Chapter 12 Chapter 12 An Inspiring Letter

one Your Excellency Superintendent Mihara: Jiu Shuyin asked, apologizing.It has been three months since I first met Jingjing in Hakata, and I am very touched by the letter. I remember when we met for the first time, Xuanjie Beach was still cold and windy, and it was almost early spring; now it is nearly half of May, the sunshine is overwhelming, and sweat is profuse.If you are free, I hope you will visit again. Da Zha mentioned that the investigation of the case is still in progress, which is admirable.The age of the fool is increasing, and I really admire your spirit.However, there are still a few words at present, which are put forward with the letter for reference only.

On the morning of January 21st this year, the death of a man and a woman at the Xiangshii Coast, Yu Zeng, while the predecessors of this department watched with cold eyes, did a little investigation, and after the thorough investigation by the lord, he discovered an unexpected major event, which is really touching. Relief, and both.In the future, I still hope to deduce the detailed process, so as to teach me. After reading your letter, I know that you have worked so hard.The case has not yet come to light, and we should stick to it to the end.Yu has served in the police force for 20 years, and he has encountered many strange cases, some of which may be solved easily, but there are also many who have not been cleared up to now.Thinking about the past, I often feel that a certain case might have been beneficial if it had been carried out in this way at that time, so I regret it too late.

Here is an example, which has never been forgotten.Twenty years ago, in Hirao, a suburb of Fukuoka, an old woman was found decomposing.There is a red mark of strangulation on the neck, which means that he was strangled to death.It was discovered in May, and the police doctor identified him as dead for more than three months, because the body was still wearing a cotton coat.Afterwards, Yu found a suspicious person, but it was not until early April that he moved from a remote place to the vicinity of the deceased's house.But since the deceased was wearing cotton clothes, he must have died in January, February or March.Since the deceased died three months ago, and the suspect moved to the local area only a month ago, the case was delayed and unresolved.

But looking back at the past, we can find that the police doctor is suspected of exaggerating the death period.The corpse is old, so it is difficult to identify it. The length of time is based on people's words, that is, it includes the error of personal judgment, and the judgment of the police doctor really judged the date to be too early.With only a sleeveless cotton waistcoat, he determined the time of death. Thinking about it now, in early April, the weather is still very cold.On the day the old woman was killed, it may also be that the weather suddenly turned cold on that day. The deceased took out a cotton waistcoat from the cage and put it on.It is not uncommon for the elderly to have this numbness habit.It can be seen that wearing cotton clothes is not necessarily limited to winter, and it is not impossible to wear cotton clothes in early April.If such a judgment can be made at that time, the suspect's crime of murder must be established.

The case has not been solved, and it is too late to regret it.This is just one example, and there are many similar situations, too numerous to mention. two All in all, according to the above experience, anyone who has doubts about a suspect must be checked first, second, and third.However, when investigating a case, there are sometimes preconceived notions, which must also be avoided. Yasuda Tatsuro you mentioned is remarkable.This person deliberately arranged witnesses, so that people saw Sayama and Ah Shi, who had died in love, board the train together at Tokyo Station.That's why Yasuda, as you said, must have an important relationship with the love death case.And just as your Excellency imagined, he must be at the Xiangshii scene that night, playing a certain role in the case.

From this, I think that on the night of the death of love, that is, the night of January 20th, a pair of men and women got off at the Xiangshii Railway Station and the Xiangshii Tramway Station. woman.The two men and women got off the car almost at the same time.Head to the shore scene. The current doubt is what role the woman Yasuda brought played.Judging from the facts of the case, since Yasuda arranged for the two to die in love, it is necessary for this woman to appear in the action.In other words, without this woman, the work Yasuda planned would not be successful. After picking up Hua Han, Yu went to Xiangshii coast again.The time is chosen at night. The difference from half a year ago is that the evening breeze is blowing and refreshing, so there are several couples walking side by side in the dark.The lights in Buzhen are so far away that only the silhouettes of lovers can be seen.As far as young men and women are concerned, it is really a good place.But as far as Sayama and Ah Shi, Yasuda and another woman were concerned, these two couples took a walk in this area in the middle of the night on January 20th, hidden in the night.Based on the circumstances at the time, the distance between the two pairs of men and women was about six or seven meters, and they could not recognize each other's appearance.Regrettably, it is now impossible to confirm the situation on the spot, it is only based on inference.

