After satisfying her curiosity, Kiyomi Ruri returned to the room and told Takeshi Nanahara everything she saw, and finally asked in confusion, "Is this the legendary spontaneous combustion of the human body?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi didn't expect such a strange thing to happen in the hotel, but he was a little interested, thought for a while and asked, "The bamboo chair hasn't burned out, is there any grease residue underneath?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri recalled for a moment and hesitated, "It seems to be a little bit of grease dripping." ”

"What about the walls?"

"Walls...... It's a little blackened! ”

Nanahara Takeshi nodded slowly, "That does sound a bit like spontaneous combustion of the human body. ”

Kadomuru Xue couldn't help it, and asked curiously on the side: "Master, what is the cause of the spontaneous combustion of the human body, how can a person be burned to ashes if he is so good?" ”

It was the first time she had heard of such a miracle, sitting alone in a chair with nothing burned around and not making much noise, and then turned to ashes? Sounds unlikely!

Nanahara Takeshi smiled: "For the time being, it's an unsolved mystery, there is no 100% reliable explanation for this phenomenon, but I personally prefer the wick effect." ”

"The wick effect?"

"It means that the human body continues to burn like a candle in a specific state." Takeshi Nanahara has always been kind to the cute little apprentice, and patiently explained, "For example, a person who is unconscious or seriously drunk, and his clothes are accidentally ignited by flames, and the fat tissue under the skin liquefies due to the high temperature, and begins to slowly infiltrate the clothes, and the nature of the clothes becomes like the wick of a candle, and the nature of the human body becomes wax, which provides fuel until the whole body slowly burns out." ”

After he finished speaking, he didn't seem to understand the little apprentice, and said with a smile: "Someone has done a similar experiment on the pig's clothing, the burning lasted for more than five hours, the overall fire is not big, but the temperature can reach more than 300 degrees, the pig bone bursts at high temperature, and the bone marrow will further infiltrate the clothing and bone fragments after flowing out." When the clothes are burned out, the bone fragments become new 'candle wicks', and finally the pig's body is completely burned out, leaving only a small amount of ashes and some dripping and splashing grease, but the surrounding environment has not been greatly affected, even the floor has not been burned, which is in line with the traces left by most human spontaneous combustion, so I think this is the most reasonable explanation for the 'human spontaneous combustion phenomenon' at present. ”

Kakumaru Xue made up for it, thinking about a pig in clothes with shallow flames all over his body, slowly melting, he shivered instantly, goosebumps rose, and said very regretfully: "Master, you don't need to explain it in such detail, it's a little ......."

If she knew it was so uncomfortable, she wouldn't ask, she knew that this kind of thing was useless!

Saying to the child that this kind of thing is really bad, and if you don't do it at night, you have to wet the bed, Nanahara Takeshi nodded and smiled: "Okay, I'll change my words next time." ”

Kiyomi Ruri didn't feel disgusted, she just felt that she had seen a lot of knowledge again, she had only heard of "spontaneous combustion of the human body" before, and she had been half-convinced, and she felt that it was a bit fantastical for people to be burned to ashes inexplicably, but now listening to Takeshi Nanahara's explanation, it seems to make sense.

But she couldn't help asking: "The local police don't seem to think it's an accident, what do you think is the reason?" ”

"There are too many possibilities, and I can't say if I haven't been to the scene." Nanahara Takeshi is not a god either, and the ghost knows what the local police are thinking.

Kiyomi Ruri immediately said tentatively: "That...... I'll take you to see it now? ”

Nanahara Wu glanced at her and said with a smile: "Ling is here again, there is no need at all." If the local police characterize it as an accident, then we can take a look, lest there be any mistakes, but now that the police have obviously discovered something, they are already investigating, and we have somehow interfered in other people's work, in case we are scolded, is it yours? ”

Kiyomi Ruri thinks about it, maybe the police have already traced the clues at this time, and they haven't searched the hotel, so they are probably busy somewhere, and they may not be needed at all.

Let's take a look first, and then I'll probably know what's going on anyway.

She put this aside for the time being, and asked Kakumaru Yuki and Aoi Naokawa, "Do you want to take a bath with me?" ”

There is a mountain spring bath in the hotel, and she wants to experience it when she is idle. Kakumaru Yuki was the first to agree, jumped up and said, "I'll go with you, Sister Ruri!" ”

"Then let's go!"

