When I returned from Ubutura-ji Temple, it was already past lunch time, and since there was no reservation in advance, everyone had to choose to try the special set meal at Umagakiya.

"Oh! It's so hearty, I didn't expect it to be like this at all!"

Lin Xiuyi thought that the set meal meant something like a tonkatsu set, but he didn't expect that the set meal at Umegaki House was actually unique. Looking at the colorful and diverse dishes on the plate, Lin Xiuyi really wanted to be impressed by the proprietress Mei Yuan Juzi.

The plate includes an appetizer made with fresh seasonal vegetables, neatly cut and stacked together, topped with a pickled plum. Next to it is a fried tofu in a wooden bowl, which is also a boxy piece, although it is fried, only the top side has a faint burnt yellow. The top of the tofu is sprinkled with green green onions, and the bottom half is soaked in a watery broth, making it look light and elegant, and you can't bear to put down the chopsticks. The main dish of the set meal is grilled herring in the center, and the dish of herring is garnished with white grated radish. Next to the grilled fish is a one-serving tempura served with a small plate of dipping sauce. Finally, there is a sashimi, which is served on a plate with a little wasabi puree and a small dish of soy sauce. The main dish is white rice with a bowl of hoisin miso soup. Although the amount of each dish is not much, it can be seen that a lot of work has been put into the set meal of Umegakiya.

"Boss, your set meal is so rich, it's the first time I've eaten such a set meal!" Kanako said with heartfelt admiration.

"It's all some wild vegetables, if you like it, you are welcome to come back often!" the proprietress Uragaki Juko modestly responded.

Lin Xiuyi and the others had climbed the mountain all morning, and everyone was already hungry. In addition, the dishes of Umegagaki House are indeed full of color, flavor and flavor, and everyone is addicted to eating them. Lin Xiuyi also added an extra bowl of rice.

After lunch, Lin Xiuyi went to soak in the hot spring for a while before going back to rest. Kanako and Superintendent Mizukawa had no plans to go out in the afternoon, and the two of them planned to use the afternoon to sort out the information they had collected from the temple. And Lin Xiuyi and the others stayed in the Umegaki house and played table tennis with Miki and others. I have to say that Lin Xiuyi really has no sports cells, obviously hiding the soul of a Chinese in his body, but he was abused by Miki and others on table tennis.

"Shuichi-kun, 11:0!" Miki said proudly.

"It's all because it takes too much physical effort to climb the mountain in the morning, if I don't lose in normal times!" Lin Xiuyi said unconvinced.

"But I'm also going to Futu Temple in the morning!" Mei Jile squeezed Lin Xiuyi.

"Well, that's because I didn't sleep well last night!" Lin Xiuyi still refused to convince and said.

Just as the two were running against each other, Kanako and Superintendent Mizukawa also came over.

"Play table tennis again! Count me in!" Kanako said to Lin Xiuyi.

"It's just right, I want to go and have some drinks, can you play with Miki for a while?Hey, is this the morning's information, it's been sorted out so quickly?Can I take a look?" Lin Xiuyi saw that Kanako had a thick folder in his hand, and on the cover was written the words "Investigation of the Murder in Futu Temple". I couldn't help but ask.

"Of course, there are still some materials I collected before I came here, and I just want to hear your opinions!" Kanako took the racket and handed the information to Lin Xiuyi.

Lin Xiuyi took the folder handed over by Kanako, walked to the sofa in the corner and sat down, and poured himself a glass of cold juice.

Flipping through this thick folder, there are all kinds of materials in it, including news clippings, photocopied materials, photos, and handwritten materials. It can be seen that Kanako has put a lot of thought into this case. Although there are many materials, they are well organized.

Lin Xiuyi quickly immersed himself in this strange murder case. He first found the transcript of the police interrogation in Yamanashi Prefecture and read it carefully. This record records the first discoverer at the scene of the crime, Ben Jianwu, who is also a villager in Futu Village, who discovered the scene of the crime that morning. At that time, Kengo Yamamoto went to the suspended Futu Temple as usual to conduct an inspection. Because of the heavy snow last night, the mountain road was difficult to navigate, and it took Yamamoto about an hour to reach the summit without meeting anyone along the way. And one thing that Kenwu Yamamoto is very sure of is that no other people's footprints were found on the way up the mountain.

When Yamamoto Kengo finally came to the gate of the temple, he was surprised to find that the gate of the temple was wide open. Yamamoto Kengo thought that someone had broken into the temple to steal something, but when he rushed to the Buddhist hall, he found a woman lying in a pool of blood, and Yamamoto Kengo saw a cold and shining samurai rib cha had pierced the woman's chest. In a hurry, Kengo Yamamoto immediately ran down the mountain to report the case. After receiving the news, the police of the police station stationed in the village immediately took control of the only road up the mountain, firstly to ensure that the scene of the crime was not destroyed by curious villagers, and secondly, to worry that the murderer was still hiding in the mountain.

When the criminal police officers from the Search Division 1 of the Yamanashi Prefectural Police Headquarters arrived at the temple as soon as possible, they immediately conducted a comprehensive search of the surrounding area, but they did not find any trace of anyone else. The identification section found a bloody fingerprint on the rib of the soldier who was inserted in the chest of the murdered woman, Ayu, the waitress of the Umegaki House, and after identification, this fingerprint did not belong to the deceased Ayu. And the rib that was used as a murder weapon was later found to be an antiquity forged during the Warring States period.

But if that's all there is to it, this case wouldn't have been so sensational. The next few discoveries made the police feel even more helpless. Due to the heavy snowfall the night before, the police initially thought that the footprints of the murderer were covered by snowfall. However, after a preliminary examination, the coroner claimed that the woman's death was no more than an hour later, that is, the time when Yamamoto Kengo arrived at the foot of the mountain, and that the meteorological department records showed that the snowfall stopped at 3 o'clock in the morning. The temple where the death occurred was separated from the courtyard wall by snow. Except for the footprints of the informant Kengo Yamamoto, no footprints of anyone else were found in the entire compound. The location of the Buddha hall is more than 50 meters away from the buildings on the left and right, and the distance from the gate is even more than 100 meters. Behind the Buddha Hall is an abyss, unless the murderer kills himself, normal people will not be able to descend from here.

All signs clearly tell the police that this is a strange case of murder in a closed room. The snow in the courtyard completely isolated the Buddhist hall where the crime occurred and turned it into a secret room from which the murderer could not escape. The only thing that can prove that the murderer has been here is the bloody fingerprint.