Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

Feeling a bit parched, Aqi subconsciously swallowed and, suppressing her embarrassment, asked, "Xiao...Xiaoming, did Brother Lan really fight with Sister Fang and the others all night last night?"

Chapter 362 A Sheep Enters the Tiger's Mouth

"That's right! Fifth Uncle is too good at fighting. Even if Sister Fang and the others team up, they can't beat him at all. Every time they are defeated by Fifth Uncle, they need to rest for half a day to recover."

Hearing Suzuki Seimei's innocent and uninhibited answer, Aqi and Ake unconsciously squeezed their legs together.

I never expected that Brother Lan was not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also so good at fighting.

It's really great!

"It's much quieter here. I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight."

Noticing Ake and the others' little actions, Suzuki Seimei's lips curled up slightly, and he innocently crawled into bed.

Playing with a ball before bed is good for your physical and mental health!

……

next morning

"Ah~~~"

As the warm sunlight gently fell on their faces, Ake and Aqi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and they slowly opened their sleepy eyes, subconsciously stretching and moving their somewhat stiff bodies.

Ake and the others eavesdropped on the "fighting" sounds for most of the night. In addition, Suzuki Seimei was restless when he slept and always liked to hold onto the ball, so the two girls didn't get any rest at all last night.

"You little sleepyhead~ You're sleeping so soundly!"

Ake rubbed her sleepy eyes, then turned her gaze to Suzuki Seimei. A hint of doting flashed in her beautiful eyes as she smiled and gently flicked his little nose with her finger.

Suzuki Seimei, dressed in panda pajamas, was fast asleep, hugging a pillow, with a string of glistening drool still attached to the corner of his mouth.

They're absolutely adorable!

"Forget it, let's just ignore him!"

Seeing that Suzuki Seimei was sleeping so soundly, Aqi smiled and said, "Let him have breakfast after he wakes up."

Haw!

Upon hearing this, Ake abandoned the idea of ​​waking Suzuki Seimei, leaned down and kissed him on the cheek, then got up to wash up.

"Ake, Aqi, you're awake! Come and have breakfast together!"

The two women, having finished washing up, had just reached the stairwell when they heard Aizen's greeting and quickly walked towards the table where he was.

Besides the energetic Aizen, Fang Yi, Mu Jianping, and Princess Jianning, who were all sleep-deprived, were also present.

"Sister Ake, you've arrived! Please have a seat, please have a seat."

"Waiter, two more baskets of steamed buns and two servings of tea!"

"okay!"

Perhaps because both Ake and Aqi harbored inappropriate thoughts about Aizen, the two women inevitably appeared somewhat guilty when facing Fang Yi and the others.

Aizen's desire to take Ako and Aki into his camp was naturally not hidden from Fang Yi and the others.

However, Fang Yi and her friends did not fight over love like ordinary women. Instead, they were exceptionally warm towards Ake and Aqi, treating them as one of their own.

It's not that Fang Yi and the others wouldn't be jealous, but rather that they simply don't have the extra energy to be jealous.

In this day and age, there are neither computers nor mobile phones, nor many entertainment facilities.

Therefore, most people can only kill time at night by playing games that involve creating little figures.

For the average person, playing for two or three hours at most is enough to exhaust their energy, and then they can sleep soundly until dawn.

However, Aizen was different from ordinary people. He not only did not have the so-called "sage time", but also had no physical limitations.

As long as Suzuki Seimei's spiritual power doesn't run out, Aizen's stand can continue to exist.

Moreover, Suzuki Seimei has already perfectly mastered multitasking. Even when his main body is in a deep sleep, he can still control his Stand with a portion of his consciousness, allowing him to use the two parts of his consciousness separately.

It's somewhat similar to the two brains of a dolphin, with one brain resting and the other maintaining movement.

Aizen plays games for at least six hours a day, and sometimes up to ten hours.

Even if this time were spread out among Fang Yi and the others, the three of them would still have to play games with Aizen for at least two hours every day.

At first, Fang Yi and the others might not have thought much of it, but after Aizen played games like this every day, they felt they couldn't take it anymore.

Therefore, when they saw Ake and Aqi, two friendly forces who were eager to share the firepower, Fang Yi and her team naturally had no reason to let them go.

Faced with Fang Yi and her friends' warm hospitality, Ake and Aqi, who hadn't seen much of the world, quickly lowered their guard and started calling them sisters.

"They really are two innocent and adorable girls!"

Upon seeing this, Aizen's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

Although Ake and Aqi are a few years older than Fang Yi and the others, they are far less experienced than them.

If Aizen isn't mistaken, even if he does nothing, Ako and Aki won't be able to escape tonight.

As expected, the final result was exactly what Suzuki Seimei had anticipated. When Ake and the others lowered their guard against Fang Yi and the other two, it was clear that they would inevitably face a severe beating.

Fang Yi and her friends first took Ake and Aqi for half a day to stroll around the town, reinforcing their superficial sisterhood. Then, when it was time for dinner, the three of them took turns toasting Ake and Aqi, quickly getting them drunk.

As the saying goes, "Alcohol emboldens the timid!"

Ake and Aqi already harbored improper thoughts about Aizen. After they got drunk, with Fang Yi and the others fanning the flames, they naturally stumbled into Aizen's bedroom without realizing it.

Faced with two innocent little rabbits offering themselves up, Aizen, the big bad wolf, certainly had no reason to let them go.

Group buy is starting! Group buy is starting!

With his superhuman hand speed and exceptional combat awareness, Aizen quickly secured a pentakill!

