A while ago, he made a detailed murder plan and planned to carry it out today.
Now, the victim is here, the target of the blame is here, and there are witnesses... However, it's almost time to get off work, but he still can't find an opportunity to kill him.
Actually, when he first saw this group of "reserve witnesses", Mino Soyuki's heart sank a little because he discovered that there seemed to be a young famous detective among these people.
However, as soon as Jiang Xia entered the door, he sat quietly next to him and began to doze off. At that time, Mino Zongzhi looked at the sleeping Jiang Xia, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this was God's will - otherwise, why would he deliberately let the detective fall asleep.
Mino Muneyuki breathed a sigh of relief and decided to continue with his plan.
Unexpectedly, just when his son-in-law came back and he was thinking about taking action against him, the young detective suddenly came to his senses and showed great interest in pottery. He began to ask him various questions.
Wherever I get entangled, I won't leave even an inch.
Mino Munetsu looked at Jiang Xia, who was always within his field of vision, and fell into deep thought.
He did have the idea of challenging the detective, but that "challenge" meant using his own highly technical murder to challenge the detective's insight.
Rather than openly strangling his son-in-law in front of a detective and challenging the detective's force level and alarm speed.
Jiang Xia followed him very closely and could not get rid of him no matter what. As time went by, Meinong Zongzhi couldn't help but start to despair... Why are there such annoying apprentices in the world?
Soon, when it was time to get off work, the son-in-law left the ceramics classroom and returned to the yard of Kikuemon's house.
This means that today, Mino Muneyuki has absolutely no chance to carry out his murder plan.
Mino Muneyuki sighed in frustration and had to reschedule the plan. Now, he just wanted to send this group of guests away quickly-especially the detective who was too annoying.
However, even such a humble wish could not be realized.
——When the guests were about to leave with their handmade pottery, a middle-aged mature woman walked in from the back door and said that Kikuemon invited the guests to sit at home.
While saying this, the middle-aged woman's eyes always fell on Jiang Xia, with a little curiosity and scrutiny.
Mino Muneji's eyes twitched twice, and he quickly left without seeing anything. He had already guessed what Kikuemon was thinking.
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Everyone has some unique hobbies, and the same goes for Kikuemon, a national treasure-level pottery master. He is very interested in all kinds of bizarre cases, has been paying attention to relevant reports, and is familiar with famous detectives.
A while ago, Kikuemon noticed Jiang Xia, a rising star in the industry.
He reread the few cases that Jiang Xia had solved many times. The more he read, the more he felt that this was really a talent. He also believed that Jiang Xia was a potential stock and would definitely be able to solve more bizarre cases in the future.
This afternoon, Kikuemon was immediately excited when he found out that Jiang Xia had come to their ceramics classroom, so he asked his daughter-in-law to invite someone over to chase stars up close.
This invitation to Jiang Xia's ears was an invitation to come into the house to pick up ghosts, and he readily agreed.
Since I invited him, of course he couldn’t just invite Jiang Xia, and the others also followed him.
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After arriving in the living room and viewing some exquisite works, a few people sat down at the table.
Opposite the coffee table, Kikuemon stroked his beard, kept a straight face, and gave Jiang Xia a lot of opinions in a serious manner. The main theme was that he felt that he solved the case too quickly, resulting in not enough suspense and expectation.
However, his daughter-in-law soon exposed Kikuemon's star-chasing nature: "Dad, it's popular now to encourage education - you might as well just say that you are very optimistic about him." As she said this, she pulled out a collection of newspaper clippings and opened it to Jiang Xia.
, "Look, it's full of cases you've solved."
The old man’s face stiffened.
Jiang Xia took a look at it and nodded, but secretly felt that it was not as good as the one he had written.
Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan said "Wow--" and showed proud expressions, although they didn't know what they were proud of.
Toru Amuro was speechless and took a sip of tea. He felt that his vigilance was in vain - as soon as he entered the door, he noticed that Kikuemon looked at Jiang Xia in a strange way. Originally, he was still thinking whether Jiang Xia had exposed some flaws.
