The annex's library is large, with large bookshelves several meters high arranged neatly around the surrounding walls, and a canvas depicting a map of the world hangs in the center of the room.

The library's collection of books was supposed to be based on the interests of the late Eijiro Tone, and Kiyoshi Shirakawa and Mary walked in and found that each of the large shelves inside was categorized with different books or magazines.

Among them, Bai Heqing noticed a small bookcase no more than one meter high in the corner of the library door, and opened it, and there was a pile of yellowed newspapers inside.

Bai Heqing picked up the newspaper on the top, and the headline on it read: Celebrate the whole world! The betrayer has been arrested!

The content of the newspaper is summarized as that during the war more than ten years ago, a pseudo-leader who had been raised and enslaved the people of Singapore during the war was captured and convicted by the Singapore authorities at that time.

The newspaper caption featured a haggard white man in prison uniform.

Bai Heqing put down the newspaper and picked up the next one.

The next newspaper was about the British Empire's plan to rebuild Singapore after the war, and it was all about the British government's success.

[Huh? 】

However, in a line of not-so-obvious text on the side of the newspaper, Bai Heqing captures a key message.

Clyde was also one of the project leaders appointed by the British authorities in the Singapore redevelopment plan fifteen years ago.

This surprised Bai Heqing.

It turned out that Clyde not only appeared in Singapore fifteen years ago, but was also one of the leaders of the redevelopment plan.

Does this mean that the person who ordered the demolition of Kita-Uehiko's house was actually him?

"White River, look."

At this time, Mary, who was standing next to Bai Heqing and was also quickly flipping through these newspapers, suddenly handed over the two newspapers in her hand.

The two newspapers separately recorded what Kitakami Uehiko said at dinner today, about his father's attempts to negotiate with the authorities about the forced demolition of Kitakami's house, and about the kidnapping and disappearance of Kitagami Haruki.

"Yang Douxin, he was the sheriff in charge of this case at the time." Mary said, pointing to the contents of one of the newspapers.

In the kidnapping case fifteen years ago, the person in charge of investigating the case was the then Singapore police chief Yang Dooxin, and this newspaper not only had his own speculation about the murderer, but also a headshot of Yang Dooxin wearing a police uniform.

"It's really an unexpected intelligence ......," Bai Heqing said meaningfully, retracting his gaze.

"I thought that the three heirs appointed by Eijiro Tone should have had some deep friendship with Uehiko Kita, just like Kita's father, but now it seems that this may not be the case.

Kita-Uehiko's family was an absolute victim in the reconstruction plan, the house was demolished, his father was kidnapped and disappeared, his mother committed suicide in grief, the life of the rich young master disappeared overnight, and Kita-Imihiko himself was exiled to Japan.

If it was out of sympathy for his old friend that Kitakamihiko was designated as the heir to the inheritance, it would be reasonable.

But compared to him, Clyde and Yang Douxin don't seem to have anything to do with Eijiro Tone, no matter how you look at it, he shouldn't also designate these two as heirs to the inheritance, of course, this is only a superficial ......"

"From another point of view, these two people are related to the Kitakami family."

Mary picked up his words.

One is responsible for demolishing the Kitakami family's house, and the other is responsible for investigating the disappearance of Kitakami Uehiko's father, which is the only connection between the three, and fifteen years later, the two of them and the young master of the Kitakami family have become the heirs to Eijiro Tone's estate.

Therefore, I think that the case of the Kitakami family fifteen years ago may not be as simple as recorded in these newspapers. ”

"I remember that Kitakami mentioned at dinner that after he was exiled to Japan, Eijiro Tone tried to protect or pass over the Kitakami family's house out of affection for his old friend."

Bai Heqing thought for a while and said, "I let my old friend's son go into exile, but I did my best to protect my old friend's house...... It's weird. ”

"That house of the Kitakami family, could it be that Eijiro Tone got the key to that inheritance?" Mary asked with a frown.

"Make a hypothesis." After thinking for a while, Shirakawa Kiyoshi said: "Fifteen years ago, for some reason, Eijiro Tone knew the whereabouts of those inheritances, and they may be hidden somewhere in the house of the Kitakami family, or rather, the whereabouts of the inheritance in the house of the Kitakami family.

Of course, the people in the North family did not know about this.

In order to obtain this inheritance, Eijiro Tone recruited two helpers, the first was Clyde, one of the leaders of Singapore's redevelopment plan at the time, who wanted to use Clyde's power to force Kita-Uehiko to move out of the house.

But Eijiro Tone didn't expect that his old friend would be so stubborn that he would not move away.

So, Eijiro Tone came up with another way, he found someone to kidnap Kita-Uehiko's father, and the sheriff who was in charge of investigating the case at that time was his other helper, Yang Douxin.

Due to the fact that they have not been able to find the whereabouts of Haruki Kitakai, coupled with Clyde's continuous pressure, under the oppression of these aspects, they finally forced Kitakami Uehiko's mother to death and forced the Kitakami family to give up the residence.

After that, Eijiro Tone got this inheritance as he wished, but he also reneged on his original promise, leaving Clyde and Yang Douxin, who worked with him, to come to the United Kingdom alone with this inheritance, and live incognito on this isolated island......

It wasn't until fifteen years later, perhaps out of uneasy conscience, that Eijiro Tone, on his deathbed, designated his two collaborators, as well as Kita-Ikamihiko, the son of his former friend who had been victimized by him, as heirs to the estate......"

Speaking of this, Bai Heqing paused, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Of course, these are just my guesses...... Since it is speculation, there is another possibility.

That is, Eijiro Tone never made this will at all, and he never thought about dividing the inheritance.

It was his two sons, who accidentally learned about the events of that year from Eijiro Tone on his deathbed.

The two young masters were afraid that these people in the know would hold on to this inheritance in the future, and because they really couldn't find out where their father's inheritance was hidden.

That's why I deliberately made such a will, on the one hand, I wanted to use these people to find out the inheritance, and on the other hand, I wanted to deceive all these people to this isolated island, and then get rid of them one by one. ”

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