Three Hundred and Twentieth IX Shogi without Horses

On the night of January 18, Dashan went to Professor Dashan's villa.

Conan and Yamazaki came to the room where General Dashan was watching TV, and found that Miss Nakahara was sitting on the ground at the door, pointing inside with a face of horror. The two went in and saw that General Dashan was kneeling with his eyes wide open and covered in blood. On the ground, ropes were tied around his body and mouth, and a knife was stuck in his back.

The two of them stepped forward at the same time and reached out to touch General Tan Dashan's neck, then glanced at each other and shook their heads.

At this time, other people came over one after another.

Sonoko asked, "What happened?"

"Mr. Oyama Masho was killed." Yamazaki said, "Call the police."

"I'll go right away." Lan said and went.

"Professor Dashan." Kanazawa Chiyasu, Toda Ginji, and Jiang Kakuo Kaho yelled and threw themselves in front of General Dashan, and then tried to untie the rope on him, but they were stopped by Mouri who came next.

"Don't touch anything." Mao Li said as he staggered, "It's really troublesome, how can you destroy a murder scene without authorization." Then he asked, "What's the situation, Yamazaki?"

"It has been killed." Yamazaki said.

At this time, Lan came over and said, "Father, the police said that the snowstorm is too heavy and we won't be able to get through for a while."

"Oh, so, now it's my turn, the famous detective Mori Kogoro." Mouri laughed loudly as he said that.

"Sonoko, borrow your camera." Yamazaki said.

"Okay." Yuanzi said and went to get it.

"For the sake of caution, let me ask again," Maori walked up to General Dashan's body and asked, "Did any of you touch anything in this room just now?"

"No." Kanazawa Chiyasu, Toda Ginji, Ekaku Kaho and Miss Nakahara said together.

At this time, Sonoko brought the camera, "I replaced it with a new roll of film."

Maori took the whole roll of film and took it at once, then returned the camera to Yuanzi and asked, "Is there anything valuable in this room?"

"I remember the professor's safe is in the cabinet to the right of the TV." Kanazawa Chiyasu said, "The professor always brings a lot of cash every time he comes."

Maori opened the cabinet as he said, and found that the safe had been pried, but he didn't open it, so he touched his chin and said, "So it's for money." Then he walked to the window and saw that the broken glass was covered with tape, and then Said, "This can reduce the sound of breaking glass." Then he opened the window and found two rows of footprints under the window, and said, "The murderer came in and out from here." Picking him up, he threw him to Lan, "Watch out for this boy who gets in the way."

"I'll go out and have a look." Yamazaki said and left.

"I'll go too." Mei Daizi followed with a smile.

Mao Li said loudly: "Go and come back quickly." Then he said to the four of Kanazawa Zhikang, "Excuse me, can you come here for a test now, instead of letting me do it, it's better to let some of you doctors do it. "

"Okay." Kanazawa Chiyasu said.

The four of Kanazawa Zhikang untied the rope on General Dashan's body and started the inspection work.

Soon after, Kanazawa Chiyasu said: "As far as I can tell, the correct time of death should be between 9:30 and 10 in the afternoon."

Maori said: "That's when Mr. Dashan was watching that series in the room.

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"Although there are many wounds on Professor Dashan's body, I think the most direct cause of death should be these two wounds running through the lungs." Kanazawa Chikang said, "He died of suffocation caused by a stab wound to his lungs. die."

Toda Ginji said: "Because of the perforation of the lungs, even if the victim wanted to breathe, the lungs could not expand, and he couldn't breathe at all."

Kanazawa Tomoyasu said: "I think it must have been very painful within ten to fifteen minutes after Professor Dashan was assassinated."

Jiang Jiao Guobu said: "It's too much, who would do such a thing?"

"According to my guess, the murderer's motive should be money. This may be the reason why Professor Dashan has injuries on his head but not fatal, and there are so many injuries on his body." Mao Li said, "After the murderer came in through the window, he used Something attacked the head of Professor Dashan who was concentrating on watching TV from behind, and then tied him up when Professor Dashan was unconscious, and then asked for the number of the safe. But Professor Dashan never said it out, so the murderer used The knife stabbed Professor Dashan, and then escaped through the window."

"If that's the case," Toda Ginji said, "Professor Dashan's favorite gold watch is missing, and it should be taken away by the murderer."

"But look at the footprints outside the window." Conan broke free from Lan's arms, ran to the window and said, "the murderer walked straight into this room without hesitation. If it were me, I would definitely be afraid of someone in the room , so peeking out the window."

"In this way, the murderer knew that Professor Dashan would be in the room at that time, and he would concentrate on watching TV, which means that he had already set his sights on Professor Dashan, and maybe it was the gold watch that caused the trouble." Mao Li said, Then he asked, "Have you encountered any suspicious people today?"

"No, we came here separately." Jiangjiao Guobu said.

"So, who knew you would be here?" Maori asked again.

"It should be just us." Toda Ginji said.

"This means that the murderer may be one of the four of you." Maori said, "Then please tell us about your alibi."

Lan said, "Father, Miss Jiangjiao Guobu is with us."

"Yes," Sonoko said, "except for a few minutes to take out the trash."

Tomoyasu Kanazawa said, "I've been taking a shower, and no one can prove it."

Toda Ginji said: "Mr. Yamazaki and Ms. Meidaiko and I went skiing at night, but we were not together, but I have a ticket, which can prove that I was at the ski resort at 9:50."

