Ke Xue's Kogoro

Chapter 13 The Antique Dealer's Entrustment
The next day, Kogoro took his family of four to Marudenjiro's house in the afternoon.

In the courtyard, Kogoro entered the hut alone and reported the progress of the investigation with Marudenjiro, while Xiaolan and Conan took care of Wangcai in the courtyard.

"Mr. Maru, this is the result of my investigation. From the mole on the corner of her eye, it can be seen that this is your wife, but I haven't found any information about the man beside her yet."

"hateful."

Maru Denjiro complained, but at this time the doorbell rang.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Maori, because of your coming today, I asked all the servants to go out temporarily. I'll excuse you, and I'll be right back."

Kogoro scratched his head, always feeling that Marudenjiro was about to have an accident.

After waiting for a long time, the time came in the afternoon, but Maru Denjiro was not seen coming back. Kogoro was sitting there playing with the GB machine and his battery was almost out of power.

"Ding~~"

The phone outside the corridor rang, but no one answered more than a dozen times.Kogoro opened the door, ready to answer the phone first, but the phone was hung up again.

"Damn, why have you been here for so long?"

Kogoro didn't go back to the house, but sat in the corridor, rubbing the dog's head angrily. It has to be said that Wangcai was about the size of a child's bicycle.It is estimated that in a few months, Conan will be able to ride.

"Uncle, why don't we go back first, sister Xiaolan and I are both hungry."

Kogoro said: "But I haven't received my entrustment fee yet, damn it."

At this time, the phone rang again, but it was hung up before Kogoro could answer it. The time was very short.And twice in a row, Kogoro's patience finally ran out.

"You guys wait for me here. I'll go find that Maru Denjiro. After we get the commission fee, we'll go out to eat."

Kogoro walked towards the backyard, but he almost bumped into a maid at the corner.

"Um, are you okay?"

Unexpectedly, the servant asked, "Who are you? Why are you wandering around my house?"

"Me? I'm Mr. Maru's friend. He was away for too long just now, so I plan to come to him."

The two maids still didn't quite believe Kogoro's words. At this time, the hostess Maru Rice returned.

Maru Inako assumed the hostess posture, and asked the two maids to go to the back house to find Marudenjiro, while she asked quietly: "You seem to be Kogoro Mori, so you are here? "

"Hey, I'm sorry miss, I've already completed this commission. Mr. Maru already knows about your affair."

Maru Rice looked terrified: "What?"

Suddenly, the maid screamed, and Kogoro and the others immediately ran to the back house. In the reception room, they saw Marudenjiro who was killed.

The entire living room is not big, and when you enter the door, you can see a cabinet with many small drawers in front of the wall, which is full of scratches.Not only that, but there are many sword marks on the floor and walls in the room.

As for Marudenjiro, he was nailed to a pillar with a sword pierced through his shoulder, and he still held a sword in his hand.Judging from the preliminary scene, it seems that Maru Denjiro was killed after a very fierce confrontation with the murderer.

The murder weapon should be the sword that pierced Marudenjiro's shoulder.

"Xiaolan, go to the police first."

Kogoro and Conan began to observe the scene.

"These sword marks are so fake, the walls and ceiling have been affected."

Kogoro looked at Maru Inako: "Miss Maru Inako, can Mr. Denjiro know kendo?"

Although Maru Inoko had an affair, she still had some feelings for Denjiro. She wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Yes, there are three chapters."

"Uncle, what's the problem?"

"Of course there is a problem."

Kogoro said angrily: "Such exaggerated sword marks only exist on TV, right? And there are too many sword marks, as if they were cut on purpose."

deliberately?Conan gained details one by one.

"Uncle, look, the dead man's sword-holding posture is wrong. His sword-holding posture in the photo is completely opposite to the current one."

Xiao Wulang said: "Isn't this more proof that these sword marks were cut on purpose? And the sword should have been placed in the hands of the deceased after his death. Otherwise, in terms of his swordsmanship, he could have such an exaggerated cut with the murderer. It shouldn’t be like this because the sword marks on the sword are all wrong.”

Conan shifted his gaze from the sword mark to the cabinet, feeling that something was wrong.

Kogoro, on the other hand, carefully observed the corpse: "This was probably committed by an acquaintance. There were no obvious injuries on the front of the deceased's body, and the injuries on his shoulders were not fatal. He should have been killed by a sneak attack from behind."

Conan continued: "And he only went out when he heard the doorbell in the afternoon, and there was no blood around him, so he should have been killed by a visiting guest here."

Conan tugged on Kogoro's pants: "By the way, uncle, do you think there is something wrong with the scratches on this cabinet?"

"Of course, it's clear at a glance. Look at the scratches on the surface of the drawer, many places are incoherent, wait a minute."

Kogoro took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the cabinet.Then open the MTXX photo editing software, divide the pictures into drawers and hand them over to Conan.

"Conan, try to see if you can restore the pattern. I think there should be important clues hidden in it. Otherwise, the murderer wouldn't have spent so much time doing this kind of thing."

With his strong reasoning ability, Conan quickly rearranged the puzzle and got a person's name.The two looked at each other and laughed silently.

Not long after, police officer Mumu arrived at the scene with a group of men, and the forensics department immediately started working.

"So, the murderer is the other guests besides me who visited in the afternoon."

Police officer Mumu looked at Kogoro with eyes like a plague god, and asked, "What reason do you have to exclude yourself? What are you here for? You are everywhere."

Kogoro looked upset, who was it that enthusiastically patted me on the back in Moon Shadow Island last time and called Moori brother?
"I received a commission from Denjiro, and I'm here today to report on the progress of the investigation."

Police officer Mumu glanced at Xiaolan and Conan, then turned his gaze to the others.

"Who are you guys? What's the matter here today?"

At this time, Kogoro smiled confidently: "Wait, Officer Mumu, it's actually not that troublesome."

"What are you talking about, brother Maori, do you already know who the murderer is?"

"Hmph, the murderer is... you, Suwa-san."

"Wait, what are you kidding, do you have any evidence?"

Xiao Wulang blew a whistle, called Wangcai over, brought him to the side of the deceased, and said, "With the amount of bleeding from the deceased, I don't believe that the murderer didn't get any blood on his body."

(End of this chapter)