Chapter 8 7. The Persian Planetarium

1 A thief broke into the home of Takeo Sawada, who works as a section manager at a metal products company, about two weeks ago.The thief seemed to have made sure that no one was inside the house.Mrs. Sawada would go shopping in the nearby market every evening, and the children who came back from school also went outside to play.From five to six in the afternoon, it was such a devil time. Only cash was stolen.Mrs. Sawada hid the money between her clothes in a drawer of the closet, and the amount was about 50,000 yen. The drawers of the wardrobe are opened sequentially from bottom to top.According to the criminal police, this is a habitual way of stealing.And the obi of the wife's kimono, hanging down from the top drawer on the tatami like a display.The criminal police also said that this is a popular spell among thieves, which means: the belt is tied to the body, let it hang down, and you can avoid being caught.Since his wife's clothes were not stolen, it can also be proved that he is a habitual thief.Sending clothes to pawnshops or clothing appraisal stalls is always easy to become a clue.

But three other items were also stolen: his wife's white gold ring with small diamonds, a buckle with small emeralds and a Swiss gold watch from Sawada's own collection.This kind of thing seems to have stolen goods dealers who collaborate with habitual thieves.These three pieces were bought by Zetian with barely enough money. The diamond ring was sent to Europe by the company two years ago, the watch was in Geneva, and the emerald was in Hong Kong. This is the first time Zetian's home has been visited by thieves.It is commonplace to see reports of breaking into the empty door in the newspaper, but it is unexpected that it makes people gnash their teeth so much.I couldn't find a single fingerprint, and I stomped on muddy feet, searching all over the world, thinking of how calm that guy is, it's enough to make people tremble all over, and hate their teeth itching.

On the other hand, it's also scary.The comforter said: "When the thief came in, there was no one at home. It was a blessing in misfortune. If there was someone, the thief would become a robber. I don't know what kind of harm he would suffer."This is not true at all, and the newspapers always say that because the family members found out, they became robbers, and the situation of killing or injuring happened.Zetian also felt terrified after the fact, and was terrified for a while.He couldn't help thinking: the criminal law can only focus on the physical victim, and ignore the psychological blow to the victim.Criminal law applies only to thieves for theft.Isn't this unreasonable?

Judging from the circumstances of the intrusion, according to the investigating officer, the thief was a small man with quick hands.However, no matter how small a person is, since he is a thief, he is equally terrifying.He must have had a knife in his hand.For four or five days, my wife was so frightened that she almost had a nervous breakdown. Unexpectedly, two weeks later, a summons came from the police station in the jurisdiction.His wife notified him by phone, and he went straight from the company to the police station.The news is that the thief has been caught. It was a twenty-one-year-old man with three convictions for theft.Sure enough, he was short.We'll pull him out if we want to see it.

The detective said so in the office, and Sawada rejected the proposal.It is really not a pleasant thing to see the thief's face. The money has been spent.There is no way to do this, but the things have not been disposed of, and they are all hidden at home. The criminal police took out the stolen diamond ring, watch, and buckle, and asked Zetian to write a receipt. Thank you so much.It is very fortunate that the thing came back. If you buy these things in Japan, the price is very expensive, but it is much cheaper in Europe.Because the three pieces were all souvenirs from traveling in Europe, it was a pity at the time.Now that the property has returned to its original owner, of course I am very happy.

The thief also said that he stole this thing from the house. The criminal police took out a round badge-like thing. Yeah, yes, it's mine. Zetian glanced at it and said immediately.It is a round metal product with a small ring on it, which can be hung with a rope.It's copper in color, but it's really not a dime or a badge or anything.There are two circular patterns in the middle, each with a scale. What is this? the detective asked. It is a Persian planetarium.This scale seems to be used to measure the height and angle of stars.In One Thousand and One Nights, there was a barber in Baghdad with this thing.

Zetian told the criminal police what he heard. Wow, that's a rare thing. No no, of course not.replicated.It's just a toy.I bought it at the souvenir shop when I got off at the Athens airport. However, there is no such thing in your stolen items list. That's because of toys, I don't think it's necessary to write it down.It's really embarrassing to put this kind of thing together with diamond rings, emerald buckles, gold watches, etc.I remember the price was only our thousand dollars. I see.But since it was stolen, it should be reported to the police. Yes Yes.I am so sorry.

