Conan's refusal to confess

Chapter 197
The mansion of the Maru family.

As the host, Marudenjiro, bald and wearing old-fashioned kimono clogs, waited for today's guests at the main entrance of the mansion.

He himself is also the head of the family, and the guests who come to greet him in person are of course more honorable. There are other reasons, and the servants at home are temporarily sent out for a walk before returning.

A black Bentley Mulsanne parked slowly at the door. A woman wearing sunglasses stepped out of the driver's seat. She was dressed in a tight black suit and looked neat. Bend down and open the door.

Marudenjiro knew that the Lord was coming out, and he was also the one who was waiting, so he took a few steps forward. He was waiting under the gate with a small eaves because of waiting, and now he could no longer stay under the eaves as a courtesy I'm waiting.

The reason is that the family background of the guest and his family are not in the same order of magnitude at all.

The crisp sound of clogs hitting the ground, the person in the back seat of the Bentley Mulsanne acted small and reserved, and when she raised her head slightly, Marudenjiro couldn't help but praise in his heart, she deserves to be the eldest lady of the Amemiya Consortium, she is already like a princess in her temperament, And the appearance is as delicate and glamorous as Kaguya Hime.

Seeing him waiting at the door, Noriko Amamiya laughed and said, "Mr. Maruden, there is no need to come here specially."

Marudenjiro saw that Miss Amamiya was okay to say, so he scratched his head and waved his hands: "Ah, it's okay, in fact, I happened to have some things today, the servants at home have been sent out by me, Miss Amamiya should tell you earlier Well, I will treat you well."

Amamiya Noriko smiled, "I'm sorry, but I happened to hear interesting news today, so I took the liberty to come here."

"It's okay, it's okay, let's go in and talk, just park the car at the door."

Marudenjiro just mentioned their suddenness a little bit, and saw that the female bodyguard seemed to be about to stop the car, so he hurriedly said.

"Ah."

Chieda Riho also nodded, and stood behind Noriko Amamiya calmly, acting as a normal bodyguard.

Marudenjiro glanced sideways at Noriko Amamiya, and I have to say, Miss Amamiya is really... seems a bit too young, high school, or junior high school student?
In fact, he doesn't know how to call him. Let's say his age is an advantage. Others, he can't compare with this princess-like young lady. Calling Miss Yugong is already considering his age in his 50s and her balance. I got the name at once.

Most of the time, Noriko Amamiya should be treated as a junior, but he dare not!
The Yugong consortium is so big, it will release some small businessmen with low usury.

"Cough" The old man can't seem too humble, let's take care of Miss Yugong's studies for now.

Marudenjiro is a usury lender, of course he is vicious at ordinary times, and his family is famous for his violent temper, but at this time he still has a kind smile: "Miss Amamiya must have excellent grades in middle school, right?"

"Your grades in middle school?" Amamiya Noriko tilted her head slightly, was it in junior high school?

With a smile, he nodded slightly and said: "The grades are not bad, let's be the president of the student council."

"Oh, that's amazing." Maru Denjiro praised him. As expected of the eldest lady of the Amamiya family, she is already so good in junior high school, and her manners are very decent. Presumably, sooner or later, the Amamiya consortium will be led by this little girl in front of her. The girl is in charge.

Then you have to build a good relationship. Isn't a little bit of money flowing out of your fingernails more than what you can earn from usury?

Therefore, he hurriedly adopted the tone of an elder, a little bit, so as to take this opportunity to care: "Does Miss Yugong have a goal in her high school? I still have some relationship with several high schools. Of course, I definitely don't need you." I’m here to recommend, but I can recommend a good high school to you.”

Noriko Amamiya tilted her head slightly, and asked me my high school volunteer? ?
Uncle, what kind of eyes do you have, don't I look like a high school student? ? !

Amamiya Noriko turned her head to look at Chieda Riho, Chieda Riho naturally heard Marudenjiro's words, but only showed a look of thinking for a moment, then seemed to understand.

Some girls look more mature the prettier they are, and Noriko belongs to the kind who looks smaller the prettier she is. Today, Miss Amamiya came to visit someone’s house. She grabbed Noriko Amamiya to pay attention to her appearance. Dressed her up.

The small furisode kimono with the pink cherry blossom imprint on the blue background may be cute and looks small.

