"Mr. Qingshan, before I met you, I never thought that someone would have such a profound understanding of history at such a young age."
"Of course, after all, I have experienced all this history."
"Hahaha, Mr. Qingshan is joking. I think you are only twenty-four or five years old at most? How could you have personally experienced those historical events?"
"Indeed, it was just a joke."
"Hahaha... By the way, Mr. Qingshan, if I want to design a puzzle and leave the beauty of this castle as my most precious treasure to my descendants to solve, do you have any suggestions?"
Such a conversation flashed through Yuan Huaiyu's mind, which made him sigh.
In order to prepare for the future, he found this blue castle, and because of his rich historical knowledge, he had a good conversation with the old man who was a historian.
After so many years, when he came to this ancient castle in the wilderness again as a guest, he found that everything had changed.
The old man who was in the prime of life has passed away, and the wife who was a little girl also died in a man-made fire a few years ago.
When they met by chance, he didn't dare to do anything that might significantly interfere with Ke Xue's world in the future, so he could only remind them to be careful about the maid in a more subtle way.
But now it seems that the Mamiya family did not take his hints to heart.
The only suggestion he could take might be the mystery about the treasure.
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"I do know the answer to this riddle."
After all, I was the one who told the old man about this design and he adopted it.
Hearing Yuan Huaiyu's affirmative reply, Mamiya Manchu and Mamiya Takato both looked at him with a mixture of suspicion and expectation.
The suspicion was naturally due to the fact that they did not believe that the puzzle that had stumped them for so long was solved in less than a few hours, and they called it a "simple puzzle".
And expectation is the eagerness to know where the treasure is.
Especially Mamiya Mitsuru. That "mrs." was indeed right. A large part of the reason why he stayed in this castle for so many years was because he wanted to obtain that treasure.
But Yuan Huaiyu shook his head: "But please allow me to explain it first. I will reveal the answer to everyone here during breakfast tomorrow morning."
Mamiya Mitsuru looked at him with a wry smile: "But Mr. Yuan, you...how can we sleep tonight..."
There was another reason Mamiya Mitsuru didn't say in his heart - he had some doubts that if this young man really knew the answer to the mystery, he might secretly sneak away the treasure at night.
Yuan Huaiyu's tone was very firm: "But we have to find Conan tonight. If you can help find him, I can tell you tonight that there is no problem."
After he said this, everyone remembered that the child named Conan had never appeared and did not know where he was.
A child had been missing in the castle for so long. Even after dinner, there was still no sign of him. Mamiya Takato suddenly became a little panicked.
He looked at Mamiya Mitsuru: "Uncle Mitsuru, let's mobilize everyone to find the child first..."
"No problem. I'll call someone right away." Naturally, Mamiya Mitsuru didn't have any objections. Instead, he hoped to find the lost kid quickly and get the treasure.
Mamiya Mitsuru hurriedly walked out of the restaurant. Mamiya Takato looked at Dr. Agasa and his party with a worried look on his face and said:
"Sorry, I thought it was the kid playing a prank at first, but now it seems something really happened."
"I just hope he doesn't run to that tower..."
Dr. Ali frowned: "That tower?"
"This is the tower where my mother was buried in the fire cave. A newly hired servant here also disappeared suddenly two years ago. Later, the police found his body in the forest. He was starved to death..."
"Ah?" Dr. A Li and the children's expressions changed greatly.
The noble Mamiya nodded: "Yes, it is said that he once told a good maid that there might be good things in that tower."
"So you suspect that something happened to the servant in that tower?" Yuan Huaiyu asked.
"Yes, there are even rumors that it may be the resentment of the mother's ghost that is causing trouble..."
Yuan Huaiyu glanced at the frightened children who turned pale, smiled and shook his head: "That's just sensational. How can there be such supernatural things as ghosts in this world?"
He looked at Mamiya Takato: "By the way, does the chef here always work here?"
"Yes." Takato Mamiya nodded, not knowing why, "His father used to be our chef, but he died of illness a few years ago. Now this chef has inherited his father's skills and continues to serve the Mamiya family.
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"Oh...that's it." Yuan Huaiyu looked regretful.
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A figure was hiding in the secret passage behind the castle wall. Listening to the noise of someone looking for someone coming from outside, a look of ridicule appeared on his face that was as dry and terrifying as a zombie.
Mamiya Masashiro.
In other words, it was the maid who starved Mamiya Masashiro to death in this secret passage and took her place in the castle.
For the treasure left by the grand master, she disguised herself as Masuyo Mamiya, and burned his daughter and a dozen servants to death, just to prevent those who were familiar with the grand master from recognizing her.
He is the scum among the scum.
But when "Mamiya Masuyo" heard the conversation of the servant passing by outside, he suddenly lost his composure.
"Did you hear that among the group of people who came to the castle today, someone solved the mystery left by the great master!"
"Really?"
"I heard from Mr. Man that that person swears by it, but it seems that he won't announce it to us until tomorrow morning."
"Ah? Why?"
"I heard it's because a child among them is missing, and they are busy looking for that child! Aren't we being asked to look for him now?"
"Oh, that's it. I hope that child never gets lost in the forest..."
"Mamiya Masuyo" listened to the conversation coming from the other side of the wall, feeling excited and confused at the same time.
[If we find someone, will we know the whereabouts of the treasure? Should I throw that little guy out? 】
But it's definitely impossible for her to do that.
First of all, the little guy who was locked up by her has discovered this secret passage and the corpse in the secret passage, which must not be discovered by those outside.
Secondly...she has been dormant and forbearing for so many years, not just to let others share the treasure with her!
Only children and young adults make choices. As an "elderly", she wants them all!
"But, what should we do..." Her wrinkled face was distorted like a plastic bag flying in the wind and rain.
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Mamiya Mitsuru and Mamiya Takato mobilized all the servants in the castle and searched for a whole night, but no trace of Conan was found.