"Crab Curry" is a traditional ryokan that focuses on the "taste of other homes", that is, guests can enjoy the comfort of home here, but also let guests enjoy an alternative feeling that is different from home.

To put it simply, ryokans focus on service, and they need to be "considerate before the guests even say it".

It stands to reason that when Nanahara Takeshi and his party came back, several waitresses in the hall should immediately greet them warmly, help carry the bucket and get things, and at least smile and say kind words such as "You are back", but this time, the waiters were a little distracted, and their attention was obviously on the inside of the hotel, and they didn't even look at them at all.

Nanahara Wu was thoughtful, suspecting that he was in conflict with the feng shui of this world, and something happened wherever he went, but he didn't care much, he directly found a maid and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, the fishing rod is lost, please record it on my account!" ”

The rented fishing rod was dragged away by the fish, and there was no choice but to lose money.

"Ah, okay." The waitress came back to her senses, answered, and quickly bowed slightly, and asked with concern, "Guest, are you okay?" ”

"Nothing." Nanahara Takeshi motioned to Kiyomi Ruri to hand over the octopus to the maid, and said politely, "Please go back and use these octopuses to make some dishes." ”

"Yes, I'll bring it to you when you order." The waitress immediately took the bucket and behaved very considerately.

Kiyomi Ruri didn't care about the octopus at this time, and asked curiously, "That...... Is something going on in the store? ”

The waitress hesitated slightly, and said vaguely: "It's a small matter, but the guests don't have to worry, it won't affect your rest." Not wanting to talk about it, she immediately asked, "Do guests need to take a bath?" There is a bamboo spring pond behind the store, which is perfect for cooling off. I'll take you there in a moment if needed. ”

Although Kiyomi Ruri was still curious, people obviously didn't want to say it, so she was embarrassed to ask again, so after politely refusing, they went back to the room together, and asked Takeshi Nanahara on the way, "What do you think happened?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi hugged Aoi Naokawa, who was already asleep, and scolded with a smile: "We are just here to escape the heat, and it has nothing to do with us if something happens, you should worry less!" ”

"Cut!" Kiyomi Ruri glanced at him, and he really didn't care anymore, he stretched out his hand to take Aoi Naokawa, and called Kamikamaru Yuki again, and took the two little apprentices to take a nap.

Nanahara Takeshi also went back to the room to rest by himself, the four of them didn't rest well in the car last night, and played all morning, and slept until more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and then got up to eat together...... It's lunch, vacation life, and the schedule is inevitably a little chaotic.

The quality of the "lunch" provided by the hotel is still quite good, at least the ingredients are fresh enough, completely worthy of the price, the main dish is Hanasaki crab, made Hanasaki cooking rice - cooked in a casserole, boiled until the rice is half-cooked, covered with crab roe, plus raw ginkgo biloba and watercress leaves continue to cook, unique flavor.

took out the big meat in the crab claw, sprinkled black pepper and fried it directly on the iron plate to make "Hanasaki Steak";

The middle of the crab legs was shelled, wrapped in batter and fried at low temperature, making "Hanasaki tempura";

Boiled crab shells with soy sauce, rice wine, ginger, and green onions, and added a few pieces of tofu to make "Hanasaki boiled fu".

If this meal doesn't count the "takoyaki" these Nanahara Takeshi self-supplied ingredients, it can probably be regarded as a collection of Hanasaki crab eating methods, and listen to the introduction of the waitress who delivered the meal, this is only part of the Hanasaki crab eating method, and there are also "Hanasaki siu mai", "Hanasaki pot", "Hanasaki sushi", "Hanasaki rolls", "Hanasaki drunk", "Hanasaki soup dumplings" and a lot of other things - I am very good at picking out details in small places, this hotel focuses on crabs, and I really haven't let go of any leftovers, and even the crab shells have to do tricks.

This meal Kiyomi Ruri and Kakumaru Yuki both ate very sweetly, even if Aoi Naokawa poked the red and gorgeous crab shell, his blank eyes were two points more curious, and he probably felt that he had opened his eyes and began to understand how wonderful the world was.

"Are you satisfied with your meal?" At this time, the girl of the hotel came, gently opened the door, smiled gently, and knelt there to ask softly.

The so-called "female general" is the meaning of the proprietress, which evolved from the "Imperial Master", an ancient female official, implying that serving the guests is like serving the lord of the country, and Nanahara Takeshi immediately smiled politely: "Everything is fine, thank you for your trouble." ”

The female general smiled more gently, bowed her head and said, "Where is it, if there is anything inconsiderate, please also ask Nanahara-san to give direct advice." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Nanahara Takeshi saw that the female general was not like a simple greeting, and asked with a smile, "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

The female general smiled embarrassedly: "I'm very sorry, there is a ...... in the hotel It's not a good thing, it just so happened that Nanahara-san moved in, so I wondered if I could ask the psychic detective Nanahara-san to come forward and find out the truth of the incident. ”

After a pause, she hurriedly said, "It's very presumptuous, if there is any rudeness, please forgive me." ”

Kiyomi Ruri asked curiously, "Is there a case?" ”

The general straightened up and said with a sad face, "Yes, a guest has passed away. ”

Kiyomi Ruri was taken aback: "In this hotel? ”

No wonder when they came back at noon, the waitresses of the hotel were not in a daze, and they didn't want to say anything, it turned out that someone had died in the hotel.

