Chapter 59 first quarter

The number of people who searched the headquarters was less than 50% compared to the beginning. This was because the police had already grasped the identity of the suspect, and more than a month had passed since the case occurred. Most of the criminal police were arrested. Sent to handle other relatively new cases.However, the team of Detective Sudo and Seki Detective were not transferred from their posts. They still continued to investigate the case based on the second floor of the Ueno Department. When Fumie Hishinuma's alibi at the Fanzu Pharmacy was impenetrable for a long time, which put Guiguan and others' investigation in trouble, Director Xuan called Sudou and Guan over.

"Sit down." Police Department Xuan pointed to the chair expressionlessly. After the two sat down, he said, "Now Ogawa and the others are investigating the suit worn by Narayama Genkichi." "Ok." "So, I want you to investigate the relationship between Wenjiang and Yuanji." "yes." "No matter how much money Narayama Genkichi needs and how much he likes to drink, it's impossible for Wen Jiang, a strange woman, to ask him to do what she says without any doubt." "You are right." "For him who is two fours, it should be surprising to ask him to wear a suit that he can't even afford. Besides, the other party asked him to wear a strangely shaped fake beard before going to a Chinese restaurant. , most people should be surprised, right?"

Director Xuan's writing is extremely accurate, even if Narayama Genkichi looks very similar to President Gosuke, but if he proposes such a stupid deal with Genkichi, whom he doesn't know at all, the other party will definitely feel that there is a ghost in it. "So I think Wen Jiang and Narayama should have known each other from before." "It should be so." After a while, Sudou said in agreement. After Sudou became a veteran detective, this occupational disease of being skeptical about everything seemed to have affected his character, making him unable to affirm anything frankly.Sometimes he would discover this himself, and be captured by a lament, a sense of his worthlessness.

"Genyoshi is from Edo. What he is most proud of is that he has never left Tokyo. However, the proprietress of the 'Orange House' said that he has been to Saitama once." "yes." "Going to Saitama Prefecture means that the job may be back and forth in one day, or it may be a business trip for several days after taking over the job; however, it can also be explained that he has lived in Saitama County for several years. You actually asked The lady boss, what kind of tone did she sound at that time?" "Is this..." Sudou turned his mustache face to Seki.

"I'm not sure either..." Guan also tilted his head. They didn't investigate this matter deeply before, but now they are suddenly asked this question, and their memory has been blurred, so they can't give an accurate answer. "It doesn't matter." The director, who had been watching the two of them, said that he seemed to understand their plight. "Speaking of Saitama Prefecture, the scope is very large, but I wonder if it refers to Omiya? Does she mean that he lived in Omiya for a few years?" "indeed." "Genkichi used to be an excellent gardener, right? Then before he became an alcoholic, was it possible that he would come and go in and out of Hishinuma's house?"

"I see! We didn't think of this before!" The minister of criminal police originally listened to the director with a suspicious expression, but now he couldn't help shouting.After putting away the fan he had been using until now with a "snap", he eagerly leaned out on the table. "We'll investigate right away." "I'm counting on you guys. In fact, the name of the gardener employed by that family is Ueshin. When it comes to Uekiya's Tatsugoro, everyone in Omiya is well known. Just ask the old man, and you should know it, right?" "What is the address of the gardener?"

The police department looked at the open notebook: "He is in Miyamachi." "Which direction is Miyamachi probably?" The Minister Detective asked Guan Detective. Before answering, Guan murmured a sentence in his mouth like he was talking to himself: "If you go there, you will know." Under the cloudy sky, the two headed to Omiya.The reason why the weather is so muggy is because it is cloudy and the humidity is high.No matter how windy it is with a fan, sweat still seeps out. After getting off at Omiya Station, there was a police station, where Kan asked about the location of Miyamachi, and then headed east in the direction the other party told him.Although the city where the gardener lives is quite far from the station, and it is not as crowded as Daimon-cho, it is already a relatively lively place.

The two followed the route told by the police station staff and turned into the alley at the corner of the pickle store.There are potted plant stands on both sides of the alley, with Zhichen's signboard on the potted plant stand, and several layers of evergreen potted plants.Regardless of whether it will hinder the neighbors' access or not, just putting on airs here, it can be seen how rebellious the man named Zhichen is, and Guan really can't develop a good impression of him. At the end of the alley there is a gate made of fir, and once you enter, you can see the whole tree field.The tree field on the right hand side is full of red heather, camellia, podocarpus, seven lixiang and other trees around the fence. It doesn't bloom, so it's hard to see, but it looks like a purple magnolia tree.After passing through this area, there are fruit tree fields, peach trees, plum trees, persimmon trees with small green fruits, etc. The roots of the trees are wrapped with ropes so that they can be pulled up at any time.

Once inside the place, the noise from the main road disappeared, replaced by the leisurely sound of scissors pruning every few minutes. "Really beautiful music." Sudou stopped and listened.Indeed, for the criminal police who chased cases every day and lived a hectic life, this voice was so refreshing that they felt like their ears were being washed out. The two started again.After turning this road, there is a field of shrubs. In the field, squatting a man, wearing a straw hat that has turned brown, is cutting nandina branches with scissors.On the back of his half-wrapped cloth with the word "Zhi Chen" printed on it in an anti-dyeing method, there was a white butterfly.His broad back may have given the butterfly a sense of security as if it were resting on a big rock.

