Conan’s Corpse Picker

"I almost forgot, but luckily you reminded me." Jiang Xia came back to his senses, and with the bride's younger brother's distorted expression, continued what he had said before:

"Ever since we found the pistol, we have always felt that the location where it fell was very strange. But now, we have understood that the pistol may appear in the flower bed or on the roof of the villa. It all depends on luck. Because it You didn’t just throw it away casually, but you threw it from one side of the river to the other side of the river.”

The bride's brother sneered: "The more you talk about it, the more fantasy it becomes. It's not like you haven't seen how wide this river is. What? I look like a genius shot put player? - Why don't you ask your most burly policeman to come over and let He tried to throw the pistol over there."

Jiang Xia: "..." Why did you ask the burliest policeman to pass? Look down on the people present? ——I can give it a try, and so can Xiaolan.

However, the bride's brother in front of him did not look like a person with superior physical ability. He had to follow the laws of nature and said: "It is really difficult to achieve this goal just relying on human arm strength. But you didn't throw it with your hands, but borrowed it here of bamboo.”

He looked out the window and saw a dense bamboo forest outside: "Just bend the bamboo pole on the bank, hang the gun on the top of it, and then let go. You can use the elasticity of the bamboo to smoothly fly the pistol to the other side of the river. In the flower garden.

"By doing this, firstly, you can stay with everyone before the 'gunshot' and have a sufficient alibi. Secondly, it can also blur the real order of death of the two deceased, making others think that the one who died first was Groom. So that you can successfully inherit their inheritance."

The bride's brother felt so guilty that he almost wanted to kneel on the ground, but his mouth remained firm. He held the table and argued: "What you said is completely contradictory! - You also said that I was with everyone when the gunshot fired. Did I find an accomplice to run to the other side of the river to help me fire the gun?"

Jiang Xia glanced at him, walked to the door and opened it.

A middle-aged man walked in from the door with a dazed look on his face, holding a "T"-shaped hollow metal tube that was half a man's height.

"This is what you want." He placed the strange-shaped metal pipe in front of the detective, and then looked at the people in the hall doubtfully, "What are you..."

Jiang Xia: "Why don't you introduce what this is first?"

"Oh." The middle-aged man in the maintenance office came back to his senses and looked at the pipe:

"This was originally used to drive away sparrows, but we don't have many sparrows, but a lot of monkeys, so Mr. Ito bought a batch of these to drive away monkeys that make trouble in the manor - just put special firecrackers into it, When set again, it can maintain a specific interval and make a sound like a gunshot."

Jiang Xia nodded and looked back at the bride's brother who was on the verge of collapse: "You went to the other side in advance to place a bird repellent tube like this, stuffed firecrackers into it, and set the time and number of explosions - this is us The second 'gunshot' was heard.

"After the incident, you had no chance to leave the crowd and act alone, so the bird repellent tube used to create an alibi should still be on the other side. As long as you send someone to find it, you can see the time set on it. ”

"Besides...the clothes you are wearing are new, right?" Jiang Xia looked at his suit and shirt:

"Although the styles are exactly the same, there are still some details that are different from the one you wore to the dinner. After the murder, you took the opportunity to put on this new set of identical clothes to avoid smoke inspection.

"But as I said just now, for the sake of your own alibi, you cannot leave the venue for too long. So your clothes stained with smoke and maybe even splattered with blood should be hidden in this venue."

"..."

There was a suffocating silence.

A few seconds later, the bride's brother suddenly cursed and slammed the table: "It's all my sister's fault!"

He cried bitterly: "Obviously she married into a wealthy family with billions of assets, but she refused to help me with a penny! - We have been dependent on each other for so many years, and as soon as she became rich, she turned around and forgot about me! The world Is there any woman more heartless than her?"

Officer Otaki: "..."

It’s okay if you don’t listen to the murderer’s strange logic.

He waved his hand and was about to take the person away, but at this moment, several subordinates hurried back: "Police, police department!"

"Huh?" Otaki Police Department glanced at them doubtfully, "The case is over. Why are you panicking now? Speak slowly."

Several police officers looked at the murderer with complicated emotions and handed something out: "We wanted to find the clothes that the murderer changed according to what Jiang Xia said. But who knew that when we were looking for that set of clothes... we found this."

The Otaki Police Department looked at his hand, and their expression suddenly changed: That was actually a shotgun!

Pistols have trickled into the private market sporadically, and are still barely accepted. But now, there is such a big gun hidden in this manor!

"This..." The groom's family members were stunned for a moment and realized the seriousness of the situation. They said in unison, "We don't know anything about this gun!"

Officer Otaki frowned and examined the gun.

Someone came up to him and looked at him. Jiang Xia looked at the various marks on the gun and whispered: "This gun doesn't look like it has been left to collect dust. It must have been used a lot recently."

Officer Otaki's frown suddenly deepened. He suddenly remembered the recent serial killings with sniper rifles: "These criminals are getting more and more arrogant...but whose gun belongs to them?"

In the corner, Calvados, who maintained his presence as a passerby, clenched his fists silently: "..."

Unexpectedly, at this time, the bride's brother looked at the gun and suddenly laughed: "Since you have discovered it, I won't hide it-this is my thing."

Calvados: "?"

police:"!"

The bride's brother snorted coldly: "Originally, I planned to kill everyone at the wedding, but then I came up with a better plan, so I put this gun aside."

This is a lie.

The bride's brother had no idea such a large gun was hidden in the manor.

But one thing is certain - this gun definitely does not belong to his sister and brother-in-law. Those two pedantic intellectuals would not know how to break the law and hide guns secretly. Otherwise, he would not dare to kill them so neatly. .

"This gun must have been hidden by someone else and wanted to use it against the Hatakeyama family." The bride's brother gritted his teeth and thought to himself: "The plans I worked so hard for ended up being advantageous to others. These were already there. The rich guy got richer for this... How can this be allowed?"