Secondly, I still have no idea about the hotel you asked about Yasuda staying on the night of the 21st. Because of the long time gap, the hotel has registered many names and false names, and there are even hotels here where you can stay without registering your name.Although the investigation will continue in the future, there is little hope. I once thought about it, Sayama received a call at the hotel on the 20th, and the person who called him out was a woman's voice. In the past, he always thought that this person must be Ah Shi, but now analyzing it, it is actually possible that it is the woman brought by Yasuda. .Of course, there is no basis for such an inference, and it is only an occasional thought.However, if Yasuda knew that Sayama used the pseudonym Sugawara in the hotel, it was not unreasonable for the woman to ask Mr. Sugawara to listen to the phone.Therefore, the woman who calls is not necessarily Ah Shi.

If this view is further developed, the person Sayama has been waiting for for a week at the Hakata Hotel is not Ah Shi who committed suicide together, but the mysterious woman.As your Excellency said, Ah Shi did not take the bus with Sayama to Hakata, but got off at Atami or Shizuoka on the way.In other words, Ah Shi's work was nothing more than getting on the train at Tokyo Station and Sayama at the same time and getting off halfway.If this is considered, Yasuda's practice of arranging a third party to witness Sayama and Ah Shi taking the train together can be more consistent.Yasuda is clearly trying to make people see that the man and woman who died in love once set off from Tokyo together.But what is the truth, there is no basis, to be continued research.

If this conjecture is correct, it is not clear where he stayed between the time when he got off the train at Atami or Shizuoka, and when Ai died on the coast of Kashii on the night of the 20th.Although the whereabouts are unknown, this part of the reasoning is well-founded.In Zuoshan's body, there are guests, each with a dining car meal ticket, which fully proves that Ah Shi did not go to Hakata with Sashan.This humble opinion has already been told to you when you came here last time. As Zunxin said, if Yasuda Tatsuro really appeared at the scene of Kashii Coast's love death on the night of the 20th, it would be impossible for him to arrive at Sapporo, Hokkaido on the 21st on the Koumo train.Moreover, you have conducted a detailed investigation in the airline company and found no trace of his flight.Although this case should be judged in detail based on common sense, we also hope to learn from the experience of the sleeveless cotton waistcoat case mentioned in this letter.

I am very pleased to have received a letter from you unexpectedly after a long time of correspondence, so I am not too lengthy to reply.However, due to advanced age, inappropriate wording and repeated topics, it is not as clear and concise as your letter.I'm ashamed to say it, but please don't laugh.If Fukuoka needs to do its best, please let me know at any time and provide full assistance. I wish this case can be solved as soon as possible, and if I have spare time in the future, I look forward to visiting Kyushu. Tokai Shigetaro pays homage three Mihara was exhausted.He fell into the iron wall formation, dashing left and right, unable to open the gap.

