Chapter 1292 1300 [Jiang Xia, the traitor]
The members of the tour group realized that they had let the cat out of the bag and quickly changed their words: "Don't talk nonsense! We are just looking for it out of interest. We haven't even started looking for the treasure yet. How could we kill someone for it... Well, of course, even if there really is a treasure, we won't kill anyone!"
However, the detective didn't seem to want to listen to their arguments, and he reasoned on his own: "There is a 'dragon' written on this scroll, and it happens to be the same as the dragon and tiger stone in Sakuramon, which can reveal its traces after rain. In this case, there may be another corresponding 'tiger' scroll.
"In addition to recording the contents of the treasure, the treasure scroll also records the location. The 'Dragon' scroll does not mention where the treasure is. In this case, the 'Tiger' scroll may record the location of the treasure. If there really are a thousand gourds, Toyotomi Hideyoshi certainly cannot carry them around, so he would find a place to store them."
Suzuki Sonoko seemed to be thinking: "But 'Senjo Hyotan' is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's horse seal. He would take it with him to the battlefield. What's the point of just keeping it in the warehouse? ... Hmm, could it be that he hung a few of the most beautiful pure gold gourds on the horse seal, and stuffed the other gourds with gold bars and stored them in the warehouse? - Going to war with golden gourds on his head sounds very interesting. If he really found it, I don't know if the treasure hunter would be willing to sell it..."
She was a little tempted: Although she didn't plan to buy it, she could recommend it to her father and buy it to put it as an exhibit in the newly opened Osaka Museum of Art. Of course, before sending it to the exhibition, she would give it to her to play with first...
As he was speaking, a laughing voice came from behind him:
"Pure gold gourds are too heavy. Even the ones hanging on the Qiancheng gourd basket are probably just pottery gourds with gold foil. And judging from their current state, they are probably broken into many pieces. You have to repair them before you buy them. Unless you do some artistic processing after repairing them, it is difficult for them to look as good as you imagine."
"Huh?" Suzuki Sonoko turned around and saw a middle-aged face that looked intimidating without even getting angry. She was startled and blurted out, "Kazuha's father?"
Inspector Otaki was also surprised: "Minister, why are you here?"
"I called him. He's just across the street, so he might as well be idle." Yuanshan Heye snorted and put away her phone. She seemed to have not forgotten her original intention and was very stubborn. "It's enough to have my dad watching this case. Since he knows about the ceramic fragments, he must have been investigating this matter for a long time. He has more information than us, so he must be able to solve the case quickly."
She turned to the students with a smile, "As for us, let's do what tourists do! We have a trip tonight. There's a very good restaurant in Xinqiao, the one I mentioned earlier that has a discount. Let's go there for dinner. You must have not eaten well since something happened halfway through lunch. You must have made up for it tonight."
"Eat?" Hattori Heiji was furious, "A murder happened right in front of us, and you asked me to eat?!" And it was a rare case that Jiang Xia had to think about for a while! If we don't solve the case now...
As he was speaking, he paused and vaguely sensed a terrifying gaze.
Hattori Heiji turned his head warily and saw Toyama Ginjiro holding a black umbrella, staring at him quietly from under the umbrella.
"..." Hattori Heiji then remembered that an elder had sneaked into their pure student group, and he was yelling at that person's daughter.
The rest of his words became halting, his tone slowed down, and he forced a warm smile: "Well, anyway, now is not the time to eat. If you are hungry, go eat with Xiaolan and the others first... Oh, bring Jiang Xia with you!"
Jiang Xia looked at the people in the tour group and "considerately" did not reject the proposal. Like a considerate guest, he gave Yuanshan and Ye a step down.
Toyama Kazuha was silent for a moment, snorted at Hattori Heiji, and suddenly turned his head to look at the other classmates: "Then we will eat by ourselves! The mystery geeks should just fill their stomachs with cases."
She left with three classmates from Tokyo.
Hattori Heiji watched them walk away and just happened to see Toyama Kazuha smiling silently, as if she was happy about something.
"......?" Hattori Heiji looked at their harmonious backs and realized belatedly that something was wrong. He muttered, "Tsk, are you so happy to have dinner with Jiang Xia? Why did Jiang Xia actually go? This traitor in the detective world, is dinner more important than solving a case?!"
Conan: “…”
He felt that Hattori Heiji seemed to have misunderstood something, and originally wanted to help explain, but for a moment he didn't know where to start when talking to a piece of steel bar.
So he thought about it and just asked, "Are you still solving the case?"
"Of course!" Hattori Heiji came back to his senses and glanced around the scene, instantly forgetting about whether it was a hotel or not. "Based on my experience, there must be some important clues that have not been discovered yet, so Jiang Xia didn't solve the case right away - we must find it before Jiang Xia comes back!"
...Hehe, it would be nice if Jiang Xia always had something to do and left.
Hattori Heiji happily immersed himself in the murder case without Jiang Xia.
Conan looked at his back speechlessly: "..." Alas.
…
After a few high school students left.
The people in the tour group nearby also came to their senses and realized that they didn't seem to need to stay here.
And at the moment, it seems that there is not much valuable information left here.
"Then we'll leave first." Several people said goodbye naturally. "We haven't eaten anything yet because we've been looking for him. And the rain just now was very sudden. We have to go back and change into dry clothes."
Inspector Otaki was startled and instinctively wanted to stop him: "Wait a moment."
The four of them had already turned around and walked towards the hotel. Only the mild-tempered "master" heard the police's request to stay, paused for a moment, and explained: "Don't worry, the hotel we are staying in is nearby, we can go there to find someone if we have any problems."
Then he caught up with the other three and left together.
Inspector Otaki could only look at their backs and sighed sadly: It is indeed difficult to arrest the person just by relying on that illusory treasure. At present, they can't even confirm that it was a homicide.
After sighing, he suddenly remembered that his immediate boss was right next to him. After a moment of surprise, he immediately turned around, wanting to hear what Toyama Ginjiro was planning.
Yuanshan Ginshiro also discovered something. He was staring at the backs of the tourists with a frown on his face. He said to himself, "This voice... sounds so familiar."
Inspector Otaki heard it with his sharp ears and asked in a puzzled voice: "What's that sound?"
Toyama Ginjiro came back to his senses, glanced at him, made a "listening carefully" gesture, and whispered a few words to him.
(End of this chapter)
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