"Then what happened before?" Maori said, "Professor Dashan's death time was between nine thirty and ten o'clock, and if you drive from here to the ski resort, it only takes fifteen minutes at most. You set off before nine o'clock, completely When I have time, send Yamazaki and the others to the ski resort and then turn back, and then go back to pick them up."

"Uh..." Toda Ginji was speechless.

Miss Zhongyuan said: "I came back at 9:50. Because the wind and snow were blowing against the front window glass, I didn't dare to drive fast. I drove very slowly. I forgot when I came, oh, By the way, I have a receipt from a convenience store, and there should be time on it." He said and handed the receipt to Maori.

"Nine twenty-one minutes and twenty-seven seconds tonight." Maori said, "This time..."

"If you don't believe me, you can watch it." Miss Zhongyuan said, "It's true that it only takes about fifteen minutes normally, but I have nothing to say about the weather tonight."

Looking at the snowstorm outside the window, Mao Li asked, "Have you bought all the things?"

"No, the lettuce salad is indeed gone." Miss Zhongyuan said, "But the ice cream is actually still there, but I ate so much meat tonight, I was afraid that the person who ordered it would have diarrhea, so I didn't buy it on purpose."

Pointing to the flat bloodstains on the table, Yuanzi suddenly asked, "Don't you think the bloodstains on the table are weird?"

"Huh?" Maori said, "If you say that, it turns out that something blocked the blood." Then he looked at the tablecloth on the ground and said, "It should be it." He asked Kanazawa Zhikang to help put the tablecloth on the table superior.

"Strange," said Conan, "who ripped off the tablecloth."

"Of course it's time for the murderer to leave," Sonoko said.

"But the bloodstains on it are neatly connected." Conan pointed to the connection between the bloodstains on the table and the bloodstains on the tablecloth and said, "The murderer probably wouldn't leave here until the blood dries up."

Mao Li looked at Miss Zhong Yuan and said, "In that case, someone moved the tablecloth later."

"Also," Conan said, pointing to the corner of the table, the blood on the tablecloth, "Look, is there something missing here?"

Seeing a blank space in the bloodstain, Sonoko said, "There is something like a small box."

Seeing that everyone was studying that, Conan raised his hand and used an anesthetic needle to put Maori down, then pushed Maori to sit on the sofa, then went around behind the sofa and used the adjusted voice changer, and asked in Maori's voice: "May I take the liberty to ask, Miss Zhongyuan, what is your name?"

"Her name is Kaori," Ekaku Kapo said, "Kaori Nakahara." Then he said in surprise, "Ah, this pose..."

"Sleeping Kogoro." Toda Ginji said.

Kanazawa Chikang asked: "So, do you know who the murderer is?"

"That's right," Conan said in a Maori voice, "I don't know if you still remember the words that Professor Dashan often said, 'Just give me another horse'."

"Yes," Jiang Jiao Guobu said, "I just don't know what it means, so I asked the professor, and the professor didn't say anything."

Conan asked in Maori's voice: "I don't know if you play shogi?"

"Shogi?" Sonoko said excitedly, "Ah, I see."

"Yuanzi?" Lan asked.

"You see, Professor Oyama represents the king general in the middle of the first row, Mr. Kanazawa Chiyasu is the gold general next to him, Mr. Toda Ginji is the silver general next to him, and Ms. Kaori Nakahara is the farthest one in the first row. Xiangche, Ms. Jiangjiao Guobu is the second row, Mr. Toda Ginji can also represent the flying car, and Miss Jiangjiao Guobu can also represent the third row of infantry." Sonoko laughed, "In this way, besides Guima, it’s all there.”

"Really." Lan said, then looked at Kaori Nakahara and said in surprise, "If you say that..."

"According to the arrangement in shogi, this corner should be a fragrant chariot," Sonoko said, "That is to say, the death message left by Professor Dashan refers to Ms. Kaori Nakahara."

"This is too funny." Kaori Nakahara laughed, "Detective Maori, if you say that I am the murderer, please show me some real evidence."

"It was you who removed the tablecloth." Mao Li said, "You who came in first found that there was a death message left by Professor Dashan on the tablecloth, so you pulled the tablecloth to the ground, and the thing on it should be A lighter or a matchbox or something, you kicked it somewhere in the house."

"Mr. Mori, I don't know what you are talking about. It is possible that the murderer did it." Nakahara Kaori said, "If the murderer came here at 9:30 and killed Professor Dashan at 9:35, After prying the safe for a long time, I didn’t pry it open. When I left, I found what Professor Dashan had done. Then I moved the tablecloth and then ran away. And we found Professor Dashan at 10:15, which is completely reasonable in terms of time. It works."

"That's right, Mr. Mori," Jiangjiao Guobu said, "in terms of time, it's totally fine."

Conan said in Maori's voice: "The thing that represents Xiangche is still in this room. The murderer didn't take it out because the murderer couldn't take it out..."

"That's enough, Mr. Mori, unless my fingerprints are on the tablecloth and the thing in your mouth," Nakahara Orika said with a smile, "No, Guobo and I also watched TV in this room. The fingerprints are not strange."

"Mr. Mori." Kanazawa Chiyasu shouted.

Lan yelled, "Daddy!"

Conan scratched his head, he was 'general', just checked his footprints, why didn't Yamazaki come back. ...