"Boss!" The police officer called out in a polite and thoughtful tone, and the dark brown face turned around impatiently.His face, like the straw hat on his head, was oxidized and discolored by the sun. "What's the matter?" He held the thick pipe to his mouth, and the smoke curled up from the end of the pipe, looking straight up at Sudou with a calm—no, it should be said that he looked like he was indifferent.Suddenly, his dissatisfied expression changed to a smiling one, and he stood up. In just a few seconds, he seemed to have grasped the opponent's profession. The gardener with his back straight was taller than Guan.

"Do you want to smoke one? We have something to ask you." Minister Interpol spoke to him in rude words.The reason why his intimate tone does not arouse disgust is because of his common people's appearance and the smile on his face. "I just wanted to smoke a cigarette, too." Zhichen left the field slowly and sat down by the roadside. "I appreciated it as soon as I came in, your Evergreen is really beautiful." "Those are nothing at all. All I have are Luosha fields. I think I will come to divide the plants in autumn." "That's not the case, the leaf shape is still beautiful." "Really good things will not be placed here, they will be stolen." After finishing speaking, Zhi Chen laughed.His lips were parted, revealing all his gold teeth.Guan found that the man's face looked so greedy and obscene, it was all because of this gold tooth. "Boss, do you like Wannianqing?" "If you like it, you like it, but I don't have a yard at home, so I only have about five pots. If I want to plant another pot, I want to plant GASI dragons, and there are many leaf-shaped ones." Next, the old gardener and the chief criminal policeman began to say the name of the Japanese sake brand one by one, how about the Negishi pine, and the Jinzidian. It's about Evergreen.The young Guan heard nothing that he understood.While smoking, he thought: People, after becoming an old man who is interested in evergreens and cacti, his life is almost over. "correct." When a cigarette was about to burn to ashes, the Minister of Criminal Police finally got into the subject. "Do you know a man named Genkichi Narayama?" "I know, he used to be a good gardener." After finishing speaking, Zhichen suddenly felt that something was wrong, and looked at the faces of the criminal policemen frequently. "It's strange. Recently, someone came to ask me about Ah Yuan." "Oh, who is it?" "It's useless for you to ask, and you don't know her." "Is it Mr. Hishinuma's wife?" Sudou asked in a friendly tone, not only his tone, but also his smiling expression as if he also respected Mrs. Hishinuma.As always, the mustache under his nose heightens the effect. "You know her?" "Not only do I know each other, I have also visited her house several times. Did Ah Yuan place the stones in the courtyard?" He induced the other party to answer questions while talking and laughing.A few days ago, when I visited Dasangdai in the kitchen of Hishinuma’s house, Guan also saw a large stone buried in the grass in the courtyard. "No, it's not him. The rock was put in by other gardeners when the mansion was completed. That guy, Yuan, came to Omiya after the war. His house in Tokyo was completely burned down, and even the children He and his wife were burned to death. He was so helpless that he drifted to me. Many house owners hired him out of sympathy for what happened to him, but he was always drinking and making mistakes, and was finally fired." "Is he better at drinking than you, the boss?" "I don't drink. Ah Yuan hardly ever drank before. After losing his wife and child in an air raid, he can't do without alcohol." Although Zhichen spoke rudely, his words still revealed his friendship with Yuanji.Guan felt that his impression of Zhichen had slowly changed from the beginning, but judging from the fact that he did not mourn Yuanji's death, he probably didn't know about his death yet. "Why does Mr. Hishinuma's wife ask about Ah Yuan? Is she looking for him to work?" Sudou was talking to himself at a volume audible to the other party, stroking his chin unconsciously. "I came to find him a job. Although he was fired for drinking, he is not bad in nature, and his craftsmanship is also very good, so Madam would want to come and ask him. I heard that he was a second four in the valley. When I told my lady, she was very distressed." After Zhichen blew out the ash from the pipe with a "collapse", he took out the brown shredded tobacco from the tobacco pouch around his waist, leisurely rounded the shredded tobacco with his fingertips, and stuffed it into the ash bowl. The minister of criminal police changed other topics, but asked about Wen Jiang intentionally or unintentionally in his words.But Zhi Chen's understanding of this matter seems to stop there.However, from the words just now, it can be confirmed that Wenjiang will ask Zhichen about the whereabouts of Narayama Yuankichi. Sudou hastily ended the topic, and left with his colleagues. "Honestly speaking, in the criminal police profession, you need to know everything to be successful. Fortunately, I have heard a little about Wannianqing. With the help of this knowledge, he completely relaxed his guard against me. Otherwise, the stubborn How could the old man let go so easily." After walking out of the gate, the Minister of Police looked at the potted plants on the shelves on both sides and said quietly. "Now that we know that Wenjiang Hishinuma has looked for Genkichi, how did Wenjiang find him?" When he got to the main road, the police minister turned his head and said to Guan. "First of all, don't ask others, go find it yourself. If someone else comes in, it will be difficult to deal with it later." "That's right, if that's the case, where will she find it first?" "Three rounds of occupational safety, right? There is an inseparable relationship between the second four and occupational safety." "I think so too. It is very likely that Wenjiang went to the occupational safety agency to ask Narayama Genkichi about it. If there is no definite evidence there, the next step is to investigate the private occupational safety agency." The so-called private job security refers to the practice that some people do not go through formal job security centers, but search for people who have no fixed jobs on the road, load them on trucks and take them to the workplace. The two detectives went straight to the station.This case made both of them know the streets and roads of Omiya like the back of their hands.The restaurant in front of the station was still the same as the last time they visited, with samples of dishes made of wax displayed in the window, mouth-watering.

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