Chapter 35 first quarter

The funeral of the Tajima couple was held on November 20, using Buddhist ceremonies.The funeral was held at Tajima's house in Meguro. No one from Mariko's natal family attended, and Tajima Kohei's elder brother was the only one in the Tajima family. Is a farmer. There were not many people attending the funeral, and it seemed very deserted. Since this was an unusual incident of forced death for love, there were so few people attending the funeral. Yabe took the time to rush to the funeral. When he arrived, he had already started chanting. After he sat down in the back seat, he looked around the scene. Among the few participants, he saw Iseki Kazuhiko and Egami Fuutarou.

After the funeral, Fuutarou Egami came to Yabe's side. "That diary," Egami said. "Since Mrs. Tajima has no family, I want to keep that diary. In addition, that diary criticized Mr. Tajima as worthless, so I don't want to give it to Mr. Tajima's family..." "Just put it in your place." Yabe looked at Fuutarou Egami's round face that seemed to be very honest, and thought that this person would probably not misuse that diary, at least not hand it over to the mass media for publication. "But, are you still convinced that this incident is a murder?"

"Yes." Fuutarou Egami nodded vigorously. "I don't think about anything other than a homicide. Unfortunately, although I'm sure it's a homicide, I can't find evidence, which makes me very troubled." "Do you think evidence can be found?" "Yes. As long as it is a murder, there should be evidence left." Egami Fuutarou still spoke in a confident tone. Yabe didn't quite understand why Fuutarou Egami was convinced.After reading Mariko Tajima's diary, Fuutarou Egami once said, "This way, I can be sure that this is a murder." This made Yabe look at Mariko Tajima's diary again, but the conclusion he got was the same as that of Fuutaro Egami. On the contrary, his conclusion is still forced love.

Mariko Tajima's diary records the psychology of a wife who is determined to break up with her husband because her husband has an affair. Tajima Mariko was angry with her husband for selfishness and strong jealousy, fearing that her husband would get potassium cyanate.What she feared finally came true, and she was poisoned and killed by her husband. Forced to die in love——However, after reading the diary, Fuutarou Egami insisted that this was a murder, and that it was Kazuhiko Iseki who killed Yukihei Tajima and Mariko. From where in the diary did he see that Kazuhiko Iseki was the murderer of the Tajimas?

Yabe wondered if Egami Fuutarou had misread the diary?Also feeling uneasy because he was worried that he would miss something important, Yabe came to the funeral, saying that it was out of politeness, but in fact he wanted to discuss this incident again. Yabe looked at Fuutarou Egami's face, and wanted to ask him the reason for the murder, but he hesitated when he thought of the professional criminal police asking ordinary people such a question. Just when Yabe hesitated, Tajima Kohei's elder brother stood up and said to everyone: "Thank you for coming to my brother's funeral. As soon as my brother's funeral is over, I plan to return to Mie immediately. The paintings made by my brother are very important to the peasants." I am useless at all, and even if I take the painting back, it will only be used as firewood, so I want to give away my brother's painting to everyone, and I think my brother will be very happy if I do this."

He is as simple as he looks.Yabe suddenly thought that if Kohei Tajima did not become a painter, but worked as a farmer like his brother, he might be happier. Those who attended the funeral were taken to the studio. The studio that lost its owner seemed empty, making people feel very deserted and silent. The completed paintings and unpainted canvases piled up like a mountain. Tajima Kohei's brother said: "You just choose a painting that you like. Take it home as a souvenir." Yabe picked out a small sketch, which was a sketch of a child's face. Fuutarou Egami chose a still life painting, which was also a small work by No. 3. Except for Iseki, the other participants were very polite in choosing small works.

What Iseki chose was the large work of No. 100, a landscape painting of Hakone, which seemed to be a failed work.When Iseki chose this painting, everyone was a little surprised, thinking that he was being rude, and Iseki seemed to have noticed this, so he said: "My family runs a hotel in Sendai, and I have long wanted to hang a painting on the wall. painting." "Please, please." Tajima Kohei's brother said heartily. "Please take back the painting you like as a souvenir, my brother will be very happy."