Chapter 48 second quarter

In the evening of the next day, the search headquarters asked Mrs. Hishinuma to come and explain.The police have confirmed that she has red dots on her left ear from a shop called Red Peony in Ginza, where the wife often goes.But even if she was 100% sure that the murderer was her, she was still the wife of a well-known figure, and there was no way to drag her to the police station like a street gangster.If something goes wrong, the police will definitely be criticized by public opinion.Apart from wanting to protect her from being harassed by photographers, the reason why Hisinuma Fumie was invited to come directly to the section chief's office of the Metropolitan Police Department was because it would be more beneficial to the police.

Hishinuma Fumie was wearing a silver-gray two-piece suit, accompanied by lawyer Kutani.This grumpy-looking old man guarded his wife from the beginning to the end. If the police dared to ask any unnecessary questions, he would never let them go; There is a perfect alibi, which can prove that he is not the murderer. Madam sat down on the chair with a calm attitude, and stared at the faces of the section chief and Director Xuan with serious eyes. There was neither guilt nor fear of punishment in those rippling dark eyes, which were very clear. "You actually said that I killed the president? Are you kidding me?"

After knowing that she was regarded as the suspect who killed Nishi Nohata, the lady said angrily.Although her expression didn't change in particular, and her voice was very steady, one could feel her anger from her indifferent tone.According to the procedure, Director Xuan asked about her alibi. "I don't remember very clearly... May I ask when the president was killed, what time is it?" "It's June 1st, the location is Ryodaishi Bridge in Ueno, and the time is 11:40." "11:40..." Wen Jiang repeated in a low voice as if reciting silently, and opened the opening of the crocodile leather handbag.

"I was sleeping after watching TV. My servant Adai should know." She took out a small thread-bound notebook and a small gold automatic pen from her handbag.Wen Jiang read the words in the notebook to confirm that her memory was correct, but after a while, she let out a soft cry. "Ah, I made a mistake just now. Since the end of May, I have given Adai a week's leave, and she has gone back to her hometown, so I lived alone at that time." "So, no one can prove that you were at home at that time, right?" Xuan hurriedly drew conclusions, but the suspect looked at him with sympathetic eyes.

"Not so, someone can prove it." "Who?" "Because I had stomach cramps, I went to a nearby pharmacy to buy medicine." "Madam, please tell me the matter in detail." The principal interjected from the sidelines.Known as the leading theorist in the Metropolitan Police Department, he pointed his sharp eyes directly at Wen Jiang under the glasses, as if saying that as long as she was a little deceitful, she would not be able to escape his eyes. Hishinuma Fumie answered "Yes" and glanced at his notes. "I went to bed after ten o'clock in the evening on the 1st. Adai was away, and my husband was on a business trip. I had no other way to kill time except sleeping. But I just fell asleep, and suddenly there was a sharp pain near the bottom of my heart. The pain made me open my eyes. I turned on the table lamp and looked at the clock. It was exactly eleven o’clock. I endured it for a while, but finally the pain was so overwhelming that I couldn’t take it anymore, so I went out and walked to the nearby pharmacy. Unfortunately, Ah Dai returned to his hometown, so I had to go by myself. The pharmacy is usually open until around eleven o’clock. When I went, the pharmacy had closed the door and even turned off the lights. I felt very embarrassed. , but I still knocked on the door to wake them up and took medicine from them. I don’t know if the boss of the pharmacy still remembers me, but I remember it was half past eleven. So, it is absolutely impossible for me to kill President's."

She looked at the small thread-bound notebook that seemed to be used as a diary in her arms, and said without shame.At least, in the eyes of the section chief and Chief Xuan, she looked like she was lying. Hishinuma's family is located in Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture. The executive who is currently on a business trip abroad takes the car driven by his wife to go to work at the head office in Tokyo every morning.At 11:30 on the night of the incident, Wen Jiang, who bought medicine at the pharmacy in Omiya, could not have appeared in Ueno, 25 kilometers away from Omiya, only ten minutes later.

"What's the name of the pharmacy?" "Fanzu Pharmacy, in the next-door Damon Town, it only takes four to five minutes to walk from my house." "Who sold you the medicine?" "It's the owner of the pharmacy who is also a pharmacist. That person has brown hair." She replied fluently, and Xuan took down everything she said. "What's the name of the medicine?" "I don't know. The pharmacy prepared it for me." Director Xuan asked many questions, such as the weather conditions that night, what clothes to wear, etc., all of which were not directly related to the theme.Except that the weather was not very clear, she answered almost without hesitation.

