The banquet went on and the crowd grew until the long table was full, about forty people.

Among these people are guests, including the guests' assistants, of course, the assistants are not subordinates, nor are they inferior, they are similar to friends invited by guests, so they also have seats.

It's just that the top host in the middle hasn't appeared yet, but now the guests and assistants are already chatting enthusiastically.

Li Xuehao, the youngest assistant, just made the other guests and assistants "novel", and soon no one paid attention to it.

He didn't do anything amazing, and he just showed what a teenager of this age should be.

Shigemitsu Yamamoto was chatting with Mrs. Endo, who was sitting on top of him, and there was nothing special about the content of the conversation, just talking about some very ordinary topics.

Li Xuehao listened quietly, and occasionally ate some exquisite food on the table.

Not all of the guests brought assistants, and some came alone, such as Mrs. Endo, who was alone.

The invited guests are not weak, and even the assistants, although they are weaker than the guests, are not significantly weaker.

Li Xuehao didn't know why these people were gathered here, but being able to gather these people in one place shows that the owner is not an ordinary person, at least ordinary people don't have such a big energy.

Suddenly, a conversation between Mrs. Endo and Shigemitsu Yamamoto caught his attention.

"Chongguang, what do you think of this case?" Mrs. Endo said in a low voice, but for Li Xuehao, it didn't have any effect at all.

What kind of case? He was suspicious.

Shigemitsu Yamamoto seemed to know a lot about the case that Mrs. Endo said, and only listened to him: "There is no murder weapon, no fingerprints, no time for the crime, and there is no motive for the murder, he is not the murderer." ”

"He was the only one with the deceased at the time, and if it wasn't for him, could it really be a ghost killing?" said Mrs. Endo.

Shigemitsu Yamamoto was silent for a moment, and glanced sideways at the boy, if he said that before he had seen the ghost with his own eyes, he would have thought that what Mrs. Endo said was ridiculous, but now he doesn't think so, maybe it is really a ghost killing people.

Hearing Mrs. Endo's ghost killing, Li Xuehao suddenly understood a little, Yamamoto Shigemitsu brought him along, is it related to this "ghost murder" case?

"If it's a ghost murder, no one can get the 100 million yen of the crime-solving fund. Mrs. Endo chuckled softly, but there was more schadenfreude in her tone, and everyone was busy with each other, which seemed to be the result she wanted to see the most.

Shigemitsu Yamamoto didn't answer, just frowned.

Li Xuehao had an understanding in his heart, and vaguely understood why there were so many people gathered here who were far beyond ordinary people, it was the 100 million yen crime solving fund that attracted them, and few people could not be tempted by this astronomical amount.

Shigemitsu Yamamoto is probably one of them.

As he was pondering, suddenly the atmosphere of the scene was quiet, as if someone had been there, and the people who had been talking loudly stopped.

Li Xuehao looked up and saw an old man with gray hair walking in from the door on the other side with the support of two young people, a man and a woman.

Although the old man had gray hair, his face was not too old, but his face was a little pale, and he seemed to be very unhealthy.

The man and the woman looked very young, the man was about thirty years old, wearing a suit and leather shoes, handsome, looking like a successful person.

The female is much younger, only in her early twenties, like a female college student who has not yet graduated, with delicate and lovely facial features, and her eyes are bright, but in the face of the eyes of so many people present, she seems to be a little uncomfortable, and she is more focused on supporting the old man with her head down.

As the old man approached, there were respectful or flattering voices around him from time to time.

"Mr. Nagazuma. ”

"Mr. Nagazuma. ”

“……”

Everyone called the same name, and even the bears with the worst attitudes did not dare to be disrespectful to the old man.

The old man was carried to the top position, and from this it seemed that he was the owner of the mountain villa, and that the young man and woman were probably his juniors, and they had no seats, but stood quietly behind the old man.

"Sit down, everybody. The old man glanced at the dozens of people present, and the old man's deep voice came out of his mouth, as if with magic power, and the people who stood up on the scene sat down in unison.

"I'm inviting you all here today, and you all already know why. The old man spoke very slowly, and I don't know if it was because he was too ill to speak quickly, or if it was because he was in the habit of speaking.

"Yes, Mr. Eldest Wife, I heard that the fund this time is 100 million yen, right?" asked someone at the bottom, with a look of anticipation and greed in his eyes.

"No, not 100 million yen. The old man shook his head.

"What!" The people at the scene, not only the person who had just been questioned, but also the others were surprised, you know, they only heard that there was a 100 million yen fund to solve the crime.

"It's 500 million yen!" the old man's words were like a thunderbolt.

The originally disappointed people opened their mouths to the fullest, and looked at him one by one in shock and incredulity, and their eyes gradually became fanatical.

Even Shigemitsu Yamamoto, who was the most calm, saw his hands under the table clenched into fists tightly.

"As long as one of you can find the murderer, you can get 500 million yen in the crime solving fund. The old man was very satisfied with the performance of the people below, and said in a flat tone, as if 500 million yen was no different from five yuan to him.

"Whoa......

Those who had already woken up from the shock of 500 million yen could no longer hold back their excitement, and their interest became high, and the scene suddenly became lively.

"Now, you can take a look at the information and if there are no problems, you can get started. After the old man finished speaking, he gestured to the young man and woman behind him, and the latter two nodded, took a stack of materials, and began to distribute them to the guests at the long table.

Every guest received it, and even the assistant got one.

Li Xuehao's information happened to be sent to him by the young girl, and when she saw him, the girl couldn't help but be surprised in her eyes, probably curious that such a young guest was invited.

After sending the information, the two young men and women returned to the old man's side.

Li Xuehao looked at the information in his hand, a few thin sheets of A4 paper, and the most terrifying thing was a few blood-red characters on the cover - the ghost murder book, is it really related to ghosts?