i'm not a detective

Chapter 218 Burned to ashes
"Kanijuli" is a traditional Japanese-style hotel, which mainly emphasizes the "taste of another residence", that is, to allow guests to enjoy the comfort of home here, but also to allow guests to enjoy an alternative feeling that is different from home.

To put it simply, ryokans mainly work hard on service, emphasizing a "be considerate before the guests say it".

It stands to reason that when Qiyuan Wu and his party come back, the maids in the hall should immediately greet them warmly, help carry the bucket and carry things, and at least smile and say "You are back" or something polite, but At this moment, the waitresses were a little distracted, their attention was obviously on the inside of the hotel, and they didn't even look at them.

Qiyuan Wu was thoughtful, suspecting that he had a conflict with the world's feng shui, and that accidents happened wherever he went, but he didn't care too much. He went straight to a waitress and said with a smile: "Sorry, I lost the fishing rod, please write down Put it on my account!"

The rented fishing rod was dragged away by the fish, so I had no choice but to lose money.

"Ah, yes." The waitress came back to her senses, responded, and hastily bowed slightly, asking with concern, "Guest, are you okay?"

"It's nothing." Takeshi Qiyuan signaled Qingjian Liuli to hand over the octopus to the waitress, and said politely, "Please use these octopuses to make some dishes later."

"Yes, it will be delivered to you when you order." The waitress immediately took the bucket, showing great consideration.

Seeing that Liuli didn't care about the octopus at the moment, Qing asked curiously, "Um... did something happen in the store?"

The waitress hesitated for a moment, and said vaguely: "It's a small matter, but you don't have to worry, it won't affect your rest." She didn't want to talk about this topic, and immediately asked, "Does the guest need to take a bath? The spring pool in the bamboo forest is suitable for cooling off. If necessary, I will take you there in a while."

It was burned too finely, as if it was sent to a professional incinerator in a crematorium. Looking at it made one's scalp tingle, but Misa Ise nodded again, "That's what the police said."

Qing Jian Liuli was taken aback: "In this hotel?"

In particular, the local criminal police should have arrived. Takeshi Qiyuan is famous. As a famous detective, he went to help out, and maybe he could be grateful for it, but she may not be sure. The local criminal police may not be willing to ignore her.

After a pause, she quickly said, "It's very presumptuous, if there is any impoliteness, please forgive me."

Although Qingjian Liuli was still curious, she obviously didn't want to talk about it, so she was too embarrassed to ask further, and after politely refusing, they went back to the room together, and asked Qiyuan Wu on the way: "What do you think happened?"

Qing Jian Liuli didn't expect Qi Yuanwu to say such a thing, he hesitated and said, "Shall I go by myself?"

Without Qiyuan Takeshi by her side, she always felt that she had no confidence, and now she already wanted to go back.

Qing Jian Liuli quickly waved her hand and said: "No, he... he has other things to do, I am personally more interested, if you don't mind, can you talk to me about it?" After a pause, she felt guilty again. Said, "If it doesn't work, forget it, I just ask casually."

Qi Yuanwu still didn't care, and said with a smile: "If you want to be curious, go by yourself. We are going out to play tomorrow, so don't drag us." After that, he said to Zhi Chuankui, "Tomorrow we will go to the temple How about chess, overall shogi, it’s a new thing right now.”

It really doesn't matter to him, come out to play, Qing sees that Liuli's curiosity is strong, so he goes to satisfy his curiosity, it doesn't matter, there is no danger anyway, just pass the time, as long as he doesn't get involved.

Takeshi Qihara immediately smiled and said, "Then there is no problem, we should trust the police's ability, they will deal with it properly, you don't have to worry too much."

She slipped out the door to look left and right, found Ise Misa along the way, and found that she was talking to several maids, so she waited patiently aside, and Ise Misa soon saw her, and immediately asked the maids to go to work Everyone, come over and ask politely: "Qingjian Sang, do you need anything?"

No wonder when I came back at noon, the hotel maids were fascinated, and they vaguely refused to say that someone had died in the hotel.

Take out the big meat from the crab claws, sprinkle with black pepper and fry directly on the iron plate to make "Hanasaki Steak";
Remove the shell from the middle of the crab legs, wrap them in batter and fry them at low temperature to make "Hanasaki Tempura";
Boil crab shells with soy sauce, rice wine, ginger, and scallions, and add a few pieces of tofu to make "Hanasaki boiled pay".

Takeshi Qiyuan also went back to his room to rest on his own. The four of them didn't have a good rest in the car last night. They played all morning and fell asleep until after four o'clock in the afternoon. Some confusion.

The female general smiled embarrassingly: "I'm very sorry, something... not very good happened in the hotel, and Qiyuan-san happened to be staying, so I wondered if I could invite the famous psychic detective Qiyuan-san to come forward and investigate the incident the truth."

