That happened long ago in the Meiji Era.
At that time, the Hanaya family built this mansion.
At that time, there was a maid named Rina who worked at the Hanaya house. Because of her gentle and kind personality and her ability to take care of others, she was very popular in the family.
Yamato Nadeshiko's character also attracted the eldest son of the Hanaya family at that time, and the two soon fell in love and began a "forbidden love" with great disparity in status.
This is not a trivial matter. After all, it is not uncommon for people to "help fight mandarin ducks" because of "the wrong door, the wrong household", let alone the Meiji era.
What's more, the other party is the eldest son of the Hanaya family.
As expected, when the Hanaya family learned about this situation, everyone became extremely angry.
They felt that Hongzi had seduced the future heir of the Hanaya family in an attempt to achieve success in one fell swoop.
So as a warning, they killed Rina's beloved black cat.
After that, their methods became more and more extreme each time, but under such circumstances, the eldest son did not dare to stand up in silence.
Seeing her sweetheart's behavior like this, Rina was so disheartened that she finally chose to commit suicide in the rose garden she carefully cultivated.
After that, the Hanaya family began to encounter unfortunate things one after another.
The first is the old lady of the Hanaya family. After she was accidentally stabbed by a rose during a flower viewing, she immediately contracted a strange disease and passed away not long after.
This incident reminded the Hanaya family of the dead Rina, and they felt it was very unlucky, so they wanted to demolish the rose garden that Rina had carefully taken care of.
But something even weirder happened. The construction craftsmen were injured one after another since they started working.
Gradually, rumors began to spread in the Hanaya family, saying that Rina's evil spirit was causing trouble.
Later, no craftsmen dared to take on this job anymore.
After that, some unfortunate things happened one after another, such as theft of treasures at home, and the women who were out of the house were kidnapped by robbers.
After this series of events, the story spread that anyone who attacked the Hanaya rose garden would be cursed.
"So in this case, I'm afraid someone wanted to use the "Curse of the Red Rose" to cover up his murderous crime."
After listening to "The Curse of the Red Rose", Karasawa had no reaction at all, but immediately gave a very realistic judgment.
These pretenders may scare others, but for Tang Ze, they are the most "sober" cases in the world.
After roughly understanding the situation, Karasawa asked Mr. Tome and Minoru Aso to dispose of the body at the crime scene first.
He led Naoki Kamei to first go to the four people who found the bodies at the scene to interview and take confessions, and to learn more about the details of these people.
First of all, there are the two owners of the Hanaya family, Kozaburo Hanaya and his wife Fumiyo Hanaya.
In addition, Hanaya Fumiyo is basically in a wheelchair because of his inconvenient legs and feet.
From the conversation, we learned that although Hanaya Kozaburo is the male master of the Hanaya family, in fact, because he is only the adopted son-in-law, he is at best an external executor, but the person who calls the shots in the family is still his wife.
After that came his son-in-law Masahiko Hanaya and Yuji Yamamoto, a distant relative of the Hanaya family.
And Yamamoto Yuji was also the first person to discover the body.
According to what he said, it was almost ten years ago since he last came to Hanaya's house, and during this period he stayed at Hanaya's house temporarily.
This morning I came here alone because I wanted to see the Rose Garden, which I hadn't seen for many years. I discovered this scene, and then called the other three people and hurriedly called the police.
"Excuse me, who is usually responsible for taking care of this rose garden?"
After understanding the basic situation, Tangze asked.
"It's me." Kozaburo Hanaya pushed up his glasses and replied, "I like roses very much, so I take care of them myself.
Even though I’m always scarred by it.”
"Then, did you notice anything unusual between this place and the past this morning?" Uekai Naoki heard this and continued to ask.
"No, except for the addition of a corpse in the rose garden, everything is the same as usual." Hanaya Kozaburo looked at the garden and shook his head slightly.
"Then do you have any clues as to why the prisoner placed the body in the rose garden?" Tang Ze tried to understand everyone's views on this matter.
But after hearing Tang Ze's words, the group of people changed their expressions and fell silent.
