detective world detective

Chapter 1539 The truth about Shenyin

After hearing Kimura Toru's words, the old criminal's expression froze again.

After that, he went out with the acting village chief to ask if anyone would come to the shrine in the next few days, and to see if there were any corpses inside.

If no one paid attention in the past few days, maybe the prisoner did it while no one was paying attention in the past few days. As for how to avoid being discovered, he may have used some tricks, but at least he was able to advance within the logic.

The result disappointed him. In the next few days, people came to the shrine to pay homage to the missing village chief, but none of them noticed anything strange on the wall at that time.

Combined with the testimony of Tang Ze and others that they did not see the corpse this morning, there is really no way to explain the corpse on the wall.

"Is the corpse on the wall really the hidden god?" The young criminal said in a trembling tone: "This is simply not something humans can do!"

"Do not be silly!"

The old criminal looked at his junior's unsatisfactory look and couldn't help scolding: "We are criminals, don't say those irrelevant things!
  Instead of thinking about the possibilities of those gods and ghosts, it is better to think about the reality a little bit outrageous. "

"Outrageous. Some.?"

When the young criminal heard what his senior said, he had a look of astonishment on his face, "What do you mean?"

"For example, this is a group crime. They killed the village chief and sealed the body in cement. Then when no one was around, they moved the wall with the body and reinstalled it in the shrine?"

The old criminal said: "Although this is very troublesome, at least it is realistic and logical."

"So that's it!" the young criminal suddenly said: "This is indeed very possible. Could it be that this is what the prisoner did, using people or some machinery to move the body."

"But we didn't see anything."

Karasawa said: "There are people coming and going at the shrine all the time. Although there is no one at noon, our car is parked on the road leading to the shrine.

When the boy passed by, we were aware of it, not to mention that if a large number of people or machines passed by, we would definitely notice it. "

"It must be divine punishment!"

After the surrounding villagers heard the conversation between Tang Ze and others, they couldn't help but shout out.

"Yes, who asked him to sell the village's land, even the shrine!"

"This is a punishment from the gods! The village chief offended the mountain god, so he will be punished by the gods!"

"How could it be retribution?" Conan looked at the excited villagers and couldn't help but complain: "If the gods want to use cement to retaliate, that would be too low."

"Keep your voice down." Tang Ze reminded him when he heard Conan's complaints: "You will be rewarded if the villagers hear you."

"It's okay, they are so loud, you can't hear them."

Conan put his head in his hands and said: "It's only because they are superstitious that they find this low-grade killing method terrifying. To me, it is just a desecration of the dead!"

"But the problem now is that we can't figure out the truth." The young criminal said with a headache.

"To be honest, I've discovered something, but I'm not sure." Tang Ze looked at the wall and said, "Do you feel that this wall seems a little different from before?"

"It's different?" Conan turned his head and stared at the wall of the shrine for a moment after hearing this: "It seems to be really different."

"Could it be an illusion?" Young Criminal asked, "I feel like it's no different from what I saw before."

"I didn't notice any difference either."

The old criminal looked at the two men and said, "You two have probably never come in before. Maybe there is some difference between looking at the wall from the window and entering the shrine and facing the wall directly?"

"No, we are sure there are some differences." Tang Ze shook his head, but did not explain why he was so confident.

Mainly because even if they told it, they probably wouldn't believe it, so they simply stopped talking about it.

After all, there's no way to prove insight for a while, so it's better not to explain it at all.

Facing the wall, Tang and Ze frowned and pondered over the current situation of the entire case.

First of all, there was no movement at the shrine before the body was found, and there was no possibility of a large number of people and machines changing the walls.

In addition, after inspection, the back of the shrine is still adjacent to the mountain wall, and it is impossible to send that wall in from the back.

This shrine is equivalent to a large secret room, and how to send the wall and corpse into it without anyone noticing is an insurmountable gap in front of the two of them.

While the two were contemplating, the forensic personnel who received the news also rushed over with tools and began to dismantle the wall to rescue the body from inside.

