Chapter 294 Clay is different from clay
Buckets are usually sunk in the well or placed beside it, but now, the old wooden bucket was hung on the well rope, tightly attached to the well wheel at the top, as if something heavy was hanging on the other end of the rope.
These people from the Yanai family usually live in Gunma and have not encountered many cases. They naively thought that something had fallen into the well, so they walked over without thinking too much and pulled the well rope, intending to pull out the "heavy object" inside.
I originally thought that at most some stray cats and dogs would fall in.
Who would have thought that it would be extremely difficult for the younger brother of Yannei, a man in his prime, to pull it.
Jiang Xia walked over and lent a hand.
As the well wheel creaked under the heavy load, the ropes they were dragging behind them gradually increased, while the end of the rope with the heavy object on it kept getting shorter.
Finally, at the end of the rope, a man who was almost broken in half was lifted out of the well.
It was my step-wife Machiko who had just attended the wedding banquet.
Her head and face were swollen, her mouth was wide open, and her eyes were bulging. The younger brother stared at the corpse for two seconds from a distance of one meter, then suddenly let out a terrified scream, dropped the well rope, and ran away.
Jiang Xia didn't expect his teammates to be so unreliable. He was dragged forward by the suddenly heavier rope. But he quickly stabilized himself and pulled back the rope that had fallen a little.
To others, this scene seemed like Jiang Xia had not expected that there was a corpse hidden in the well.
Hiromi Yuuchi didn't run too far like her brother. She was so frightened by the horrific appearance of the corpse that she collapsed on the ground and lacked the physical condition to escape.
Fortunately, her legs were weak, but her eyes were not. She quickly recognized the dead woman and said in a trembling voice, "Aunt?!"
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Soon, the police arrived and the body hanging in the well was lowered down.
To restore the truth of the case, a lot of clues are needed, and the police are busy searching everywhere.
Jiang Xia observed from the side and found that the physical evidence was scattered all over the place, even at the bottom of the well, so he decided to wait for the police to find it before going directly to see them.
He casually walked around the yard, then leaned against the well and pretended to think, while his consciousness possessed the puppet condensed in the Buddhist hall.
The Buddhist hall was empty and very quiet at this moment, with only a faint ticking sound coming from the cabinet.
Jiang Xia drove the puppet made by Xiaobai and took a closer look. He found that there was a crack in the cabinet, and inside was a stretched crossbow and a simple timing device.
With the cooperation of the two, the crossbow arrow will be shot in a certain direction at a fixed time.
This is a prop used to attack Yoshifusa Aoi, and the person who installed it is Keiko Aoi, the daughter-in-law of the Aoi clan leader.
Jiang Xia observed for a moment, slightly adjusted the angle of the crossbow shooting, and then stuck a small piece of puppet clay on the timing device.
After doing all this, they should have dispersed on the spot, but Jiang Xia stepped back and looked at the white, quietly sticking puppet clay. Suddenly, he had a strong sense of déjà vu, so he put his hands together in a strange posture and muttered in a low voice, "Hah!"
The clay lay quietly upon it, unresponsive.
The timer continues to tick away, peaceful and serene.
The ghosts' looks changed from puzzled and nervous to bewildered.
Jiang Xia put down his hand as if nothing had happened and closed the cabinet door halfway. He was not surprised by the result.
As expected, this is just an ordinary piece of clay, without any of those second-rate characteristics...
Fortunately, although it cannot explode, at least within a certain range, it can change its shape and hardness under Jiang Xia's will, thereby triggering the timing device in advance.
After adjusting the device, Jiang Xia dispersed the puppet built based on Xiaobai, and his consciousness returned to his body.
The main body opened his eyes and brushed off the dust that was on his body when he leaned against the well. His expression was calm and his movements were orderly. He was still the calm and rational high school student.
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At this time, the situation in the courtyard was a little chaotic.
There were already a limited number of police officers working overtime late at night, and there happened to be a flu outbreak recently, so many senior police officers fell ill. Therefore, the police officers who came here today were almost all a group of rookies, who were in a panic when faced with a murder case - especially the leader, Shancun Cao.
The fake Yifang Yanai killed someone for the first time, and he was a little panicked. He originally thought that if the police who came were reliable and could solve the murder case and catch the other person who sent the threatening letter, he would confess everything and go to the police station to solve the problem according to the procedures.
However, what was unexpected was that this leading Shancuncao police officer, not only had a ridiculous reasoning ability, but also trembled in front of the corpse...
The fake Yoshifusa Yuuchi became angrier and angrier, so he simply took the Brazilian guy and planned to go back to the room to rest - although this group of policemen were unreliable, with them around, the other attacker should not dare to act for the time being, and he could get a few hours of comforting sleep to recharge his energy for listening to the will tomorrow.
In the chaos, two people crossed the courtyard and entered the corridor, and their figures quickly disappeared.
A few minutes later, a long-haired figure looked in the direction they left, hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and couldn't help but follow.
This person was none other than Keiko Yuuchi - she was the one who sent the second threatening letter, and the crossbow that Jiang Xia was fiddling with with the puppet just now was also set by her.
As a person who was also short of money, Keiko Yarouchi actually understood the thoughts of the tragically deceased second wife. When she heard that "Uncle Yoshifusa" had received more than one threatening letter, she suspected that the second wife had also sent similar letters, so she secretly regarded the other party as a comrade-in-arms.
But now, the "comrade-in-arms" is gone, and the way he died is so absurd and horrible... Although according to the speculation of other family members, the murderer should be the suspicious person who was hiding and peeping at the side door, Keiko Yuuchi actually still has some doubts about "Uncle Yoshifusa".
Malice always tends to turn into mutual interaction. In her opinion, the possibility of the targeted "uncle Yifang" taking the initiative to strike first is very low, but not zero.
However, to be honest, the reason she followed and observed Yoshifusa Yamauchi secretly was not so much to prove that he was the murderer as to prove that he was not the murderer, so as to put her mind at ease.
Only in this way could she believe that her stepmother's death was due to an enemy she had made elsewhere, and only then would she dare to continue to attack Yoshifusa Tadao.
However, before Keiko Yarouchi could sneak to the door of the other person's room, when she passed by the Buddhist temple, someone suddenly patted her from behind.
Keiko Yuuchi shuddered and turned her head sharply in the dark corridor. She saw a young man she was not familiar with standing behind her. It was Jiang Xia.
She first breathed a sigh of relief, but then became alert again - because she had something to hide, when Keiko Yanouchi heard that Jiang Xia was a detective, she immediately found an opportunity to search for his information like Hiromi Yanouchi did.
The horrific records posted all over the web pages gave her a certain understanding of Jiang Xia's speed in solving cases, and she was filled with fear.
Keiko Yuuchi forced a stiff smile and looked up at Jiang Xia: "...What's wrong?"
(End of this chapter)
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