Chapter 73 Chapter 73 The series of tragic events in the wills of wealthy families (Part 3)...
After the four of them had a great time, when they returned to Hojo's house, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, almost time for dinner.
Maori Kogoro waited in the living room for a long time. When he saw his daughter come back, he yelled and complained: "Xiaolan, you are finally back. You wanted to go out without waiting for me! Don't you know how worried I am about you..."
"Dad," Xiaolan asked curiously, "didn't I leave you a letter? And when you called later to ask, I told you that Yuyin-san and I went to Guiya Mountain."
"Uh, this..." Maori was stunned when he heard this.
In fact, although Kogoro Mouri seems careless and extremely unstable, he is actually a heavy daughter-con. The reason why he brought his relatives with him when he went to Nagano Prefecture to meet the client was because he was worried about leaving Ran Mouri alone at home, and Ran Mouri was worried about leaving Conan alone at home, so the final result was that he brought everyone with him.
"Dad, you didn't cause any trouble at other people's homes, did you?"
But when it comes to Mouri Ran's side, the position is the opposite. After Mouri Kogoro separated from his wife for so many years, it was not so much that he took care of his daughter, but rather that his daughter took care of him. Now that they are separated, Mouri Ran is more worried about whether her father has caused trouble to others.
Mao Li touched his head and laughed: "Haha, how could that be?"
He would never say that he had originally planned to go down the mountain to the nearby commercial street to find a store to play marbles, but when he was resting in the room, he saw a rerun of Miss Yoko's show and watched the variety show for more than two hours.
The field steward beside him bowed and said, "Mr. Maori is the guest invited by the master. It is our duty to entertain him."
Atobe Keigo glanced around: "Where's Guanghao?"
Tian Ye replied, "Master Guanghao is working in the studio upstairs. If Master Jibe wants to see Master Guanghao, I will go and invite him right away."
"That's not necessary," Atobe waved his hand, "He hasn't finished his work yet. By the way, Butler Tano, how is Uncle Hojo doing?"
Hearing this, Butler Tianye couldn't maintain his usual professional smile, and his eyes dropped a little: "After talking with Detective Maori, the master went to bed. It's been like this lately."
When he was young, Hojo Fujitaka worked extremely hard and often neglected food and sleep. When he was old and planned to retire and let the next generation take over, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
When the sick old man was mentioned, everyone was silent for a moment.
Butler Tian Ye quickly eased the atmosphere and said, "But the master heard that Master Atobe would be there, and he told me to wake him up before dinner and to come out to dine with everyone. He also said that he had something important to announce."
It seems that after my investigation is confirmed, I will announce it to everyone, Kogoro Mori thought.
Butler Tian Ye looked down at his wrist, then looked up at the clock on the wall and said, "It seems like it's almost time. I should go wake up the master."
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Hojo Hirohiro came down with his father Hojo Fujitaka. His studio was on the third floor, just like Hojo Fujitaka's bedroom. When Butler Tano woke up his master, he also informed him.
"Keigo, how was your afternoon?"
Hojo Fujitaka was still cheerful. It seemed that the afternoon rest made him feel much better.
Yuyin, Atobe, and the others were about to head to the restaurant on the second floor. Atobe even took a few quick steps and walked over to Hojo Fujitaka, supporting him and answering, "This lava landscape of Onioshi Mountain is the first time I've seen it. It's quite magnificent."
"Really? To receive such praise from you, Keigo, is already quite high. When I was young, I once made a promise with someone to go to Onioshiyama to see flowers together, but then..."
Hojo Fujitaka sighed heavily, then remembered something and patted the hands of Atobe and Hojo Hirohiro to apologize.
"When you get old, you can't help but reminisce about the past. I'm sorry, Jingwu and Guanghao, for making you listen to an old man like me talk about this."
"What?"
Behind her, Xiaolan couldn't help but exclaimed, then lowered her voice and spoke to Maori, "Dad, what do you mean by staying overnight?"
Yuyin was walking beside Xiaolan, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but shift her attention to the Maori father and daughter. She had excellent hearing, and even if Maori Ran turned the volume down to the lowest, it would be useless, and she could hear it clearly.
Mao Li quickly explained to his daughter, "It was Mr. Hojo who asked me to stay until tomorrow. After all, we don't have to pay for food and lodging, and there's an additional commission. Why would I refuse such a good thing?"
"Dad, you really are..."
Before Mao Lilan could finish her complaint, Yuyin took her hand and said, "This is perfect. Jingwu and I have tomorrow off anyway, so why don't we go to the hot springs together? I heard that the hot springs in Asama Mountain are quite famous."
spa?
Conan's face flushed red when he thought of that scene.
Seeing his reaction, Yuyin suddenly remembered the identity of this fake child and quickly added, "Of course, men and women bathe separately."
Mao Lilan didn't hear her hidden meaning at all, and exclaimed happily: "Hot springs? That sounds great!"
Although the amount of exercise they did today climbing Mount Guiya was not much, soaking in the hot springs was naturally more relaxing than walking around for two consecutive days.
Yuyin directly suggested: "Xiaolan, if you like, we can go tonight. Soaking in a hot spring after exercise is the most comfortable."
The butler Tian Ye said, "There is a hot spring hotel on the top of a nearby hill. If Miss Saionji and Miss Mori need it, I will call and make a reservation right away."
"Oh, no, no." Mao Lilan waved her hands repeatedly, "Tamaon-san and I are just discussing it, so there is no need to trouble Mr. Tianye."
