Chapter 10 escape

Sadako woke up at eight o'clock in the morning. Last night, Honda mentioned the matter of the female messenger on the phone, which made her very upset, and she still didn't fall asleep until one o'clock in the middle of the night.Things seem to be a little off.That fucks.The obscene, whispering "English" female messenger, and the jeep girl wearing a pink turban and a red coat walking with Sotaro Uhara on the tram of the Hokuriku Railway repeatedly appeared in Sadako's mind. Honda said he figured it out, but she always felt very skeptical. Besides, it was inconceivable for her to call after twelve o'clock.

It was four o'clock in the afternoon when she and Honda parted ways at the coffee shop, and eight hours since then, had Honda been investigating the bellmaid? When I came back after washing my face, the quilt had already been packed.There was tea and sugar plums on the stove.There was a morning newspaper next to it. Zhenzi sat on the rattan chair and spread out the newspaper, which was a local newspaper. Her eye was drawn to the large headline on the left side of the society page.The title occupies two lines: "Chelai's poisoning incident, the investigation progress is difficult... still no strong clues have been found"

Sadako read the report. "Regarding the poisoning incident that occurred in Tsurai on December 20th, the police station under its jurisdiction has set up a task force and is doing its best to investigate, but no strong clues have been caught so far. The investigation is becoming more and more difficult. The victim Uhara Soutaro (40 One year old), (Sales Section Chief of Sales Department of XX Commercial Company, No. XX, Aoyama Nanke, Akagi, Minato-ku, Tokyo) The purpose of coming to Tsuru from Tokyo has not yet been clarified. I inquired with my work unit and replied that it was not for official business. His widow had no clues either.

Also, Uhara-san once said 'I'm waiting for someone' when he was resting at Kanoya Hotel.Investigations were carried out in the vicinity of Helai, and no suspicious persons were found.The police believe that it may be Uhara's excuse, which is also unknown.The purpose of Sotaro Uhara's visit to Tsururai is still a mystery. In addition, Uhara Sotaro, who got off at Tsurugai Station on the Hokuriku Railway at 6:00 p.m. on the 20th, was accompanied by a 23- or 4-year-old woman in costumes. Whether it was related to the incident is still lacking. According to eyewitnesses According to the testimony, the woman boarded the tram bound for Terai at 6:40.The police conducted further investigations in this direction, but did not get any clues.In short, the investigation has encountered obstacles.

According to the director of investigation Yoneda, the investigation was extremely difficult because the victim Uhara Sotaro was a foreign traveler who had nothing to do with the local area.But the police are doing their best to make sure the incident is resolved as soon as possible..." The report did not mention that Zhenzi's imaginary elder brother Lai Helai had anything to do with Kenichi's disappearance.The police did not touch it at all, perhaps laying the groundwork for the newspaper. However, it is difficult for Zhenzi to judge whether the investigation work has encountered difficulties as reported in the newspaper, or it is said on the surface that it is actually being stepped up.But her intuition told her that detection was indeed "difficult."

Thinking of this, Zhenzi hopes to meet Honda as soon as possible.I said on the phone last night that we will meet tomorrow night because of the company's work, or for further investigation during the day?Zhenzi couldn't figure it out for a while. "Good morning!" The waitress brought breakfast. "It's very cold this morning, and it's said that it will snow at noon." The waitress said as she put the breakfast on the stove. No wonder, looking out of the glass window on the corridor, there are dark clouds hanging down outside. Zhenzi ate a little, then put down his chopsticks.

"Don't you want to eat any more?" The waitress advised her.Zhenzi said she has no appetite.Maybe because she was nervous, she didn't want to eat. Honda said he would come tonight, but Zhenzi couldn't wait. After ten o'clock, Zhenzi called the office.The person in the office said: "Not here yet. He said he had something to do today and would come later." Zhenzi thought, Honda went to investigate again.She said to him: "If Mr. Honda comes to work, please tell him to call back." After the phone call, Zhenzi passed three hours in a state of panic.If Honda didn't call, it would take even longer.

"I'm Honda." His voice was very excited, perhaps because Zhenzi was excited, but after listening to it, his voice was not high-pitched. "Thank you for calling. I have something urgent to tell you. Come to your place now, may I?" "I'm waiting for you to come." Zhenzi replied excitedly. Honda's voice on the phone was very agitated, and when he appeared in the hotel thirty minutes later, he also had an agitated expression. "Thank you for your hard work yesterday." Zhenzi saluted him, and held the cushion in front of the stove and me. "No, it's better to sit here." Honda went to the corridor and sat down on the wicker chair. Maybe he was hesitant to sit face to face with Zhenzi around the stove, but in fact, he planned to get to the point right away.

