Conan: This repairman is not very knowledgeable

Chapter 272: Thousands of Gourds
"Hehe, hehe..." Conan scratched his head, smiled and hid behind the repairman to avoid Ikumi Gunda's gaze and questioning.

I'm just a kid, I don't know anything about bombs!

"Regarding the bomb issue, there should be no problem after sending it for testing later, right?" Lin Feng looked at Officer Otaki.

The police can still detect whether it is the fragments of explosives.

"Yes." Officer Otaki nodded.

These guests from Beika Town are a bit strange...

"In addition to the plastic fragments, he pointed his finger at the sky before he died..."

Ikumi Qiangda took away her umbrella and looked up at the dark sky.

Stars, moon, clouds, rain?
Or was it the castle tower where he fell?

"If what Mr. Kato wanted to hint at is rain, it does have a special meaning." Hattori looked thoughtful.

The special meaning he was referring to was the Dragon and Tiger Stone in Osaka Castle.

On both sides of the Sakura Gate of Osaka Castle are the Dragon and Tiger Stones that are responsible for guarding the castle tower. It is said that whenever it rains, patterns of dragons and tigers will appear on them.

After Hattori introduced the Dragon and Tiger Stone, everyone's eyes were focused on the scroll with only the word "dragon" written on it.

"Officer Otaki, lend it to me!" Hattori took the lead and took the scroll from Officer Otaki's hand, exposing it to the rain.

"This, this is important evidence..."

Just as Officer Otaki and Uncle Maori were about to step forward, the scroll that was gradually wet by the rain began to reveal its true appearance, with words and pictures appearing at the same time.

"It seems that the legend might be true." Lin Feng also came over.

However, in Osaka, only Hattori dared to destroy evidence.

Conan nodded and turned to look at the castle tower.

That being said, perhaps there really is a treasure related to Toyotomi Hideyoshi hidden somewhere.

After the detectives finished reading it, police forensic officers also came over to take photos and collect evidence.

The search was completed, and Mr. Kato Yuji, who played Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was covered with a white cloth and put on a cart.

"what?"

"Do you already know what the treasure left behind by Toyotomi Hideyoshi is?" Uncle Mori held up an umbrella with a puzzled look on his face.

There doesn't seem to be anything remarkable on that scroll?

"It should be correct. The reason we can come to this conclusion is mainly thanks to this piece of pottery fragment from Mr. Kato." Hattori picked up the evidence bag in his hand.

A small amount of gold dust is very noticeable on the inside of this irregularly shaped fragment.

"That's right." Officer Otaki took it and looked at it carefully.

"But, how can this be considered a great treasure?" Uncle Maori was a little unimpressed. Even if this piece of pottery was made of gold, how much could it be worth? It was not even the size of half a palm.

"The answer is inseparable from the scroll." Hattori took out the scroll again.

Lin Feng:......

This guy is like an evidence room, he dares to put anything in his pocket...

"This should have been processed with a special technique, and covered with several layers of paper. After being wetted by rain, the real content was revealed." Qiangda Ikumi explained to her two older sisters, Kazuha and Xiaolan.

Her mood was probably similar to Lin Feng's.

I can only say that he is worthy of being that person’s son. The forensic department was packing up and leaving, but the evidence was not taken away.

"This, the writing is mostly burned, and the rest can't even form a sentence." Officer Otaki also looked at it. "And what's this thing on the left?"

Uncle Maori frowned.

If there was anything written on the right side of this scroll besides the word "dragon", most of it was burned and cannot be pieced together. However, less of the painting on the left side was burned.

This arc looks like...

"Could that shape be a gourd?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

A bit like.

"As far as I know, the gourd is the horse seal used by Taiko during the battle, right?" He Ye nodded.

"So, this piece of pottery was probably in the shape of a gourd before it broke?"

"Could it be that the gourd is filled with gold?"

Xiaolan and Kazuha looked at each other and felt that this was very possible.

"That does make sense, but according to this diagram, the height of the gourd is only one foot, and the widest part is four inches. Even if such a small gourd is filled with gold, it is not worth much."

Uncle Maori shook his head speechlessly.

Although it is a lot for ordinary people.

However, it is 33 cm high and 13 cm wide. Let alone a gourd that can hold very little, even if it is a regular rectangular gold nugget, can it be called the greatest treasure of Toyotomi Hideyoshi?
"Why, have you forgotten?"

Hattori smiled again, and this time, including him, Ikumi Gunda and Conan all copied the detective's smile.

"Hehehe..." Lin Feng had seen it last time at the Dusk Villa.

A group of detectives smiled at the old lady Qian Jian, which was very creepy.

"Speaking of this, we have to mention Toyotomi Hideyoshi's habits. Little brother, have you learned this?" Gunda Ikumi held up an umbrella and looked down at Conan.

"Yes, I have seen it. Every time he wins a war, he will add a small gourd to the golden staff!" Conan nodded vigorously and did not refuse to answer the question.

Almost everyone knows about this kind of thing, so there is no need to hide or disguise it.

"That's right, this is what is called a Senjyoutan." Hattori said with a smile.

It can also be called Qiancheng gourd.

"Thousands, thousands become baskets!" Uncle Maori finally showed a shocked expression this time.

"Could it be?!" Officer Otaki looked at the piece of pottery.

"Well, if there really are a thousand of the same gourds, that would be a huge treasure. Add to that its historical value, and it would be hard to put a price on it, right?"

"But judging from the charred corpse found thirteen years ago, the previous deceased, and Mr. Kato, all had this fragment."

"Perhaps the three deceased wanted to obtain this treasure, but were attacked by someone who wanted to keep it for himself?"

Hattori said this and looked back at the other four people standing in the rain holding umbrellas.

"But I don't quite understand. Minister Ben and Minister Yuanshan only saw two pieces of pottery. How did they know that they were related to a treasure? At that time, no such scrolls should have been found, right?"

Officer Otaki scratched his head, expressing confusion.

"It should be in the shape of fragments." He Ye said.

"Now that I think about it, the fragment that my father took out of the car does look a lot like the shape of a gourd mouth, and there's a faint number 848 written on it."

A thousand gourds, ranging from one to one thousand. If you think this way, the numbers on the gourd can be explained.

(End of this chapter)