Covered with water

"Well, listen to Yunhe." Qin Zhi responded, a very faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, showing more and more the noble, calm and self-sustaining side of him.

Xiao Yunhe has never been able to resist his appearance. For a while, his mind was filled with the contrasting images of him last night. He unnaturally pulled his collar, and he felt that Young Master Qin's brilliance seemed to be more advanced. Lou, finally couldn't help but started to yell at him: "...What are you laughing at?"

Qin Zhi changed his serious tone again, and replied: "Huh? What am I laughing at? I'm not laughing at anything."

Xiao Yunhe: "..." I really have a big hammer to soften my heart!You have to eat and drink enough to have such a smile on your face, right?After a while, Qin Zhi shook his wrist firmly, and tapped his palm comfortingly: "Okay, let's stop making trouble."

Xiao Yunhe subconsciously interjected: "You..." He was swayed by the comforting expression between his brows again, thinking why are you so... When did you switch to the healing department? !It's a bit foul you!The tone also softened, and the unfinished "what's the trouble" died halfway, and he let out a reserved and indifferent "hum".

Tang Mingqing suddenly felt that he had been stuffed with dog food, but after looking at the two of them, it was clear that there was no eye contact, so he calmly looked away from the rearview mirror, and put the message of Shoko Kanno in the I quickly filtered it in my heart.

Speaking of Shoko Kanno, apart from the attributive "Zhengguo's wife" used to indicate her identity, she played more of a background role in the whole incident.As Tong Yu's most trusted assistant, Tang Mingqing still knew some basic inside information.Xiangzi has been dead for many years, and his communication during his lifetime was very simple, and he had no direct contact with the bronze tripod. Although the dagger used by Zhengguo to cut seppuku is said to be a family heirloom of Xiangzi, it must be judged based on this, saying that behind Xiangzi is hidden What a huge conspiracy that has lasted for more than 30 years is too far-fetched.So they only made a background tone symbolically, and didn't continue after that.At this time Xiao Yunhe suddenly mentioned it. Although Tang Mingqing was a little surprised, he still briefly explained the situation he knew: "Hey, both of you. Ms. Xiangzi passed away in February 1990. She married Mr. Zhengguo before she got married. The resume is unknown for the time being. But since Junpei Kanno was born, their family has been living in Kushiro, and the Metropolitan Police Department should have some records. Please stay calm, I will communicate with the Metropolitan Police Department and arrange to pick up Inquiry matters."

Qin Zhi said "um", and said, "Thanks for your hard work." Tang Mingqing may not know Xiao Yunhe's intention in mentioning Kanno Shoko, but he knows that Xiao Yunhe is not just a whim.According to their previous deduction, when Zhengguo was 20 years old, he traveled east to Japan in order to find the Yunleiwen tripod taken away by Kenji Horikawa, and there is a high probability that he knew the secret behind the tripod.Putting this scene into place and thinking about it, one is going to a foreign country with an uncertain future haunted by evil spirits, and the other is falling in love at first sight and having children. As the well-deserved protagonist of the incident 48 years ago, Zhengguo’s life seems to have no such "destiny" at all. Hanging by a thread” feeling of tension.

Isn't it okay to fall in love?

Answer: Of course you can.

But if you have a "curse to death" debuff tied to your body at any time, don't you have to think about it when you fall in love?

Now the husband and wife are faced with such a black and white multiple choice question.If Zhengguo really went to Japan to find relatives, and there was no one to rely on in the vast sea of ​​people, he accidentally made a marriage with a gentle and beautiful Japanese girl. The two jointly wrote a love hymn against their parents, and they took root It is a completely normal and logical behavior. The only doubt is why Maeda Ichiro chose the Kanno family.Once this is the case, it means that their newly formed guesses will be reversed against the wind, and they can only place their hopes on that strange Tsubaki Kojiro.

But it is also very simple to prove the authenticity of this "fact", as long as they find a way to "torture" a sentence of truth from Maeda Ichiro's mouth.

And if it's another possibility, their guess is correct, the curse of the bronze tripod was really caused by the Lu family, and all Zhengguo's actions are for self-saving, and it is even less likely that his first task is to find a girl to fall in love with up.Kenji Horikawa passed away at the end of the 60s, and Masamune came to Japan in 48. It was impossible for the two of them to have the opportunity to meet directly.And according to Qian Huimei's feedback, Ryunosuke did not seem to have received any special visitors when he was alive, which means that in the long [-] years, Zhengguo and the curse of the bronze tripod have been in peace. Contradictory statements.

If staying away from the bronze tripod can avoid the curse, then why did Zhengguo come to Japan back then, and why did he bring the bronze tripod back into his pocket?

Even if Ichiro Maeda forced it on him, he can choose not to!

The only most reasonable explanation is that in the first few years when Zhengguo first arrived in Japan, something interrupted the process of the curse, making Zhengguo mistakenly think that the curse had completely disappeared, so he married a wife and had children with peace of mind, started a family and started a business.If Zhengguo and Xiangzi got acquainted after cursing the "interruption", then she is a rebellious girl who would break up with her family because of love; but if Xiangzi participated in the process of this "interruption", her identity may be different. It will be the key to breaking the current situation.

In fact, there is another layer of inference that is even more unreliable. According to the general law of X-point male protagonists, girls who can form a CP with the protagonist usually have a lot of background—let’s not talk about whether there is any strong data support for this law , but under that background and circumstances, Xiangzi's statement of "unknown pre-marital history" has become particularly intriguing.

