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Chapter 48 "Hunter's Reasoning" Bankrupt?

The "mountain whale" mentioned by Tatsuo Uchii does not refer to the legendary creature that lives in South America and floats in the Andes Mountains. He is Japanese, and "mountain whale" is a Japanese euphemism for wild boar.

Qingjian Liuli is quite aware of this, because her mother sometimes calls pork "mountain whale meat", probably because she has developed a habit since she was a child.

There have been many "meat bans" on and off in Japan, and various regulations are messy. For example, people who eat sheep and rabbit meat have to be banned for five days. People who eat pig and lamb must reflect on themselves for two months. Fighting up, eating beef is even more heinous, and only the nobles can barely relieve their gluttony.

Well, at that time beef was a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, and nobles ate beef to treat diseases. It was the ancient Japanese version where there were policies above and countermeasures below.

It was because of this unlucky "meat ban" that Japanese domestic pigs were forced to become extinct at that time, and the wild boars were not easy to sell when the hunters were lucky enough to kill them, so they named the wild boar meat "Mountain Whale Meat" and set up a stall Come to sell, others will say that it is a whale in the mountains when asked, and those who buy it can eat it with confidence.

The fish in the mountains, of course, can be eaten, but there is no saying that they are not allowed to eat fish.

Of course, there is another saying for "mountain whale", which means that the wild boar is the king of the mountains, just like the whale is the king of the sea.

Wild boars are actually very fierce. When they go crazy, they are sometimes fiercer than bears. They run rampant and have sharp fangs. If they are rubbed, they will be injured, and if they are stabbed, they will die. They are also equipped with natural armor, which makes them invulnerable. Their vitality is very tenacious. If you run for a day, you won't die easily.That is to say, humans have developed firearms. Without firearms, it would be no longer humans chasing wild boars. Wild boars can chase a group of people.Even with a shotgun in hand, it is best not to mess with it alone. It is definitely the top dangerous prey in the mountains and forests. The possibility of accidents is extremely high, and it is not uncommon to die.

In many places in Japan, wild boars are recognized as the local "mountain gods". After all, in ancient times, it was really difficult to kill wild boars with bamboo arrows and bamboo spears. Wild boars do not value fixed territories. Entering human fields to eat, drink, and destroy, according to the character of the Japanese, of course, we must confess and beg it to stop making trouble, and we dare not even call him by his name, but call him "Sir Shanjing".

Qing Jian Liuli knew the meaning of "Mountain Whale", and knew that Takeshi Qihara was trying to test Tatsuo Uchii, so he didn't care about these things, and asked curiously when he went out, "What did you just say about "The Four Branches of Okinoshima"?" It makes sense to suddenly appear in Hirano, what does that mean?"

Takeshi Qihara was looking at the photos of "The Four Branches of Okinoshima" repeatedly, and said casually: "Didn't he say that he came here because of the Kaicheng of Edo?"

"Tell me in detail." Qingjian Liuli knew what "Kaicheng of Edo" meant. She didn't pay much attention to liberal arts, but she was only in the first year of high school, and she didn't study comprehensively enough. She couldn't think of more, so she was very curious.

Takeshi Qihara explained absently: "At the end of the Falling Curtain Movement, the Tokugawa shogunate surrendered without a fight, and Edo opened the city peacefully. There was no bloodshed and no defensive battles, but not everyone was willing to give up resistance. In the name of the regiment', he went into exile in Hokkaido and established the Ezo Republic.

These people did not come to Jianguo empty-handed. They either raised money, stole it, or robbed it openly. They stole a lot of property from Edo. It disappeared at that time, but Edo was very chaotic at that time, and arson or fires often occurred, and theft and robbery were commonplace, which made it difficult for everyone to figure out whether "The Four Branches of Okinoshima" was burned or stolen. Still got swept away.

So it makes sense for these four paintings to appear in Hirano now. In all likelihood, they arrived in Hokkaido at that time and were lost to the people, or were simply hidden by a guy who fled to Hokkaido. It is also considered an alternative sense. Inheritance is orderly. "

Qing Jian Liuli understood, looked at the photo on the promotional page and sighed: "So it is like this, I didn't expect a few simple paintings, and such a legendary story, so this is not a fake?"

