A few thin clouds drifted past the full moon, and in the silence of the night, the sound of monks chanting and the sound of wooden fish tapping continued to be heard from the public hall.

Gao Cheng leaned on the steps a little bored, still thinking about the piano just now in his mind, when suddenly a melodious piano music echoed, and even the sound of the Dharma venue was suppressed.

"This tune...... Is it "Moonlight"?! ”

Gao Cheng and Conan hurriedly ran into the public hall, and many people in the aisle were already looking at the piano room where the sound came out, and after pushing open the door, a wet corpse suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

In the beautiful music of the moonlight sonata, Kawashima, the candidate for village mayor on the island, sat down in front of the piano, his head pressed against the piano, and his arms hung weakly on the ground, dripping with water......

It's dead!

Even if he didn't get closer, Gao Cheng instinctively felt the body's fear of the dead.

Maori Kogoro stepped forward to probe Kawashima's snort, measured his pulse again, shook his head helplessly, and said in a deep voice: "It's a step late, he's already out of breath......"

Everyone gasped: "How, how can this be? ”

"Xiaolan, report the case to the police station quickly!" Mori Kogoro turned around and shouted, "Don't leave the rest of the people present!" ”

Compared with Gao Cheng, Mao Li, who used to be a criminal policeman, is obviously more professional, and after his daughter Xiaolan left, he turned to Asai Chengshi and said, "Miss Chengshi, can I trouble you to be responsible for the autopsy?" ”

"Oh, okay." Narumi Asai nodded, walked over to the corpse and began to examine.

"It's a curse!" Hirata panicked and said, "This is the curse of that piano!" ”

"Where did the curse come from?" Gao Cheng followed and stood beside the corpse, the moonlight song was not a supernatural phenomenon, but a tape recorder on the piano playing a tape.

Pressing the stop button to stop the music, Gao Cheng's gaze turned to the corpse.

The deceased's eyes widened, his mouth opened as if he had seen something terrible, his coat did not know where it had gone, and his white shirt was covered with mud and sand.

Judging from the water stains on the floor, it seems that the murderer dragged in through a back door in the room facing the sea......

"Anyway, judging by the events that happened here two years ago," Mori Kogoro looked at Gao Cheng, and his competitive spirit increased, "This is clearly a well-planned murder!" ”

"Killings?"

"Hey, don't you keep talking about what you don't have," someone looked at Maori dissatisfied, "who the hell are you?" ”

"Me?" Mori Kogoro chuckled, straightened his shirt and said proudly, "I'm a detective from Tokyo, I'm Mori Kogoro!" ”

"Oh!" Everyone suddenly realized, "It's that space pilot!" ”

"No, he often appears in mystery novels, right?"

"That person is Akechi Kogoro, right?"

"Huh? So who is this person? ”

The words of discussion reached the ears of Maori Kogoro, and the blow was incomplete, he felt a little unable to raise his head, the corners of his eyes couldn't help twitching, and he thought depressedly: This kid from Chenghu must have thought of it a long time ago, so he didn't open his mouth, damn it, he must solve the case first.

Gao Cheng ignored Mori Kogoro and walked along the water mark to the back door leading to the seaside.

I've been meeting Conan, and he still can't do much in terms of reasoning, but his observation has improved a lot, at least he won't miss some obvious clues.

Directly outside the door is the undulating sea water in the moonlight, you can see that the deceased's coat is still floating on the sea, the murderer should have killed someone on the beach and then moved the body to the piano room, and the back door and windows on this side have all been locked from the inside......

So the murderer is still in the venue?

Gao Cheng looked back at everyone.

After all, he had been staying in front of the entrance before the crime, and the back door and windows were locked, and with so many clues, he didn't need strong reasoning skills to judge that the murderer was the person in the venue.

At this time, Asai Narumi had already experienced the corpse, and explained to everyone: "Based on the corpse spots and the degree of stiffness of the corpse, the time of death should be 30 to 60 minutes...... It appears that the cause of death was suffocation, and Mr. Kawashima is believed to have drowned in the sea, but an autopsy must be performed to determine the true cause of death. ”

"Dr. Chengshi should be right."

Conan also observed the whole scene like Gao Cheng, and after telling the same details, he walked to the tape recorder.

