When Dr. Ali saw the portraits hanging in the hall, he pointed to the portrait in the middle and said with certainty: "The person in this portrait must be the Master Zadazhao you mentioned!"
Hearing this, the gardener smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, because Young Master Guiren and Master Zhenzhao were exactly the same when they were young, so anyone who sees them will know that they are biological father and son."
The person in the middle portrait is Master Zhenzhao. He looks very similar to the noble young master Jiang Sheng and the others saw before, except that his face has some wrinkles and a beard.
"Creak, creak, creak..."
Just when the gardener was introducing the characters in the portrait to Jiang Sheng and the others, there was a slight sound of a rolling wheel, followed by an old voice: "What are they?"
Jiang Sheng turned around and looked around, only to see that the person coming was a white-haired old woman sitting in a wheelchair. Her face was full of wrinkles and age spots, and she was wearing a pair of glasses.
"..."
After Jiang Sheng saw this white-haired old woman, he was slightly startled for a moment, and then seemed to notice something? The corner of his mouth raised a slight arc.
After hearing what the old woman said, the gardener hurriedly replied: "Madam, this is Mr. Jiang Shengjiang. He is a private detective. They were lost in the forest, so they wanted to stay in the castle for one night."
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"Private detective? That's great. We can ask you to help us solve the mystery left by the old man!" After the old woman learned that Jiang Sheng turned out to be a private detective, her eyes changed slightly and she spoke with an old expression.
The voice said meaningfully.
"Puzzle?"
The gardener noticed the puzzled expressions of Dr. A Li and others, and quickly explained: "It's like this, before the great master died, he once said that anyone who can solve the mystery of the castle can get the most precious treasure he left behind.
treasure."
As soon as the gardener's garden was finished, Mitsuru Mamiya, who was wearing a suit, took Lord Mamiya out and walked in. He couldn't help but smile and asked: "Mr. Jiang Sheng, do you have any thoughts on the last words left by my father-in-law?"
Jiang Sheng glanced at Mamiya Mitsuru who walked in, and said confidently: "I haven't figured out the specific meaning of these last words yet, but I still have some preliminary thoughts."
"oh?"
When Mamiya Mitsuru and the others heard this, their expressions changed slightly at the same time, and then they quickly said: "Then please tell Mr. Jiang Sheng in detail?"
"I just heard that Mr. Tian Tian, who is responsible for repairing the garden, said that since the old man passed away, he has been taking care of the garden in accordance with the old man's wishes, keeping the chess pieces and the lawn in their original state.
In addition, you said that the great master left behind the so-called ‘castle puzzle’, then I speculate that the clues to solve the puzzle are likely to be hidden in these chess pieces.”
Jiang Sheng touched his chin, then turned to Mamiya Mitsuru and asked: "Mr. Mitsuru, which room in your castle can watch the complete chess game?"
"Mr. Jiang, please come with me."
When Mamiya Mitsuru heard Jiang Sheng's analysis, he immediately felt that the hope of solving the castle puzzle was right in front of him, and he quickly led him towards the room directly opposite the chess board.
When Conan and the others saw this scene, they quickly followed him. The eyes of the old woman sitting in the wheelchair changed, and she finally pushed the wheelchair and followed them.
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Under the leadership of Mamiya Mitsuru, Jiang Sheng and the others quickly arrived at the room on the second floor facing the chess board. Through the windows here, they could have a panoramic view of the chess board below.
Jiang Sheng looked at the chess board below and pondered for a while, then suddenly said with a look of enlightenment: "So that's it!"
Mamiya Mitsuru and the others noticed Jiang Sheng's expression of sudden realization, and couldn't help but ask expectantly: "Mr. Jiang Sheng, do you see anything?"
"Look carefully, don't you think these black chess pieces look like a counterclockwise rotation mark?" Jiang Sheng did not directly tell the answer to the riddle, but pointed to the chessboard below.
"It's really a rotating pattern, and it also has arrow marks!"
After Jiang Sheng reminded them, Mamiya Mitsuru and the others stared at the chessboard below for a while. After they eliminated the white chess pieces, they were surprised to find that the black chess pieces actually formed a counterclockwise rotation.
mark.
"But what does this counterclockwise rotation mark mean?"
The corners of Jiang Sheng's mouth raised slightly and he said: "If these black chess pieces indicate the direction of rotation, then these white chess pieces should indicate the location of the rotating mechanism.
Chess is usually marked with the English letters a to h and the numbers 1 to 8. That is to say, according to the arrangement of these white chess pieces, they should represent e, g, g, h, e, respectively.
The seven English letters a and d, when combined, form the word egghead, which means scholar or nerd."
"A scholar? A nerd? By the way, isn't my father-in-law a scholar who studies history? Could it be that..."
"Since the great master is a scholar who studies history, the location of this agency must be related to the great master himself. If I guess correctly, the portrait in the hall should be the location of the agency."
Mamiya Mitsuru heard Jiang Sheng's clear analysis and shouted excitedly: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go and give it a try?"
"Wait a minute, we have one more thing to deal with before opening the mechanism."
Jiang Sheng stretched out his hand to stop Mamiya Mitsuru, turned to look at the old woman sitting in the wheelchair, and said word by word: "That is to catch the murderer of the eldest lady!"
"What?!"
When everyone heard Jiang Sheng's words, their expressions changed drastically at the same time.
After Mamiya Mitsuru recovered from the surprise, he asked in confusion: "Mr. Jiang Sheng, what are you talking about? Isn't my mother-in-law alive and well?"
"Really? Do you really think that the old woman in front of you is your mother-in-law?"
"Who else could she be if she wasn't my mother-in-law?" Mamiya Mitsuru glanced at the old woman sitting in the wheelchair, and then at Jiang Sheng, feeling a little at a loss.
Jiang Sheng stared at the old woman whose expression changed slightly, and explained in a leisurely manner: "For a person who has been paralyzed from the lower body all year round, her leg muscles will inevitably atrophy, but the legs of this 'eldest lady' in front of me are no different from ordinary people.
different.
The most important thing is the pair of glasses she is wearing. It is normal for the elderly to wear reading glasses, but the pair of glasses she is wearing are not reading glasses, but plain glasses.
A child like Conan can be said to wear a pair of plain glasses to look more handsome, but an 80-year-old like Madam cannot possibly wear a pair of plain glasses to keep up with the trend, right?
Combining these two suspicious points, I dare to conclude that the 'eldest lady' in front of me is pretended by someone else, and the real 'eldest lady' may have been killed long ago!"