Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

Toyama Kazuha said, "...By the way, Mr. Takeda Yuzo, the truck driver in front, told us some very strange things."

"Strange?" A chill ran down Hibiki's back. "Could it be related to the spider ghost?"

Yuanshan Heye said: "That's right, Lawyer Fei, you are really smart."

Conan added: "Uncle Yong San said that their family has had many unfortunate events in recent years, and more than one, so outsiders say they are the Spider Family of Puppet Ridge."

"Why...is it a spider?" Kisaki Eri spoke a little stutteringly.

Conan shook his head. "He didn't say what exactly happened, but I guess the misfortune he mentioned must be referring to the deaths there."

With the help of several people, the Spider House feels eerie.

The group arrived at the Takeda family smoothly. Seeing the quaint old house in the mountains, Kisaki Eri felt a sense of fear. Kisaki Eri, like Xiaolan, was afraid of ghosts. Xiaolan inherited this fear from Kisaki Eri.

Seeing this, Bai Quanyi joked, "There's no real spider monster. They're just kidding."

"That's not necessarily true." At this moment, a long-haired woman came out and gave Shiraizumi a polite smile. "Hello, my name is Takeda Yoko, and I welcome you all to visit me."

Hattori Heiji asked casually, "Ms. Takeda, what did you mean by that sentence just now?"

"Yeah, are there really monsters here?" Yuanshan Heye was also curious.

"I don't know if there really are monsters, but those few things..."

Takeda Yoko sighed and told what had happened before.

Her eldest sister-in-law's daughter Misa suddenly committed suicide by hanging three years ago. A few days later, Misa's mother also chose to commit suicide.

A few days ago, another man named Negishi was hanged in a warehouse.

This topic of death immediately attracted Conan Edogawa and Heiji Hattori. They took the opportunity to ask Takeda Yoko about the situation, but this woman didn't know much and could not get any useful information from her.

There was also a man next to him who was obviously of Western appearance. According to Hattori Heiji's introduction, his name was Robert Taylor. He also came to the Takeda family to play, but he got lost in the mountains before.

"Brother Baiquanyi, it seems that this commission is not that simple." Conan pulled Baiquanyi aside and said in a serious tone, "I have a very uneasy feeling. There may be more murders here."

Bai Quanyi's face was full of emotion: "Yes, with you here, it's hard not to die."

Conan's face fell. Ever since he became a child, all kinds of messy incidents have occurred one after another... Although he encountered many cases when he was still Kudo Shinichi, they became abnormally frequent after he became a child.

"By the way, Brother Baiquanyi, there is something I have not told you just now." Conan pulled Baiquanyi's sleeve and whispered, "Brother Hattori's letter of commission is completely different from Aunt Fei and Uncle Maori's."

"What do you mean different?"

"It's just very casual, unlike the letter of commission between you and Uncle Maori, which has a formal signature and the seal of Takeda Shinichi himself." Conan said quickly.

Bai Quanyi nodded: "Do you suspect there were two people who delivered the letter of commission to the three of us?"

"Yes, the signature is different after all." Conan analyzed calmly.

Just as Shiraizumi Mashi was about to praise Conan, a middle-aged man with a beard came up from behind. This man was the head of the Takeda family, Takeda Shinichi.

"Mr. Maori, Attorney Hime." Takeda Shinichi greeted them with a smile, then said to the two of them, "I have something I'd like to discuss with you two. Is that convenient?"

Kisaki Eri said, "It's convenient, but Kogoro and I are no longer husband and wife."

Takeda Shinichi was surprised and said, "So you are not husband and wife anymore... I specially invited you two to come together!"

Maori Kogoro said: "It doesn't matter, Eri and I broke up peacefully and are still friends."

The departure of the three people naturally attracted the attention of Hattori Heiji and Conan, but there were other people nearby, so even if they wanted to eavesdrop, they had to give up.

"It's okay, I'll just ask Lawyer Fei directly later." Bai Quanyi said.

After hearing what Shiraizumi Mashi said, Hattori Heiji and Edogawa Conan gave up their plan to eavesdrop.

In the Takeda family's study.

"Mr. Takeda, what's the matter that you brought us two here?" Although Maori Kogoro was very confused, he was not impatient. After all, the commission given by Takeda Shinichi this time was too good.

Takeda Shinichi looked around cautiously, then whispered, "You guys just talked to Yoko, right?"

Kisaki Eri and Maori Kogoro looked at each other and nodded.

"That's all." Takeda Shinichi took a deep breath, his eyes looking a little sad. "Mr. Negishi, who hanged himself a few days ago, was actually a very good partner of mine. We had a very good relationship."