"In this tape of "Moonlight", there is a deliberate blank part at the front for several minutes...... The murderer should have calmly set up, pressed the tape recorder switch, and calmly escaped from the corridor......"

As he spoke, seeing that everyone's surprised eyes fell on him, Conan reacted, and hurriedly smiled at Maori with an innocent face: "Isn't that so, uncle?" ”

"Ah, yes, that's right!"

Leaving the follow-up reasoning to Maori, Conan looked at Gao Cheng who was standing aside depressedly: Damn, when can I compete with this guy in a dignified manner......

Gao Cheng shuddered for some reason, looked back at Mori Kogoro and Conan strangely, and walked to the piano again, and suddenly found a piece of paper between the lid of the piano keys lifted when he looked closely.

"It's ...... Music? ”

Gao Cheng took out the score from the crack in confusion, and the faces of several people present changed instantly, and a thin young man with thief eyebrows and mouse eyes ran out directly in horror, shouting as if he had seen a ghost.

"Who is he?"

"He is Mr. Nishimoto," said Hirata, the village chief's secretary, "and he used to be quite powerful, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and always spending lavishly, but after the death of the previous village chief two years ago, he hid at home all day as if he was frightened by something......

"By the way, the village chief and him should be childhood playmates, right?" Hirata turned to the current village head, Kuroyan Road.

"Ah, that's right......" The village chief Hei Yan was sweating on his head, and his face was not very good-looking.

"Hey, Joto," Conan thought as he leaned over to Gao Cheng and whispered, "Do you think these people are weird?" From the moment I saw the corpse, I felt that something was wrong. ”

"Sort of," Gao Cheng's gaze fell on a few people in the Black Rock Village, "maybe there's something we don't know." ”

……

There was only one elderly policeman at the police station on the island, and it was already late when Maolilan was shouted to the public hall, and the old policeman just recorded some information and put everyone in the venue back, and the investigation was planned to wait until the next day.

"Where is the murder, it's clearly Mr. Aso's soul that is haunting!"

The villagers left in twos and threes, and there were still many discussions about the incident, and the monks kept chanting the scriptures.

Gao Cheng looked at these people speechlessly: "How can there be any soul?" It's all just the murderer's design......"

If there is a ghost, why do you want them to detective, just ask the ghost directly.

"That, Joto-kun," Asai Narumi walked behind, turning to Taka Cheng a little tiredly, "Can such a murder be solved quickly?" I really don't want to do autopsies or anything like that......"

Gao Cheng noticed that Cheng Shi's expression was faintly sad, and he was stunned: "I ......"

"Don't worry, Miss Chengshi," without waiting for Gao Cheng to respond, Maori stepped forward directly, this guy held his waist and smiled, "As long as the matter is handled by me, a detective, it is very simple!" ”

"Really?" Asai Narumi's complexion returned to normal, and he smiled sweetly, "Then please." ”

"Senior Gao Cheng," Mao Lilan said strangely when he saw that Gao Cheng didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, "Aren't you going back to the hotel with us?" ”

"yes, I'll just spend the night here with the policeman." Gao Cheng silently watched Asai Narumi leave.

There are still too few clues to this incident, and it is also related to the case from a few years ago, and there are many mysteries, and he can't figure it out for the time being.

However, once he has enough clues, he will definitely find out the murderer......

"Really, what are you thinking?" Maori Kogoro stared at Gao Cheng suspiciously, paused, and said to Maori Lan, "Xiaolan, you go back with Conan, and I'll stay here too." ”

"Daddy!"

In the piano room of the public hall, the old policeman moved the body to the ground without authorization, because the relationship between the cloth package was not so infiltrating.

Gao Cheng sat down in front of the piano and picked up the sheet music that was placed in the gap.

With piano knowledge, he can easily see that it is the score of "Moonlight", but there is a paragraph in the middle that is very incorrect.

I tried to play it on the piano, and sure enough, it was the familiar tune of "Moonlight", but by the fourth paragraph, there was a completely out of tune, and the melody of the song was ruined at once.

"What are you doing?" Mori Kogoro was startled by the harsh noise, "If you can't play, don't play!" ”

"It's a problem with this score......" Gao Cheng looked back at the fourth section of the score, frowned, "It seems that someone left a message......

