Chapter 2861-2873 [Case Closed]
"I almost forgot. Luckily you reminded me." Jiang Xia came back to his senses and continued with what he had said before, seeing the bride's brother's distorted expression:
"Since we found the pistol, we have always felt that the location where it fell was very strange. But now, we have understood that the pistol could have appeared in the flower garden or on the roof of the villa. It all depends on luck. Because it was not thrown by you casually, but you deliberately threw it from this side of the river to the other side of the river."
The bride's brother sneered, "You're getting more and more fantastical. You've seen how wide this river is. Why? Do I look like a talented shot put athlete? - Why don't you get your most burly policeman to come over and let him try to throw the gun over there."
Jiang Xia: "..." Why did you call the most burly policeman over? Look down on the people present? —— I can try it, Xiaolan can do it too.
However, the bride's brother in front of him did not look like a person with extraordinary physical fitness, so he had to follow the laws of nature and said: "It is indeed difficult to achieve this goal by relying solely on human arm strength. But you did not throw it with your hands, but borrowed the bamboo here."
He looked out the window, and saw a dense bamboo forest outside: "Just bend the bamboo pole on the bank, hang the gun on the top of it, and then let go. You can use the elasticity of the bamboo to smoothly let the pistol fly to the flowerbed on the other side of the river.
"By doing this, firstly, you can stay with everyone before the 'gunshot', thus having a sufficient alibi. Secondly, it can also blur the true order of death of the two deceased, making others think that it was the groom who died first. This way, you can smoothly inherit their estate."
The bride's brother felt so guilty that he almost wanted to kneel on the ground, but he still insisted. He propped himself on the table and argued: "You are totally contradictory! - You also said that I was with everyone when the gun went off. Did I find an accomplice to run to the other side of the river to help me fire the gun?"
Jiang Xia glanced at him, walked to the door and opened it.
A middle-aged man walked in from outside with a dazed look on his face, holding a half-person-high "T"-shaped hollow metal pipe.
"This is what you want." He placed the strangely shaped metal tube in front of the detective and looked at the people in the hall in confusion, "What are you doing..."
Jiang Xia: "Why don't you first introduce what this is."
"Oh." The middle-aged uncle in the maintenance department came back to his senses and looked at the pipe:
"This was originally used to drive away sparrows, but we don't have many sparrows here, but we do have a lot of monkeys, so Mr. Ito bought a batch of this to drive away monkeys that make trouble in the manor - just put special firecrackers in it, and when it is set, it can maintain a specific interval and make a sound like a gunshot."
Jiang Xia nodded and looked at the bride's brother who was on the verge of collapse: "You placed a bird-scaring cylinder like this on the other side in advance, stuffed firecrackers into it, and set the time and number of explosions - this is the second 'gunshot' we heard.
"After the incident, you didn't have the opportunity to leave the group and act alone, so the bird-scaring cylinder used to create an alibi should still be on the other side. As long as we send someone to find it, we can see the time set on it."
"Also... this set of clothes you're wearing is new, right?" Jiang Xia looked at his suit and shirt:
“Although the style is exactly the same, there are still some details that are different from the one you wore at the dinner party - after the crime, you found an opportunity to change into this identical new outfit to evade the gun smoke inspection.
"But as I said before, for the sake of your alibi, you can't leave for too long. So your clothes, which are stained with gunpowder and perhaps blood, should be hidden in this venue."
“…”
There was a suffocating silence.
A few seconds later, the bride's brother suddenly yelled and slammed the table hard: "It's all my sister's fault!"
He burst into tears: "I married into a wealthy family with billions of dollars in assets, but she refused to help me with even a penny! We have been dependent on each other for so many years, and as soon as she became rich, she forgot about me! Is there any woman in the world more heartless than her?"
Officer Otaki: “…”
It’s better not to listen to the murderer’s strange logic.
He waved his hand and was about to take the man away, but at this moment, several of his men came running back: "Police, Chief!"
"Hmm?" Inspector Otaki looked at them in confusion. "The case is already over. Why are you panicking now? Talk slowly."
Several police officers looked at the murderer with mixed feelings and handed him something: "We wanted to do as Jiang Xia said and search for the murderer's changed clothes. But when we were looking for that set of clothes... we found this."
Inspector Otaki looked at what was in his hand and his expression suddenly changed: That was actually a shotgun!
Pistols sporadically flowed into the civilian market, which was barely acceptable. But now, such a large gun was hidden in this manor!
"This..." The groom's family was stunned for a moment, and then they realized the seriousness of the situation. They said in unison, "We didn't know anything about this gun!"
Officer Otaki frowned and examined the gun.
Someone nearby came up to him and looked at him. Jiang Xia looked at the various marks on the gun and whispered, "This gun doesn't look like it's been lying around and covered in dust. It must have been used a lot recently."
Officer Otaki's brows furrowed even deeper. He suddenly remembered the recent sniper rifle serial murders: "These criminals are getting more and more arrogant... But who owns this gun?"
In the corner, Calvados, who maintained his presence as a passerby, clenched his fists silently: "..."
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the bride's brother looked at the gun and suddenly laughed: "Since you have discovered it, I will not hide it - this is mine."
Calvados: “?”
police:"!"
The bride's brother snorted coldly: "I originally planned to kill everyone who attended the wedding, but then I came up with a better plan, so I put this gun aside."
This is a lie.
The bride's brother had no idea there was such a large gun hidden in the manor.
But one thing is certain - this gun definitely does not belong to his sister and brother-in-law. Those two pedantic intellectuals would not break the law and privately possess guns, otherwise he would not dare to kill them so easily.
"This gun must have been hidden by someone else, who wanted to use it against the Hatakeyama family." The bride's brother gritted his teeth and thought to himself, "I worked so hard on this plan, but in the end, it benefited others. These rich guys became even richer because of this... How can this be allowed? I will never allow it!"
(End of this chapter)
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