Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 294 Clay is different from clay

   Water buckets are usually sunk in the well, or placed on the side of the well. But now, the old wooden barrel was hung on the well rope, clinging to the well reel at the top, as if something heavy was falling from the other end of the rope.

These people from the Rennei family usually live in Gunma, and they have not encountered so many cases. They naively thought that something had fallen into the well, so they walked over without thinking too much, pulled the well rope, and planned to put the inside. Heavy objects" were pulled out.

   At most, I thought it was a wild cat and a wild dog.

   Who knew that the younger brother of Lainei, a man who was in his prime, would be extremely laborious to pull.

   Jiang Xia walked over and gave him a hand.

   With the overwhelmed creaking sound of the well wheel, the number of ropes that were thrown behind them gradually increased, and the rope at the end of the heavy object kept getting shorter and shorter.

   Finally, at the end of the rope, a man who was almost folded in half from the middle was hoisted out of the well.

   is Machiko Stepmuro who went to the wedding banquet just now.

   Her face was swollen, her mouth was wide open, and her eyes were round. Brother Rennei stared blankly at the corpse for two seconds, separated by a meter, and suddenly burst out with a terrified scream, throwing down the well rope and crawling away.

   Jiang Xia didn't expect his teammates to be so unreliable, he was dragged forward by the rope that suddenly became heavier. However, he quickly stabilized and pulled the rope that had fallen a little back again.

   In the eyes of others, it seems that Jiang Xia did not expect a body to be hidden in the well.

  Hiromi didn't run too far like her younger brother, she was already slumped to the ground by the terrible appearance of the corpse, lacking the physical conditions to escape.

   Fortunately, her legs were weak, but her eyes were not there yet. She quickly recognized the deceased and said in a trembling voice, "Auntie?!"

  …

   Soon, the police arrived and the body hanging from the well was released.

   To restore the truth of the case, a lot of clues are needed, and the police are busy looking around.

  Jiang Xia observed by the side and found that the physical evidence was scattered, even in the bottom of the well, so he decided to wait for the police to find it before going directly to see them.

   He took a random turn in the yard, then leaned against the well and pretended to think, while his consciousness was attached to the puppets condensed in the Buddhist hall.

  There was no one in the Buddhist hall at the moment, it was very quiet, only a faint ticking sound came from the cabinet.

  Jiang Xia drove the puppet made by Xiaobai, looked closely, and found that there was a crack in the cabinet, and a taut crossbow arrow and a simple timing device were hidden inside.

  With the cooperation of the two, the arrows will be shot in a certain direction at regular intervals.

   This is a prop used to attack the righteous house of Lainai, and the person who installed it is Jingzi Lainai, the daughter-in-law of the Patriarch of Laonei.

   Jiang Xia observed for a moment, slightly adjusted the angle of the crossbow shooting, and then stuck a small piece of puppet clay on the timing device.

After doing this, it should have been disbanded on the spot, but Jiang Xia stepped back and looked at the white, quietly clinging puppet clay, and suddenly had a strong sense of sight, so he put his hands in a strange posture Yihe, muttered in a low voice, "Drink!"

The    clay was stuck to it quietly, unresponsive.

The    timer also continued to tick tock, peacefully and serenely.

The eyes of the    ghosts gradually changed from puzzled and nervous to puzzled.

  Jiang Xia put down his hands as if nothing happened, and closed the cabinet door. He was not surprised by this result.

   Sure enough, this is just an ordinary piece of clay, it doesn't have some of the characteristics of the second class...

   Fortunately, although it cannot explode, at least within a certain range, it can change shape and hardness under Jiang Xia's mind, and then trigger the timing device in advance.

   After adjusting the device, Jiang Xia scattered the puppets built with Xiaobai as the prototype, and his consciousness returned to the body.

   The main body opened his eyes, and brushed off the ash on his body when he leaned against the well. His expression was calm and his movements were orderly. He was still the calm and rational high school student.

  …

   At this time, the form in the courtyard was a bit chaotic.

   The number of police officers who work overtime late at night is limited. Recently, there happened to be the flu, and many senior police officers fell ill. Therefore, almost all the police officers who came here today are a group of rookies, and they are in a hurry in the face of murder cases—especially the leader of the mountain village.

   Fake Lai Nei Yifang had murdered for the first time, and he was also a little flustered. Originally, he thought that if the police who came were more reliable and could solve the murder case smoothly and find out another person who sent a threatening letter, then he would explain everything and go to the police station to solve the problem according to the procedures.

   However, what I didn't expect was that the leading police officer in the mountain village, even if his reasoning ability was outrageous, would even tremble at the corpse...

The more he thought about the fake house, the more angry he became, so he simply brought the Brazilian guy and planned to go back to the room to rest. Although these police officers are unreliable, the other attacker should not dare to do anything for the time being. Recharge your batteries and listen to the will tomorrow.

  The two people crossed the courtyard and entered the corridor in the chaos, and their figures quickly disappeared.

   A few minutes later, a long-haired figure looked at the direction they were leaving, tangled for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and couldn't help but follow.

  This person is Jingzi Lai Nei—she is the one who sent the second threatening letter, and she also set up the crossbow arrow that Jiang Xia was playing with his puppet just now.

  Also as a person who is short of money, Keiko Rouchi actually understands the mind of the tragic death of the mistress. When she heard that "Uncle Yifang" had received more than one threatening letter, she suspected that Jishi had sent a similar letter, so she vaguely regarded the other party as a comrade-in-arms in her heart.

But now, the "comrade-in-arms" is gone, and the method of death is still so ridiculous and horrific... Although according to the speculation of the rest of the family, the murderer should be the suspicious person hiding in the side door and peeping, but Jingzi Rennei is actually a little suspicious of "Yifang". uncle".

   Maliciousness is always easy to become an interaction. In her opinion, the possibility that the targeted "Uncle Yifang" will strike first is very low, but it is not 0.

   However, to be honest, she is now secretly following her to observe the room of the righteous house. Rather than "to prove that the other party is a murderer", it is actually more like "to prove that the other party is not a murderer", so as to reassure herself.

  Only in this way can she believe that her stepmother's death was due to a grudge elsewhere, and then she dares to continue to fight against the righteous house.

  However, before Jingzi slipped to the door of the other party's room, someone suddenly patted her from behind when she was passing by the Buddhist hall.

  Inner Jingzi was horrified, turned his head sharply in the dark corridor, and saw a young man standing behind him who was not familiar, it was Jiang Xia.

   She breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then became vigilant—because there was a ghost in her heart, as soon as Jingzi heard that Jiang Xia was a detective before, she immediately took the opportunity to search for his information, just like Hiromi.

   The terrifying achievements on the webpage gave her a certain understanding of Jiang Xia's speed of solving cases, and she was therefore full of fear.

  Inner Jingzi squeezed out a stiff smile and looked up at Jiang Xia: "...What's wrong?"

   (end of this chapter)