"¨" Please accept my condolences." Maori Kogoro said softly.

Kisaki Eri remained silent and didn't say anything.

Takeda Shinichi waved his hand and said, "Now that things have happened, I can't bring the dead back to life. That's why I asked you two to come here. I hope you can find out the cause of Negishi's death."

"Cause of death? What does this mean?" Kogoro Mouri asked in surprise.

Lawyer Fei asked, "Do you think he didn't commit suicide, but was murdered?"

"Yes, I am sure that's the case, because he has made a lot of money recently and has not encountered any troubles. He has no reason to commit suicide. And I suspect that the murderer who killed him is my family." Takeda Shinichi said with great certainty.

"What?" Kogoro Mouri was surprised. This information was really a bit exaggerated.

Takeda Shinichi leaned forward and forced a smile. "So I hope that after you find the real culprit, you won't make it public yet. Just tell me."

"Why is that?" Kisaki Eri spoke.

Takeda Shinichi sighed and said, "After all, I am the head of the Takeda family. If the murderer is really a family member of mine, then I must minimize the impact of this scandal. I hope you can understand."

Maori Kogoro smiled knowingly and said, "Don't worry, I'm famous for being tight-lipped. No one in this world can get any information out of me."

Takeda Shinichi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Kisaki Eri with anticipation.

"What you said is indeed human nature..." Kisaki Eri paused and smiled gently, "But I refuse."

"Why?" Takeda Shinichi's smile froze.

Kisaki Eri explained naturally: "If this is really a homicide, then we must call the police. I am a lawyer and I respect the law. This is my principle."

Maori Kogoro listened to Shiraizumi Masu's righteous words, and his old face couldn't help but blush. He coughed and said, "Lawyer Hime is right. I think it's better to call the police."

Takeda Shinichi wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by Lawyer Hime.

"I will investigate the incident carefully and give the truth to the deceased." Kisaki Eri pushed her glasses, turned around and left decisively.

Kogoro Mouri and Hiei Kisaki had the same idea. Since a murder had really occurred, they had to call the police. It was impossible to keep it secret.

Takeda Shinichi's face quickly darkened, his eyes fixed on the backs of the two men, and his hands quietly clenched into fists.

Gripping it very hard.

229. Bai Jun and Lawyer Fei have a really good relationship

Hattori Heiji and Conan were very curious about the content of the conversation between Takeda Shinichi, Mori Kogoro and Kisaki Eri. Mori Kogoro ignored them, but Kisaki Eri told them the content of the conversation.

The first thing that came to mind for Hattori Heiji and Conan was that something was wrong with Takeda Shinichi.

Yuanshan Heye, who was listening in the back, was confused. She obviously didn't realize there was anything wrong with these words.

"Hattori, it seems we have to start the investigation in advance." Conan said in a low voice.

Hattori Heiji also nodded with a sneer, "There's clearly something fishy going on with the Takeda family. If I don't get to the bottom of it, I'd be unworthy of the title of 'detective'."

After understanding the situation, Shiraizumi Yi ignored the duo of detectives who were already excited. When he turned around, Takeda Shinichi also came back and was chatting with the Westerner Robert.

After learning of Miss Misa's death, Rob was the one who experienced the most emotional fluctuations.

He could not hide the sadness and grief on his face, and even when he was chatting with Takeda Shinichi, his tone was still heavy.

Then a pair of nine-year-old twins came running. The expressions of the two little girls were very scary when they appeared, and what they said to Rob was even more scary.

"murderer!"

"Why is this murderer here again?"

"It's over. He must have come here to kill more people this time. We should just hide."

Yoko Takeda was embarrassed watching from the side. These were her own daughters. She quickly stood up and scolded them, scaring the two little girls away.

"Why do they say Rob is a murderer?" Hattori Heiji and Conan were thinking.

Kisaki Eri moved calmly and came to Shiraizumi Yoshi's side.

"Xiao Yi, is there something wrong with those two children?" Kisaki Eri couldn't help but ask when she saw Baiquan Yi staring at the direction the two little lolis left.

"There's definitely a problem. A child who says such horrible things is obviously not a good kid."

"That's not what I meant..." Fei777 Yingli felt that being able to say such terrible words could not be explained by being a bad child.

Then, everyone investigated a warehouse, and Hattori Heiji couldn't help muttering, because when everyone went in and out, they saw many spiders of different sizes.

"There are so many spiders here..."

Several of them appeared directly in front of everyone, and the hairy legs made Kisaki Eri and Toyama Kazuha scared just by looking at them.

Conan's voice rang out beside him: "Aunt Yoko, why did Uncle Robert suddenly become so sad after hearing that Sister Misa committed suicide?"

