Chapter 240: The cold light that cuts through the cherry blossoms
Anma Mountain, Yulong Temple.
The sun had completely set, and Yuan Shan and Ye Zheng were blindfolded and locked in a small room.
Since she cannot see, she can only use her hearing to capture information from the outside world.
I only heard the sound of several people running through the corridor outside the room, and one person talking loudly.
"Master ordered, put the prepared knives back in Benkei's drawer, and put the bows and arrows back in Rokkaku's drawer!"
In order to cope with what is going to happen next, everyone in this temple has been mobilized, just to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
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In Sannoji Temple, Xiaolan woke up from a nap and suddenly found that Conan, Heiji and Kazuha, who had been waiting well in the temple, had disappeared.
She asked the abbot anxiously, and the abbot told her that Conan and Heiji seemed to have gone to a place called Hanguang Temple.
Her unreliable father was racking his brains to solve the puzzle in the pattern again, so she had no choice but to leave Shanneng Temple alone, take a taxi and go to the so-called Hanguang Temple.
"Where did the two of them go..."
After walking around Hanguang Temple, Xiaolan still found no trace of Conan and Heiji.
She murmured to herself doubtfully and walked out of the temple.
"Call He Ye, she doesn't answer the phone either... Huh?"
Xiaolan suddenly stopped in front of a stone tablet at the entrance of the temple. It was the one with "Old Site of Yulong Temple" written on it.
"Yulong Temple..."
Xiaolan was just about to ask people nearby to find out where this so-called Jade Dragon Temple was, when she heard a familiar voice not far away.
"Sister Xiaolan!"
She instantly recognized that it was Conan calling her. Xiaolan looked in the direction of the source of the sound and saw Conan standing in front of the grocery store on the side of the road, waving towards her in surprise.
"Conan! Why are you here?"
Xiaolan immediately trotted forward, stood in front of Conan, bent down and looked at him closely with a hint of anger.
"My brother Heiji has unlocked the secret of that picture and arrived at the place that the picture points to, which is Hanguang Temple..."
Conan explained briefly.
"What? Have you already untied it? By the way, where is Hattori?" Xiaolan was shocked.
Conan pointed to the grocery store behind him.
Xiaolan followed the direction of his finger and looked behind him, and immediately saw the unconscious Hattori Heiji lying on several chairs side by side.
"Sister Heye was kidnapped by bad guys. Brother Heiji was furious and fainted because of the poison he had been poisoned before..."
Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, and after taking three seconds to digest the information contained in this sentence, she almost jumped up.
"Huh? He Ye was kidnapped? Then we have to rescue her quickly!"
For her, Yuan Shan and Ye are already extremely important good friends and besties. Now that she heard that He Ye was kidnapped, how could she not be anxious?
"Wait! Sister Xiaolan..." Conan grabbed Mao Lilan, "The other party asked Heiji brother to go alone to the Yulong Temple on Kurama Mountain, and he was not allowed to notify the police."
"But Hattori is not..." Xiaolan looked at the unconscious Hattori Heiji, and suddenly felt a bit in a dilemma.
"But it doesn't matter. Although Brother Heiji fainted, Mr. Minamoto showed up just now and told me that he would go to Kurama Temple to bring Sister Kazuha back."
As soon as she heard the words "Teacher Yuan", Mao Lilan, who was already quite familiar with Yuan Huaiyu, breathed a sigh of relief. In her opinion, if it was Yuan Huaiyu who took action, there should be no problem.
In her impression, Mr. Yuan seemed to be an omnipotent person.
"Teacher Yuan asked me to take good care of Brother Heiji and said he would take care of that side...Sister Xiaolan, please notify the police immediately and tell them about the kidnapping of Sister Ye and ask them to surround Mount Kurama!"
Hearing Conan's words, Xiaolan hesitated: "But didn't the kidnapper say that he was not allowed to call the police..."
A wry smile appeared on Conan's face: "That's right...but I think since Mr. Yuan is involved in this matter, it would be better to inform the police..."
He paused and said in a strange tone: "After all, I'm a little worried that Mr. Yuan might not be able to hold back... I think calling the police to Kurama Mountain is more to protect that group.
Kidnapper..."
