Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2993 More Clues, the Murderer Appears
Led by the beautiful housekeeper, the group quickly passed the lakeside inscription and arrived at the front of the villa.

As soon as the group approached the villa, they were taken aback.

The villa gate was covered in dents and scratches, as well as marks from sword cuts.

The surrounding walls also bore various marks of being hacked.

"Oh, so the master watched an animated movie that said the gold was in the wall, so he bought the sharpest sword and chopped the wall open."

Everyone was speechless.

Jiang Chuan shook his head; this wealthy man had probably gone mad.

I actually believed the tricks in the movie.

They didn't consider that if the gold were really hidden in the wall, there would be many opportunities for it to be exposed—walls need maintenance, and ground shaking, rain, wind, and snow could all damage it.

This immediately exposed them.

Simply put, small amounts of gold can be hidden, but large amounts are usually hidden in underground chambers; I've never heard of hiding it in the walls.

Soon everyone entered the villa, and as soon as they went in, they were surprised again.

In the villa's hall, six gold mannequins stood in two rows.

They look just like real people at first glance.

Jiang Chuan frowned and stepped forward to observe, only to discover that each of the golden figures had a strange characteristic in their eyes.

They are made of golden teardrops.

"This was specially made by the master, using gold that weighs about the same as a human body—of course, the skeleton is still made of alloy."

"Gold is too soft to support such a heavy weight."

Mao Wu immediately reached out to touch it; it was gold!
The beautiful housekeeper stopped him with a smile.

"Please do not touch it, sir; the sweat will corrode it."

Jiang Chuan frowned slightly.

There's something fishy about this.

As is well known, gold is one of the most stable elements and will not be corroded by sweat.

The group then walked through the hall and entered the reception room inside.

"The master will be here shortly. Please have a seat."

Sure enough, not long after, a thin old man walked in.

He walked slowly and unsteadily, only smiling when he saw Mao Wu and the others.
"I hope you can help me find that treasure of a hundred tons of gold. As a reward, I will give you five percent."

"How could I possibly accept this? Don't worry, I will definitely find it," Mao Wu said confidently.

“Well, you should have read the inscription,” the old man said. “Do you have any guesses?”

“Oh, that inscription must be a poem praising an ancient emperor, just something for boasting,” Mao Wang said, frowning. “The only thing that’s special about it is that its location is a bit strange. It shouldn’t be carved on that kind of stele, because that kind of inscription is for the dead.”

"That kind of word is not appropriate."

"Those kinds of praise words are usually used for living emperors on important occasions, not for the dead. The dead have a separate set of praise words."

"Oh, so the inscription is for the dead." The old man nodded and smiled slightly.

He then asked, "If that's the case, why is it engraved there?"

"It's hard to say, perhaps because of some special meaning."

"For example, the emperor mentioned in the inscription appears to be dead, but is actually still alive, so it would be appropriate to use such praise for a living person," Mao Wulang guessed.

"I see."

Coincidentally, a prompt suddenly flashed through Jiang Chuan's mind.

I see, he understands!
But he didn't say much, he just waited silently.

And at this time.

The old man took a few people to a restaurant for a meal.

Throughout the journey, Mao Wu was filled with doubt.

He looked at the two children and said in a low voice, "At such an old age, to still be so obsessed with gold, either your business is on the verge of bankruptcy, or it's all a lie."

fake?

Jiang Chuan looked at the old man more closely and suddenly realized another fact.

This old man is a fake!
He was a young man in disguise; no wonder he was so keen on gold.

Which young person doesn't love gold?
He then realized that this was a huge conspiracy.

Even if the three men discover the gold, they will inevitably be killed. Because this old man will not allow his secret to be discovered.

He guessed at a terrible truth.

Afterwards, the group had a simple meal at the restaurant, and Jiang Chuan began to investigate the villa.

Of course, this was done with the old man's permission.

One piece of information he provided was: "The gold is definitely stored somewhere in or around the villa."

"I am sure of that."

This sentence is actually quite puzzling.

What made him so sure?

Unless he saw the gold buried with his own eyes.

But since he saw it with his own eyes, why did he forget where the gold was buried?
Unless he heard it from someone who can't lie.

They say there's gold buried here.

He continued searching the villa and finally found a clue.

The clue was hidden inside the restaurant where they were eating.

There was a set of tableware there, but the style of the tableware was clearly not what a wealthy old man would use.

Because it is a set of tableware specially designed for people with disabilities.

However, this set of tableware was never cleaned up.

Clearly, this was left by the old man on purpose, perhaps because the other party thought there were clues hidden in the tableware.

There are indeed clues, but the clues are not on the tableware, but rather the meaning reflected by the tableware itself—that there is someone else in this villa.

The old man is not the owner of this place.

He was the master's friend.

After making this deduction, Jiang Chuan continued to search for more clues.

Soon, he found it.

He found a poster behind a door.

In a blank space on the poster, some diary entries were written.

"Today, A came to see me."

“I told him that my ancestors were gold merchants.”

"He bought a full hundred tons of gold and kept it at home to prevent his descendants from lacking money."

“But I think that’s an exaggeration.”

“I told A that I think it was just a joke from our ancestors.”

However, A seemed to actually believe it.

It is obvious that A is the murderer, the one who killed the person who left the comment.

The commenter treated it as a joke, but A clearly knew more and believed it to be true, so he killed the original owner of the villa and took over the place.

He still needs to search carefully here.

Jiang Chuan then discovered more clues.

The Diary of a Beautiful Housekeeper.

"For some reason, that old man suddenly became even stronger."

"His words are the same as before, so we can ignore them."

"Anyway, the imperial court won't get involved in these matters."

Clearly, the beautiful housekeeper also realized that the master had changed.

She didn't think much of it; if she had, she would have been too scared to sleep.

Jiang Chuan shook his head.

He has found the original owner of the villa.

It's buried beneath the beautiful housekeeper's garden.

Because the wealthy owner was a person who never lied.

So A believed him and killed him.

(End of this chapter)