Hattori Heiji's heart moved and he pricked up his ears. He was also very curious about this matter.

Takeda Yoko sighed softly. "Rob is a photographer. He actually came here three years ago. He accidentally got lost and was unlucky enough to encounter a landslide and was buried."

Conan understood immediately: "And then he was saved by Sister Misa?"

"Yes," Takeda Yoko nodded. "Misa had her own worries at the time, but she was kind and took great care of the injured Rob. Rob didn't speak Neon at the time, but despite the language barrier, the two of them got along very happily. When Rob returned home, he said he would work hard to learn Neon and looked forward to seeing us again. Misa cried for a long time."

"But Miss Misa committed suicide..." Kisaki Eri couldn't help but feel regretful at this moment.

Bai Quanyi said softly, "I didn't expect that Robert speaks Japanese very well."

Takeda Yoko also laughed: "Yes, he should really study hard, what a pity..."

She also noticed that the atmosphere was too depressing, so she changed the subject, "By the way, there are spiders everywhere here, so you'd better be careful and never come into contact with them."

"What do you mean? Are these spiders poisonous?" Hattori Heiji asked in surprise.

Conan shook his head and said, "Any spider is poisonous, but the ones we just saw only contain trace amounts of venom. Even if a person is bitten, at most they will have one or two itchy red spots."

"I see." Yuanshan Heye nodded, then asked in surprise: "Wait, how do you, a little kid, know so much?"

Conan said proudly: "I am actually a detective too."

"Those spiders aren't poisonous." Takeda Yoko's face suddenly turned into awe, and she whispered, "The reason I told you to stay away from spiders is because there's a long-standing legend about a spider monster here."

"Spider monster?" Fei Yingli's body stiffened.

"What legend?" Yuanshan Heye looked frightened.

Takeda Yoko was silent for two seconds, then whispered, "Rumor has it that she often asks people on the street if they are beautiful. If they respond, she will take them away, never to return."

Shiraizumi Masu wasn't interested in the legend. He looked at Takeda Yoko and asked, "Mrs. Takeda, is your eldest brother's collaboration with Negishi related to puppets?"

"Yes, because the cost of the puppet is not low, and the cost of maintenance is even higher, almost catching up with the original price. It seems that the two of them found a big customer and made a lot of money in recent years." Takeda Yoko answered truthfully.

"That's right." Bai Quanyi nodded.

"What's wrong?" Hattori Heiji was still confused.

Conan frowned and asked, "Brother Shiraizumi, are you trying to say that after Negishi died, the puppets around him also disappeared, so that's why the businessman Takeda Shinichi is so concerned?"

Bai Quanyi nodded and said, "That's right."

Conan said: "It is indeed possible. Aunt Yoko also said that the puppet is very valuable and the cost of repair is scary... and so on."

Conan suddenly raised his head, his eyes lighting up, as if he had grasped an important clue. He anxiously asked Takeda Yoko, "Mrs. Takeda, when you said that Takeda Shinichi and his team had found a big client, did you mean that client often came to buy puppets or repair them?"

"It should be maintenance." Takeda Yoko was obviously not very clear about the situation and said hesitantly, "Because I went to the room where the puppets were kept last week and saw that the number of puppets in the room had not decreased significantly, so I guess it is maintenance."

Conan raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Okay, I understand."

Hattori Heiji also reacted and understood: "I see, there is such a secret..."

After coming out of the house, Yoko Takeda was the first to leave to do housework.

Toyama Kazuha and Kisaki Eri looked at Shiraizumi Masu eagerly and asked, "Shira-kun, what's going on? We're still confused."

Shiraizumi smiled and said, "We don't have any evidence yet. For the sake of caution, we can't say anything casually. (ciac) Eri, you and Miss Toyama go and rest first. I have something to discuss with Heiji and Conan."

After the two girls left, Hattori Heiji said in a deep voice, "I never thought that the seemingly ordinary Takeda family actually had such a business."

Conan nodded slightly. "Since the cost of repairing the puppet is almost as high as the cost of manufacturing it, even wealthy customers shouldn't repeatedly take the puppet in for repairs."

Hattori Heiji smiled. "That's right. The price of two repairs can buy a new one, and there's even some extra money left. If someone insists on repairing a puppet repeatedly, it means there's something more valuable hidden inside it."

At this point, Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at each other, and a word popped up in their minds: drugs.

The puppet is not big and can hide very few things, except for valuable gems and drugs.

"Then we have one more thing to do." Conan made a decision, "We not only need to find out who killed Negishi, but also find evidence that Takeda Shinichi hid the poison."