Putting the long letter of Torikai Shigetaro in his pocket, he walked out of the Metropolitan Police Department and went to the cafe he frequented again. Just after noon, there were no empty seats.Mihara was looking for a seat, a girl humbly said, please sit here! It was a young girl, sitting there alone, sipping black tea.The seat across the table was still empty.It's always a little uncomfortable to take the stage with a female guest you don't know.Mihara sat only half of the seat, drank coffee restlessly, and he knew that his complexion was not very good. Torikai Shigetaro's letter quite stimulated his melancholy mood.However, I still don't know where to use the power?The letter was instructive, but too abstract. Sure enough, on the night of the twentieth, if it can be summed up as two couples getting off at Kashii Station separately, then the enigmatic woman is indeed worthy of consideration.However, as Torikai himself said, there is no evidence for this.It may be completely unrelated that these two couples got off at different stations at the same time by chance.That is to say, when Sayama and Ashi got off the train at Kashii Railway Station and passed the Kashii Tram Station, they were seen in two places.Bird Kai once personally measured the distance between the two stations, so the possibility is quite high. There is no doubt that Yasuda appeared at the love death scene to play a certain role, but now that a woman has been added, it is rather complicated.Yasuda's work is obviously multi-faceted, so he needs help.How to help him, this can be figured out. From this point of view, if Torikai's claim that the woman who called Sayama was not Toki is true, then the four men and women who appeared at the two Kashii stations must be Sayama Toki and Yasuda Toki. Moreover, Mihara has always been interested in the fact that Yasuda arranged for the witnesses who boarded the train together with Sayama and Toki at Tokyo Station. Looking at the situation, the purpose is to make others confirm the love relationship between the two of them.Why is this confirmed?In fact, doing so means that there is no love relationship between Sayama and Ah Toki.It was precisely because it was irrelevant that the third party was forced to get the impression that Sayama and A were on the same train when they saw him.Moreover, the two died in the suburbs of Hakata City, the terminal station of the Chaofeng train.No matter from which point of view, they are all in love, there is no doubt.But here lies the contradiction. Will people who are not in a relationship die in love?In this contradiction, it is inevitable that Yasuda Tatsuro's shadow flickers in it. The question is why did Ah Shi get off at Atami or Shizuoka halfway?This matter was mainly deduced by the bird feeder agent based on the meal ticket of one of the dining car guests.Torikai made this inference based on the subtle psychology between men and women, but it is only speculation without definite evidence.Although the old detective has sharp eyesight, he also has difficulties.Now that the investigation of the case has hit a wall, it may be useless to investigate the simultaneous disembarkation at Atami or Shizuoka. Mihara drank his coffee with a sad face, and was thinking about this, suddenly a figure appeared next to him, it turned out that there was a young man sitting next to the girl in the opposite seat. It's too late!said the youth.The girl who was listless just now smiled brightly. What to drink?The girl asked the young man beside her. coffee!The young man smiled at her and called something.I made you wait for a long time, right? No, forty minutes.After drinking a cup of coffee, I ordered another cup of black tea! I am so sorry.Youth apologizes.After waiting for half a day, the bus did not come.The time of the bus on that line is totally wrong.Twenty minutes late is the norm. Since it is necessary to take the bus, there is no other way.Having said that, the girl glanced at her watch happily.We're just getting started, so hurry up and drink your coffee. Mihara listened intently to all their conversations.Ordinary young men and women often have this situation.When Mihara lit his cigarette, the young man had already drank the coffee that had just been delivered, and got up and left his seat with his girlfriend. Only then did Mihara lean back and sit more firmly.The tea cups and coffee cups on the opposite side were still placed on the table, and some black liquid remained in the cups. (The regular bus was a little late. This man must live in the suburbs.) This matter has nothing to do with the case under consideration, and it is useless to think about it. However, it is not useless to think about it.Mihara suddenly fixed his eyes.A thought flashed through my mind. (Yasuda did not allow Kasai from Sapporo to pick up the train at the station platform, but specially sent a telegram to designate him to wait in the waiting room, obviously in consideration of the fact that if the plane was delayed due to the weather, he would not be able to arrive on time!) Mihara stared at the oil painting on the wall, thinking hard. Yasuda originally thought that if Kasai were to meet him at Sapporo Station