What appeared in Conan's mind at this time was the incident that happened before he returned to Kudo Shinichi.
In that dark cave, although the police evidence showed that the group of robbers who came to dump the bodies stumbled and fell off the cliff because they were frightened by the bats in the cave, his intuition kept telling him that the deaths of the three people were definitely related to
Yuanhuaiyu has a direct connection.
This science teacher at Didan Elementary School, the partner of the organization, is definitely not as gentle and innocent as he appears on the surface.
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The moon was sparse and there were a few lazy clouds floating in the clear sky.
If someone goes deep into Anma Mountain, they can see a large group of buildings hidden among the trees, which are brightly lit at this time.
This is the Gyokuryuji Temple, which is said to have been abandoned long ago. In the center of the wide courtyard, a man wearing a Benkei mask and a sword tightly grasped Toyama Kazuha's wrists tied behind his back with his right hand, and looked towards Gyokuryuji Temple without moving.
's gate.
There were torches burning on the walls on both sides of the courtyard, and the orange-red firelight reflected on his mask, adding a strange feeling.
"Why haven't you come yet..."
A low voice came from under the mask, and he seemed to be a little impatient.
About a minute or two had passed since the hour he said on the phone, but he still stood there without moving, just staring at the door.
"Who would be stupid enough to throw themselves into a trap if they knew it was a trap?"
Although he spoke in a low voice, Toyama and Ye who were very close still heard what he said clearly and immediately retorted loudly.
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There was a trace of disdain in Benqing's tone.
At this time, a breeze blew by, picking up a few cherry blossom petals and flying into the sky.
A figure wearing a hat seemed to be taking a walk, walking up the steps leading to Yulong Temple with his hands behind his hands, giving people an inexplicable feeling of leisure.
"Heiji!"
Yuanshan and Ye exclaimed when they saw the man walking up the stairs and walking into the gate of Yulong Temple step by step.
The brim of the visitor's hat was lowered, making it impossible to see his face clearly. But Kazuha still recognized the peaked cap that Hattori Heiji often wore at a glance.
Yuanhuaiyu pressed the brim of his hat with his hand and walked neither fast nor slow to ten meters in front of Benkei and Kazuha.
"As you can see, I came to the appointment alone on time. You didn't do anything to her, right?"
Benkei felt that the person in front of him gave him a strange feeling, a feeling of relaxation like walking in a garden.
He said nothing and continued to observe the people coming. Kazuye immediately said: "Heiji, they didn't do anything to me."
Due to the backlight, even Kazuha, who was most familiar with Heiji, did not notice that the person in front of him was not Hattori Heiji at all.
Of course, this also includes the fact that Yuan Huaiyu specially used the voice of Hattori Heiji and vividly imitated the Kansai accent.
Yuan Huaiyu took out a crystal white bead from his pocket: "Is this what you want?"
"It was because you wanted to get this crystal bead that you attacked me on this mountain yesterday, but you failed in the end."
"Then, you went to that tea house and killed Mr. Ying... But these are not so important." Yuan Huaiyu shrugged.
"As for why you desperately want the money from selling the Buddha statue... it has nothing to do with me."
Yuan Huaiyu threw up the crystal bead with his right hand, caught it, and threw it up again: "Since you kidnapped He Ye and called me here, you probably want to exchange this crystal bead, right?
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"Let's do this... I can give you the crystal beads, but you have to let He Ye go first."
"As expected of Kansai's famous detective Hattori Heiji, it's easy to talk to smart people..." Wearing the Musashibo Benkei mask, the mastermind behind this series of murders sighed.
But he did not let go of the hand holding He Ye's wrist at all: "But you have to tell me where the old leader hid the Buddha statue?"
"It's in this temple." Yuan Huaiyu stopped throwing the crystal ball, stretched out his finger, and pointed to the ground under his feet.
Benqing suddenly became excited: "Don't fool me! I don't know how many times I've searched here!"
"It's just dark under the lamp... By the way, have you really searched carefully in this temple?" Yuan Huaiyu shook his head with some regret.
"Of course! Do you think I'm a fool? You actually lied to me!" Benkei yelled.
"I didn't lie to you."