In the end, Fumiyo Hanaya sighed deeply, then gently pushed the wheelchair and touched the flowers in front of him, and said with a heavy face: "This is indeed the "curse of the rose"..."
"A curse? Why do you think so?" Tang Ze heard this expected answer, but he still continued to guide the topic without changing his expression.
No matter what the other person's idea is, whether it is bizarre or not, there must be a reason why the other person has this idea, and it is this reason that he wants to know.
"It's embarrassing to say it, but the rumors from the Meiji era are actually true."
Hanaya Fumiyo sighed and said: "It was in this rose garden that Rina hanged herself.
Moreover, a few days ago, because Ms. Yuko who stayed at the hotel did not know about the curse, she cut off all the rose flowers...
Legend has it that all craftsmen who tried to destroy the roses were harmed without exception, so this must be the "curse of the rose"..."
"To be honest, Yayan picked and cut a rose flower before, which was enough to scare me..."
Hanaya Kozaburo said with an ugly face when he said this: "I didn't expect that such a thing would happen this time..."
"Because I am the son-in-law, I don't know much about the "Rose Curse"..." Hanaya Masahiko couldn't help but reply after hearing what his father-in-law said, and then he stopped talking.
"Senior, what should we do now?" Uye Naoki asked in a low voice.
"What do you think we should do?" Karasawa did not answer Naoki Uye's question, but asked him what he should do.
"Can I see your hands?"
Naoki Kamei knew that this was Karasawa's test and his training, so after thinking about it, he looked at the three men at the scene and made a request.
"good."
After hearing Naoki Uye's judgment, Karasawa nodded in approval.
Judging from what is currently known, since the body was strangled and moved here, we have to consider very practical implementation issues.
So since Hanaya Fumiyo was in a wheelchair, the three strong men were naturally the key suspects.
The reason why we need to look at the hands of the three people is because since the prisoner wants to put the body in the rose garden, it will inevitably be suocishang by the roses.
So investigating from this perspective is also a good direction.
Of course, Tang Ze is satisfied with his thinking. As long as he develops such reasoning thinking, he will always be able to discover some breaking points that ordinary people cannot notice in the future.
But it's just good. If you want to use this method to find the criminal, the reality is not that easy.
Sure enough, when the three people stretched out their hands one by one, what was revealed to everyone was three pairs of scarred hands.
On the backs of these three men's hands, there are more or less wounds stabbed by roses.
"You..." Naoki Ueijing looked at the three people in front of him, with a look of suspicion on his face: "Do I need an explanation about these wounds?"
"This is a misunderstanding, Mr. Criminal!" Hanaya Kozaburo said quickly.
"Yes, we just want to put her down." Son-in-law Hanaya Masahiko quickly explained.
"It would be a pity if these rose vines of the curse were allowed to continue to entangle her."
Yamamoto Yuji also hurriedly echoed: "And what if Yuko becomes the curse of the rose like Rina... I feel very uneasy thinking about it, so I came up with this idea..."
"However, after we were stabbed by Rose, we suddenly realized that this was probably a homicide case, so it was better not to move the body casually before the police arrived. Hanaya Kozaburo explained.
"Is that so?" Uekai Naoki nodded when he heard this, but it was inevitable that he would sigh a little.
However, this is considered a basic operation for Tangze. At the beginning of the case, the suspects are always surprisingly consistent in their suspiciousness. He has become accustomed to it, and he still has to wait and see the follow-up investigation.
"Thank you for your cooperation. I will stop here for the time being. If I think of anything else, I may have to trouble you again."
Karasawa patted the frustrated Uye Naoki and told him not to care about the failure, then looked at a few people and said: "As far as I know, Takahara Yuko probably came to Hanaya's house recently.
I wonder if you can take us to the room where she lives to check it out?"
After all, Yuko Takahara appeared in the Rose Garden in her pajamas, so there is a high possibility that the prisoner killed her in the bedroom and moved her there.
If this is the case, the bedroom is most likely the scene of the first crime, so it cannot be missed.