While Aizen was fighting a bloody battle, Suzuki Seimei also secretly left the inn and headed towards the famous haunted house outside the town.

Actually, Suzuki Harumi brought Fang Yi and the others to rest in this small town in order to find the rumored haunted house.

The encounter with Abbess Jiunan and her two disciples was purely a coincidence.

"This should be it!"

After passing through the dense forest outside the town and following the river, Suzuki Seimei soon saw a dark house.

"Thump thump thump..."

Suzuki Seimei walked to the gate, pounding on it while calling out in a panicked voice, "Is anyone home? I've gotten lost in the woods and need to stay here for the night!"

After calling out for a while, there was still no sound from inside the house. Suzuki Haruaki then muttered to himself, "There isn't even a light on at night. It seems no one lives in this house. I guess I'll just have to make do here for the night."

"Whoosh!"

! ”

As soon as Suzuki Seimei finished speaking, he suddenly exerted force with both feet, like a fledgling eagle spreading its wings, leaping over the more than three-meter-high wall and landing in the yard.

Chapter 363 The Legendary Haunted House (First Update, Please Vote)

After climbing over the wall and entering the courtyard, one is greeted by a spacious courtyard, and further in is a large hall.

"Clap!"

After entering the hall, Suzuki Seimei first took out a lighter, lit it, and used the light to check the situation in the hall.

Several tables and chairs made of rosewood were placed in the hall, giving it the air of a wealthy family.

"call--"

Suzuki Seimei walked to the table, lit the candles on it with a lighter, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, the "female ghosts" hiding in the haunted house also discovered Suzuki Haruaki, this uninvited guest.

However, considering that Suzuki Seimei was just a child and so cute, they didn't pretend to be a ghost to scare people as usual.

After all, it was already dark outside, and Suzuki Seimei was so young. If we really pretended to be a ghost and scared him away, and he accidentally lost his life in the woods, that would be a real tragedy.

Suzuki Seimei sat in the hall for a while, and when he realized that the remnants of the Zhuang family did not intend to show themselves, he picked up the candle on the table and walked towards the backyard.

That's right!

The haunted house where Suzuki Seimei was located was actually the Zhuang family mansion, the place where Shuang'er and the Zhuang family's widows lived in seclusion.

Speaking of these lingering grievances of the Zhuang family, we must mention the first literary inquisition of the Qing Dynasty—the Ming History Case!

Zhu Guozhen, who once served as the Grand Secretary of the Tianqi Cabinet, was fond of writing. After retiring from office, he wrote a book called "An Outline of the History of Ming".

In the 8th year of the Shunzhi reign, the Zhu family fell into decline. To make a living, the descendants sold the unpublished manuscript to Zhuang Tinglong, a wealthy neighbor.

Zhuang Tinglong achieved early success, but went blind due to illness in adulthood.

Influenced by Zuo Qiuming, who was also blind, he resolved to write a history book.

Unfortunately, Zhuang Tinglong did not know much about the Records of the Grand Historian, so he purchased Zhu Guozhen's manuscript of the History of Ming and recruited sixteen talented scholars from the Jiangnan region, including Wu Yan and Pan Chengzhang, who were interested in compiling the History of Ming, to edit it.

Based on Zhu Guozhen's perspective and incorporating the pro-Ming sentiments of people in the south, this historical book uniformly respects the reign titles of the Ming Dynasty and does not acknowledge the legitimacy of the Qing Dynasty. It supplements the events of the Chongzhen reign at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty sections mentioned are mostly things that were "unspeakable" at the time.

For example, referring to Nurhaci as "slave chieftain" and the Qing soldiers as "barbarians" reflects the regret of the generals who resisted the Qing for their unfulfilled ambitions and the indignation of the generals who surrendered to the Qing. All of these violated the taboos of the Qing government.

Shortly after the completion of the compilation of "A Brief History of Ming", Zhuang Tinglong passed away due to illness.

To fulfill his unfulfilled wish, his father, Zhuang Yuncheng, had the book published in the 17th year of the Shunzhi Emperor's reign.

To demonstrate the book's authority, before the publication of "A Brief History of Ming," Zhuang Yuncheng specially invited Li Lingxi, a former official of the Ministry of Rites, to write a preface, and listed the names of eighteen famous scholars from Jiangnan, including Mao Yuanxi and Wu Zhiming, as authors.

In the 18th year of the Shunzhi reign, Wu Zhirong, the dismissed magistrate of Gui'an County, attempted to accuse Zhuang Tinglong of writing a seditious book, "A Brief History of the Ming Dynasty," hoping to use this as a merit to seek reinstatement.

The official who accepted the accusation had received several thousand taels of bribes from Zhuang Yuncheng. Instead of investigating, he relayed the matter and the contents of the accusation to Zhuang Yuncheng.

When Zhuang Yuncheng learned of this, he did not take it seriously. He simply changed the sentences that had been accused and continued to publish and distribute the book.

Eager to make a name for himself, Wu Zhirong, seeing that his wicked scheme had failed, became even more determined to escalate the situation, eventually alarming the regent Ao Bai and others.

At that time, Emperor Kangxi had not yet assumed personal rule. As the regent, Aobai ordered the Ministry of Justice officials to thoroughly investigate the matter and severely punish those involved.

The instigator, Wu Zhirong, harbored resentment towards Zhu Youming, a local wealthy businessman (who often disregarded Wu Zhirong's feelings and offended him). He used a trick to shift the blame for the book's original authorship onto Zhu Youming, falsely accusing him of being the original author of the book.