The wind blew all night.
The next day, the weather still did not clear up.
Affected by the cooling, Hattori Heiji and Toyama and Haha all stayed in bed.
When the two of them finished washing up and went to the restaurant with some embarrassment, they only saw Ryuu Weishi sitting on a chair and reading a newspaper.
"Mr. Tatsumi, have they all had breakfast?"
Hattori Heiji was a little strange.
The rooms of Tatsuo Kei and Tatsuo Ayaka were on the second floor, far away from the guest rooms. Moreover, as guests, it was inconvenient for them to knock on other people's doors as soon as they got up. However, the door of Geng Yi's guest room was open, and when they passed by I even looked inside specifically. The beds inside had been made. Since I didn't meet him in the bathroom, it should be in the restaurant, right?
Ryuu Wei put down the newspaper, and while inviting the two of them to sit down for dinner, he said: "Because of the recent thunderstorms, Ajing and Linghua went out early to practice riding and shooting... Your friend may be worried that the time will come The mountain road will become difficult to walk, so let me tell you that he first needs to go to the place where Officer Kai fell off the cliff to take a look."
"Eh?!"
Hattori Heiji looked helpless: "Why is this so... at least wake me up!"
"Maybe I want you two young people to rest a little longer. Don't worry, Ayaka said, she will say hello to Shigeji Torada when she borrows the horse."
Long Wei laughed at Shi Wei and took the opportunity to test, "By the way, is your friend also a detective?"
"Well, no."
Hattori Heiji hurriedly lowered his head to eat, and responded coquettishly: "But his reasoning ability is also very strong."
"That's it..."
Ryuubi nodded for Shi, pondered briefly, and said, "My son's death...should have nothing to do with Officer Kai's death, right?"
"ah?"
Hattori Heiji was startled, "Mr. Tatsuo, why do you ask that?"
Long Weiwei Shi said:
"Well... because your friend seems to be very concerned about the death of Officer Kai. This reminds me of the day half a month ago, when my dead son Koji was drunk and said that the death of Officer Kai was just Accident."
Just an accident?
Hattori Heiji immediately asked: "Did he say anything else?"
Tatsumi shook his head, "I asked Koji about it later, but he said he was talking drunkenly... Now that my son is dead, I wonder if someone asked him about Officer Kai half a month ago. thing."
Hattori Heiji frowned and thought to himself.
If two people are talking, the phrase 'just an accident' does sound like an answer to the other person's question.
But if the person asking the question originally knew the cause of Officer Kai's death, then the phrase "it was just an accident" would be like the perpetrator muttering to himself after killing someone by mistake.
No...it's too early to tell.
He looked at the head of the Longwei family in front of him, "Mr. Longwei, did you also tell my friend about this?"
"Um……"
Tatsuo Weishi explained: "To be precise, it was during breakfast that your friend asked me a lot about Koji and Officer Kai, and I remembered this. But...since the death of my wife, I have become depressed. For a long time. My mother has been taking care of Kang Si and A Jing since they were very young, and I don’t know much about them..."
Uh, that old lady with a fiery personality? I’ve never had a bad comment about Tatsuo Koji, but Mr. Tatsuo Kage, apart from his initial defensiveness towards us, was very easy to get along with once we got in touch...
Thinking about it, Hattori Heiji subconsciously looked around the room.
Upon seeing this, Tatsuo Weishi said: "Detective Hattori, are you looking for my mother? She went out for a walk after breakfast."
"Take a walk?" Hattori Heiji blinked.
On the side, Yuan Shan and Ye asked doubtfully: "Is it okay if she is alone?"
"Do not worry."
Longwei waved his hand for Shi, "Although my mother carries a crutch every day, it is actually used for climbing. Her legs and feet are more agile than mine. As long as the weather is not particularly bad, she has to walk around the mountains almost every day. Turn...every time because of this, I have to be scolded by her, saying that young people should not stay up late and sleep in all day long, and should go out more and exercise more."
Hattori Heiji:"……"
Toyama Kazuye: "..."
We are really sorry for staying in bed...
…
After breakfast, Hattori Heiji went to Ryuubi Mashi to ask some questions about Yabusuma shooters. He learned that not only were the horses borrowed from the Torada family, but even the shooting range where Ryuubika practiced riding and shooting was also owned by the Torada family. industry.
The reason why they were willing to borrow horses and venues was actually just a reason for Tatsuo Ayaka's face. According to Tatsuo Taishi's explanation, it was because no matter whether there was any conflict between the two families, they were still members of the same village after all. The meeting is about to take place, and if the two families still stumble against each other at this time, causing the title of Yabusame Archer to be taken away by people from the neighboring village, it will really make the village unable to hold its head high all year long.
No wonder the shooting range is so close to the Torada family... However, since the Tatsuo family and the Torada family can temporarily cooperate on the Yabusuma shooter, does it also mean that the murderer may be someone from the next village?
It's still very strange. If the death of Officer Kai was not an accident, but because people in the neighboring village were jealous of his horseback shooting skills and deliberately killed people, then why didn't Tatsuo Kei, who had been a Yabusashi horse shooter for 6 years, encounter anything?
Hattori Heiji couldn't figure it out, so he had to suppress his doubts for the time being.
He also asked Ryuu Weishi about the location where Officer Kai fell off the cliff. He decided to go there first to meet Ye Gengyi, and then they went to Torada's house together.
…
A stone path is intermittent, disappearing and appearing under the cover of the tree canopy.
The deeper you go into the woods, the more branches and leaves are piled on the ground. If you look closely, you can also see the carcasses of some birds mixed in. Judging from the death shape, they should have been shot down by children in the village with slingshots. .
Everything is written in the rules of survival of the fittest, and human beings should be the leaders.
Walked for a long time.
Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha finally saw the familiar figure in black in front of the road where the branches and leaves gathered inward, squatting alone on the edge of the cliff, looking down.
"Brother Genichi! Did you find anything?" Hattori Heiji shouted at a higher volume without even approaching.
He didn't want to cause any tragedy due to sudden fright.
"So many years have passed, and the traces have long since disappeared..."
Ye Gengyi was not surprised by the arrival of the two of them. He patted the dirt on his hands, turned around and pointed in another direction: "However, if you follow the road over there, you should be able to reach the shooting range we visited yesterday. .”
After hearing this, Hattori Heiji also began to recall, thought for a while, and said:
"It seems that the key lies with the Torada family."
