Golden Peacock - How Maung San Syaar, a detective, arrested an illegal marriage

Maung San Sya's detective story about the disappearance of the Puzuntaung Emerald

One day, I was returning home from a visit because I was busy with work and saw my friend Maung San Shar laying an old hat on the table and examining it carefully with a magnifying glass. Then, as I had already known Maung San Shar's mood, I thought that the hat was related to something, so I slowly entered the room so as not to disturb him. Maung San Shar said,

“ Hey, Ko Thein Maung, are you back? Come and try it on. Take a look at this hat,” he said, handing me the hat and the magnifying glass.

I took my hat and glasses and sat down on the chair.

“I’ve seen the hat, but tell me a little bit about its history. Let me tell you a little bit about how this hat came into your hands,” Maung San Sya said.

" The hat is my friend Ko Hla Rin, who first arranged for you and me to live together. I'm so happy that Ko Hla Rin has finally given up opium."

" Yes, now we're looking like a bunch of people again. So where did Ko Hla Yin wear his hat?"

" Oh, it's his hat, but it's not the hat he wears. It's the hat he picked up on the street."

" Now tell me how to pick it up."

“ Here’s how it happened. This afternoon, Ko Hla Yin was walking alone on Fraser Street when he saw a man walking briskly with a duck in his hand. After a while, a group of people stopped and talked on a street corner and bumped into him. A group of people surrounded him and started punching him, wondering if they should fight. When he hit him, Bo Kya’s hat flew off. So Bo Kya raised his hand to defend himself with a stick and aimed it at the glass window of the shop behind him, which broke. So Ko Hla Yin tried to mediate, but he ran over to him, thinking he was the shopkeeper or not. Bo Kya dropped the duck in his hand and ran away. He ran too, and the group of people in the shop disappeared. Ko Hla Yin and Wan Bei were left with only a hat. So Ko Hla Yin picked up Wan Bei's hat and saw that Wan Bei had a small sign hanging on his leg. On the sign was written in English, "Mrs. Thomas Wilson." So Ko Hla Yin took Wan Bei's hat and came to me. "Look at the hat by its name. It was definitely the one he had bought as a gift for his wife. And a woman who could not smile even with so much dust on her hat, wouldn't she be a woman who cared little for her husband?"

"Yes, I do. What about the fact that your hair is a little gray?"

“ Ko Thein Maung, where do you go to look with your magnifying glass? I can’t see much. Look inside the hat, are there any hairs stuck to it? Some are white, some are dark. The hairs are not sticking to it. I saw that it was cut off and I said that I had a haircut recently. And what is the reason for the hairs sticking to it? It is because I have applied Vaseline. Do you smell it? That’s why?”

" I'm a very busy person. Yes, I am. Tell me why there is no electricity in my house."

"The reason for this is that you see the dots on the hat, don't you? What are those dots? Look carefully. Isn't it a candle? This is a candle that was lit when he came home at the wrong time, with his hat on, and a candle in his hand. That's why I said there was no flashlight in his house."

" Yes, there is enough, the way I think is right and appropriate. But that's not the point, and what's the point of looking at this hat? It's just a waste of time," he said. Before he could finish speaking, Ko Hla Yin entered the room with an important expression.

Ko Hla, who was sitting on a chair with a heavy heart, did not speak, but Maung San Syaar, who was still there,

" Why did you run away in a panic, Ko Hla Yin? What happened?"