As a result, I was targeted by this shrewd old man. Who knew it was for this reason...
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Kikuemon is the center of this sect, and of course the guests he invites and other people in the family have to come out to see him.
There are actually not many people in the family - Kikuemon and one of his junior disciples, Mino, lost a son and a daughter.
So apart from the two old men, there were only three male apprentices in the family, as well as Kikuemon's daughter-in-law. Among the apprentices, one was the son-in-law of Mino Muneyuki.
The apprentices came to the living room, saw Jiang Xia, and couldn't wait to ask: "Which one did you choose?"
——In the afternoon, after Kikuemon decided to invite Eka as a guest, the family made a bet: use the most precious pottery cup in the house as a tea cup for Eka, and then let the detective choose a collection in the exhibition hall as a gift.
Betting on whether Jiang Xia can find the treasure is in his own hands.
"Don't worry, I haven't told him yet." Kikuemon waved his apprentice away, looked at Jiang Xia, and raised his hand to gesture in the direction of the display cabinet, "These are my collections, you can pick one from them and treat it as my
A meeting gift for you."
The daughter-in-law smiled and added to the outsiders: "Every piece is a fine product with a market price of not less than one million."
“!” Mao Lilan and Conan were shocked. They did not expect that someone would give such an expensive thing casually.
Suzuki Sonoko has a muted response to the price. She has many toys worth hundreds of millions of dollars in her home that are piled up in the warehouse and gathering dust.
However, this kind of souvenir still gives people a different feeling. Suzuki Sonoko leaned into Jiang Xia's ear and excitedly secretly came up with an idea: "Choose something good-looking!"
Several young potters next to him looked at Jiang Xia with a bit of a good show in their eyes - there are specialties in the art, and although Jiang Xia's detective skills are very much appreciated by Kikuemon, when it comes to appreciating pottery products, this detective will probably catch someone blind.
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They couldn't help but think about Jiang Xia's surprised expression when he was finally informed that the one he was holding was No. 1 after picking it for a long time.
Just as he was thinking happily, he saw Jiang Xia lowering her head and silently staring at the cup in her hand.
Disciples: “……”
Wait, wait a minute...where are you looking?!
Jiang Xia is indeed not good at appreciating pottery, but he can "prophesy".
He remembered that the most expensive pottery in the whole room was a certain teacup. And now, since the grandfather specifically asked him to guess, according to the theory of darkness under the lamp that people like to use, that teacup is probably in his hand.
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Toru Amuro also quickly looked at the cup in Jiang Xia’s hand.
Of course he has not read the spoilers, but as a dedicated intelligence agent, Toru Amuro collected a lot of information about Kikuemon during this mission, and this teacup was featured in relevant magazines - it is Kikuemon
Emon's favorite work has a price tag of nearly ten million and is very easy to recognize.
Jiang Xia was a little confused as she rubbed her tea cup under the sweaty gazes of several apprentices.
He is not short of money, and he doesn’t like to drink tea. To be honest, although the tea cup in his hand is recognized as a high-quality product, the color is too plain and does not suit his aesthetic taste.
He actually prefers a clay pot with a unique pattern on the cabinet - it's very big, has a wide opening, and is a good seedling for potted plants. It's much more practical than the teacup in his hand that can only grow a few garlic sprouts.
Jiang Xia has been struggling for a long time.
Mao Lilan and the others were still looking at the display cabinet at first, but later they found that Jiang Xia and his mysterious detective agency boss were looking at the teacups, so they returned to the coffee table without knowing why and followed suit.
The people of the Kikuemon family originally wanted to see "precious images of laymen identifying treasures intuitively," but they didn't expect that the situation would turn out like this.
The daughter-in-law who was in charge of the finance gradually lost her smile - that teacup was a treasure worth tens of millions! When she saw Jiang Xia making pottery before, she had one question after another. She looked like a layman and couldn't possibly recognize the teacup. She didn't.
I stopped Kikuemon when he proposed this plan, but who knows now...