The group walked slowly to the restaurant and sat down. Not long after, Hojo Kimiyo and Hojo Yuzhi also came over. Seeing his brother here, Hojo Kimiyo was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly greeted him. His attitude was much more harmonious than the sharp one at noon.
"Why hasn't Zaofu come yet?"
Hojo Fujitaka glanced at the long table and found that only the seat next to Hojo Hirohiro, which belonged to Hojo Hayao, was empty, so he turned to ask Butler Tano.
Tian Ye then looked at the maid he had instructed to notify earlier. The maid quickly bowed and said, "I knocked on the door to notify him, but Master Zaofu didn't respond. Master Zaofu had previously instructed that no one was allowed to enter his room without his permission, so I..."
No response?
Conan, who was very sensitive to the incident, frowned when he heard this.
Hojo Fujitaka, who was sitting at the head seat, also frowned. "Whether we're working or resting, how can we not eat?" He turned to the housekeeper and said, "Tanye, you and the maid should go again and call Hayato down."
Tian Ye nodded and said, "Yes, sir."
The maid quickly apologized: "I'm so sorry, I'll go and call again."
Looking at the backs of the two people walking away, everyone thought that the matter had come to an end and they just had to wait for Hojo Hayao to come before they could start the meal.
But not long after, a terrified scream was faintly heard from outside.
"ah--!"
Everyone at the table was stunned, and Conan jumped off his chair and ran out of the house.
Once Conan ran away, Maori and Ran naturally couldn't ignore him. Once Ran caught up with him, Maori naturally ran over as well.
Yuyin and Atobe Keigo looked at each other, pushed their chairs away, and ran over quickly to check the situation.
"What happened?" Hojo Fujitaka was also a little anxious when he heard the voice, and said to his son, "Guanghao, you should go and take a look too!"
When Yuyin and Jibe followed the sound and ran to the stairs on the fourth floor, they saw the maid sitting in front of an open door in fear.
"What happened..." Yuyin walked to the door and asked. Before she finished speaking, she saw the situation in the room and knew there was no need to ask any further.
Hojo Hayao was lying on his back on the ground with a knife stuck in his chest. Blood was gushing out of his chest, staining the ground beneath him red.
Conan squatted beside him, and so did Maori Kogoro. After the two examined him, they both looked serious. Maori shook his head and said to Butler Tano: "No need to call an ambulance, he has been dead for a while, please call the police directly."
Seeing Yuyin, Atobe, Hojo Hirohiro and others about to enter, Conan hurriedly shouted to stop them: "Don't come in, don't destroy the scene, if you have anything to say, wait until the police arrive."
Yuyin immediately stopped at the door and just stretched her head to look inside the room.
She didn't feel any resentment in the house, nor did she see the soul of the deceased at the scene. It seemed that the deceased died very quickly, and it would be difficult for her to cheat and solve the case by using her supernatural powers.
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Not long after, the police arrived at the scene, and among them were two acquaintances of Maori and his friends.
The one-eyed man with a cane and an imposing manner came over from the stairs. He was also surprised to see Maori and Conan: "What? You are here too."
"Xiaolan, who is this?" Yuyin asked Maori Ran in a low voice.
"Ah, this is Officer Yamato Gansuke," Xiaolan quickly introduced her, "and this is Officer Uehara Yui. They are all Nagano Prefecture police officers that my father, Conan, and I met in previous cases."
"But it's very strange," Maori Kogoro, a former criminal police officer, suddenly said to Yamato Gansuke, "You and Officer Uehara are both police officers from Nagano Prefecture Headquarters, right? Miyota Town is almost in Gunma. Is it necessary to alarm you over a minor home invasion and murder case?"
Not to mention that driving from Nagano Prefecture alone would take dozens of minutes, so it would be impossible to arrive so quickly.
Yamato Gansuke snorted, "Uehara and I came here for another case, but now it seems that we came at the perfect time."
"Just right?" Maori and Conan were both stunned.
Yamato Gansuke took out a photo and pointed it directly in front of Maori: "Have you seen this person?"
Mao Li took a step back and squinted his eyes. "Who is this guy... Oh, isn't this the bastard who stole my commission, the one called Horio..."
Conan immediately corrected him: "Uncle, it's Horikawa."
"Stop talking too much," Maori slapped Conan, then said to Yamato Gansuke, "What do you have to do with him? Is he a wanted criminal? I told you, that guy is sneaky and doesn't look like a good person."
Yamato Gansuke and Uehara Yui exchanged a glance and said gravely, "No, he is not a suspect."
"Hey, not a suspect? Then..."
Uehara Yui interjected, "He's dead. He was shot. Gan-chan and I came here to investigate his case."
"What? Shot?!"
Putting aside the exclamations of the crowd, Yamato Gansuke directly protested to Qingmei: "I told you not to call me that when we're working on a case."
Tamane and Atobe Keigo exchanged a glance, both understanding the meaning behind the two detectives from the prefectural headquarters mentioning Horikawa's murder and their visit to their home.
The police suspected the people in the villa.
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The author has something to say: There should be another update at one or two in the morning, but those who go to bed early don’t have to wait_(:з」∠)_
In order to prevent you from forgetting the names of the people who appeared, I will put them here:
Master: Hojo Fujitaka; Young Master: Hojo Hirohiro; Master's sister: Hojo Kimiyo (who did not change her surname after marrying a son-in-law); Sister's son: Hojo Yuji; Brother's son: Hojo Hayao (who died in this chapter); Housekeeper Tano; Doctor Akihara Eiji; Private Investigator: Horikawa Takata (who died in this chapter)
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