The female general sighed low and nodded slightly, indicating that it was right.

The hotel industry, the most afraid of encountering the dead, run well, the guest suddenly died in the hotel, not to mention the bad luck or not, the damage to the reputation of the hotel alone is very large, in case of a bad reputation, who will dare to come here for vacation and leisure in the future, which is equivalent to smashing the jobs of more than 20 people in the hotel.

But now that the guest is dead, she always has to face the reality, and as a "female general", she can only find a way to recover her losses as much as possible and strive to end this matter quickly.

If it is an accident, quickly urge the police to close the case as an accident; If it wasn't an accident, find the murderer quickly and send the police away, so as not to cause more and more rumors.

Of course, she didn't have this ability alone, but it happened that someone came to check in in the morning with a VIP reception ticket from the Taoist Police Association, or a pair of young men and women with two small children, which looked a little strange, and she privately inquired about the name of Nanahara Takeshi from a friend of the Taoist Police Association at that time, and asked about the origin - nothing bad, just curious, after all, Qihara Takeshi was holding a special hospitality ticket for the high-level use of the Provincial Police Headquarters.

But after asking, I found that he turned out to be a well-known "psychic detective" within the Taoist police, and he cracked several major cases in Hirano one after another, so now that he has encountered such an unfortunate thing, he naturally wants to try to ask the "psychic detective" to come forward - it is the psychic medium, this thing is a bit weird, just ask him to exorcise evil afterwards.

She didn't come empty-handed, she took out a thick white envelope from her arms and was about to hand it over, and she was about to promise some discounts or something, but Nanahara Takeshi ran to escape the summer and was not interested in getting involved in this kind of thing, so she waved her hand and asked with a smile: "Ise-san, are the police already here?" ”

The female general's surname was Ise, and her name was Ise Misa, and she immediately said, "Yes, they will arrive in the morning." ”

Nanahara Takeshi immediately smiled and said: "Then there is no problem, we should trust the ability of the police, they will deal with it properly, you don't have to worry too much." ”

This is a polite refusal, the female general was a little disappointed, but she opened a store to do business, the world is big, and the customers are the biggest, so she didn't dare to force it anymore, otherwise her reputation would be even worse, so she could only smile and say: "That's right, the Taoist police are indeed trustworthy." ”

She didn't achieve her goal and didn't rush to leave, she smiled and gossiped again, knocked on the side of the preferences of Nanahara Takeshi and others, and introduced the nearby scenery, historic sites and local food, the words were funny and had something to say, and then she said goodbye when the atmosphere was eased, even if she couldn't ask for someone, she didn't leave any mustard.

As soon as she left, Kiyomi Ruri's heart itched so much that she couldn't help it anymore, and asked Nanahara Takeshi, "Are we really not going to see what happened?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi then fed the Derpy Bird and smiled indifferently: "I don't want to be busy on this hot day, but you can go if you want, anyway, we are idle, and everyone can do what they like." ”

It doesn't matter if he really comes out to play, Qingjian Liuli is curious and goes to satisfy his curiosity, it doesn't matter, anyway, it's not dangerous, just pass the time, as long as you don't get involved with him.

Kiyomi Ruri didn't expect Takeshi Nanahara to say this, and hesitated: "Shall I go by myself?" ”

She was curious about what the case was, but she really told her to do it herself...... She doesn't dare, and when the time comes, she can't help with anything, and she may be embarrassed.

Especially the local criminal police should have arrived, Nanahara Takeshi is famous, as a detective who went over to help, maybe she can be grateful, but she is not necessarily, the local criminal police may not be willing to bird her.

Nanahara Takeshi still didn't care, and said with a smile: "If you want to be curious, go by yourself, we have to go out to play tomorrow, so don't pull us along." After that, he also said to Naokawa Aoi, "How about we go to the temple to play chess tomorrow, the overall situation is shogi, it's a new thing to put it here." ”

Naokawa Aoi didn't understand what the overall shogi was, she usually played this shogi, but of course she liked to play chess, and immediately raised her head and gave Nanahara Takeshi a big smile, it seemed that she wanted to try it - the big picture shogi Edo period things, but it was not until 1990 that the Kansai Shogi Association sorted out according to the "big shogi horse", the chessboard is 36X36, a total of 804 chess pieces, and the game process is very complicated.

