"It's so hard to find every time? Can't you find someone to pick me up? Deep in the mountains and old forests, Gao Cheng rode a motorcycle through the trail and stopped in front of a blue castle.

Between the magnificent western castles, you can also see the towering towers, which are simply not comparable to the villas seen before.

There are really a lot of rich people in Conan, and every time I see them, I have to be hit.

"I haven't heard of the Manomiya Foundation or anything......

"Gee, you're the Castle Detective, aren't you?" Without waiting for Gao Cheng to look at it more, a middle-aged man with a mustache appeared with a smiling face, "Welcome, welcome, it's great that you can come!" ”

Seeing Gao Cheng looking at himself suspiciously, the middle-aged man hurriedly explained: "I am Jian Gongman, and it is my mother-in-law who specially invited you over this time." ”

"Mother-in-law?" Gao Cheng was stunned, but he didn't ask much, just followed the middle-aged human palace into the castle courtyard.

After taking him to the front hall, Mamiya said that he was going to find his mother-in-law and asked a gardener named Sakuda Katsuo to take him around.

Gao Cheng looked at the figure of Mamiya Man leaving, and turned his gaze to the empty wall of the front hall, where several huge portraits hung around the walls of the second floor where the stairs on both sides of the stairs followed.

"In the middle is the old man," said the gardener, "on either side are the old man and his wife, who died 15 years ago, and the old man died six years ago, and even the lady died in the fire four years ago. ”

"Fire?"

"You must have seen a charred stone tower when you came here just now, right? "Madame's bedchamber is there," explained the gardener, "and Madame has been abroad, and she came here that year to celebrate her birthday, and she arrived in the middle of the night, but the tower caught fire before dawn. ”

The gardener recalled the unfortunate incident, and his face turned a little pale: "It's not just the wife, the friends that the wife brought back with her, and the more than ten chief stewards and servants who have served the lady for many years, more than a dozen people have been devoured by the fire, and the only ones who escaped the disaster are the servants who have only been hired for a short time like me, and the lady who lives in the annex because of a cold......"

"By the way, there are also Master Aman and the noble young master who came back a few days before the fire"

Gao Cheng glanced at the layout of the castle's vestibule, and said suspiciously, "......Who is Mr. Mamiya just now?"

"He is Master Aman, the second husband of his wife who remarried abroad, and after the death of Master Zhenzhao, he joined the family of the palace."

"Oh."

Gao Cheng didn't ask any more.

It's a complicated big family, and it's a big family with a lot of stories, I don't know what the detective invited him to come over, but it feels like the events in Conan are happening, but fortunately, Conan is not there.

The mood is really complicated, I want to handle more cases, but I don't want to run into cases everywhere.

"This is the famous Castle Detective, right? It's really young. "An old lady in a wheelchair appeared in the hall, thin and ugly, with a big nose, glasses and a black hat, her white hair draped behind her back, and her neck curled to look like a little old lady.

"This is our wife." The gardener introduced.

The old man's name is Masumiya Masudai, 83 years old, and he is the current owner of the Manomiya family.

"Hmph, I don't know which bastard came to the city detective in my name," the old woman squinted, her face full of wrinkles.

"Mom," Ma Miya reluctantly followed, "You're too forgetful, and you said this morning that I would pick up the Detective." ”

"Hmph," the old woman sneered, turned her wheelchair and turned away, opening her thick lips and saying to Gao Cheng again, "However, please ask the detective to solve the mystery left by the master, and the reward will not be less." ”

"Huh?" Gao Cheng watched as the old woman disappeared into the aisle.

After doing it for a long time, he didn't even know who invited him over, this palace family is too strange, right?

"I'm sorry, Detective Joto," Miyaman said, standing beside Gao Cheng, "My mother-in-law hasn't left the castle for more than ten years, and after the last fire, she has become a little demented, and sometimes thinks my wife is still alive." ”

"That's pretty pitiful," Gao Cheng retracted his gaze and turned to the middle-aged man and asked, "What the hell are you talking about the puzzle?" ”

"Huh? Don't you know yet? Surprised, Mamiya explained, "My father-in-law left a last word that he would give the treasure to the one who solved the mystery of the castle, but until now we have only guessed that it has something to do with the chess in the garden, and we don't know what the mystery is. ”

"Those chess pieces in the courtyard?"

Gao Cheng's expression was slightly embarrassed, and when he came in just now, he also saw that there was a large piece of turf made into the shape of a chessboard in the wide courtyard, and there were enlarged versions of stone chess pieces scattered on it.

He also thought it was the owner of the house who liked the unique decoration of the chess arrangement.

"I'll take a look before I talk about it......"

"Where did you come from, little ghost? How did you trespass?! Suddenly the gardener's shout came from outside, "Give me all back!" Outsiders are not welcome here! ”

"Huh?" Gao Cheng's ears moved, and when he heard the conversation between the gardener and someone, he suddenly had a bad premonition, and hurriedly followed Jian Gongman to the door.

After a glance, his face fell.

The most fearful thing happened, and the group at the door, not only Conan, but also Dr. Asa and Ayumi's bear children also came.

"Who are these?" Mamiya asked directly at the gardener.

"Joto?"

"It's Brother Joto!"

Seeing Gao Cheng walking behind him, Dr. Asa was quite surprised, and Ayumi was also surprised to grasp the iron door.

"It's us, Brother Joto!"

"Oh?" Miyaman looked back at Gao Chengdao, "Is it a friend of Detective Joto?" Then come in together. ”

Gao Cheng nodded helplessly, and after the gardener let Dr. Asa and his party into the courtyard, he didn't care about the sticky Ayumi, and whispered to the doctor: "Why are you here too?" Didn't you go camping? ”

"Ah, this, haha," Dr. Asasa smirked awkwardly as he touched his bald head, "just a coincidence." ”

Conan followed with a stinky face, not saving face for the doctor, and said quietly: "It's not that the doctor forgot to bring the most important tent...... Then again, why are you here? ”

"Of course, it's because of work," Gao Cheng pointed to the huge chessboard that occupies half of the courtyard, "There seems to be a treasure mystery in these chess pieces, and I was just about to solve the puzzle when you came over......"

"Treasure, treasure?" Yuan Tai's eyes lit up when he heard the treasure, and before Gao Cheng could say anything, they all ran to the black and white stone statues and chess pieces, and Ayumi didn't care about sticking to Gao Cheng, and directly held the white stone statues.

"It's Mayer!"

"But it's only the head ......"

"This is no ordinary horse," Gray Yuan walked quietly behind the crowd, glancing at the front road, "The horse head is a knight, one of the chess pieces. ”

"Where's the treasure?" Yuan Tai couldn't wait to say excitedly, "Is it buried under the chess pieces?" ”

"How can it be that simple?" Mitsuhiko poured cold water on the side, "I know it's impossible, I think this might be a treasure map!" ”

"These imps ......"

The corners of Gao Cheng's mouth twitched, and he suddenly felt the gaze of Gray Yuan, with a plain gaze, and snorted lightly and walked towards the Western chessboard with his hands behind his back.

Yes, I forgot to report it to the housekeeper.