"That's great."

"This courtyard is so big."

After everyone walked into the courtyard, they almost let out sighs of emotion at the same time.

"Hey! There are horses here!" Suddenly, Bumi ran happily towards a horse-shaped sculpture as if she had discovered a new world.

"There's one here too!" Yuantai also hugged a black horse statue.

Qian Yu looked thoughtful, "That thing..."

"What's wrong with you?" Haiyuan said calmly as he keenly noticed Qian Yu's abnormality.

"No, it's nothing." Qianyu shook his head.

"Yeah." Haiyuan didn't go into details. She is not a detective who likes to explore other people's secrets like Conan.

"But, why is there only a horse head?" Mitsuhiko looked at the horse head sculpture on the ground and suddenly asked in confusion.

"This kind of horse is called a knight." Haiyuan said calmly, "It is a chess piece in chess."

"A chess piece?" Ayumi looked confused.

"Moreover, look at the ground." Conan also said, "The turf on the ground has been deliberately built, and they are all in the shape of a chessboard."

"Is there anyone here who likes chess?" Dr. Agasa asked the man, the gardener and doorman Tengao Tabata, doubtfully.

During the chat between Dr. Agasa and Tengao Tabata, we found out that he is the gardener here.

"I don't know," Tabata Teng'o shook his head, "I followed the instructions of my previous master, Mr. Masaki, to tidy up every day and just keep it up. I heard that it was the last words of the elder fifteen years ago. And

Mr. Zhengqiu has inherited it."

"You said before...then who was that just now?" Dr. Ali asked doubtfully.

"It's Madam's second husband, Mr. Mamiya Mitsuru." Tabata Teng'o said, "Because Mr. Masaki died of illness six years ago. And Madam, she also died in a fire four years ago."<

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"Fire?" The doctor asked doubtfully, and Conan and Qianyu also quietly pricked up their ears.

"Look, that's the one." As he spoke, Tabata Teng'o pointed to a tower in the distance. "There are traces of burning there. That's where the lady lives. I came back here to celebrate the old lady's birthday."

"Soon after, a fire broke out. In the middle of the night, before dawn, it started burning. Not only the madam, but also the friends the madam brought back and the entourage who had been serving the old lady all year round, more than a dozen people were burned.

Dead!" Tabata Teng'o said with lingering fear.

"More than a dozen people were burned to death?" Qian Yu's brows instantly became tangled.

"What's wrong?" Haiyuan on the side noticed Qian Yu's strangeness, turned around and glanced at Qian Yu lightly.

"This is illogical." Qianyu shook his head, "A dozen adults, even if they are at a party, no matter how much they drink, they will not be burned alive in the tower. It is impossible for them to have no ability to resist. Others

It's impossible not to notice something strange inside the tower, so," Qianyu raised his head and looked at the tall tower that was burned black in the distance, "there must be something wrong with this tower."

"What's more..." Qian Yu already had an idea in her heart, but she was not sure.

Haiyuan nodded noncommittally.

"Now there are only me, the gardener, the old lady who is resting in the annex because of a cold, and Mr. Mitsuru, who arrived earlier than the lady." Tabata Teng'o was still telling the doctor about the owner of the house.
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"Well, there's that one," Tabata Teng'o pointed. "He is the only son born to Mr. and Mrs. Masaaki, Mr. Takato. His name is Takato Mamiya. He was also born two or three days before the fire.

Came back." At this point, Tabata Teng'o lowered his voice, "I heard that I have been living abroad since I was a child. It was also at that time that I first came back here and met Mr. Mitsuru."

Conan listened intently to the conversation between the two.

"After my wife remarried abroad, she and Mr. Man have been living abroad. I don't know why, but after the fire, Mr. Man stayed here. It seems that he stayed here for some reason."

"But it must be very hard for the two of them to come in here? Because no one knows them at all." Dr. Ali asked.

"No, Madam sent back the photos of the remarriage ceremony, so everyone has seen Mr. Mitsuru's appearance." Tabata Teng'o smiled, pushed the door open, pointed to a photo, and said, "As for Mr. Takato, you

Look, he looks exactly like the dead old man."

"Oh, if you look at it this way, everyone will think that they are father and son." Looking at the two almost identical people, Dr. Ali nodded, "So, what about the portraits on both sides?"

"It's Mr. Masaki and his wife." Tabata Teng'o looked at the photo and said, "Mr. Masaki, who brought us the new wife, has great respect for the elder, who is a historian. It is for this reason that my wife often quarreled with Mr. Masaki.

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"The master is just an intellectual who talks nonsense, right?" A hoarse voice suddenly came from the door.

Everyone looked back and saw an old man in a wheelchair slowly coming in from the door.

"Old... old lady!" Tabata Tengao was suddenly shocked.

She was an old lady with chicken-skinned skin and white hair. Her chaotic and lifeless eyes were almost close to each other. The age spots on her face inexplicably made her a little more ferocious. She was so frightened that Ayumi couldn't help but take a step back.

"That man has heard these words a long time ago," the old lady continued in a hoarse voice, "but he was not angry, but very happy."

"I'm sorry to remind you of these sad things." Tabata Teng'o took off his hat, touched his head and said awkwardly.

"Don't worry, even if there is no him in this castle, I'm already used to it." The old lady said slowly, "Just like the size of banknotes and passports has changed, you may have to get used to it at first, but after a long time, you will feel

Of course. Time is really scary, because happiness and sadness can be wiped out in an instant." At this point, the old lady's voice slowly deepened.

"Old Madam..." Tabata Teng'o looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

"By the way, who are these people?" the old lady said, looking at Dr. Ali and others.

"Ah? He seems to be a scientist friend of the master." Tabata Teng'o glanced at Dr. Agasa and others and said.

"Scientist?" The old lady's eyes flashed, "It's so exciting. I really hope you can solve the mystery left by that person in this castle."

"Mystery?" Everyone asked in confusion.

"I heard that these were the last words of the great master before his death," Teng'o Tabata explained, "'Whoever solves the mystery of this castle will be able to get my favorite treasure.'"
Chapter completed!