There is another reason why Guan Lin hid the "portrait of a certain woman" under the landscape painting, and that was to take the "portrait of a certain woman" out of the Tajima family. He must have expected that the police would deal with the incident by forcing him to commit suicide and release him. After he was released, if he asked the family of the deceased to give him the landscape painting as a souvenir, it would not be difficult to bring the "portrait of a certain woman" with him. Detajima family.
Guan Lin probably had expected that the family of the deceased would not refuse his request. In fact, the family of the deceased actually distributed the deceased's remains to those attending the funeral. Therefore, it was easier for Guan Lin to take the portrait out.
For Guan Lin, the painting depicting the landscape is not a painting, but another painting taken out of the Tajima family's travel bag.
When Tian Chunda thought of this, he felt that there was another thick wall in front of him. If it was as he speculated, why did Guan Lin have to take "the portrait of a certain woman" out of Tajima's house? Why don't you want people to see that portrait? Tian Chunda didn't know that if the "portrait of a certain woman" with red paint on her face was discovered, it would increase the possibility of being forced to commit suicide. This should be very beneficial to Guan Lin, but why did he hide the portrait in the scenery? What about the Tajima family shown below in the painting?
After Tian Chunda muttered this to himself, he got out of bed and wanted to wash his face. At that moment, an idea suddenly came to him.
The reason why he took the portrait out of Tajima's house was because it would be very detrimental to him if it was discovered. If the portrait with the red paint on the face was found, it should be very beneficial to him, and the so-called disadvantage...
Wasn't "the portrait of a certain woman" smeared with red paint?
Due to the new discovery, Tian Chunda forgot to wash his face and sat back on the bed again. He had a premonition that there was a glimmer of hope in solving this incident and that the case was not far away. In his nearly twenty years of criminal police career, he had this happen several times. premonition.
What Tian Chunda has found now are small clues. Although he has no evidence to prove that Guan Lin took "the portrait of a certain woman" out. This is purely his speculation, but he feels that this speculation is likely to be true.
Tian Chunta knew that he was building a castle. Although he could not assassinate the opponent in the castle, if he thought about it carefully, Guan Lin was also hiding in the castle that Hong Limin had built with his diary. It should be possible to defeat another castle with this castle. The breakthrough point that Tian Chunda found was that the "portrait of a certain woman" was not smeared with red paint.
However, he immediately discovered that this speculation was inconsistent with the facts. The face of the portrait Hong Limin saw should really be smeared with red paint, because she couldn't be talking nonsense in the diary.
When Hong Limin saw it, his face had been painted with red paint.
However, on the day of the incident, the "portrait of a certain woman" was not painted with red paint. Therefore, Guan Lin hid it under the landscape painting and took it out of Tajima's house.
So, how did the red pigment disappear? Tian Chunda got an answer from his imagination.
Someone restored that portrait before the incident.
So, who will fix it? It will never be Hong Limin, because she has run away from home and does not have the skills to restore the portrait.
Not even Guan Lin, because he would not do anything detrimental to himself, and he would not have time to repair the portrait. The only one left was Tajima, because he had the time and the skills to restore the portrait.
Tian Chunda recalled what reporter Yi Jicheng said. He visited Tajima the night before the incident. At that time, Tajima refused to meet him on the grounds that "there is something that must be completed today." Tajima's unfinished business was probably not It refers to a new painting, but to the restoration of "Portrait of a certain woman", right? If this is the case, even if you are not holding a personal art exhibition or participating in a new art exhibition, you can still understand the meaning of the word "completion".
Tian Chunda changed his clothes and put on his shoes, thinking that he must investigate.
"Wen Qing, bring me breakfast." Tian Chunda shouted.
After breakfast, Tian Chunda went to visit Jishuichuan again. Ji Shuichuan greeted Tian Chunda with alert eyes.
"Even if you come again a few times, I will not change my view that the incident was a suicide." Ji Shuichuan said in a firm tone. "Because Guan Lin doesn't know how to kill."
"I want to talk to you about other things today." Tian Chunda said as calmly as possible. "It's about restoring the painting..."
"Oh?" Ji Shuichuan asked, shaking his head as if a little surprised. "Is it a painting that was vandalized?"
"It's a portrait that was painted over by a child with red paint. How can I restore the portrait to its original state?"
"Is it your portrait?"
"No." Tian Chunda said with a smile. "My appearance is not suitable for a portrait. It is a portrait of a beautiful woman. Can it be simply restored to its original state?"
"It's not that easy, because you have to remove the red paint without damaging the original painting; you can also use a knife to scrape off the red paint, but doing so will damage the canvas. The best way is to use a solvent, because The solvent can dissolve the very durable red pigment. Using this method, no matter how bad the technique is, it will not harm the canvas, but..."
"Just what?"
"If you use a solvent of poor quality, I'm afraid the original painting will change color. There are very few solvents with perfect performance. Sometimes I find it very troublesome. There are drying oils with good performance in foreign countries, but they are not easy to buy. arrive."
“Is there anything else that should be paid attention to when restoring a painting?”
"Yes. It is best to have it restored by the original artist, because that is the safest way. If the original artist dies, find someone who is very knowledgeable about the original painting to restore it."
"I understand." Tian Chunda said. "Thank you for the valuable data."
"Is it really not related to that incident?" Ji Shuichuan looked at Tian Chunda's face with doubtful eyes, and Tian Chunda responded with an ambiguous smile.
After Tian Cunda said goodbye to Ji Shuichuan, he immediately went to visit Yi Cheng. He was still passing time in the cafe opposite the magazine.
"I would like to ask you again about the situation when you met Tajima." Tian Chunda said after passing a cigarette to the other party.
Yi Jichen's expression changed slightly: "Why are you so enthusiastic about a case that has been concluded as a forced suicide?"
"Nothing, I'm just interested in the report you wrote."
"I see." Yi Jichen said with a smile, "What do you want to ask?"
"The last time I met you, you said you met Tajima the night before the incident. At that time, you saw his hands covered in paint. Is that true?"
"Yes. I said that."
"Do you remember what color it was?"
"Are you referring to the color of the paint?" Yi Jichen asked with wide eyes. It seems this question was not what he expected.
"Yes, the color of the paint, I hope you can remember."
"It's red because Tajima's hands are red."
Yi Jichen looked at Tian Chunda's face with eyes that didn't matter if it was red.
"Is it really red?"
