"Especially Naoko, you should hate her so much that you want to kill her, right?"

Tian Ling said, looking at the other party's location.

"In the past three years, I have been called by the proprietress like everyone else, and I have been bullied in various ways."

"How could it be ......?"

Chiharu looked back at her, "Are you trying to quibble?" ”

Naoko immediately lowered her head again.

"No, I'm sorry."

"Everyone, let's take a sip of tea and take a rest."

At this time, Wen Yue, an employee of the hotel, happened to come over with a tray.

"Now, Sister Xiaotang."

"What's wrong?"

Conan beckoned and motioned for her to step aside to discuss.

He whispered: "Sister Xiaotang, you can ask them in a moment if they have an alibi." ”

"Ask yourself."

Conan was stunned: According to the script, shouldn't you do what I said?

Qinghai Chuantang couldn't help but support his forehead.

As an employee of an inn, it would be strange if you had an alibi, right?

People who don't have an alibi are the most suspicious on the surface, but in reality they don't have to be.

The truth is sometimes the opposite.

Prisoners generally prepare an alibi in advance, which means that the more adequate the alibi, the more suspicious they are.

"So, let's go back to the scene of the crime and take a look, maybe there will be some discoveries."

Coming to the warehouse, Chiharu and Tian Ling looked around, and then came to the cabinet together, opened the drawer on the bottom floor, and filled it with belts.

After rummaging through it, seeing that they didn't find anything, the two looked aside again.

"What is this?"

I saw an open wooden box containing a delicate belt embroidered with camellia motifs.

At this time, Yoshikawa picked up a small piece of gold from under the wooden frame, which was a type of gold coin commonly used in the Edo period of Japan.

"Minister, it's not good!"

An forensic officer ran in in a panic, "In the proprietress room, a suicide note was found. ”

"Suicide note?"

Ji He took a look and affirmed: "This is indeed the handwriting of the proprietress." ”

The last words stated: All of the property, including Hirano Onsen, was inherited by Chef Yamao Samura.

Chiharu and Tian Ling both showed shocked expressions and expressed deep doubts: "How is it possible?" ”

Samura, who was leaning on the door frame, was also stunned when he heard the contents of the suicide note.

With a puzzled expression: "Why did you let me inherit?" ”

Unbeknownst to the chef, he was already the focus of Conan's attention.

After handwriting comparison, it is consistent with the hostess's handwriting of the hostel's guide, and it is also consistent with the menu that the hostess organizes and writes every week.

These evidences fully show that this suicide note was written by the proprietress herself.

Could it be that this is really what the proprietress meant?

Conan, who failed to make a bet with Qinghai Chuantang, ordered a radish for a meeting.

In layman's terms, it is stewed radish.

Two plates of stewed radish were brought to the table, which made Conan choke up.

He swore that next time he would never bet with Qinghai Chuantang.

A small plate of pickled vegetables was placed in front of Qinghai Chuantang.

"Is this a mountain pickle?"

Naoko nodded and smiled, "That's right, you know a lot. ”

At this time, the sharp-eyed Wen Yue noticed something and looked at the white coat hanging on the wall.

"Guest, is there blood on the sleeves of your coat?"

Qinghai Chuantang took a look at it and said, "Maybe it was accidentally touched when the evidence was collected at the scene of the crime." ”

Wen Yue took off her coat and handed it to Naoko, "I'll leave it to you." ”

Naoko nodded and walked out with her coat.

"I'll take my leave."

Conan blinked his eyes and asked pretending to be ignorant, "Isn't it difficult to wash off blood when it comes to blood?" ”

"It's fine. Under the strict training of the proprietress , Naoko is professional in removing stains. ”

Yuan Zi was a little surprised, "You even care about this kind of thing?" ”

"Yes, the proprietress always gives Naoko all kinds of problems."

Then, as if remembering something, "That's right, that's right, that pickle too." ”

Once, Naoko forgot to bring pickles to the guest room, and was reprimanded by the proprietress and asked her to contract all the pickles in the future.

Naoko doesn't know how to make pickles, and after the proprietress told her to figure it out on her own, she didn't care anymore.

So since then, all the pickles in the guest room have been taken care of by Naoko.

"So, is this pickle also made by Miss Naoko?"

"Yes. I don't know if I should turn this into discipline or bullying...... Sorry, they're all dead, and I still speak ill of her. ”

Wen Yue lowered her voice: "It may be a bit bad to say this, but ...... Since Naoko became her subordinate, the spearhead of the proprietress has all been pointed at that child, and we hostesses don't know how much easier. ”

So among them, there are rumors that the proprietress was actually killed by the child.

That night, Conan had eaten the most turnips.

In the end, if it weren't for Xiaolan's unbearable heart and helping him eliminate a few, I'm afraid that he would be lying down and unable to walk now.

Conan, who was propped up by the turnips, came out of the wall and walked slowly, trying to eat.

He slowly came to the hallway, and happened to run into Okiya, one of the culprits.

"Mr. Pleiades."

"Huh?"

Okiya stopped, looking at him a little inexplicably.

Conan slowly raised his head and said very sincerely: "Next time, can you stop helping Sister Xiaotang cheat?" ”

Otherwise, the next bet may be to let him play football and change the trajectory of the return capsule.