Who could she be?Is it the background board that was involved innocently, or was it the trump card that turned the tide back then?

These thoughts still lingered in Qin Zhi's mind for a moment.The reason why he proposed to come to the Kushiro Metropolitan Police Department today was not only to verify the situation at the scene of Zhengguo's suicide, but also to obtain some information related to this grandmother.At this stage, the only thing directly related to her is the pair of swords kept in the Metropolitan Police Department as evidence.

In addition, the pair of swords seems to be hiding some secrets - even if it is not for Xiangzi, he still needs to see the pair of swords with his own eyes.

During the rest of the trip, there was nothing to say. The weather gradually warmed up in the afternoon, and the cold brought by the torrential rain overnight was completely expelled.The Kushiro Metropolitan Police Department was in charge of receiving them, a middle-aged police officer named Keiichi Tamagawa, who was also one of the first police officers who dealt with the Zhengguo suicide case. Because of the early contacts, he and Tang Mingqing had already gotten a little familiar with each other. The intention of the three of them quickly brought the couple to the showroom where the evidence was stored.

The showroom is surrounded by iron lockers taller than a person, and a physical evidence observation table with a light gray background is placed in the middle.Tamagawa opened one of the drawers, made a "please" gesture, and said, "This is all the information on the Kanno case, please feel free. I have other work, so excuse me."

"Mr. Police Department." Qin Zhi stopped him, "I still have some questions to check with you later, do you have time?"

Tamagawa nodded and said, "Yes. My office is next door, you two can come over anytime."

Qin Zhi said: "Thank you very much." Tama Chuan said "Yes", turned around and left the room with Tang Mingqing.

Because one and a half months have passed since Zhengguo committed suicide, and the Japanese police failed to find any traces of outsider intrusion, so even with Yoshiki's arguments, Masakuni's death is still a "" Closed" status.Qin Zhi simply flipped through the attached case files, and found that the transcripts of inquiries and the identification of traces at the crime scene accounted for the majority. Tong Yu had provided the corresponding copies of materials when they first arrived in Japan, and there was no need to re-read them at this time. , the focus still falls on the real thing.

The most important thing in the real thing is probably the two single swords, one long and one short.The blood-stained dagger was sealed in a transparent evidence bag, and the bloody fingerprints on the handle were still clearly discernible.The long knife is wrapped in a piece of dark brown satin, and it is warm to the touch after being uncovered. The curvature of the knife body is particularly beautiful. On the center of the knife are two symmetrical plum blossom patterns, which bloom steadily from the palm of the hand.The knife was drawn out of its sheath, and the blade was polished into a spotless and thin mirror surface. In such a dark room, there was also a faint brilliance flowing, and there was no trace of hostility that an ordinary weapon should have. Apart from the sharpness, there was more The warm gas of gold and stone.

"!" Such luxury and exquisiteness, even Xiao Yunhe couldn't help but let out a little exclamation, and at the same time made him more sure of his initial judgment, and his tone was a little heavier, "These two knives can't be a pair. .” When I just looked at the photos, I only felt that the shape was slightly different, but now I actually hold it in my hand and compare it, only to find that the difference between the two is almost incomparable.

"Hmm..." Qin Zhi obviously also discovered the gap like a natural moat. Although he couldn't feel any surge of spiritual power from the blade, the feeling of this blade... is really not inferior to that of a broken blade. Artifact of the army.

The identity of Xiangzi...?

Xiao Yunhe put the saber back into its sheath, and was also thinking about this question in his heart.Fang Shu once said before that Xiangzi's father ran a swordsmanship dojo in Hakodate, but can an ordinary dojo really afford such a big Buddha?

And how much of the life experience relayed by Zhengguo is credible?

Qin Zhi sealed the long knife again, and Tang Mingqing also knocked on the door and sent in a new document.The efficiency of the Kushiro police is still very high, and a very fragmented piece of information has been compiled in just a quarter of an hour.According to household registration records, Xiangzi should have been born in the 50s, about the same age as Zhengguo, and his surname before marriage was vaguely "Zhaogong", so his origin is no longer available.As for the statement that "the family runs a swordsmanship dojo", we can only wait for the Hakodate police to confirm it.

The husband and wife were not surprised by this result. They temporarily suppressed their doubts about Xiangzi's life experience, and visited Tamagawa who worked next door, and asked carefully about the situation at the scene of the crime.

"Yes, Yoshiki Kanno insisted that this was a murder. As you two have seen, although the scene of the crime was severely damaged, with bloody footprints everywhere, the interior doors and windows are intact, and it is estimated that the time of death is not the same No one else came in or left, and there were no signs of a struggle, so the facts are clear. Japan is a country with a high suicide rate, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with the police’s handling.”

"Masakuni Kanno's last words? Yes, I heard Yoshiki Kanno mentioned it." Tamagawa frowned and said, "Just a few words with no connection are not enough to change the police's judgment. As for the Japanese sword you mentioned, Yes, it was placed on the shelf directly opposite the deceased at that time, and there was no trace of being touched." If it hadn't been for the subsequent instructions from Shangfeng, in Tamachuan's view, this was an ordinary suicide case However, Fang Shu's various stubbornness is just because he is too sad.

"Okay, I understand." Qin Zhi replied.At this moment, there were three rhythmic knocks on the door.

Tamagawa said: "Please come in."

A young police officer pushed the door open and reported: "Police, we have found the contact information of a neighbor of Kanno's house, is it..."