Since the tram can go directly, it is much faster than driving, and there are not many people on the bus to the destination and it will not be crowded. Chi Feichi decisively gave up driving there by himself.
The Mori Plague Trio and the Ikefei Chi Ceng Chi Ceng Play Case duo met at the station and took the train to Kanagawa.
When they arrived at their destination, Kuroki Jiro was already waiting at the station. When he saw Mouri Kogoro, he enthusiastically greeted him, "Mr. Mouri!"
"Kuroki," Mouri Kogoro walked forward with a smile, "I want you to come and pick us up. It's really troublesome for you!"
Chi Fei followed him belatedly and took a look around.
This is a small town, not that prosperous, but quiet and comfortable enough.
There are not many passers-by, and there are almost no tourists coming here. Most of the people entering and exiting the station are locals going to other places or coming back from outside.
Kuroki Jiro is a sturdy young man. His hair is tied back in the front, revealing his forehead and unibrow. He has a square face and relatively generous palms. Compared to the apprentice of a famous painter, he looks more like a sumo wrestler.
.
However, Chi Fei belatedly noticed the thick calluses between Kuroki Jiro's fingers where he had been holding paintbrushes all year round, as well as the remaining pink paint between his nails, and a trace of black-gray charcoal powder deep into the texture of the joints on the side of his palm.
Painting does not require finger dexterity, and it is not only good-looking hands that are suitable for picking up a paintbrush.
Putting aside his ideas and talents, it is obvious that Jiro Kuroki is a hard-working person. As long as his talents are not so bad, his works will not be too bad.
It's just that Hayaka Shizuyama is famous for his sketches, but his disciples are still doing gouache paintings...
"Let me introduce, this is Mr. Kuroki I told you last night," Kogoro Mori smiled and introduced the group of people he brought to Jiro Kuroki, "This is my disciple Chi Feichi!
"
"Hello."
“This is his little sister Xiaoai.”
"Hello."
“This is my daughter Xiaolan, and Conan who is currently staying at my house.”
“Hello, Mr. Kuroki.”
“Hello, please give me some advice.”
"Please give me your advice," Kuroki Jiro responded with a smile, took the initiative to take the luggage bag from Mori Kogoro's hand, and walked out of the station, "Mr. Mori, I rode a bicycle. Things can be tied to the back seat of the bicycle.
Let’s walk there and it won’t take us too long to get there.”
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Arrived outside the station, Kuroki Jiro put the luggage bag brought by Mouri Kogoro on the back seat of the bicycle, took the bag brought by Ike Feichi, put it on the same bag, and pulled the rope to tie it tightly.
While Mouri Kogoro was waiting for Kuroki Jiro to tie up his luggage, he got down to business, "Actually, during the phone call last night, I already had a general understanding of the situation. Is Master Jingshan's trough this time really that serious?"
"Yes," Kuroki Jiro looked worried, "in the past three months, the teacher has not even produced a single work."
“How could this happen?” Mouri Kogoro wondered.
Jiro Kuroki continued to tie up his luggage, "I was thinking that he is already seventy years old, which may be one reason, but he seems to have no creative inspiration. He is even so anxious that his fingers have started to tremble recently."
“That’s very serious...” Mouri Kogoro said.
"Teacher hasn't been eating well recently, and his mood has not been very stable." Kuroki Jiro tied up his luggage and looked at Mouri Kogoro. "Sometimes he looks very excited, and sometimes he seems unusually silent."
Mouri Kogoro said with a heavy expression, "So, in the end, I had the idea of committing suicide..."
"Well..." Kuroki Jiro responded and quickly said, "Anyway, I'll take you there first."
On the mountain behind the station, there are sparse houses on both sides of the loess path built along the mountain. At the end of it, behind the bamboo forest, is the residence of Zaohawa Jingshan.
Jiro Kuroki pushed the bicycle and led the way with a group of people's luggage, "The reason why I asked Mr. Mori to come here today is mainly because I hope to help the teacher change his mood a little. You are a busy man and I have caused you trouble.
"
“Where,” Mouri Kogoro scratched his head and said with a smile, “I have been drinking with the master for many years, so of course I want to help him a little!”
"Since we have arranged a hotel with wine and hot springs here, of course uncle will not refuse," Conan, who was walking behind, said to Mouri Kogoro, "right? Sister Xiaolan."
“Absolutely correct.” Mao Lilan said with a smile.
Mouri Kogoro turned around speechlessly, "What are you talking about!"
“But speaking of drinking and shaking hands,” Haiyuan Ai looked at Chi Feichi, “could it be hepatic encephalopathy related to liver cirrhosis?”
“It’s impossible to judge,” Chi Feichi recalled. “Hepatic encephalopathy related to liver cirrhosis will be accompanied by asterixis, involuntary shaking of the arms, and chronic, recurring changes in personality and behavior. It’s impossible to judge without seeing it in person.”
“By the way,” Mouri Kogoro asked Kuroki Jiro, “Didn’t Master Shizuyama go to the hospital for a checkup?”
"You also know that the master is a face-saving and somewhat stubborn person," Kuroki Jiro said with a helpless smile. "When he went for a physical examination last year, the doctor did say that his liver was not in good condition and asked him to control his drinking, but he
I don’t like going to the hospital, saying that it doesn’t feel good to be treated like an old man who is always sick. Of course, his condition doesn’t seem that serious, but his fingers sometimes tremble slightly, which affects his painting. I have advised him
Both times, I saw that he was in a worse mood, so I had no choice but to let him go."
While talking, a group of people also entered the bamboo forest.
