Chapter 2091 2099 [Struggle for Uzo's Theater] Ask for monthly tickets (`)
Mrs. Xun originally thought that Jiang Xia would not like that kind of environment, but the more she talked, the brighter Jiang Xia's eyes seemed to become.
Finally, the detective said firmly, "I'll go with you. How can you abandon your client who has been with you through thick and thin these past few days just because of a cell phone signal?"
Hashimoto Maya nodded secretly: This lady still doesn't know Jiang Xia well enough. This high school detective dared to fight with Wu Zuo secretly for a stranger he met by chance. Now there is no way a mere old house can stop him. Even if Jiang Xia was not interested at first, he must go now.
Just as he was thinking about it, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko were also idle. When they heard that Jiang Xia was going, they immediately nodded and said, "We have been to too many scenic spots and are a little bored. It would be better to go back to the original old house occasionally. If you don't mind, we can go together."
Mrs. Xun couldn't refuse the guests, especially since one of them was the daughter of the Suzuki Group. She could only say, "Thank you very much."
Hashimoto Maya looked at Suzuki Sonoko, then at Conan: "..."
What did you two do there?
Could it be that Wuzo also intervened in the old house this time? That's right, cadres like Curacao have disguised themselves as lawyers of the Xun family. No matter how you look at it, this journey will not be peaceful.
Hashimoto Maya's heart, which had just been relieved, immediately became tense again. He quietly took a step back, trying to shrink his tall body and reduce his presence.
…
None of the people in the group had poor mobility. They immediately packed their luggage and prepared to go to the old house.
Before leaving, they saw a luxury car at the door.
The driver's door opened, and an elderly but still graceful woman pushed the door. She looked at Jiang Xia, then at Mrs. Xun and Xun Zhengwan, and regretfully tried to persuade them to stay: "We are going back now, why don't you stay for a few more days?"
Mrs. Xun smiled politely and said, "Thanks to you, I have had a lot of fun these days."
Maya Hashimoto looked at the rich lady and felt vaguely that she looked familiar: "..." Who is this?
After a moment, he remembered: Isn't this the widow of Xu Shengyi!
It was because he wanted to find Mrs. Asahi to buy the land in the heart of the sea to build a theater that he was forced to accept the commission to protect Xun Zhengwan together with Jiang Xia, and then he embarked on this long sightseeing trip.
For a moment, Hashimoto Maya felt as if he was in another world: if it weren't for the sudden appearance of Mrs. Xun's distant cousin, he would have almost forgotten why he had accompanied the mother and son of the Xun family to suffer.
——Fortunately, now they are finally going to Xun’s house.
This suffering is about to end!
Thinking of this, Hashimoto Maya finally cheered up a little and felt that this trip was not entirely a bad thing.
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Mrs. Xun had important things to do and was unable to accept her cousin's request to stay.
Mrs. Xu asked someone to take them to the station. After the vehicle departed, she returned to her luxury car, flipped through a stack of freshly-baked statistics, and sighed.
"A lot of things did happen along the way, but none of them endangered them. The accuracy rate is too low. Is it impossible for me to realize my idea of eliminating competitors with detectives?"
Mrs. Xu felt that her little experiment had failed a little. She turned the Buddhist beads on her wrist and muttered to herself:
"Alas, metaphysics is really not advisable. People should still believe in science. Fortunately, I have made preparations for both situations and have never relaxed the training of corporate espionage... It should be useful in a while."
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On the other hand, Jiang Xia was unaware of the thoughts of his hidden client.
They changed vehicles several times and finally arrived at a place at sunset...which looked like a desolate mountain.
A mountain breeze blew by, and several people who were walking along the path beside the cliff wrapped their coats tightly.
Mao Lilan trembled and whispered to two classmates: "Is this place haunted? I think I saw a cemetery just now."
Jiang Xia sighed: "There is no ghost."
Curacao glanced at him: "..." Why do I feel like you are quite regretful? A killer with a lot of blood on his hands actually hopes that there are ghosts in the world. Could it be that you want those who died tragically on your stage to have a second life and have a posthumous reflection?
She shook her head and continued to follow Jiang Xia.
That’s right, behind Jiang Xia.
——On one side of this road is a cliff several dozen meters high, and on the other side is close to a towering mountain wall. Whether it is falling rocks from overhead or landslides on the mountain road, it can be fatal in a matter of minutes.
At times like this, it is indeed safest to stay with Uzo, so as to avoid being killed in an "accident" for no apparent reason.
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A group of people who had just returned from a trip were walking slowly along the mountain road.
The Xun family servant holding a lantern turned around and glanced at them: "Please hurry up, or the sun will set before you reach the old house."
Jiang Xia glanced at him.
This is a thin middle-aged man, wearing a dark blue suit with the Xun family crest, holding a paper lantern to lead the way. The whole person standing there looks like an ancient TV set, but unfortunately he is not very attractive, and his whole body is filled with the aura of a passerby.
Xun Zhengwan sighed and called him, "Xiantian, when will the road here be open? When I become the head of the family, I won't have to climb the mountain road every day. This is too tiring."
Senda Saruhiko lived up to his name, like a taciturn monkey. When the future head of the family asked him a question, he dared not to answer and just kept walking forward.
"..." Xun Zhengwan didn't want to get angry at an old servant of the Xun family who had more seniority than him. He could only smile awkwardly when he was left out. He could only curse in his heart: You arrogant old thing, I will fire you when I take the throne!
Even Mrs. Xun, the second wife, gave some face to Senda Saruhiko and stopped disturbing him. Instead, she introduced herself to the guests.
She pointed to a small basin below and said, "This is the village where our old house is located, Gardenia Village. Don't be fooled by the remoteness of this place. In fact, there are mountains and water, and the feng shui is very nourishing."
After crossing the cliff and walking across the suspension bridge hanging in front of the waterfall, it was already dark when we finally stepped onto flat ground.
Senda Saruhiko had expected this, so he lit the lantern in his hand and held it to lead the way.
It didn't take long to reach the entrance of Gardenia Village.
At the entrance of the village stands a stone tablet with the village name inscribed on it, and behind it stand two rows of human-shaped stone statues standing opposite each other.
Each stone statue is more than two meters high and depicts a samurai from the Edo period. The "samurai" are dressed in armor and veils, clasping their hands together and looking toward the entrance of the village, their stone inorganic eyes staring at the tourists.
When Mao Lilan yawned and looked up, she suddenly found two rows of "people" looking at her. She was so scared that her scalp almost exploded. She didn't control the strength of her hands and the handle of the suitcase creaked.
(End of this chapter)
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