Chapter 1816: The Incident of the Red Handkerchief

December 23, Saturday, afternoon, Gunma Prefecture, Yamanaka.

Sonoko found her red handkerchief, but the question arises again, where is it tied? What should I do in this place where red handkerchiefs are hung all over the forest?

Yuanzi realized a more serious problem, "If, if there are red handkerchiefs on all the trees in this forest, Ah Zhen, where should Ah Zhen wait?"

The three sisters Yamazaki, Meidaiko, Talhan, Lan, Hondo Eisuke, and Conan looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders together. It was really helpless.

However, Yuanzi made a decision and immediately dragged everyone into the water.

"Help me, I want to remove all the red handkerchiefs on this mountain."

"Huh? Isn't it?"

"Please, because it depends on the fate of me and Ah Zhen!"

"..."

Regardless of the speechless people, Sonoko first ran to the lower branch of a tree, trying to reach out to pick the red handkerchief on it.

At this moment, a middle-aged strong man appeared, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's because of my fault that I became like this, you want to remove these ugly red handkerchiefs? No need, because it won't take a few days It becomes more."

"Uh..." Sonoko stopped in embarrassment, hid her red handkerchief behind her back, and changed the topic with a dry smile, "Ah, that, you just said 'it's all my fault', are you the reason for the red leaves in winter? Author? I like it so much."

The middle-aged man said, "Ah no, I'm the production staff of a TV series, and I'm an assistant director."

Yuanzi was discouraged, "So it's the assistant director."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Yuanzi laughed dryly, "Where, how could it be?"

"But when the playwright asked me if there was a mountain with beautiful red leaves that could be used in the TV series, I was the one who introduced this mountain." The middle-aged man smiled, "Because this is my hometown, when I was a child I often play here, and when I was looking for a location, I saw a red handkerchief on a maple tree branch, and after I told this to the playwright, he thought it could be used and rewrote the story like that."

Yuanzi said clearly, "So that's how it is."

"After the TV series was broadcast, there was a craze. Many people came to tie red handkerchiefs on the branches." The middle-aged man laughed and said, "Maybe the mountain god will be angry. Do you want to wrap my mountain with a handkerchief?"

Yuanzi was sweating, and the red handkerchief in his hand behind his back was clenched into a ball.

The onlookers held back their laughter, trying not to let themselves laugh out loud.

"However, since there are many customers, the people in the shopping street and the hotel are very happy, because the place is remote, and the forest bathing and hot springs are not competitive." The middle-aged man laughed, "But the TV station and the village The office forwarded all the inquiries it received to me. I am really exhausted. Where is that mountain? Please take me to the place where the first episode is. Today is also because of a special request from a movie fan. I ran all morning. Almost exhausted."

"Well, it's really popular." Sonoko said with a dry smile.

"That's right." The middle-aged man smiled, and then said with some embarrassment, "So, well, can you borrow your mobile phone? My mobile phone is out of battery."

Everyone laughed, and after a long time, it turned out that they came to borrow the mobile phone.

"I just called Chishu Hot Spring Hotel and asked the boss to leave a message in the guest book in the lobby. The tree you are looking for has been found. Please come to the rock used in the last scene of the TV series." The middle-aged man said, "I originally I made an appointment with that fan at the hotel today, but I really don’t want to run off now and then come back.”

"Here." Yuanzi lent out her mobile phone.

"Thank you." The middle-aged man took the phone, called Chishu Hot Spring Hotel, and asked the boss to help write a message. The name of the message was HOZUMI in katakana.

"Thank you." The middle-aged man returned the phone, "It really helped me a lot."

"You're welcome," Yuanzi asked casually, "By the way, why don't you call the other party directly?"

"I don't know the phone number of the other party. I just know that he will stay in that hotel today and wait for my news. I have agreed that if the matter has a result, I will leave a message for him." The middle-aged man smiled, then thanked him again and left up.

"Huh." Yuanzi breathed a sigh of relief.

Lan joked: "Have you heard that, the mountain god is about to get angry."

Mei Daizi asked: "Next, what are you going to do?"

"Go back." Yuanzi said weakly. ...

Chishu Hot Spring Hotel.

Everyone wanted to have afternoon tea in the restaurant, but there were no suitable seats, so they simply called the afternoon tea to the room.

It's not that there are no seats, it's just that there is a fat man drinking and chatting with some people. The atmosphere around them is very bad, so no one sits, and they are all empty.

