Buckets are usually sunk down the well, or placed beside the well. But now, the old wooden bucket is hung on the well rope, tightly attached to the top of the well reel, as if the other end of the rope is falling without any weight.
Light heavy objects.
These people in the Neuchi family usually live in Gunma, and they don't encounter that many cases. They naively thought that something fell into the well, so they walked over without thinking too much, pulled the well rope, and planned to remove the "
"Pull out the heavy object."
I originally thought that at most it was a stray cat or dog that fell in.
Unexpectedly, it was extremely laborious for a man in his prime to pull his younger brother.
Jiang Xia walked over and helped him.
As the well reel made an overwhelming creaking sound, the number of ropes being dragged behind them gradually increased, and the end of the rope with the heavy object on it became shorter and shorter.
Finally, at the end of the rope, a man who was almost folded in half from the middle was lifted out of the well.
It was Machiko, the step-in-law who just attended the wedding banquet.
Her head and face were swollen, her mouth was open, and her eyes were wide-eyed. The younger brother stared blankly at the corpse for two seconds from a meter away. Then he suddenly burst out with a scream of terror, dropped the well rope, and rolled away.
Far.
Jiang Xia didn't expect his teammates to be so unreliable. He was dragged forward a step by the suddenly heavier well rope. But he quickly stabilized and pulled back the rope that had fallen a little.
In the eyes of others, this scene seemed like Jiang Xia had not expected that there was a body hidden in the well.
Hiromi Hinuchi 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 conditions to escape.
Fortunately, her legs were weak but her eyes were still open. She quickly recognized the deceased and said in a trembling voice: "Auntie?!"
…
Soon, the police arrived and the body hanging from the well was lowered.
To restore the truth of the case, a lot of clues are needed, and the police are busy looking everywhere.
Jiang Xia observed from the side and found that the physical evidence was scattered everywhere, even under the well, so he decided to wait for the police to find it before going to see them directly.
He himself walked around the yard at will, then leaned against the well and pretended to think, while his consciousness possessed the puppets gathered in the Buddhist hall.
There was no one in the Buddhist hall at the moment, and it was very quiet. Only the faint ticking sound could be heard from the cabinet.
Jiang Xia opened the puppet made by Xiaobai and took a closer look. He found that the cabinet was open a crack and hidden inside was a taut crossbow arrow and a simple timing device.
With the cooperation of the two, the crossbow arrows will be fired in a certain direction at regular intervals.
This is a prop used to attack the Yinnai Yifang. The person who installed it is Yinai Keiko, the daughter-in-law of the Yinai clan leader.
Jiang Xia observed for a moment, slightly adjusted the shooting angle of the crossbow, and then stuck a small piece of puppet clay on the timing device.
After doing this, he should have dismissed on the spot, but Jiang Xia stepped back and looked at the white piece of puppet clay that was quietly sticking to it. Suddenly, he had a strong sense of déjà vu, so he moved his hands in a strange posture.
He turned around and whispered, "Drink!"
The clay stuck to it quietly, showing no reaction.
The timer device also continues to tick, peacefully and peacefully.
The ghosts' eyes gradually changed from doubtful and nervous to confused.
Jiang Xia put down her hands as if nothing had happened and closed the cupboard door. She was not surprised by this result.
Sure enough, this is just an ordinary piece of clay, it doesn't have some secondary characteristics...
Fortunately, although it cannot explode, at least within a certain range, it can change its shape and hardness under Jiang Xia's thoughts, thereby triggering the timing device in advance.
After adjusting the device, Jiang Xia scattered the puppets he had built based on Xiao Bai, and his consciousness returned to his original body.
The main body opened his eyes and brushed away the dust collected on his body when he was leaning 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 somewhat chaotic.
The number of police officers working overtime late at night is limited, and the flu happened recently, and many senior police officers fell ill. Therefore, the police officers who came here today are almost all rookies, and they are in a hurry to deal with the murder - especially the leader, Yamamura Cao.
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It was the first time that Zheng Zhenyi had committed a murder, and he was a little panicked. Originally, he thought that if the police who came were more reliable and could successfully solve the murder case and find out the other person who sent the threatening letter, then he would explain everything and go.
The police department solves problems according to procedures.
However, what I didn't expect was that the leading mountain village police officer, despite his outrageous reasoning ability, would actually tremble in front of the corpse...
The fake pregnant woman became more and more angry as she thought about it, so she took the Brazilian guy with her and planned to go back to the room to rest. Although these policemen were unreliable, with them here, the other attacker should not dare to attack for the time being, and he could get a few hours of comforting sleep first.
, recharge your batteries and listen to the will tomorrow.
The two people walked through the courtyard and into the corridor in the chaos, and their figures quickly disappeared.
A few minutes later, a long-haired figure looked at the direction they left, hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and couldn't help but follow.
This person is none other than Keiko Neiuchi - she is the one who sent the second threatening letter. She was also the one who set up the crossbow arrows that Jiang Xia used to play with the puppet just now.
As a person who is also short of money, Keiko Niuchi actually understands the thoughts of her step-in-law who died tragically. When she heard that her "adopted uncle" had received more than one threatening letter, she suspected that her step-in-law had also sent similar letters, so she
In my heart, I regarded the other party as a comrade-in-arms.
But now, the "comrade-in-arms" is gone, and the method of death is still so ridiculous and horrific... Although according to the speculation of other people in the family, the murderer should be the suspicious person hiding in the side door and peeping, but Keiko Niuchi is still a little suspicious of "righteousness"
Uncle Fang".
Malice can easily turn into interaction. In her opinion, the possibility of the targeted "foster uncle" striking first is very low, but it is not zero.
However, to be honest, she is now following her secretly to observe the foster home, rather than "to prove that the other party is the murderer", it is actually more like "to prove that the other party is not the murderer", so as to reassure herself.
Only in this way could she believe that her stepmother's death was due to a grudge made elsewhere, and then she would dare to continue to attack the adopted house.
However, before Keiko Neuchi could sneak to the door of the other party's room, when she was passing by the Buddhist hall, someone suddenly patted her from behind.
Neuchi Keiko was horrified. She turned her head sharply in the dark corridor and saw an unfamiliar young man standing behind her. It was Jiang Xia.
She breathed a sigh of relief at first, then became vigilant again - because of the evil in her heart, as soon as Keiko Hinoui heard that Jiang Xia was a detective, she immediately looked for an opportunity to search for information about him, just like Hiromi Hinoui did.
The pages full of horrific records gave her a certain understanding of Jiang Xia's speed in solving crimes, and she was therefore filled with fear.
Keiko Neuchi forced out a stiff smile and looked up at Jiang Xia: "...What's wrong?"