When Ye Ling left the room with Genta and Kazuhiko to conduct an investigation in the castle, Professor Ali was having a discussion with Conan in another room.
"Shinichi, you haven't solved the secret code on the chessboard yet?”The doctor asked curiously. In his impression, Shinichi was very good at cracking secret codes. A chessboard type secret code should be very simple. Why did Shinichi use it for the entire afternoon without solving it?
Conan remained in a contemplative position as he leaned against the headboard and sat on the edge of the bed. He said,"Actually, I only needed a few minutes to solve the secret code, but I plan to confirm it later.”
"Why?" The doctor clearly didn't understand.
"Because the fire four years ago is very suspicious, I plan to clarify this matter first, as well as the male servant's starvation four years ago.”After thinking for a while, Conan looked up and added," If I'm not wrong, Ye Ling thinks the same.”
The doctor was shocked." You mean, Ye Ling has also unlocked the secret code?" he asked.”
"I have to admit that Ye Ling's reasoning ability is on par with mine. If I can solve the secret code, he can definitely solve it too.”Conan felt a little guilty when he said the word 'evenly', but the doctor didn't notice it.
……
At the same time, in another corridor on the second floor of the castle, Ye Ling, Genta, and Kazuhiko were standing in front of a locked room. The small lamp on the wall was very dim, and the entire castle was immersed in a quiet atmosphere.
Ye Ling took out a fork in front of the two children and bent the rest of the sharp teeth, leaving only one sharp tooth to stick into the keyhole on the door. He pretended to pick the lock, but in fact, he had used his superpower to rewrite the code and let the lock open automatically.
Genta and Kazuhiko were stunned when they heard a click." It's really open!"”
"That's amazing! Brother Ye Ling, you must teach me this trick when you have time!”Genta eagerly requested.
"Let's talk about this later. Let's go in and investigate first.”Ye Ling answered.
The children hurriedly nodded and followed Ye Ling into the room before closing the door. The room was so dark that nothing could be seen, but soon a light source appeared. It was the watch that Dr. Ali had invented for the children. The watch was also equipped with an LED light bulb. Depending on the amount of battery left, it could be illuminated for 30 minutes to 3 hours.
Ye Ling used her phone as a lighting tool. The three of them could see the layout of the room clearly with the help of this light source.
" As expected, Mr. Man is lying," Genta clenched his fists and said,""He said that this room was used to store junk, but this place is so empty that there's no junk at all.”
"But there's nothing strange.”Mitsuhiko scanned everything in the room and could not help but feel puzzled."Since it was an ordinary room, why did he lie?”
Ye Ling smiled." It's very simple. He didn't want you to find out that there was something wrong with the wall.”
"The wall?" When Mitsuhiko and Genta heard this, they stood in the corner and observed. Genta did not see anything, but Mitsuhiko was indeed a detective and immediately realized that something was wrong. "Ah! I know. The room where we watch the chessboard during the day is next to this room, but the wall separating the two rooms is too thick!”
The wall of this room was close to the window, and the wall of the room next to it was also close to the window. However, the windows of the two rooms were far apart, which meant that the wall was at least one meter thick. "But why are the walls so thick?”
"Because there is a secret passage hidden in the wall.”Ye Ling stood on her tiptoes as she spoke. She opened the lid of the clock on the wall and turned the hands of the clock with her fingers. When the needle reached 12 o'clock, there was a sudden click. The wall in front of them opened like a revolving door, and a dark passage appeared in front of the three of them.
Genta and Kazuhiko were dumbfounded." There's really a secret passage…" This scene that usually only appeared in movies appeared in front of them. They felt that it was a little unreal.
While they were still in a daze, Ye Ling had already walked into the passage. They hurriedly followed her.
……
After entering the passage, there was a staircase leading down. Genta felt that this place was eerie. Fortunately, he was accompanied by Ye Ling, so he was not afraid. The three of them walked for a while, and the stairs became flat. With the light of the flashlight, they could vaguely see two black shadows lying against the wall in front of them. They seemed to be people.
"Ah, Brother Ye Ling, look! There are two people over there!”Mitsuhiko shouted.
One of the black shadows saw the light approaching and immediately twisted its body, making a sound with its nose. When the three of them approached, Genta and Kazuhiko were so frightened that they almost fell to the ground. The black shadows were indeed human, but only one was alive. The other was already dead. Even the muscles on his body had disappeared, leaving only a bare skeleton wrapped in clothes.
"Ahhh! Skeleton! Skeleton!"
Ye Ling ignored the two brats and squatted down to retrieve the cloth from the man's mouth. This person was the missing gardener. As for the skeleton next to him, it was the Grand Mistress who had been trapped in the secret passage and died many years ago.
The foreign object in the gardener's mouth was removed, and the rope on his body was also untied. After regaining his freedom, he immediately asked Ye Ling,""You, who are you?" He thought that his servant colleagues in the castle had discovered the secret passage and came down to save him. Who knew that when he got closer, he realized that he had never seen this person before.
Moreover, this person had two children with him. Where did the children come from in the castle?
"I'm a detective hired by Mr. Man to find the treasure.”Ye Ling pretended not to know anything.
The gardener was stunned at first, then he replied,""I'm Katsuo Tabata, the gardener of the castle.”
Mitsuhiko couldn't help but interject,"May I ask why you're locked up here?"”
Upon hearing this, the gardener suddenly realized something. He slapped his forehead and said,"Oh no! He had to tell Old Man Man about this quickly! The Great Madam outside was actually an imposter!”
"What do you mean?" Ye Ling asked even though she already knew the answer. The children were also confused.
" This morning," the gardener explained indignantly," I saw the door of the utility room open, so I came in to check out it out of curiosity. Who knew that Grand Madam's wheelchair was parked there, but Grand Madam wasn't sitting in the wheelchair. Just as I was wondering, I heard movement behind me. I turned around and saw the paralyzed Grand Madam standing upright and smashing a stick at my head…"
The old woman who couldn't walk stood straight. Genta and Kazuhiko felt their hair stand on end when they heard the gardener's description.
"How do you know that Madam is an imposter?”"Maybe I'm just pretending to be paralyzed?" Ye Ling asked.”
"No, I can't! That person was not the Great Madam at all, because the real Great Madam was here.”The gardener pointed at the skeleton and said,""This skeleton is wearing the clothes of the Grand Madame. I saw the Grand Madame wear it four years ago.”
The gardener continued to explain," Four years ago, a fire broke out in the stone tower. More than ten people died, but a maid went missing. Her name was Nishikawa Mutsumi. She must have killed Mrs. Hunt and used the fire to take over her identity.”
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