Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 526 Scored twice
Inufu Sochen, the current head of the Inufu family and the wife of the great stud Inufu Hengdi, is now 74 years old. Five years ago, she was the one who, despite all objections and pressure from public opinion, insisted on adopting her late husband's eight illegitimate children as her own.

Regardless of whether her behavior is right or wrong, the fact that she can persist in her own approach despite the doubts and confusion from the outside world shows that she is a woman with a very strong will.

Unfortunately, time is merciless. Five years passed in a flash, and now she was lying quietly on the bed, her pale face deeply sunken, and her skinny body like a lifeless old branch. Anyone who looked at her would understand that the fire of life in her frail body was like a candle in the wind, and could be quietly extinguished at any time.

Lu Ren and his group sat quietly on the tatami, and Maori, a former detective, asked about Inufushi Soshin's condition.

"She has a cerebral embolism." A middle-aged man in a white coat whispered in front of Inufu Soshin's bed, "She has been in a coma like now since she fell ill last month. Hospitalization would definitely be better, but at her age now, we finally decided to keep her at home to take care of her."

After carefully tucking the corners of the quilt for Inufu Sochen, the middle-aged man turned around and introduced himself to Lu Ren and the others, "My name is Inufushi Chiaki, and I'm a doctor at the nearby Inufushi Hospital."

Maori: "Then you should be one of the eight adopted children."

"Yes. A few years ago, I left the hospital where I worked. When I didn't know what to do, it was my adoptive mother who took me in..."

While the few people were exchanging greetings, Lu Ren was silently listening attentively to what Xiaoyou was saying in his ear.

[Cerebral embolism is mainly caused by cardiogenic emboli blocking the cerebral artery. The patient may have symptoms such as crooked mouth, coma, and inability to speak. The disease develops rapidly and has a high mortality rate. The mortality rate during the acute period of this disease is as high as 5%-15%, especially when it is complicated by other diseases. It is very easy to cause the death of the patient. Even if the patient survives, there will be extremely serious sequelae, which seriously affects the patient's quality of life. ]

Especially considering Quanfu Saochen's current age and the disease he suffers from, it is basically time to notify his family to provide him with hospice care.

Listening to Xiaoyou's popular science, Lu Ren was thoughtful. If this was the disease, then there was actually not much difference between staying in the hospital and staying at home, and basically no treatment was given. Staying at home might make her feel better.

If that were the case, then his previous guess was wrong. These adopted sons were not so "filial" that they refused to take their adopted mothers to medical treatment and wanted to delay their mothers' death. Rather, existing medicine itself did not have a good way to treat this disease, especially for patients of this age.

Just as Inubushi Chiaki was expressing his admiration for how kind his adoptive mother was to him, Hattori suddenly interrupted, "So, did Mrs. Inubushi tell you who she thinks is the fake adopted son?"

The theory of murder due to a dispute over inheritance that Conan had previously proposed has some truth to it, but the theory of murder by an impostor identified by Kudo Shinichi is equally reasonable.

After all, the latter paid the price of his life for this. It was a pity that he was unable to reveal the person he suspected until his death.

"I don't know." The three adopted sons in the room shook their heads.

At this moment, the door was suddenly pulled open from the outside.

A middle-aged man with a sallow face and a beard stood at the door and shouted, "In my opinion, that Kudo Shinichi is the so-called fake. He betrayed the Inufushi family because he was afraid of the legend of the demon dog that didn't exist at all. That kind of traitor..."

"Mr. Zenya, what are you talking about?" Before he could finish, Inufushi Koko interrupted him, "How dare you say such rude words in front of my adoptive mother."

"It's okay, she can't hear you. She's been in a coma anyway." Inufuchan smiled indifferently, but didn't continue the topic.

"It seems there is one person missing." Conan didn't take this insignificant argument seriously. For him, who was concentrating on the case, there were more important things to do.

It is known that the Inufu family has eight adopted sons, and three of them have died, so there are naturally five left. But now there are only four adopted sons, two boys and two girls, who came to Inufu Suochen's room. Where did the remaining one go?

Can't I take a lunch break?

Or... has he been killed?

As soon as this possibility popped up in Conan's mind, he immediately rejected it. No matter how he thought about it, it was impossible that he had been killed.

