The man in Conan is the mastermind behind the scenes

Say goodbye, get in the car, and leave.

Yingsheng glanced at the time, six ten.

It was still dark at this time, and the people in the villa had drank and might have slept a little longer.

But thinking that everyone in the karate club was diligent in practicing and might have a habit of doing morning exercises, Yingsheng stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and headed straight to Ebina City.

Aida Masashi stood at the door of Asai's house, silently watching the black Volkswagen car blend into the drowsiness between heaven and earth, and couldn't help but have a strange idea in his heart.

Mr. Suigetsu seems to be a minor and does not have a driver's license.

But compared to the things he had done before, driving without a license was insignificant.

Aida Masashi turned around, glanced at the empty room, and sighed softly in his heart.

It's time for outsiders like me to leave.

For safety reasons, I might as well live in the detective agency from now on, but I don't know if Mr. Suigetsu has found an office yet.

As for living with them, other things may be involved later.

Isn't it enough that I am involved now?

For example, just now, Mr. Suigetsu said not to tell others that he returned to Tokyo early this morning.

At first glance, there must be something else hidden.

While Aida Masashi was cleaning Asai's house, he was silently thinking about where Aso would go now, and from time to time he drifted to Yingao.

Could it be that this person who looks so gentle and gentle on the outside actually has blood on his hands?

Crash--

In Ebina City, at the foot of the mountains, Yingsheng kept rinsing his hands under the faucet, and wisps of light red slowly flowed down the marble table.

"How do you feel, young man? Are you feeling better?"

On the wide stone road in the courtyard, a white-haired old lady in a wheelchair asked with a smile.

Yingsheng glanced at the purple-red stains on his fingers that couldn't be washed off for a while, wiped the water on the yellow towel next to him, turned back to the old lady and clasped his hands to express his gratitude.

"Thanks for the hospitality, old lady. It's really bad to have a sudden hypoglycemia or something."

Although dragon fruit raises blood sugar very slowly, it is still better than nothing. After a short while, Yingsheng's mind finally became clear again and he took a look at the time.

It's seven o'clock sharp in the morning.

I didn't eat after a busy night, and performing plastic surgery on Aoyagi Chiso was too energy-consuming, so I accidentally ran out of sugar.

I was so lucky to be fed by an old lady who was taking a break in the morning while holding on to the front door of this house.

But in the final analysis, your physical fitness is still not good enough. For the sake of endurance, should you leave some more fat on your body?

Unfortunately, running around like this every day may make it difficult to gain weight.

There's nothing you can do about it, who makes yourself a toiler.

The old lady was saying something like, "You can drink some yogurt and eat a banana before doing your morning exercise." Yingsheng couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.

"Old lady, you really know a lot. I will pay attention next time."

The rain has stopped in Ebina City, and although the sky is still hazy due to dark clouds, it is already quite bright.

Only then did Yingsheng look around and found that the courtyard was filled with chess stone sculptures, and even the lawn had been trimmed to look like a chessboard.

It seems that the owner of this restaurant really likes chess.

But, emmm...

The chess pieces look like they are placed randomly. Although the whole picture cannot be seen, the six black chess pieces over there are crowded in a pile to cause trouble. Is there such a way to play?

"This chessboard was left behind by the master back then. Fifteen years have passed in a flash."

Seemingly seeing Yingsheng looking around, the old lady explained in a rather emotional tone.

Did someone die fifteen years ago?

Yingsheng quickly comforted: "My condolences to the old lady, your husband has a soul in heaven, and he will definitely hope that you can live a good life. This chessboard and this beautiful blue castle are the companionship he left for you."

Yingsheng looked back and saw that the blue castle was quite impressive in size. He had vaguely seen it in the forest cover before, and he thought he was in a Nordic forest.

It's a pity that the lighting is not good, otherwise it would be a fairy tale-like place.

Well, the forest, the blue castle, the golden glow.

Romantic enough for a date.

"Yeah, it's all over."

The old lady smiled and looked quite relieved.

But Yingsheng clearly noticed that there was a trace of unwillingness in her eyes.

Alas, are she blaming God for taking away her husband’s life?

Since nothing happened this morning, Yingsheng sent an email to Xiaolan, telling her that he had rushed back and went down the mountain for morning exercises.

After that, he walked behind the old lady and pushed her wheelchair in the courtyard to relax, while chatting to relieve her boredom.

After all, this person was kind to him with two dragon fruits.

In fact, the sun had not yet broken through the dark clouds at this time, and the weather was still a little cool. Yingsheng suggested that she go inside to avoid the cold.

The old man is in poor health and is already in a wheelchair. If he catches the cold again, his legs may not feel better.

But the old lady said that she was used to walking around the courtyard every morning and that she would be fine with a thick blanket on her knees.

This made Ying Sheng sigh with emotion, the old lady was really affectionate towards her late husband.

So he paid attention to the topic of the chat and guided the old lady to talk about some of the past, intending to enlighten her.

The old lady probably hadn't had a good chat with anyone for a long time. She was quite talkative and made Yingsheng learn a lot.

