still said with a sincere attitude and a deep voice: "About this point, the people on the island are quite ungrateful to me. Have you heard about it? Of course, there is no such thing as a storm. Indeed, in Kaemon's later years, there was a big difference between me and him, but , This is a helpless thing. At work, I admire Kaemon very much. If I want to follow him desperately, I can do it. However, his hobbies, entertainment style, etc. are really difficult for me to follow. That's why Kaemon is very upset with me." "Kaemon seems to know how to enjoy himself?" Kosuke Kindaichi asked curiously. "Yes, his concept is: if you can make money, you must also know how to spend it. Especially when the times are good, he spends money like water. If there are respectable people on the island who don't flatter him, he will be unhappy; however , I just can't participate in this hedonic activity." With a wry smile on his face, Gibei looked at Kosuke Kindaichi and continued: "I don't know how to play, and I don't know how to speak flattery. Anyway, after all, I am also a shipowner and the owner of a branch family. Therefore, the more times I miss such pleasure gatherings, the more Kaemon thinks It's because I don't give him face, and other people think I'm insidious. However, people can say whatever they want, I can't control it, anyway, it's just that he and I have different personalities. " "I heard that Kaemon was obsessed with Zahai in his later years?" Kindaichi Kosuke thought of all the things Qinggong said, and asked Yibingwei for confirmation. "Yes, it's a kind of miscellaneous haiku called 'Kanfu'! Kaemon is only satisfied with a woman like Asheng. From this, it can be seen that he doesn't have many demands on female sex. It's just that since he became famous, he has changed. He loves to be arty, and for a while he learned how to make haiku from the monks of Senkoji Temple. After Qing Gong from the barber shop came, he became fascinated with Guanfu again. Once, I was dragged away by force to open with them once. Poetry club, but I feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles because of my different interests." Gibei recalled with a bit of pain. "The poet Basho said that the so-called romantic is not forgetting the taste of dew and silence. But the actions of Kaemon, Monk Koran, and Qinggong who think they are elegant are not quiet at all, but noisy. I will go After reading it once, he didn’t dare to accept it. Afterwards, he became obsessed with the simulated poetry.” Yibingwei waved his hand, as if to wave away the invisible noise. "What is a simulated poetic environment?" Kindaichi Kosuke couldn't help but cheer up when he heard the words. He has been synthesizing all the clues item by item in his mind, and now he heard Yibingwei say that, he finally found the key. "Because I only participated once, so I don't know the real situation. I only remember that I used the twelve paragraphs collected by loyal ministers as a simulation. From the preface to the murder, I gave the title in advance every two or three paragraphs. , the person who got the question had to make a corresponding simulation. What I got was 'killing', because I really don't know how to do it, so Qing Gong from the barber shop came to teach me and tell me what to do." When Yibingwei said this, he shook his head and smiled wryly. He took a sip of tea and continued: "It was only later that I realized that no one knew how to do it. It was all taught by Kiyoko from the barber shop. This is really ridiculous. This whole game was played by Kaemon and Kiyoko! I won't go any more." Kindaichi Kosuke listened to Yoshihei's words, and finally realized it.God!This murder case turned out to have this reason. I didn't expect Kaemon to have such a hobby! "So that's how it is. It's not elegant, it's just a hobby of ordinary people in the late Edo period. By the way, did monks from Senko Temple, the village head, and doctors also participate in this kind of poetry gathering?" "Of course, the three of them are regular visitors. Although the monk of Senkoji Temple is younger than Kaemon, he feels like Kaemon's elder brother. Kaemon respects him very much, and monk Li also Treat Kaemon with the attitude of loving your younger brother. No matter what Kaemon wants to do, he will agree unconditionally. Compared with the monk, the village chief and Xingan are of course slightly inferior." There was a not-so-pleasant emotion in Gibei's calm voice. "Kaemon trusts the three of them, right? He even asked them to handle his funeral!" Kosuke Kindaichi asked his question calmly. "That's right! Since there are differences between us, these three people are the only ones he can trust on this island. Mr. Kindaichi, I want to make a special statement: Kaemon's worries at the end of his life have nothing to do with me. That's because Yu Sansong is crazy. When it comes to Yu Sansong, I think that since he asked Xiao Ye to be his concubine, the fortune of the family has begun to decline." Gibei believes