I'm Not a Detective

Yuki Kakumaru didn't expect that she could find the deceased's money by climbing a mountain. She felt a little numb for a moment and felt a little psychologically uncomfortable. She asked Nanabaru Takeshi: "Master, what is...the ferry money for the Santu River?" ?”

"It's just a folk custom."

Takeshi Qingyuan looked at the coins rolling on the ground, but he didn't mind Qingjian Ruri's fear either. To be honest, even if he worked as a "spiritual medium", he would not want to touch this kind of money from the underworld, so he gave them a brief introduction to the origin of "ferry money".

Santu River is also known as Santu River, Zangtou River, and Sanze River. According to the apocryphal "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Ten Kings Sutra", Santu River is located in the first palace of Yama King Qin Guang and the second palace of Yama King Chu. Between the river kings, there are three rivers with different speeds, and there is only one way to cross the Santu River, and that is to take a ferry on the Santu River.

But you have to pay the ferry fare. Even if you don't have the ferry fare, you will be thrown into the river by the boatman. However, the Santu River has no buoyancy and is corrosive. The souls thrown into the water will sink to the bottom of the river forever. Losing the chance of reincarnation, I suffered day and night.

The boat fare is six coins. Therefore, when a funeral is held in Japan, according to religious customs, the family members of the deceased will prepare a "six coins bag", put six copper coins in it, and tie it tightly around the deceased's waist to prevent the deceased from being unable to cross the river and sinking forever. .

Kakumaru Yuki understood. The ancient one-yen coins were made of copper with round holes. They were written as one-mark coins. If you put six more coins together in a small white cloth bag, they must be ferry money. His scalp became even more numb, and he murmured: "Why did the ferry money fall next to the mountain road? Could it be..."

Qing Jian Liuli also came back to her senses at this moment. After taking up her words, she asked in surprise: "Could it be that someone robbed the tomb?"

Ferry money is obviously a very important funerary object and must be placed close to the deceased. The deceased must have been well placed in the coffin during the funeral. Even if it is carried up the mountain, it is impossible to fall out. So we can only guess in the direction of tomb robbing. .

Takeshi Nanahara touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "It doesn't have to be a tomb robber. Even if it is a tomb robber, he won't take the six-pattern bag. This is really immoral. Moreover, there is no custom in Japan of treating death as life, and it is not popular to give generous burials. It’s basically unprofitable to just put some toys that the deceased loved during his lifetime, and there aren’t many tomb robberies.”

Qingjian Liuli was stunned and said hesitantly: "Then...it's a corpse robbery. In the hotel..."

She was thinking of the "spontaneous human combustion" case that had just happened in the hotel. At that time, the old lady Zhongmu lived in that room, and only a handful of ashes were left behind. Everyone instinctively thought that it was the old lady Zhongmu, but now suddenly on the mountain A six-patterned bag appears. It’s not the old lady Nakagi who was burned to ashes in the room. This is a bit suspicious...

Takeshi Nanahara picked up the six-pattern bag, touched the material, nodded slightly and said, "Let's wait until the abbot comes back and ask him. First, make sure it's not a corpse theft case."

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The overall shogi game has more than 400 chess pieces on each side, and each chess piece requires more than 400 moves to move. It can't be played in a short time. The abbot monk came back from the town and was preparing to see how the battle was going with great interest. Unexpectedly, a corpse robbery was suspected in his own temple.

He looked carefully at the six-marked bag, then poured out the six-yen coins and took a look at it. His face immediately turned ugly, and he got up and walked quickly to the cemetery. This six-pattern bag is the funeral supplies sold in his small temple. It is part of a set of sutra-patterned garments. Others include Buddhist beads, hand and foot straps, triangle scarves, tutu bags, etc. It is indeed very strange to appear unexpectedly on the mountain. strangeness.

It would be okay if there was only a six-marked bag, but if there were six yen in it, it would definitely be a funerary object, and such funerary objects should 100% be in the coffin.

Takeshi Nanahara and others immediately followed the abbot and the monk to a new tomb in the temple cemetery. The abbot and the monk quickly checked around and found something wrong. The tomb obviously showed signs of being dug up and refilled.

Qingjian Liuli looked at the name and date of birth on the tombstone and found that the owner of the tomb was a fifty-eight-year-old woman. She felt more and more suspicious about this matter and asked the abbot carefully: "Master, this... …When was he buried?”

"Just the day before yesterday." The abbot monk did not dare to touch the tomb for the time being, but he felt that the body was probably stolen. He lowered his eyes and recited a few verses in silence and said seriously, "Please all believers, please go back to the hotel for the time being. I will go and get it." Call the police and notify the deceased’s family.”