"I know a little bit about the situation of the female messenger in Murota's company." Honda said with bright eyes. "You said a little bit on the phone late at night, it's really hard for you, thank you." "I'm sorry to disturb you so late last night. After we broke up yesterday, I went to Nanao." "To Nanao?" Zhenzi was taken aback. "After breaking up with you last night, I feel it is necessary to go to the Murata refractory brick factory to investigate." Sadako stared at Honda. "Let's start from the beginning." Honda took out a notepad from his pocket and said:

"The female messenger is Hisako Tanuma. She is 31 years old and lives in a small apartment in the city. She was hired by the Murota company recently. ... Manager Murota must not know about this. I am from the company. I heard about it from acquaintances. Hisako Tanuma's husband was a worker at the Murata Refractory Brick Factory, and he is dead..." The waitress brought tea, and Honda took a sip and said: "later…" Honda heard the footsteps of the waitress disappearing into the corridor. "According to him, the woman was hired by the manager's direct intervention, but he didn't know that she was the worker's wife. Later, I asked him to ask the personnel department, and the answer was that the workers' affairs were managed by the Nanao factory, and the head office did not intervene. So I decided to go to the Nanao factory. Before that, I asked him to copy a copy of Tanuma Hisako's resume kept in the personnel department." Saying this, Honda spread out a piece of letterhead in his notepad and gave it to him. Zhenzi looked.

