Chapter 653: The Treasure in the Castle

Saturday, March 20, before evening, Hachioji City, Blue Castle Villa in the mountainous area of ​​Mount Takao and Mount Jinma in the Tama Hills.

Dr. Ari took Haibara, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta to a room on the second floor, "These two rooms with doors opposite each other are our rooms."

Huiyuan took a look, chose the room where he could see Dr. Ali's car and the courtyard, and let everyone in together, then closed the door and locked it.

Dr. A Li asked in a low voice: "You are..."

Glancing at Ayumi and the others who were strolling around the room, Haibara whispered, "Come with me." Then he brought Dr. Ali to the window, "You just watch here."

"What?" Dr. Ali didn't understand.

"People here have problems." Huiyuan said in a low voice.

"What!" Dr. Ali yelled, which drew the three of Ayumi over.

"It's nothing, go watch TV, can it be turned on? I'll turn it on for you." Huiyuan turned on the TV.

Ayumi said, "Haihara-san, I'm worried about Conan."

"Is there a problem?" Mitsuhiko asked.

"Didn't you call Detective Maori to come? Is there something wrong?" Yuan Tai asked.

Mitsuhiko said, "Haihara-san, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Ayumi asked, "Did something happen to Conan?"

"Yeah, yeah," Yuantai said, "Although that guy Conan is a bit childish, he doesn't look like him at all when he left without saying a word."

"Boy, childish?" Dr. A Li asked in a voice.

"Of course, I've quit doing things like rolling all over the floor when I lose." Yuan Tai said with some pride.

"This, this is nothing to be proud of." Dr. A Li said dumbfounded.

"Okay." Hui Yuan sighed, "Maybe he was arrested because he discovered the secret in the castle."

"The secret in the castle? Did he find the treasure?" Yuan Tai asked excitedly.

"What are you listening to? We're talking about Conan now." Ayumi said angrily.

"I'm sorry." Yuan Tai said.

"So, the mechanism for the secret entrance is the bell you were going to play just now, Haibara-san?" Mitsuhiko asked.

"Oh, so it's not a prank." Dr. A Li said, and then he found a pair of white eyes from Huiyuan, and laughed dryly in embarrassment.

Ayumi asked: "So, Mr. Noble who stopped Haibara-san is a bad person?"

"And that gardener." Yuan Tai said.

"I thought it was them," Haibara said, "but they didn't stop me from calling, so it shouldn't be."

"Uh, didn't you go to call?" Dr. Ali asked.

Sending a pair of white eyes again, Huiyuan said: "I want to go outside, so the chance of escaping here is higher."

"Escape?" Dr. Ali was taken aback, "Why?"

"Don't you understand? The late-night fire was not an accident at all." Huiyuan said, "That person would kill so many people for the treasure, and he wouldn't hesitate to kill a few more."

"What!" The four of Dr. A Li were taken aback.

"How do you know?" Dr. Ali asked.

"I don't know." Huiyuan said, "I only know that guy knows."

"That guy?" Mitsuhiko asked.

"Are you talking about Conan?" Yuan Tai asked.

"Well, if you say that, Ke, Conan..." Ayumi asked in a trembling voice.

"Don't worry, he won't die." Huiyuan said, "The murderer won't kill him now, he will just slowly starve him to death, and then throw him outside in the forest. In this way, the notoriety of the forest will spread, There will be no tourists coming here, which is why we didn’t see any tourists all the way here, so that he can continue to look for his treasure.”

Mitsuhiko said: "So when Uncle Maori comes over, Conan can be rescued."

"That's good." Ayumi patted her chest.

Dr. A Li asked: "You mean, the former servant was starved to death?"

"Of course, this is not a vast no-man's land. Unless you can't move, you can always run into tourists who are on board as long as you go to a high place." Huiyuan said.

"Indeed, indeed." Dr. A Li said.

"In that case," Yuan Tai licked his lips, "Student Huiyuan, is the treasure still here?"

Mitsuhiko asked, "Then do you know where it is?"

"I don't know," Haibara said, "but if the chess board in the courtyard was intentionally built by the treasure hunter, then those chess pieces should contain clues to the treasure, which should be correct, that guy Think so too.”

Looking at the chess pieces in the courtyard, Dr. Ali asked, "Do you know what those chess pieces represent?"

"How could I know this?" Huiyuan said, "If anyone can solve it, it should be the curious reasoner who disappeared in the castle."

"Reasoning mad?" Ayumi laughed, "That's true."

At this time, someone knocked on the door and said that dinner was ready.

"Great, I don't know if there is eel rice." Yuan Tai wanted to open the door, but was stopped by Hui Yuan, "You are not allowed to go out."

"This is..." Dr. Ali asked.

"We'll just stay here." Haibara said while turning the TV to a channel that played animation, and turned up the voice, "Let's say we'll go after watching the animation, maybe it will be, um, around seven o'clock in the evening, Let them eat by themselves, don't wait for us."

"Why?" Yuan Tai asked.

"What if the Maori detectives come and are tricked back by them?" Huiyuan said, "For safety's sake, we are here to watch the way." Then he said to Yuantai, "If you are hungry, eat what we brought food."

