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Chapter 496 The Meaning of the Music Box

Qianjun clapped his high fives, "So that's it, I understand. When Haruna introduced himself, only Mrs. Koko was present. After you came out, you could directly recognize Haruna without introducing it. You know, at that time, Xiaolan was standing next to him, and two young ladies stood together, but you correctly found the legendary Haruna." Maori said, "Yes, Shiro, you pressed Haruna's shoulders at that time, [A rare good friend of Grandpa, Haruna comes to visit, let's talk slowly in the house!] So I had an idea and thought that you might have met Haruna, the person who gave the music box to Haruna."

Shiro then realized that Okamaru was angry, "Is it because I kept asking her that you were angry with the koto..." Shiro said, "It's not me! When you were attacked and saw a strange figure with Miss Xiaolan, I was with my father and the others." Maori ordered Xiaolan to turn off the lights. Although Xiaolan was confused, she still did what she did and turned off the lights.

Chang Xiong asked, "What do you want to do?" The corridor lighted up, and Conan's figure flashed past. Xiaolan and Haruna were both startled. Open the sliding door, but no one was in the corridor. "Where is Conan? Where is Conan?" Conan came out from behind Maori, "I am here, Sister Xiaolan." Xiaolan wondered, "When did you..." Qianjun said, "He has been here." Xiaolan said, "Lie, I clearly see Conan's shadow in the corridor." Conan said, "You go and see the glass in the corridor."

Xiaolan and Haruna came out and saw a paper shadow similar to Conan's outline sticking on the glass. "This is the paper shadow of Conan made of paper." Conan said, "I cut the black paper into my appearance according to my uncle's instructions and pasted it with Brother Qianjun." Shiro understood, "Then, the shadow of the old man Miss Xiaolan and Haruna saw is also..." Conan shrank back, and Kogoro continued to reason, "That's right, what Xiaolan and the others saw were not figures, but paper shadows of the old man stuck to the glass." Qianjun said, "Then through the back door, when a car passed by, the car light shone on the paper-cutting, and the old man's shadow was naturally projected on the sliding door."

Koran said, "By the way, what is the sound of a squeak when I see a figure?" Maori said, "That should be the sound of the car driving a road where water is accumulated due to rain." Minoruchi Okabaya said, "So that's it, so we can see black shadows even if people are not on the scene. Shiro, you may also." Shiro defended, "But when my brother was attacked, I was here!" Maori said, "Even if people are here, they can do it. This trick is very simple. Just use fishing line, hairpin, and tape to complete this trick." Minoruchi Okabaya asked, "What trick?"

Maori said, "The prisoner used the trick I said to make the guqin in Akigo's room, which was a distance from here, fall from the ceiling, and hit Mr. Minor in that room. Because Mr. Minor was looking for the koto in that room at that time, right?" Minor Minor was sweating on his head, "How do you know what I'm doing?" Maori said, "Because during the meal, you learned that Miss Haruna got the music box song, which was played by grandmother often, so you planned to find the koto and see if the set of hand-carved stamps were hidden somewhere on the koto."

Chang Xiong said, "But even if Qin fell from the ceiling, the distance between the ceiling was so short that even if it fell, it would not be so serious that it was knocked unconscious, right?" Zhiro also said, "And if Qin wanted to find Qin, he should turn on the lights! But when we arrived, the lights in the room were turned off and were pitch black."

Maori said, "You are right. It's not that Mr. Minor doesn't turn on the light, but that he can't turn on the light. The prisoner asked the light rope to approach the ceiling, which made Mr. Minor unable to find the position of the light rope in the dark. He might be in the dark, touching the koto that was originally placed on the floor, intending to take it back to his room. At that time, because of the friction between the strings and the threads, the koto fell down and Minor was knocked unconscious. It was because of this." Okabata Minor was surprised, Shiro said, "Brother..."

Minor Okabaya touched his forehead, "So that's the case, but what device can make the koto fall off the ceiling?" Mori said, "It's very simple. First, prepare a very long fishing line, fold it in half and walk around the chandelier, then pass the two ends through the strings, hang the koto on the wardrobe, and then pass along the ceiling by Shiro, Minor, Okabaya and his wife's room, tie it up and fix it on the sliding door of Xiaoran's room with hairpins, and take the koto off the wardrobe. This device is completed. Then just open the door of Xiaoran's room a little, and the hairpins fall off, and the koto will automatically fall."

