Chapter 50 fourth quarter

Going east from the road in front of the pharmacy, you can reach Zhongxian Road.Cross this road, turn left along the approach to the Hikawa Shrine, pass a makeshift shopping street built after the war, and turn right in front of the shrine, where you will find Takanochi Town.The rough atmosphere of the old lodging town of the past has disappeared, and now it is a new residential area for the white-collar class. In the courtyard surrounded by fences, some heads of the family who have just got off work are wearing shorts and holding a hose to water the lawn.Every home is filled with stillness and peace.For the two men who are engaged in such busy jobs as criminal police, such a scene has nothing to do with them.

The location of Hishinuma's house is further ahead after passing through this middle-class residential area.As they got closer, towering cypress trees were the first thing they saw, and then they saw steep red roofs.It was a Tudor-style building that seemed to have a lot of rooms and was a bit old. The walls painted with white plaster and the black wood assembled in a criss-cross pattern penetrated the low-hanging twilight to show a harmonious beauty.The courtyard is covered with sod, and a shed that appears to be a garage has been built on the inside.The kitchen window was brightly lit, and it seemed that dinner was being prepared inside. A fat woman entered and exited the kitchen through the open door time and time again.

"She is the servant named Dasangdai." "The lights in the other rooms are not on." "Well, the master probably hasn't come back yet, let's go around and interrogate her." They stood in front of the main entrance and saw that the small door next to it was not closed.The two went in from there, walked through the courtyard and turned to the door of the kitchen.From the kitchen came the smell of oil and the sizzling sound of something being fried. Guan looked at the face of the veteran criminal policeman and thought to himself: His eyes looked like he was saying "this food looks really delicious".But in any case, at least it is not the eyes that people have when they think about the mystery of the universe.

"Sorry." Guan yelled.It seemed that because the voice of the oil was too loud, the other party did not hear his call. It was not until he shouted for the third time that the other party finally responded. Seeing two strange men standing in the dark courtyard, the woman screamed out in fright.After they finished explaining, she finally understood the situation, but the vegetables in the pot were burnt, and the woman showed a weeping face again. "Have you ever been to Nagaoka?" After Dasangdai let them enter the kitchen, Sudou sat on the chair at hand and began to interrogate them.

This place is worthy of a bourgeoisie's kitchen, with a stainless steel sink, a large refrigerator, and a gas stove lined up in a row, and a small radio hanging on the wall.Dasangdai should usually use this to play pop music and cook while humming. "I have." She took the pot off the fire, tightened the gas cock, and sat on a chair to face the criminal police. "when?" Ah Dai stretched out her hand, counting one, two, three... while bending her five fingers. "...it's the fourteenth of June." "Who are you going with?" "With madam."

"Ma'am? Is it the lady next door?" "No, it's my wife." Sudou asked slowly with a gentle expression so as not to scare the other party.On the other side, Adai also answered Sudou slowly, this slow tone seemed to be her natural way of speaking. "What time do you take the train?" "I don't know... Please ask Madam about this." "Okay, we'll ask when she comes back. By the way, have you been with Madam all this time?" "..." Dasangdai seemed not to understand the other party's question, and played with his hair without saying a word.

"Did you sit with her during the train journey from Omiya to Nagaoka?" "I was with her until I arrived at Nagaoka, but sometimes only my wife went to the platform alone, because she wanted to affix a commemorative stamp on the seal book." "Is that stamp book still there?" A Dai shook her slightly rosy round face. "What happened?" "Madam lost it." "and then?" "Madam went to report to the driver, and she said that someone must have picked it up." "Where was it lost?" "I don't know the name of the station, but I remember it was a few stops before getting off at Nagaoka."

The two criminal policemen met each other face to face.The more the investigation, the more unbreakable Hishinuma Fumie's confession became. Suddenly, there was a sound of opening the door. "Adai...Adai..." It was a woman's voice. "It's Madam, she's back." Dasangdai panicked.She let unidentified men into the kitchen during working hours, and not one, but two.If Madam knew about it, she would definitely be scolded. "It's Madam's voice, she's back." The fat woman kept repeating this sentence.Contrary to her who was flustered, Sudou was calm and almost indifferent, because he hadn't finished asking.

"What's going on... aren't you at home?" Hishinuma Fumie's voice began to sound threatening, and it seemed that no one responded to this incident, which had already pissed her off.When Ah Dai, who was terrified, was about to go out to greet him, Wen Jiang had already opened the door and walked in. "We are the people who searched the headquarters. We are here to investigate whether what you said, madam, is true." "That's right! How did it turn out?" The ermine clothes, made of unknown fabric, cast graceful shadows under the light from the ceiling.Every time she breathed, her full chest rose and fell.

"What's the result?" Wen Jiang's deep eyes turned from Minister Detective to Guan, and finally back to Sudou. "Nothing contradicts what Madam said." "Of course, because what I said is true." "I would like to ask a question or two." Sudou continued to clench his teeth tightly, he wanted to ask his wife the answers to those questions that he had no time to ask the servant just now. "What's up?" "When you took the train to Nagaoka, what class of car did you take?" "Third-class compartment. Ah Dai, I'm going to take a bath soon, go and help me get ready."

After Ah Dai left, Wen Jiang stood in front of the refrigerator, leaning his body gently on the light cream-colored cuboid. "In front of that child, I am embarrassed to say that it would be too pitiful for her to ride in the second-class car together. Although she looks like that, she is actually very shrewd and cares about other people's eyes. But if I am alone People sitting in the second-class car seem to show that our classes are different. Considering that in the end, sitting side by side in the third-class car is the best way." "Is the hotel the same?" "No, she lives in a hotel in the city so that she can rest freely. Because I have to travel with other people, not only the hotel, but also the return train rides with everyone in the second-class car, and she He came back alone on the third-class night train." Her flat tone contained the deep concern she showed for the servant's hard work.At least that's what it looks like on the surface.

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