After all, the Inufu family has lost three adopted sons in a row. If someone else is killed, even Shancun Cao will not sit idly by and continue to characterize it as an accident.

Um, probably?

When Conan thought of that funny face, he became a little hesitant.

Inufushi Koko replied, "Ms. Zuoji went to the dry cleaners to pick up her clothes. It's quite far away, so she probably won't be back until the evening."

"Then let's have a cup of tea before she comes back. There's no point in asking if everyone is not here, right?" Yukihime, who had led the group before, suggested.

She had said before that she would take everyone to the crime scene at the bottom of the cliff, but now she seems to have completely forgotten about it.

Of course, this is not something to be rushed.

Although Gunma Police Inspector Yamamura So is an idiot, incompetent, and anthropomorphic waste policeman, he still has some capable people under him. If those professional policemen didn't think there was something fishy at the crime scene, then it would have been difficult for them to see anything in the past.

Especially since it has been several days since the previous cliff fall, if there were any remaining traces or flaws, they would have been dealt with by the murderer long ago.

But as for tea, there's no rush to drink it now.

Lu Ren said calmly, "It's noon, let's eat first."

"Uh." Hearing this, Yuki was stunned for a moment, then smiled and replied: "Of course."

After lunch, Inufushi Yukihime brought tea. Everyone sat around, holding celadon teacups in their hands, and listened attentively to her story about the cursed demon dog that had been passed down from generation to generation in the family.

This curse legend was originally proposed by Inubushi Zen to be told to everyone before the meal, but as soon as everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks, he yawned and said he wanted to take a nap, and turned around and entrusted the task of telling the story to Yukihime.

This behavior of whetting everyone's appetite and then canceling it at the last minute naturally made everyone unhappy, but they just had to follow the host's wishes and they couldn't say anything.

Combined with the fact that he had previously yelled loudly in the ward, this man's character is really not to be commended.

However, this just fits the character profile that Lu Ren had made of them before. This kind of illegitimate child who only cares about money and relatives should be a scum like Inubushi Zenya.

The other adopted children acted too normal, which actually revealed something strange. Of course, it was also possible that they were pretending.

After all, the depth of human hearts is hard to measure at first sight.

But for now, Inubushi Yukihime is completely different from her scumbag brother. After she filled everyone's cups with tea, her clear spring-like voice flowed out, telling the ancient curse that had been buried in the dust...

Night always comes early in the mountains. The ancient curse of the Inufu family was neither long nor short, but by the time she finished recounting it, the sky outside had already become dark.

But if you insist, the story of the curse of the Inufu family is not complicated. It can be simply summarized as follows: During the Meiji period, the daughter of the head of the Inufu family suddenly disappeared. When everyone searched in vain, the Inufu family guard, Inufusuo Taro, suddenly appeared in front of everyone with his unconscious daughter in his mouth. Seeing his daughter covered in wounds, the head of the Inufu family was furious and burned the guard dog to death. But when the little daughter woke up, she said that she had sneaked out and got lost, and it was Taro who rescued her.

After learning the truth, the head of the Inufushi family regretted it and spent a huge amount of money to build a magnificent tomb for Fang Taro. But who knew that a few days later, a fire suddenly swept through the Inufushi family. While other members of the family were safe, only the head of the family did not have time to escape and was buried in the sea of ​​fire.

The man who manipulated the fire was eventually devoured by the flames. It was from then on that the legend of the Inufu family being cursed by the fire demon dog spread in the local area. In other words, the Inufu family suffered retribution.

"It does sound like a legend." Hattori held his chin with his hand, his face full of boredom. He never believed in these supernatural things.

Conan asked, "The Inufushi family master built a tomb for the dog. Does it really exist?"

He also doubted the authenticity of the legend.

"Yes." Inubushi Yukihime nodded, "It's built right under the cliff I told you about this morning. Damn it!"

When the word "cliff" was mentioned, Inubushi Yukihime suddenly remembered something and tapped her forehead. "By the way, I haven't taken you to see the crime scene yet!" There was some annoyance in her voice, and the ends of her hair swayed slightly as she shook her head. "Really, I actually forgot about it completely. How about going there now? We can also visit the ancient tomb on the way."