The so-called "female general" means the proprietress, which evolved from the ancient Japanese female official title of "Yu Shangren", implying that serving the guests is like serving the Japanese ruler, and Qiyuan Wu immediately said with a polite smile: "Everything is fine. , please worry about it."

"Cut!" Seeing that Liuli rolled his eyes at him, Qing didn't really care anymore, and reached out to take Naokawa Aoi, called Shangjiao Maruyuki, and took the two little apprentices to take a nap.

Of course, she doesn't have this ability alone, but it happened that someone came to check in this morning with a VIP ticket from the Taoist Police Association. It was a couple of young men and women with two children. A friend inquired about Takeshi Qiyuan's name, and asked about his origins—no evil intentions, just curiosity, after all, Takeshi Qiyuan took a special coupon for the use of high-level Taoist police headquarters.

She didn't come here empty-handed, she took out a thick white envelope from her bosom and was about to hand it over, and she was going to promise some discounts and the like, but Qiyuan Wu came here to escape the summer heat and was not interested in getting involved in such things. He waved his hands and asked with a smile, "Ise-san, are the police already here?"

In the hotel industry, you are most afraid of encountering dead people. If the business is running well, a guest suddenly dies in the hotel. Not to mention the bad luck, the damage to the hotel's reputation alone will be very serious. If a bad reputation spreads, Whoever dares to come here for vacation and leisure in the future is equivalent to smashing the jobs of twenty or so people in the hotel.

"Are all the guests satisfied with their food?" At this time, the female guest of the hotel came, gently opened the door, and with a gentle smile, she knelt there and asked softly.

But now that the guest is dead, she has to face the reality. As a "female general", she can only try to recover the loss as much as possible and try to settle this matter as soon as possible.

Qing Jian Liuli said with some embarrassment: "It's about the case, I'm a little curious, can I ask what the case is?"

The female general sighed and nodded slightly, indicating that she was right.

Qing Jian Liuli nodded, and immediately asked again: "Then how did she die, why do you say it's weird?"

Ise Misa was quite pleasantly surprised: "Qihara-san is willing to help?"

"Live here for more than two months every year?"

"It's easy to say." Seeing that the female general didn't seem like a simple greeting, Wu Qiyuan asked with a smile, "What's the matter with you?"

Ise Misa nodded sadly: "It looks like this, it should have happened last night, but no one knows what happened."

The female general straightened up, and said with a trace of sadness on her face, "Yes, a guest has passed away."

But upon questioning, he turned out to be a well-known "psychic detective" within the Daoist Police, who had cracked several major cases in Hirano. The "middle detective" came forward-it happened to be a psychic medium.

She didn't achieve her goal and didn't rush to leave. She smiled and chatted, made insinuations about the preferences of Qiyuan Wu and others, and introduced the nearby scenery, historical sites and local delicacies. The words were humorous and meaningful, and so on. After the atmosphere eased, he left, even if he couldn't ask for help, he didn't leave any grudges.

Well, idleness is also idleness, to see what's going on, just like what this kid said, of course, you can do whatever you are interested in when you go on vacation, and it's good to accumulate materials.

She directly sighed: "This matter... is a bit weird, and I can't explain it just by talking about it, please come with me!" She led Qing Jian Liuli to the side of the hotel, and continued with a little sadness Said, "The accident happened to an old guest of ours, who stays with us for more than two months every year, and left just like that..."

The female general smiled even more gently, bowed her head and said: "Where is it, if there is something wrong, please ask Qiyuan-sang to give me some advice."

Qing Jian Liuli is a little bit unwilling, but there is no way to force Qiyuan Wu to go, the food is a bit tasteless, and after eating, it is even more restless, seeing Qiyuan Wuzheng giving a lecture to Kakumaruyuki, Xiaodai Bird listened stupidly with his little face up, and he had nothing to do, so he hesitated and slipped out the door.

She was quite curious about what the case was, but if she really wanted to let her go by herself... She didn't dare to do so. It might be embarrassing if she couldn't do anything by asking around.

Qing Jian Liuli asked curiously: "Is there a case?"

"I've done an investigation, and I've made notes on the hotel staff and some of the guests." Ise Misa sighed, and several guests wanted to check out, but the police didn't allow it, which badly damaged their hotel's reputation, but Said, "Don't worry about spoiling the scene, please come to this side."

Wu Qiyuan continued to feed the little dull bird, and smiled indifferently: "I don't want to be busy in this hot day, but you can go if you want. Anyway, we are free, and everyone can do what they like."

She was familiar with the way, took Qingjian Liuli around in a big circle, went to the back of the yard, let her look in through the large French window at the back, pointed to the white ashes on a bamboo chair and said: "Then... that is Zhongmu Madame."

