"Brother Detective, it turns out you are really here?"
A smiling voice sounded at the door of the library. Bai Heqing and Mary looked back and found that Mei Ling had walked in at some point.
"I just looked for you for a long time but couldn't find it. After asking the old housekeeper, I found out that you were in the library... What are you reading?"
As she spoke, Mei Ling came forward and immediately saw the newspaper that Bai Heqing had put on the small bookshelf about the pseudo-leader who was arrested by the Singaporean authorities after the war.
"Ah, this person..."
"Do you know me?" Seeing her reaction to the contents of this newspaper, Bai Heqing asked curiously.
"It's not that we know each other, it's just that when I was in Singapore a few years ago, I often heard some rumors about this person. It was said that it was related to a batch of treasures..."
"What treasure?" Mary asked quickly.
"I'm not very clear about the details. I heard that a hundred years ago, the British Victoria royal family at that time plundered a large amount of treasures from all over the world. However, when passing through Singapore to the British island, the ship transporting these treasures was suddenly attacked by the local people. Pirates attacked, ships sank in the sea, and treasures disappeared..."
Halfway through, Mei Ling came up to the two of them, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously:
"Of course, there is another version of this incident circulating in Singapore. It is said that those who attacked those ships a hundred years ago were not real pirates, but the navy under the then Governor of Singapore.
After attacking the ships, the Governor of Singapore plundered all the treasures on board and hid them in a secluded spot, hoping to wait out the storm before taking them away.
Unfortunately, not long after, the Governor of Singapore was shot dead by local indigenous people while he was out hunting. The whereabouts of these mysterious treasures became a mystery.
It was not until more than ten years ago that the pseudo-leader who was supported during the war unexpectedly found these treasures. Like the previous Governor of Singapore, in order to monopolize these treasures, the pseudo-leader also They chose to conceal their whereabouts for the time being and wait for the right time to take them away.
As a result, the war ended quickly, and the pseudo-leader was arrested before he could transport the treasures away. It is said that before his death, he tried to use the whereabouts of the treasures to commute his sentence, but under the influence of the British authorities, Pressed down, he was soon sentenced to death.
With his death, the whereabouts of these mysterious treasures have once again become a mystery...
Speaking of which, I have always thought that Eijiro Tone’s inheritance could be these mysterious treasures, right? "
Mei Ling said, curiously speculating: "But if this is the case, where did Eijiro Tone learn about the whereabouts of these treasures?
Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Now the other people are playing cards in the chess and card room. The two young masters of the Ligen family asked me to come over and ask, detective brother, do you want to try your luck too? "
"No need, I can't." Mary replied immediately.
"Not interested." Bai Heqing shook his head.
"Yeah, forget it then..."
Mei Ling didn't force it, she nodded and was about to leave.
"Then you two should go back and rest early. After all, whether it's the inheritance or catching the murderer, I have to rely on you..."
"..."
Another peaceful night passed.
Early the next morning, Bai Heqing came to the dining hall as usual. Because he needed to make breakfast, Mary came earlier than him.
Before him, the rest of the people had basically arrived.
Except for Kevin, a reporter who was a retired soldier.
"What did you say? There's no one in his room?!"
In the hall, Shirakawa Kiyoshi's appearance was not noticed by many people. The eldest young master, Takahiro Tone, looked at the old butler Kurahashi Motoaki in front of him and asked in disbelief.
"Yes, Mr. Kevin is not in the room, and I have just searched elsewhere in the annex, and I can't find Mr. Kevin..." Kurahashi Motoaki replied respectfully.
"Damn it! How could it be possible? Could it be that he also..."
【Another person is missing...】
Listening to the conversation between the two people, Bai Heqing made eye contact with Mary, then sat down in his seat and picked up the chopsticks.
But no matter what, you still have to eat the food first.
"Why do I feel like in this villa, there seems to be one less person every time I pass by the sunset..." Mei Ling said quietly, holding a knife and fork.
"Was Mr. Kevin also killed?" Kazuhiko Kitakami had a puzzled look on his face, "But why? Did the murderer have any reason to kill him?"
"There is no reason." After hearing his words, Bai Heqing said.
"Detective Shirakawa, why do you say that?" Then he noticed that Shirakawa Kiyo had arrived in the hall, and Takahiro Tone asked quickly.
"Missing does not necessarily mean that he has been killed. What's more, Mr. Kevin has nothing to do with the inheritance. The murderer really has no reason to kill him." Bai Heqing replied.
"What Detective Shirakawa means is that Mr. Kevin disappeared on his own? But his reason for doing this is..." Second Young Master Tone Kosuke asked.
"That batch of inheritance." Mei Ling suddenly spoke and said meaningfully: "Our Mr. Kevin may have found the specific location of that batch of inheritance..."
Seeing her speaking, Bai Heqing lowered his head again and continued eating breakfast.
"Why do you say that?" Takahiro Tone asked anxiously. It can be seen that he cares very much about the inheritance left by his father.
"There's no particular reason. Just a few days before coming to the annex, this man would come to my boss from time to time to ask for information about the inheritance.
Two nights ago, when I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and went to smoke in the corridor, I also saw this man wandering around the annex alone... so I made this guess. "
Mei Ling replied casually that the boss she was talking about was Yang Douxin who had been poisoned.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?!"
"Brother! Calm down!"
Hearing this, Tone Takahiro suddenly became excited and looked angry, while Mei Ling just looked at him with a smile.
"Master Ligen, because this is unnecessary. No matter how hard our Mr. Kevin tries, he can't take those inheritances away from the island now. Instead of stopping him, it's better to let him continue to work hard, and maybe he can still Can't you help us find those inheritances early?"
"you……!"
His chest seemed to be choked with air. Takahiro Tone pointed at him and held it in for a long time. Finally, he sat back down in his seat with a livid face and said nothing more.
"Okay, now is not the time to think about these things..."
Seeing his appearance, Mei Ling smiled and reassured: "Anyway, that man will definitely be fine. Let's finish our breakfast now, and then everyone will go find him together. Maybe our Mr. Kevin will still be there." It will bring us a lot of surprises... Detective, you think so too, right?"
When she suddenly asked, Bai Heqing raised his head and glanced at her, then nodded slightly.
"Um."
It seems that the time to leave this island is coming soon.
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(End of chapter)