The densely packed tree roots behind the wall were also revealed.

This is normal. After all, this shrine is built against the mountain, and there is only a slight gap between the wall and the mountain.

Maybe it doesn't matter at first, but as the trees on the mountain grow, the roots will spread and fill the entire gap.

After the forensics personnel removed the body, Tang Ze and the others stepped forward to examine the tree roots carefully.

Looking at this, I really made a new discovery!

Some of the tree roots that spread from the rock wall fell off for unknown reasons.

"Could it be that?"

Looking at the fallen tree root vines, Tang Ze and Conan looked at each other and began to fumble around on the wall covered with tree roots.

"Here." Conan soon called out, pressing his palm on the tree vine on the right with a calm expression: "It seems that it is what we thought."

"The hidden village of the gods."

Karasawa looked down at the place where Conan's palm was pressed and said: "If the legends that have been circulated since ancient times are true, then the truth about Shenyin is really too cruel."

"Yes, and it's not impossible to have a corpse appear on the wall in a short period of time." Conan nodded.

Tangze looked at the criminal who was helping the forensic investigators at the crime scene, called him over, and explained the situation.

"What? Did you find the method used by the prisoner?" The old prisoner was surprised after hearing what Tang Ze said.

"Actually, this is just a very simple mechanism. The body has actually been buried on the wall for a long time."

Tangze tore off a piece of paper from the notebook he carried with him, casually drew a mask and hands on it, and then turned it over to face the old criminal: "That wall was just turned 180 degrees.

This mechanism is very simple. As long as you place a little height in the middle of the bottom of the wall, you can use it as an axis and then easily rotate the wall.

If I'm not mistaken, there should be something similar at the bottom of this wall. "

Speaking of this, Tangze asked the forensic examiner next to him for a hammer and shovel. He first smashed the ground next to the wall, then dug with the shovel and saw a horizontal log buried under the stone wall.

And judging from the exposed surface, there are still some traces of rotational friction.

"So, there might be a hole behind this?" the old criminal said in disbelief. “That’s right.”

Tang Ze nodded and said: "Do you still remember what the old man said about another version of the legend in this village? In the past years, divine disappearances often occurred in this mountain village.

Sometimes, people who disappear because of the shrine will turn into ghosts and return to the world through the walls of the shrine, so they must wear masks to prevent their return.

This legend is very likely a fact that actually happened. "

"You mean..." The young criminal also realized something at this moment and said with a trembling tone.

"In ancient times, supplies were scarce, so this village probably wasn't too wealthy either."

Tang Ze said in a serious tone: "Perhaps in normal times, we can barely maintain our lives, but if there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, famine may occur.

And when all the people can no longer live, they will kill people who are unable to work in the name of Shenyin, in order to reduce the rations to maintain the lives of the young people in the village.

But they were all from the same village, and they were all acquaintances, so they couldn't bear to attack directly, so they locked it in the cave behind the rock and starved it to death. "

"But how are we going to open this rock wall?" The old criminal asked, "Is there a mechanism on this wall?"

"of course."

Tang Ze opened the place where Conan touched before: "Look carefully, are there a few suspicious holes?

If you put your hand inside and turn it, you can see the cave inside. "

As Tang Ze turned the mechanism, the next moment the stone wall reversed as he said, revealing the dark cave behind it.

And when everyone looked at the cave, they were frightened by the scene in the cave.

I saw that the dark cave was covered with messy bones and skulls, and it seemed that there were at least dozens of them.

And these are probably the villagers who have been hiding in this village for hundreds of years.

The mechanism of this cave seems to be quite old, probably built in ancient times.

Although simple, it is very clever. The round rock is stuck in the chute. Although it cannot be pushed, it can be easily removed by turning it.

After locking a person into this cave, and then tying a chain to the other person and blocking the rocks, the person will never be able to come out again.

Afterwards, as long as the disappearance of the missing person is blamed on Shenyin, no one will continue to investigate.

