Chapter 651: Puzzles in the Castle

In the afternoon of Saturday, March 20th, in Hachioji City, in Dr. Agasa's car.

The three Ayumi in the back row were talking about camping with enthusiasm, while Conan was bored and drowsy. Haibara in the passenger seat was looking at the scenery outside all the way, when he found that the car had entered Kaeunkata Town.

Huiyuan asked: "Hey, are you going to the Xishao camp?"

"No, it's camping, of course it's in the wild." Dr. A Li said with a smile.

"Where is that?" Haibara asked.

"Uh, take your time and look for it slowly." Dr. A Li was a little embarrassed, obviously he had no plan.

Ten minutes later, Dr. Ali drove off the main road and entered the mountainous area between Mount Takao and Mount Jinma in the Tama Hills.

After another ten minutes, Dr. A Li found an open space by the water that looked very suitable, so he drove the car over.

As soon as the car stopped, the three of Ayumi, who couldn't wait for a long time, rushed out of the car, Haibara got out of the car and followed, and Dr. Ali opened the trunk and got out of the car to get things.

After getting out of the car, Conan took a deep breath and stretched his waist. He inadvertently noticed that Dr. Ali was stunned suddenly, so he asked worriedly: "What's the matter, Doctor? Don't you want to tell me that you forgot to bring something important Bar?"

"This, huh..." Dr. A Li laughed dryly.

"What did you forget to bring?" Conan asked helplessly, "Can you make do with it?"

"It's a tent." Hui Yuan looked at the fish in the stream and said without looking back.

"Ah?" The four members of the detective team were taken aback.

"No way?" Conan laughed.

Yuan Tai asked: "When you go camping, you forget the most important tent?"

"Then what should we do?" Mitsuhiko asked.

"Are you going back?" Ayumi asked worriedly.

"That's not necessary." Huiyuan said, "There is a campsite on the mountain, and you can definitely rent a tent there."

So the group boarded the car again and headed to the Xishaoxiaoshao campsite, this time Huiyuan sat in the back row. ...

More than an hour later, Dr. Ali got into the car.

Conan asked the driver, Dr. Ali, "Where are we now?"

"This, uh," said Dr. Ali, "in the mountains."

"Of course it's in the mountains." Yuan Tai said, "There are forests all around."

"The road is still a dirt road." Mitsuhiko said.

"Are we lost?" Ayumi asked worriedly.

Dr. A Li complained in a low voice: "It's not all because of you guys nagging around."

Conan sighed, "Looks like we'll have to fall asleep in the car tonight."

"No way?" Mitsuhiko asked worriedly, "There must be a hotel or something along the way?"

Ayumi said: "That's right, that's right, it's best to see a castle on the lake or something."

"How is it possible, in this deep mountain." Conan said angrily.

"Ha," Hui Yuan looked out the window and laughed, "it seems not impossible."

Everyone looked in the direction Huiyuan was looking at, and found that there was indeed a blue tower in the distance, and as the car approached, a large blue castle slowly unfolded before everyone's eyes.

In front of the villa.

Ayumi said excitedly. "It's spectacular!"

Mitsuhiko asked: "But, how can there be such a building in the forest?"

Haibara said: "The upstarts in the 1980s were unreasonable."

"What?" Yuan Tai didn't understand.

"It should be a holiday villa developed by some rich man." Conan helped explain.

"Then is there anyone living there now?" Yuan Tai looked in through the bars of the iron gate, and found no one, and exclaimed excitedly, "Come on!" Then he climbed onto the gate.

Dr. Ali called: "Hey, Yuantai, what do you want to do? Come down quickly.

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"Of course I want to go in and open the door." Yuan Tai said while riding on the door, and then climbed down, wanting to break in.

At this time, a middle-aged man like a gardener came over and picked Yuan Tai up, "This is a private place, not you little brat, you can just wander in."

"No, no, we are not bad people." Dr. Ali said loudly quickly.

The gardener carried Yuan Tai to the door, and asked Dr. A Li through the fence, "Huh? Who are you?"

"We just passed by here and saw this gorgeous castle, so we came to take a look out of curiosity." Dr. A Li asked, "If it's convenient, can you let us go in and take a look?"

The gardener said: "No, no, this is not a place for outsiders like you to visit casually."

At this time, a middle-aged man in casual clothes came over, "Tian Yu, who are these people? I remember that there are no guests coming today, right?"

Tian Gardener said, "Uncle Man, that idiot-faced old man said he would come in for a visit."

"What! Who do you think looks like an idiot?" Dr. A Li shouted, "I'm a scientist!"

"Scientist?" Uncle Man asked in confirmation.

Dr. A Li stroked his beard, raised his head and said, "That's right, my name is Dr. A Li, and I'm a somewhat famous inventor."

"So, your brain should be smarter than ordinary people like us?" Man aunt rubbed his chin and said to himself, and then said, "Okay, then please come in, if you don't mind, just stay in the house for a night .”

"Ah?" Dr. Ali said happily, "Thank you so much."

"But, Uncle Man," said Tian Gardener, "I haven't discussed this with the old lady yet."

"If Mom asks, then you tell her that they are my friends." Uncle Man said, "Mom is already like that, and this reason is enough to perfuse her." Then he turned and left.

"Really." Tian Gardener complained in a low voice.

"Hey, uncle, can you put me down?" Yuan Tai said helplessly.

"Oh, okay." Gardener Tian put down Yuantai, then opened the door to let Dr. A Li and his party come in, and led them inside.

Everyone found that there was a game of chess on the right side of the courtyard. The lawn was used as a chessboard, and chess pieces as tall as a person were used. The three of Ayumi ran over curiously, looking here and touching there.