Reluctantly, it was her own reason, so Chieda Riho spoke out instead of her eldest lady: "Miss is already a sophomore in high school, what I just said was in junior high school."

Noriko Amamiya smiled politely at him.

"Is that so? I'm blind, hahaha."

Marudenjiro decided to cover up his embarrassment with a big laugh, and changed the subject:
"Miss Amamiya's kimono is very beautiful."

Noriko Amamiya pursed her lips and smiled modestly. She would not be as knowledgeable as this guy. After all, the top of his head was already green.

The sudden visit to his house was because I got news from Mori Kogoro.

Maru Denjiro entrusted Mori Kogoro to investigate whether his wife's affair was true, Amamiya Noriko thought of the old man after casually asking from Mori Kogoro.

It's okay to be green, he is still a dead person, and he is doubly sad.

This person really has a problem, just a short distance from the door to the reception room, talking about a lot of unnutritive topics.

Noriko Amamiya thought, if he had a little self-knowledge, he would have found out that his wife was having an affair long ago if he had thought about how he could have a wife.

After arriving in the reception room, Maru Denjiro asked them to sit down, and then went to make tea himself.

Noriko Amamiya, a tea art master, said that although he is very green, your tea is really not good.

She didn't come to drink tea either, and Marudenjiro also very wittily took out something that Miss Amamiya had taken a fancy to.

In a wooden box is a simple Japanese handle, which is stored in a purple cloth bag. The handle of the knife is dark golden because of the traces left by the years, and the grid part is dark black.

Noriko Amamiya is a noble lady now, and it's not suitable for her to try it out, so Riho Chieda will help her see it.

But Noriko Amamiya was the one who made the decision, how could Riho Chieda have so much time to study antique knives.

It is indeed an antique, a famous sword passed down from generation to generation in the family, known as "Jiu Chiyo".

It was because Maru Denjiro sold [Kiku Chiyo], who was in custody with him to borrow some money for an emergency, that led to the visit to scatter him.

Anyway, it is a knife passed down from generation to generation, so I sold it to you without saying a word, can I not kill you?

Noriko Amamiya looked at Marudenjiro, whom she wanted to buy very much, and said curiously: "I heard that this knife is a famous knife passed down from generation to generation in the Qufang family? Is it okay to sell it to me like this?"

"Of course it's okay. That guy still owes me a lot of money and can't pay it back? It's been delayed several times. What can I do if he sells his family's famous knife?"

Marudenjiro didn't want the deal with Miss Amamiya to be so sloppy, and quickly said that there is no problem at all, Miss Amamiya, you can rest assured to buy it and it's over! !
"There was also a buyer who had agreed with me before, but I heard that Miss Yugong needs it, so of course I will leave it to you."

He was still fighting for it and said: "Miss Yugong, you can just buy it with confidence, and you don't have to worry about any problems at all."

Amamiya Noriko nodded lightly, of course I don't have any problems, it's just that you are about to be slapped.

Chieda Riho didn't know that the guy in front of her would be killed later. She frowned when she heard the other person's words. It was a famous sword and said that a buyer had kept it on purpose. After saying so much, it probably meant the same thing. Add money?

The money to buy a knife doesn't matter much, but she is not happy if someone wants to kill Kiko.

Marudenjiro originally thought that Miss Amamiya would not mind the slightly higher price of the knife, but he suddenly felt the murderous aura coming from behind Miss Amamiya.

The cold-faced female bodyguard's expression was completely opposite to Miss Amamiya's always smiling softly.

Marudenjiro's heart skipped a beat when Chieda Riho saw it, it's not good, if he offended the Amamiya Consortium like this, would he still be fooling around?

He felt guilty for a while. Originally, the business he was doing was not very legitimate. If a behemoth like the Yugong Consortium wanted to mess with him, there was no need to do anything at all.

Although he felt a pain in his flesh, he still hurriedly said: "If you really want it, Miss Yugong, I can sell it at a low price. It doesn't matter, ha, ha ha ha."

Marudenjiro, who was pretending to be smiling generously, received Chieda Riho's expressionless gaze, restrained his smile, and said resolutely: "For sale, vulgar, what a vulgar word, this knife, Kikuchiyo, how elegant and timeless Think of it as my gift to you, Miss Yugong, as admiration for your father's talent!"