The resume written with a pen is as follows: Name Fuko Tanuma Original place of origin Uzana Takahiro Hasumeyoshi Village, Ishikawa Prefecture Current address Kanazawa City XX, Kanazawa City, head of the household Shotaro Tanuma, in an apartment in XX Takahashi, born on June 2, 1927. Graduated from Ishikawa High School for Girls in 1947. Worked for Toyo Shoji Corporation in Tokyo in 1951. Resigned from the company for personal reasons. 1956. Lived in the place of origin. 1957. Married Sone Masaburo, a worker of Murata Firebrick Company. 1958. Sone Masaburo died. "Hisako Tanuma was in Tokyo for five years from 1947. Wasn't it?" "Yes, it happened to be the chaotic period after the war." Honda said following Sadako's train of thought.That was the period when it was fashionable for Jeep girls to speak English. "Because the head office didn't know about it, I went to Nanao." Honda continued: "I met the chief of the labor department at the Shichiya Murota Refractory Brick Factory. The chief said clearly that there was indeed a worker named Masaburo Sonone who was working in the factory and has now died." There is nothing wrong with the labor section chief of the factory saying so, but... Honda said: "According to the resume, Hisako Tanuma and Masaburo Sone were married, but they did not officially move to Masaburo Sone's household registration, that is, the relationship between husband and wife without formal marriage procedures. I asked the chief of the labor department if he had any Masaburo Sone The severance pay was handed over to Hisashi Tanuma. The section chief took a look at me, meaning that I was meddling in my own business. He thought for a while and said, of course I paid it. Although it was an informal relationship between husband and wife, the society generally believed that she was his wife. Just pay her the severance pay." Sadako didn't understand why Honda asked such a question. "After I heard what he said, I immediately went to the Nanao Post Office and called the staff of the Kanazawa Murota head office. Because the worker himself died, he will receive a severance pay, and it is not a small amount. The accounting books of the head office There must be a record in the Internet. I asked if there was such a thing. The answer on the phone: "I can't find out this matter at the moment, and I will reply later." This statement is very vague. According to my reasoning, the factory did not pay severance pay. It was already eleven o'clock in the evening when I returned to Kanazawa. Of course I couldn't get an official reply, so I thought, instead of taking a roundabout way, I might as well go to see Hisako Tanuma directly. However, it was too late last night, and I planned to go this morning, so I decided to called you." "It's really hard for you, thank you." Zhenzi bowed his head and saluted. "Did you go to Tanuma Hisako's this morning?" "Go. Around eight o'clock, I see her going before work." "Have you seen her?" "No." Honda shook his head. "She escaped from Kanazawa." "Huh?" Zhenzi's eyes widened. "what happened?" "Run away. This is my intuition. At eight o'clock this morning, I went to visit Ruoyezhuang apartment. The manager said that Tanuma Jiu suddenly moved last night. She paid the rent and left with a large suitcase .” "Ah!—" Zhenzi was at a loss. "The manager saw that she was leaving in such a hurry, and asked her what happened. Hisako Tanuma replied that she had business to go to Tokyo. What can be regarded as furniture are only old cabinets, mirror stands, quilts, etc., and some cooking utensils.She said she disposed of it, and the money she got in exchange was a gift to the manager.The manager said that Tanuma was in a panic for a long time, and his face was ugly. " Zhenzi was speechless for a while, staring at Honda.Hisako Tanuma fled to Tokyo.Sadako believes that this clue that Honda is following is closely related to Kenichi's disappearance and the murder of his eldest brother Sotaro. Why did Hisako Tanuma run away?Sadako stared at Honda and asked: "Does Manager Muroda know about this?" "I'm afraid I don't know yet. It just happened at eight o'clock this morning." Benta thought for a moment before replying. "Taji Hisako escaped, Mr. Honda, what do you think?" Sadako determined that the woman wearing a pink turban and a red coat who was traveling with her uncle Sotaro on the Beiling railway train was Hisako Tanuma.It seems that Honda also thinks so.He hasn't spoken yet, but he already knows a thing or two from his expression. "All in all, I would like to ask Manager Muroda about Tanuma Hisako's escape. I can learn something from his answer, which is an important reference." Honda looked at his watch. "It's almost two o'clock, I'll make a phone call, or go for a run." "Do you think the woman with my brother on the Hokuriku Railway train is Hisako Tanuma?" " "If Hisako Tanuma was born as a jeep girl, it would be consistent with the appearance of the woman on the tram. I think, nine times out of ten, the woman on the Hokuriku Railway train is Hisako Tanuma." "In that case...then why did Hisako Tanuma run away suddenly? It seems that she has noticed that we have noticed her parentage." "It cannot be considered that it was because of us that she escaped. However, her escape seems to be of great significance. For example..." Honda moved his knee and said: "If Hisako Tanuma hid her identity from Manager Murota, and now she is about to be exposed, or something unfavorable to her happens, will it be like this7' Zhenzi thought for a moment and said: "Is it true that Manager Murota doesn't know about Tanuma Hisako's life experience?" "I don't think I will know. Because her husband is a worker in the factory, and his wife uses her because of sympathy for him. As for her life experience, I may not know. In short, her escape has nothing to do with us, and another incident may happen. matter." Sadako thought: If the woman in the special costume who walked with Sotaro Uhara on the tram of the Hokuriku Railway was Hisako Tanuma, then what is the relationship between the uncle and Hisako Tanuma?She thought for a long time, but to no avail. My uncle doesn't have any acquaintances here in Jinze, he's just a foreign traveler. If this is the case, is it related to her husband Kenichi Uhara?Hisako Tanuma appeared when his elder brother Sotaro searched for Kenichi.Sotaro was killed by her in the pursuit of Tanuma Hisako. Can such an inference be established?This matter is too important, she still dare not tell Honda. Honda put the cigarettes in his pocket, glanced at Sadako and said: "By the way, I must tell you, ma'am, that I'm going to Tokyo by train tonight." "To Tokyo?" Sadako thought that Honda would immediately go after Hisako Tanuma, but that was not the case. "Yesterday, the Tokyo head office called and asked me to go back to Tokyo immediately." "Are you leaving today?" "Take the Hokuriku train that departs tonight." This is the same train that my sister-in-law took to pick up my uncle's ashes. "I went to Tokyo. If I know the whereabouts of Tanuma Hisako, I will go to her." Sadako thought: In such a big Tokyo, how would Honda find the whereabouts of Hisako Tanuma?There is no clue yet, but Honda's statement seems to be full of confidence. At this time, Zhenzi thinks that Honda is talking casually to comfort her. "Then I'll see you off at the station." Zhenzi said. "That's so embarrassing. I'll be back soon, there's no need for that." Honda was polite, and Zhenzi insisted on seeing him off. Zhenzi thought that this incident had caused a lot of trouble for Honda. As the new director of the office, Honda ran around for Kenichi's affairs and could not concentrate on his own work. Therefore, Honda was on a business trip to Tokyo, and he was supposed to see him off. When his sister-in-law returned to Tokyo, Honda also came to see her off. On this day, Sadako spent time at the hotel.From the window, you can see a corner of the city.On a sunny day, young people in coats can be seen climbing up the slope step by step.On a windy day, the weather outside can be inferred from the hem of the coat that blows up.She calmed down and thought about it, since she came to Jinze, she hasn't been to the places of interest here. Zhenzi walked out of the hotel, and there was a cold wind blowing outside.She took the path in the opposite direction from the tramway.There are few pedestrians here, and the two sides look like the mansion of the Tu nationality. The ancient earth wall continues to the end, and the ivy climbing on the earth wall has dried up and trembled in the wind. Cross this Tuzu Street and go up the ramp.The winter sun shone on the white city walls.At the end of the ramp, there is a sign of "Biaoliuyuan".She walked into the tree-lined park.There were few people, walking along the path of Dino, thinking about Hisako Tanuma while walking. Why did Hisako Tanuma run away?If this reason is understood, then the mystery of the disappearance of the husband and the misfortune of the eldest brother-in-law can be solved in one fell swoop, even if it cannot be solved at once, it will gradually reveal its clues. If the woman on the Hokuriku Railway train was the murderer of his uncle Sotaro, then where did his uncle and Tanuma Hisa get connected?The eldest brother came to Kanazawa to find the whereabouts of his younger brother Xian.Did he already know Hisako Tanuma at that time?Why can't Zhenzi solve this mystery.She thought Tanuma Hisako suddenly appeared in front of her uncle.But what happened to this sudden appearance?Hisako Tanuma is the wife of a worker at Toki Firebrick Factory in Murata, and she herself is still working as a messenger at the head office.This matter has nothing to do with the elder brother Uhara Soutaro. If Soutaro met Hisako Tanuma during his investigation, then Hisako Tanuma must have something to do with her husband.However, what is the relationship between the husband and his wife Tanuma, the wife of a fire brick factory worker, and the head office manager Hisako Tanuma? This line can't be connected at all.But Sadako doesn't think Hisako Tanuma has nothing to do with the case. She strolled to the high part of the park, where the snow-covered mountains could be seen against the clear winter sky. Sadako thought that Honda was going to Tokyo tonight.