Ke Xue: Picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning

The car turned over the col in a blink of an eye, and the eyes suddenly opened up.In front of it is an open and open swamp. The ice and snow on the surface of the swamp have not yet melted, and it is white and crystal clear, shining like a mirror in the sun.

A group of white cranes are playing in the snow, or flapping their wings to comb their feathers, or singing and dancing. Their snow-white feathers blend with the snow, and the red on the top of their heads is even more eye-catching.

At the height of the swamp, there stands a solitary hut, which is a feeding shed for white cranes to survive the winter.There is less food in the wild in winter, and someone puts feed here, so the white quails will have enough feed and will not starve.

Bai Quanyi parked the car in the open space outside the feeding house, and let the children watch the red-crowned cranes outside the house.

He was standing next to Belmode, accompanying her.

It seems that Belmode hasn't calmed down like this for a long time, and she is in a rare good mood. However, remembering that Bai Quanyi deliberately teased her last night, she began to gnash her teeth at Bai Quanyi again in her heart.

"Wow, it's flying again!"

"Conan, look quickly, that one must be a female!"

"so cute……"

"May I touch the red-crowned crane?"

"Yuantai, don't mess around..."

"Du..." Someone came towards Bai Quanyi, holding a crossbow in his hand, with a vigilant expression on his face.

The person who came was a solid old man with a fierce light in his eyes.

"Who are you? Who sent you here?"

Belmode said disdainfully: "Is this your territory? I come whenever I want, and leave whenever I want..."

"You—this is my territory!" the old man said unreasonably.This place is obviously in the wild, so why has it become his territory.

However, Bai Quanyi still smoothed things over and said, "Sorry to bother you, we just brought our children here to observe the red-crowned cranes, there is no malice."

"Aren't you here to steal the crane?"

"No, it's not...you misunderstood." Bai Quanyi said kindly.

At this moment, Conan ran over and shouted to the old man, "Grandpa Machida, do you still know me?"

"..." Machida paused, put down the bow, took the arrow, and laughed, "You are Conan."

"Grandpa, I called my friends over to watch the cranes today."

"Welcome, welcome, no wonder today's red-crowned cranes are screaming especially loudly, so a distinguished guest has arrived!"

Machida was very happy to take the children to see the crane feeding.After playing for a while and entering the room, Conan pointed to the glass on the window and asked: "Grandpa, why are these windows equipped with tempered glass? This is the same type as the glass used on airplanes, and it costs a lot of money!"

"I can't help it." Machida said, "There are some people who like to play tricks and often break the glass, so I have to switch to this kind of strengthened glass that is hard to break."

Bai Quanyi and Belmod sat in the room without talking, they were just curious about the old man, who took care of the daily life and food of these cranes all day long, and did nothing else.

"Brother Shiraizumi." Conan came over and called, "Grandpa Machida asked if you would like to stay at his house?"

Bai Quanyi looked at Belmode, who said flatly, "Whatever."

Machida said sincerely: "I can waive your accommodation fee. Conan is my good friend, and the red-crowned crane loves him very much. Let the white crane repay his favor."

"That's it. Okay." Bai Quanyi didn't care, so he agreed to the old man's kindness.

Bai Quanyi looked at Conan who had a little secret, and asked curiously: "Conan, you really have a way! You can make friends with red-crowned cranes."

Conan said: "Of course. I exercised in Hawaii!".

Chapter 95 The Murder Happened

Machida locked the door, everyone boarded the car, and drove along the road at the edge of the swamp. After a while, they saw a small courtyard at the foot of the low hill at the edge of the swamp. The small courtyard was surrounded by mountains and rivers, hidden in the shade of trees. , Tranquil and peaceful as a landscape painting.Machida pointed to the courtyard and said: "That is my home, and now I am the only one living there alone."

The car stopped at the gate of the courtyard.Machida led everyone into the living room. The living room is spacious and bright, simple and elegant, and all the furnishings have a strong rural flavor.Machida asked Mori to sit down, poured tea again, pointed to a photo of a woman on the altar and said: "That is the portrait of my wife. She passed away 5 years ago, and I have been living alone since then. In this house."

Bai Quanyi drank a few sips of tea and was attracted by the white crane specimens in the room. He stood up and walked over to watch for a while, and couldn't help admiring: "It's really well done, what's the difference from a live one!"

"That was a specimen I made from an injured and sick red-crowned crane, and I plan to donate it to a school or a museum."

"Mr. Machida, you are really enthusiastic about protecting the environment."

