Covered with water

The author has something to say: Hey, I didn't save the manuscript at all.

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"Then..." Tong Yu said, "Miss Maeda passed away half a month ago."

Half a month ago...it was almost the time when the Secrecy Bureau started to contact Shu Liangping.With a thought in his mind, Xiao Yunhe asked again: "What is the cause of death?"

Tong Yu said, "It's suicide." This Miss Maeda—let's call her Keiko, because after waking up, there was a severe memory collapse phenomenon, so Maeda Ichiro hired a 24-hour personal nurse to take care of her meticulously. Her daily life.On the timeline, it was because of Keiko's accidental fall that Ichiro Maeda glimpsed the tip of the iceberg of the "death cauldron". In order to get rid of the terrible consequences of the curse, he donated the cauldron to the museum of Kanno's family. But unexpectedly, one month after the news of Zhengguo's death, Keiko also chose to commit suicide in her bedroom.

Because they were afraid that Keiko would hurt themselves, the nurses hid the sharp tools at home early on. Unexpectedly, Keiko broke the casserole containing the porridge and cut her wrist with broken porcelain.

Since Fang Shu and Yuzi were present, Tong Yu didn't introduce too much about Maeda Ichiro's mental journey in the process of "blaming the blame", but simply made a conclusion: "I will hand over the autopsy report and other materials to the two of you later. .We today..."

A few people talked and talked, and before they knew it, it was evening.Xiao Yunhe gave a "hmm" and said, "...let's stop here." The clues provided by Kanno Fang and Maeda Fang were a bit too messy, and he really needed time to sort it out with Qin Zhi.Qin Zhi took advantage of the situation and said: "Thank you for the hospitality at noon today, and it is too late to bother the two of you." But Yuko suddenly said: "Please wait a moment!"

She straightened her back, with a serious expression, obviously after careful consideration: "If you two don't mind, please stay here tonight."

Fang Shu said: "Stay here?" It seems that Yuko did not expect such a request.

Yuko said: "Yes." Turning his eyes to Qin Zhi and Xiao Yunhe, he lowered his head and said, "I'm very sorry, I know this makes you feel embarrassed. But after the master passed away, this family...my personal strength Limited, so I hope you two can stay and protect Young Master Fangshu. This is just my unfeeling request, if I offend you, I implore you to forgive me."

Xiao Yunhe was a little moved, he was actually more concerned about the murder case of Kanno's family than Tong Yu's half-hidden pipa.Although this courtyard in front of me is not the suicide scene of Zhengguo, it is very useful for investigating the circumstances of the deceased. It would be great if he could stay overnight. He immediately said, "...Well, Director Tong?"

Tong Yu: "..." Steady his facial expression, he replied, "...But it depends on the arrangements of the two of you."

Qin Zhi knew what Tong Yu and Yuzi were worried about. After thinking for a while, he took off the seal finger on his right thumb and threw it to Tong Yu in the air, "Director Tong, please tell Mr. Maeda, Qin Zhi Since a certain person was ordered in a critical situation, after the matter is over, the interest that should be earned cannot be less."

Tong Yu took the finger in a daze, and understood his implication after a while, his heart settled down, the smile on his face became more natural, and he replied: "I understand."

Qin Zhi and Tong Yu reached a certain consensus on this, and said to Fang Shu's master and servant: "Then there will be two Laos tonight."

Yuko said, "Yes, thank you very much."

The few people then made arrangements for tomorrow - Yoshiki and Yuko led the way and took the couple to the real scene of the crime, which is the Kanno Museum.Firstly, to find out the cause of Zhengguo's death, and secondly... naturally, to see the true face of the "cauldron of death" of Mount Lu.

Xiao Yunhe is satisfied with the result.Fang Shu bid farewell to Tong Yu in person, and said to Yu Zi when he came back: "Grandma Yu Zi, please go and prepare dinner, I will be in charge of entertaining the two of them."

Yuko answered "Yes", just looking at his expression, he returned to that cautious stereotype, bowed slightly and exited the room.

Fang Shu made a "please" gesture and said with a smile: "You two, please follow me."

The main body of the Kanno family’s mansion is divided into two parts. There are two reception rooms, one large and one small, in the front (the small one doubles as a restaurant), and a miniature indoor fencing dojo. guest room.Although the supporting hot spring is small in size, the surrounding trees are verdant, the rocks are jagged, and the smoke is transpiring like being in a legendary fairyland.Fang Shu chose a guest room near the ashram for them. The bedding in the room was clean, and the table top was spotless. It looked like it had been cleaned carefully.Xiao Yunhe put down his luggage and listened to Fang Shu's introduction: "The phone on the desk is connected to an internal line. Press '2' for my room, and '3' for Yuko's mother-in-law's room. The outdoor hot spring is open-air. If the two of you are not used to , you can use the indoor bath.” Then he pointed out the direction of the toilet and bathroom for them.

After arranging the evening rest for the two of them, Fang Shu bowed and said goodbye: "Then, please have a good rest, and I won't bother you two."

"Mr. Kanno, please stay." Just as Fang Shu was about to leave the room, Qin Zhi stopped him, "You should have something else to say, right?"

His tone was a bit too calm, completely not the tone that should be in this "torture" state.Fang Shu was not sure whether he really found something, so he just replied: "...Sorry, I don't understand what you mean."

