Chapter 480: The Next Victim
The red plum room is located on the west side of the West Garden, and there is a flower garden between it and Azhu's room, and the reason why Ueda Takashi chose to bypass the backyard must be that he is worried that he will be discovered by Li Canghai, who is investigating in Azhu's room.
When they came to Hongmei's room, the three of them walked straight towards the painting case.
There was a pile of scrolls on top of the painting case, Li Canghai only glanced at the painting case, and immediately shouted: "One is missing!" Quick, open them all! ”
Li Canghai's eyes were full of chagrin, when Hongmei was killed, he had observed the scene, and he had a cursory glance at the scroll on the painting case, although he had written down the number at that time, but he did not unfold it one by one.
Now that there is one less painting, he realizes that he has made a serious mistake!
These paintings are all made by Hongmei, and no one knows the contents of the paintings except her, and naturally no one knows the contents of the painting that Ueda Takashi took.
The three of them unfolded all the scrolls and looked at them one by one.
The paintings are all flowers, birds, insects and fish, mountains and flowing water, and there seems to be nothing abnormal about it.
"Why did Takashi Ueda come to steal Hongmei's posthumous paintings? What exactly is the painting he stole about? Conan looked at the scroll in his hand and frowned.
Li Canghai closed his eyes, thought about it carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Ueda Takashi didn't kill Hongmei, but he took the risk to come and steal the painting, which shows that the painting is very important to him. He did not steal it on the day of Hongmei's death, but did it this morning, indicating that he did not know at first that the painting he was looking for was in this pile of paintings. Most likely, he came here because he suddenly discovered the trace of the painting. ”
Conan nodded slightly and said, "What Brother Li said is very reasonable, but I have a conjecture. ”
"What conjecture?" Li Canghai asked.
Conan looked at the scrolls, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is there a possibility that there is evidence of his murder on that painting?" At first he didn't come to steal because he didn't kill Aju. If there was no killing, the painting would be meaningless, because he didn't care. However, after he killed Ah Zhu, he suddenly remembered that among these posthumous paintings of Hongmei, there was evidence to identify him, and in order to destroy the evidence, he came to steal the paintings. ”
Yu Chengen shook his head and said, "This is unlikely, right?" These paintings were all painted by Hongmei during her lifetime, so how can they have evidence of Ueda Takashi's murder? Could it be that the Red Plum Club will not be able to predict the future? ”
Li Canghai rubbed his eyebrows and said, "The evidence that Brother Nan said is not only the content of the painting, but also other aspects. But in any case, the painting he stole must have something to do with the murder. ”
Yu Chengen was confused, and said puzzledly: "I still don't understand, before Hongmei died in Azhu, these paintings have always been placed here, how can there be evidence to identify Ueda Takashi?" ”
"It is also possible that the painting was left by Azhu, who secretly left evidence of his adultery with Tangerine when he came to the room to worship Hongmei, which is not impossible." Conan groaned.
Li Canghai nodded and said, "There is indeed this possibility, but it is also possible that there is another purpose." ”
"For what purpose?" Conan asked.
Li Canghai put away the scroll and put it on the case, frowned, and said, "I haven't figured this out yet, but I always feel that there will be murders." Ueda Takashi came to steal the painting, and the purpose should not be so simple. ”
Yu Chengen was stunned, he opened his mouth, and said, "Two people have already died, can someone still die?" ”
Li Canghai shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I always have an ominous premonition, and the murder is far from over." ”
"That'...... Who will die next? Yu Chengen's voice trembled a little.
Li Canghai glanced around, this is where Hongmei was killed, and now two days have passed, but he still has no clue about Hongmei's death.
Who is the murderer? After killing someone, how did the murderer get out of here? And what was his motive for killing Hongmei?
Hongmei's case still confused him, and then Azhu was killed by someone in the same way.
The two murders, one in the secret room and the other in front of the door, seem to be different but have similarities, this paradoxical feeling, makes him confused.
"At the moment, we don't know anything about the murderer, and we can't even determine whether the murderer is one person or two, and I don't know who the next person will die will be." Li Canghai sighed.
The three of them were silent at the same time, and after a while, Conan said: "It's better to go and tell Zhang Wenyuan and ask him to inform everyone to be vigilant in case the murderer commits murder." ”
Li Canghai thought about it and felt that it seemed to be the only way to do it now.
Treasure Pavilion, Zhang Wenyuan was discussing something with Ueda Takashi in a low voice.
Conan pushed Li Canghai and walked in, and said, "Outside, I'll wait to talk to you about something important." ”
The two who were whispering suddenly heard Conan's voice and were startled.
Zhang Wenyuan was stunned, he casually pinched the note in his hand, stood up hurriedly, and asked, "What is the important matter of the few?" ”
Li Canghai glanced at Zhang Wenyuan, and before he came in, he clearly saw that the note was given to him by Ueda Gao Zhisai.
Squinting his eyes slightly, Li Canghai said quietly: "Outside, I came here to tell the outsider that the murderer is likely to commit murder again, and I hope that the outsider will notify everyone, let everyone go together, be vigilant, and don't act alone, so as not to be taken advantage of by the murderer." ”
"What? Will the murderer kill again? Zhang Wenyuan stared at him with a stunned expression.
"It's just a speculation, and the reason why I came to tell the staff is to prevent it from happening." Li Canghai said.
Zhang Wenyuan's face was a little ugly, he hurriedly called the housekeeper, explained the matter to the housekeeper, asked him to gather everyone, and instructed everyone not to be left alone.
After the housekeeper left, Zhang Wenyuan rubbed his hands and said eagerly: "Immortal Chief, you said before that my Zhang family had a bloody disaster, but I still don't believe it. Now that two people have died one after another, I am convinced of what the fairy chief said, since the fairy chief said that there is a hidden evil situation in my other courtyard, I will ask the fairy chief to cast a spell to let my Zhang family get out of this calamity! ”
"There is no need to be polite, since I promised to be outside, I will do my best. It's just that this evil situation is very hidden, and I only see one or two of them, and if you want to fix it once and for all, you need to observe it for a few more days. Li Canghai said calmly.
"I can't care so much, and now there are two people dead, if it's really because of feng shui, there will be a disaster of blood and light, maybe after the immortal chief breaks the evil situation, he can avoid another death!" Zhang Wenyuan said.
"It's ......."
Li Canghai was just about to speak, but Ueda Takashi interjected: "Yes! Since the immortal chief can see the evil situation and calculate that someone will die, there must be a way to solve it. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, how can the immortal chief bear to refuse? Could it be that the immortal chief can only talk big, but he doesn't really have the talent to learn? (To be continued.) )