While talking, the door was pushed open with a "squeak", and a tall, thick-eyed, middle-aged man with long hair walked in. When he saw a guest in the room, he hurriedly smiled and said hello: "Hi, welcome Come!"

Machida introduced the visitor, "This is my younger brother Abao, he is an unknown painter, he came here 10 days ago."

"....Anonymous artist..." Machida Yasushi was dissatisfied with the big brother's introduction, "How can you say that? Big brother!"

"What I'm talking about is the truth. The lack of observation skills that a painter should have is the Achilles' heel of your failure to become famous." Machida saw that his brother was silent, and introduced ~ the guests to him.

Conan was very energetic when he was still a Shinichi, especially when he became a child. No matter where he goes, he will not be safe, and his curiosity before has not diminished at all.He saw a piece of tempered glass standing against the wall of the window, felt very strange, and couldn't help asking the root cause.

"Grandpa, what is this tempered glass for-?"

"Look." Machida pointed to the window and said, "I want to remove the glass and install reinforced glass. Then, even if you sit in the living room, you can see the red-crowned cranes in the swamp. How beautiful it would be ah!"

"father!"

"father!"

Following two yells, two young men, a man and a woman, rushed in through the door. Before they could stand still, the young man yelled at Machida angrily.

"Dad, I heard that you are going to donate all your property to the village. Are you kidding me? Dad!"

"No, it's true." Machida replied a little unhappy, "I will use this money to take care of the red-crowned cranes and all the migratory birds living here forever."

"What?" The young man's eyes were about to explode, "Could it be that in your eyes, your son and daughter are inferior to those birds? Dad, you are so ill-considered!"

"Father!" the young woman yelled, "You need to help me, my boutique is short of funds, and it is about to be transferred to someone else, you can't just watch me go bankrupt!"

"Hey, are you finished?" Machida stood up from the sofa angrily, and shouted at his children, "Do you know? It's rude to have guests here now!"

After yelling, he crossed his arms and sighed, "It's so annoying, why does everyone only know about money and money! Isn't there any other topic besides money?"

"It's normal. Who said we are father and son? Hey, Dad, why isn't there a fire in the stove in such a cold day? I can't stand it."

The young man took out his lighter and was about to go to the stove to light a fire.

"Stop, don't start a fire, Ahao!" Machida Yasuo yelled, rushed forward, and knocked out the lighter in Ahao's hand with a "snap".

"What are you doing here? Uncle!"

"You bastard!" Mr. Machida rushed up. "There are migratory birds nesting and laying eggs on this chimney. Although there are no birds now, spring will come! How many times have I told you, whether it is the stove or the fire in this house?" Don't touch any other things casually!"

"Huh! Those birds are more important than your own children. I'm afraid there is no other good father in the world!"

"Presumptuous!" Machida shouted, then turned to Machida Bao, "Abao, did you call them to make trouble?"

"This... I called them on my own initiative..." Abao paused, nodded and admitted, "Maybe I am wrong, but in order to avoid disputes in the future, it is better to come to you to discuss this matter and say it is appropriate, and I am the same For your own good!"

"Dogs catching mice, mind your own business!" Machida rolled his eyes at Machida Bao, and then began to reprimand Ah Hao, "I think you have heard Uncle A Bao say that at five o'clock this afternoon, the lawyer will report the relevant Bring me the donation document, as long as I sign and stamp the document, then, after I die a hundred years later, the property of [-] million yen will belong to the village."

"Father, I absolutely don't agree with you doing this!" Machida's daughter Noriko shouted, "I'll go to that lawyer right away. It's ridiculous to spend 3 million yuan for these red-crowned cranes!"

"What is a beast!" Mr. Machida blew his beard and stared angrily, "Noriko, let me tell you, it's useless to go to see a lawyer, he is just my agent and cannot influence my will!"

At this point, he turned into a lecture tone again, "I have already given you the legal inheritance of the two of you, and I only blame you for not cherishing it and not using the money to develop yourself. Even if all my property is divided Here you go, how long can you squander it? After spending it all, I’m dead, who do you go to inherit the property? A bunch of useless stupid things! Zezi, Ah Hao, listen to me, you haven’t been here for so long , You should go to your mother’s grave, otherwise you will suffer retribution.”

After Mr. Machida taught his children, he went out angrily, and went to wait on the injured red-crowned crane he had locked in the pen.Zezi and Ahao who stayed in the room looked very embarrassed, especially Ahao, after such a quarrel with his father and being taught by him, he had lost confidence.He looked at his sister waveringly: "Sister, let's go back, there will be no results here, this old man is too stubborn!"