This is just now the "crab curie" female general heard that Naokawa Aoi likes to play shogi before specifically mentioned, there is a small temple in the mountains not far from the hotel, the presiding monk also loves to play chess, specially according to the ancient books to make a pair of overall shogi, it is indeed a rare commodity in the 90s, the next game may take three or five days, Nanahara Takeshi is ready to take the little dumb bird to see and see - just idle and bored, play a big game of chess to pass the time.

Kiyomi Ruri was a little unwilling, but he couldn't force Takeshi Nanahara to go, the meal was a little unfragrant, and it was even more difficult to sit still after eating, seeing that Takeshi Nanahara was giving a lecture to Kakumaru Snow, Derpy Bird listened stupidly with a little face next to him, and he had nothing to do, so he hesitated and slipped out of the door.

Well, being idle is also idle, going to see what the situation is, just like this kid said, of course, when you go on vacation, you can do whatever you are interested in, and it is good to accumulate materials.

She slipped out of the door to look left and right, and found Ise Misa all the way, and found that she was talking to several maids, so she waited patiently on the side, and Ise Misa soon saw her, and immediately asked the maids to go and do their own business, and came over and asked politely, "Kiyomi-san, is there any need?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri said a little embarrassed: "It's about the case, I'm a little curious, can you ask what the case is?" ”

Ise Misa was quite pleasantly surprised: "Nanahara-san is willing to help?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, he ...... He has other things to do, I'm personally interested, if you don't mind, can you tell me about it? After a pause, she said with a little weakness, "If it doesn't work, forget it, I'll just ask." ”

Without Nanahara Takeshi by her side, she always felt that she had no confidence, and she already wanted to go back at this time.

The female general was not disappointed or refused, but she was the girlfriend of a detective, maybe she could help a little?

She sighed directly: "This matter...... It's a little weird, I can't explain it alone, please come with me! As she spoke, she led Kiyomi Ruri to the side of the hotel, and continued with a little sadness, "The accident happened to one of our old guests, who lives with us for more than two months every year, but I didn't expect to leave like this......"

"Staying here for more than two months every year?"

"Yes, Mrs. Nakaki is sixty-six years old this year, and she has come to us every year since ten years ago to escape the summer, and even the room is fixed."

Kiyomi Ruri nodded, and immediately asked again: "Then how did she pass away, why do you say weird?" ”

Ise Misa led her to a small courtyard on the other side of the hotel, pointed and said, "Mrs. Nakaki lives here, how did she pass away...... Just look at it. ”

Kiyomi Ruri was very cautious and asked, "Have the police investigated the scene, can we go in?" ”

"The survey has been conducted, and the staff and some guests of the hotel have also been recorded." Ise Misa sighed, a few guests already wanted to check out, but the police did not allow it, which was very bad for the reputation of their hotel, but said, "Don't worry about destroying the scene, please come here." ”

She was familiar with the way, took Kiyomi Ruri around in a big circle, went to the back of the courtyard, let her look through the large floor-to-ceiling window at the back, pointed to the white ash on a bamboo chair and said, "That...... It's Mrs. Nakaki. ”

Kiyomi Ruri looked at the bamboo chair like an easy chair for a while, then looked at the color of the bamboo chair faintly burnt yellow, and then looked at the white ashes, and looked at her in amazement, "You mean...... Mrs. Nakaki is ...... in a hotel room Burned to ashes? ”

Ise Misa nodded gloomily: "It looks like this, it should have happened last night, but no one knows what happened." ”

Kiyomi Ruri looked carefully into the room from the window again, and found that everything was normal except for the burn marks on the bamboo chair, and a large number of "ashes" were scattered around the bamboo chair, as well as a small amount of charred fabric fragments.

She couldn't help but ask again, "Are you sure it's ashes?" ”

It's also burned so finely, it looks like it was burned in a professional incinerator sent to the crematorium, and it makes people's scalps tingle a little when they look at it, and Ise Misa nodded again, "That's what the police said." ”

Kiyomi Ruri carefully observed the room again, tried to memorize all the details in his mind, and hesitated for a moment: "Could it be that the human body spontaneously combusted?" ”

She seemed to have heard similar legends, but she wasn't sure about them, and Ise Misa shook her head and sighed: "At first, the police judged this way and wanted to close the case by accident, but then they seemed to think that it was not, why didn't they tell me, so ...... The case may not be closed for a while. ”

If the guest has an accident in their hotel, the hotel should bear whatever responsibility it should bear, she has no opinion, but now the case has not been closed is a bit troublesome, some guests want to check out and leave, the impact on the reputation of their hotel is getting worse and worse, and it also violates the "separate residence" requirements of their hotel.

But there was no way, so she had no choice but to suffer hard.

(End of chapter)