It's okay.Then please write this in the receipt too.Hey, there seems to be scars carved by a knife on the planetarium.Did you engrave it? No, not me.I put this thing in the drawer casually, maybe the thief was playing with it and engraved it accidentally. Um.But if this thing is used as a pendant hanging around the neck, maybe it's good. The detective said, putting the toy planetarium on his chest. Really good.This, I did not expect.I bought it for my child, but the child didn't like it at all, so I threw it in the drawer.If you give it to a girl, it may be very popular. The girls mentioned here, of course, do not refer to their own daughters.But a little joke that was made at this time turned out to be realized later.

Zetian's wife was also very happy to be able to return the stolen items.It hurts to lose 50,000 yuan in vain, but people should always be content. The police asked a good question because this item was not registered in the list of stolen items. Zetian asked his wife to look at the local product of Athens. How could a child like such a boring thing? My wife has no interest in this kind of native toys. Maybe the thief has a little brother or a little sister.You see, there seems to be a notch on the edge with a knife.Maybe it was made when a child was playing.It's a pity that the criminal police were not asked.

If so, it must be a little girl.This thing is just right as a necklace for training. Um. Might as well just give it to the thief. Although the saying goes: Thieves also want to give gifts, but if they have stolen 50,000 yuan, they still give gifts, so there is no need for it. yes. Because the wife didn't pay attention to the Persian planetarium at all, she threw it into the drawer again.But at last the stolen things returned home completely. 2 After two years, Zetian had a lover. The company that Zetian serves is also engaged in the downstream work of a large enterprise, so as the section chief, he often contacts with the personnel of the large enterprise, such as entertaining some cadres of the large enterprise, sometimes to the kiosk, and sometimes to the hotel.

