Chapter 2228 Letter From the Witch

To Fangzheng, the inscription didn't mean anything, he just glanced at it and didn't think about it. Later, at Jiayin's invitation, Fangzheng came to the meeting room---I have to say that the tense atmosphere in front of him really made people a little irritated.

"Then I'll make sure again."

After reading the contract in his hand, Fangzheng raised his head to look at the people in front of him.

"According to everyone's discussions, the final condition reached is to leave 50% of Ushiromiya Kinzo's wealth to the next head of the Ushiromiya family, and then the rest will be shared equally by other brothers and sisters. Distribution when Ushiromiya Kinzo dies...do you agree with this agreement?"

"........."

Facing Fangzheng's question, Ushiro Miyazousu, who was the eldest brother, remained silent, while the others looked at him with somewhat smug smiles.

"If it has not been negotiated, then you can continue to negotiate until a term acceptable to all parties is discussed."

Fangzheng put the agreement in his hand on the table.

"Also, I hope to meet with Mr. Ushiromiya Kinzo to discuss the distribution of the estate face to face with him."

"this………"

Facing Fangzheng's words, Ushiromiyazosu showed a troubled expression, while Liufufu sneered.

"That's right, brother Zangjiu, we also hope that father can explain these issues clearly. If father had made a decision earlier, we wouldn't be wasting time here."

"Yeah, why don't you take Mr. Fangzheng to meet your father?"

At this time, Ushiro Miya Ewa also joined them.

"This is an important agreement to confirm the legal validity."

"But father doesn't like to see outsiders, and he doesn't like to make noise..."

Facing the persecution from his younger siblings, Ushiromiya Zangusu frowned, and spoke with a bit of hesitation.

"On the issue of inheritance, I insist on meeting and discussing."

Fangzheng stared at Youdai Gongzangjiu, and continued speaking calmly.

"Inheritance distribution is a very serious issue. It must be decided by the person himself, and the notarized statement can only be made after confirming the consent of the person. If I can't meet with Mr. Ushiromiya Kinzo, then I will not agree to confirm Notarized."

"I see. I will ask my father before making a decision."

Facing Fangzheng's answer, Ushiromiya Zangjiu was obviously a little uneasy, and in the end, he could only answer like this.

In this way, an afternoon was spent in a sinister atmosphere. When Fangzheng saw Conan again, he couldn't help complaining.

"I can understand why these people are all dead. Didn't you see that this group of people talked about money, and their eyes lit up like wild wolves who saw food. I see, even if there is such a thing Gold, this group of people will kill each other just by looking at it... Well, I think this possibility is very high, maybe they are killing each other for gold, and only one lucky person escapes in the end. But because 'family members killed each other for ten tons of gold' is too embarrassing, so the explosion was deliberately created to cover up all of this."

"........."

Facing Fangzheng's complaints, Conan remained silent. He only looked at Fangzheng after Fangzheng finished speaking.

"Mr. Fangzheng, has any of you been to the courtyard before?"

"Garden? No, those people have been tossing about the division of inheritance until now. If everyone still knows the word dinner, I guess I might not be able to eat dinner today... What's wrong?"

"Well... there is one thing that I am very concerned about."

"What's up?"

"About Maria...in fact, when we came back from a picnic today, Maria found that her rose was missing."

"……………What's the meaning?"

"When we first came to this villa before, didn't Maria see a rose that was about to wither in the garden? At that time, I remembered that Jean Zhi tied a ribbon for that rose, but when everyone came back from the picnic, it was gone. gone."

"Could it have been cut off by the gardener or something?"

Fangzheng didn't take it seriously.

"Since it is a sick flower, it must be disposed of."

"We asked the servants, but no one tended the garden, and the strange thing is that the flower disappeared..."

"That's why you ask where we are this afternoon?"

"Of course not, the problem is after this."

Conan shook his head.

"After that, because it was going to rain, Maria's mother came to Maria to ask her to go home, but Maria couldn't find the rose and kept losing her temper. Then the two had a quarrel, and the lady in the gallery even called Maria... We felt that it was not good to stay there, so we left. But after a while, the lady on the balcony came to us again and asked if we had seen Maria. It’s just a mother-daughter quarrel, after the quarrel, Maria should have gone back with Ms. Louza, but I didn’t expect Ms. Louza to leave Maria alone because she was so angry.”

Having said this, Conan was obviously a little annoyed, while Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"and then?"

"Then everyone naturally went to find Maria, but unexpectedly, we found Maria in the garden, but she was still holding a white umbrella in her hand. At that time, Aunt Louza asked who gave the umbrella to her. Hers, she said it was Beatrice..."

"The Witch of Gold."

Hearing this, Fangzheng finally became serious.

"That's why you came to ask if any of us have left."

"That's right."

Conan nodded.

"I've been following Rangzhi, Zhu Zhixiang and Zhanren, they don't have time to leave, and Ms. Louzuo doesn't need to dress up as a witch if she wants to find her daughter, so I suspect that someone wants to pretend to be a ghost, so I ask Do you have any clues?"

"Everyone on my side was arguing about the inheritance, and no one left the room during that time."

Fangzheng shook his head. He understood what Conan was thinking. After all, Maria was a nine-year-old girl, and she seemed mentally disturbed. If someone tried to pretend to be some legendary witch and appeared in front of her, it would be easy to trick her .