Kiyomi Ruri took Aoi Naokawa and Kakumaru Yuki, who couldn't express their opinions, to take a bath together, and this time it was more than three hours, and it was completely dark, so she came back with two little apprentices, and her expression was very happy.

The mountain spring bath of the hotel is very good, the mountain spring water comes from the high mountains, cool but not icy, it is still in a bamboo forest, it is suitable for the summer, and the little derpy bird is also very fun, really stupid, put it in the pool can be very confused and float up by itself, and it is very well-behaved, how to fiddle with her she has no opinion, very flattering.

In the future, she wants such a daughter, but now she can make do with a little apprentice like this.

Aoi Naokawa also seemed to be having a little fun, and when she came back, she stretched out her little hand to Nanahara Takeshi, signaling that she had the fragrance of bamboo on her body, and showed Nanahara Takeshi a handful of bamboo leaves in her hand, indicating that this was a new friend she found in the pool and wanted to bring it back.

Nanahara could understand what she was saying, smiled and touched her head, signaling that it was okay.

Aoi Naokawa immediately gave him a smile, sat down next to him and began to fiddle with the bamboo leaves in his hand, and he didn't know what role he had assigned these bamboo leaves in his mind.

Kakumaru Xue also liked this hotel a little, the bamboo forest is elegant and quiet, and the mountain spring is clear, which is really a good place to escape the heat.

She and Kiyomi Ruri discussed going back tomorrow, and by the way, they ordered dinner, and the four of them had another beautiful meal, and then sat together on the wooden cloister to enjoy the cool mountain breeze - in the evening, the direction of the wind changed, and the wind began to blow from the land to the sea, and the wind was full of the fragrance of grass and trees.

Kiyomi Ruri held a cup of hot tea, took a small sip of the cool mountain breeze, and snorted secretly, feeling that it was very comfortable to live in a hotel, neither had to do housework, nor did she have to study, she would reach out for food to open her mouth, at most she would look at the child, very relaxed, and let her live like this for the rest of her life is not negotiable.

Nanahara Takeshi was also very satisfied, looking at the starry sky to teach Naokawa Aoi and Kakumaru Xue to identify the constellations, teach them how to determine the current time and approximate location through the stars, and also folded two small grasshoppers for them with bamboo leaves.

Aoi Naokawa looked up at the bright starry sky with a small face, although she didn't know what Nanahara Takeshi said was of any use to her, but she still remembered it all in a daze.

However, Kakumaru Yuki was not very interested in these, and as soon as Nanahara Takeshi's words came to an end, he took out a pair of Monopoly game chess from his luggage and made a fuss to play, and he played for most of the night.

Escape, no, the first day of summer vacation passed like this, and nothing special happened except for the death of a man in the hotel.

…………

The next day, Kiyomi Ruri didn't pull down the morning exercise, and opened her eyes at almost eight o'clock - she slept a little late last night, and it was a holiday, so the morning exercise time was appropriately postponed - she opened her eyes and tossed both Kadomaru Yuki and Naokawa Aoi, and took the two little apprentices to exercise together and learn women's self-defense.

She has long wanted to train the little apprentices, but she has never had the opportunity, and now it is just right.

Kakumaru Xue is not very happy, but the master of Nanahara Takeshi has spoken first, and he can't screw the "uncle" of Kiyomi Ruri, no, it is a mountain protection beast, and he was forced to start practicing, ready to learn casually, but Naokawa Aoi is very obedient, and has been following Kiyomi Ruri's ass in a daze, and let him do whatever he wants, but unfortunately he is too young, and he was put back after only practicing properly.

She didn't go back to her room, she ran to Nanahara Takeshi, didn't make any movement, sat down and continued to play with her bamboo leaves.

At nine o'clock, Nanahara Takeshi, who slept very comfortably, got up, yawned to wash, and then took Aoi Naokawa's little hand to the hotel kitchen for a walk, looked at the freshness of the ingredients, and asked for breakfast by the way.

After breakfast, the four of them went to the temple on the nearby mountain together, but the small temple was not interesting, and the main scenery was ...... Local cemetery.

Said that the person was born in the shrine, married in the church, died in the temple, the main function of the temple is to provide funeral services, the residents of the nearby town, most of them are buried here after death, but there is no gloomy here, the cemetery is full of stone Buddha statues and Guanyin statues, coupled with artificially planted trees, it is like a small mountain park, it does look a little like a small scenic spot.

