When we came back from the Buddha Temple, it was already past lunch time. Because there was no reservation in advance, everyone could only choose to taste the special set meal here at Umegakiya.

"Oh! It's so rich, I didn't expect it to look like this at all!"

Lin Xiuyi thought that the set meal meant something like a pork cutlet set meal, but he didn't expect that Umegakiya's set meal was unique. Looking at the colorful and varied dishes on the dinner plate, Lin Xiuyi really wanted to impress the proprietress Mariko Umegaki.

The dishes on the plate include a cold appetizer. The appetizer uses fresh vegetables in season. The vegetables are cut into neat shapes and stacked together, and the top is garnished with a pickled plum. There is also a piece of fried tofu in a wooden bowl. This tofu is also a square piece. Although it has been fried, only the top side has a light burnt yellow color. The top of the tofu is sprinkled with green chopped green onion, and the bottom half is soaked in the clear soup. The main course of the set meal is a grilled herring placed in the middle, and the plate containing the herring is also decorated with white mashed radish. Next to the grilled fish is a one-person tempura, served with a small plate of dipping sauce. At the end is a sashimi. The sashimi plate is served with a little wasabi puree, accompanied by a small saucer of soy sauce. The main dish is white rice with a bowl of hoisin sauce soup. Although the amount of each dish is not large, it can be seen that Umegakiya's set meal is a lot of work.

"Ma'am, your set meal is simply too rich. This is the first time I have eaten such a set meal!" Kanako sincerely praised.

"It's all small mountain vegetables. If you like it, you are welcome to come here often!" The proprietress Umegaki Mariko responded modestly.

Lin Xiuyi and others climbed the mountain all morning, and everyone was hungry. In addition, Umegakiya's dishes are indeed full of color, flavor, and taste, and everyone is hooked. Lin Xiuyi also added an extra bowl of rice.

After lunch, Lin Xiuyi went to soak in the hot spring for a while, and then went back to rest. Kanako and Supervisor Mizukawa had no plans to go out in the afternoon. The two planned to use the afternoon to sort out the information collected from the Buddha Temple. Lin Xiuyi and the others stayed in the Umegaki House and played table tennis with Miki and the others. I have to say that Lin Xiuyi really doesn't have any sports cells. He clearly has a Chinese soul hidden in his body, but he was completely abused by Miki and others on table tennis.

"Xiuichi-kun, 11:0!" Miki said proudly.

"It's all because climbing the mountain in the morning took too much physical strength. If I was in normal times, I would definitely not lose!" Lin Xiuyi said unconvinced.

"But I also went to the Buddha Temple in the morning!" Miki happily ran on Lin Xiuyi.

"Uh, that's because I didn't sleep well last night!" Lin Xiuyi said still reluctantly.

Just as the two were running on each other, Kanako and Supervisor Mizukawa also came over.

"Play table tennis again! Count me in!" Kanako said to Lin Xiuyi.

"Just in time, I want to go have some drinks. Would you like to play with Miki for a while? Hey, is this the morning's data, it's sorted out so quickly? Can I have a look?" Lin Xiuyi saw that Kanako had a copy in his hand. A thick folder with the words "Investigation of the Buddha Temple Murder Case" written on the cover. asked involuntarily.

"Of course, there is some information I collected before I came here, and I just want to hear your opinion!" Kanako took the racket and handed the information to Lin Xiuyi.

Lin Xiuyi took the folder handed over by Kanako, walked to the sofa in the corner and sat down, pouring himself a glass of iced juice.

Opening this thick folder, there are various materials in it, including news clippings, photocopied materials, photos, and handwritten materials. It can be seen that Kanako has put a lot of thought into this case. Although there is a lot of material, it is well organized.

Lin Xiuyi was quickly immersed in this bizarre murder case. He first found the Yamanashi Prefectural Police's inquiry transcript and read it carefully. This transcript records the first person who discovered the crime scene—Ben Jianwu, who is also a villager in Butu Village, discovered the crime scene that morning. At that time, Yamamoto Kengo went to the Buddha Temple, which had been suspended, for inspection as usual. It took about an hour for Yamamoto Kengo to reach the top of the mountain because of the heavy snowfall last night and the mountain road was difficult, and he didn't meet anyone along the way. And what Yamamoto Kenwood is very sure about is that no other people's footprints were found on the way up the mountain.

When Yamamoto Kengo finally came to the gate of the Buddha Temple, he unexpectedly found that the gate of the Buddha Temple was wide open. Yamamoto Jianwu thought that someone broke into the Buddha Temple to steal things, but when he arrived at the Buddhist temple, he found a woman lying in a pool of blood. Yamamoto Jianwu saw a warrior with a cold light. It penetrated deeply into the woman's chest. In desperation, Yamamoto Jianwu immediately ran down the mountain to report the crime~lightnovelpub.net~ The police station in the village took control of the only road up the mountain as soon as they got the news. Curious villagers destroyed it, and secondly, they were worried that the murderer was still hiding on the mountain.

When the detectives from the First Section of the Yamanashi Prefectural Police Headquarters arrived at the Buddha Temple, they immediately conducted a comprehensive search of the surrounding area, but they did not find any trace of anyone else. The forensics class found a **** fingerprint on the soldier's rib, which was inserted into the chest of the murdered woman, Ayu, the waitress of Meigakuya. After identification, this fingerprint did not belong to the deceased Ayu. The rib that was used as the murder weapon was later found to be an antiquities forged during the Warring States Period.

However, if it were only these contents, this case would not have been such a sensation. What happened next made the police feel even more helpless. Due to heavy snowfall the night before, the police initially thought that the trail of the killer's departure was covered by the snowfall. However, after preliminary tests, the coroner claimed that the woman died within an hour, which is when Yamamoto arrived at the foot of the mountain, and the meteorological department records show that the snowfall stopped at three in the morning. The Buddhist hall where the murder occurred and the courtyard wall were blocked by snow. Except for the footprints of the reporter Yamamoto Kengo, no other people's footprints were found in the entire courtyard. The location of the Buddhist hall is more than 50 meters away from the buildings on the left and right, and the distance from the gate is even more than 100 meters away. Behind the Buddhist hall is the abyss. Unless the murderer finds his own way, normal people cannot go down the mountain from here.

All the signs clearly told the police that this was a strange secret room murder case. The snow in the courtyard completely isolated the Buddhist temple where the incident occurred and turned it into a secret room from which the murderer could not escape. And the only thing that can prove that the murderer ever came here is the **** fingerprint.