"Alright then." Yuan Tai said discouragedly.

Dr. Ali replied to the servant as he said, and then stood guard by the window. The four of Huiyuan really watched the cartoon, and took out the camping food together, spreading it on the ground and eating. Of course, Dr. Ali's is indispensable, but only soda biscuits and mineral water are allocated, and I can only look at the cans, mainly the luncheon meat. ...

On the other side, after six o'clock in the evening, in the mountains outside the Cyan Castle villa, Mao Li's car.

Yamazaki sat in the passenger seat, Lan sat in the back row, and Mei Daizi wanted to come, but she failed to ask for leave under the pretext of treasure hunting.

"Where is it?" Lan asked anxiously.

"Stop urging, okay?" Mao Li also yelled impatiently, "Didn't you ask before? It's the end of this road."

"It's been a long time before," Lan asked, "Dad, are you not lost?"

"What nonsense," Maori yelled back, "I'm not you."

"Be careful." Yamazaki noticed that someone ran to the front of the car.

"Be careful of what?" Mao Li turned his head, and then realized the situation, and immediately stepped on the brakes, Lan Sui couldn't avoid bumping his head.

Seeing that person clearly, Maori stuck his head out of the car window, "It's you kid, what are you doing suddenly?"

"Hey, hey," Conan said with an embarrassed smile, "I came over when I heard Uncle's voice."

Yamazaki looked at Conan, his body was covered in dust, and the hat was still covered with leaves, so to speak, he came out of the tunnel. The phone call before that was that he ran off to explore without saying hello, making people think that he was missing, contacted the castle, and called for help. Um? Wait, if this guy isn't here, who saw that there was something wrong in the castle, Dr. Ari?

"Conan!" Lan got out of the car and ran over, "What happened? Why are you here?"

"Uh," Conan didn't know what to say for a while, he couldn't say he was lost, so he changed the subject, "Uncle Maori, let's go to the villa as soon as possible, it's not far ahead." Then he got into the car.

"Huh? Lan, hurry up and get in the car." Mao Li started the car.

"Really," Lan got into the car, "Conan, what's going on?"

"Why are you here?" Conan asked.

"Huh? Didn't you call?" Lan asked.

"It's not him, it's a little girl," Maori said.

"Ah? Yes, yes, it was Haibara who hit him." Conan reacted, and at the same time smiled in his heart, Haibara, I was worried for nothing.

"What about you? Where were you at that time?" Lan asked with a frown.

"Uh, well," Conan decided to tell the truth, "I don't know where I am either."

"What?" Lan was a little annoyed.

"He's telling the truth," Yamazaki said with a smile, "Looking at him, he looks like he came out of a hole."

"Cave?" Maori immediately asked, "Did you find the treasure?"

Conan asked unexpectedly: "Hey? How do you know there is a treasure here?"

"It was said by the Megure police department." Lan said, "He also said that there might be an arsonist hiding in the tunnel, named Nishikawa Mutsumi, the former housekeeper of the castle, and she may have done all the incidents in the castle."

Mao Li asked: "Tell me quickly, have you found the treasure?"

"Maybe I found it," Conan said.

"Then take me there quickly." Maori was overjoyed, "Where is the entrance to the tunnel?"

"I didn't see the treasure in the tunnel." Conan said helplessly, "And, uncle, I mean it's possible."

"What do you mean?" Molly asked suspiciously.

"The treasure may be in the castle." Conan said, taking out his notebook.

"What is it?" Maori took Conan's notebook with his backhand and looked at it, "What is this?"

Conan said: "It's an ornament in the villa's hall, a life-sized chess set. I heard that the owner of the villa built it and kept it like this."

"Oh? Then this is the secret code left by the owner of the villa." Mao Li said happily.

"Uncle, you are really good, you can see it at a glance." Conan smiled, and then said, "The arrangement of the black pieces on the board looks like an arrow, and the position of the white pieces looks like a word, although I don't know it. , but guess it should be the portrait of the owner of the villa on the front wall of the hall."

Lan leaned over to take a look, "It should mean the top of the wall."

"Very well, just turn the painting." Mao Li said with a happy smile, "The murderer of the incident is below."

"Oh, I also know the murderer." Conan said, "I found a woman's skeleton in the tunnel. Her legs were abnormal, and there was a word next to it, 'That guy wants to pretend to be me, so as to destroy the castle. The treasure is taken away', only the old lady in the castle is in a wheelchair, so..."

"So the current old lady is a fake." Mao Li said happily, "Good job, kid." Then he asked Yamazaki to call the police.

"Luck, it's all luck." Conan rubbed the back of his head and smiled.

At this time, Maori saw the lights of the villa, so he accelerated to drive over, and by the lights, he saw Dr. Ali standing at the window on the second floor from a distance.

As soon as the car stopped, Conan got out of the car and ran to the headlights, and shouted to the second floor, "Dr. A Li, I'm here."...

On the other side, in the villa, Dr. Ali's room.

Dr. Ali noticed that the lights of the car were approaching here, and immediately notified the four of Huiyuan.

