The Magician of Conan's World

The gardener tells White Night and the crowd the story of the fire four years ago.

Originally, Mrs. Ah and her second husband, Mr. Aman, lived abroad and returned to Japan to celebrate Mrs. Aman’s birthday. As a result, he arrived at the castle in the middle of the night and stayed in the stone tower, and the fire broke out before dawn.

In addition to Madame, there were more than a dozen maids and servants who were burned to death, and the only ones who survived were their newly recruited servants, as well as the wife who lived in the castle, Master Aman, and finally the son of Madame and her ex-husband, the young master of the nobleman.

“That’s the one over there.” The gardener said, pointing to a corner of the chessboard in the courtyard.

Everyone looked and found a squinting-eyed young man squatting there, carefully observing a huge chess piece carved out of stone.

From the gardener’s mouth, I learned that the noble young master studied abroad since he was a child, and four years ago he was a first-time returnee; Mr. Aman, on the other hand, has been living abroad and only returned to Japan after marrying his wife abroad.

However, Mr. Aman and his ex-husband’s son, the noble young master, had never met before, and four years ago was the first time they met.

“But I don’t know why…” The gardener glanced at Bai Ye and said in a low voice: “Since the fire, the noble young master and the old master Aman not only did not leave this place, but stayed down, as if entangled in something…”

……

Entering the downstairs hall of the castle, Bai Ye saw three huge portraits of people on the wall, and after questioning, he learned that they were all deceased people, namely the old man, the lady and the ex-husband.

A dry old woman came slowly in a wheelchair, frightened Ayumi screamed: “Ghost! ”

“Shh!” The gardener hurriedly told her to whisper, and at the same time explained: “She is a lady, not a ghost!” ”

Madame approached slowly, looked up at everyone, and asked the gardener weakly: “Who are they?” ”

Afraid that Madame would be angry, the gardener lied that everyone was the master’s scientist friend. Hearing this, Madame Dowager showed a strange expression, “Oh? Scientist? Then their minds should be very good, right? ”

Bai Ye was slightly puzzled, and when Master Aman heard the three words of scientist before, he also said this sentence, which was not like a coincidence.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Madame Dowager spoke again, “I really hope you can solve the mystery left by Master Dowager.” ”

“Puzzle?” White Night seemed interested.

“That’s right.” The gardener told everyone: “Before his death, the old man left a last word, saying that he would give the treasure to those who solved the mystery of the castle, but no one has solved it so far. ”

Hearing the word treasure, the eyes of the three of them shone like a five-hundred-watt light bulb. Conan’s curiosity was aroused, and he also had an expression of eagerness.

“By the way, hasn’t my daughter arrived yet?” Madame asked the gardener, “Didn’t she say to come back today to wish me a birthday?” ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, didn’t her daughter die in a fire four years ago?

The gardener looked helpless, and the low affection between the teeth hit her too hard, so it caused her spirit.

……

At Conan’s request, the gardener took everyone to a room with a clear view of the chess game in the courtyard.

White Night looked down from the window, the chess pieces were placed in pairs on the grid, and Kuroko was the majority. If anything, the sunspot is wound on the board in a shape similar to the letter G.

Because the window was too crowded, Conan and the little ghost heads ran to the next room, leaving only the Doctor, the gardener, and White Night and Little Mourning. The Doctor asked Bai Ye, “Did you see anything?” ”

The gardener couldn’t help but wonder, Dr. Agasa is a scientist with a better mind than ordinary people, why do you have to ask young people for advice? Then he asked curiously, “Speaking of which, is Mr. White Night a more famous scientist?” ”

The Doctor laughed, “No, he’s not a scientist, if you have to describe it as a profession, he’s more like a detective.” The gardener was taken aback, solving puzzles was something detectives were better at than scientists.

Bai Ye looked at the chess game thoughtfully, turned back and asked the gardener: “Are there any people in the castle who like to talk big or be particularly verbose?” ”

When the gardener hesitated, he replied: “It is probably the old man who has died, because he is a historian, so the old man and his wife secretly laugh that he is an intellectual who loves reason.” Why do you ask that? ”

Bai Ye chuckled, “No, it’s nothing. ”

Xiao Wei looked up at Bai Ye’s expression, knowing that he must have discovered something.

……

On the other side, Conan suddenly stopped after running to the next room and looked back at the wall.

“Strange… This wall is also too thick, right? ”

You won’t feel it just by staying in one room, but if you run from room to room, you will find that the walls are unusually thick. Generally, the wall can be tens of centimeters thick, and the wall here is actually more than one meter thick.

There must be a secret in this!

Conan looked up and saw a clock on the wall that couldn’t go, so he brought a stool, put the book on it, and stood on it and turned the hands with his hands. When the pointer came to a certain point, the wall in front of him suddenly turned like a revolving door, Conan screamed and fell in, and then the wall returned to its original state.

Mitsuhiko, who was standing at the window observing the chess game, was slightly stunned and looked back at the room, “Strange, was there a call from Conan just now?” ”

Yuantai scratched his head and said suspiciously: “Isn’t Conan in the room over there by Big Brother White Night?” ”

“Huh? But I remember he was right behind us. Ayumi looked confused.

At this time, Conan had entered a secret passage, which was pitch black, and fortunately there was a watch-type torch invented by Dr. Agasa for lighting. Walking down the dark stairs, his foot suddenly kicked something, and he couldn’t help but be stunned.

Looking down, he gasped in shock, and there was actually a boned corpse lying on the ground.

“This is!”

Just when he was shocked, suddenly someone behind him hit him the head with a brick, and Conan suddenly fell unconscious.

The prisoner looked down at the unconscious Conan and sneered hoarsely, “Who told you to enter here, ask for your own suffering…”

The mantis catcher was behind, and the prisoner did not notice that there was a phantom floating behind him and laughing evilly, as if he was happy to hear about Conan’s attack.

……

At the same time, in the upstairs room, taking advantage of the gap between the gardener and the doctor, Xiao Wei quietly asked Bai Ye about the puzzle, “You already know the meaning of the chess game, right?” ”

Bai Ye nodded slightly and chuckled: “When the Celestial Empire chess is explained, each line is represented by a number, and chess also has this rule.” It is usually black and white, represented by the letters A-H. Looking at the white chess in order from the perspective of a knight, the letter is the EGG_HEAD, commonly known as the intellectual who loves reason. ”

“So it’s the old man here?” Xiao Wei still couldn’t understand, “So where exactly is the treasure?” “_

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