As the sky gradually darkened, Dr. Ali parked the car at the entrance of the ancient castle, and a group of people got out of the car.
"Oh my God, it's so big and spectacular."
"What a beautiful big castle. This family must be very rich."
"I wonder if they will agree to let us stay for one night temporarily."
The three naughty children were shouting, each looking at the ancient castle curiously.
"Strange, how come there is such a building in the forest?" Dr. Ali asked doubtfully.
"It looks very new, much like a western castle," Haihara Ai said calmly.
"A rich man must have bought a foreign castle, dismantled it all, and then reassembled it here!"
Conan smiled, then looked at Situ Xiu and said, "Just like a certain person who has money but nowhere to spend it."
"I can't help it. I have too much money and I can't spend it all." Situ Xiu smiled lightly.
"Haha..." Conan chuckled.
The castle is gorgeous and spectacular. The color of its surface is blue, which is extremely bright. The whole thing looks renovated. Even the fence surrounding the castle is made of iron door locks.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Dr. Ali suddenly shouted.
Then Yuantai climbed up the iron fence of the gate, climbed up in a few steps, and entered the iron fence.
"Of course it's to explore the castle," Yuantai responded.
But the next second...
Everyone saw a man running over quickly from a distance, grabbed Genta and scolded him.
"You kid, do you know that this is a place where people live? How dare you break in here without permission?" the man yelled.
"I..." Yuantai opened his mouth and was speechless. He was completely frightened.
"I'm sorry, we are not suspicious people," Dr. A Li said quickly.
"Um?"
Hearing this, the man looked up at Situ Xiu and others outside the iron fence, and then said: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"We were passing by and saw this magnificent castle..."
Dr. A Li laughed dryly, and then said: "If possible, it would be convenient for us to go in and visit."
"You should leave quickly, outsiders are not welcome here." The man waved his hand, looking disgusted.
"Let's go. This castle gives us an uncomfortable feeling, as if someone is watching us."
Situ Xiu glanced at the castle. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but from the moment he stood at the gate of the castle, a line of sight fell here.
"Peeping?" Hui Yuan Ai frowned slightly and glanced at the castle, but saw no one.
"Is this your sixth sense?" Conan said amusedly.
"Sixth sense?"
Situ Xiu rolled his eyes at Conan. Using this adjective did not mean that he was like a woman.
"Interesting..." Haiyuan Ai raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
God it’s so interesting!
The corner of Situ Xiu's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes, just when he was about to speak.
"Who are they?" Another voice came from far away.
Hearing this, the man looked back and said in surprise: "Master."
Everyone looked over, and a middle-aged man walked over slowly. He seemed to be the owner of the castle.
"Strange, I don't remember any visitors today..." The middle-aged man glanced at the people outside the iron fence.
"This is what happened"
The man pointed at Dr. A Li, and then said: "This old man with a blank face said he wanted to come in...".
The man was interrupted before he finished speaking. Dr. Ali said angrily: "Who are you talking about? I'm a scientist!".
"Scientist?" The middle-aged man was slightly startled.
"Yes, I am Dr. Ali, a well-known inventor." Dr. Ali snorted.
"Ha~" Situ Xiu chuckled.
Conan on the side had a strange look on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Then your mind should be much better than that of the rest of us!"
The middle-aged man held his chin, looked at Dr. Ali, and then said: "Okay, you are welcome to the castle, please come in."
"That's great..." the three naughty children said happily,
Hearing this, Dr. Ali showed a smile on his face, and then heard the middle-aged man say: "If you don't mind, you can stay here tonight!"
"That's great!" Dr. Ali smiled.
"No way... Do you really want to live here?" Conan looked confused.
Situ Xiu looked at the sky. If it wasn't too late today and he got lost in the forest, he really wouldn't want to live here.
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he turned and left. The man quickly shouted: "Master, if the old lady knew...".
Before the man finished speaking, the middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "Just tell her that these people are my friends, and my mother-in-law is like that, so there is no need to tell her too much."
"That way?" Dr. Ali asked doubtfully.