Yuan Tai asked: "Is it Maori detective's car?"

Looking at the time, it was less than 6:30 in the evening, Hui Yuan said, "According to the time, it's about the same."

A moment later, seeing Conan appearing in front of the headlights and hearing Conan's yelling, the three of Ayumi cheered immediately. ...

The reception room in the villa.

In front of the long table, Mrs. Mamiya is at the main seat, Uncle Mamiya and Young Master Mamiya are on the right, Maori and his party are on the left, and Yamazaki is at the first seat.

Mori introduced himself, and then explained why he came, "I, Mori Kogoro, came here today to expose the true face of a villain, and that person is you, Mutsumi Nishikawa." He pointed to the old lady in the wheelchair.

"Heh, heh, what are you talking about?" the old lady said.

"Conan, tell me about the female body you saw in the tunnel and her last words." Maori said.

"Is there really a secret way?" Uncle Man asked in surprise.

"I'd better take you there." Conan said with a smile.

"Damn it." The old lady stood up suddenly, turned around and wanted to run, but was held down by Yamazaki.

Holding the lamp, Conan took everyone to see the skeleton of the real old lady, and Mutsumi Nishikawa was grabbed by Ran, which completely confirmed that the old lady is a fake.

"So there is really a treasure in this castle," Mamiyaman asked, "Detective Maori, do you know where it is?"

The nobleman Jiangong asked: "Could it be somewhere in this tunnel?"

"Impossible, I've been searching here for so long, there's no way there's a treasure here," said Mutsumi Nishikawa.

"Of course there can't be any here," Maori said, "The real treasure is behind the huge painting in the middle of the hall."

"Remember to turn left." Yamazaki reminded in a low voice.

After returning to the hall, Maori turned the huge portrait in the middle of the hall, revealing a secret passageway to ascend. After everyone went up the secret passage, they found that it was an empty small room, except for a metal handle on the opposite wall.

"My treasure." Nishikawa Mutsumi broke free from Lan, rushed up and pulled the metal handle, and then looked at the situation behind the door, completely stunned.

It turns out that this is a tower building, and there is nothing behind the door.

"What's going on here?" Maori asked in surprise.

"Uncle, there are words and numbers on the door. It should be the phone number before the upgrade." Yamazaki said.

"I leave this villa and its beautiful scenery to the first person who arrives here." Maori read.

Mutsumi Nishikawa murmured: "Impossible, the treasure can't be this, I did so many things just for this villa, and the scenery, and I changed myself into this, it's impossible!" Finally, she became hysterical cried out.

"What treasure do you think is better than this?" Mamiya said. "This villa includes a small forest and a small lake. My wife's tower can see Mount Fuji. I think it can be done here. In the 1980s In terms of the final price, this place is worth at least 50 billion yen."

"Five, fifty billion yen!" Mutsumi Nishikawa was taken aback.

"Speaking seriously, you are actually sitting on a bigger treasure every day." Jiangong Guiren said.

"What did you say?" Mutsumi Nishikawa asked in surprise.

The nobleman Jiangong said: "My father and I also had a lot of doubts about the things that happened back then. The reason why we never doubted you is because you never interfered with anything other than the villa. In the end, you didn't understand Grandpa's huge assets at all. How it works, don't know what it is."

Mamiya Man asked back: "Have you never thought about how you got all the money for food, clothing, supplies, servants' salaries, maintenance of the villa, etc., over the years?"

"Why, how could this happen." Mutsumi Nishikawa collapsed to the ground.

Lan asked Maori, "Uh, Daddy, do I still have to grab her? She's now..."

"Of course, what if she wants to commit suicide? You have to keep an eye on her," Mao Li said.

"I see," Lan said.

Mamiya smiled and said, "Mr. Maori, I will leave this villa to you from now on."

"Huh?" Maori didn't understand.

"The phone number on the wall is the phone number of our family's lawyer." Mrs. Jian Gong smiled, "It seems that Grandpa left another will."

"That's fine." Jian Gongman said with a smile, "I was still worrying about how to deal with this villa just now, so that I don't have to come back in the future."

"Yeah, this is a sad place." Jiangong Guiren sighed.

"Uh, wait a minute," Mao Li reacted, and asked in surprise, "Could it be that this big villa will be mine in the future?"

"Yes, congratulations." Mamiya Man said with a smile.

Maori was overjoyed, "Ah!"

"No," Lan said to Maori, "Dad, you can't take this villa, it was discovered by Conan first."

"Huh? What!" cried Molly. "What are you talking about?"

"I mean, this should belong to Conan." Lan said word by word.

"Damn it, which side are you from?" Maori exclaimed.

"I'm telling the truth," Lan said. "We can't take advantage of this."

At this time, the police arrived, and Mao Li calmed down a little, "We'll talk about this issue later." Then he went down.

"Hmph, no matter how you say it, it's the same." Lan said, "Conan, let's go down too."

Conan said, "Sister Lan, I..."

"Don't say anything stupid," Lan said, "Don't worry, I will convince Dad."

"Lan, I think you'd better get Auntie here." Yamazaki said.

"I know, I'll call my mother when I get down," Lan said. ...