Chapter 2093 2101 [Sinister Minions]
Suzuki Sonoko was startled: "A threatening letter?"
She suddenly realized, "So this is why Jiang Xia came here. I almost forgot."
Hashimoto Maya: “…” Haha, she asks even though she knows the answer, and pretends to be innocent. Is she trying to use this method to strengthen her innocent image in Jiang Xia’s mind?
The famous detective seemed to be completely unaware of the high school girl's sinister intentions.
Jiang Xia heard Suzuki Sonoko's question and nodded under Hashimoto Maya's complicated gaze: "The letter said that before the end of the festival, Tatsumaru's life will be taken away, and the signature is 'Cursed Samurai'."
"Another samurai." Suzuki Sonoko buried her head in her food. "It seems the murderer must be someone from this village. Why do they have such a special liking for samurai?"
Xun Zhengwan snorted coldly: "It must be my 'good brother', Xun Ryunosuke."
He looked at Jiang Xia and said, "Hey, keep an eye on him these few days. That guy is the son of my stepfather and his ex-wife. He has no blood relationship with me. If he makes a move, he will definitely not show mercy."
Jiang Xia: "I remember he has a younger brother and a younger sister. Are they related to you by blood?"
Xun Zhengwan: "...Uh, that's not the case."
However, one of them is a fool and the other is a middle school girl, so they don't look like the murderer. And even if he died, it wouldn't be his brother and sister's turn to succeed him, so their motives would naturally be low.
Xun Zhengwan got angry when he thought of the three so-called "legitimate" brothers and sisters: "Eight years ago, after the master's ex-wife passed away, my mother was chosen by him and became the second wife of this family. Even if she was a second wife, she was a legitimate wife, and my mother took care of him for eight years. But those three guys never took my mother and me seriously and thought we were outsiders."
At this point, he revealed a hint of sneer amidst his anger: "So now that my father has left the position of the head of the family to me, they are anxious."
Suzuki Sonoko sat next to Jiang Xia, eating and listening to gossip: "..." They actually left the position of the head of the family to a child who was not related to them by blood. This Xun Zhengmaru did not look like a genius who could lead the Xun family to glory. How unreliable were those three siblings to make the head of the family make such a decision?
She suddenly became curious about the three people.
Xun Zhengwan was getting more and more agitated as he thought about it. "Last week, when the lawyer came with the will to announce it, Ryunosuke was extremely arrogant. He said that when he became the head of the family, he would immediately kick us out. He also urged the lawyer to open the will quickly. As a result, haha! The content of the will was that all the property of the Xun family and the position of the head of the family would be inherited by me!
"The suicide note will take effect immediately after the end of this year's Samurai Festival. Ryunosuke rushed towards me at that time, grabbed my neck and tried to strangle me - if there weren't so many people around at the time, he might have succeeded.
"Since then, strange things have continued to happen around me and my mother, plus the threatening letter... My mother didn't want to sit there and wait for death, so she took me to Tokyo."
The ancient family struggle left a group of Tokyo citizens speechless.
Fortunately, the detective was well-informed and quickly got down to work. Jiang Xia asked Xun Zhengwan, "What exactly is going on with this festival?"
Tatsumaru: "It's the Samurai Festival held every year in the village. When you went out just now, you should have seen some lanterns from afar. Those lanterns are lit because of the festival. Normally, it's not this lively here at night."
Mao Lilan shuddered quietly: "..." You call this "lively"?
Xun Zhengwan didn't think his words were strange. He said to Jiang Xia, "Keep a close eye on my bastard brother these few days and follow him closely! When the festival is over and I get all the power, I will kick him out immediately."
Jiang Xia looked at the client who was plagued by bad luck, and thought of the delicious cadres he had met these days. He hesitated for a moment and said, "If I were you, I would sleep on the floor in the lobby these days, and be with five or six people all the time. This way, people will come and go, and no one can plot against me."
Xun Zhengwan snorted coldly: "I protected myself, so what do I need you for? You're just eating for free - anyway, just keep an eye on Ryunosuke, and I'll be safe."
He got angry when he mentioned that jerk brother. He was so angry that he didn't want to eat. He pushed the table and stood up to go out.
At this moment, a terrified scream of "Ah--!!!" came from a nearby house.
“?!”
Everyone was stunned, and the next moment, Conan scurried out.
Jiang Xia immediately followed. After the two detectives ran away, the others came to their senses and followed them out of fear and curiosity.
Following the sound through the corridor, I came to the side room and saw Mrs. Xun opening the door in fear and crawling to the corridor with weak legs. Next to her was the doctor, who also looked terrified and his face was pale.
Hearing someone approaching, Mrs. Xun grabbed Jiang Xia's legs as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw and said, "Curse... Cursed warrior... The cursed warrior mentioned in the threatening letter is here!"
Jiang Xia looked past them into the house and saw a figure reflected on the shoji screen leading to the courtyard opposite.
Shoji is a sliding paper-pasted door that is commonly used in old Japanese-style buildings. The old house of the Xun family is also full of such doors.
At this time, the door was closed, and a man dressed in armor and as a warrior stood outside the door. The lantern in the yard cast his shadow on the door.
The man held a long sword in his hand and cut a hole more than one meter long in the shoji. A ferocious eye could be seen through the hole.
"Mom! Mom, are you okay?" Xun Zhengwan also rushed over.
There was a moment of chaos, and by the time Mrs. Xun and the doctor rushed over to pull open the shoji, there was no one in the yard.
Jiang Xia looked around and walked back.
Just as he was about to ask Mrs. Xun for details, a young man came from the inner corridor and said irritably, "It's so noisy, what are you guys doing!"
"Ryunosuke?" Xun Zhengwan saw him and said angrily, "Were you the one who was causing trouble just now?"
Xun Longzhi frowned: "What do you mean?"
Mrs. Xun said tremblingly: "There was a cursed warrior standing there just now. He, he cut the shoji paper."
Tatsumi Ryunosuke waved his hand nonchalantly: "Have you forgotten that this is the Samurai Festival? - Maybe a villager dressed as a samurai got lost and walked in accidentally."
Jiang Xia: "It's probably not easy for an outsider to get lost in this place."
Xun Longzhi glanced at him and said, "Who are you? Humph, it's really not nice for an outsider to bring a group of outsiders around our house."
"Who are you calling outsiders?" Suzuki Sonoko's temper flared up. After she finished speaking, she realized something was wrong and silently changed her words, "What's wrong with outsiders? We are guests invited by the future head of the family!"
The words "future head of the family" were extremely touching, and Xun Longzhi's face twisted.
(End of this chapter)
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