Chapter 175

In the middle of the meal, Gao Chengchao makes a wink, finds an excuse to go to the toilet, leaves the restaurant, and returns to Conan's disappeared room again when the palace is full.

There is a thick wall in the middle of the two connected rooms, leaving a large space. It seems that Conan did find some secret Road, otherwise he would not disappear like evaporation.

Gao Cheng knocks on the wall. After groping for the clock, he turns the pointer according to the reminder of Huiyuan. At first, it's nothing. But when he turns to twelve o'clock, the wall suddenly turns away automatically, directly bringing Gao Cheng into a small dark space.

There are walls on both sides, and there is a mezzanine between the two rooms

Groping to open Dr. Ali's watch flashlight, a ladder appears in front of Gao Cheng, deep, don't know where to go.

Not to the end, Gao Cheng noticed the trace of friction on the ground by the flashlight light, and there was a small bloodstain, which didn't completely turn black. It seemed that he had left it for a long time.

Gao Cheng's eyes tightened. He scanned around and landed on the lower steps.

The drag marks are quite obvious, and there are old marks on the steps that I don't know when.

"That guy pretended to be me... To take the treasure of the castle..."

"There are really problems here." Gao Chengshen looks at the unfinished words on the steps.

Some people in the castle are fake. The purpose is to capture the treasure. Conan should have happened to find out that it was attacked here

Gao Cheng continues to look down the stairs.

Although the main members of the palace family are now in the dining room, there are a lot of servants in the castle. They don't know who they are. Maybe they have to investigate the fire four years ago to find out

"Click." After walking two flights of stairs and looking around, there was a light leak in the wall.

Try to push, as before, the wall suddenly turned to take Gao Cheng out.

It seems to be the corridor on the first floor outside, and the voices of Bumei and others can be heard.

Gao Cheng turns around and pushes the wall, only to find that it can't be opened.

"What's the matter, detective Edo?" "What's the matter?" he said with a smile

"Ah, it's nothing," Gao Cheng said bitterly, withdrawing his arm and wondering, "how did Mr. a man come here?"

"Because you haven't been back. By the way, did you see the missing child?"

"Not yet..."

"You'd better find him before dark. If you get lost in the forest, you'll be in trouble," he volunteered. "Let's help, too. If you look separately, it shouldn't be a big problem."

It was getting dark, even a light rain, and the people in the castle were divided into groups to look for Conan.

"It doesn't seem to be in the garden."

"Everyone in the castle has looked for it, but no one has been seen."

"I don't think it's over there, is it?"

The gardener looked anxiously at the charred stone pagoda on the other side: "two years ago, a new servant disappeared in it. Later, when the police found him in the woods, he had starved to death..."

"Ah," said Bumei, frightened and worried, "if you don't find Conan soon, he will starve to death because he has nothing to eat!"

"I didn't go to that tower," he said. "Because two years ago, the tower was locked. I went to see it just now. The lock on the door is still good."

"That leaves only the woods?" The gardener said anxiously, "it's too bad. We need to find him soon..."

"No way," he shook his head in a deep voice. "The rain is getting heavier and heavier. It's too dangerous to enter the forest at night. In my opinion, I'd better ask the police to come and search tomorrow..."

"How can that be?" With tears in her eyes, Bumei grasped Gao Cheng tightly. "Conan must be very scared now. If he doesn't find him soon..."

"Don't worry. He'll be fine. I'll guarantee it with my reputation."

"Really?"

"It's true, of course."

Gao Cheng gently touched Bu Mei's hair and wiped away the tears from the girl's eyes.

If Conan died so easily, he would have died long ago. There should be no danger for the time being, but it's inevitable to suffer.

Since the murderer is for the sake of treasure, he will not easily kill and make a big deal. The servant two years ago is the proof. When he is thrown into the woods after starvation, the police will not conduct a comprehensive investigation of the castle.

"How's it going?" Huiyuan followed Gao Cheng, "did you find anything?"

"There's a secret passage in the castle," Gao Cheng said, looking at bumijia who came down to the house at ease. "I think he should be locked up somewhere in the castle by someone now, and he won't be thrown into the woods until he starves to death, just like the servant two years ago."

"You don't look worried at all."

"I can't die anyway."

……

Late at night, it rained harder and harder, and the sound of clattering was heard all the time.

For the sake of safety, Gao Cheng and Dr. Ali all sleep in a big room, with a bed for Huiyuan and Bumei, a bed for Yuantai and Guangyan, and Gao Cheng himself and his doctor.

Cautiously without any noise, he could make complaints about the sound of the doctor's ear. Yuantai, a little fat man, is also snoring. One hand is pressed on Guangyan. The big font occupies the whole bed. Gao Cheng feels uncomfortable for Guangyan when he looks at it. On the other hand, Huiyuan and Bumei are sleeping quietly, just like two little princesses“ Well, while these bear children are sleeping, go to find Conan quickly... "Creak, open the door, and suddenly there is a movement in the corridor outside“ Grandma, "the lady in the palace followed the old lady in the wheelchair and worried," Why are you still here so late? "“ My daughter has never come, "the old lady said in a hoarse voice." I'm going to pick him up... "" just leave it to us to deal with mom's business. You'd better go back to your room and have a good rest. " The palace lady sighed and pushed the wheelchair to disappear at the end of the corridor. Gao Cheng looks at the aisle through the crack of the door. After confirming that there is no one, he walks out of the room, but behind him, Huiyuan follows him out“ Are you going to start an investigation? "“ Shh, don't wake them up. " Gao Cheng pulls Huiyuan and sees that Bumei in the room is sleeping soundly. He whispers: "you stay here to take care of everyone. I will solve the problem." Leaving Huiyuan behind, Gao Cheng walks cautiously in the corridor alone. Instead of going to the entrance of the secret passage on the second floor, he looks for clues in the castle. First, the identity of the fake. You can't see anything by the words carved on the stairs in the secret passage. If you guessed correctly, the fire four years ago should be the key, and the other is the identity of the palace man and the palace noble. No one had seen them before. The gardener said that the confirmation of the identity of Chien Kung man was a picture of his remarriage with Mrs. Chien Kung in a foreign country, while the Chien Kung noble was just because he was too much like the late master. There are many problems in this process. The most doubtful point is why the lady of the palace arrived at the castle in the middle of the night and was burned to death with a group of servants that night. There is no possibility of extinction“ Creak - "with a flashlight, Gao Cheng pushes open a door and walks into a large studio, surrounded by painting tools and plaster models. This is the studio of a noble man. He has been painting here for most of the past few years. If there are secret passages in this room, the noble man will be more suspicious“ Well Gao Cheng was almost stumbling over a thick pile of newspapers. With the help of electric light, Gao Cheng saw the newspapers clearly and found that they were all about the fire four years ago“ Why does he collect these? " Gao Cheng read the report for a while. His ears moved. He heard a clatter outside. He turned off his flashlight and went to the door to observe the corridor outside. An open door at the end of the corridor opened in the wind and rain, and a round hat with bloodstains fell from the ground“ It's Conan's hat... "