However, perhaps due to various reasons, the rock wall may sometimes not be closed tightly and the person may dig through the wall to escape. In addition, he is resentful of being betrayed by someone close to him, so his expression will be very scary.

In order to cover up the truth, those people would say that the people who escaped were possessed by ghosts, and then kill them.

"I'm afraid this is a terrible secret that has been forgotten. Perhaps only people who have lived here for generations will know this secret."

Tang Ze turned on the flashlight on his watch after saying this, squatted down and entered the cave to check it out and said: "The mechanism inside is almost the same as what I said.

The prisoner must have done this inside, and took advantage of everyone's break at noon to embed the village chief's body inside. "

"The trick is solved, but how to find the prisoner?" The old criminal said hesitantly: "None of the villagers in this village have alibi."

"First of all, the suspects are a few companies with keys, and secondly, I also found some in the cave."

After talking about this, Tang Ze left the cave and pointed to the rock wall next to him with a flashlight: "The environment inside this cave is very poor, and the surface is very sharp.

Look at the sharp protrusion. Is there fresh blood on it? It may have been stained when the prisoner entered it to dispose of the corpses in the village.

In other words, the murderer can be found by simply conducting DNA identification on the person who holds the key and the blood stains on the wall.

Of course, if you want to save trouble, you can narrow down the scope by just checking whether the person holding the key is injured, but this method is for reference only, and everything will be based on evidence. "

Of course, that's what it says, but everyone knows that someone who meets the two conditions is probably a prisoner.

After the old criminal found the village chief and asked him to gather people with the keys to the shrine, he quickly identified the biggest suspect in this case.

That Toru Kimura who had a double relationship with Karasawa.

There was a cut on his palm.

After the other party heard that there were blood stains on the wall, he confessed everything straightforwardly.

It turned out that the developer who bought the land from the village chief was a company belonging to the Huixin Sect that Kimura Toru's parents joined.

But this Huixin Sect is an illegal sect. His parents were drained of their money and collapsed and committed suicide. He also suffered a lot because his parents joined it.

After finally returning to the village, he planned to live a good life, but he heard that the village chief planned to sell the land to Huixin Sect to build the sect headquarters.

How could Toru Kimura tolerate this situation.

He finally escaped from there and wanted to start over.

But as if God was playing with his fate, the Huixin Sect actually chose his hometown, his last piece of pure land, to establish its headquarters.

At first, he tried to persuade the village chief several times to save the land, but the village chief said that the land had been secretly sold by him, and he only needed to persuade the villagers.

After the desperate Kimura Toru knew all this, he chose to wield his knife against fate and killed the village chief.

But this is not enough. After all, the village chief has signed the contract.

So he needs to mobilize the villagers to oppose the sale of the land. Anyway, the village chief decided to sign privately. As long as the villagers don't recognize it, the village chief's signature on the contract will not count.

So he had to let the village chief of Shenyin appear and use this as an excuse to incite the villagers.

"Fortunately, he wanted to use the village chief's ability to create a hidden god, and finally the body appeared."

After listening to Toru Kimura's confession, Conan couldn't help but sigh: "Otherwise, I'm afraid we won't be able to find the missing village and prisoners even if we mobilize more manpower."

Tang Ze also nodded in agreement.

After all, expressions still have a high status in the hearts of people in this circle. If the discovery of the corpse had not been used for morality, and the acting village chief used his prestige to suppress the dissatisfaction of the villagers, they would never have been able to smash down the wall and know the mystery hidden inside.

If so, this case will become a truly perfect crime, and the legend of the hidden god in this village will become a reality.

But fortunately, Toru Kimura revealed the body, which gave Karasawa and others the opportunity to solve the mystery of Kamigakure.

Otherwise, I'm afraid they will fail like the Nagano duo.

After all, the village chief signed the agreement privately. If he was alive or missing, the land acquisition company could completely shift the responsibility to the village chief.

If he dies, the villagers don’t have to admit it.

(End of this chapter)