Chapter 22: Killing Again
Then several members of the Qiben family convicted Xiao Wu of his crime one by one and locked him in a warehouse.
Although Kogoro felt that there were still many doubts, he was suffering from no direct evidence, so he did not open his mouth to stop it.
His gaze rested on the doorframe, where a little blood was dripping. The corpse of the old man was not far from the door, but between the corpse and the door frame was clean.
If there is blood dripping there, it means that the door must have been open when the master was assassinated, and then he closed the door himself.
In other words, when Xiao Wu talked to Master Haozang, Xiao Wu did not directly attack him.
Either someone else knocked on the door and asked the master to suddenly attack when he opened the door, or Xiao Wu went and returned to commit the murder.
But if it was Xiao Wu, there was no need to leave and come back again to commit murder, he had many ways to kill Master Haozang directly.
And once you leave, the anger will definitely decrease, and it is really unreasonable to say that you want to kill the treasure master afterwards.
In other words, Xiao Wu is basically unlikely to be the murderer, and just as Kogoro was pondering, Conan's voice suddenly pulled his consciousness back.
"Uncle, come and take a look here!" Conan was crouching outside the door, pointing to the ground outside the door frame.
Kogoro walked over in a few steps, and also crouched down to take a closer look. "This is? Blood! Kogoro was surprised.
"Well, it's obvious that it just fell to the ground, and someone has wiped it." "In this way, Xiao Wu's suspicion can be completely ruled out."
"I think so, no one will ignore such an identity when erasing the traces of their crimes."
"Then who killed the old man?" As he spoke, Kogoro's gaze looked at the location of the corpse again.
At this time, he suddenly noticed something that he had previously neglected because he was not careful enough, and he jerked to his feet and picked it up in a few steps.
It was a little residue almost completely stained with blood, and Kogoro took it in front of him and looked at it closely.
"This is? Crumbs!? Kogoro's movements naturally attracted Conan's attention, and he immediately picked it up after hearing Kogoro's words.
"It seems that this is the key evidence left by the murderer." "How?" Kogoro obviously didn't know why Conan was so sure.
"When my uncle was talking to Master Haozang before, Miss Xia Jiang mentioned to Mr. Xiangji that Master Hao Zang hated things like Western food very much."
"I see, then it's necessary to find out who has touched the bread." With that, the two of them looked for Suzuki's butler.
In the middle of the hall, the Flag family was talking about the inheritance, but after hearing their words, Suzuki Butler stepped forward.
"Ladies and gentlemen, regarding the matter of the inheritance, the lord has already made a will, and it should be read out by the lord's lawyer in the company in the near future."
After hearing his words, everyone's faces suddenly changed. "How could it be! Could it be that the inheritance belongs to Xia Jiang! "Yes!"
Suzuki's affirmative answer was a heavy blow to them. "Damn, don't you get a penny? Then what am I marrying Akie for!? ”
Ryao Qimoto slapped the table angrily, but his words made Akie Qimoto on the side unable to help it.
"What did you say!? Did you marry me just for money!? "Of course! If it weren't for the money, who would marry a shrew like you! ”
"You think I'm an idiot!" Ryao Qimoto replied without hesitation. "You're not the same, you're lazy and delicious all day, you might as well die right away!"
Kogoro and the two, who had just come in, heard the husband and wife's argument, and after taking one look at them, they walked towards Suzuki's butler.
"Butler Suzuki, let me ask you something." "What's the matter, may I ask?" He was a little strange, but he didn't refuse.
"May I ask who among them will come into contact with bread?" "Bread, that's supposed to be Mr. Shoji."
"Mr. Shoji Hatamoto? So do you know where he was before he arrived at the restaurant? Kogoro continued to ask.
"Mr. Shoji was in the kitchen until I went to the master after he left the deck, and he cooked today's dinner."
"Is it all the time?" "Yes, it's always been there, and I and a few servants can attest to it." "So is there anyone else who will come into contact with bread?"
"This, I remember! Master Ichiro sometimes comes to the kitchen to get some bread and leaves. "He!?"
Kogoro and the others were surprised by Suzuki's answer, and they couldn't help but think back to the person who looked introverted and timid.
"I see!" Kogoro's face suddenly turned happy, and then he asked the Suzuki butler to take them to Ichiro Hatamoto's room.
After a slight hesitation, he agreed to Kogoro's request. After entering Ichiro Hatamoto's room, Kogoro and Conan searched for him.
After looking around, they came to the side of the flower stand at the same time, and looked at the contents of the painting together.
At this moment, a scream came from the deck, and Kogoro and Conan were suddenly excited, and then hurried to the deck.
When the two arrived, almost everyone was on the deck, and Akie was kneeling beside her husband, Ryuo Akimoto, with a sad face.
At this time, Qiben Longnan was lying on the guardrail on his back, his upper body was full of blood, and he was obviously dead, judging from his body temperature, he had just died.
Although Akie Aki and Ryao Akimoto have just quarreled, they have been husband and wife for a few years, and the sad appearance at this time made Kogoro very angry.
"Damn!" He said something resentful, and then his eyes searched among the crowd. "Ichiro Hachimoto!"
Seeing Kogoro looking at him with a gloomy face, Ichiro Flag on the periphery of the crowd immediately shrank back in fear.
Before he could speak, Mariko Hatamoto shouted loudly. "You guy! What are you going to do to my son!? ”
Looking at her shrewd appearance, Kogoro knew the origin of Ichiro Hatamoto's character. "Now I'm going to ask what your son did!"
"What do you mean!?" Hearing Kogoro's words, her gaze became even more unkind.
"What do you mean! The person who killed the old man and blamed Xiao Wu before, and now the person who killed Ryao Banner is your son, Ichiro Banner! ”
Kogoro's sworn words immediately made Mariko Hatamoto scream. "How is that possible, how can my son be a murderer!?"
"yes, don't talk nonsense if you don't have proof." Kitaro Kimoto also looked at Kogoro dissatisfied.
But Ichiro Hatamoto's gaze began to dodge, and at the same time, he leaned towards Mariko Hatamoto with a weak heart.