Gradually, he became intimate with Gao Linluzi, the waitress of the hotel.It is not necessary to record all the details here.It is a very common passage between guests and waitresses, the language of love exchanged, and also the confession between men and women for thousands of years, and it will continue into the future and eternity. Gao Lin Lu Zifang was twenty-six years old, and had a short marriage experience.As for her love experience, although she didn't explain it, Zetian easily understood after getting along with her. She has fair skin and a very good figure, which is a face that fascinates men.Zetian is also deeply fascinated by her.So relatively, she seldom shows her face in the hotel where she works, and of course choose a place where only the two of them can get along alone for the tryst. Gao Lin Luzi rents an apartment by himself.Recently, this type of building has been designed very ingeniously, and foreign visitors don't have to worry about meeting other tenants.Therefore, Zetian started to run away from her residence, and after half a year, she has not been seen by others. Zetian's salary is quite generous, but the source of money for making a contribution is still unavoidably limited.In the end, he also had to violate the taboo of self-discipline and fear, and falsified a summons for social expenses.Furthermore, as long as Zetian opens his mouth in the restaurants and bars he frequents, he will gladly issue a request for a bonus, and then collect the difference in cash from the store.When traveling on business, he desperately restrained himself and claimed more than the actual travel expenses. Once he started such an act, he couldn't even restrain himself.Luzi is a red card in the hotel where he works, but he still often says that he cannot live on his own income alone.Clothes cost money, especially rent was a big burden.Zetian always made it up for her.In order to raise money, he worked so hard, but he thought it was worth it. One day, Zetian opened his drawer and came across the native product of Athens.He remembered that the criminal police once said that it could be used as a pendant for women.Just let her see it.It's a cheap toy-like thing, but in a strange shape, and it's impossible to get it in Japan.Recently, department stores have necklaces with Venus statues on them from places like Paris, but I've never seen these planetariums. Zetian came to Luzi's apartment and took it out of his pocket, which made Luzi's eyes light up. It's different.What is it called? The Persian planetarium used to measure the height and angle of the stars.I heard that it was originally made of silver, so this is of course a model.You see, there is a scale here, and it seems to be measured with it. Then thank you. Lu Zi immediately hangs on the white and plump chest, and walks to a luxurious three-way mirror. Extremely Beautiful.And the design is special, very eye-catching. It's eye-catching, but it's a counterfeit, cheap thing. It doesn't matter.Expensive pearls are not rare at all.Such new ones are better.I'm wearing it to work now. It seems a little too big, but it's not bad. Seeing that Luzi was so happy, Zetian felt that she was pretty good at dressing herself up.It's like my wife thinks it is a child's toy and dismisses it. As long as it is expensive, she thinks it is good.The real decoration is to make the bargains come alive. Then I'll replace this one. She took the original pendant off the thin gold chain and hung it on the Persian planetarium. She looked at the Persian planetarium in her hand and said: Yes, there is a small nick. Zetian couldn't tell her that it was stolen when the thief did it, so he said: Because it is too delicate, I accidentally scratched it with my nails while playing.It's not very eye-catching though, which is okay. Well, it's unremarkable.You seem to think this kind of thing is very precious, don't you? she said with a smile. But, don't tell people that I gave it to you.It's fine to say that it's a foreign native gift from someone else. Of course I understand.I won't say your name. Luzi is a smart woman. However, when Sawada came to meet her at her room about a week later, she mentioned the pendant. It seems that it is still too big, and it is easy to attract people's attention. This is even better wow. However, because it was so weird, the guests all stared at it, making them feel embarrassed.I'd better replace it.Try again in a while. Even with a gorgeous maid like Lu Zi, a Persian planetarium is still not suitable as a necklace pendant.It looks so unusual.No, it should be said that it is too weird, and it is too big to hang below the neck. Well, then wear it when you are happy. The Persian planetarium was thus removed and placed casually on her three-sided mirror stand. The barmaids leave the lodgings to go to work, usually between five and six o'clock.Seeing that Gao Linluzi had gone to work, her apartment was visited by thieves.Like the other visitors, the thief entered without being noticed by anyone in the other room. Is a young man of twenty-three years old.It seems to be an old hand, wearing gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints.Apart from this, he was wearing a fine handmade suit, his hair was not messed up, and his shirt was as white as snow. If it wasn't for trespassing, he would have looked like an invited visitor.This is of course for the sake of not being seen as a thief at a glance when escaping.The thief has a tall and graceful figure. He rummaged through the room looking for cash.He had inspected the apartment beforehand and knew that the occupant of the room was the barmaid.The furniture and furnishings are all luxurious, especially the wardrobe and the bed are of first-class quality, only the wardrobe is relatively poor. After tossing for a long time, the thief could only find a thousand-yen bill in the bottom drawer of the three-way mirror.There is a bank passbook, the number of which is 6.6 million.There are many rich ladies among the waitresses in the lounge, and this woman should be