In the Mamiya family, the old man’s last words to mow the lawn, the fire in the stone tower four years ago, etc.

Yingsheng glanced at the stone tower not far away. There were indeed traces of burning flames on it. The shape reminded him of the fairy tale of Princess Rapunzel inexplicably.

The witch came to the foot of the tower and shouted: "Rapunix, Rapunzel, let your hair down."

Ah.

The stone tower caught fire and burned so fiercely. It was originally used as everyone's bedroom. There was no way there was a lot of gasoline and firewood piled downstairs.

More than a dozen people were burned to death in a row, and not even one person escaped by jumping off the building. If those people were not all idiots, this was definitely a deliberate arson.

The dead were probably killed first, or drugged to make them unconscious, and the fire was just a trick used to destroy the corpses and eliminate traces.

If the police conduct an autopsy, they should be able to easily determine it based on the burns on the respiratory tract and signs of struggle.

I didn't hear the old lady talk about catching the murderer later, but she just said that the tongue of fire sprang up inexplicably.

Did they not call the police?

Or are the police really just such useless snacks?

It's impossible for everyone to be burned to ashes. How could the fire in that open space be so fierce?

Yingsheng thought casually in his mind and did not ask in depth. He just listened to it once.

This kind of thing has nothing to do with him. He is mainly just a listener, letting the old lady talk to relieve her boredom.

But speaking of it, the old lady escaped because she had a cold and slept in another bedroom on the day of the fire.

Such a coincidence could lead to suspicion of arson.

Yingsheng continued to push the wheelchair, and after a while, they circled the courtyard.

Yingsheng looked at the layout of all the chess pieces and was 100% sure that this thing was placed randomly.

The black chess made a circle, and the white chess pieces were scattered around. There were only seven of them, which was inexplicable.

Didn't the old lady just say that her husband likes chess?

As long as it's not arty and doesn't know how to pretend to understand, even if you don't have symmetry obsessive-compulsive disorder and don't place the initial position, you should at least have a famous position.

Lucena situation, Philidor formula and so on.

This kind of placement...

It's definitely intentional.

Is there a secret hidden in it?

Yingsheng thought of this and asked directly. The old lady walked around here every morning, maybe she just wanted to know what her husband left for her.

It's a coincidence, let's see if we can help solve the problem and save her from feeling sad in vain.

As soon as the old lady heard what he said, she immediately looked back, and a bright light flashed in her cloudy eyes.

"What did you see?!"

The old lady's voice was urgent and she sounded much younger than before.

Yingsheng thought to himself, it seems that this reward is not bad, he smiled softly and pushed the old lady back to the castle.

"You have to tell me first if the old man said anything back then."

The old lady said without hesitation: "He said that as long as he can solve the mystery of this castle, he will give his most precious treasure to him."

The Mamiya family would tell passers-by when they met this kind of thing that they would ask someone with good minds to help them decipher it. Now Yingsheng walked around the courtyard and saw the problem herself. She took the initiative to ask questions. Of course she would not hide it.

"You can see the whole courtyard from the second floor. I'll take you there." She added.

"Don't bother, I've already seen it."

Yingsheng drew an 8×8 chess board in his mind and placed the chess pieces he saw one by one. Black and white were clear.

In an instant, everything became clear.

These sunspots look like counterclockwise arrows no matter how you look at them.

Turn, turn to what?

The white chess pieces should not be placed randomly. Please read them out one by one according to the order of the chessboard: 1-8, A-H.

According to the current arrangement, the chess pieces do not have a positioning function and the position of chessboard 1A cannot be determined, so there are four possibilities.

BACHFGD;

EGGHEAD;

EBCAFHG;

EHDABBD.

At a glance, the second spelling is most likely, egg head, egg head, nerd.

Did the old lady say before that the old man often used these words to laugh at himself during his lifetime?

Yingsheng had already pushed the old lady into the gate of the castle. It was red in color and had a very high ceiling. The overall look was quite simple and heavy.

The most eye-catching thing is naturally the large portrait facing the door.

The man in the painting has a beard and wears a blue suit, looking quite heroic.

Yingsheng glanced around and saw two smaller portraits, one of a man and one of a woman, probably a couple.

This is obvious, but you still need to confirm it first.

"That is your husband?"

Yingsheng asked, pointing to the portrait in front of him.

"Yes, young man, have you discovered anything?"

The old lady looked at her husband's portrait with no trace of nostalgia in her eyes, but her tone was quite urgent.

Yingsheng didn't take it seriously either. People have been dead for so many years, how can they think about it every day.

"Probably, I'll go over and give it a try. Old lady, please wait for me here."

Yingsheng let go of the wheelchair and walked towards the portrait. When he went up the stairs, he felt that there might be something wrong with his guess.

Turning the painting will reveal something or a passage, which is too childish.

For such a big castle, there must be a housekeeper and a maid. When cleaning, wouldn't this kind of thing be exposed immediately?

Walking to the platform between the first and second floors, Yingsheng raised his hand and pressed the lower left corner of the frame, pushing it slightly to one side.