Ise Misa led her to a small courtyard on the other side of the hotel, pointed and said, "Mrs. Nakaki lives here, how did she pass away...you can see it when you have a look."

Naokawa Aoi didn't understand what is a big game of shogi. She usually plays this game of chess, but of course she likes to play chess. She immediately raised her head and gave Shichihara Takeshi a big smile. It seemed that she wanted to try it—the big game of shogi in the Edo period However, it was not until 1990 that the Kansai Shogi Association organized it according to the "Big Game Shogi Horse". The chessboard is 36X36, with a total of 804 pieces, and the game process is very complicated.

If it was an accident, quickly urge the police to close the case as an accident; if it was not an accident, quickly find the murderer and send the police away, lest there will be more rumors.

The female general, surnamed Ise, named Ise Misa, immediately said: "Yes, they will arrive in the morning."

This is what the female general "Kanijuri" just mentioned when she heard that Naokawa Aoi likes to play shogi. There is a small temple in the mountains not far from the hotel, and the presiding monk inside also loves to play chess. The big game of shogi is indeed a rare thing in the 90s. The next game may take three to five days. Qiyuan Takeshi is going to take the little dumb bird to experience it-just because he is idle and bored, he plays a big game of chess to pass the time.

The female general wasn't too disappointed, and she didn't refuse, anyway, she's the girlfriend of a detective, so maybe she can help out a bit?

If this meal does not count the "Takoyaki" ingredients provided by Takeshi Qihara, it can probably be regarded as a collection of Hanasaki crab eating methods, and according to the introduction of the waitress who delivered the meal, this is only part of the Hanasaki crab eating methods, and there are other "Hanasaki siu mai" , "Hanasaki Pot", "Hanasaki Sushi", "Hanasaki Roll", "Hanasaki Drunk", "Hanasaki Soup Dumplings" and so on - the Japanese are very good at digging out details in small places, and this hotel focuses on crabs. It's true that no leftovers are spared, and even the crab shells have to be tricked.

Qingjian Liuli stared blankly at the bamboo chair that looked like an easy chair for a while, then looked at the bamboo chair that was slightly burnt yellow, then looked at the white ashes, and looked at her in amazement, "You mean... Mrs. Zhongmu is in the hotel The room was... burnt to ashes?"

Seeing that Liuli was very cautious, Qing asked, "Have the police investigated the scene, can we go in?"

Takeshi Qihara hugged Naokawa Aoi, who was already asleep, and scolded with a smile: "We are here to escape the summer heat, and what happens has nothing to do with us, so you should worry less!"

"Yes, Mrs. Zhongmu is 66 years old this year. She has come to us every year for summer vacation ten years ago. Even the room is fixed."

She couldn't help but asked again: "Are you sure it's the ashes?"

As soon as she left, Qing saw that Liuli's heart was itching so badly, she couldn't help it anymore, and asked Qi Yuanwu: "Aren't we going to see what happened?"

This meal, Qingjian Ruri and Kakumaruyuki both ate deliciously and sweetly. Even when Naokawa Aoi poked the bright red crab shell, her blank eyes became a little more curious. She probably felt that her eyes had been opened and she began to understand how wonderful the world is.

The quality of the "lunch" provided by the hotel is quite good. At least the ingredients are fresh enough to be worthy of the price. The main dish is Hanasaki crab. I made Hanasaki rice-cooked rice in a casserole, half-cooked rice, spread crab roe, and The raw ginkgo and cress leaves continue to cook for a special flavor.

This is to politely refuse, the female general is a little disappointed, but she opened a shop to do business, the world is big, the customer is the largest, and she dare not force it, otherwise her reputation will be worse, so she can only laugh: "That's right, the Taoist police are indeed trustworthy .”

Qing Jian Liuli carefully observed the room from the window again, and found that everything was normal except for the burn marks on the bamboo chair, and there were also a lot of "ashes" scattered around the bamboo chair, and a small amount of burnt fabric fragments.

Qing Jian Liuli observed the room carefully again, tried to remember the details, and hesitated for a moment: "Could it be the spontaneous combustion of the human body?"

She seemed to have heard similar legends, but she wasn't sure, and Ise Misa shook her head and sighed: "At first the police judged this way and wanted to close the case by accident, but then they seemed to think otherwise, why not them? Ken told me, so...the case may not be closed for a while."

If a guest has an accident in their hotel, the hotel should bear whatever responsibility it should bear. She has no objection, but now that the case has not been concluded, it will be a bit troublesome. Some guests can’t even leave if they want to check out, and the impact on their hotel’s reputation is getting worse. , It also violated the "separate residence" requirement of their hotel.

But there was no other way, so she had no choice but to suffer.

(End of this chapter)