"Yuko lives alone in the villa, in the house here." Hanaya Kozaburo turned his head and pointed to the house inside and said: "Mr. Criminal, please come with me."
"Please be careful."
Seeing that Hanaya Kozaburo was about to take the two of them away, Hanaya Fumiyo on the side slowly spoke and warned.
"Excuse me, what do you mean by "be careful"?"
Hearing what he said, Naoki Kamei immediately stopped, turned around and came to Fumiyo Hanaya and asked with an unsightly expression.
Even though he knew it was a lie and there was a reliable senior like Tang Ze beside him, the other party's strange words before leaving still made him feel uncomfortable.
"It's like this. In fact, since Yuko came home, whenever I get close to that villa, I can't help coughing, getting headaches, and experiencing various physical discomforts."
Hanaya Kozaburo on the side also looked a little ugly when he said this, and he was obviously full of fear about this matter.
"As expected... I still can't fight against Rose's curse..."
Hanaya Fumiyo's sinister words made Naoki Uyei's expression change, and he subconsciously looked at Karasawa who was standing aside.
But Karasawa on the side kept his face unchanged and said calmly: "Since Mr. Kozaburo will feel uncomfortable if he enters the room, then I can just go with the juniors.
Please take the two of us to a place near the villa."
Although his heart was full of resistance, Naoki Kamei finally made up his mind and came to the outside of this villa with Karasawa.
Later, because this villa had not been occupied for a long time, the garden outside was somewhat neglected. Many flowers had withered, leaving only dead branches and dead grass, making it look very desolate.
"Senior, do we really want to go in?"
Looking at the mansion that looked like a haunted house, Uye Naoki couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and the resistance on his face was clearly evident.
"gone."
Karasawa didn't answer Naoki Kamei's words at all, but opened the door and walked towards the room.
"Ah, it's true!!"
Uye Naoki clenched his fist and waved it, as if to drive away his fear, and then followed him directly.
When the door opened, the first thing that caught their eyes was the living room. Unlike the run-down atmosphere outside the wall, the inside of the house looked very clean and popular.
I think I came to Hanaya just because I was too lazy to take care of the flowers and plants outside, but I was very concerned about the maintenance of the rooms.
However, when the two of them opened the bedroom door, they couldn't help but stare at the scene in front of them.
"Senior, this is..."
"First contact the people from the forensics department to take photos and collect evidence." Tang Ze looked at the surrounding environment and said: "It seems that the scene of the first crime is here.
Moreover, after the criminal finished killing the person, I don’t know if he was panicked or anxious, and he had no intention of restoring the traces of the fight at the scene.”
The bottom of the quilt on the bed in the bedroom had fallen to the ground, and the chair next to the coffee table fell to the ground.
"It seems that the prisoner must be an acquaintance of the Hanaya family, and he is strong. At least the deceased did not have much chance to resist."
While looking at the biscuits on the tray on the round coffee table, Tangze analyzed: "Look, the biscuits are not scattered on the plate, but the chair next to it has fallen over.
This shows that when the deceased struggled, there was no effective resistance at all, otherwise things like cookies would have been scattered all over the floor."
Judging from the situation at the scene, Tang Ze has almost simulated and restored the crime scene.
After the prisoner entered the room, Yuko Takahara probably didn't have any precautions. She was still standing in front of the small round coffee table and inviting him to sit down.
The prisoner approached the other party and strangled Takahara Yuko's neck with a rope.
At this time, although Yuko Takahara was aware of the danger and wanted to struggle, the disparity in strength between the two was too great.
She only knocked over one of the chairs during her struggle. She didn't even have time to mount an effective resistance, so she was pinned down on the bed by the prisoner and strangled to death.
This is also the reason why only these two places in the room showed signs of struggle this year.
From this point, we can also draw the conclusion that the prisoner is male, and there is a high probability that he is one of the family members.
Only in this way can the other party enter the other party's room at such a late hour without arousing the vigilance of the deceased.
This chapter has been completed!