Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"I remember that Judas, who betrayed Jesus, was hanged on an elder tree," Haibara thought, "A traitor... Could the murderer mean that Mr. Toda is a traitor?"

"No," Chi Feichi corrected, "The meaning of elderberry has been passed down for a long time is to protect, suppress evil, and eliminate disasters."

This is what elderberry has always been about.

If you have to contact the 'traitor', it is probably that the Avengers planted elderberries in various strongholds back then, and watered the elderberries with the blood of those who betrayed and hurt those families, and they also planted elderberries in that elderberry tree. A research point was set up next to it, in order to protect the family from embers, and allow himself and the enemy to suffer the pain of being transformed.

"In addition, some people say that elderberry is a very mysterious plant. It will be regarded as the habitat of the soul, and it will also be associated with witches and bad luck," Mao Lilan recalled. "In the Middle Ages, burning elderberry or Putting elderberry in the house seems to be unlucky."

The corner of Chi Feichi's mouth couldn't help but evoke a cold smile.

He had heard this statement before. During the Middle Ages, after traitors appeared in the parliament, the people of the Holy See tried to dig out various strongholds of the parliament by using "planting elderberry" as a clue.

In order to prevent the members of the parliament from disposing of the elderberries in the courtyard in advance, it is widely spread that elderberries will bring bad luck, and it is forbidden to burn or cut down elderberries, and encourage other people to report. After getting the news, let a team of people go to investigate the elderberry planters, tell those people that they are so easy to be hated by the witches of the Dark Council, and remove the elderberry trees one by one, send them to the wild, and burn them with holy fire. Focus on 'purification'. .

Ordinary households with elderberries near their houses were excluded. The movement of burning or felling elderberries is not small, and people may be discovered and reported at any time. In this way, the strongholds of the parliament will gradually surface, and investigations will be carried out in many cities If so, the members of the council hiding in the dark can be wiped out...

The Holy See thought so, but the outcome was not as the Holy See wished.

The people in the council were aroused to rebel, and they did not try to burn or cut down the elderberry, but transplanted it from the outside yard to the house. The strongholds also bid farewell to the sunlight and moved to the dark house and underground.

There are all kinds of strange people here, so don’t worry about the lack of sunlight indoors affecting the growth of elder trees. With the help of strange magic, coupled with bloody watering methods, those elder trees grow very vigorously.

He often stays with Phoebe at the headquarters. Take the elder tree he often stays with as an example. The growth speed and height are not what normal elder trees should have. The branches are the best material for making staffs.

He hadn't heard of the saying 'elderberries can't be put in the house' at the beginning, maybe the Holy See finally discovered in the parliament that those elderberries were planted indoors, and in order to drive them all out, they spread some 'taboo' to the public, or It is a rumor that evolved over the years...

But when he thought that the elder tree in the headquarters might also be poached or burned by the Holy See, he remembered that when Montgomery's house was ransacked, the elder trees that Lawrence planted for him were also stolen by those bastards.

I feel upset, very upset.

Conan was originally listening to Mao Lilan, when he caught Chi Feichi smiling from the corner of his eyes, he caught the sneer at the corner of Chi Feichi's mouth with his sideways glance, and when he looked again, he found that Chi Feichi's expression had returned to normal. frowned.

Was his little friend sneering just now? Why?

Let’s not say that Xiaolan is not wrong. Elderberry does have that kind of rumor. Even if Xiaolan is wrong, he believes that with Chi Feichi’s character, he will never laugh at Xiaolan. Some people even laugh at Xiaolan’s words. Chi, this guy will be tepid on the surface, but in fact he is very protective of the calf, making the other party speechless.

In other words, the fleeting sneer on Chi Feichi's face was not because of what Xiaolan said, but because of what Xiaolan said.

Combined with before, Huiyuan said that elderberry represents 'traitor', Chi Feichi immediately corrected it as 'protecting, suppressing evil, and eliminating disaster'. Chi Feichi should describe it as 'bad luck' and 'unlucky' She objected, but Ms. Tsurumi said, Chi Feichi came to the herbal garden to lie down under the elderberry. It can be judged that Chi Feichi should like elderberry very much!

Well, it's not surprising to sneer... no, it's still strange.

He and Chi Feichi have known each other for so long, and he still knows Chi Feichi well. If he is only dissatisfied with a certain sentence, he is unlikely to make a direct sneer. It is more likely to act as if he did not hear it, especially this The words were spoken by a female friend, and it is even more impossible for Chi Feichi to do so.

He would react, probably because Chi Feichi thought of something because of this, which caused unusual mood swings, and he also felt a trace of disdain and hostility from Chi Feichi's sneer just now.

In that case, Chi Feichi seems to have said something like 'elderberry has something to do with me', so he shouldn't feel wrong.

Hey, what is going on with this incident, why does it feel like it involves a lot of secrets...

...

A group of people sat in the living room and discussed for a long time, but did not get a potentially useful answer.

Drinking the herbal tea, Mori Kogoro told Tsurumi Yoko again, "Miss Tsurumi, your name is also on the will, you must pay attention to safety, if you don't mind, I can stay in the herbal medicine hall to protect you!"

Tsurumi Yoko felt that Mori Kogoro's eyes were bright like a strange uncle, so he politely declined with a smile, "I think it's better not to bother Mr. Mori, I haven't received the threatening letter you mentioned."