one of them.Needless to say, I desperately asked for it from benefactors. No matter tens of millions of yen, as long as it is the number in the bank book, the thief is not interested.It is an extremely dangerous gamble to break into the bank just as it opens at nine o'clock in the morning with a seal and passbook.The hostess came back from get off work at night and found that the house had been turned over. She must have been terrified, so she should call the police.The bank where the deposit was made will also receive a call immediately.Going to the bank to withdraw money is like stretching out your hands and asking someone to handcuff you. The thief had no choice but to take three thousand won to hold back, but when he got up from the three mirrors, he accidentally cast his eyes on a corner of the mirror stand.Among a large pile of bottles and cans, there is a badge-like thing with a small ring on it. The thief took the Persian planetarium.There was surprise in his eyes.Not because I saw something rare, but because something I was familiar with was placed in an unexpected place. The thief remembered stealing the item from another house.He leaned over to recognize the small scratch on the edge.It was as fine as a hair, with shimmering scratches. The scratch was made by him.That was when he broke into an empty door in a residential area in the Yamanote area and stole a diamond ring, an emerald buckle, and a Swiss gold watch.He conveniently stuffed this weird-looking little badge-like thing into his pocket as well.After returning, I felt that this thing was so rare, so I touched it with a small knife and scratched it accidentally. The thief thought: How could this thing appear here?That time in the Yamate Ward, it took only two weeks to commit a crime and I was arrested. It turned out to be a diamond ring, an emerald buckle, and a gold watch, all of which were taken away by the police before they were sold.Remember that this wonderful thing was also taken away in one piece.Later, the criminal police told him that the owner was the section chief of a company, so why did the section chief's stuff come here again?That little scratch proved that it was indeed something stolen that time. However, this question was immediately solved.The tenant of this room is a lounge girl, and it is very common for the head of the Yamate Ward to get close to the maid.It's probably the head of the class who gave this thing to her in the lounge, and she put it here casually. No, thinking about it further, maybe there is a special relationship between the female tenant and the section chief.That is to say, she is his lover.In this way, the section chief must come here often.In order to win the woman's favor, he gave this thing to her. The thief put the Persian planetarium back on the mirror stand.It seemed to him that if he stuffed it into his pocket again, something would go wrong again.Most thieves have an extremely conservative personality, superstitious spells, and omens.Having been caught so easily two years ago, this experience made him feel that if he tried to steal the round exotic again, he would suffer the same bad luck again.The thief glanced at the replaced planetarium, turned and walked towards the door. 3 It seems that there is no need to explain in detail the story of Takeo Sawada's murderous intentions towards the familiar Kobayashi Road.The murders that are common in newspapers, apart from money interests, mostly arise from love disputes.In previous news reports, the word infatuation was always used.Sawada Takeo killed Luzi, but it was also a common infatuated murder.You can say that it was because the money on the bed was exhausted, and she was cold to him; or Zetian found out that the woman had another man, and he would do whatever he wanted in a fit of anger.If it's a combination of both, the motivation is even stronger.Zetian barely set aside a certain amount of salary to pay tribute, and there were also some illegal acts that might cause him to lose his job.He took a lot of risks to please her, so once he found out that she was unfaithful, even a sensible middle-aged man like him would have murderous intentions. Anyway, one evening, Takeo Sawada hanged her before going to work in her apartment.Fortunately, he never let anyone see her going in and out of this room.This point, he usually confirmed from Lu Zikou.This apartment is so convenient.No one knows you come to me yet, she said with a smile. It was this condition that gave him courage.No matter how impulsive he is, if he kills someone, he will consider his own safety.If anyone knew he was coming to her apartment, he'd have to restrain himself, because of course he didn't want to go to jail.The apartment, designed to keep visitors out of sight, also facilitated the motive for the crime. Zetian saw the woman dying, and then looked around the room.As long as it is possible for him to reveal his hidden items, he must not leave them behind.He remembered never giving her anything that would reveal his identity.It's been a while since she took guests to the place where she works, and hasn't been there for a long time.The waitress in the lounge was killed, and the first police investigation must be the customer who often called her.And the order starts from the newest guest.As far as this is concerned, it would be a long time before it was his turn to investigate the arrow, and the alibi at this time today has also been arranged.What I am most afraid of is leaving here the evidence that cannot be shirked, and it will be impossible to argue. Is there anything given to her that might become physical evidence?he thinks.He was standing beside her who was dead.She lay with her chest open.He felt that her breasts were so broad. right!Zetian remembered the pendant, the Persian planetarium he bought in Athens.It is found in various local products such as luxurious carpets and toy machetes.It cannot be found in Japan.And in the previous theft incidents, the registered items were registered in the police station of the