Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Chapter 273 Axaka's Statement and Conan's Judgment

Going up the mountain along the stone slab Shinto, Yuji and Conan walked through a horse head Guanyin temple halfway up the mountain, and finally saw another torii gate at the end of the mountain road.

"In this place, East Village, South Village and North Village all have Shinto paths going up the mountain." Conan also discovered the torii gates on the east and south sides and reasoned quickly.

Passing through the torii gate on the mountain, the two brothers stepped on the crackling jade sand and discovered that the building on the mountain was not just the Yuanshen Hall.Connected to it is a tower and three branched rooms at the end of the tower.

"The Ichishou family is indeed worthy of being the leader of the clan. The main entrance of this shrine faces the north."

Yuji looked at the locked lattice door and had no intention of picking the lock because he was likely to be beaten if he was discovered.

"This should be the well mentioned in the information."

Conan went back to a shed not far from the Kita Torii, looking at the mouth of the well covered with a stone plate.The edge of the well is a little green, with some moss-like plants growing on it, which feels slippery to the touch.

"We have to wait until Fu Gao personally tells us what happened. The information is not complete."

Taking Conan's hand again, the two brothers walked through the front of the shrine, walked from the southern torii onto the stone shrine, and walked down the mountain.

"I heard from the old policeman that the Sanshou family has no sons, so if Ishou Choucho of the Ishou family dies, they might have a chance, right?"

Yuji recalled hearing the gossip of the washing lady by the river. The eldest son of the Ershou family seemed to have a congenital heart disease, and was excluded from the heirs collectively by the Yishou family and the Ershou family before attending the ceremony at Thirteen Nights.

"So in the case ten years ago, the person most likely to commit the crime was the second guard."

The two brothers first suspected Ernan, and then doubted.Would a boy in his early ten years really kill someone because of this kind of thing?

Back at the police station, Xiaolan had already made lunch. After a simple meal, the two went to the river again to meet Ji Duo Gao.

"You are here."

Lying on the rocks by the river, Ji Dao Gao picked up a piece of rag under his body, pulled it up quite a bit towards the bank, and paved it flat again.

"Please tell us about the night ten years ago."

Nodding his head, Ji Duo Gao looked around and opened his mouth slowly after finding no one.

"On the night of Thirteen Nights attending the ceremony, I was waiting for Master Changshoulang in his room. After being called out by the master, he never came back, so I went out and sneaked into the backyard."

He seemed to recall what happened that day, which was a bit complicated.

"It was very dark at that time, and I saw Master Changshoulang walking up the mountain along the Shinto path. When the master, concubine, lady, and family servants were waiting in the sacrificial hall and had no time to pay attention to me, I followed the light quietly. Behind Master Longevity Lang."

Ji Duo Fu Gao touched his head in embarrassment, as if he was talking about something shameful.

"When Master Changshou Lang was standing in front of the well washing his body, I hid behind a tree not far away. I didn't open my eyes until he entered the shrine."

"open one's eyes?"

Hearing the doubt, Yuji couldn't help but interrupt the narration of Ji Da Fu Gao: "Did you keep your eyes closed while he was taking a bath?"

He immediately explained: "As long as I can remember, Master Changshou Lang has not allowed others to disturb him when he is taking a bath. I wanted to wipe his back several times, but I was sternly refused."

That Longevity Man is very shy?That's not right, for this reason, it's not just shyness anymore, Xiaolan even gave Conan a bath.

Keenly aware of what his younger brother was thinking, Conan coughed twice, and asked with a childlike face: "Since you have closed your eyes, how do you know that Master Changshoulang has entered the hall?"

"It's because I heard a sound, the sound of feet stepping on jade sand." Jiduo Axegao brought the topic back to that night.

"I originally wanted to go down the mountain directly, but at that time a person wearing women's kimono came up carrying a lantern. What scared me most at the time was that she had no head."

The hand that was taking notes stopped again, Yuji and Conan squinted their eyes to look at Chido Fuko, and said in unison.

"You weren't asleep at the time, were you?"

Did you really see the headless woman?

"No!" Dissatisfied with the doubts of the two, Ji Duo Gao snorted: "I remember very clearly, that woman also went to take a bath by the well. At that time, I was so scared that I accidentally stepped on a branch. I fainted from fright, and when I woke up, there was no one at the mouth of the well.”

Isn't that just falling asleep...

Staring speechlessly at the height of the ax, Conan rolled his eyes.

"So you went down the mountain?" Yuji rubbed his nose, grabbed a stone from his butt and threw it into the river.

"No, Miss Concubine also went up the mountain, so I had no choice but to squat behind the tree and watch her walk into the shrine after she took a bath."

Ji Duo Gao hesitated for a moment, first assuring the two of them that he had read it correctly, and then said solemnly: "Miss Concubine must have entered with a lantern, I watched her lantern float from the hall into the tower, along the From the bottom of the tower to the top of the tower, it finally goes out at the top of the tower."

When the concubine Yishou was found again, it was time for Changshou Lang Isshou to come out of the shrine and see the corpse in the well with his servants.

"Miss Concubine's head seems to have fallen into the bottom, and her legs were exposed. Before I could take a closer look, Master Changshou Lang wrote a note and sent me down the mountain to tell the master and others the news of Miss Concubine's death. "

"What was written on the note?"

Could it be that Ichimori Chouchoro killed his sister, and then used code words to pretend to be a ghost with his family?
But this is not taking off your pants and farting, is it superfluous?Why do such a dangerous thing in such a big ceremony...

"It says: The concubine died in the well, I asked the little ax to deliver the letter to you, this is not a joke."

"Is Little Axe's nickname for brother Jiduo?"

Turning to look at Conan, Ji Duo Gao nodded: "This is what the young master usually calls me. They all know it, but they never use it."

Master Yishou soon led people up the mountain. When he fished out his daughter's body, for the sake of her chastity, he asked the group of people to grab their legs and close their eyes. When everyone opened their eyes again, the body had been wrapped. Wrapped in shrouds.

"They fished out a lot of hair in the well, and when they went down the mountain and returned home, the master sat down on the ground and said that the concubine's body had no head."

The rest time was about to come. Qi Duo stood up holding on to the stone on the ground. He patted the non-existent dust behind his butt and talked about the end of what happened ten years ago.

On the second day, Master Yishou couldn't wait to burn the body of the concubine. Just as he was keeping an eye on the concubine and didn't pay attention to Changshou Lang, the family members saw the body of the concubine in Changshou Lang's room. The missing head.

Watching the boy pick up the rags and leave the river, the Kudo brothers also walked downstream to the police station.

"What strange places did you find?" Yuji quietly leaned into Conan's ear while there was no one around.

"Headless girl, if I'm not wrong, it might be true."

Staring at his elder brother in surprise, the boy blinked his eyes: "Do you really believe in the existence of Danshou?"

The glasses were shining slightly, and Conan said silently: "I just think that the headless girl must be pretended by someone, not just a dream."

　There is another chapter to be posted in the afternoon
　　
　
(End of this chapter)