Yuanzi drank his afternoon tea sullenly, and the others watched the show as company.

"Snapped!"

Sonoko put it down in the teacup, "I still have to go, I have to tie this red handkerchief."

"Isn't it?" Mei Daizi laughed, "I don't believe at all that Mr. Jingji was able to find your red handkerchief among so many red handkerchiefs."

Yuanzi said proudly, "Hmph, just write your name on it."

Lan said: "But, with so many red handkerchiefs, it will take a long time to find them even if you want to confirm them."

"Lan, so to speak, if it were you, would you not care?" Sonoko said, "For example, Lan, if you use the red dress as a symbol to make an appointment to meet Shinichi, but he is rejected by another Attracted by the lovely beauty in red, although you finally found Shinichi, Ran, but you forgot to wear the red dress, that’s it, isn’t it very similar to my current situation.”

Conan raised his triangular eyes, what is this guy Sonoko talking about, how could I mistake someone.

The third sister Mei Lisi smiled and said: "There is indeed a problem. He can make an excuse and say that because he saw the person in the red dress, he recognized the wrong person."

Eldest sister Deya laughed and said: "And you are not wearing red clothes, even if you are angry, even if you know he is lying, it is your own fault first, there is no way to be angry with him."

The second sister Yaporac nodded and said, "That feeling is really uncomfortable."

"In that case, there is indeed a problem," Hondo Eisuke pondered, "Kudou is a famous detective from high school, he will definitely not admit the wrong person, but if he admits the wrong person..."

"That must be intentional." Lan slapped the table angrily, "Let's go, Yuanzi."

Conan was dumbfounded, he was so wronged that he wanted to cry, hey, that's just a hypothesis, it's just a hypothesis, I didn't do anything, why did this anger come to me!

Yamazaki patted Conan on the shoulder, expressly indicating that he can leave, and expressing comfort in secret, with no expression on his face, but laughing secretly made his stomach ache, it was so fun. ...

Yuanzi tied a red handkerchief to a wooden stick to make a flag, and wrote Yuanzi's name on it, just short of writing his mobile phone number on it.

After that, everyone went back to the woods again, accompanied Yuanzi to the rock in the last scene of "Winter Red Leaves", and found a place to tie the flag among the red handkerchiefs full of trees.

A gust of mountain wind blows, and the Yuanzi flag flutters up, which makes Yuanzi very satisfied.

Yamazaki, Mei Daizi, and Conan frowned, and there was a smell of blood in the mountain wind.

Conan immediately wanted to run, but was caught by Yamazaki.

"Let go, it smells like blood."

Yamazaki said: "Quiet, the wild forest, the smell of blood does not mean there is an incident, if it is a beast, you will die."

"Where is the smell of blood?" Hondo Eisuke asked.

"It's right in front." Mei Daizi was eager to try, "Let's go and have a look, don't worry, I will protect you."

Although it is around four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky is already dark in the deep winter woods, which is the time when wild animals come out to look for food, so Yamazaki and Mei Daizi led the team to walk slowly to avoid being caught off guard. Such as wild beasts foraging in groups.

After walking for about 80 meters, Yamazaki put Conan down, because it was clearly seen that it was not a beast eating, but a person lying under a tree about 20 meters away.

You can't see the blood, but you can smell it.

Conan and Hondo Eisuke ran over first, and Yamazaki took out his mobile phone to call the police. The smell of blood indicated that he was bleeding profusely, and he was hopeless in such a remote place.

Mei Daizi said weakly: "It's another incident, let's go back first, I don't want to delay dinner."

"That's true." Yuanzi echoed, "It's better not to look at it."

"Yonzi, you can't leave, it's the gentleman just now." Conan called.

"Isn't it?" Sonoko called.

"That's him." Hondo Eisuke said, "Maybe that movie fan killed him when he met him."

Lan said: "Then Mei Daizi, you go back, I will stay with Yuanzi."

"That's fine." Yamazaki said, "Also, don't let Dr. Ali come over, especially the children."

"Understood, let's go first." Mei Daizi and the three sisters Tarhan went back.

Yamazaki went to see the body, taking advantage of the afterglow of the sun in the woods.

The deceased was exactly the assistant director HOZUMI, who had been stabbed twice, one in the abdomen and the fatal wound in the chest. The blood stained the winter clothes red and extended to the bottom of the trousers. ...