It still needs to be confirmed by opening the coffin to confirm whether a corpse robbery has really occurred. He can't make the decision alone, so he can only call the police and notify the family of the deceased. There must be a lot of things going on. He can no longer entertain Takeshi Nanahara and his group, so he can only let them go first. They went back to the hotel and talked about it later.

Qin Yuanwu and others had no objection, abandoned the chess game and went down the mountain temporarily.

Qingjian Ruri hugged Naokawa Aoi and asked Nanabahara Takeshi: "What do you think is going on?"

Takeshi Nanahara thought for a while and couldn't help but laugh: "It looks like a fake death, but the specific reason is not clear. It needs to be investigated carefully, but I think it probably has a lot to do with money. It's just that you messed with me like this." , you are probably cheating to death, she will probably hate you to death."

That old lady Zhongmu really hated her. Originally, there was no one in the hotel who had anything to do with her, but she wanted to inquire about the situation and see the scene. She also went up the mountain to play chess, but she didn't take a good look at the chess. I wanted to run around in the mountains, but I picked up a six-pattern bag and discovered that there might be a corpse theft. As a result, the old lady Zhongmu even tried to fake her death. Maybe there would be a series of long-winded incidents later.

Well, according to the usual practice of the Japanese police, the case should have been closed as an accident. It did look very much like "spontaneous human combustion" at the time, but they immediately denied that it was an accident. 80% of the time, they thought that the old lady Nakagi might be killed. Murder, the water may be very deep inside, and it's hard to think about it without thinking about it.

Qingjian Liuli also feels like it. It is estimated that the old lady Zhongmu needs to fake her death for some reason, but if she doesn't see the body or the person alive, she may be suspected and traced by the relevant people. Maybe a group of detectives will be hired to search carefully. He just did something like this, stealing a body to die on his behalf, but he didn't know what the inside story was and whether there were any accomplices, which made people feel a little bit unbearable.

But this matter is too difficult to find out. They are here to escape the summer heat, and so is the old lady Zhongmu. They are not locals. I really want to know the inside story. I have to visit the old lady Zhongmu’s original city. They don’t have the conditions. , can only forget it.

But thinking about it, the facts of the case are so clear and clear. The police should be able to slowly figure out the inside story, otherwise it will really be a "salary-only gang."

She gave up and just sighed: "This method of cheating death is quite novel. I didn't expect that she could think of imitating spontaneous combustion of the human body."

Takeshi Nanahara touched his chin and thought for a while, then smiled and said: "That's not necessarily true. The imitation of spontaneous combustion in the human body should be an accident. She probably just wanted to fake a murder and cremation case. She didn't consider that the clothes on the body were different from those of ordinary people. Forget it’s summer.”

Qing Jian Liuli was startled for a moment and asked strangely: "What do you mean?"

Takeshi Nanahara said with a smile: "It may be a bit uncomfortable to say that in hot weather, if the body is not professionally treated, it will rot very quickly, and the fat will overflow in the form of oil. The whole body will seem to be soaked in oil, that is, The corpse was oiled, and judging from the material of the six-pattern bag, the deceased's clothes were made of pure white kapok, which mainly served as insulation and anti-corrosion, but it also happened to be a very good candle wick material.

The old lady in Zhongmu probably wanted to burn the body in her room. With the current technological conditions and preconceived ideas, there was a high probability that she could mislead the police that she was dead, but she didn't expect that there would be a mistake. , inadvertently triggered an effect similar to the spontaneous combustion of the human body, and finally burned directly to ashes. In a sense, it was good luck. "

Qingmi Ruri thought about the scene that Takeshi Nanahara said. Mrs. Nakagi herself or with the help of accomplices, stole a corpse with the right age, gender and even body shape, pretending to be killed and then burned the body overnight. He transported the body to his hotel room, poured oil on it, set it on fire and fled in a hurry.

It should be like this. She probably didn't have the guts to stay at the scene for a long time, so she lit a fire and ran away as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, the body had already turned into oil, so she probably burned some more oil, plus the special properties of the clothing material , directly turned the stolen body into a big candle, and burned it slowly all night.

Even thinking about it further, the old lady Zhongmu comes to escape the summer every year and stays for a long time. Even the room she lives in is specially selected. In the outermost corner of the hotel, most of them have already planned to pass this kind of way. Method to cheat death to escape.

As for why she didn't set fire to the room directly, she was probably afraid that there would be too much noise and she would be discovered too early, so she simply set fire to the stolen body.

Qingmi Ruri was engrossed in her thoughts, but Kakumaru Yuki couldn't stand it anymore. It was really unbearable to go on vacation and discuss spontaneous human combustion, corpse oil, etc. all day long.

