"Um?!!"
The three people who were originally planning to leave were stunned after hearing Tang Ze's words, with surprise on their faces.
"Brother-in-law, do you know who the 'Chief's Man' is?!" Yuanzi said excitedly, "Then quickly find him and teach him a lesson!"
"Well, whether it is the 'Chief's Man' is still a matter of debate, but the other party should be the criminal who stabbed Mr. Shiro Mashiko." Tang Ze said with a smile.
"Eh?" Hearing Tang Ze's words, Gao Mu was surprised and asked, "Could it be that there is another "Chief's Man"?"
"Regarding this point, please come back and I will explain it to you all." Looking at the three people standing in the crowd, Tang Ze smiled and waved, signaling them to go back.
Of course, facing Tang Ze's waving gesture, the three people looked unhappy but still had to turn back along the aisle where the crowd dispersed.
"You said you knew the criminal?"
Hino Tatsuo said with a sullen expression, "None of us came to the festival three times, so how could there be a criminal?
You're not kidding us, are you?"
"Who is the criminal?" Sarukawa Hisami stammered timidly, "Stop keeping us in suspense. Mom is still waiting for me to come back."
"I didn't say 'Chief's Man', but the criminal who stabbed Mr. Mashiko Shiro."
Tang Ze looked at the aggressive Hino Tatsuo, then glanced at Mizue Shinji, who had a slightly strange expression but was trying to remain calm, and smiled, "Okay, now that everyone is here, I won't keep you in suspense.
I called you here because I have deciphered the code that Mr. Mashiko Shiro left before he passed out."
"Really?" Inspector Megure asked quickly, "Then what exactly does the message he left behind mean?"
"To solve the mystery left by Mr. Mashiko Shiro, we must first realize that he and the person who stabbed him were acquaintances."
As soon as Tang Ze finished speaking, Inspector Megure and others couldn't help but exclaimed when they heard it. Obviously, they didn't expect to get this answer from him.
"Are you sure, Brother Tangze?" Officer Megure asked in an uneasy tone.
"Of course, that's why he said 'monkey' instead of 'chief' and raised nine fingers."
Tang Ze smiled, then turned to look at the three people and pointed at the man in purple clothes: "As for the criminal, it's Mr. Mizue Shinji."
It was as if a thunderbolt had flashed by, and everyone's expression was shocked. As the person involved, Mizue Shinji's face turned pale and he was sweating coldly.
"S-Stop joking." Mizue Shinji forced himself to remain calm, spreading his hands in frustration. "I have no connection to 'Monkey' or 'Nine'."
"Really? In comparison, those two seem more like the murderers." Sonoko, standing nearby, echoed, pointing at the other two. "After all, one looks like a monkey, and the other's name sounds like '久' (long). No matter how you look at it, they're the most likely suspects, right?"
"No, quite the contrary."
Tang Ze shook his head and said, "First of all, if it was Mr. Hino, he has such a distinctive appearance, Mashiko Shirou would definitely focus on describing his appearance instead of deliberately using the number 'nine' at the end.
Moreover, Mr. Hino obviously has nothing to do with "Nine".
As for Sarukawa Hisami, although his name has the character "九" in it and his friends still call him "Xiaojiu", if they were familiar enough to call him by a nickname, he would definitely call him by that nickname or by his name.
"But my name has nothing to do with those two pieces of information!" Mizue Shinji retorted hastily, "I don't look like a monkey, and my name and nickname have nothing to do with 'Nine'!"
"Who said there isn't one?" Tang Ze looked at Mizue Shinji and said calmly, "And you're the only one among the three who has a connection to both 'Monkey' and 'Nine'."
Having said that, without waiting for anyone to ask, Tang Ze spoke directly: "First of all, the "Chief" in Chief Ri City refers to the "Chief" in the Twelve Earthly Branches of the Flower Planting Family.
The twelve Earthly Branches correspond to the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, among which the "Monkey" happens to be the ninth and is called the "Shen Monkey".
And this "Shen" character just corresponds to the "Shen" in Shuijiang Shenci's name."
"It matches!" Gao Mu suddenly realized: "The so-called 'monkey' and 'nine' actually refer to the 'Shen Monkey', which corresponds to the ninth position in the twelve Earthly Branches!"
"Not only that, there's also a reading method for the Ganzhi."
Conan, who was standing by, came back to his senses from his sudden realization and immediately added with a smile: "For example, Bingwu can be read as cypress branch horse, and the ninth ranked Renshen is read as water river god!!"
"Mizue Shinji!"
Kun reading is a reading method that only borrows the shape and meaning of Chinese characters without using the pronunciation of Chinese characters. It is the reading method when reading the Chinese characters according to the native language of Japan.
No one realized this before, but after being reminded by Conan, everyone present couldn't help but scream in unison.
The next moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on Mizue Shinji, and emotions such as fear, anger, and scrutiny appeared in everyone's eyes.
Under these gazes, even if Mizue Shinji tried to remain calm, his face inevitably turned pale.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Mizue Shinji loudly retorted, "It's just that the names happen to match. After all, that kind of code-like thing has no persuasive power at all!
Besides, what makes you think your reasoning is correct? I don't admit that your reasoning is correct. Don't even think about arresting me based on this inference that you didn't know where it came from! "
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