Chieda Riho nodded in satisfaction when she heard the words, then looked away, looking down at Kiko's back, it was rare to see Kiko sitting dignifiedly, and her seriously folded feet were even more attractive.

Marudenjiro wiped his sweat.

But it's not unacceptable, if borrowing a knife can make the contemporary Patriarch of the Yugong family remember such a small person like himself, it's not too bad.

He was just about to continue talking about something to express himself, when he heard someone knocking on the door from a distance.

Just as he was about to instruct someone to open the door, he suddenly remembered that it should be the Maori detective who had been entrusted by him. He should have almost done the investigation and reported the results to himself.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn green, if his wife really dared to have an affair.
It's not good to show too obvious expression in front of Miss Yugong, and now he wants to get closer to Yugong's family, so he said: "It seems that there are guests coming, I will go tell them to come again next time Bar."

"No need, Mr. Maruden, you can just go, can we visit your mansion? I just want to see the knife."

"Okay, okay, of course it's okay, Miss Yugong, you can visit as much as you like, and I'll go to receive the guests first."

Hearing this, Marudenjiro couldn't help feeling sorry for Miss Amamiya's knowledge and understanding, of course he was very happy.

And he couldn't wait to know the results of Maori detective's investigation, maybe, maybe his wife didn't have an affair or something, maybe it was just a misunderstanding hahaha
Who would have thought that his wife really had an affair?
He went to the gate to receive Mori Kogoro and his party, while Amamiya Noriko got up with Chieda Riho and went into the yard.

The mansion of Marudenjiro and the Amamiya family can only be said to be similar in style, but the size is not at the same level, and the front and back yards are not much to visit. Noriko Amamiya is admiring the famous sword Kikuchiyo.

For her, knives are better than guns. The caliber and model of the gun, the bullets left in the body, and the guns circulating on the black market can be investigated, which will leave some traces that cannot be eliminated.

But the knife is different, the wound left can only be inferred what kind of knife shape, force direction and strength, etc., but she has great strength, guaranteed to cut down, no one will think that she is a weak girl. of.

Moreover, such famous knives that can be classified as antiques are basically sealed up, so there is no information that can be used for comparison.

"Being an anonymous messenger of justice is easier than being a friendly neighbor, isn't it?"

Amamiya Noriko tilted her head to look at Chieda Riho and smiled.

Chieda Riho didn't understand what the lovely Noriko was talking about: "That's right."

Noriko Amamiya nodded, look, when it comes to the terminator, Chieda Riho is of the same type as Marudenjiro, but it is clear that Chieda Riho is Marudenjiro's superior.

At least Chieda Riho doesn't understand, but it doesn't prevent her from expressing that she understands and agrees.

"I really should suggest that if there are some cute girls next to me who are confused, I should learn from you, Chie-san."

Chieda Riho: "It makes sense."

Noriko Amamiya curled her lips, and took the handle of the knife and pulled the blade out of the scabbard a little bit. It was really an antique. The blade was a little black, but there was still a little light to prove that its sharpness was still there.

"Ah! Noriko?"

A small exclamation suddenly came from behind Noriko Amamiya and Riho Chieda. Noriko Amamiya could easily recognize whose voice it was, and she knew that Kogoro Mori brought Ran and Conan together. up.

Noriko Amamiya put the knife back into its sheath, handed it to Chieda Riho, got up and went to show Xiaolan what a coincidence, Xiaolan, are you here too?
Oh, and what about Conan?Why do you have a small face?

Conan: "."

He didn't know why, but he just felt that Noriko Amamiya's expression was very fake, although it looked exactly the same as the real one, he just had this feeling.

Especially when she looked at herself, her heart skipped a beat.

Conan expressed that he believed in this intuition very much. This is the sixth sense he developed when he was Kudo Shinichi.

He will have to cheer up later, and he still can't forget the tragic scene of being sent to a stage play by Noriko Amamiya not long ago to pile up fake actors with Mitsuhiko Motota and the others.

Noriko Amamiya didn't forget to say hello to Kogoro Mori, Kogoro Mori said hello, didn't Miss Amamiya just meet in the morning?I also asked myself about the entrustment situation, and now it happened again?
(End of this chapter)