Wednesday, August 11th, around 4 p.m., the old bungalow of Dr. Asasa's uncle's house.

In a wood, after getting out of the car, looking at the large villa crawling with vines in front of him, Lan asked, "Doctor, is this villa yours?"

"No, I'm just a witness. Dr. Asasa said.

"It seems to be not far from the golf course in front of the good mood. Mei Daiko looked around.

"It's not that far," said Dr. Asasa with a smile, "and if I really want to say, there's a part of the land in that place that used to belong to my uncle." ”

"It turned out to be a rich man, so I need to take a good look. Yuan Zi smiled.

"This may be going to disappoint you. Dr. Asa smiled, "Please come in, I'll show you around." ”

Living room.

There is an oil painting on the wall of a man and a woman, with this living room in the background, and the man in the painting is about fifty years old, with some resemblance to Dr. Asasa between his eyebrows and eyes, especially the big nose.

Yuan Zi said: "At that time, I was able to invite the painter home to paint oil paintings, and it seems that your uncle is indeed a rich man." ”

Dr. Asa laughed, "Of course, the house and a large area of land around it belonged to my uncle at the time. ”

Lan asked, "Doctor, is this your uncle's family?"

"This is my uncle, followed by my aunt, who was not in good health at the time, and my aunt came to take care of him. ”

Mei Daizi smiled: "Fortunately, your aunt is not like you. ”

"That's right, otherwise it would be difficult to get married. Yuan Zi smiled.

Lan diverted the subject, "Doctor, what about your uncle's family?"

"My uncle was not married and had no children, and when he died, the inheritance went to my aunt, who was also single. ”

"Ah, I'm sorry. Mei Daiko and Yuan Zi said embarrassedly.

"It doesn't matter. "After my aunt paid the inheritance tax, she was left with the house and not much land. My aunt was an elementary school teacher, and she didn't live here because of her work, but only occasionally came to take a vacation and clean up by the way, so more than ten years later, my aunt died of illness, and she made a will before she died, and handed over the house and the surrounding area to the town, on the condition that it would be kept as it was until the house was old and demolished. Then he sighed, "At that time, I was already an adult, so I was asked to be a witness, and this time, it has been more than 30 years, and this house is about to reach its age." ”

"It's always been as it is, as if your uncle was still living in it. Mei Daizi said, "Let your uncle live for fifty more years." ”

"It's a pity that it's going to be demolished. Lan said with some sadness.

"Then let's put up a sign. The garden said.

"The town is ready to do that. Dr. Asa laughed.

"Alright, let's go bury something. Mei Daiko said.

"Wait," Yamazaki asked, looking at the painting, "Doctor, ask you a question, how often do you come to clean the room?"

"Cleaning the room?" said Dr. Agasa, "I've never been here to clean it, but I came to get rid of the cobwebs after answering the notification call from the town." ”

"Oh?" Yamazaki laughed, "that's interesting." ”

"Brother, what's the problem?" asked Midaiko.

Wiping the table with his fingers, Yamazaki smiled, "The dust collection here is obviously not more than thirty years old. ”

Dr. Asasa said, "I guess the town sent someone to clean it." ”

"Then why didn't you send someone here later?" said Yamazaki, "cleaning up this place is not a burden for the town." ”

"Well," Dr. Asasa said after a moment's thought, "that's a real problem. ”

"Someone is coming to clean up," Lan asked, "who could it be?"

"Is there anything of value missing here?" asked the gardener, "like candlesticks, cutlery, wooden tables and chairs?"

Dr. Asa said, "No, in order to avoid thieves, I also did a property appraisal back then, and I took all the valuable things. ”

"Will it be a safe house?" asked Midaiko.

"Safe house?" Dr. Asasa asked.

"It's a place for Tibetans, like fugitives or something. Mei Daiko said.

"Wouldn't it?" Lan was taken aback.

"I think it's possible. "Maybe there was a murderer hiding in the house, and he left when the prosecution expired." ”

"Also," said Yamazaki, "an oil painting can be said to be a delicate thing, and even if it had been framed and left unattended for more than thirty years, it would have long since deteriorated, not to mention that it was still in the woods, and there was a lot of humidity." ”

"In this way, he is a person who can take care of oil paintings. Lan said.

