Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 497 The Next Victim

Hongmei's room is located on the west side of Xiyuan, and there is a flower garden between it and A'Zhu's room. The reason why Ueda Takashi chose to go around from the backyard is probably because he was worried that Li Canghai, who was investigating A'Zhu's room, would find out.

When they came to Hongmei's room, the three of them walked straight to the painting table.

There was a pile of picture scrolls on the painting case. Li Canghai only glanced at the painting case, and immediately shouted: "One is missing! Quick, open them all!"

Li Canghai's eyes were full of annoyance. When Hongmei was killed, he had observed the scene. He had a rough look at the scrolls on the painting table. Although he had written down the number, he hadn't unfolded them one by one. to see.

Now that one painting is missing, he realizes that he has made a serious mistake!

These paintings were all made by Hongmei, except for her, no one knew the contents of the paintings, and naturally no one knew the contents of the painting that Ueda Takashi took.

The three unfolded all the picture scrolls and read them one by one.

The paintings on the painting are all flowers, birds, insects and fish, high mountains and flowing water, and there seems to be nothing unusual about them.

"Why did Takashi Ueda come to steal Hongmei's posthumous painting? What exactly is the painting he stole?" Conan looked at the scroll in his hand and frowned.

Li Canghai closed his eyes, thought about it carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Ueda Takashi didn't kill Hongmei, but he took the risk to steal the painting, which shows that the painting is very important to him. He didn't die in Hongmei. He came to steal that day, but he stole it this morning, which means that he didn't know at first that the painting he was looking for was in this pile of scrolls. It is very likely that he came here because he suddenly discovered the trace of the painting. "

Conan nodded slightly, and said, "Brother Li is very reasonable, but I have a guess."

"What guess?" Li Canghai asked.

Conan looked at the scrolls, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is there a possibility that there is evidence of his murder in that painting? At first he didn't come to steal it because he didn't kill Ah Zhu. He didn't kill anyone. That painting was meaningless, so he didn't care about it. However, after he killed Ah Zhu, he suddenly remembered that among these paintings of Hongmei, there was evidence to identify him, and he came to steal the painting in order to destroy the evidence .”

Yu Cheng'en shook his head and said, "Isn't it possible? These paintings were all drawn by Hongmei before she was alive, so how could there be evidence of Takashi Ueda's murder in the paintings? Could it be that Hongmei can predict the future?"

Li Canghai rubbed his brows, and said, "The evidence Brother Nan mentioned is not just the contents of the painting, it may also be other aspects. But no matter what, the painting he stole must have an inevitable connection with the murder case."

Yu Chengen was confused, and said puzzledly: "I still don't quite understand, these paintings have been kept here before Hongmei died before Ah Zhu, how can there be any evidence to identify Takashi Ueda?"

"It's also possible that the painting was left by A'Zhu. When A'Zhu came to the room to worship Hongmei, he secretly left evidence of his adultery with Orange. It's not impossible." Conan pondered.

Li Canghai nodded and said, "It is indeed possible, but there may be another purpose."

"What purpose?" Conan asked.

Li Canghai put away the scroll and put it on the painting table, frowned and said, "I haven't figured it out yet, but I always feel that there will be murders. Ueda Takashi's purpose of stealing paintings should not be so simple."

Yu Chengen was stunned for a moment, he opened his mouth, and said, "Two people have already died, so is it possible that someone else will die?"

Li Canghai shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I always have an ominous premonition that the murder case is far from over."

"Then... who will die next?" Yu Chengen's voice trembled.

Li Canghai glanced around, this is the place where Hongmei was killed, now two days have passed, but he still has no clue about Hongmei's death.

Who is the murderer?After killing someone, how did the murderer leave here?What was his motive for killing Hongmei?
The case of Hongmei still made him confused, and then A Zhu was killed by someone in the same way.

One of the two murders happened in the secret room, and the other happened in front of the door. They seemed different but had similarities. This paradoxical feeling made him confused.

"Right now we don't know anything about the murderer. We can't even be sure whether the murderer is one person or two people. I don't know who the next person will die." Li Canghai sighed.

The three of them fell silent at the same time. After a while, Conan said: "How about this, let's go tell Zhang Wenyuan and let him inform everyone to be vigilant in case the murderer commits a crime."

Li Canghai thought for a while, and felt that this was the only way to go at the moment.

In Zhenbao Pavilion, Zhang Wenyuan was discussing something with Ueda Takashi in a low voice.

Conan pushed Li Canghai into the room, and said, "Mr. Wai, I have something important to talk to when I come here."

The two who were whispering were startled when they heard Conan's voice suddenly.

Zhang Wenyuan was stunned for a moment, he casually held the note in his hand, stood up hurriedly, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Canghai glanced at Zhang Wenyuan, before he came in, he clearly saw that the note was stuffed by Ueda Takashi.

Squinting his eyes slightly, Li Canghai said calmly: "Mr. Wai, I waited here to tell Mr. Wai that the murderer is likely to commit another murder. I hope Mr. Wai will notify everyone so that everyone can go together and be more vigilant. Don't act alone, so as not to be taken advantage of by the murderer."

"What? The murderer will kill again?" Zhang Wenyuan stared with astonishment on his face.

"This is just a guess. The reason why I came here to tell the staff is to prevent problems before they happen." Li Canghai said.

Zhang Wenyuan's face was a bit ugly, he hurriedly called the housekeeper, told the matter to the housekeeper, asked him to gather the people, and ordered them not to place orders.

After the steward left in response, Zhang Wenyuan rubbed his hands and said eagerly: "Immortal Chief, I didn't believe you when you said that my Zhang family had a bloody disaster. Now that two people have died one after another, I have no doubts about what the Immortal Chief said. Since the Immortal Elder said that there is a dark situation hidden in my other courtyard, please ask the Immortal Elder to cast a spell to save my Zhang family from this catastrophe!"

"You don't need to be polite. Since I agreed to Yuanwai, I will do my best. However, this evil situation is deeply hidden, and I have only seen one or two of them. If we want to solve it once and for all, we need to observe it for a few more days." Li Canghai said calmly.

"I can't care about that much anymore. Now two people have died. If it is because of Feng Shui that there will be a bloody disaster, maybe after the immortal head breaks the evil situation, another death can be avoided!" Zhang Wenyuan said.

"This……."

Li Canghai was about to speak, but Ueda Takashi interrupted: "Yes! Since the Immortal Chief can see the evil situation and calculate that someone will die, there must be a way to solve it. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda How can the immortal head have the heart to refuse? Could it be that the immortal head is only good at talking big words, but he doesn't have real talents and can't learn?"

(End of this chapter)