Chang Xiong said, "Wait a minute, is this..." Maori said, "Yes, the one who caused a series of ghost commotion tonight was the one who opened the door at that time. Ms. Kazuko, it was you, right?" Kazuko couldn't answer. Shiro was surprised, "Ah, mom?" Okabata asked, "Why?" Maori said, "She probably didn't want Haruka to find the set of hand-carved stamps!" Haruka said, "Ah, I didn't want any stamps!" Qianjun said, "You have a kind intention to return the music box, but they designed a trap to guard against you like a thief. So, don't be a good person in the future, good people will be struck by lightning!"

Everyone was sweating collectively, Maori said, "Ms. Kazuko should have been on the way to eat and said she wanted to make the bed and leave the kitchen. Then when Xiaolan screamed when she saw the old man's shadow, she rushed to this room. She pretended to be nothing, opened the door inside, and let the guqin fall off. While everyone was going to Mr. Qiuwu's room, she tore off the old man's paper shadow on the glass, and then left that sentence on Miss Haruca's pager with her mobile phone, trying to scare her. The reason why Miss Haruca was afraid was that she didn't want her to get close to this home."

Haruna was puzzled, "Why?" Xiaolan said, "But what if we were all asleep and didn't find the shadow of the old man?" Maori said, "She might wake you up with a call machine. Also, at night, the roads in front of the back door were cars of nearby residents, so the time they went home was roughly predictable." Chang Xiong said, "But when did Uchiko put away the line several meters long?" Shiro said, "My mother immediately caught up with us and went to grandpa's room together."

Okabata said, "Why do you have time to tear the paper from the window, put away the long thread, and call the phone again?" Qianjun said, "Of course, there is something very convenient." Conan smiled, "Yes, look at the back of Sister Xiaolan." Everyone looked back, "Electric fan?" Qianjun said, "Madam Kazuko must have cut the knot, pulled one of the ends into this room, and fixed it with tape..." Qianjun turned off the fan and turned it over, "Look at it, it was stuck behind the blades of the fan."

Okabata said, "So that's it, the thread will automatically roll up." Chang Xiong said, "But it's really hard to believe that the installation of such a huge project can actually come up from the kitchen to the living room." Kazuko said, "Of course, this installation was made by me according to the pranks I made when two children were kids, right?" Shiro and Minor were a little embarrassed, "Ha..." Xiaolan asked, "Is that the shadow of the old man too?" Kazuko said, "That's not, that inspiration was the thought of the shadow of the tree on the window when a guest lived in my house before, and mistakenly thought that the shadow of the tree on the window was a human figure. The reason was just like Mr. Maori said, when I heard Miss Haruna say that she collected stamps and was going back, I thought her purpose was those stamps, and I was scared about it..."

Haruna understood a little, "The person who left the [thief] message on my call machine..." Kazuko said, "I made it too, I'm very sorry." Shiro said, "Mom, you're really too much. For this matter, not only did you scare Miss Haruna, but also broke grandma's guqin." Kazuko said, "Oh, it doesn't matter if that broke..." Chang Xiong was dissatisfied, "Hey, wife..." Kazuko was a little ashamed, "Actually, the real guqin was pawned by me. This is a bargain in disguise that I bought. The series of kitchenware, your new car, and Minor's computers rely on it. Our family's finances are already very tight." Okabata Minor was dissatisfied, "Even if that's the case, Mom doesn't have to break my head, right?"

Kazuko was also very depressed, "How did I know you just ran to my mother-in-law's room?" Shiro sighed, "I had to sell my grandfather's music box like this." Haruna said, "But Qianshui and I have asked someone to identify it, saying it is just a common folk art." Shiro said, "Ah, strange, Grandpa clearly told me, [To thank you for being my gunman, I will give you this music box worth 200 million yuan that only experts know.]" Kazuko shouted, "200 million yuan, is this music box worth 200 million yuan?" Chang Xiong laughed twice, "It's impossible, that's just the souvenirs that my father bought when he went to the hot springs." Minato smiled, "You were cheated by Grandpa!" Note: 200 million yen is equivalent to about 15 million yuan.

Qianjun scolded, "Why are your family like this? If you don't have money, just work hard to make money! In order to maintain a luxurious living standard, don't you feel ashamed of the things left by the elderly? You all have hands and feet, as long as you are more frugal, you still have no problem maintaining a normal life." The Okatsu family was a little ashamed, and Shiro said, "That's right, there's no investment in the family, mom and dad, and brother, don't buy those expensive things." Chang Xiong sighed, "I know, save a little in the future!" Minor said, "It's really bad for days without money!" Shiro said, "Then try to make money by yourself!" Kazuko whispered, "You will be looked down upon by relatives and friends..."

