Chapter 90: The Curse of the Rose Garden

Delicate roses sit quietly in the soil.

A beautiful woman lies peacefully among the roses, like a sleeping beauty waiting for the prince to kiss and wake up.

"The victim's name is Shumi Hirayama, 25 years old, and she works as a public relations person in a tavern."

"About a month ago, I started living at Yoshikoto's house. The time of death was around 1 o'clock last night, and the cause of death was suffocation after being strangled by the neck. ”

There were no stains on the clothes, so it can be concluded that the deceased was killed indoors and then moved to the rose bush.

It's a huge greenhouse.

In addition to roses, there are also many kinds of flowers planted, all of which are grown under the careful care of the housekeeper Keiji in the next life.

The young detective group, attracted by the beautiful Corolla, originally just wanted to enjoy it.

Unexpectedly, the incident turned into "murder".

"Is this the curse of the red rose?"

Qinghai Chuantang sighed faintly.

"Red Rose's, curse?"

Several children seemed to remember something terrible, and hurriedly hugged each other, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

Qinghai Chuantang began to tell the story, which was very suspenseful and supernatural

In the Showa period, the Yoshikoto family had a maid named "Ayako".

Because of her beauty and good character, the eldest son of the Ji Cheng family was quickly attracted to her.

After a long time, the two got closer and closer, and began a forbidden love that did not fit their identity.

The people of Yoshikoto's family were furious that Ayako had seduced her eldest son, so they killed Ayako's favorite black cat as a warning.

In order to completely stop the relationship between the two, the eldest son quickly married a young lady from a large family under the arrangement of the family.

After that, Ayako, who is disheartened, commits suicide in the rose garden that she has carefully cultivated.

However, it didn't end that way.

After the wife of the Ji Cheng family was stabbed by a rose, she fell ill and died.

When the people of Ji Cheng's family saw this happening, they felt very unlucky, so they wanted to tear down the rose garden.

But the craftsmen were injured one after another, so that in the end no one dared to take the job again.

"After that, word spread that anyone who shot at the roses in the rose garden would be cursed."

Ayumi's voice trembled as she heard this.

Somewhat frightened, he asked, "So, was Sister Shumi killed by a curse?" ”

When Qinghai Chuantang was about to answer "yes", Conan took the lead and said: "This kind of boring rumor that deceives children is only believed by a three-year-old child." ”

"And ah, there are no such creatures as ghosts in this world. Didn't Mr. Policeman say it before, he died of suffocation? So it's obviously artificial! ”

After hearing Conan say this, Ayumi was a little relieved and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In addition to a few of them, there were the housekeeper Keiji Laisheng, the owner of the mansion, Yoshiko Mashou, the wife of Mashou, and his son-in-law Hirofu.

Sha Yu was in a wheelchair due to the inconvenience of his legs and feet, and he was pushed by Yashou.

"Was there anything unusual this morning?"

"Except for one more corpse, the others are no different than usual."

Twilight Thirteen nodded, "But why did the prisoner put the corpse in this place?" ”

Shayu turned his gaze to the rose beside him, stretched out his gloved hand, and stroked its petals.

The voice trembled: "Sure enough, is it a curse?" ”

"Cursed?"

Twilight Thirteen was shocked, "It's difficult, do you mean it?"

"It is rumored that Ayako committed suicide in this rose bush."

And a few days ago, Shumei cut a rose because she didn't know about roses. And then, something like that happened. ”

Yashou couldn't help but sigh.

"When Howf accidentally plucked a rose, I was terrified. I didn't expect that now, such a thing has happened again. ”

Because Hiroo was a wealthy person, he didn't know anything about the curse at the time.

"The prisoner put Miss Shumei on the rose, and she will definitely be injured by the thorn halfway through, and then leave a mark."

Twilight Thirteen looked at the three standing and said, "Guys, can you let me take a closer look at your hands?" ”

When the six hands stretched out in unison, to Twilight Thirteen's expectations, the backs of the three of them were all wounded by thorns.

When Yuan Tai saw it, he immediately pointed at them and said, "In other words, the murderers are actually the three of you!" ”

"Wait, wait, this is a complete misunderstanding! And when we tried to bring Miss Shumi down, it was the bespectacled little boy who stopped us, saying that it might be a homicide. ”

"yes. After all, Miss Shumei was entangled in vines, and she looked strangely pitiful. ”

Keiji echoed Yashou's words in the next life.

After they said this, Yuan Tai showed an expression of sudden realization.

Then he scratched his head very embarrassedly and sneered: "It seems that there is such a thing." ”

"In that case"

Twilight Thirteen touched her chin and muttered for a moment before saying, "Can you ask where Miss Shumi lives?" ”

"Shumi lives in the other mansion here."

Yashou stretched out his hand to indicate the direction, and then said, "If you're going, please be careful." ”

"Because since Shumi moved in, I have a cough, headache, and feeling unwell as soon as I get close to the other house,"

Hearing this, Twilight Thirteen and Takagi couldn't help but glance at each other.