and watch him get off the train with his own eyes, the effect would be the best.However, he was afraid that if the weather was bad and the plane was delayed by two or three hours, the flaws would be exposed.In case the plane is delayed, he can no longer take the train from Sapporo Station to Otaru, and then return to Sapporo by train from Otaru to Sapporo.In case Kasai arrives at the platform of Sapporo train station and cannot see Yasuda getting off from the Kouzao, wouldn't it be inappropriate. Yasuda, who was far-sighted, took this possible situation into account, so he sent the telegram to meet in the waiting room. Mihara's eyes shone with joy. That's right!Yasuda's meticulous arrangement proves that he used to travel by plane. Mihara walked out of the cafe full of excitement, the sun was shining outside. After a while, Mihara thought of another thing.Where did Yasuda's telegram come from? Four Mihara made up his mind to start with Yasuda's trip to Hokkaido. When Yasuda traveled to Hokkaido, he made a lot of arrangements in advance.The meeting with officials from Hokkaido on the Koumo train is an example, but the most notable thing is that he ordered Kasai to meet him at the Sapporo train station.According to Hexi, there was nothing serious about calling him to the station.Now the question is, where did the telegram come from?When Mihara went to Sapporo to investigate, Kasai claimed to have torn up the telegram and threw it away.The generating address cannot be investigated anymore. Yasuda took off from Fukuoka on the morning of the 21st.He may have been typed from Fukuoka Telegraph Office, Hakata Telegraph Office, or Itatsuki Airport.But, it doesn't look like it.The Yasuda city government is very deep. In order to guard against Hexi's research on the power generation site, he must have called from Tokyo.That is to say, after the plane flies from Fukuoka to Tokyo Haneda Airport, and before changing planes to Sapporo, it takes one hour to dial out from the airport. However, this reasoning does not make sense.After arriving at Haneda Airport, he should already know the exact time of arrival in Sapporo. Since he knows that the plane can arrive on time, then he may go from Sapporo to Otaru, and then turn back from Otaru, and return to Sapporo by the Komo train.That being the case, there is no reason for him to order Kashi to meet him in the waiting room, but he should directly call Kashi to go to the platform of Sapporo Railway Station to greet him, so as to enhance the effect by seeing him get off the Kouzao train with his own eyes. Thinking of this, Sanyuan opened the notebook and turned to the recording of Hexi's speech.What Hexi said was: That telegram was an ordinary telegram, I remember it was received at eleven o'clock on the 21st. Calculated based on the receipt at eleven o'clock on the 21st, it took two hours to send the telegram between Tokyo and Sapporo, and it should have been sent at nine o'clock in the morning.At that time, Yasuda was sitting in the plane that took off from Itsuki Airport. Perhaps Yasuda had just flown over Hiroshima Prefecture or Okayama Prefecture. Yasuda himself had not arrived in Tokyo yet? What if the call was made at the Fukuoka Telegraph Office?The telegram between Fukuoka and Sapporo also takes about two hours.If Yasuda sent the telegram before boarding the plane at Banfu Airport at eight o'clock, then the time would still match when the telegram was delivered to Hexi around eleven o'clock. (So, Yasuda sent this telegram from Fukuoka?) It would be easy if we could find a place to generate electricity, but Yasuda might not be so careless.Having said that, Mihara still decided to contact the Fukuoka Prefectural Police Department immediately and asked to investigate the situation of sending and receiving telegrams in the city on the 21st. Mihara returned to the Metropolitan Police Department and reported to the section chief. Not bad, very attentive.The section chief smiled.Let Hexi wait for this in the waiting room.The reason for the analysis is clear.Immediately contact the Fukuoka Police Station and request an investigation.However, although Yasuda could not send a telegram in Tokyo, he might have asked someone else to do it. That's right, Mihara replied.I'll also look into the telegraph office in Tokyo. After the research was over, the section chief sipped his tea and said with a smile: You seem to be able to come up with a high chess game every time you go out for coffee. The coffee outside fits my style!Mihara made a joke. However, if this telegram was sent from Tokyo, it would be nothing.As you said just now, if the taxi was from Fukuoka, wouldn't that prove that Yasuda was really in Fukuoka that morning? No!Mihara disagrees.It would be strange if the telegram was sent from Tokyo.Judging from that time, it was definitely not Yasuda who played it himself, but someone else.I'd like to know who did it. Yasuda's staff? not like. Why? Yasuda left for Sapporo at around 2:00 pm on the 20th.Wouldn't it be surprising if the telegram was not sent on the same day and ordered to be sent at nine o'clock the next morning.Yasuda's personality is meticulous, and he is very careful not to show