After the question and answer came to an end, Xuan moved on to the next question.Wen Jiang wiped her broad forehead with a handkerchief frequently.But judging from the situation, it is more realistic to interpret this action as a guilty conscience and sweating, but as the indoor temperature is too high, which makes her sweat profusely. Lawyer Hugu's major is in commercial law, but no matter what his major is, there should be a man named as a lawyer who looks after him like a knight, and Madam should feel very at ease.She looked arguably quite calm. "Now I would like to ask about June 14th, which is the day when Zhita Banping, a shamanist, was killed." Xuan said.

Police Department Xuan is a man with no features on his face, but his lack of features has become a feature on him. "Why do you even suspect that Zhidu Banping was killed on Madam?" the old lawyer asked. Under the bright red sunset, his silver hair was dyed red.Xuan briefly explained that Zhiduo seemed to have been there, and after witnessing the scene where the president was killed, he used this as an opportunity to blackmail the murderer. "Mrs. Hishinuma, the time when Chita was killed was between 2:15pm and 2:30pm. Where were you during this time?" "I'm on the train."

Hishinuma Fumie replied immediately, and turned to another page of the notebook. "I don't have a timetable, so I can't say exactly where I was at that time, but I took the bus from Omiya at about 6:30, and it was about 5:30 in the afternoon when I arrived in Nagaoka. So what you asked At that time, I was on the train." "Please wait a moment. Police Department Xuan, can you show me the timetable?" Commanded the section chief, feeling a little uneasy in his chest, and began to worry that he might have made a serious mistake.Wen Jiang took out the enamel cigar box, and kindly asked the section chief to smoke one, and while smoking, he talked about how cute the chinchilla lived in the yard of her Karuizawa villa.

