Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 455 Tracking
"This is something old Mr. Kimura entrusted us to sell." When Liang En and the others came to his store to inquire about this shellfish, the owner of the antique store said that he had already prepared.

"He is a foreign antique dealer from Osaka. When he entrusted this item to me before, he specifically reminded me to remember to tell the inquirer my address when someone inquires."

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

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

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

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

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

Osaka is a city with a long history, and ruins found near Morinomiya 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 whole city also followed the trend of the age of great voyages and became an international trading city.Until the later Tokugawa shogunate closed the country.

However, in 1868, Osaka re-opened the port and established the former Kawaguchi settlement in the Kawaguchi area for foreigners to live in.Foreigners brought the latest Western culture, making Osaka enter the modern era.

Also because of this reason, the city has a high degree of internationalization, so it naturally attracts people like Mr. Kimura who do the international antique trade to settle here and run their own businesses.

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

Whether it is the wooden building facade or the stone-paved ground, there is a kind of tranquility. If you don’t look at the roadside signs or electric poles, the whole street may not be different from one or two hundred years ago.

It's just that judging from the few high-end cars parked on the side of the road, this street is not as simple as it appears on the surface. It looks like a street in London that sells luxury goods.

"It seems to be closed here." When he came to the door of a shop with a white light box with two Chinese characters of 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 is no one in the room, but there is obvious dust on the windows and the door. It seems that the door has not been opened for more than a month."

After asking around, Liang En and the others found almost nothing. After all, the traditional Japanese habit is not to trouble others, and naturally they don't like others to trouble themselves.

Therefore, the neighbors around Kimura Antique Store are not very clear about why Kimura Antique 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 I don't know why the Kimura antique store has not opened for more than a month, I still told them the address of Mr. Kimura.

So a few people left this street, and then took a bus to another small street that was built by a traditional Japanese family two stops away.

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

Different from the previous shop, this room is obviously a modern-style building, which looks very fashionable at first glance, but judging from the obvious untrimmed potted plants and weed-covered lawn outside the house, it seems that it has not been here for a long time people.

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

After all, he felt that since the other party left such a message through the antique shop, there should be a corresponding response here, instead of no one like now.

"Are you here to find Mr. Kimura?" Just as Liang En and the three of them were standing at the door of the house and looking into the room, a passing old man 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 own question directly.

"We went to Mr. Kimura's shop before, and found that the shop didn't seem to be open for a long time, and now there seems to be no one at the residence."

"Ah, it's because Mr. Kimura passed away two months ago." After Liang En finished explaining the reason, the old man nodded and revealed a fact that surprised Liang En.

"died?"

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

"I am a friend and neighbor of Mr. Kimura. Before he died, he told us that if some people we don't know come to him, please ask them to go to a law firm in Osaka. A message to those who come."

After speaking, the old man took out a notebook from his pocket and read out the name and location of the law firm on it, then put the notebook back in 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 me the bonus."

"bonus?"

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

"As long as you meet the lawyers and tell them who directed you to them, the other party will record it directly, and after a year, the other party will send us money according to the number of people we informed."

"Um—well, we'll tell the lawyer your name." Liang En felt that the current situation was becoming more and more like a treasure hunt, but this also made him more interested in this matter.

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

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

(End of this chapter)