Now?

Looking at the darkening sky outside the window, Lu Ren put the teacup in his hand on the table. Dusk had already rolled in along the mountain ridge. When they reached the bottom of the cliff, it would be pitch dark. It seemed easier to encounter ghosts when investigating the scene at this time than to investigate the case.

Lu Ren narrowed his eyes slightly and looked Inufushi Yukihime up and down. The guy who could make such an anthropomorphic suggestion was either simply stupid or had something to hide.

Needless to say, he often deals with the more heavyweight Lu Rendu.

If it's the latter...

How could such a bright and pure-looking woman kill her three brothers and sisters in succession?

To be honest, the contrast is a bit too big.

Of course, many people in the scientific world focus on a contrast.

For example, a 1.8-meter-tall, muscular, black-skinned, yellow-haired guy looks like a bull, and doesn't look like a good guy. Who would have thought that he is actually a passionate and patriotic young man?

In short, it’s always a good idea to focus on the first hand first.

At this moment, a clear and pleasant female voice suddenly sounded in Lu Ren's ears. "Okay, no problem." The girls responded happily. Lu Ren didn't really want to go to a place, but they were very positive about it.

Solving a case is definitely not as interesting as visiting cultural relics.

When the two detective wives nodded, the detectives' opinions seemed insignificant, and they could not object anyway.

Lu Ren nodded and said, "Well, let's go and take a look together."

……

Half an hour later, under the guidance of Inubushi Yukihime, Lu Ren and his party drove to the bottom of the cliff.

Everyone got off the car and gathered in front of a tombstone. It was a very grand tomb, exactly as Inubushi Yukihime had described.

With the help of the Lexus' headlights, everyone read the inscription on the tombstone word by word - the tomb of the brave Inufushi family's beloved dog Fusatarou.

He Ye took a few steps back, put his hands together, bowed his head and worshiped, muttering: "I worship you sincerely, please don't let me be cursed."

Seeing this, Mao Lilan, who was standing by, also started to imitate and bow her head to worship.

Based on her many years of experience with ghosts, praying may not be effective, but not praying may really make you jealous.

Seeing his childhood sweetheart doing this, Hattori blushed and felt extremely embarrassed. He stepped forward and tried to stop Kazuha from worshipping.

Conan was used to it, he knew Xiaolan was really afraid of ghosts, so she could worship if she wanted to, just to feel at ease.

He looked around and reached out to tug at Inubushi Yukihime's sleeve, "Excuse me, did Mr. Inubushi Hotaru fall off the cliff near here?"

When he looked just now, he found that there was no blood on the ground. If the crime scene was really here, then the Shancuncao people cleaned it up really well. Of course, it is also possible that the Inufushi family came to clean up the aftermath.

After all, the demon dog's tomb was built here. Even if the adopted son of the Inufu family did not believe in any demon dog curse, he still had to be on guard.

What if?
"Hmm..." In response to Conan's question, Inubushi Yukihime answered thoughtfully, looking up at the sky. The mountain breeze blew through her raised hair, and she whimpered, "Brother Yingci fell from right above this cliff."

Conan followed the white fingertips and his pupils suddenly tightened - there was a faint red light floating among the rocks at the edge of the cliff. Before he could concentrate and observe carefully, a sharp sound of metal tearing suddenly exploded!
The rusty old bicycle crashed through the rotten guardrail, and the rider and the bicycle fell down together.

Gravel and chains drew silver arcs in the air. A huge roar rang in everyone's ears. The next moment, a strong smell of rust began to drift in the wind.

Someone fell off the cliff again!

By the time they realized this, the person who fell off the cliff was breathing out more than breathing in. Blood was constantly oozing out of her mouth and nose, and her twitching fingertips were still grasping the non-existent handlebars in the void.

"Sister Saki!" Inufushi Yukihime was the first to pounce.

"The dog, the dog is burning."

Zuo Ji...

If Lu Ren remembered correctly, this seemed to be the last adopted son of the Inufushi family. The dry-cleaned clothes in the basket and Inufushi Yukihime's behavior also indirectly proved this.

But...the two consecutive deaths occurred from falling off a cliff.

Could it be that the murderer is dead?