The class leader turned to Wenjiang after receiving the timetable that Xuan brought. "Which train are you on?" "Please lend me... this is the train to Niigata." "show me……" The head of the section took back the timetable, and the director was watching from the sidelines.What Wenjiang refers to is Shin-Etsu Main Line No. 311 train departing from Ueno at 5:50 and arriving at the terminal station Niigata at 20:04. (Please refer to the train timetable⑶) "Then, from 14:15 to 14:30 when the incident happened..." "...The train should be running between Nippongi and Wakinoda." Xuan's knuckle-knuckle fingers pointed out the names of the two stations. The nails on his fingertips had been yellowed by cigarette tar, which was really ugly. "Is it in Nagano Prefecture?" "Probably? Let me look at the map." Xuan turned the pages forward and turned to the traffic map on the first page.The section chief guessed wrong, the locations of Nippongi and Wakinoda had already crossed the county border and belonged to Niigata County. The head of the section raised his head and looked at Wen Jiang: "Who is with you?" "Yes, Ah Dai had already returned from his hometown at that time, so I took her with me." "Is she your servant? If the servant..." There was dissatisfaction in the teacher's words.The testimony of the suspect's servant is not admissible, because the servant is likely to lie under the bribe of the master. "There's no one else?" "Yes, unfortunately, during the time when the train passed Nippongi and Wakinoda, the only person who could prove that I was on the train was Adai. But I did sit on this train all the time. As long as you ask Ah Dai carefully, you will understand." "You don't need to say that we will ask. But as far as we are concerned, no matter what, we hope to have witnesses other than servants. If there is another person who can prove that you took the 311 train, then It couldn't be better." Hishinuma Fumie lowered his eyes and thought for a while.Perhaps it should be said that it is more appropriate for her to make a thinking gesture.At least both the head teacher and Xuan felt that she was just putting on a show. "I don't know if it will help, I hired a trusty female working student to look after my house, and that person took us to the station, so she should be able to help me prove that we got on that bus. Also, When the train left Kashiwazaki, I went to the conductor's room to report the loss." "Please specify what you're missing?" he asked immediately. "It's a collection of stamps. My hobby is to collect commemorative stamps at stations. This time I will choose to take the Shinetsu Line because I want to stamp the commemorative stamps of stations after Karuizawa Station. I have traveled to and from Karuizawa several times. I have covered all the stations. In addition, I often accompany my husband to the Nagaoka factory on business trips, so I have collected all the souvenir stamps along the Joetsu line. However, I don’t even have a single souvenir medal from Nagano Prefecture.” The principal nodded in understanding.Before, he was skeptical why Wenjiang would choose the time-consuming train that stops at each station on the Shinkoshi Line. "Then the lost item you mentioned is..." "It's the stamp booklet. I think I got the stamp on the platform of Kashiwazaki Station, and I accidentally dropped it when I was walking and thinking about asking Adai to buy pancakes. It's fine if there's only the stamp of the Shin-Etsu Line in it." However, many of the stamps stamped during my trip to the Northeast a few years ago were in the booklet. I felt a little bit reluctant, so I reported the loss to the driver. It turned out that the effort was wasted..." Hishinuma Fumie said regretfully, while Xuan's pen continued to fly across the notebook. "Do you know the name of the housekeeper student?" "It's my junior at Women's University, Seiko Mano, a second-year English student." "Is the servant at home now?" "Yes, her name is Dasangdai, she was born in a mountain village in Iwate, and she is a countryman through and through." "I see, sorry, I'll leave." After saying hello, Xuan got up and left his seat. Of course, he wanted to contact the investigation headquarters immediately so that he could dispatch criminal police to investigate.After he left the office, the electric lights on the ceiling turned on as if receiving a signal, and the western sky was still bright. "I forgot to ask one thing, this train 311 departs from Omiya at 6:26, right?" "yes." "Why do you take the train so early? For example, there is a train No. 313 in an hour. If you take this train, you don't have to get up so early, don't you?" "In this way, we won't be able to catch up with the dinner party at the hotel. All the staff will be here at 6:30 in the evening to hold a fellowship dinner party. If you take the 313 train, you will be late." Hearing what she said, the section chief re-examined the timetable.Indeed, the time difference between this train leaving Ueno and train No. 311 was only nearly an hour, but it took a lot of time on the way. When it arrived at Nagaoka Station, the time gap between train No. 311 and No. 311 became two hours. I didn't arrive at the station until 20:05, so it was impossible to catch up with the dinner at 6:30. Everyone fell into silence. "Do you have any other questions?" This time the lawyer changed to speak. "If not, allow me to ask a question." "Please say." "You think Mrs. Hishinuma killed the president and Chita Hanpei, so that is equivalent to saying that Genkichi Narayama was also killed by his wife, right?" There was a hint of challenge in the lawyer's voice. "I don't deny that statement," replied the section chief. He also agrees with Sudo's assumption that the murderer who killed the president is the same person who used Narayama Genkichi as a substitute to send him to "Lan Lan".As long as it is inferred logically, it can be proved that that person is not Zhidubanping, nor the chairman and vice chairman of the trade union.When the murderer committed the crime, the body just fell on the train, resulting in the worst result of the time of the crime being exposed, and also making the appearance of the double meaningless.The murderer was afraid that Narayama would not be able to keep the secret, and the only way to silence him was to kill him.It took only a moment for the class leader to review this logical process in his mind. After the section chief explained, the lawyer nodded greatly, expressing his understanding. "Okay, then let me ask you a question. Madam left the pharmacy at 11:30 and fell asleep immediately after returning home. That is to say, no one can prove Madam's whereabouts after 11:30. You agree with that." Bar." On the brown face of the old lawyer, a pair of triumphant eyes were looking at the section chief. "Therefore, sending the president's stand-in to a Chinese restaurant for dinner, that is, pretending that the president was alive before 11:40, does not make any sense to the lady. I repeat, no one can prove that the lady is ten The whereabouts after 1:30. So pretending that the president was killed at 11:40 is not only useless, but will also put yourself in a disadvantageous situation." The head of the section is also a quick thinker, and he already understood what he was going to say before he finished listening to the lawyer's explanation.Hearing the other party keep chanting about this matter with a victor's attitude made the section chief feel uncomfortable and angry, and he looked towards the window with a bitter expression. "So Madam doesn't need to arrange a substitute at all, and there is no reason to kill Narayama Genkichi." "I understand." He replied looking to the side. Indeed, what the lawyer said was very logical.The murderer who killed the president is the same person who manipulated the double. There is no fallacy in this idea even now.However, this assumption cannot be established only if it is assumed that the murderer is Fumie Hishinuma, and he was so careless that he did not notice it.Because he is recognized by everyone as an excellent theorist, he was very annoyed that he did not discover this contradiction until his lawyer corrected him.