jurisdiction.Most undeniable is a small scratch on the edge.Even if you find the same thing in Japan, that little scratch is the only one in the whole world. If the police came to check this room and found that planetarium, it would be a disaster.Although it is not the same police station, but because it is a rare item, the police must do everything possible to find out the ins and outs of this item.In this way, the police officers on Zetian's side must also hear the news.Thinking of this, Zetian almost got up desperately. Usually placed on a three-way mirror stand, this moment is gone.Where did you hide it?Lu Zi always put it casually.Was it passed on to someone else?Zetian felt the tide of blood rushing straight up, and his ears kept ringing.Such a small thing might strangle me around my neck. He pulled out the drawer of the mirror table and turned it over on the tatami.All kinds of cosmetics were scattered all over the place at once.When he found the Persian planetarium from it, he seemed to go up to the sky.Then all the strength in my body disappeared at once.I think the reason must be that there are too many things on the mirror table, and it gets in the way, so I throw it into the drawer.She probably never told anyone that it was given to her by Zetian.She can keep her mouth shut about such matters. Sawada stuffed the molded planetarium into his pocket almost as if it was his lifeline. The hapless thief was caught again.It was also at the moment when he was breaking through the empty door, he was seen by neighbors, and a group of neighbors surrounded him, so he had to obediently arrest him. This time it was a case in Shinagawa, so it was the police station here who caught him.He has long been used to it, and he seems to be quite straightforward, and he has told the truth about several cases.But because there are so many cases, the interrogation took a lot of time.For several days in a row, he asked for questioning. One day, the criminal policeman who was taking the record of the interrogation seemed to be suffering from indigestion, and left the meeting with his hands on his stomach.The thief was so bored, he just reached out and picked up the newspaper that was placed there casually to read. He still opened the social version.The headline was a car accident in which the private car was cut in half and the front of the truck was flattened.Three people were killed and two were seriously injured.It was a big car accident. The thief shook his head and looked down, but it turned out to be a murder of a barmaid, and all clues were interrupted. Then looking down, the murder seemed to have happened a week ago, and the victim was a woman in the bar.The relationship between men and women and the regular customers of the lounge are currently being filtered, but there are no clues of any serious involvement. The task force is collecting evidence from various sources.Suddenly, the thief was startled.The place where the woman was killed was the apartment, and this address seemed familiar to him. Isn't this address that apartment building? I remember being a barmaid too.Because the case was not reported for the first time, there are no photos, but it is indeed the woman.From the mirror drawer, I only found the room with 3,000 yen. The current investigation seems to be very difficult. The victim's relationship with the guests is being filtered, but there are no conclusive clues.Did they also check the head of the Persian planetarium?Of course he must have been the first to find him, maybe with an alibi. The interrogator came back with a sad face. Hello, boy, are you reading a newspaper? The policeman gave a sharp reprimand. sorry.Mr. Police, I was surprised when I saw the report of the murder of the maid.This woman's housing, I know a little bit is the part that hasn't been recruited yet. What, are you on good terms with her? No, no, not like that.I stepped on her, and I took 3,000 yuan. when? It's been three months. Three months ago, that was long before she was killed.Pity.If it's a little later, maybe you can give me a little clue. So it's not broken yet? Just like it was written in the newspaper. I would like to ask you, did you find a round object of this size in the murdered woman's room? The thief drew the size and shape with his fingers. what is that? I saw it on the three mirrors when I entered the women's room.I don't know what it is, but there are scales like a ruler on it. So what? To tell you the truth, it was something I stole from the house of a company manager in the Yamate district.No, no, Mr. Police, I have already been sentenced for that incident. Hello.At this moment, the detective finally got serious.Tell me, why did the thing you stole end up in the woman's room? That time, I was arrested by the police station not long after, and that thing was taken back with the other one.Of course it is returned to the owner.I was also wondering, why did I run into that woman's room?Maybe the section chief gave it to the woman.I did see it on the three-sided mirror table, so I must have found it at the murder scene. etc.That thing, you draw a picture to see. The criminal police handed the pen and paper to the thief.The thief took a lot of effort to draw it.The criminal police watched it for a long time before sending it to the captain of the criminal police. The captain reported to the superior again, so the project center received a call. Yes, it's like a medal or a badge.Didn't find it in the victim's room?That's weird.The thief I caught here said it can't be wrong.That is to say, after the thief goes in, someone, maybe the murderer, may take it away.Yes, maybe when the murderer committed the crime, he was afraid of becoming a witness and took it away.name?We don't know either.It's weird, like a watch.Yes, the thief said, he accidentally touched it with a knife, and there was a scratch, absolutely unmistakable.He also thinks that there must be a record in the records of the police station, what it is called, and the name of the holder, so we will wait for your boss.