Chapter 10 Chapter Nine Deposit of 100 Yuan

The fog that shrouded the mystery was getting thicker and thicker.But finally the "important" visit is over. What are the facts? Principal Pang in Arroyo Village and the millionaire Brat who was hundreds of miles away were also killed. Is there any connection between them?This is definitely not a coincidence.In addition, everyone also noticed that the old man who claimed to be Harakett seemed to have some relationship with this case. The mystery is getting harder and harder to solve.We left the island with a heavy heart. The ship sailed again at sea.The lunatic and the man had gradually been left behind and disappeared.

This time, they will go to the eastern end of the island and visit Kegam. "Hey!" Bonn yelled, pointing his finger ahead, "That's the pier, come over quickly." It turned out that there was also a port at the east end of the island, but it was simpler and more desolate than the one at the west end.There doesn't appear to be any man-made structures in the bay.Looking around, there is nothing but barrenness.Looking north from this end of the island, you can see the coastline of New York.The wind and waves here are very strong, and the boat is swaying in the sea. The calmed down Paul Deng and Professor Yadori didn't want to go with their young people, so they decided to stay on the boat.Ellery, Ersham, and Bonn stepped ashore on the dilapidated plank.Proceed on a winding trail almost covered in weeds.Both sides of the path are densely covered with jungles, and they moved forward step by step, as if exploring in a virgin forest.

After walking about one hundred and fifty yards, human civilization was finally discovered - a broken-down hut.A brown-haired old man was sitting on the steps of the hut, smoking a pipe in a carefree manner. When he saw the sheriff and his party coming, he immediately stood up.He is not tall, and his small eyes are shining with sharp light.He said hostilely, "What are you doing here?" The old man frowned with black and white eyebrows, "Don't you know this is private land?" "We are the police!" Bonn said succinctly. "Are you Mr. Kegam?" The old man nodded: "Police? Oh - are you here for those nudists? In fact, my wife and I don't have any malicious intentions. We just own this piece of land. As for what the owner of the leased land does, we really... ..."

Esham interrupted him and said, "Do you know that there was a murder in this country, Mr. Blatter..." "Huh?" Kegam was so frightened that he even dropped the pipe from his mouth. Kegam froze for a moment, then turned around and yelled loudly into the hut: "Old woman! Did you hear that? Blatt killed someone!" A chicken-skinned and white-haired old woman poked her head out of the hut. The brown-haired old man pointed to Bonn and said, "The bloody case... well, but what does this have to do with us?" "It's fine if it doesn't matter," Ersham said. "Thomas Bratt was killed."

"Mr. Bratt, he..." cried the old woman in the cabin, "it's terrible! Didn't I say--" "Shut your mouth, old woman," said old Kegam.His eyes flashed coldly, and the old woman immediately hid back into the house, "Actually, I'm not surprised at all when I heard these words." "That's interesting," said Bonn. "Why?" Old Kegam blinked his eyes: "Because Mr. Blatter and that unusual guy, those who rented the island from me this summer, have been arguing. You also know that this island belongs to me. We Been here for four generations, when the Indians were probably—”

"Well, we know that," Ellery put in. "Mr. Kegam, who rented this island from you?" "It's a man named Croshak! He seems to be a foreigner." "Kloshak!" The three exclaimed at the same time. Ellery looked excited: "Ha! Finally found a clue!" He asked anxiously, "Is he lame?" "I haven't seen him, so..." The old man seemed to suddenly remember something, "Wait a minute, I have something here that you may be interested in." After finishing speaking, he walked into the dark room. Esham thought for a moment and said, "Ellery, your guess seems to be right. Pang is Armenian, and Blatter is Romanian—well, maybe that's not the case. After that, it disappeared without a trace, and this time there is hope. Bonn, do you think so?"

"Well! I guess so!" whispered the inspector. "I'm afraid we'll have to do something quickly. Well, he's out." Kegam came out of the house, panting with his face flushed, he must have spent a lot of effort just now.He waved an envelope triumphantly: "Look! This is for me from Kloshak." Bonn took it, and Esham and Ellery leaned over to watch.This letter was typewritten, and the date on it was October 30th last year.The general idea is that I saw an advertisement in the newspaper and wanted to rent Oista Island. The letter attached a 100-yuan money order, which was a deposit in advance, and stated that I would not officially move in until March 1 of the following year. The words "Kloshak" were also typed on a typewriter.

