Conan: Start with three choices, but sequence potion

Chapter 83: Crows and Sneaking (Monthly Ticket Plus 2)

"But the lady..." The gardener seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by the middle-aged man waving his hand.

Conan saw all of this, and the Kudo Shinichi in his mind became interested and began to urge him: "I smell a secret, go find the gardener and ask him some questions!"

"You don't have to tell me." Conan narrowed his eyes and calmly asked the gardener named Tian Yan Shengnan.

Later, I learned a series of useful information from him.

The middle-aged man just now is the current head of this family, Mitsuru Mamiya.

But in fact, he is not the owner of this castle, because he is a son-in-law who married into the family's family, and he is also the second husband of the lady of this family. The previous master of the Mamiya family died of illness six years ago.

As for the lady he just mentioned, she is the oldest head of the family in the castle. An accidental fire four years ago caused the lady's mental state to become problematic, and she is often in a half-crazy and half-stupid state.

Her daughter, wife of Mamiya Mitsuru, died in the fire.

To this day, the only people from the Mamiya family still living in the castle are the lady-in-waiting, the second master Mamiya Mitsuru, and the only son of the previous master, Mamiya Kinito.

Takato Mamiya is a relatively quiet young man. He had been studying at a university abroad in the past few years and only returned after the fire four years ago. Since then, he has been living in the castle.

Before that, Mamiya Takato and Mamiya Mitsuru had basically never met each other.

Gardener Tian Yan Shengnan led everyone to the main building of the castle. As soon as they entered the door, they saw a huge portrait located in the front of the lobby, almost covering the entire wall.

"That's my great grandfather, a very respectable historian." Tian Yan Shengnan said in a complicated tone, "The reason why so many people were willing to stay in this castle in the wild mountains and serve the Mamiya family was because of their respect for my great grandfather. He was very kind to the servants."

On the left and right sides of the lobby, there are two smaller portraits, one depicting a man and one depicting a woman.

"The one on the right is Master Zhenzhao who married into the family. He admires my great-grandfather very much. The one on the left is my wife."

"Unlike the master, the lady seems to be very dissatisfied with the great grandfather and often says to Master Zhenzhao."

"'Dad is just an intellectual who likes to make sense.'" A voice that sounded particularly shrill because of its old age came from behind him. The white-haired old woman turned her wheelchair tremblingly, her face full of loose wrinkles, and her eyes could hardly open.

"Madam" Tian Yan Shengnan immediately shut up and greeted her.

"My great grandfather knew about this." The old lady didn't take it seriously. "He was not angry at all, but very happy. He is a strange man. I think he was stupid after reading all those old books."

"I'm sorry for reminding you of unpleasant things." Tian Yan Shengnan bowed and apologized.

“Don’t worry about it.”

The lady looked up at the huge portrait on the wall of the lobby and sighed: "Anyway, I'm almost used to the days when he's not around."

"It's just like the changes in banknotes and passports. You may not be used to it at first, but as time goes by, you will get used to it slowly."

“Time is terrible”

As if waking up from a dream, the lady suddenly turned her head and tried to open her eyes.

"By the way, who are they?"

Tian Yanshengnan thought for a moment and said nonsense: "Oh, he is a friend of the master, and he is said to be a scientist."

"So he is a scholar like my great-grandfather? How enviable!"

The lady's voice became lower and lower, until even Conan, who had better hearing, could barely hear it by concentrating fully.

"Then please solve the puzzle he left in this castle."

Seeing that Dr. Agasa was a little dazed, Tian Yan Shengnan whispered in his ear: "It is said that my great-grandfather left a will before he died, saying that he left a puzzle in this castle. If anyone can solve it, they can get his treasure."

"Oh" Dr. Agasa suddenly realized. Their whispers were soon interrupted by the shrill voice of the lady.

"My daughter hasn't arrived yet?"

"Didn't she say she would come back today to celebrate my birthday?" she said dissatisfiedly.

"This..." Tian Yan Shengnan was a little embarrassed.

"When she arrives, ask her to come to my room immediately. I will wait for her!" Without any room for reply, the lady turned her wheelchair while talking to herself and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Dr. Agasa and the three little ones looked at each other.

"Alas, ever since the fire four years ago, the Madam has been paralyzed and unable to take care of herself, and I always thought that the Madam was still alive."

The atmosphere was a bit heavy, and Tian Yan Shengnan also realized that it was not good to say so much to the guests, "Let's not talk about this anymore, I'll take you to the room upstairs."

Conan looked at the shadow at the end of the corridor, silently digesting all the information he had just received.

Outside the castle window, a crow quietly poked its head out.

Everyone quickly followed Tian Yan Shengnan to a guest room on the second floor of the castle.

"Don't tell me you didn't notice." In Conan's mind, Kudo Shinichi said lazily.

"How is it possible?" Conan felt that this guy looked down on his child because of his appearance. "There are three doubts, right?"

"First, Mr. Tian Yan said that there were many servants willing to stay and work here, but we haven't seen many servants along the way."

"Secondly, the lawn outside the castle was specially trimmed into a chessboard pattern, and there are many chess-shaped sculptures on the lawn."

"Third, the lady who is paralyzed and unable to take care of herself, and has been half crazy and half stupid for many years, can know the changes in banknotes and passports."

Kudo Shinichi smiled in a teachable manner, and then said, "What do you think? This is a rare opportunity. Don't you want to explore this castle full of mysteries?"

At least when it comes to curiosity, the two Kudos have no disagreement.

Conan quickly found an opportunity and left the main group.

"Judging from the layout of these rooms, the interior space of this castle is not fully utilized." Kudo Shinichi provided insights in his mind, "and there are too many corners in the corridor. I seriously suspect that there will be a whole set of intricate secret passages here to connect some rooms."

Conan carefully observed the distance between the two rooms next door, then opened the door and took a look.

Then the clues were discovered.

The wall is too thick.

He walked into one of the rooms, looked around for a while, and then his eyes stopped on the clock on the wall.

He narrowed his eyes, moved a chair from the table, climbed up with his short legs, and operated the hands of the wall clock.

squeak-

A revolving door opened in the wall in front of me.

Conan turned the button on the watch and the dial immediately glowed brightly.

He went through the secret door.

But he didn't realize that a quiet crow had appeared on his shoulder without him noticing.

(End of this chapter)