"I must go to see that lawyer and ask him to stop this matter no matter what!" Zezi shouted angrily, "This is so unfair!"

It is difficult for an honest official to decide on family affairs, and Bai Quanyi is too embarrassed to say anything about other people's family affairs.

Bai Quanyi signaled Belmode to go out and look for it, Belmode understood, and walked out one after the other. The two walked casually and enjoyed the scenery of the Lower Northland. Such a quiet trip is actually quite good, and it is not necessary. Must go to any tourist attractions.

In a room outside the door, there was a large wooden fence, in which a big red-crowned crane was locked up. The crane's leg was injured. Mr. Machida was carefully changing the dressing and bandaging it up. After wrapping it up, he said as if comforting a child: "It doesn't matter, your injury will heal in a few days, you have to be patient, you can fly to the blue sky and sing freely after your injury is cured..."

Machida Yasu came over and said to Shiraizumi:

"The car company that my elder brother opened in Tokyo was very prosperous. But eight years ago, my sister-in-law got terminally ill, and my elder brother took care of his company. He brought my sister-in-law to this place to recuperate. He loves my sister-in-law more than his own life. !"

"And what about his two children?"

"Both Ahao and Zezi felt that life in the country was boring and refused to leave Tokyo, so my brother distributed their legally inherited property to them at that time, hoping that they could develop well. But these two children are not up to date The fellow, quickly squandered that money, so it's time to fight for property again!"

At this time, a sudden episode interrupted their conversation, which also opened the prelude to a storm.Ah Hao flashed out like a ghost from nowhere, holding a crossbow in his hand. He walked to the door of the side room and saw his father with his back to him, carefully cooking the red-crowned crane. Launch the trigger.

With a "click", the string was flicked out, but Mr. Machida did not fall down.It turned out that there was no arrow on his string, but his behavior frightened the people around the house.The children ran over together.Ah Hao pulled the string again and aimed at his father.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Bai Quanyi stepped forward to organize, "It's too dangerous, people will die."

"What's your business? Get out of here!" Ah Hao pushed Bai Quanyi away with his hand, "I didn't shoot the arrow again, can't you see it?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't have an arrow. My profession is a criminal police officer. Of course I will stop you from doing such a dangerous thing!" Bai Quanyi said sternly.

"Damn it! Go away!" Ah Hao glared at Bai Quanyi angrily, threw away the crossbow, pushed Bai Quanyi away, and left angrily.

Belmode said leisurely: "Bai Quanyi, you really like to meddle in other people's affairs!"

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Bai Quanyi said: "You can't just watch him kill someone? I'm a criminal policeman."

At this time, Machida Yasushi opened the sketchbook and showed the children one by one. What Abao drew were various forms of red-crowned cranes, some flying, some playing, some perched, and the shapes were also realistic. The children couldn't help admiring.

"Wow, you really deserve to be a painter, your painting is no different from the real white crane!"

Conan found a few mistakes in the painting, but he was embarrassed to point them out. He just thought to himself: It seems that Grandpa Machida is right. As a painter, his observation ability is indeed a bit weak. No wonder he is so old. Not famous.

"Oh, the lawyer may be here soon, so I'll leave first." A Bao said hello and left first.

As soon as A Bao arrived in front of the house, he saw a jeep coming from behind. The car stopped at the door, and a tall, thin, bald old man with myopia glasses opened the door and yelled.

"Mr. Abao, good night! Am I late?"

When Abao looked back, he recognized that the person was Mr. Tatsuo Yamagami, a lawyer hired by his elder brother, and he greeted him warmly.

"Mr. Shan Shang, please hurry up, my elder brother is waiting for you at home, come with me, this way please."

Abao led Mr. Yamagami to the door of Machida through the snow. They even called a few times but no one answered.Almost at the same time, Abao and Shanshang discovered that there was a big hole in the glass on the window.When they took a closer look at the scene in the house, they were almost out of their minds with fright.It turned out that the old man Machida was sitting on the sofa facing the window, with his head bowed and his eyes closed tightly. A sharp arrow was shot deep into his chest, and his whole chest was stained red with blood.Judging by that look, he must have died.

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"Big brother!"

"Mr. Build!"

Abao and the lawyer on the mountain ran to the door while shouting, trying to open the door and go in.But the door was locked from the inside, and it couldn't be opened no matter what.At this moment, Zezi, who was sulking in the room, ran out of her room when she heard the sound.

"Uncle, what happened?" Zezi asked anxiously.

"Zezi, it's not good!" A Bao said, "Your father was shot to death with an arrow!"