"That's paying the rent. Yuan Zi smiled.

"By the way, Doctor, what about the water and electricity?

"Not really. Dr. Asasa said.

"Want to look, Doctor?" asked Yamazaki.

Dr. Asa asked, "Can you find out?"

"Of course. Yamazaki said, "First of all, call the water and electricity company and ask when the water and electricity are cut off here." ”

"I'll fight. "The garden called on the mobile phone to ask, and it turned out that it was cut off about five years ago because it had not been paid.

"Someone has lived here for about thirty years. Lan said in surprise.

"Maybe not a group of people. Mei Daiko said.

"Whether you live here alone all the time, or if you want to be here one after another, just ask at a nearby convenience store or something. "Thirty years of patronage is not something that is easy to forget, and if not, it's the latter." Then this place, it's better to let the police deal with it and see if there are any fingerprints of wanted criminals or something. Of course, you can also leave him alone, after all, it's all over. ”

"Well," Dr. Asasa said after a moment's thought, "then go and ask, I'm relieved." ”

After that, everyone went to a nearby family-style convenience store to inquire, and they immediately found out that there was a man who had lived there for a long time, and seemed to be a painter who made a living by painting, and was also a painting teacher for children in the neighborhood.

"So, boss, do you know where he's gone?" Dr. Asa asked.

"I don't know. The convenience store owner said, "A few years ago, one of his brothers came to him, and then he didn't show up, maybe he went home to retire." ”

"Thank you, boss. Dr. Asasa said.

"You're welcome, it's nothing. The convenience store owner said.

After leaving the convenience store, Dr. Asa smiled, "Now I can rest assured, I shouldn't be a bad person." ”

"Alright, hurry back to the villa and deal with the treasure, I have to go back to work." Mei Daiko said.

On the way back to the villa, Yamazaki spotted an elderly man of about seventy walking behind them, until the last corner, the old man walked into the woods.

After a while, the group returned to the villa, and after entering, Yamazaki put his finger to his mouth, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then whispered, "We are being followed, it is an old man, he should be outside." ”

"Are you sure?" asked the garden in a whisper.

"There are no other houses around here. Yamazaki whispered.

"Who could it be?" Lan asked in a whisper.

"Not a good guy anyway. Mei Daiko whispered.

Yamazaki asked in a low voice, "Doctor, are you sure your uncle didn't leave any legacy?"

"Well," Dr. Asa whispered after a moment's thought, "I don't know. ”

"Could it be that the painter stayed here to hunt for treasure?" asked the garden.

"Then maybe there really is a treasure left. Lan chuckled.

"So, how about we go on a treasure hunt?" asked Midaiko in a whisper.

Yamazaki looked at the time, "Half an hour." ”

"Just kidding, people have been looking for thirty years, how can half an hour be enough?" asked Yuan Zi in a low voice.

"As you said earlier in the garden, the basement and attic dark rooms, the walls and mezzanines. Mei Daizi whispered, "Just look for these invisible places, other places must have been investigated inch by inch." ”

"Well, let's start in the basement and attic. The garden whispered, "Take us, Doctor." ”

"Well," Dr. Asasa scratched the back of his head, "there doesn't seem to be a basement or attic here. ”

"No underground and no attic?" Lan whispered, "That's weird, isn't it?" ”

"Do you think it's going to be like Swan Castle?" asked the garden, in a whispered voice of some excitement.

"So, you look for the basement, and I'll go to the top of the house and look for the attic. Mei Daiko whispered.

"I'll go with you, the roof may be corrupted. Yamazaki whispered, and then whispered to Dr. Asa and the others, "Don't act rashly no matter what you find." ”

"Understand, there may be harmful substances. The garden chuckled quietly.

"Go ahead. Yamazaki said, "Pay attention to the sound under your feet and knock on the wall by the way." ”

"Understand, there is no difference between a solid one and a hollow one. Lan chuckled, and then the three of them took action.

Mei Daizi asked in a low voice, "Brother, what should we do?"

"Let's just move a ladder up," Yamazaki whispered after a moment's thought, "pretending to clean up." ”

"Understood. Mei Daiko whispered.

Moments later, Yamazaki and Midaiko carried a ladder out of the house and went up to the roof.

