Chapter 34 chapter eight

"That's right, Director!..." Soon, the two bodies were taken away by the ambulance, and the Tokiwa family and Aono Taiichiro left with them, leaving only depressing silence at the scene. Kosuke Kindaichi turned his head towards Assistant Police Officer Okada. "That corpse...how do you know that the hanged corpse is the Everpan pine tree? Could it be that there is something on his body that can prove his identity as the Everpan pine tree..." "There were indeed the man's clothes in the bedroom, but they were just a shirt with a lapel collar, underwear, and a pair of trousers. There was a wallet in the trousers containing about five thousand yuan, but there was nothing in it that could prove his identity. "

"Then how do you...does anyone know the pine tree?" "No, it's not. I heard that the master came from the old Karuizawa, through the north of Lishan, right?" "That's right!..." Kindaichi Kosuke nodded obediently. "That's no wonder you don't understand. On the road straight down to Nakakaruizawa, a car broke down. I don't know if the tires slipped or for other reasons. The car plunged into a three-foot-deep ravine from the side of the road. We couldn’t move anymore. With the idea of ​​giving it a try, we called the Tokiwa family according to the driver’s license in the car, and the man surnamed Uehara rushed over. He was also looking for the pine tree.”

"Officer, let's go and have a look at the broken down car." "Mr. Kindaichi, what do you think of this case?... Is it a death for love, or..." "Director, let's wait for the autopsy results to come out. Whether it was hanged or strangled, sometimes it is very difficult to identify." Fortunately, Mrs. Matsushiro asked the driver to stay with the Lincoln car, and Kosuke Kindaichi and other police officers decided to borrow it temporarily.The car leaves immediately. "Whose Lincoln is this?" "Master Matsuhiko's car." "Then Matsuhiko left after leaving the car?"

"Yes, because the president wants to use it." "Really? Matsuhiko is afraid of grandma, isn't it?" "Well..." The driver was evasive. "Who drove the Cadillac just now? Since the Mercury was driven by Uehara..." "It's Miss Songzi." "So, Ms. Songzi can also drive?" "Not only Ms. Songzi, but also the president himself." "Oh?..." Waiting Li police officer widened his eyes, "The old lady can also drive?" "Yes, I heard it was a driver's license obtained when I was young."

"So, does she often drive alone now too?" Kosuke Kindaichi asked. "Yes. Just yesterday morning, she drove the car by herself to check the damage caused by the lightning strike." The driver praised the old lady very appreciatively, "Although her legs and feet are a little weak, she is quite healthy in other aspects. so……" "When did that happen?" "It was shortly after breakfast, about ten o'clock." "That's right!..." Kosuke Kindaichi responded briefly, and then began to think. Uehara Shoshisanro said: It was about eight o'clock in the morning when I received a call from Karuizawa and called Kindaichi Kosuke.It can be deduced from this that Mrs. Matsushiro drove out alone after calling Tokyo first.No, maybe it was after Sheng Shisanlang called and reported the incident with the police officer Waitu Li...

"Since when did the pine tree disappear?" "Friday night, drove out after dinner and never came back..." "Is there no one at home to worry about?" "Well, who would have thought that such a thing would happen..." the driver said vaguely, "I probably thought he would go back to Tokyo directly." "Have they—Matsuki, Matsuhiko, and Miss Matsuko—always been here?" "No, Ms. Songzi is still a student, so she is always here, but Master Songshu and Master Matsuyan are on rotation once a week." "But, now, aren't both of them here?" Waiting Li asked the police officer.

"How should I put it, anyway, on Friday evening, Master Matsuyan came suddenly..." "You just said that the shift is basically once a week, so what day of the week do you come, and what day do you go back to Tokyo?" "One leaves on Sunday evening, or on Monday morning, and the other comes in about Monday evening..." "Mr. Uehara Sho comes here every weekend, right?" "Yes. He came from Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, and left here on Sunday evening or Monday morning." "That means he went back with Matsuki or Matsuhiko?" "Almost. However, Master Matsuyan often breaks his promise and either goes back early by himself, or deliberately stays behind...Master Matsuyan is basically an unreasonable person..."

"So, the three of them are all good friends?" "...Of course." The driver strengthened his tone, "After all, Mr. Uehara Shou is the oldest and experienced, so Master Songshu trusts him very much. Even Master Matsuyan trusts him the same." When talking about Uehara Shoshisanrou, the driver's tone seemed to be particularly energetic and proud. "Changing the subject, who is Miyoko?" "This..." The driver hesitated for a moment, but he probably felt that it was useless to conceal this kind of thing, so he said, "I heard that she is the cousin of Mr. Uehara Sho..."

"What is her relationship with the Tokiwa family? The Tokiwa pine tree and the Matsuhiko brothers are both cousins ​​of Mr. Uehara Shogun, right..." "Mr. Sho Uehara's grandfather is the elder brother of President Tokiwa's husband, that is, Mr. Matsuki and their grandfather's elder brother. And the mother of Sho Uehara and Miyoko Kobayashi is cousin relationship..." "So, she doesn't have much to do with the Tokiwa family." Kosuke Kindaichi nodded and asked. "Yes, but when she was fifteen or sixteen years old, the president took her over and loved her very much..."

"How is this going?" "This spring, I heard that when she graduated from a women's university, she ran away from home, and it seems that she started to make a living on her own. We always thought that she would marry..." Kosuke Kindaichi couldn't help but think of the dramatic scene just now, and the fact that Miyoko was pregnant, and asked, "Then, why did she run away from home?" "Well, I won't..." This smart driver, he is still willing to talk about the blood relationship, but when it comes to family secrets, he seems reluctant to say more.

However, the police officer Waiting Li said unceremoniously: "Is the girl pregnant?" "I haven't seen her for a long time, and I was shocked when I saw her just now." "Then who do you think the father of the child is? If it's one of the three, Mr. Song Shu, Matsu Yan and Uehara Sho..." "Well..." The driver didn't see the dramatic scene just now, he lowered his head in embarrassment, "We'll just..." "People around you think it's that unreasonable Matsuhiko, don't they?" Kindaichi Kosuke asked seductively. "Well, we think so too..." The driver muttered to himself, suddenly raised his head, and exclaimed, "Ah, that's over there." Sure enough, the car made a sharp turn on the mountain road, and saw a car in front of it, with a huge body, stuck in the wetland beside the road.The model is the same as that of Kindaichi Kosuke, which is also a Lincoln sedan. Kosuke Kindaichi and other police officers jumped out of the car and investigated the broken-down Lincoln sedan. "Mr. Jintianyi, Mr. Jintianyi!..." Police officer Waituli said in a low voice, "This car broke down downwards. Could it be that after killing the woman, Song Shu drove here and had to give up because the car broke down? , did you go back and hang yourself again?" "Go back again, slowly change into pajamas, and then hang yourself? And..." "What?" The police officer Waituli stared at Kosuke Kindaichi. "In order to prevent theft, the owner carefully locked the car." Kosuke Kaneda pulled the door casually, sneered, and turned his head and said seriously to the police officer, "A person who is determined to hang himself, don't you think he is so serious?" Is it too careful to do it?"