Dr. Ali asked Tian Gardener, "Is there anyone here who likes chess?"

"God knows, I just tidy up a little every day according to the instructions of my former uncle, that is, Mr. Zhao, to maintain the original state." Tian Gardener said, "I heard that this is the old man who died more than ten years ago. Confession? Uncle Zhao's."

"You mean the ex?" Dr. Ali asked, "What about the one just now?"

"Oh, he is Miss's second husband, Mr. Man who married in." said Tian Gardener, "Mr. Zhao died of illness a few years ago, almost ten years ago. Passed away in a fire a few years ago."

"Big fire?" Dr. Ali asked.

"Look at the burned tower on the left side of the courtyard. It used to be the lady's bedroom." Tian Gardener said, "That day was the eve of the old lady's birthday. The lady brought her friends back to celebrate the old lady's birthday and gathered in her bedroom. Discussing the program, but in the middle of the night, I don’t know what happened, and it started to burn. Miss, the friends brought back by the lady, the servants and cooks who have been called to listen to the plan, etc., there are a total of more than a dozen people. I didn’t come back. The only one who survived this family was me, an irrelevant person who did the job of gardener. The only survivors of the Jiangong family were the old lady who couldn’t listen to her birthday plan, and the man who hadn’t come back at that time. Uncle and noble young master."

Conan asked: "Hey, didn't you hear the cry for help? Calling on that tower, it should be able to spread far away, right?"

"The police have asked me this question, but I've always been a heavy sleeper." Tian Gardener said, pointing to a young man passing by, "He is the noble young master, by the way, he is the son of Miss and Uncle Zhao Make no mistake about your only son."

"I see, I will pay attention to it." Dr. A Li said.

"Miss's family used to live abroad. They didn't move back to take care of the old lady until the old man passed away. However, the noble young master stayed abroad because of his studies, so Miss and Uncle Zhao often ran away from each other. Uncle Zhao After her death, Miss also met Uncle Man abroad. After the fire, Uncle Man moved back, and Young Master Noble also came back after graduating from university.” Tian Gardener laughed, “Speaking of which, Young Master Man and Young Master Noble came back after the fire. When they came back, the police doubted their identities. At that time, the old lady was stimulated and hospitalized, and I never saw them again."

"Of course." Dr. A Li smiled, "This family fortune doesn't seem like a small sum."

Conan asked, "How was that confirmed?"

"You'll know it just by looking at it." Tian Gardener pushed open the door of the main building of the villa, and a three-meter-high portrait came into everyone's eyes. In the painting was the head of a man.

Ayumi said: "What a big photo."

"The noble young master and the deceased grand master looked like they were printed from the same mold, so it was confirmed immediately." Tian Gardener said, "The police believed what the noble young master said, and later found the young lady sent by the old lady. Come back, the wedding photo of her and Uncle Man."

Looking at the portraits on the walls on both sides, Dr. Ali asked: "Then what are those on the two sides?"

"Uncle Zhao and Miss." Tian Gardener said, "Uncle Zhao, who is married, respects the old man who is a historian very much, but because of this, Miss often quarrels with him..."

"Arguing?" Conan asked.

"My dad is just a pseudo-intellectual who is full of great truths and abandons his education to go into business, right?" An old voice came, and an old woman in a wheelchair, wearing a skirt, walked over.

"Ah! Old lady!" Tian? The gardener was very embarrassed.

"You masters know all these words, but instead of getting angry because of it, he feels happy." The old lady said, "Because of this, the master hung them up like this, hoping to see how long they can quarrel."

Tian Gardener said: "Yes, I'm sorry to remind you of these sad memories..."

"Don't be so nervous, I have long been used to this castle without him. Just like the change in the size of banknotes and passports, I still need to get used to it at first. After a long time, the weird feeling will gradually fade away. It's gone." The old lady said with emotion, "Time is really terrible, whether it is sorrow or joy, it can be wiped away."

"People can't fight against time, if they deliberately try to reverse it, they will be punished." Huiyuan murmured to himself.

"Uh, what are you talking about?" Conan next to him heard it, but didn't understand it, but Haibara didn't answer him, and he didn't know if he heard it.

The old lady asked the field gardener, "By the way, who are these people?"

Gardener Tian quickly pointed to Dr. Ali and said, "Oh, he is a friend of Uncle Man, he seems to be a scientist."

"Hello, I'm Dr. Ali." Dr. Ali said.

"Doctor? Scientist?" The old lady said, "I'm really looking forward to it. Please try to help solve the mystery my husband left in this castle."

"Mystery?" Dr. Ali asked Tian Gardener.

Tian Gardener said: "It seems that the elder said before his death, 'I will give my favorite treasure to anyone who can solve the mystery of the castle'."

"That's it." Dr. Ali said.

"By the way, hasn't my daughter come back yet?" The old lady asked, "She should be here today to celebrate my birthday, right?"

"Ah? No, old lady..." Tian? The gardener didn't know how to answer.

"When she arrives, tell her to come to my room immediately." The old lady smiled, "I'm really looking forward to it." Then she turned the wheelchair and left.

"This is?" Dr. Ali asked.

Gardener Tian sighed: "The old lady has been like this since the fire. The doctor said it was due to overstimulation."

"I see." Dr. Ali said sympathetically.

Conan asked: "Uncle, is there any room where you can see all the chess pieces in the courtyard?"

"A room where you can see the chess pieces in the yard? The one on the right side of the third floor is fine." Tian Gardener said.

"Thank you." Conan ran away immediately, Ayumi and the three quickly chased after him, and Haibara also followed.

"Let's go, I'll show you the rooms," Tian Gardener asked Dr. Ali, "How many rooms do you want?"

"Uh, let's take a look at this first." Dr. A Li said. ...;