What happened in Minghe Apartment?

It was a Sunday with good weather. At noon that day, a female body was found lying on the bed in pajamas in Room 506 of Minghe Apartment. She had been strangled to death by a tie.

The person who discovered the body was the manager of the apartment. At that time, he came to ask for rent. When he rang the doorbell, there was no response. He turned the doorknob and found that the door was unlocked. He went into the house and found the body.

The inspection results showed that it was less than two hours after the death. There was no sign of rape, and no disturbance was found in the house.

"The victim's name is Kumiko Mizusawa?" Yamada Police Department asked the administrator looking at the name on the door plate.

"No, her name is Nagashima Eiko, and she lived with Mizusawa three months ago."

"What is her occupation?"

"Two Everyone is a waitress at the Ginza bar."

"Where is the owner of the room, Mizusawa Kumiko?"

"I don't know," the manager replied.

"Miss Mizusawa is getting her hair done in the beauty salon." said the female neighbor who was watching the excitement outside the door. That woman has a beautiful hairstyle.

"Which beauty salon?"

"The small shop called Sezhi in front of the station. I just came back 30 minutes ago. By the way, at that time, I also met a Dai The man in sunglasses walked out of here."

"Did you see him leaving this room?"

"No, he met me next to the elevator. He looked so flustered that he didn’t even take the elevator. He turned his face away and hurried down the stairs as if he was in trouble. "

"What kind of man is he?"

"About 1.7 meters tall, thin, with long sideburns, and looks average." The woman answered readily.

"Police Department! Please let me go to that beauty salon to find out the situation." Young Detective Kimura requested.

"Do you know that store?"

"Yes. That's the store owned by my sister."

"Yes, that's just right, you Go and ask immediately."

Kimura opened the door of Sezhi Beauty Salon and walked in.

"You're here...yo! It's my younger brother. Do you have a day off today?" My sister smiled happily. She was cutting the hair of a middle-aged woman.

In the small and neat store, there is another customer, wearing a dryer and sitting on another chair reading a magazine. The dryer motor is loud and humming.

"No, I'm on duty. Has Miss Kumiko Mizusawa been here?"

"Miss Mizusawa..."

My sister looked at Masaida The customer in the dryer hat glanced.

"What happened?" my sister asked in a low voice.

"A woman who lived with her was killed."

"What? Is it the Miss Long Island?" It was not only my sister who was surprised, the middle-aged woman seemed He looked back at Detective Kimura as if he was surprised.

Kumiko Mizusawa seemed not to hear anything, and was still concentrating on reading the weekly magazine in her hand.

"Sister, are you familiar with Nagashima Eiko?"

"You are my old customer. How did you get killed?"

" He was strangled to death."

"Strangled to death, it's really scary." The middle-aged woman was shaking with fear.

My sister walked to Kumiko Mizusawa, cut off the power supply to the drying hat, and took off the hat.

"Miss Mizusawa, I'm sorry, my brother has something to ask you."

"Is he the madam's brother?"

"He is a criminal police officer, listen. Said Miss Nagashima was killed."

"What? Eiko, she..."

Kumiko stood up subconsciously and then saw Detective Kimura standing behind her. She also had curls on her head.

"Is it true that Rongzi was killed?" she asked.

"I just found it in your room."

"I can't believe she was still sleeping when I came here.

"

"When did you come here? "

"An hour ago, right? lady. ”

“Yes, it was that time. "My sister said the same thing.

"Maybe it was that guy who did it..." Kumiko wanted to say something, but immediately shut up.

"Who is that guy you are talking about? ? "Mu Mu asked closely.

"It's the one Eiko dumped, his name is Kuroda Kenichi. ”

“A guy who is 1.7 meters tall, thin, and has big sideburns, right? "

"What? Did he do it? "

"No, someone witnessed it near the scene. "

"That's right, he is the murderer. He and Rongzi lived together six months ago, but because he was obsessed with horse racing and spent money recklessly, Rongzi hated him and ran away to me. He must have taken advantage of my absence to force her to resume their relationship. When Eiko refused, he strangled her with his tie in anger. "Kumiko said so much in one breath.

"Do you know the address of Kenichi Kuroda? "

"Wakamiya-cho, maybe Aobaso Apartment. I can't remember the house number, but I've been there once before. ”

“So, please take me there?” "

"But my head..." Kumiko said hesitantly.

"I'll get it done for you right away. "My sister immediately took off the curls on Kumiko's head, arranged it beautifully, and then wrapped it in a scarf.

After Detective Kimura contacted the police department by phone, he borrowed her sister's car, took Kumiko with him and immediately Set off.

Unfortunately, Kuroda Kenichi was not there when they arrived. Soon, a man wearing sunglasses came back in a hurry.

"That's the guy. "Kumiko hid behind Detective Kimura and whispered.

When Kuroda approached and spotted them, he was stunned.

"Are you Kenichi Kuroda? I'm a police officer. "Kimura went up and grabbed his wrist.

"No, I didn't do it. " Kuroda shouted.

"What are you saying that you didn't do it? "

"Eiko was already dead when I went there, with a tie wrapped around his neck..."

"Is it your tie? "

"No, not mine. I'm telling the truth, Mr. Detective, please believe me. "

"Then why didn't you report it to the police? Why run away? "

Kuroda was speechless for a moment when asked.

"No one will kill Eiko except you. "Kumiko said next to her.

A sneer immediately appeared on Kuroda's face.

"I think it was you who did it? When I met Eiko a few days ago, she told me that she discovered that you were having an affair with your boss when she lived there. She didn’t know who seduced whom, but if the matter was revealed, you would fight Eiko. Wasn't Eiko's face scratched by you too? "

"Humph! Stop talking nonsense. "Kumiko sneered.

"It's useless to argue here. Let's go to the police station. "Detective Kimura brought the two people to the headquarters.

However, no matter how he interrogated the two people, he could not get enough evidence to determine who the murderer was.

That night, Kimura Go to the beauty salon to return my sister’s car.

“Have you caught the murderer? "My sister asked with concern.

"Not yet. There is not enough evidence to make a decision. "

When Kimura told his sister the details of the arrest of the black male Kenichi, her sister thought for a moment and said:

"Kimura, think about it. Did you tell anyone in the store that Eiko was strangled to death by her tie? "

"No, I just said that Rongzi was strangled to death, and I didn't say in detail what he was strangled to death. "

"Then how did Kumiko know that Eiko was strangled to death by her tie? Did you tell her on the way? "

"No...," Detective Kimura suddenly stopped talking, "Sister, do you want to say that Kumiko is the murderer? ”

“That’s right.

"

"Yes, if Kumi had not been to the scene, she would not have known that Eiko was strangled to death by a tie. And if she knows it, it proves that she has been to the scene, and she has the motive to commit the crime..." When Detective Kimura said this, he could no longer suppress the joy in his heart. He hurriedly ran out, saying as he ran : "I'm going to tell the police department now that the murderer already knows. ”