Takeshi Qiyuan nodded slightly: "At least I don't see any problems. From a historical perspective, it makes sense to be missed."

Seeing that Liuli's curiosity was satisfied, Qing felt refreshed from inside to outside, and said enviously: "Then these four tattered scrolls, no, these four famous paintings are worth [-] million yen?"

Two hundred million yen, this is a huge sum of money. She couldn't even imagine how big it would be if it was exchanged for five hundred yen coins.If she has [-] million yen, the first thing to do is to hang Qiyuan Takeshi up and beat him, give him money after the beating, hang him up and beat him after giving the money, and give him money after he is angry, let him be an assistant to wash her A bowl of shoeshine for cooking and eating.

Takeshi Qihara was also drooling a little, wishing he could travel through time and space to pick up this leak first, regretfully said: "It was more than [-] million yen, the monkey was already dead at that time, Ichinose Fan is no longer afraid of beheading, although he still lives in Okinoshima , but he has been in contact with old friends again. When several people visited him, he proudly showed these paintings, which were mentioned in the notes left by those people, and some saw drafts , some saw one or two of them, some saw the finished product, counting the time..."

He briefly recalled and synthesized the notes of those people, "He spent two years in the ninth and tenth years of Qingchang to complete the creation, and he died in the snow at the end of the tenth year of Qingchang. "The Four Branches of Okinoshima" is his last work, and it has a higher collection value. If it only sells for [-] million yen, I will buy it even if it is more. This price is equivalent to picking it up for nothing.

If it is a normal auction, it is easy to sell more than [-] million yen. The warm-up is good enough, the atmosphere on the scene is enthusiastic enough, and if enough interested donors are attracted, it is possible to sell more than [-] million yen. Insurance companies are very fond of works of art that may depreciate but can also increase in value stably, and they don’t mind if they get a premium, not to mention that they themselves like to push up the price of such works of art. "

[-] million yen...

Qing Jian Liuli couldn't help but be more leisurely fascinated, if she has 24 million yen, according to Qi Yuanwu's money-greedy character, she can make him walk on his head in the future, right?You won't bully her when you have nothing to do, you will definitely give her a smiling face [-] hours a day, right?

She was imagining Takeshi Qiyuan following her like a dog licking a dog, when there was light applause from the side, a middle-aged uncle in his 30s praised there: "This is Qiyuan classmate, I didn't expect to be interested in art. With such an in-depth understanding of the drug industry, it is no wonder that he can become a special consultant of the police station."

Nakano Eri and Qingjian Liuli looked over immediately, Qingjian Liuli asked cautiously: "Are you..."

The middle-aged uncle smiled brightly, "I am Kazuo Hirakan. Just now Director Uchii asked me to wait for a few people to come over to assist the police in the investigation."

He has the superficial enthusiasm that is unique to the Japanese service industry. He stood in the corridor and waited on purpose. He happened to hear Takeshi Qihara's words, and Qing Jian Liuli and Nakano Eri quickly thanked him and said a few words "Excuse me." up".

Kazuo Pingguan also said polite words and invited them into an office and served them tea. Qing Jian Liuli curiously continued the topic just now and asked, "Can it really be auctioned for [-] million yen?" ?”

Kazuo Pingguan said with a reserved smile: "We will work hard, and it is our job to let the art treasures reflect the value and status they should have. However, the auction results are still unclear, and we can only say that there is great hope."

Bastard, four tattered scrolls can really be sold for [-] million yen. Qing Jian Liuli decided to go to her warehouse when she went home. She vaguely remembered that she also had some tattered scrolls at home. If there were famous paintings from hundreds of years ago, she would send them up.

But she still hadn't forgotten the case, and she still had the last hope that it was a fake, so she probed again: "During the public exhibition, did any experts identify it? Has anyone suggested..."

A man in Pingguan laughed dumbly: "The curator has gambled his wealth and reputation. How could we ignore such a big business. Before collecting it, we have repeatedly appraised it, analyzing everything from paint to paper to painting style. The three appraisers None of them raised any doubts, especially since we not only collected these four works, but the family also had a lot of old items handed down from the Tokugawa Banner family, and we also collected them, all of which were genuine.

