Chapter 104 Gold and the Truth

“Just now, while you were having fun in the chess and card room, I visited the entire annex and found that only this restaurant had this clock hanging on the wall.”

Xia He walked to the wall clock in front of the restaurant. “The first sentence of the code, ‘The second traveler is in a hurry’, is looking up at the sky at night. It actually refers to the long and short hands of the clock, which are pointing to midnight at the same time.”

As he spoke, he turned the hands of the clock to zero.

“The king, queen, and soldier in the code refer to the K, Q, and J in playing cards. The treasure refers to the diamond, that is, the diamond, the holy grail refers to the heart, and the sword and soldier represent the spade…”

Then it follows that:

King of the Diamonds – Diamond K
The princess shed tears and fell into the Holy Grail – Queen of Hearts
The soldier died and committed suicide with a sword – Spade J
“Then, just follow the direction of the card with the suit on it facing the playing card in this annex. Start from the zero point and turn the pointer thirteen degrees to the left, then twelve degrees to the left, and finally eleven degrees to the right…”

Click!

There was a crisp sound.

When Xia He finished rotating the hands for the third time, the clock suddenly detached from the wall and fell directly to the ground.

The paint on the clock face had peeled off a little, and dots of gold were visible from inside.

“This clock… is made of gold?”

Everyone looked over in astonishment.

One was that I was surprised that Xia Hezhen had cracked the code in the poem in such a short time.

The second was that I felt a little puzzled. Such a big villa… such a horrifying story… in the end, the so-called treasure was just a clock made of gold?

“That’s it?” Kogoro Mouri couldn’t help but speak out.

“Of course not.” Xia He smiled, and while speaking, his peripheral vision kept scanning Qianjian Jiangdai’s waist, “The Dusk Villa will soon reveal its ‘true form’. Now we need to move outside to get a better glimpse of its full appearance.”

After saying that, Xia He took the lead and walked out of the room.

When everyone saw this, they looked at each other and then immediately followed.

……

The golden clock in the restaurant is actually the “key” to unlock the treasure.

The moment the clock broke away from the wall and fell to the ground, the bricks and stones outside the entire villa also began to collapse at this moment.

It was as if there was an earthquake and the entire ground was shaking.

The detective, the maid, Xiaolan, and Conan all subconsciously held onto the trees around them, barely able to keep their balance.

Only Xia He and Maori Kogoro stood still from beginning to end without moving at all.

Until more than ten minutes later.

An entire golden castle came into everyone’s sight.

“This is too exaggerated…”

Xiaolan subconsciously covered her mouth and sighed.

The entire building is made of pure gold…

“I’m afraid this must be worth at least hundreds of billions, right?”

“Trillions is not impossible.” Trillions of yen…

If he could pocket all of this, he would probably be considered one of the richest people in Japan.

“The magnificent scene of the setting sun…The name Dusk Villa, does it refer to an entire golden castle?” Conan said with a look of sudden realization while being held in Xiaolan’s arms.

at the same time.

“Father…it turns out that the treasure you mentioned really exists.”

Qianjian Jiangdai knelt on the ground, tears continuously falling down her cheeks, “I have also fulfilled your wish, right?”

While she was mumbling to herself, Maori Kogoro, who was standing next to Xia He, suddenly asked, “But why did you associate the code with playing cards?”

“That’s because I accidentally found a letter written in blood in the piano room. The message on it mentioned ‘the last trump card’, so I naturally thought of playing cards. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the last signature on the blood letter is – Kyosuke Chigena.” Xia He replied.

“Kyosuke Sengen?” Everyone showed a puzzled expression.

Chijian Shigeyo, who was kneeling on the ground, wiped the tears from his face and said, “That is exactly my father’s name…”

In fact, before the scandal happened forty years ago, there was an unknown story.

At that time, Karasuma Renya, who was over 100 years old, discovered a clue that there was a treasure hidden in the villa left to him by his mother before his death. So he sought out many talented and wise men to help him decipher the secret and gave them very generous rewards.

And the father of Senma Jyoujiro, Senma Kyousuke, who was an archaeologist, also became one of the talented and wise men found by Karasuma Renya.

In the early days, Kyosuke Chima would send a letter home every month with a check for a very considerable amount of money attached, which made Chima Kyouyo and her mother very happy.

Until half a year later, no more letters or checks were sent back home, and Qianjian’s father disappeared without a trace.

“I discovered the truth of the matter 20 years later when I was sorting out my father’s letters and accidentally held them up to the light.”

Chiken Kyoudai stood up from the ground and continued with a very gloomy look, “The letter was pierced with holes by needles. They were made by my father with needles. The text contained hidden words in the letter. In addition to the code just mentioned, the text also said that Karasuma Renya was about to die, but the scholars he invited still could not find the treasure for him, so he decided to kill everyone in that villa…”

After twenty years, even if she wanted to call the police to seek justice for her father, it seemed to be of no avail.

“Karasuma Renya died a long time ago, and I have no one to avenge. The only thing I’m curious about is whether the so-called treasure actually exists… But now, this last wish has been fulfilled.”

Is Karasuma Renya really dead?

are you sure?

Xia He glanced at Qianjian Jiangdai.

He suddenly regretted it.

If I could recall this story earlier and rush to the Dusk Villa in advance to stop all this from happening, maybe I could win over a famous detective who is both wealthy and intelligent and get her to join my side.

And at this moment of regret he felt.

A helicopter sent by the Metropolitan Police Department appeared in the sky near the castle.

“So…even the police have arrived at the scene. How long do you plan to wait before you escape?”

Xia He leaned close to Kogoro Maori’s ear, lowered his voice, and asked secretly.

(End of this chapter)