that on this island, Kosuke Kindaichi is a detached person who is less likely to be affected by rumors, so he specifically stated his position. Kindaichi Kosuke nodded, expressing his understanding, and following Gibei's topic, he said: "I'd love to hear about Saya." "Xiao Ye is a lunatic, don't you know? In China there is a kind of grass man, which is called Dashen in Shikoku, and snake god in Kyushu. The names are different, but they all talk about the same thing." Yibingwei patted the cushion again, changed into a posture ready for a long talk, and continued: "It is said that when Onmyoji Abe Seimei came to China, all the people who followed him died. Therefore, Seimei cast a spell to turn all the weeds on the roadside into human beings, and followed him to complete his mission; later, when he was about to return to Kyoto, These weeds believed that thanks to the blessing of the mage, they became human beings, so they didn’t want to turn back into grass. Qingming also felt that they had worked hard without credit during this period, so he agreed to let them keep their human form. Since they were originally grass , without the skills to make a living, so Seimei taught them the art of prayer, and asked them to make a living by it from generation to generation, and everyone called this kind of person a straw man, and they used prayer as their career." Gibei looked at Kosuke Kindaichi, and found that he was listening to it with relish like a primary school student listening to a story, so he took another sip of tea and continued: "Because they are not human. Everyone hates them. They are also cursed by mages and cannot combine with people. I heard that Xiaoye is also this kind of person. I don't know if it is true or not. Anyway, Village Chief Araki did not know where to find out. This kind of thing, I ran to talk to Kaemon, so Kaemon and his son were at odds, and Kaemon hated Saya even more." "Why is the village chief doing so much?" Kosuke Kindaichi asked curiously. With a displeased look on Mibei's face, he said: "Love breeds hatred! Don't look at Araki Makihei who is now the village head, and he is serious all day long. Before he became the village head, he was not like this. Not only did he sleep with flowers and willows, but he also competed with Sansong for a little night!" When Yibingwei mentioned Village Chief Araki, he had a look of disdain. Kosuke Kindaichi felt that the door to solve the case was about to open, but his eyes lit up. "he……" Before Kosuke Kindaichi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gihei: "You can't be judged by appearance. It's not just the village head who hates her when she speaks ill of Xiaoye. Even the doctor's patients are taken away by Xiaoye. These people speak ill of Xiaoye behind her back and want to break her down. Although I didn't talk to Xiaoye Yes, but I also hate her. Until now, I always feel that it is a lifetime misfortune for Sansong to beg this woman!" Kindaichi Kosuke was silent for a while, and said as if he suddenly thought of something: "I heard that Xiao Ye played the bell on the island. Is the bell used at that time still there?" "A bell?" Yibingwei said with a slightly puzzled expression: "Is it a prop bell for acting?" "Yes, it is the prop bell, is it still there?" "The bell should still be in the storeroom of my family!" Yibei thought for a while, and then said: "That hanging clock is made of bamboo and paper. It is very light. There is a mechanism on the clock that can be opened from the middle with a 'pop' sound..." The bell can be opened from the middle? Gibei casually said something earth-shattering, and Kosuke Kindaichi was so happy that he scratched his hair. "Thank you, what you said is really useful to solve the case!" Kosuke Kindaichi reverently saluted Gibei to thank him. "Where, your job is not easy! It takes a lot of brainpower, doesn't it?" "fine?" Kosuke Kindaichi smiled gently and said: "After the police came, everyone knew my identity." "After the police came?" Gibei frowned in disbelief and said: "Really? I already knew your identity!" "What, what, what?" Kindaichi Kosuke was so surprised that he even stuttered when he spoke. "You, you already knew my identity? Who, who told you..." "The village chief! The village chief didn't tell me directly, I just heard it from his assistant. Because the surname Jin Tianyi is rare, the village chief immediately thought of the 'Honjin murder incident', why, he called the assistant I found the old newspaper in the district office, and I saw that you are the detective. But his assistant didn't tell me, because he and I have a good personal relationship, so he told me secretly. Strange, you don't know until now? ?” Yibei told this secret in detail, and Kosuke Kindaichi was speechless. Since the village chief knows his identity, then the monk and the doctor should also know; or, at least the monk must know. Oh my god!Under the nose of a famous detective?what the hell is it?Kindaichi Kosuke really felt like a bolt from the blue!