After Yuan Huaiyu said this, a brief, deathly silence suddenly appeared between the two.
Finally, Benkei released his right hand and pushed Kazuha forward with a little force.
Kazuye looked back at the mysterious man Benqing warily, and saw the masked face raised upward, indicating that she could leave from here.
Seeing this, Kazuha temporarily relaxed and walked towards "Hattori Heiji".
Seeing this girl exposing her back in front of him without any defense, the corner of Musashibo Benkei's mouth under the mask raised a ferocious smile.
With lightning speed, he pulled out one of the two knives hanging from his waist. He exerted force under his feet and held the knife horizontally. It rose up like a hunting cheetah, like an arrow from the string, and rushed towards
Distant mountains and leaves.
In an instant, the distance between the two people quickly shortened. Benqing raised the knife in his hand high and was about to slash at Heye from top to bottom.
"careful!"
When He Ye just heard this shouting, before he had time to react or even turn around, a strong wind seemed to blow in his ears. Yuan Huaiyu, who was still standing there just now, crossed her directly, blocking behind her, and with the help of
The forward momentum was a roundhouse kick that swept towards Benkei.
At the same time, Yuan Huaiyu reached out his hand and tapped Yuan Shan and Ye lightly on the back of the head as if knocking on the door.
Heye felt his eyes go dark, his hands and feet were weak, he staggered two steps, then he could no longer maintain his body and fell softly to the ground.
Ben Qing, who was in front of Yuan Huaiyu, saw the opponent kicking him between the chest and abdomen with astonishing power and speed. He did not want to receive the kick and slashed the opponent.
The man in front of him, as well as Toyama and Ye, who fell to the ground after taking two steps.
Under the violent movement, the peaked cap that Yuan Huaiyu was wearing also fell to the ground.
"You're not that boy! Who are you?!"
Benkei finally saw Yuan Huaiyu's face clearly, and he could tell at a glance that the other person was not some so-called famous detective from Kansai high school students, but a young man he had never seen before.
"I come from Huaiyu."
Yuan Huaiyu looked at He Ye who was lying on the ground, and then looked at the circle of people wearing evil ghost masks that poured out from the temple entrance and both sides, surrounding the two of them.
These people all held sharp knives in their hands, with the tip of the knife pointed at Yuanhuai Valley in the center, and they were ready to attack.
"What is going to happen next may not be suitable for her to see, so I let her fall asleep for now."
Yuanhuaiyu stretched out his body as if there was no one around, as if he didn't pay attention to this group of people.
He clearly felt the contempt of the other party. How could Musashibo Benkei, who was determined to be Yoshitsune, tolerate this attitude? He looked at Yuan Huaiyu, and his breathing became heavier with anger.
"You dare to play tricks on me?" These words popped out from between his teeth, and he slowly walked forward and said to the masked people around him:
"Don't interfere..."
His eyes finally fixed on Yuan Huaiyu.
"These are my proud disciples. No matter who you are, you can't even think of walking out of this courtyard today!"
He had made up his mind from the beginning to kill Hattori Heiji, Toyama and Ye, otherwise these two people would definitely reveal his secret dojo. Then the people who came to his door might be the police with live ammunition.
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Benqing shouted angrily, and rushed towards the unarmed Yuanhuaiyu with a knife. The blade was sharp, and it seemed that it would hit the vital part of Yuanhuaiyu in the next second.
But what he didn't expect at all was that the moment the blade was about to come into contact with the opponent's body, the opponent's body moved.
It was like pulling out a string of afterimages, and everyone around saw the young man disappear in an instant, and it took only a moment to nimbly arrive at the side of his master.
Yuan Huaiyu reached out his hand and pulled out the unsheathed short sword from Benqing's waist.
Time seemed to slow down a hundred times right here. As soon as Musashibo Benkei reacted, he turned sideways and was about to slash the person in front of him with his sword, but his eyes under the mask caught a cold light.
At this time, a piece of cherry blossoms slowly flew down from the sky and passed right in front of him.
In his sight, a cut mark appeared in the middle of the cherry blossoms, and it was immediately divided into two like a close-up shot in a movie.
A blade of light shines from two cherry blossom petals.
The next second, he no longer had any consciousness.