Okiya finally opened his eyes.

Very seriously, he said, "I didn't help cheating. ”

Conan's eyelids jumped, why didn't he believe it?

He trembled like an old man. Slowly moving a few steps forward, he noticed a wooden door that was blocked on the side.

There was a sign nailed to the door that read: Do not open.

"Ahh

"Below is the basement, which the old lady used as a confinement room."

Conan turned around and looked at Ji He, who happened to hear the voice, and showed a puzzled expression: "Old lady? ”

Yoshikawa instantly hesitated.

"This, that......"

"Could it be that there is something inside?"

Okiya, who was about to leave, seemed to be interested.

Under Conan's perseverance and cuteness, Yoshikawa took the two to the drink shop in Dragon Palace City.

Perhaps because of the late night, the proprietress here sat on a stool, leaning against the wall and already asleep.

In addition, there is a middle-aged man wearing a gray knitted hat and a black appearance on the bridge of his nose, which looks a little weird.

"This inn was originally run by another family."

"Another family?"

"Yes, the Akiyoshi family."

Since the Tokugawa period, the hot springs have been guarded here, and it is a famous local family.

Miki Iya, who was killed, was originally an old lady of the Akiyoshi family, a hired waitress.

However, the young master Akiyoshino Taku, who obviously already has a family, has repeatedly shot at the hostess, and Miki Igu is not immune.

After the old lady found out about this, Miki Iya was kicked out of the hot spring hall.

"Then how did she become the boss lady?" There was a hint of curiosity in Conan's tone.

"After the proprietress of Miji left, the Akiyoshi family gave birth to a young lady named Zhu Hui, and it was calm for a while."

On Zhu Hui's shoulder, there was a birthmark in the shape of a turtle, and the old lady was very happy about it.

But since then, as if something was at work, unfortunate things happened one after another.

Conan was shocked: "Something, troublesome?" ”

Ji He nodded and sighed slightly: "The basement just now." Dying there like a mystery is the beginning of all strange events. ”

Just like chasing the young master, the young lady then committed suicide in the same place.

Perhaps because she lost her son and daughter-in-law one after another, she suffered a big blow, and the old lady fell ill because she was unwell.

The hotel's business has taken a turn for the worse and more and more debts are being owed.

In the end, I had no choice but to sell the hotel.

"And the person who bought this place is the proprietress of Meiji."

The inn that he ran single-handedly became the hostess he used to hire.

Because Xu felt unwilling, the old lady fled and returned to her hometown Kagoshima with her granddaughter Zhuhui.

"But when I saw the lady Meiji who returned here, it really scared me, and it became a lot more foreign. It seems that after marrying a capitalist, I inherited his property and used that money to buy the hotel. ”

At that time, everyone said that Miki Igu had completed her revenge on the Akiyoshi family.

"Women are terrible......"

Conan muttered quietly after taking a sip of juice.

"By the way, what is the gold coin that fell at the scene of the crime?"

After hearing Okiya's question, Yoshikawa couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and his eyes seemed to drift in the direction where the middle-aged man was.

"Actually......"

Yoshikawa finally retracted his gaze, "The fall of the Akiyoshi family is related to ghosts. Legend has it that in the hot springs of Ryugu, there is a treasure buried by the shogunate to worship Oguri Tadashun. ”

The Kandai was the title of the Edo Shogunate, the head of the Kandai, who was in charge of the shogunate's finances and the Heavenly Domain.

"I heard that when Edo Castle was opened bloodlessly, Oguri secretly transferred and hid the gold coins held by the shogunate in this territory, which is what we often call the 'small judgment'."

Two of them are in the custody of the Akiyoshi family, who guards the land.

one, forcibly taken away by the old lady when she left; The remaining one fell into the hands of Miki Iya.

Conan blinked.

"In this case, the one found at the scene of the crime is the boss's wife's?"

"That's right. Although it is rumored that there are more than two, they have not been found so far. ”

In the past, there were many groups that came here for the gold coins.

During the mining process, he was poisoned to death because of the hydrogen sulfide unique to the hot springs here.

"Actually, the death of the young master may also be because of this gold coin."

"What do you mean by that?"

"That basement...... There, an enigmatic ancient map was discovered. ”

At that time, the young master was obsessed with looking for gold coins, and ran to the basement every night.

Eventually, in front of that map, he committed suicide.

Moreover, a white shirt was worn at that time.

The young lady who committed suicide was also wearing a white kimono.

After that, there were private rumors that perhaps the Akiyoshi family wanted to find the gold coin, so they were killed by the white ghost.

"White ghost, what's the trouble?"

For some reason, Conan inexplicably remembered someone who liked to wear white, and he only felt trembling all over, and he was a little scared.

"Do you remember the kimono of the deceased Miki proprietress who passed away?"

After thinking about it carefully, Conan was shocked: "White! ”

"So, when they found the gold coin, everyone thought ...... Perhaps, the proprietress also died from the white ghost. ”

Conan hugged him, shivering.

At this moment, the sound of glass bottles pouring on the table suddenly sounded behind me.

When they turned around, they saw the man in sunglasses take one look at them and leave the store.

"Who is that suspicious man?"

"That's Mr. Cost, an artist. It seems to be in a hut in the distance, and I don't know what it is. ”