"Message?"

Conan's voice sounded behind him, Maori was stunned, and suddenly found that Xiaolan and Conan actually followed: "Didn't I already tell you to go back first?" ”

"Because we're worried about our uncle," Conan looked at the sheet music closely, and innocently looked at Gao Chengdao, "Brother Gao Cheng must have known that the commission letter was a teaser letter, right?" ”

"You're really not an ordinary child......" Gao Cheng glanced at the guy.

This guy always relies on his identity as a child to fool, and he doesn't arouse much suspicion.

"Teaser letter?" Maori hasn't reacted yet.

"Yes, it says that the shadow disappears, which means that it is shrouded in light, doesn't there happen to be a song from "Moonlight" at the murder scene?"

Conan said as he checked the score, "Maybe it's not over yet. ”

"If that's the case," Mori Kogoro's face turned ugly, "Is the letter of entrustment actually a challenge letter from the murderer to my Detective Mori Kogoro?!" Damn it! ”

With a scolding, Maori Kogoro looked at Gao Cheng, who was still studying the score: It's dangerous, this kid knew it from the beginning, and the murderer is likely to return to the piano room......

"Are you really going to spend the night here?" Gao Cheng shook his head and put down the score, and asked instead, "Xiaolan, aren't you afraid of ghosts?" There is a corpse next to it......"

"Ahh Mao Lilan shrunk and hugged Conan, looking scared, "Why did you mention this suddenly?!" ”

"I thought you weren't afraid," Gao Cheng looked at Conan, who was blushing, his teeth itching, "Don't worry, there's nothing ghostly." ”

"But you seem to be afraid of corpses......

"Delusion!"

After a while, the old policeman brought a sleeping bed, and his struggling appearance made Gao Cheng look frightened, for fear that something would happen to the old policeman.

"I'll help."

"Thank you," the old police officer wiped his sweat, "I thought you were the only one, why did you stay and bring a child......"

"I'm sorry," said Asai, who suddenly appeared at the door with a bag of things, "I called the hotel, and I heard that you were all still here, so I brought you a supper." ”

"Hearing you say that, it looks like you're really hungry."

Smelling the fragrance, everyone's stomachs rumbled, and they realized that they hadn't eaten since noon.

"Thank you so much, Dr. Sungsil."

By the time Chengshi spread out the cloth and put the sushi rice balls, Gao Cheng and the old police officer had already moved all the covers to the piano room and sat around to eat together.

It was really strange to eat next to the corpse, but he didn't care about it so much, he hadn't eaten much for a day today, and his physical strength was exhausted.

"Doctor Chengshi," Gao Cheng asked as he took a bite of the rice ball, "You performed the autopsy of the former village chief two years ago, right?" How the hell did he die? ”

"It was a heart attack," Asai nodded, recalling, "except that his face looked rather tense, as if he had seen something terrible......"

"Isn't that just like Kawashima this time?" Gao Cheng made a move.

"There can't really be ghosts, can they?" Thinking of the villagers' discussions, Mao Lilan became scared again.

"I'm so scared to go back, really," Mori Kogoro put the problematic sheet music in his arms, "Anyway, the murderer may come back, and we'll take turns keeping vigil here tonight!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Gao Chengdao again: "Hey, aren't you some modern left-handed character?" Why don't you bring that Lake Toya here? ”

"Who is going to carry a wooden knife around," Gao Cheng glanced at the guy, "I also heard that you are a judo master, why don't you just come and hand it over to you." ”

"Damn, where did you hear that?"

In the middle of the night, Gao Cheng lay in his sleeping bag but couldn't sleep, and the Asai Narumi next to him, Mao Lilan, and Conan were similar, but Mao Li Kogoro and the old policeman slept soundly.

It's really convincing Maori Kogoro.,This makes it even harder for him to sleep.,Although Maori Lan is good at karate.,But when it comes to something like a ghost.,It's like an ordinary girl.,Only the screaming is loud enough......

Scream?

"If you have any questions, call me, I'll squint for a while, and then I'll take over your vigil later." Gao Cheng reminded Conan and the others, and after quietly summoning the wooden knife Toyahu in his arms, he closed his eyelids that were getting heavier and heavier.