The abbot monk is not a monk, people have hair, the temple is the inheritance of the ancestral industry, the position of the abbot is also part-time, the main job is a stonemason - the stone Buddha in the cemetery is carved by himself, and he also sells tombstones and other things, which is a very good combination of the main job and part-time, and can be produced and sold.

By the way, the monk not only has hair, but also has a wife, and this abbot monk and his wife are both shogi enthusiasts.

This monk is a bit fake, but the person is not bad, the small temple is rare to have visitors, but it is warmly welcomed, especially when I heard that Nanahara Takeshi is here to see the overall situation of shogi, I think he is also a shogi lover, and he is quite interested in it, and he tried two games, but the result was not used to use Qihara Martial Arts, and the little derpy bird killed the old monk in a daze, his face was pale, trembling, and he directly admitted defeat in the middle game.

The old monk was addicted to food, and he wanted to practice again with the Derpy Bird, but he remembered that they came to see the freshness, and in the end he even saved the money for incense, and took them directly to the overall chess room - the chessboard of more than 800 chess pieces was too big, and it was inconvenient to make paper and wood, so the old man simply carved it on the floor of the room, and by the way, he also took out the copied "overall game chess rule book" to show them.

There is a king in the overall situation, but the game of killing the king is not over, there is a prince under the king, and the prince must be killed, and the rules of chess are completely different from the current shogi, just remembering more than 400 kinds of chess pieces is enough for ordinary people to drink a pot, not to mention different moves, different roles, and different promotion rules.

Fortunately, Takeshi Nanahara and Aoi Naokawa are not normal people, both of them can never forget, Takeshi Nanahara flipped through the book and read it to roughly figure it out, and then told Aoi Naokawa again, and Derpy Bird also remembered it.

The two of them immediately began to try the overall game of shogi, the seven original games in the chessboard outside the circle with a wooden pole to push the chess pieces, Naokawa Aoi simply walked around the chessboard, but the whole person looked more stunned, deduced to the place of the mind, mosquito coil eyes were about to appear, and it seemed that the brain was not enough after only a few dozen steps.

The abbot monk watched the battle nervously, and Kiyomi Liuli did not fall behind, looking at the chess game, his expression was also quite serious.

Kakumaru Xue looked at her and whispered in her ear: "Sister Liuli, don't pretend, you can't understand it, let's go out and play!" ”

In such a short period of time, she can't remember what the more than 400 chess pieces are for, let alone those messy rules, she can't understand how to play at all, and it is estimated that the stupid person "Sister Liuli" has long been stupid.

Kiyomi Ruri is really dizzy, looking at the chessboard, mainly thinking about what kind of neurosis would invent this kind of chess, it's really full of food - the "manual" of the overall shogi is as thick as a dictionary, is this a normal person's chess?

Change the name to freak chess, forget it, and Takeshi Nanahara and Aoi Naokawa can play, and whoever else plays is sick!

But she didn't want to look too stupid, she was a little afraid of being turned around by Nanahara Takeshi to say strange things, and hummed in a low voice: "I'll understand it after watching it for a while, but ...... You're too young to sit still, so if you want to go out and play, I'll accompany you to the mountains. ”

She was hard-mouthed, Kakumaru Xue didn't eat this, got up and laughed quietly: "Then Sister Liuli continue to study here, I'll go out and walk around by myself." ”

Kiyomi Ruri glanced at her, got up and followed, "No, I'm not worried about you running around on the mountain by yourself, so I'll accompany you!" ”

Cut, the little thing has no filial piety at all, I helped you wash your hair yesterday, and I helped you catch a bubble for a long time!

Kakumaru Xue smiled and pressed her, "I really don't need to, I won't run far, Sister Ruri should stay here and continue to study!" ”

"No, I have to watch you, otherwise you will be lost when you turn around, and your master will definitely scold me!"

Kiyomi Ruri didn't want to sit here stupidly for a long time, so he said hello to the abbot monk, and then pushed Kadomaru Xue out, and began to wander around the temple at will, but this small temple is a big courtyard, and the history is less than a hundred years, and it is not even a historical site, so it is really nothing to see, and they probably turned around and went out of the temple gate and began to wander around the mountain.