It’s a bit lucky to say that curator Uchii first saw that family selling second-hand goods at a stall, and found a broken sword with the Tokugawa family crest, so he went to his house to check out of curiosity, and found it by accident. There is absolutely no possibility of forgery in "The Four Branches of Okinoshima". "

Takeshi Qihara was thoughtful, and this routine sounded familiar, but seeing that Liuli had completely given up, he returned to the subject and asked, "Okay, Hirakan-san, I heard that the night Matsunai-san was killed, did you and Director Uchii together?"

"Yes, I'm very surprised why you always come to ask this question." Kazuo Pingguan complained veiledly, and said with a smile, "The public exhibition has received a good response at the beginning, attracting the attention of many people in the industry, and even some people have already privately I made an inquiry, and the curator was very happy after the museum closed that day, and asked me to have a drink to celebrate and talk about the preparations for the auction, so I went too.

We went to Zhiyuan House first, where we drank a glass of beer and a few bottles of shochu, and then the curator felt a little tired, so he invited me to Wenchuan House to take a bath and massage to relax. He seemed to be getting a little drunk, so I sent him home, but he still wanted to chat, and asked Mrs. Uchii to call to order takeaway. I live alone anyway, and I have nothing to do when I go back, so I continued to drink with him He continued to chat, and finally drank too much, so he fell asleep in the guest room of his house. "

Qiyuan Wu smiled and interjected: "Do you remember the time of the break?"

"It's past ten o'clock..." Kazuo Pingguan laughed, "I was a little drunk at the time, and I was so dizzy that I didn't pay attention to the time, but it was [-]:[-] when I sent him home, so I can guarantee that I will arrive at [-] o'clock." I was with him all the time around ten o'clock, and drank a lot of wine, during which time he didn't even go to the bathroom, it's completely impossible for him to run out and kill people, you guys really think too much."

Qiyuan Wu asked with a smile: "[-]:[-]? Why do you remember this time so clearly?"

Kazuo of the Pingguan said indifferently: "After getting off the taxi, Director Uchii was a little dizzy, and he was afraid Mrs. Uchii would blame him for coming back too late, so he asked me casually what time it was, so I glanced at my watch, so I have an impression." After a pause, he said his complaint more directly, "Curator Uchii has hardly dealt with Matsunaisan, I really can't understand why he is on the suspect list, he has no reason at all Treat Matsunais-san like that..."

Qiyuan Wu nodded and said in deep thought: "Indeed, I don't want to understand what his reason is now."

Kazuo Hirakan was stunned, but Takeshi Qihara immediately laughed and said, "I mean, if he killed Matsunai-san, I didn't think he had any reason."

Only then did Hirakan Kazuo feel relieved, and said, "It is impossible for Director Uchii to do such a thing, he treats people very well."

Qiyuan Wu smiled and said: "It can be seen that his personal cultivation is very good. At that time, Mrs. Uchii ordered takeaway. Where did he order it? Has the takeaway been delivered?"

"Of course it was delivered." Kazuo Pingguan recalled it and said with a smile, "It was delivered in about 6 or [-] minutes. It's a box of mutton dishes from Yangwan House. I ate a lot."

Qingjian Liuli flipped through her little notepad, and quickly found out about the Yangwan House mentioned in the police briefing. The police had already gone to the preliminary investigation and asked about it. On the night of the Yangwan House incident, it was indeed received by Uchii at around [-]:[-] Mrs. Uchii's ordering phone number was indeed sent to Uchii's house and handed over to Mrs. Uchii. Coupled with the testimony of Kazuo Hirakan, it can already prove that Tatsuo Uchii had no time to commit the crime, and it is impossible for him to kill him.

The most important thing is that it is completely unexpected that Tatsuo Uchii has any motive for committing the crime. It is impossible for him to kill a person with a casual relationship for no reason, right?

It is possible in mystery novels, but if the police want to send a suspect to the police, they must provide the murderer with a clear motive for committing the crime, unquestionable witness or physical evidence, otherwise the prosecutor will be the first to quit, and it is impossible to send him to court .

There are only two suspects in total, the first one is a fake hunter, it is definitely not, the second looks like a real hunter, but there are evidences and supporting evidence, the alibi is completely established, it is impossible to commit the crime, could it be that the "hunter's reasoning" is bankrupt Oh, the murderer is someone else?
Qing Jian Liuli was very sad, and looked at Qiyuan Wu with worry for a while.

(End of this chapter)