Qianjun shook his head. In addition to Shiro, Ogata and Amin have become accustomed to spending money with big fuss and silence. Such people are everywhere in Japan, so the popularity of usury is prevalent. Maori said, "The value of that music box is not in the box itself, but in the intermittent sounds." The Ogata family was surprised, "Ah?" Maori said, "If it is changed to Japan's unique Iroha Goo mark, the intermittent sound 616 will become イイ..." Changxiong shouted, "Ancestor Card W!" Kazuko was excited, "Is this..."

Note: Iroha Song, a song that appeared in the late 11th century in Japan. It is a song of calligraphy translated into Japanese by volume in Buddhist scriptures. The style of this song belongs to a form of song "Jing of the Times" popular in the Heian era. It is the meaning of the verse in the Nirvana Sutra (Sunya Chapter) that "All things are impermanent, and are the law of birth and death, and birth and death are joy, and nirvana is the form of joy" translated into Japanese in the form of poetry.

The whole family ran to the living room. Chang Xiong picked up the ancestral card W, took off the base, and swayed for a while, four hand-carved stamps fell out. Chang Xiong was very excited, "It's this, I found it, it's great!" Ogata and his wife shouted together, "Long live! Long live!" Qianjun mocked, "Why are the family like this?" Conan smiled bitterly, "I saw the money gaze, I would have told Shiro if I had known." Kogoro Mori was awakened by the noise, "Ah, what's wrong?" Ogata's family ran over to thank him, and Kazuko grabbed Maori's hand, "Thank you so much, we can redeem the guqin!" Chang Xiong said, "It's all your credit!"

Okabata said, "Who are you? Why are you so powerful?" Kazuko said, "Are you really Haruna's relative?" Maori was confused and was still pretending to be cool, "Ah, no, my name is actually Kogoro Mouri." Kazuko screamed, "Maori Kogoro Mouri!?" Changxiong said, "That famous detective!" Qianjun said, "As right, Uncle Maori is the famous sleeping Kogoro Mouri. Didn't you see it just now?"

The three of the Okaga family were very dissatisfied, Minor said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Chang Xiong said, "If you say it earlier, I will ask you to find stamps, Maori Detective!" Kazuko said, "In that case, we don't have to suspect Miss Haruna, Minor wouldn't be hurt!" Maori sweated, "Ahha?" Conan laughed dryly, "Haha, it's such a willful family!" After that, Qianjun drove back with Maori and the others.

The next day, Shiro came to Maori Detective Office and delivered Haruca's commission fee and Maori's compensation for the stamps, a total of 500,000 yen, equivalent to RMB 40,000. For Maori Kogoro, it was indeed a considerable investment. Maori was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut and was humble. Shiro thanked, "I'm really bothering you!" Maori smiled, "Where is it!" Qianjun asked, "But does it really matter? Maybe Mr. Qiugo just wants to leave the stamps for you to inherit by himself."

Shiro waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, I've got another more valuable thing anyway." Everyone was surprised. Shiro took out the call machine, "It's Grandpa's pager. Miss Haruna returned it to me, and she asked me, [Can you continue to give me courage in the future?]..." Qianjun understood, "After a long time, you two became a pair! The encounter between people is sometimes so wonderful."

Shiro blushed a little, "Thank you very much!" Then he drove away. Xiaolan was very moved, "Spring really has arrived!" Maori was inexplicably, "Spring? It's summer soon!" Xiaolan smiled, "Idiot, that is, the spring of Shiro and Shuncai has arrived!" Xiaolan walked around singing, "Spring is coming, come quickly..." Conan smiled bitterly, "If you say that, my spring cannot come!"

At the end, the story seems to end here, but it is still a long way to wait for Shiro Ogata and Haruka Yuki. Everyone in the Ogata family has such virtues, Shiro's mother and son are quite scheming, so many traps were set up when they first met. If Haruka married to Shiro's family one day, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be imagined. Of course, these things are a bit early for this young couple. The two are still immersed in the passionate love of formal dating after getting to know each other. After spring is over, it will be a hot summer. Whether they will eventually get together or separate from each other depends on their will, and it will be God's will.
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