Chapter 173

"So hard to find every time? Can't someone pick me up? " Deep in the mountains and woods, Gao Cheng rides a motorcycle across the path and stops in front of a blue castle.

Among the magnificent Western castles, you can also see the towering towers, which can't be compared with the villas you've seen before.

There are a lot of rich people in Conan. Every time I see them, I will be hit.

"I haven't heard of the palace consortia..."

"Oh, are you detective Chenghu?" Without waiting for Gao Chengduo to see it, a middle-aged man with a moustache appeared with a smiling face, "welcome, welcome, it's so nice of you to come!"

Seeing Gao Cheng's doubts and looking at himself, the middle-aged man quickly explained, "I'm a palace man. This time, my mother-in-law specially invited you here."

"Mother in law?" Gaocheng Leng Leng, but also did not ask, just follow the middle-aged man into the castle courtyard.

After taking him to the front hall, he said that he would go to his mother-in-law and let a gardener named Zuo Tian Yansheng take him around.

Gao Cheng looks at the figure of jiangongman leaving, and turns to the empty front hall wall. There are several huge portraits hanging around the wall on the second floor to which the stairs go.

"The master in the middle," the gardener said with emotion, "and on both sides are master Zhenzhao and his wife. Master Zhenzhao died 15 years ago. Master Zhenzhao died six years ago, and even his wife died in the fire four years ago."

"Fire?"

"When you came here just now, you should have seen a burnt stone tower, didn't you? The lady's bedroom is there, "the gardener explained." the lady has been abroad all the time. That year, she came back here to celebrate Mrs. Tai's birthday. She arrived in the middle of the night, but the tower caught fire before dawn that day. "

The gardener recalled his misfortune and turned pale: "it's not just my wife, the friends she brought back with her, but also more than ten managers and servants who have served Mrs. Tai for many years. More than a dozen of them have been engulfed by the fire. Only the servants like me who have been employed for a long time, and Mrs. Tai who lives in another restaurant because of a cold..."

"By the way, there are Mr. aman and Mr. noble who came back a few days before the fire."

Gao Cheng looked at the layout of the front hall of the castle and said, "Mr. Jian Gong just now is..."

"He is master aman, the second husband of his wife's remarriage abroad. After master Zhenzhao died, he went to the palace again."

"Oh."

Gao Cheng didn't ask any more questions.

It's a complicated family, and it's also a big family with a lot of stories. I don't know what it is for to invite him, a famous detective, to come here, but I feel like the Conan incident happened. Fortunately, Conan is not here.

The mood is really complicated. I want to handle more cases, but I don't want to encounter cases everywhere.

"Is this the famous detective of the city? It's really young. " An old lady in a wheelchair appeared in the hall. She was thin and ugly, with a big nose, glasses and a black hat. Her withered white hair was draped behind her, and her neck was shrinking. She looked like a little old lady.

"This is Mrs. Tai." The gardener said.

The old man's name is Jiangong zengdai. He is 83 years old. He is the owner of the current Jiangong family.

"Well, I don't know which bastard called for the detective in my name," said the old woman, with her eyes narrowed and her face full of wrinkles.

"Mom," the palace full helpless to follow out, "you are too forgetful, this morning you also said let me pick up the city door detective."

"Hum," the old woman sneered. She turned around in her wheelchair and left. By the way, she opened her lips and said to Gao Cheng, "however, I'd like to ask the detective to solve the puzzle left by the master. The reward will not be less."

"Ah?" Gao Chengna watched the old woman disappear at the end of the corridor.

After working for a long time, I didn't even know who invited him here. Isn't it strange for this palace family?

"I'm sorry, detective Chenghu," he said, standing beside Gao Cheng. "My mother-in-law, she hasn't left the castle for more than ten years. After the last fire, she has become a little demented. Sometimes she thinks my wife is still alive."

"It's pitiful," Gao Cheng said, looking back at the middle-aged man. "What's the matter with the puzzle you're talking about?"

"Why? Don't you know? " "My father-in-law left a message that he wanted to give the treasure to the man who solved the mystery of the castle," he explained. "But up to now, we only guess that it has something to do with the chess in the courtyard, and we don't know what the secret is."

"The chess in the courtyard?"

Gao Cheng looked a little embarrassed. When he came in just now, he saw a large piece of grass in the wide courtyard, which was made into a chessboard, with enlarged stone pieces scattered on it.

He thought it was the unique decoration that the owner of the house liked.

"Let me have a look first..."

"Where do you come from? How did you break in? " All of a sudden, there was a loud cry from the gardener, "go back to me! Outsiders are not welcome here! "

"Well?" Gao Cheng's ears move. When he hears the conversation between the gardener and someone, he suddenly has a bad premonition and follows the palace man to the door.

Just took a look and his face collapsed. The most worrying thing happened. The people at the door, not only Conan, Dr. Ali, but also the bear kids from Bumei, came“ Who are these Between palace full direct Dynasty gardener asks a way“ "City households?"“ It's brother Chenghu Seeing Gao Cheng coming behind, Dr. a Li was quite surprised. Bu Mei was also surprised to grasp the iron gate“ It's us, brother Chenghu“ "Oh?" "Is it a friend of detective Chenghu? Then come in together. " Gao Cheng had no choice but to nod his head. After the gardener let Dr. a Li march into the courtyard, he could not care about the sticky Bumei and whispered to the doctor, "how come you are here? Didn't you go camping? "“ Ah, this, ha ha, "Dr. Ali said with an embarrassed smile, touching his bald head," it's just a coincidence. " Conan followed him with a smelly face. He didn't save face for the doctor. He said, "it's not the doctor. He forgot to bring the most important tent... After all, why are you here?"“ Of course, it's because of work, "Gao Cheng pointed to the huge chessboard that occupied half of the courtyard." there seems to be a treasure riddle in these chessboards. I was just about to solve the riddle when you came... "Treasure, treasure?" Yuan Taiji's eyes lit up when they heard about the treasure. Before Gao Cheng could explain it in detail, they all ran to the black-and-white stone pieces. Bu Mei didn't care to stick to Gao Cheng, so she held the white stone horse“ It's Maya“ But only the head... "This is not an ordinary horse," Huiyuan walked quietly behind the crowd, glanced at it and stepped forward. "The horse head is a knight, one of the chess pieces."“ Where is the treasure? " Yuan Tai couldn't wait to be excited and said, "is it buried under the chess pieces?"“ How could it be that simple? " Guangyan splashed cold water on one side. "It's impossible to think about it. I think it might be a treasure map!"“ These kids... "Gao Cheng's mouth drew. He suddenly felt the sight of Huiyuan. With a light look, he snorted and went to the checkerboard. I forgot to report to the housekeeper.