"The old lady is old and just has some dementia."
After that, the man opened the iron fence of the gate, let Situ Xiu and others in, and then closed the gate again.
The man took Situ Xiu and others into the castle and started talking with Dr. A Li.
As they chatted, everyone knew that the person in front of them was Tian Yan Shengnan, a gardener of the Mamiya family in this ancient castle.
As for the middle-aged man just now, his name is Mamiya Mitsuru, he is the son-in-law who married into the Mamiya family and the husband of the eldest daughter of Mamiya.
The courtyard of the castle is very large, and the flowers and plants are neatly maintained. When passing by a place, I also found a stone chess statue as tall as a person, and I was immediately attracted to it.
The three naughty children ran towards the chess pieces excitedly, while Situ Xiu looked at the chess pieces. There were more than ten white and black chess pieces, as if they were playing chess.
"The lawn has been mowed into a chessboard..." Conan said.
"Does anyone here like to play chess?" Dr. Ali looked at Tian Yan Shengnan and asked.
"I don't know, I just follow the instructions of my predecessor, Master Zhenzhao, and organize it like this every day."
Tian Yan Shengnan paused, and then said: "I heard that Mr. Zhenzhao also followed the last words of the great master who passed away 15 years ago."
"Predecessor? What about the one just now?" Dr. Ali asked doubtfully.
"That's Mr. Man, Madam's second husband. As for Mr. Zhenzhao, he died of illness six years ago. Later..."
Tian Yan Shengnan hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said: "Later, my wife also died in the fire four years ago."
"Fire?" Dr. Ali was stunned for a moment.
"Look, isn't there a burnt tower over there? Madam's bedroom is over there." Tian Yan Shengnan raised his hand and pointed to a tower in the distance.
Everyone looked over and saw a tall tower in tatters, with burnt marks on the surface. Only worn-out stone bricks were left supporting the tall tower.
"That happened not long after Madam returned to Japan after many years to celebrate the old lady's birthday. She arrived at the castle in the middle of the night, but before dawn, the high tower caught fire," Tian Yan Shengnan said again.
"Is she the only one?" Dr. Ali asked.
"Not only the madam, but also the friends who accompanied the madam and the more than ten maids who had served the madam for a long time also died in the fire cave."
Tian Yan Shengnan sighed, and then said: "The only ones who survived were us servants who had been employed for a short period of time, the madam who suffered from the cold and lived in a separate house, and Mr. Man who arrived earlier than the madam. , and the one over there..."
"The only son born to my wife and Master Zhenzhao, your young master."
Situ Xiu and others looked in the direction of Tian Yan Shengnan and saw a young man squatting next to the chess set, looking at something.
"Young Master Gui came back two or three days before the fire. He has been studying abroad since he was a child. That was the first time I saw him back in the castle. It was also the first time that Master Man saw him," Tian Yan Shengnan said.
"No way!" Situ Xiu was slightly stunned. His mother had found a new love, and the son had never even seen his stepfather.
"Since that incident, Mr. Man and Mr. Gui stayed in the castle, as if they were possessed by a demon," Tian Yan Shengnan said again.
After listening to Tian Yan Shengnan's words, Conan pinched his chin. The detective's intuition told him that there must be some reasons.
Maybe there is treasure in this castle?
"I guess this is related to you," Situ Xiu whispered in Conan's ear.
"It's none of my business. You don't want to say that you came to have a premonition..." Conan curled his lips.
"Is it possible that someone set fire to kill the lady and others? That's why Mr. Man and Mr. Gui realized there was something wrong, so they stayed and investigated secretly," Situ Xiu said.
"That happened many years ago, it's impossible."
Conan shook his head, and then said: "There must be some secret in this castle, so these two people stayed."
"Treasure?" came a voice.
Situ Xiu looked over, not knowing when Hui Yuan Ai came over.
"Maybe....."
Conan nodded slightly, looked at the young man next to the chess set in the distance, and then said: "The grand master of this castle ordered future generations to take good care of the chess set, so these chess pieces should be clues."
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