Chapter 51: The corpse is on the ceiling
Tsujimura Gongjiang led everyone to the second floor and the room, and Lin Si saw that there was an old man here, who was sitting at a low table watching TV at the moment. Seeing that so many people appeared, the old man asked, "Gongjiang, are there any guests?" ”
"Dad, why didn't you say it in advance?" Gongjiang had a filial smile on his face.
It turned out that this old man was Tsujimura's father, named Tsujimura Toshimitsu. Lin Si remembered that in the original book, Hattori Heiji identified this person as the murderer, but in fact, this person was deliberately taking the blame for his daughter-in-law. But now that his son has been killed by someone else, he doesn't have to take the blame.
"I'm just idle and bored." Toshimitsu Tsujimura said with a smile: "Since there are guests, you can call Ah Dong back quickly, it is rude to let the guests wait here for a long time." ”
Kogoro hurriedly said that he didn't mind waiting a little longer, which was of course just a kind word. So Tsujimura called her husband's mobile phone, but it turned out to be turned off. "Strange, he actually turned off the phone? He usually turns on the computer 24 hours a day. ”
"Could something be wrong?" Heiji already sensed that something was wrong.
"This ...... I don't know very well. "Gongjiang is also wondering, I haven't done it yet, what can happen to him?
Lin Si opened his mouth and asked, "Is there anything strange at home?" ”
Toshimitsu Tsujimura didn't think about it and said: "It's a little strange to say, I wanted to look for Ah Dong after I came over, but I didn't see him, but there was music playing in the study." Later, Guishan turned off the music. ”
Even the music didn't have time to turn off, and people went out? At this moment, even Kogoro and Xiaolan realized that something was wrong. As for Conan, he had already felt weird, but his head had been groggy and he didn't have the heart to speak.
"Did he forget to turn off the music, or did he not have time to turn it off?" Lin Si pretended to think about it, and said slowly: "If it's the former, it's fine, if it's the latter, I'm afraid it's ......."
Everyone's hearts suddenly hung in the air, and Gongjiang was also acting, pretending to be very anxious, "Then, what should we do?" ”
"Don't worry, first of all, do you have any strange behavior of your husband recently?" Pingji asked.
Gongjiang couldn't think of anything for a while, so he called the housekeeper over. The butler immediately remembered one thing, "To say strange, the old man's appetite has been very strange recently." He doesn't usually eat supper, but in recent days, he has asked me to go out to buy bread, saying that it is to satisfy my hunger for supper. I bought some more, but it was eaten up quickly. ”
"Late snack? I didn't see him eat supper! Tsujimura said he was surprised.
The housekeeper looked confused and didn't eat? Where did the bread go?
Kogoro immediately thought of a possibility, looked at Koie with incredulous eyes, and asked, "Hey, your husband shouldn't be hiding someone at home, right?" Or who was detained......"
This type of case is actually not uncommon, once the young master of a family suddenly increased his appetite and asked his mother to deliver double the meals to the room. In the end, the incident occurred in the east window, and it turned out that the man had kidnapped a young girl and kept her in his room.
Gongjiang was already stunned, and she also thought of similar news.
Could it be that in addition to me, my husband and the housekeeper, there are people I haven't seen living in this house?
Thinking about it like this, Gongjiang couldn't help but stand on end. Even if she is a murderer who is ready to kill, she shuddes in the face of such a situation. Anyone who finds out that there is still a person in the house that they have never seen before, I am afraid that the house will feel eerie.
Xiaolan was also afraid, this psychological fear was much more terrible than any homicide......
"Do you have any rooms in your house that no one normally enters? Or a basement or something? Heiji asked loudly.
"No, no, all the rooms in my house are in and out." Gongjiang shook his head and replied, "And there is no basement either." ”
When Lin Si heard this, he said, "Since there is no basement, could it be the ceiling?" ”
Everyone looked up at the ceiling. Is that unidentified person living on it?
The butler patted his bare head and said, "That's right! There are step-stools in the hallway, and you can climb up to the ceiling with them! So they all ran out of the room and into the corridor.
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The lovers, Takazen Tsujimura and Sachiko Katsuragi, were about to go upstairs to have a look, but as soon as they went upstairs, they saw everyone gathered in the corridor, and Mori Kogoro was still carrying the stepstool leaning against the wall.
"What are you doing here?" Takazen Tsujimura couldn't understand it at all. Didn't they come as guests? How did it somehow become a lamp repair? But the lights don't seem to be broken!
Heiji recounted what had just happened, and after listening to the story, Takazen Tsujimura and Sachiko Katsuragi were stunned.
"My dad imprisoned a man at home?" Guishan couldn't believe this kind of thing at all.
"No, it doesn't have to be captivity, it could be protection." Lin Si said: "For example, if the other party is hiding from the enemy, or is wanted by the police and needs a place to hide, your father will provide him with a place to hide." ”
"Chase? Wanted? How is that possible? My dad was a diplomat, how could he have such a friend? ”
"Then I don't know."
By this time, Kogoro had already placed the stepstool under the entrance to the ceiling, and he volunteered to climb up, pushing the baffle open with one hand, and then drilling his upper body into the ceiling. It's a pity that it's pitch black inside, and you can't see anything.
So he pulled out his phone and used the flash as a flashlight, and now he finally saw the scene on the ceiling - garbage everywhere, a corpse lying close to him.
"Ahh Kogoro was so frightened that he almost fell off the stepshaft.
Heiji couldn't wait to shout: "Uncle! What's wrong? ”
"Corpses! It seems to be the corpse of Mr. Tsujimura! Kogoro swallowed nervously and replied.
"What?!" The people of the Tsuji Village family exclaimed in unison.
Takazen Tsujimura couldn't believe it was true, "Let me go up and have a look!" Saying that, he was about to climb the ladder stool, and Kogoro immediately reprimanded: "Don't come up!" Call the police immediately and let the police take care of it! ”
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Soon after, the police arrived at the scene, and the Twilight Police Department saw Kogoro Mori, and his eyebrows inadvertently twitched twice, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he still didn't say it. He looked at Lin Si again, his eyes were very strange.
Lin Si wondered, what are you looking at me for?
Soon Lin Si understood, and it was estimated that the Twilight Police Department was complaining in his heart, "Brother Maori is very strange every time he appears at the scene of the crime, why are you infected now?" Lin Si could only pretend to be stupid about this.
After learning about the situation, some police officers and forensic officers climbed the ceiling to investigate.
Takazen Tsujimura and Koe Tsujimura are crying sadly in the corridor, Kizen's sadness is real, and Gonge's sadness is faked. Gongjiang originally wanted to kill her husband, but now that her husband has been killed by someone else, it has saved her a lot of trouble.
But...... Who killed him?