Glancing at the skylights on the roof, Yamazaki asked Midaiko, "What do you think?"

Mei Daizi smiled, "There is a raised area without a skylight, and there may be a hidden space there. ”

"Go ahead and try it, be careful, don't step on it. Yamazaki laughed.

"Got it. Mei Daizi slowly moved over step by step, during which she felt that her feet were wrong, and she changed directions twice.

After walking to that area, Mei Daiko chose a downwind place to squat, then picked up a tile and hit it at the side of her arm, listening to the hollow voice, turned back to Yamazaki and smiled, "There is really space." Then he asked, "Do you want to continue?"

"Go ahead, it's going to be demolished anyway. Yamazaki laughed.

"That's good. Mei Daiko threw down the tile and punched it in the arm at her side, making a hole about twenty centimeters in diameter.

After waiting for a while, a gust of wind blew, Mei Daizi hurriedly raised her hand to cover her mouth and nose and stood up, and then retreated to the upper wind and let go of her hand, "There is a rancid smell." Saying that, he walked back the way he came, "I hope it's not human, that scene may be ugly." ”

"I hope so. Yamazaki said, and then took out his mobile phone, but just as he was about to call, he immediately sensed danger.

"Don't move, you two. An old man's voice rang out downstairs.

"I don't move. Yamazaki raised his hand and said, while motioning for Midaiko to raise her hand, and then turned to face the old man with Midaiko.

"What did you find?" the old man climbed up to the roof with a pistol in one hand and a ladder in the other, then looked at the hole and asked, "Damn, why didn't I think of demolishing the house?

"A lot, what do you want?" asked Yamazaki.

"Template, where's the twenty-dollar template?" said the old man excitedly, "I've been looking for it for thirty years, and now I finally have news, I'm going to make a fortune, I'm going to make a fortune." He laughed.

"Uh, that, sorry, excuse me. Yamazaki said.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and give me the template. The old man exclaimed excitedly, "Hurry up and give it to me, hurry up." ”

Yamazaki said, "No, I mean to tell you that the twenty-dollar version from thirty years ago doesn't seem to be in circulation anymore, so ......"

"Y-What are you talking about?" the old man suspected that he had misheard.

Mei Daizi smiled: "That means that your dollar template is useless when you get it, and the money you make can't be used at all." ”

"No, it won't. The old man was stunned.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yamazaki and Midaiko stepped forward together, Yamazaki grabbed her left arm, and Midaiko grabbed her right arm, and grabbed the gun.

"Let go of me, let go of me quickly. The old man exclaimed excitedly, "You lie to me, you want that template too." ”

"I really didn't lie to you," Yamazaki said, "and I asked you to come up for fear that you would hurt the people in the house." ”

"Catch you for fear you'll fall from the stairs. Mei Daiko smiled.

"What's wrong?" Dr. Asa and the three of them heard the movement and came out of the villa.

"Is he the one who followed us?" asked the garden.

"Yes, let's talk about it later. Yamazaki said, then grabbed the old man's right arm and asked Midaiko to climb down the ladder with the gun first.

"Please, old gentleman. "We won't call the police, as long as you answer some questions, and of course, the gun won't be returned to you unless you have a gun license." ”

"I have. The old man told Yamazaki to let go, and then came out with a gun license.

Yamazaki looked at it and said with a smile: "Mr. Lunaki Okuda, this thing has expired." ”

"It's overdue?" said Okuda Lunming, "I'm here," and then frowned and thought about it, his face turned pale for a moment, and he muttered, "It turns out that it's been so long." With that, he fell backwards.

Yamazaki hurriedly held Okuda Lunming, then touched his neck, and found that there was still a heartbeat, and there was no obvious abnormality, it seemed that he had just fainted, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong with him, brother?" asked Midaiko.

Yamazaki said, "I seemed to have fainted, so I called Dr. Asai and asked her to send an ambulance and an epidemic prevention vehicle." ”

"Epidemic prevention vehicle?" Dr. Asa and the three of them were taken aback.

"It's not an epidemic, it's a decomposing body. Yamazaki sighed, "I hope it's not human." After saying that, he carried Okuda Lunming on his back, and then carried him down the ladder on his back. ……