I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

“These flowers are so beautifully trimmed!”

"..."

However, there was no response. Hearing the loud praise from behind, the gardener who was patiently pruning the flowers and plants simply turned around and continued pruning.

Xiaolan put down her hand a little embarrassedly.

Instead, the old butler Ueki Sohachi shook his head.

"Oh, don't worry about it. He is also a worker of the Fujieda family like me. His name is Doi Kozo. He and I used to help my wife with gardening. But since the current master married into the Fujieda family, he has become taciturn, especially recently. Even if I talk to him, he hardly responds."

Chapter 73 Do you have no desire to live at all? (This seems to be the ninth update)

It can be seen that the eldest daughter of the Fujieda family was indeed loved by the servants during her lifetime. In just a few dozen meters of road, the old butler has introduced no less than five of the eldest daughter's favorite flowers.

Serabel had no interest in this kind of thing, but Princess Yukiko, Eri, Ran and others listened with great interest.

After walking through the sea of ​​flowers and arriving at the gate of the mansion, when the butler was about to go forward to open the door, the door was opened from the inside.

A middle-aged man who looked to be around forty years old came out. Although he was nearly fifty years old, he seemed to be in good shape. His face was clear and his features were regular. His voice sounded very gentle.

He obviously just came out of the house by chance, and was stunned to see the old butler leading Serabelle and others over. He was about to ask something but saw Yukiko walking beside him. The doubts on his face were immediately swept away, and he came to greet them with some joy.

"Hello, hello, I remember you are Mr. Kudo's..."

"Kudo Yukikodesu~" Yukiko smiled and continued.

Serabelle looked at the man coming out of the gate and had already made up her mind.

Since he could recognize Yukiko's identity at a glance, the man in front of him was obviously Fujieda Shigeru who sent the letter of commission.

Fujieda Shigeru glanced over and asked curiously, "Where is Mr. Kudo? Why don't I seem to see him?"

"Ah, he's still in the United States." Yukiko raised her index finger and smiled, "For some reasons, he can't come over for the time being, so I came here for him."

Especially when she talked about Kudo Yusaku not being able to come, she seemed to be smiling particularly happily.

Then Yukiko moved behind Serabelle again, put her hands on her shoulders, and leaned forward with her chin over her shoulders.

"And this one is my brother, Serabel."

"Brother?" Fujieda Shigeru was a little surprised. "I don't think I've heard Mr. Kudo say that he has a brother-in-law..."

"Just recognized him!" Yukiko raised her nose proudly.

"Oh oh..."

Since others said so, Fujieda Shigeru naturally didn't ask any more questions. He just turned his gaze to Xiaolan and Kisaki Eri on the other side.

"Then these two must also be..."

"Master Fujieda Shigeru has misunderstood. They were invited by the Young Madam for the same thing." The old butler said with a light cough.

"Oh, so it was Miss Suhua who invited us here." Fujieda Shigeru immediately understood.

It is a bit strange to say. Logically speaking, an outsider like Fujieda Kan'o invaded his family by marrying into his wife's family. Not only did he fail to take good care of his sister, who died of illness, but he also remarried not long after his sister's death. Even the most tolerant and generous person would feel uncomfortable with such behavior.

But when Fujieda Shigeru mentioned the second wife of his brother-in-law, there was no displeasure in his tone, nor any resentment on his face. He was just stating a fact in a calm manner.

Are you so Buddhist?

Fujieda Shigeru turned to the old butler and nodded: "Then I will go get the threatening letter now. Miss Kudo and the others will trouble you, Mr. Ueki."

"I see."

Ueki Sohachi responded.

……

The perspective changes and arrives inside the mansion.

Fujieda Shigeru had gone upstairs to get the threatening letter, while Serabelle and the others were brought to the living room by the butler Ueki Souhachi, where they met the person they had been asked to help solve the problem - Fujieda Mikio.

"Oh~ So it's you guys, the agents of the idiot detective who accepted the commission to investigate the boring prank that threatened to kill me."

The man who started talking nonsense as soon as they met was a rather stout middle-aged man with a rosacea. Perhaps it was because of his excessive drinking and sex, although he was actually only a few years older than Fujieda Shigeru, judging by their appearance, they looked like father and son. The crow's feet at the corners of his eyes were clearly visible even when he was not smiling, and his dyed brown hair and beard had faint gray spots at the roots. The swollen face still could not hide the gloomy aura from the inside out.

Being ridiculed as soon as they met, even though Hibiki Eri has been in the workplace for more than ten years, she couldn't help but frown.

"Well, we are here to investigate this matter..."

Xiaolan next to her showed a look of disgust without any concealment.

But in comparison, Serabelle was not so well-mannered and responded directly.

"Although it's just a silly prank, it seems like you don't mind it so much."

"What do you mean?" Fujieda Kan'ao suppressed his sarcastic smile and frowned.

"Don't you understand what I mean?"

Serabelle pointed to the northwest and southeast corners of the living room.

"These two cameras were obviously installed recently. Just now, when I was walking outside, I saw many street lamps with cameras installed on them. They have night vision and high-definition functions. They must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"...Humph, they insisted on installing it, saying safety comes first."

Fujieda Kan'ao continued to speak stubbornly with disdain.

As if he felt that there was really no need for him to continue explaining, he snorted coldly and turned to leave, leaving only one sentence before leaving.

"Then you guys should investigate it carefully. Tsk, you actually spent 10 million on something like this."