his flaws in future investigations. This is the end of the question and answer. However, after two or three days of investigation, the agent reported that no telegraph office in Tokyo had sent or received such a telegram that day. The answer from the Fukuoka Police Station was the same.Some telegrams in Fukuoka Prefecture and Hakata City do not have this telegram. Mihara panicked. You don't get a telegram without sending it.Where did this fellow send the telegram from? Mihara unconsciously tapped his head repeatedly. I'm so confused.Why don't you ask the telegraph office that receives the electricity? The case was time-consuming and nerve-wracking, and the mind seemed to harden. Mihara immediately asked the Sapporo Police Department for an investigation. The echo came the next day. The telegram was sent from Asamushi Station in Aomori Prefecture at 8:50 on January 21. Neither Tokyo nor Fukuoka.It turned out to be Asamushi Onsen in Aomori Prefecture.This is the stop before the express train arrives at the terminal station, Aomori Station. Mihara was surprised. However, after careful consideration, it is not surprising.Isn't it on the route from Tokyo to Hokkaido?He paid special attention to the time of 8:50, checked the train timetable, and found that it was the time when the Towada train departing from Ueno Station in Tokyo had just left Asamushi Station. It must be the telegram sent by the train conductor, please, Mihara Naoko. On the morning of the 21st, wasn't the train passing by Asamushi Station the Towada train that Yasuda claimed to be on?This train connects with the 17th ferry from Hakodate, Aomori, just in time for the Koumo train from Hakodate. (Hey, it looks like Yasuda really took the Towada train.) I can't figure it out after playing around.The more the investigation, the more it proved that Yasuda's words were not wrong. Mihara turned his head away, and the section chief immediately said, do you think that telegram was really sent by Tatsuro Yasuda? What?Mihara raised his head abruptly. Ah, didn't you say that someone would do it for you? Someone does it for you. Mihara stared at the section chief's face.Yes, I understand, Chief.Mihara said with all his might. You guy, you forgot what you said.The chief laughed out loud. Mihara immediately called the flight attendant at Ueno Station in Tokyo.Hello, hello, is the conductor of the Towada train to Aomori sent by you? Yes, all of them.He answered very readily. Mihara jumped into the Metropolitan Police Department's car and immediately rushed to the flight attendant at Ueno Station. It was the deputy minister who came out to meet. On January 20th of this year, the 205th Towada train, please wait a moment, he opened the attendance book, and there is a person named Suiya, who is here, I will call him right away. please.Mihara's heart was pounding. The train conductor who was summoned was a shrewd and careful man in his thirties. Oh, this thing.I don't remember the contents of the telegram very clearly. I just remember that before arriving at Asamushi Station, someone asked me to send a telegram near Kominato Station.Probably on the morning of January 21st.Other than that, no telegrams had been made in the vicinity. What are the characteristics of the passenger who asked you to send a telegram?Mihara wholeheartedly hoped that the conductor's memory would be clear. It's a guest in a sleeping car.I remember being a thin and tall person. What?Thin people, aren't they very fat people?Mihara was overjoyed, and asked another question carefully. No, not fat at all, just a skinny guy.The train conductor gradually recovered his memory.It was two people together. Two people together? I found it when I was cutting tickets.That person handed me the ticket of the person next to him.The man next to him seemed to be a dignitary, and he looked proud.The thin man was very humble to him. Well, it's the clerk who wants you to telegraph. Yes. Sure enough, Yasuda Tatsuro's telegram was typed by someone else.That important person must be Director Ishida of the XX Department.And who is the clerk accompanying him? Mihara always thought that Director Ishida went to Hokkaido on a business trip, but went alone.Unexpectedly, a director-level person in a ministry will also have clerks accompanying him. Mihara secretly investigated who the clerk who accompanied Director Ishida to Hokkaido on January 20 was. It was a man named Kitaro Sasaki.This person was the one who had been ordered by Director Ishida to visit Section Chief Kasai a few days ago to prove that Yasuda Tatsuro had indeed taken the Komo train. The next day, Mihara flew to Aomori County. He checked again the Aomori-Hakodate ferry passenger schedule for January 21. Director Ishida and Yasuda Tatsuro have the names.However, the name of Kitaro Sasaki was not included.Now I understand that it was Kitaro Sasaki who took the ferry under the name of Tatsuro Yasuda. The stone wall standing in front of Sanyuan collapsed.He finally won. The next thing is to find out why Yasuda Tatsuro's handwriting appeared on the passenger list.However, since the previous complex points have been solved, how can this trivial matter cause any difficulties!