On both sides of the loess path, green bamboos stand neatly.
Feichi quietly poked his head and looked at a piece of green bamboo forest and grassland. He instantly became energetic and said, "Master, the scenery here is really nice!"
"That's right, but your teacher's life is really good," Mouri Kogoro was still talking to Kuroki Jiro with a smile, "to have such a considerate disciple like you by my side."
Jiro Kuroki still looks like a sumo wrestler honestly, "It's only because of my teacher that I can be where I am today. But I didn't expect Mr. Mori to have an apprentice as well."
"Yes, he is my chief disciple," Maori Kogoro smiled. He caught a glimpse of Chi Feichi's cold side face walking aside, then he leaned close to Kuroki Jiro's ear and whispered, "
He is very capable, but he has no plans to become a detective in the future, and he has nothing to do with being considerate."
Chi Feichi didn’t even look at Mouri Kogoro, “Oh, I’m sorry about that.”
Maori Kogoro:"!"
ˆΣ⊙▃⊙川
His voice is so low that he can be heard?
The clear and leisurely chirping of birds came from the bamboo forest.
“Human!Human!”
Mouri Kogoro found the target to change the topic and looked up, "Oh? It's Huang Ying!"
Conan laughed dryly, the uncle faced his apprentice like a mouse meeting a cat, there was no way he could be saved.
Jiro Kuroki also found it interesting, smiled, and cooperated with Kogoro Mori to change the topic, "There are many orioles in this bamboo forest."
Mouri Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Chi Feichi: Look at other people's apprentices, can this kid be gentle to the teacher... No, the requirements are too high, can he be more kind and pleasant?
Chi Feichi glanced at Mouri Kogoro's resentful face and looked away: childish.
Maori Kogoro:"……"
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"It's coming from here," Mao Lilan was really diverted and didn't notice the silent contempt and contempt between the master and the disciples here. She walked to the edge of the bamboo forest and looked deep into the bamboo forest, "Huh?
This person is..."
In the bamboo forest, an old man dressed in gray and simple clothes with gray hair reaching the back of his neck sat on a stone, with his back to the road, painting tools placed at his feet, and he concentrated on the painting on the easel in front of him.
“Master Jingshan!” Mao Lilan recognized the other party.
Haihara Ai walked to the edge of the bamboo forest, looked at the back, and nodded slightly. He was indeed a bit of a master, and he didn't seem to be in that bad condition.
Mori Kogoro led a group of people into the bamboo forest to greet Hayaka Shizuyama.
Hayagawa Shizuyama put the painting aside and allowed Conan and Haibara Ai to take a look at it. He laughed at Mouri Kogoro and said, "The Master said that it is a great pleasure to have friends come from far away. This is what he is talking about."
Well, if I can’t find you, I’ll stop by here.”
As agreed with Kuroki Jiro before, Mouri Kogoro pretended that a group of people were just dropping by and said with a smile, "When I saw Honyu Station, I immediately thought of the master, so I brought these juniors to visit and bother me.
Please don’t be offended if it affects your purity!”
Conan and Haihara Ai looked at the painting on the sidelines, and then walked closer with the painting in hand.
"It doesn't matter," Hayaka Shizuyama said with a smile, "It's a good thing to be lively occasionally."
“However, it’s great to see your body so strong!” Mouri Kogoro said.
"Don't look at me as I'm old, I'm still getting stronger!" Hayawa Jingshan is still sitting on the stone, with a long gray beard, and the wrinkles on his face are slightly curved because of his smile, which makes people feel kind at first sight, and he turns around and points.
Zhu Lin said, "Let's just take it as an example. I'm sitting here sketching Zhu Lin, hahaha..."
Mouri Kogoro stood close to the side with his eyebrows lowered. Kuroki Jiro, who was extremely respectful, muttered in a low voice, "Why can't I see any pressure in Master's heart at all?"
"Can't you see it yet?" Kuroki Jiro opened one eye and said seriously, "He didn't want others to see his lonely look, so he tried to stay calm."
Mouri Kogoro turned around and looked at Hayaka Shizuyama.
Is it pretending?
Chi Feichi also observed the state of Zaohe Jingshan and felt that he did not look like someone who would commit suicide.
An oriole chirped and flew through the bamboo forest, attracting the attention of Mao Lilan and Huiyuan Ai.
Mouri Kogoro looked up at the oriole and said, "This is the sound the oriole makes when it crosses the valley."
Zaohe Jingshan stood up. He was not very tall, about 1.6 meters tall. He was probably old, and his body was a little thin and thin, and he seemed shorter. "Actually, that was their warning sound. Sorry, I have to
Please leave here first. This bamboo forest is a sacred and inviolable sacred place for these orioles..."
The yellow warbler flew around in a circle with its chirping sound and landed on Chi Feichi's shoulder. It did not forget to call out to friends with a crisp cry, "This way, this way."
Spirituality is not enough for it to express itself too clearly. It just feels comfortable with this person and has the feeling of seeing its companions. It wants to invite its companions to come and see and witness its new discovery.
Conan, Mao Lilan, and Haihara Ai were silent.
Hayaga Shizuyama and Kuroki Jiro also fell silent.
This is Huang Ying’s warning?
It all falls on other people’s shoulders.
Mouri Kogoro secretly observed Hayaka Shizuyama's slightly surprised and embarrassed look, and felt a sweat in his heart.
The slap in the face came a bit suddenly, which is very fatal for an old man who loves face. Isn’t it a bit depressing that he chose to bring Chi Feichi to visit this time...