"Then let's sit down and have a good talk." Xiao Yunhe said, "Mr. Kanno, please sit down."

His anti-customer-oriented move successfully made Fang Shu feel a strong sense of oppression.Fang Shu pursed her lips, stopped, and sat down in front of the couple again.

Xiao Yunhe didn't want to make any more circles, and said straight to the point: "To put it simply, we and Tong Yu—I mean Ichiro Maeda, who he endorsed, are not comrades-in-arms in the traditional sense. I hope Mr. Kanno will not misunderstand. Now The three of us have our own positions, so that the matter can be resolved satisfactorily, I hope that Mr. Kanno will not become the second Ichiro Maeda, what do you think?"

Their respective positions... Fang Shu thought in his heart, he was trying to find out the cause of his grandfather's death, and Ichiro Maeda was doing it to save his life, so what about the two people in front of him?He quietly tightened his palms in the sleeves of his kimono, hesitantly said: "...Can I trust you?"

Qin Zhi said: "Yes. Because we are just a third party involved for no reason." Both he and Xiao Yunhe have passed the age of looking for trouble, no matter how much the tripod is worth and what secrets are hidden behind it, their final appeal is just to bring It’s just that his sister, brother-in-law, son, and nephew returned home safely—after all, both he and Xiao Yunhe knew what “before 1200 BC” might mean.

Yes, risk.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even lend out the token that Yue Sichang gave him to save his life.

Fang Shu lowered his head, his delicate and soft face was like an uncarved fine white porcelain, he was silent for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, I trust you two." Then he took out the envelope that he had been keeping close to him, " This is the message left by grandpa before his death, I hope it can be helpful to the two of you."

Xiao Yunhe opened the envelope, which contained a piece of manuscript paper that had been removed from the loose-leaf book. Someone used a pencil to smear the traces left on the previous page. You can see "woman", "water", "red", " Resurrection", "ruins" and other irrelevant words.Fang Shu explained: "After I came back from the hospital, I checked Grandpa's bedroom and found the handbook that had fallen on the floor. Because Grandpa usually has the habit of making memos with handbooks, so I..." Only in Zhengguo The suspicious handwriting was found in the notes.

"I don't think grandpa would write these words for no reason, and quickly handed over the notes to the criminal police in charge of investigating this matter." Fang Shu continued, "But the other party said 'the door is locked', 'the night of the incident My request to continue the investigation was rejected on the grounds that there were no strangers coming in and out."

Xiao Yunhe felt that the attitude of the Japanese police was understandable.At that time, there was no evidence that Zhengguo's death might have been a murder, and it was difficult to reverse the already qualitative suicide with just a few unclear words.Qin Zhi was concerned about another matter: "Does Tong Yu know about this?"

Fang Shu shook his head, and replied: "I don't think he is clear." Because Tong Yu represented Ichiro Maeda's position to a certain extent, Fang Shu could not trust him [-]%, so he did not put some important The details are laid bare.He still remembered that when he realized that Zhengguo's death might have something to do with the bronze tripod, he tried every means to get Maeda Ichiro's contact information, and begged the other party in a low voice on the phone, hoping that he could be honest about the secret behind the bronze tripod, but the other party Simply and rudely blocked him.If it wasn't for Keiko Maeda's "accident"... Fang Shu's mouth showed a very ironic smile, he probably would never have seen such a condescending side of this great man.

"I'm very grateful for Mr. Tong's help, but..." Fang Shu closed his eyes, suppressing the flashing hatred in his eyes, "Grandpa is my most important relative in this world. Maeda knows that Ding has The problem is to give it to grandpa, only this, I...I absolutely, absolutely cannot forgive."

Xiao Yunhe said: "I understand."

This reason is indeed enough for Fang Shu now.

"I'm sorry." Fang Shu apologized habitually, "I made you laugh."

"Mr. Kanno, please accept my condolences." Qin Zhi said.

"I will, thank you." Fang Shu nodded slightly, then slowly stood up while supporting the table, "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

Qin Zhi got up and sent him to the door.Fang Shu clasped his hands, bowed slightly in the direction of the two of them, and then returned to his room along the corridor.

Qin Zhi closed the door, turned around and heard Xiao Yunhe asking him: "What do you think?"

"Let's talk about it after reading the information Tong Yu brought." This was his answer.

At this time, there was still some time before dinner, and the couple made a simple classification of the information provided by Tong Yu.One is the part related to Zhengguo, including the museum, the suicide case, Tsubaki Kojiro and the bizarre school bus accident; the other is Maeda Fang’s statement and Keiko’s condition; The situation of the master and so on.

Xiao Yunhe flipped through it, and suddenly felt that there might be more than one mystery surrounding this tripod.If the Japanese carbon-14 test is correct, the actual value of this tripod may far exceed their imagination, but they have been living in a foreign land for more than ten years, at least—this kind of subtle sense of separation made Xiao Yunhe especially angry. feel concerned.

You must know that the Simuwu Ding with the same specifications as it has been included in the list of cultural relics prohibited from being exhibited abroad as early as 20 years ago.

Xiao Yunhe felt that there must be some kind of secret behind this blank sense of existence, so he sent a message to Qiao Yuan, asking him to check whether there were any relevant reports on this tripod in China, and by the way, verify the relevant information of Kanno Masakuni and Tsubaki Kojiro.