"No trouble, no trouble," Mori Kogoro said with a smile, "Isn't it safer to have my close protection? I think..."

Beside, Mao Lilan was covered with a repressed aura, and quickly laughed again, stretched out his hand to hold Kogoro Mouri's arm, and said to Kogoro Mouri with a smile, "Miss Tsurumi is a girl, I think personal protection is something like this. , it’s more convenient for a girl to come, if Miss Tsurumi needs personal protection, it’s better for me to come, what do you think? Dad—Dad—?”

Mori Kogoro felt a strong threat from Mao Lilan's eyes, sweating, "Yes, yes."

"It's really unnecessary," Tsurumi said with a smile, "There are people I know near the herbal medicine shop. If I am in danger, they won't just sit back and watch."

"My church is not far from here," Isao Sakuragi said kindly, "If I'm free, I'll come and visit Ms. Tsurumi."

Conan has been standing in front of the sofa next to Chi Feichi, wandering, thinking about it, but he has no idea, just wanted to see if the detective Koshimizu Nanatsuki found anything, when he looked up, Koshimizu Nanatsuki looked at Tsurumi Yoko, He looked down at his clothes, and at the leaves of Tsurumi...

Behaving strangely.

Chi Feichi put down the teacup containing the herbal tea, and found that Conan's gaze was constantly roving around Koshimizu Nanatsuki and Tsurumi Yoko, leaned over to Conan's ear, and asked in a low voice, "What are you looking at?"

Conan was startled by the cold words behind him, suppressed the goosebumps floating on his body, turned his head and glanced at Chi Feichi speechlessly, and said in a low voice, "It's not me, it's Sister Nanatsuki, she seems to be looking at Miss Tsurumi all the time. And the front of my clothes... Is there anything wrong with Miss Tsurumi's clothes today?"

Chi Feichi raised his eyes to look at Tsurumi Yezi's clothes, then turned his head to look at Yue Shui Nanatsuki's clothes, "I didn't find it."

Because people who took medicine suddenly came to the herbal medicine hall, Tsurumi Yoko had no time to entertain, so Mori Kogoro and Sakuragi took the opportunity to say goodbye.

When Chi Feichi heard that Mori Kogoro and others had booked a room at the hotel at the port, he took a taxi back to the hotel together.

The signboard is the 'Toy Museum'. The overall appearance of the hotel belonging to the last century is very special, especially the hotel is built with a sense of grandeur and thickness, and you can also see the pier. The group of people who first arrived at the hotel couldn't help but look around and sigh with emotion. for a while.

Chi Feichi called Dashan Mi to cancel the reservation for the return cruise ship, and after a group of people had seen enough of the hotel's exterior, he led a group of people into the lobby through the brass revolving door.

Hearing from his teacher about the case and the scent of elderflower left on him at the scene of the crime, it's best not to leave in a hurry.

So, he probably won't be able to leave today.

"Wow! It looks more luxurious inside!" Mitsuhiko looked up at the big crystal chandelier, his eyes were shining brightly.

"Even the chair is a rococo-style armchair." Mao Lilan glanced around and talked affectionately to Koshimizu Nanatsuki next to him, "It feels like being in the palace of the last century, right, Miss Nanatsuki?"

"Yeah..." Yueshui Nanatsuki was a little absent-minded, and couldn't help looking at the front of Mao Lilan's clothes, and then looked down at his own.

"Huh?" Mao Lilan looked down at her T-shirt in doubt, "What's wrong with my clothes?"

Nanatsuki Yueshui noticed that Chi Feichi looked over, and hurriedly said vaguely, "No, no."

Hui Yuanai walked to the wall to look at the photos on the wall, and greeted back, "There are many old photos here, which seem to have been taken a long time ago."

The three children ran over immediately.

"that is true!"

"Is this taken at a reception a long time ago?"

"It looks like it's not the same reception!"

Conan also stepped forward, looked at the men and women in long skirts and tuxedos in the photo, and said with emotion, "The interior decoration is exactly the same as now, and it has been completely preserved."

Chi Feichi didn't look at Koshimi Nanatsuki and Mao Lilan's clothes anymore, and walked up to introduce, "In the early Meiji period, this place was a place for entertaining wealthy businessmen. The previous owner was old and had no children, so Resold it to the current owner, Mr. Motomachi. Mr. Motomachi planned to open a toy museum, but he also agreed to the original owner. The second to fifth floors here will keep the hotel in operation, so there are toys from various periods since the Meiji era in every room on the first floor. From the first floor to the fifth floor is the hotel."

"Toys on the first floor?" Ayumi's eyes lit up, "Can we go and see?"

"Yes," Chi Feichi looked in the direction of the toy display area, "The toy display area here is open to the public. Many children of Jiangshen used to come here to play with toys together, and there should be many children there now. As long as you are in the exhibition area during the operating hours, you can go there whenever you want, provided that you don’t break the toys on purpose.”

The three children immediately cheered out of the hall and ran to the toy display area, and the others followed.

Except for the hall and a few rooms on the first floor, the rest of the rooms are full of toys, which are placed in different rooms according to the year. From the wooden dolls of the Meiji period to the modern video games, there are so many kinds that make people dizzy.

Children from all over the world gather here, and they all play happily together, and there are laughter everywhere.

This area also has the most staff. Because some antique toys are expensive, there are four or five burly bodyguards standing between the back door and the corridor. However, no one will stop children from touching toys.

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