The scenery of the cemetery is not bad, but go to the cemetery to play...... It was a bit too much, so they were about to go around the side of the cemetery and climb to the top of the mountain to see the scenery, but they didn't go far before Kakumaru Xue stopped and pointed to the bottom of the mountain road and said strangely: "Sister Ruri, there seems to be a small bag there." ”

There are not too many people coming next to the cemetery, the mountain road is a little difficult to walk, Kiyomi Ruri is carefully exploring the way, hearing the reputation, looking carefully for a long time before finding that the gravel under the mountain road seems to be mixed with a white, palm-sized small cloth bag, very inconspicuous - if it weren't for Kadomaru Xue has been trained recently, and his eyes are sharp enough, it would be really difficult for ordinary people to notice in the rubble.

She couldn't help but wonder: "Someone lost something?" ”

"You pull me, Sister Ruri." Kadomaru Yuki took Kiyomi Ruri's hand, leaned under the mountain road, tried to stretch her short legs, and picked up the small cloth bag with her toes.

Kiyomi Ruri caught it, shook it and opened the bag and poured the contents into the palm of his hand, and found that it was a 1 yen brass coin that is relatively rare now, and then looked at the white cheesecloth bag, and couldn't help but be even more strange, "Is this a coin purse?" ”

Kakumaru Xue glanced at it, counted the number of coins, and found that it was only six yuan, and it was enough to even buy a piece of candy, so she immediately didn't care and said, "Let's go, Sister Ruri." ”

"I don't know who dropped it, go back and ask the abbot master!"

The amount of money was too small, and Kiyomi Ruri didn't pay attention to it, so he casually stuffed the small cloth bag into his pocket and continued to lead the little apprentice to climb the mountain.

Half an hour later, they successfully climbed to the top of this small hill, and after enjoying the nearby mountain scenery, they returned the same way with a smile, discussing whether to go shopping in the town or go to the beach to catch octopus, or simply go back to the hotel to soak in the mountain spring, and then entered the overall chess room, and found that Nanahara Takeshi was touching his chin and spinning around the chessboard, and Naokawa Aoi was standing on the chessboard staring at a piece of chess pieces in a daze.

Kiyomi Ruri asked in a low voice, "How long will it take?" ”

Nanahara Martial Arts: "Three days...... Well, six days, the second half of each day is about the same, so as not to make Xiaokui too tired. ”

Kiyomi Ruri is speechless, is this neurotic chess going to play for six days?

But she didn't say anything, come out to play, what is not playing, Derpy Bird likes to play chess, Nanahara Takeshi also wants to experience the overall situation of shogi complete game, then let them play!

She asked instead, "What about the abbot master?" ”

"There's something going on in town, he's coming down." Nanahara Takeshi didn't take his eyes off the chessboard, replied absentmindedly, and asked casually, "What's the matter, is there anything to find him?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri took out a small white cloth bag and handed it to him, "I picked up six yen money on the mountain, I don't know who dropped it, I wanted to give it to him, then he is not there, just put it in the incense money box, right?" ”

The money is too small, it is estimated that no one cares, and she doesn't want to go to the owner again.

"Six yen?" Nanahara Takeshi withdrew his attention from the chess game, looked at the small cloth bag, frowned, and said strangely, "How did you pick up this kind of thing, where did you pick it up?" ”

"Down the trail." Kiyomi Ruri was puzzled, "What's wrong with this, is there any problem?" ”

Nanahara Wu took two steps to the side, and after getting away from her, he motioned for her to open the small bag, took a look inside, and found that it was indeed six coins, and frowned: "Of course there is a problem, this is not the money that a living person should take, and it should not be in your hands......"

Kiyomi Ruri was stunned for a moment: "It's not the money that a living person should take...... What is the meaning? ”

Nanahara Wu took two steps into the distance and said: "It means that the funeral goods, the ferry money used by the deceased to cross the Santu River, should have been tied to the waist of the deceased, it is impossible to leave the body, there is no reason to be picked up by you." ”

Tied around the waist of the deceased......

Kiyomi Ruri looked at the white cloth bag in his hand, and finally reacted, and threw the cloth bag out with a shake of his hand, and the six copper coins rolled to the ground in an instant.

Bastard, how did I pick up the money of the dead?

Isn't it daytime?

I'm guilty, try to pull myself together......

(End of chapter)