Who is on vacation like this when they talk about corpses every day?

She pushed Takeshi Nanahara forward, preventing him from chatting with Qingjian Ruri, and said loudly: "Master, stop talking about this, let's go to the beach and let Sister Ruri wear a swimsuit for you to see!"

Qingjian Liuli said "cut" and stopped the topic. Thinking about this case is indeed a bit disgusting, so it's okay not to talk about it, but the master and the apprentice have a good idea. Don't even think about seeing her in a swimsuit. Then she will walk to the beach. Let's go, we will never let this guy Takeshi Takeshi take advantage of him with his eyes.

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This was a small episode during the summer vacation. After roughly figuring out what was going on, Qingjian Liuli forgot about it and was not prepared to explore the truth in depth, but they couldn't find a place to swim in the sea that day. After receiving the report, the police took it seriously and quickly found the hotel and asked her to assist in the investigation.

She also cooperated honestly and followed the police on another trip up the mountain, pointing out the location where the six-patterned bag was picked up. She also helped the detectives search along the road for a long time. By the way, she talked about Takeshi Nanahara's speculation and made insinuations to learn about the case—— She also has some discernment now. She sees that these detectives are all very capable and seem to be better than Eri Nakano and Taiji Okuno. She also believes that this case is very deep.

This group of detectives did not expect that she, a female high school student, could figure out so many things on her own. The leading middle-aged detective looked at her a few more times and asked her about her situation in detail, and found out that she was actually a "famous detective" The assistant was a little surprised, but he revealed a little bit of the inside story.

They have been staring at the old lady Zhongmu for a long time. This old lady is a senior accountant and part-time broker of a gang organization. She is suspected of a series of problems such as bribery, extortion, huge donations, insider trading, illegal transactions, etc. They are digging deep in the dark. The old lady died suddenly. Even though the death scene was strange and looked like an accident, they immediately suspected that she had been silenced. That was why they refused to close the case and prepared to turn around and handle the case together.

Now thanks to Qing Jian Liuli, even if there is no direct evidence, they are basically sure that the old lady Zhongmu faked her death to escape, so it will be easy to handle. They can directly follow this line to trace and issue a wanted warrant. They want to come here As long as the old lady doesn't want to be silenced, then turning into a police witness to save her life is her only option. It may play a decisive role in defeating this large gang organization.

However, this has nothing to do with the two high school detectives. "Fighting from the top" is currently the focus of the road police headquarters and prosecutors in various places. The inside information of the cases is often too complicated. Usually it is not a simple criminal case, so there is no need to It’s not possible to ask for outside help, but this middle-aged detective has memorized the names of Takeshi Nanahara and Ruri Qingmi. He feels that these two partners are quite capable. They can guess a certain amount of information without much information, so it’s really hard to figure it out in the future. Maybe you can ask them to help you with your case.

I don’t know if this case should be solved or not. The solution of the case has come to an end for the time being. This group of detectives is tracking the old lady Nakagi again. They will not give up until they find her. However, Takeshi Qiyuan and Ruri Qingmi are not without benefits - something happened in the hotel. Even if no one died, it was still a bit scary. A lot of vacationers ran away, but it made their stay a lot more comfortable and they had a lot of fun.

More than half a month passed in a blink of an eye. They took turns fishing, boating, playing chess, bathing in mountain springs, and eating and drinking. They spent the hottest period of the year easily, and it was time to go back. And this time When Shi Qing saw Liuli, she realized that she seemed to have forgotten something.

It's so comfortable to live here. Nanabaru Wu is lazy every day and is always in a good mood. He doesn't make her angry at all. Moreover, the two little apprentices, one lively and one dull, are also very fun. As a result, she makes her mother Qingmei Xiangzi She had forgotten her instructions, and now she couldn't even go to Xiongshou Mountain for a few days. She felt a bit regretful - she wanted to have fun with Takeshi Nanabahara at Xiongshou Mountain, but there were more than twenty days in the summer vacation, and twenty days had almost passed. I can't live long.

She hesitated and asked Takeshi Nanahara for his opinion. Finally, the two of them split into two groups. Takeshi Takeshi took the young disciples home first. She took a turn on the road to see her grandpa and grandma, and then went home to find them immediately. .

In the past six months, she has done a lot of great things and taken a solid step towards her ideals. It is not easy to tell her mother about these things, and she will definitely scold her, but she can brag to her grandparents.

Humph, she is now the detective's assistant, which is different from before. Grandpa and grandma will definitely praise her.

This paragraph has been stuck for a long time. It was so awkward to write about this case and going to Xiongshou Mountain, so... I deleted this large paragraph.