"Isn't the money order attached too?" asked Bonn. "This is the one." "Good! I'll send someone to find out which post office it came from, so that it's easy to get his handwriting!" Ellery shook his head in disbelief and said, "That's not necessarily the case. In the past, when we hunted down Kloshak who was fleeing everywhere, we were always in trouble. And that money order requisition may have been written by his friend! What's more , When I searched for Pang's murder case, I didn't see Kloshak's handwriting either."

Esham refused to give up hope, and asked Kaigam anxiously: "Then did you see Kloshak again on March 1st?" The old man shook his head: "No, not once. That old lunatic named Harakett and another boy named Luo Min came to pay the money on March 1st, and they have been staying since that day." Everyone was silent for a while, no one was mentioning Kloshak.Because they know that even if they continue to ask, there will be no results.The officer pocketed the letter and asked again about the quarrel between Bratt and Hallackett. According to Kegam, since Harakett moved to the island to organize the crazy Sun Cult and practice nudism, he has been strongly opposed by Thomas Bratt.Blatter has negotiated on the island more than once, hoping that Harakett and his group will move away, and he is even willing to provide a very considerable compensation fee.However, no matter how Brenblatt acted both soft and hard, Luo Min and his group still persisted to the end.

"Has Hracett signed a contract with you?" the prosecutor asked. "yes." "Who signed it?" "That crazy old man." Kegam put his hands in his trouser pockets, and continued what he had just said, "After Harakett refused Bratt's request, Bratt sued them with the crime of obstructing public morality, but Luo Min was furious and retorted that they had done no harm and that the island was theirs for the duration of their lease. Later Bratt told my old woman that if I could get rid of the lunatics, he would give I got a thousand dollars, a thousand dollars, for God's sake! He's rich enough to seduce me, but my guy and I would never do something like that. So we don't like it. The reason for going to the court was rejected.” The old man took a breath and continued, “The last quarrel was about three days ago, um...it was Sunday! Blatter seemed to be attacking the city of Troy, driving his boat The big yacht came across the sea. He and the old lunatic were arguing at the edge of the woods, and Harakett was even more furious. At that time, I was standing far away to watch." The old man said very calmly.

"Later, that strong man, Luo Min, stood up. I looked over from the forest, and saw him stretch out his strong arms, grab Blatter's collar and say, 'Hey! Old boy, get out of here. , or I will make you completely unrecognizable.' Of course Blatt is not to be outdone:'Huh! Wait and see, I will definitely find a way to drive you crazy people away.'” Esham rubbed his hands together and said, "Mr. Kegam, you are such a good person. It would be great if there were more good people like you in this society. Now, let me ask you one more thing—someone will come over later Arguing with Harakett or Lomin?" "Yes." Kaigam said happily, "It's the man named Jona Lincoln. He was here last week and he fought with Luo Min!" "Really, then what?" Kaigam's eyes sparkled, and he talked with great interest: "His younger sister has a really good figure. She stood naked in front of the two men. Of course, the elder brother was very angry. Later, the woman said that he had grown up since he was a child. I was restricted by my brother, and now I am grown up, and I can do what I want to do. Oh, you didn't see it, I looked over from the woods... That girl actually took off all her clothes on the spot. That girl is so beautiful. Blame I can only blame her brother for being too strict. You know, a girl of his age can't control it!" Mrs. Kegum called out from the room in a high-pitched voice: "Have you said enough? You're not ashamed to say such things at your age." Kegam ignored the sudden curse. "In short, the two of them had a fight over Hess Lincoln. Lincoln was beaten up with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and he was in such a mess that he was almost thrown into the sea by Luo Min to feed the fish! Wow, Luo Min is really strong!" the old man finished speaking. After a string of words, it stopped. So Ellery and his party returned to the boat along the original path.Professor Adori was sitting on the boat, smoking a cigar leisurely, admiring the beautiful scenery of June summer; while Dr. Paul Dun kept paced the deck, he seemed to be in a bad mood, with a melancholy expression. "How is it? Do you have any clues?" Professor Yadori asked with concern. "Well, a little bit." The voice of the main engine sounded, and it drove towards the mainland.A group of people just thought quietly.