"I asked the servants, and they also said that no one gave Maria an umbrella."

Conan's expression was still very serious.

"However, it cannot be denied that there may be a situation in which the servant and the master colluded with each other. After all, this is the main family of Ushiromiya. If the purpose is to inherit, then it is not impossible to buy one or two servants to help him kill. And if there is an accomplice, it is easy to clear your alibi."

In the end, until the dinner began, the two did not discuss any results.

Sure enough, at the dinner party, the gallery also asked this question, but everyone agreed that no one had ever borrowed an umbrella from Maria. As for what Maria said about Beatrice, it was naturally ignored by everyone.

However, to everyone's surprise, after the dinner, Maria took out a letter—a letter from the golden witch, Beatrice.

The content of the letter is that the golden witch, who claims to be a consultant to the alchemist of the Ushiromiya family, said that Ushiromiya Kinzo announced the end of the contract, and she will take back everything bestowed on Kinzo. However, a special clause was also added, that is, once someone finds the hidden gold, Beatrice will give up all rights and wealth and return it, and the letter also specifically states that anyone can rely on the inscription to find the hidden gold. Find gold. And anyone who finds gold can get this power.

Although everyone expressed absurdity towards this letter, the imprint used to seal the wax was indeed the ring of the head of Ushiromiya Kinzo, which also showed from another aspect that someone did own Kinzo's ring. And wrote this letter.

As for whether this letter was written by the legendary witch, that is another matter.

After that, all the adults rushed to Ushiromiya Kinzo's study to ask his father for an explanation, but only Fangzheng, Conan and other young people were still sitting at the dining table.

"Mr. Fangzheng, does this letter have any legal effect?"

Zhan Ren looked at Fang Zheng suspiciously and asked, while Fang Zheng took the letter paper and looked at it, then nodded.

"Because Japanese law stipulates that a seal can be used as a personal signature, so from a certain point of view, this letter can also be regarded as the distribution of Mr. Jinzang's will, but there is one problem..."

"question?"

"time."

Conan was also staring at the letter at the moment, and said while reading it.

"Although in this letter, the person who claimed to be Beatrice said that as long as the gold is found, he will give up his power, but there is no time limit. Generally speaking, such a request will be limited within what time if it is not found. , it will be automatically judged as a loser, but if there is no time limit, doesn't that mean that this stalemate can continue forever?"

"That... makes sense."

Hearing Conan's explanation, Zhanren, Zhu Zhixiang and Rangzhi also looked at each other in blank dismay.

"So that means the letter was just a prank?"

"If it's a prank, it doesn't look like it, but now it is obvious that the content written in the letter can be summarized as follows: whoever can find the hidden gold will be able to obtain the wealth of the Ushiromiya family. So even if there is no time limit, everyone can We will find gold in the shortest time possible.”

Fangzheng shrugged, put the letter back into the envelope, and looked at Maria.

"Maria, who gave you this letter?"

Faced with Fang Zheng's question, Maria happily raised her hands.

"It's Beatrice!"

"..."

Well, it seems that there is no hope of getting any clues.

After that, the adults of Ushiromiya's family continued their meeting, while the children went to the lounge to pass the time. Fang Zhengze and Conan returned to their guest room to continue discussing this "incident".

"It seems that this letter was handed to Maria when Beatrice lent her the umbrella."

"But we are not yet able to confirm whether Beatrice actually exists."

Conan was obviously unwilling to accept this statement.

"I still think that this is someone pretending to be a witch. The reason why she found Maria is because she has cognitive dissonance and mental problems, so she won't be seen through easily. In this way, as long as Maria's words are used , then you can perfectly play the role of an absent stranger and commit crimes.”

"If it doesn't exist, then there is another person who doesn't exist."

Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.

"Ushiromiya Kinzo, I haven't seen him since I came to this villa. Only the eldest son Ushiromiya Zangjiu, his wife Ushiromiya Natsu, the attending doctor, and the housekeeper are allowed to enter his house. However, whether Ushiromiya Kinzo is really alive is still a question.”

"You mean to say..."

"Youdaigong Zangjiu is suspected of embezzling his father's property. In this case, according to the common people's opinion, if he is found out, he will definitely be punished, and he may lose his position as the next Patriarch. Since they are the only family who often live in Liuxuan Island , so they can kill Ushiromiya Kinzo as early as possible, and then just buy a few servants to create the illusion that Ushiromiya Kinzo is still alive."

"So you mean that everything at the dinner party today was actually the result of Ushiromiya Zurausu's own directing and acting?"

Conan also thought about it.

"This is indeed true. Maybe Ushiromiya Kinzo already knew where the gold was, and he just used this method to gain the recognition of other brothers and sisters. As long as there is this letter, then Ushiromiya Kinzou will be able to "go well" 'If you find the gold, you can inherit the position of 'Patriarch' as ​​a matter of course, and you won't be suspected by others."

The two discussed for a long time, but unfortunately there was no result. In the end, Fang Zheng yawned.

"All in all, go to bed first, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow."

"Boom...!!!"

As if in response to Fang Zheng's words, outside the window, mixed with the torrential rain, thunder roared.