"So now wait, what about Conan and them?"

Twilight Thirteen looked around, but there were no six of them.

The few people who originally came to the mansion with great curiosity, when they saw the scene in front of them, the three children couldn't help but retreat.

Against the backdrop of the surrounding environment, the house looks eerie and gives people a chilling feeling.

Mitsuhiko swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said cautiously, "Why don't we go back first?" It always felt like this place looked very weird. ”

"Mitsuhiko, what are you talking about!"

Yuan Tai didn't say a word, pulled Mitsuhiko and walked towards the house, and said thoughtfully: "Don't forget, we are a few of the young detective group, and this little thing will not easily scare us." ”

The room is very simple and there are not too many decorations in it.

A chair was flipped to the side, and the bed looked a little messy.

It looks like someone was fighting.

"It seems that it was here that the murderer killed Miss Shumei and then moved her to the rose garden."

"No!"

"Huh?"

Conan turned his head to look at Qinghai Chuantang and blinked suspiciously.

Could it be that there was some mistake in his reasoning this time?

"When Ayako's ghost entered the room, she grabbed Miss Shumi's neck and suffocated her."

"And all this is a curse from the red rose. In order to punish her for trampling on her beloved rose, he killed her. ”

Then, using the power of the ghost, she transferred Miss Sookmi to the rose garden and placed her on the rose bush. The purpose is to give others a warning. ”

Conan's expression gradually became speechless, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching: I listened to you make it up.

"Sister Xiaotang, please don't say it so scary, okay."

After taking a few steps forward, Motota suddenly noticed a plate of small biscuits on the table.

He happened to be a little hungry, so he hurriedly ran over, then grabbed a handful of biscuits and put them in his mouth, chewing them heavily, making a "crunchy" sound.

He said vaguely: "This cookie tastes pretty good, so come and try it!" ”

"It's really Yuantai, don't take other people's things casually!"

Hearing Ayumi's words, Motota immediately stopped moving.

I touched my half-full stomach, glanced at the small biscuits I was holding in my hand, and reluctantly put them back in their place.

"I'm sorry."

As soon as she said this, Yuan Tai felt that her stomach became a little uncomfortable.

"Could it be that someone poisoned the biscuits?"

Yuantai looked pained, leaned against the wall and walked out, and hurriedly looked for the toilet.

Gray Yuan looked at the figure in the distance of the other party, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's strange to eat so urgently all of a sudden, don't have diarrhea." ”

Now that Conan and the others have gone to the other residence. According to what Twilight Thirteen and Takagi know about them, if they have any useful clues, they will definitely tell them immediately.

So, the two went to the house and questioned the two people who were in the house at the time of the crime: the eldest daughter of the Yoshicheng family, Haofu's wife Xue Jiang, and Xue Jiang's younger brother Yoshio.

"Excuse me, what is the reason why Miss Shumei moved in?"

"Shumi was supposed to marry me."

Yoshio explained, "I brought her back to introduce her to my family. ”

"I see. However, if you take Miss Shumei home, doesn't your family object? After all, all of a sudden, he brought a strange woman back. ”

"Of course, there are objections."

Yoshio did not deny this fact.

"However, I think as long as we live together and everyone gets to know and understand each other better, maybe they will agree."

"So I persuaded Shumi to let her live in another mansion."

Twilight Thirteen nodded.

Then he asked, "In that case, what are your impressions and feelings of living with Miss Shumei for a month?" ”

The first to answer was Shayu.

"She's a very nice girl, and she's cheerful and optimistic."

"Although she has the experience of working at night, it is not enough to make her have a bad impression, after all, she has not done anything illegal. However, "

As he spoke, Sha Yu swept everyone present.

"Others, not necessarily so."

"Dusk Police Department, in fact, this is not difficult to understand, after all, a woman I didn't know suddenly came to the house. And"

Hiroo glanced at Yoshio, and finally looked at Yashou and said, "No one dares to guarantee that that woman is actually here for money." ”

"Yoshio is relatively simple, I'm afraid that he has been deceived, and my father thinks so too, right?"

"But in the end, I changed my opinion, and it was true that I had some biases and misunderstandings."

Mashou, nodded, "Yes, I did disagree initially. ”

Then, after a moment of conversation, he continued: "But as I got to know her more and more, I realized that she was indeed a good girl. ”

"I was going to say today that I agreed to their marriage, but I didn't expect it"

Yashou sighed, "This happened. ”

It sounds like the few people present have a good impression of Shumei.

"So, where were you and what did you do last night around 1 a.m.?"

"At that time"

Yashou took a closer look and replied, "At that time, everyone should have slept in the room. ”

"Everyone lives in a separate room, so no one has ever gone out, so I don't know."

At this time, Xue Jiang looked at his mother as if he remembered something.

"Mom, did you go for a walk in the courtyard with Dad last night?"

Sha Yu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "How is it possible." After all, it was so late, and we couldn't have gone out for a walk at that time. ”