I wish your dick was half as hard as your mouth...

Serabelle wanted to complain like this, but after a moment's thought and a look at the three women next to her, she decided to forget it.

At this moment, a young woman's pretentious apology voice suddenly came from the stairs leading to the second floor of the mansion's living room.

"Tomb-beating frozen fruit, it seems that Mikio is in a bad mood today."

? ?

A little surprised at the strong tea flavor of this sentence, Serabell looked in the direction of the voice.

The person coming down the stairs was a young woman who looked quite pretty. She had a slim figure and was in her early twenties. The deep purple V on her chest was very eye-catching.

She ran down with brisk steps and came in front of the four people.

Hibiki Eri was also a little surprised: "You are his...daughter?"

"Oh, that's annoying~" The tea-smelling girl twisted her body and laughed softly, "I'm Fujieda Soka, Mikio's wife. Although I'm a little young, I think age doesn't matter as long as there's love."

"No, no, no, this is already a crime..."

Yukiko lowered her voice and complained in Serabelle's ear.

At the same time, someone walked down the stairs again.

It was Fujieda Shigeru who had gone upstairs to get the threatening letter. At this time, he had a transparent evidence bag in his hand with some things in it.

"That's what was in the threatening letter."

"Let me see..."

Serabelle reached out and took it, glancing at it.

There were not many items in the evidence bag, only three in total.

Two of them were two pieces of paper, one of which said "Watch out for your back" and the other said "I will send you to heaven."

And the third item was a spent pistol bullet.

"Huh? I put this in the study before." Fujieda Moka came over and said.

"Is this all that is in the threatening letter?"

Serabelle flipped the paper back and forth, confirmed that there was nothing else written on the back, and then took out her cell phone.

"If it's a threatening letter, it's better to call the police because there may be fingerprints on it, and it would be more convenient to use the police's equipment..."

"Ah, I'm afraid that won't work."

When this was mentioned, Fujieda Moka's pretty face showed a little embarrassment.

"Because when Qianxiong received this threatening letter, he was very angry. He mocked it in front of everyone and then showed it to everyone in turn, so probably everyone's fingerprints are on it."

?

Serabelle thought to herself that after receiving the threatening letter, not only did she not call the police, but she also allowed others to touch the evidence at will. How could that be possible?

Do you have absolutely no desire to survive?

Chapter 74: Elegance, then rest (th update)

Considering that it was reasonable for such a large group of people to stay in the living room, Butler Ueki quickly brought Serabelle and others, as well as Fujieda Shigeru and Fujieda Moka, to the study on the second floor.

Soft lights shone down from overhead. Six people stood around a large solid wood desk. The threatening letters and bullets that had been taken down earlier were wrapped in evidence bags and placed in the center of the desk.

Along the walls are huge bookcases that reach up to the ceiling, filled with books covering various fields, and the elegant scent of ink permeates the air.

Although it is often said that three cobblers can beat Zhuge Liang, it is also true that professional things should be done by professionals.

Among the six people at the scene, except for the trainee detective Serabelle, the rest are a lawyer, a former actor, a high school student, Fujieda Shigeru who claims to be writing mystery novels, and Fujieda Soka, a young wife who has succeeded in getting ahead by relying on her beauty.

The butler Ueki Sohachi had other things to do, so he left temporarily after taking the six people to the study.

Considering that if they had to wait for the other six people to speak first, they might not be able to reach a decent conclusion in the whole day, Serabell decisively took the initiative to step forward and take over the hosting job.

"By the way, when was this threatening letter delivered?"

"when……"

Fujieda Moka spread her hands in embarrassment.

"If I have to say, it was the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, and the day before yesterday. They appeared one after another on three days, and the places where they appeared were also very strange."

"How to say?"

"Just... all found under the pillow."

"Under the pillow?" Serabell was stunned.

"Uh-huh."

Fujieda Suka nodded quickly.

豁~

This is a very important message.

Serabelle originally thought it was just a normal letter mail, if that was the case it would be much easier.

After all, even if the letter can be sent anonymously, if it involves death threats, you can call the police and let them intervene. At that time, you just need to go to the post office system to investigate who sent it.

But if you stuff it directly under the pillow...

"That means the criminal is most likely someone in the mansion."

Serabelle speculated with 100% or even 90% certainty.

This conclusion may seem a bit sudden at first, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that it makes sense.

"I think so too." Yukiko pinched her chin and said seriously, "After all, if it was an outsider, no matter how familiar he was with this mansion, he couldn't know exactly which room the owner had, not to mention sneaking in and putting something away for three consecutive days without anyone noticing. The risk is too great."

"Indeed." Kisaki Eri also agreed.

"Right, right~ Sure enough, everyone thinks so!"

Seeing that everyone agreed with this conclusion, Fujieda Moka became excited for some reason and spoke in a very lifelike expression and tone.

"Actually, Mikio said the same thing, and he also said, 'This must be the work of one of the stupid servants in the house!'"

"Oh, so he knew?" Serabell was a little surprised.

It should be said that Lao Bideng is worthy of being a man who has been running illegal businesses for most of his life and not only has he not been taken out but is also living a pretty comfortable life. He still has some brains.

"That's easy to say. Where is he now? Call him over and ask him which servants are against him?"

"That won't work..."

Before he could finish his words, the door of the study behind them was pushed open from the outside, and Butler Ueki, who had left earlier for something, walked in, covered his mouth with his fist, and coughed twice before speaking.