Ghosts of the Mountains of Tayton

"That's because the ax is in the ceiling." Dazai-san suddenly pointed upwards.

"What?" We looked up together, and I noticed that the ceiling of this house is also made of wood, but there are many holes corroded by ants and insects, which looks particularly vicissitudes.

"Miss Nayoko's room happened to be the study of the previous owner, Fujisaburo. There was a hidden compartment on the roof of that room, where there was a huge ax and a notebook." Mr. Dazai said, "You didn't notice it at that time. A small piece of the ceiling above fell, because it was severely corroded by insects, so a piece of wood fell off, and when the earthquake happened, by accident, Ms. Na Yezi fell down, and happened to see a giant ax quietly appearing on the ceiling, But she had only time to scream when she was hit by the ax that fell from the gap."

Police officer Cipu and I were at a loss for words.

"Afterwards, I surveyed the scene and felt that it would be more reasonable for the ax to fall from the sky. I looked up and found the secret compartment and this manuscript." Mr. Dazai's smile deepened.

"So..." Police Officer Cipu said, "Miss Naye's death was purely accidental?"

"Exactly." Although Mr. Dazai smiled, there was no smile in his eyes, "But the second incident is undoubtedly murder."

Later, when I thought about it, this incident left a deep impression on me, not only because of its bizarreness, but also because of the strangeness with a strong breath of death.

Below I will extract part of the contents of the manuscript, which was written by Fujisaburo himself.

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Keiko and I finally moved out of the place of right and wrong.I bought a house on the mountain with the family property I got, and moved there with our seven-year-old daughter, and I felt happy.

Keiko is very beautiful, gentle and considerate, and her daughter Zhizi is becoming more and more beautiful like Keiko.But at the age of seven, I have already started school, so my husband and I discussed sending Zhizi to a school in the city.

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Business was getting worse and worse, and I gradually became obsessed with alcohol. I used to like to express my feelings with literature, but now I think about it, I am really naive to the extreme.

It is impossible for me to become a writer, but I cannot even be a qualified businessman.If this continues, the family property will be ruined.Keiko, Oriko...

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And I discovered something recently, I think Keiko has something to hide from me, and she always whispers about some medicine mixed into my meal.

I remembered that when I was at the foot of the mountain, I always heard gossip from the women in the village. I knew they were all jealous of Keiko, so I ignored it.

Keiko is so young and beautiful, of course it is rare in this kind of mountain, but because they are jealous of Keiko, they say that Keiko is not good, I am very angry.The women in the mountain village are always talkative.

But when I found out that Keiko had secretly mixed some medicine, I couldn't help but ask her what she put in my meal.

Keiko's expression immediately became very strange. She avoided my eyes and said, "You, you have been so busy these days that you forgot to take care of your body, and you didn't even tell me about your insomnia for many days. I asked the doctor for it." Some medicines to help sleep, but I'm afraid you won't take good care of your body."

It turned out to be like this.She has been paying attention to my body.

I was a little moved, and when I thought about the troubles of investing in the past few days, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the mother and daughter.I held her hand and said, I will definitely do my best to let you and your child live the same life as before.

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But today I found out that Keiko has a lot of bruises on her body, and it doesn't look like she fell out.

I asked her how she did it, and she lightly covered the bruise, saying that she was accidentally hit by something while cleaning the house today.

I insisted on seeing her scars, but when I pulled, I saw more bruises and some hickeys.

I was so taken aback that I couldn't speak while holding her arm.

Keiko lowered her head and said nothing.

After a long time, I said, let's go back, I will give you medicine.

But at that time, my heart was so sad.

I really didn't expect that the women at the foot of the mountain were really right. My wife is having an affair. Is it true?Keiko?

I really wanted to question her loudly, but seeing her standing in front of me with her head down, I couldn't blame her.

It's not her fault, someone must have taken advantage of my absence.Seeing so many injuries on Keiko's body, it must have been done under fierce resistance.

I was distressed and angry, but then I thought of food mixed with medicine.

No, it is wrong to think this way, I must cut off the thought before it is born!

I no longer eat the rice that Keiko served me, but I crave alcohol even more.Only then can I forget the double whammy of reality.

I told Keiko that I wanted to bring Zhizi back so we could live a good life as a family, so I asked her to study in a private school at the foot of the mountain, and she agreed.

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I can't take it anymore! !

Why, Keiko, why are you doing this to me?

I have turned a blind eye to your betrayal, but why do you always keep repeating it?

When I came back to my senses, I was standing in the middle of the courtyard, the moonlight was shining brightly, and Keiko was standing in front of me crying like pear blossoms and rain.

"Please, stop now." She begged me like this, "Why did you become like this..."

Stop?What stop?I watched her tears streaming down my face, and I wanted to reach out to wipe her, but she avoided it like a frightened rabbit who saw her, curled up her body, and sobbed softly.

"Honey, why on earth did you become like this..."

I relented, but I was angry again when I saw the scars on her arms.

I know that my current family wealth is gone, I have no way out, and my wife is no longer my wife.

what can we do about it?I look up at the moon.

That's it, it's all gone.

I secretly bought a huge axe and polished it to a sharp point. When night fell again, Zhizi would just come home.

In this way, let's go as a family!

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I saw my daughter's tears, but I have no regrets.

This is probably my last last word, but it doesn't matter, the Fujisaburo family will no longer exist in the world from now on.And I found a bottle of medicine in the search just now.

That's medicine for mental illness.I recognized at a glance that it was the medicine that Keiko gave me.

Ah, how wrong I was, I was the one who kept hurting you!If you'd have told me earlier... no, there's no future, we're destined to go down this road of no return, while I'm still sane.

I will put this notebook together with the ax hidden on the roof, and then I will rest in the ground with my wife and children!

Fujisaburo Notes