Stay away from Conan

Chapter 1736 This is the answer

The next day, it was time to decide on the ownership of the inheritance. Since both Xiaolong and Huolong were safe and sound, the lawyer who witnessed the matter came to Qingzhai with the information and prepared to make a final inquiry to Xiaolong to see if he could Can he decipher the code left in the suicide note to determine whether he can fully inherit the legacy left by the Dragon King?

At this point, in a living room that had been cleared away from the house, almost everyone in the house was gathered here——

Huolong, Xiaolong, Meiling, driver Haoli, butler Shijo, Mouri Kogoro, and the legal team present were all here, waiting for Xiaolong's answer.

"So...according to Mr. Qinglong Wang's will, the seven days have expired and it's time to decide who owns Mr. Qinglong Wang's inheritance. Qing Xiaolong, there is only the last half hour left. Have you solved the code left by Mr. Qinglong Wang?"

A middle-aged man with a gentle expression but a very dignified look, as the leader of the lawyers present, looked at the time, said to Xiaolong very seriously and calmly:

"If you cannot solve the code within this final time limit, then according to the will, the legacy of King Qinglong will be inherited by his younger brother, Qinghuolong."

In this way, the seven-day time limit based on the time when King Qing Long declared his death is now only the last half hour, and after this time, everything will be settled.

Therefore, although it is difficult for him to do anything in front of so many people now, it is impossible for that kid to decipher such a code.

From this, the fire dragon who thought this way sneered and said mockingly to Xiaolong:

"Have you really unlocked my brother's last words?"

"Um."

Facing Fire Dragon's question, Xiaolong replied with a faint smile, which made Fire Dragon a little displeased.

At the same time, in the venue, when Xiaolong was dealing with the fire dragon like this, Conan's figure was secretly watching this scene. Regarding the face of the fire dragon, Conan couldn't help but think:

"You have to let that guy bow his head and admit defeat!"

So, facing Xiaolong's answer, Huolong couldn't help but asked loudly:

"So, what does 'rat with a tail on its head' mean!"

In response, Xiaolong couldn't help but chuckle:

"Uncle, this is very simple. Can't you think of it? It refers to the mouse of the computer! Look, this is my father's computer, and this is the mouse..."

With that said, Xiaolong took out Qinghuolong's portable laptop, pointed at the matching wired mouse and said:

"Look, does it look like a wire is hanging on the mouse's head?"

In this way, looking at the mouse, the fire dragon couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Regarding this answer...

After hearing this explanation, it turned out to be an outrageous riddle. The fire dragon looked a little unhappy and continued to question:

"I see. What about 'the end is in the middle of the beginning'?"

"That refers to the computer itself. When the computer shuts down, you have to press 'Start Menu' first and then 'Shut Down' to cut off the power, right?"

"That's true."

Regarding this answer, Mouri Kogoro nodded and said that he now has some understanding of such basic computer usage after experiencing several computer-related incidents.

At this time, looking at Xiaolong's answer, Mei Ling seemed to notice——

I thought that the current "Little Dragon" was still Conan's disguise, but due to my mother's intuition, the child in front of me was obviously Xiaolong!

But when...

In this way, just when Mei Ling was surprised that Xiaolong came back and changed his identity with Conan, Xiaolong was very confident. When Huolong became a little angry because of the answers to the first two sentences, he began to say:

"The most difficult one is the last riddle, 'Dissolve the wallpaper on the table and become my true heir.' Since the first two sentences point to the computer, then think about it this way. The so-called 'wallpaper' here refers to The 'wallpaper' on the computer desktop is the so-called picture on the computer screen. "

"But even so, it's impossible for the wallpaper on the computer to be dissolved!"

So far, the fire dragon was making its final resistance with a ferocious expression. After all, even if he knew the answers to the previous sentences, he still couldn't imagine how to interpret this sentence.

"Uncle, do you know that there is a technology called 'steganography', which is 'information hiding' in cryptography? It is a technology that uses special software to hide things that do not want to be seen by third parties in photos or drawings. The appearance and size of the information remain the same, and the hidden information can be read using specialized software. Isn’t that what my father’s company does?”

As soon as these words came out, Huo Long was stunned for a moment. He knew nothing about this kind of technical knowledge. After all, when the company was first established, he and his brother Long Wang were in charge of completely different fields. Like his brother, he was focused on technology. Practice, if we don't expand the market ourselves, how could the company have its current scale.

Therefore, when the company's software products have basic guarantees, continuing to invest in research and development based on technology is completely wasteful in Huolong's view. The key to the company's subsequent revitalization is how to get other users to purchase its mature software. The main thing is to open up the market.

And how could this be left to a brat!

At this point, when Xiaolong said this, Huolong had completely understood that this so-called secret code was indeed impossible for him to decipher. Only Xiaolong, who had been educated by his brother and learned various professional knowledge since childhood, could possibly understand.

but……

"Of course I know what you're talking about. I've already tried the company's software on my brother's computer, and I didn't find any hidden information!"

Fire Dragon roared like this. Although he was not very knowledgeable about technology, as a product of the company and a computer left behind by his brother, of course he had already checked the contents and found no secrets.

But in response, Xiaolong smiled and said:

"Really? But the original painting of the wallpaper...the portrait hanging at home, you probably haven't checked it!"

Fire Dragon can use the software to conduct a comprehensive check on the computer, but if he doesn't understand the prompts in front of the password and understands the key meaning of "wallpaper", how can he possibly think of it.

Because the fire started on the second floor last night, the portrait hanging on the first floor was well protected, so everything was intact.

After Xiaolong said this, pointing to the portrait that had been transported to this room in advance, Xiaolong said:

"This painting is painted with colored chalk. This kind of pigment is mixed into a paste and then condensed into a stick. The things drawn with it will not dissolve even if it is heated. However, because oil paintings contain crayons and oil, they will dissolve when heated. Easily dissolved...So, if one part of this painting was painted using oil painting techniques, then it should..."

So, in front of everyone, he started to heat the portrait with a hair dryer, then made rubbings on white paper, and finally printed a paragraph of text:

"Congratulations, you are the official heir of my Qing family!"

So, after showing all this, Xiaolong looked at the team of lawyers leading the inheritance and said:

"This is the answer to the riddle my father left behind!"