Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"This is what Mr. Kimura entrusted us to sell." When he saw Liang En and others coming to his store to inquire about this shell, the owner of the antique shop had already prepared to say it.

"He is a foreign antique dealer from Osaka. When he entrusted this thing to me before, he specifically reminded me to tell the inquirer his address when asked."

"This -" Liang En felt a little confused by this unexpected love, so he was stunned for a few seconds before he recovered, and then asked. "Excuse me, why did that old gentleman do this?"

"We don't know much about this." The owner of the antique shop shook his head and replied. "I just did things according to the other party's instructions. As for the reason why the other party did this, you may only know it after you interview him."

From a certain point of view, this thing can also be regarded as a bait, used to screen out the people Kimura needs, but this approach did arouse Liang En's curiosity.

Because he was very curious about what Mr. Kimura was thinking about using the antiques on consignment to find the manpower he needed like now.

Fortunately, the other party's residence is located in downtown Osaka, and the transportation is relatively convenient, so everyone packed their luggage and took the Shinkansen to Osaka early the next morning.

Osaka is a city with a long history, and the ruins found near Mori-no-miya prove that Osaka has been inhabited since the middle of the Jomon period.

During the Kofun period, the Osaka area became suitable for farming due to the desalination of Lake Kawachi. Coupled with the geographical environment near the sea, Osaka has become a trading port.

Today's city originated from the huge temple town attached to Ishiyama Honganji Temple. At the same time, the entire city also followed the trend of the Age of Discovery and became an international trading city. It was not until the later Tokugawa Shogunate closed the country.

However, in 1868, Osaka reopened its port and established the old Kawaguchi Residence in the Kawaguchi area for foreigners to live. Foreigners brought the latest Western culture, and Osaka began to enter the modern era.

For this reason, this city is highly cosmopolitan, so it naturally attracts people like Mr. Kimura who are involved in the international antique trade to settle here and run their own businesses.

The Kimura family's antique shop is on a somewhat deserted street. The whole street looks like an old two-story Japanese-style building, and there are not many vehicles.

Whether it is the wooden building facade or the stone-paved ground, there is a sense of tranquility. If you don't look at the roadside signs or telephone poles, the entire street may be no different from what it was a hundred or two hundred years ago.

However, judging from the few high-end cars parked on the side of the road, this street is not as simple as it appears. It looks like a street in London where luxury goods are sold.

"This place seems to be closed." When he arrived at the door of a shop with a white light box with two Chinese characters for Kimura hanging on it, Fan Meng looked at the closed wooden door and shook his head.

"I don't know where the other party went. There was no one in the room at all, but there was obvious dust on the windows and door. It looked like the door hadn't been opened for more than a month."

After asking around, Liang En and the others found almost nothing. After all, Japanese people have a traditional habit of not bothering others, and they naturally don't like others to bother them.

Therefore, the neighbors around Kimura Antiques Store are not very clear about why Kimura Antiques Store has not opened. The only thing they know is that the store has been closed for a month and a half.

Fortunately, Kimura is also an old store that has been operating here for decades, so although he doesn't know why the Kimura antique store has not opened for more than a month, he still told them where Mr. Kimura lives.

So a few people left this street and took a bus to another small street two stops away where we all have traditional Japanese single-family houses.

The Kimura family's building is considered one of the best buildings on the street here, with a yard of more than 500 square meters. No matter how you look at it, it belongs to the family with the best residential conditions in this street.

Different from the previous store, this room is obviously a modern-style building. It looks very fashionable at first glance. However, judging from the obviously untrimmed potted plants and weed-covered lawn outside the house, it seems that this place has not been there for a long time. People.

"What is going on?" Liang En looked at the situation in front of him with a thoughtful expression, because he had thought about various situations before coming, but he never expected that he would be rejected in this place.

After all, he felt that since the other party left such information through the antique store, there should be corresponding support here, instead of no one like now.

"Are you here to see Mr. Kimura?" Just as Liang En and the three of them stood at the door of the residence and looked into the room, an old man passing by walked up to them and asked.

"Yes, we came here from Tokyo specifically to find Mr. Kimura." Liang En bowed slightly, and then asked his question directly.

"We went to Mr. Kimura's shop before, but found that the shop seemed to have not been open for a long time, and now it seems that there is no one at the residence."

"Ah, this is because Mr. Kimura passed away two months ago." After hearing Liang En explain the reason, the old man nodded and revealed a fact that surprised Liang En.

"died?"

"Yes, Mr. Kimura was in bad health more than a year ago and passed away two months ago." The old man nodded, then looked at Liang En and the others very seriously and said.

"I was Mr. Kimura's friend and neighbor during his lifetime. Before he died, he told us neighbors that if there are people we don't know who come to see him, we should ask them to go to a law firm in Osaka, where he has a permanent residence. A message for these people who are coming.”

After speaking, the old man took out a notebook from his pocket and read out the name and location of the law firm above, then put the notebook back into his pocket and said.

"By the way, when you go to that law firm, please tell them that Kazuo Miyamoto told you this news, so that they can send the bonus to me."

"bonus?"

"Yes, it's a bonus." The old man who should be called Miyamoto Kazuo nodded, "Kimura once left a will, and those of us who inform you will be able to get the bonus."

"When you meet the lawyer, just tell them who directed you to them, and the other party will record it directly. After one year, the other party will pay us based on the number of people we informed."

"Uh - okay, we will tell the lawyer your name then." Liang En felt that the current situation was becoming more and more like a treasure hunt, but this also made him more interested in the matter.

Because judging from the current situation, Mr. Kimura obviously did these things for a certain purpose. As for what will happen next, no one actually knows, but this has created a special attraction.

So after bidding farewell to the old man named Miyamoto Kazuo, Liang En and the others took the bus again towards the center of Osaka, hoping to get further information from the law firm.