Chapter 25 Chapter VII Banknote Numbering

Headed by the police officer Wait Li, everyone stared at this sudden change of the proprietress in astonishment.In the end, Terada Jinzo showed a rare panicked look, hugged Yukie, and called out loudly: "Yukie! Yukie! What's wrong with you?" "Whoosh!" As if answering, a flute-like voice sounded.Eguchi Hisako hugged the bodyguard Kamada Goro tightly in fright. Xuezhi's face twisted in horror, her wide-open eyes were as rigid as glass balls, and a lot of blood foamed from the corner of her mouth.Everyone's hair stood on end. "MD! It's potassium cyanide." Police officer Waiting Li blurted out.

Terada looked angrily at the bodyguard Kamada Goro. "It's him! It's him! He wants to poison me!" "Ah?" Everyone turned to Terada involuntarily. Kamada Goro hugged Hisako's shoulders and looked at Terada in surprise.Terada was furious, pointed at Kamada, and shouted angrily: "That's right, Mr. Inspector. I changed the wine glass and swapped Yukie's wine glass with mine... because there were cork chips floating in my wine glass. Everyone's attention ..." He raised his chin towards Kindaichi Kosuke. "When it was focused on him, I changed Xuezhi's cup. So, this poisonous wine is aimed at me. Kamada! You poisoned me because I stole Xuezhi and wanted revenge. ?”

"How, how, how come, the boss—" Wu Lang panicked and stuttered, "The key is, I didn't share the cup, it was Xiaosha?" "Ah, that's right! You are accomplices! Yes, yes, that's clear." Terada shouted, "The sawdust is the mark, indicating that there is poison in it... Then Fei Sazi gave me the glass of wine !" "No, no...boss, I don't!" Fei Sazi hugged Wu Lang and cried out loudly. "Mr. Kinoshita!" Officer Waiting Li yelled at the Kinoshita detective who rushed over after hearing the sound, "How did you search? Didn't you find that the murderer was hiding potassium cyanide?...Forget it, it's useless to say this now Anyway. Inform the doctor right away, and I'm doing a body search! Mr. Kindaichi, please do yourself..."

"Yes, I understand." Kosuke Kindaichi smiled and bowed again. Kosuke Kindaichi noticed that the bottom of the empty glass in front of the Hioki branch manager was also stained with cork chips... In this way, the poisoning case after the shooting case pushed the cabaret into the abyss of terror. It was a disastrous evening for the tavern guests, who were not allowed to leave freely and were searched twice.Although some omissions were found in the second search, one can imagine the difficulty of conducting inspections in this kind of place.As a result, there were still no major discoveries.

Kosuke Kindaichi and the Hioki branch manager were inspected together, and they returned to the corner table together.Hiki seemed to be terrified, with a dull expression. "Mr. Hioki, thank you just now." Kinda Kazukosuke smiled and saluted slightly. "Ah? What's the matter?" Hiki looked at Kosuke Kindaichi as if waking up from a dream. "Thank you for knowing me, otherwise you would definitely be regarded as a suspect. Hahaha." "Ah, such a small matter... But, Mr. Kindaichi, I thought you were older." Shigesuke Higaki looked at Kosuke Kindaichi with a curiosity that would not be rude.

"Too young to be unreliable, right? Hahaha." Kosuke Kindaichi gave another slight salute, "By the way, Mr. Hioki, you seem to come here often. Is it really because of the stolen money?" "Well, it's a matter of liability to me. I want my money back..." "Do you think the money is hidden here?" "Where, a layman like me, how do I know if it's hidden here. It's just that some places make me feel strange." "strangeness?" Hichi quietly looked around and said, "For the sake of the fact that you are entrusted by the boss, let me tell you, wasn't the lady boss who was killed just now?"

"Yes, the proprietress, she...?" "She knew that I was the manager of the branch, and she was very warm to me. You see, I am an incomprehensible person, and I have never been treated so warmly by a woman. Besides, this woman is not very polite. I thought it was strange, so I pretended to be hooked It looks like I come here often. Sure enough, tonight..." "tonight……?" "Well, although I was far away from her, she took the initiative to come over and ask about the serial number of the banknote. It was very cleverly disguised, just like a general curiosity. I used my plan and was about to find out her purpose when it happened The case of Saeki-kun..."

"So that's how it is. In this way, you will lose the opportunity to find out the purpose of the proprietress." Kindaichi Kosuke laughed. The Hioki branch manager looked at him tentatively and said, "That's right. But, I still think she's not simple. Maybe it's the third person who escaped with the mail bag, or that person's mistress, who deliberately came to seduce me. Let me tell you about the serial number of the banknote. But she was killed..." The shop manager Hioki looked at Kosuke Kindaichi, "Hey, Mr. Kindaichi, is what the boss said just now true? The murderer came after him... "

"I don't know about this. But Mr. Hioki," Kazuki Kaneda leaned out, "Saeki-kun who was killed just now was working under your command. Didn't you notice when he came in tonight?" "No, I noticed it right away, and I was taken aback." "When you came in from the front door?" "um, yes." "So, did you notice anyone approaching Saeki-kun?" "By the way, the bodyguard Kamada Goro once put his hand on his shoulder..." "Except for him?" "Ah, yes, the landlady let out a startled cry as she went to get my ginger beer."

"Ah, so, what else?" "That's all I noticed. But this...?" "It's nothing, oh, Mr. Terada, please excuse me," Kindaichi Kosuke greeted after Terada Jinzo passed by after the body search. "Ah? What's the matter?" Terada Jinzo turned around and smiled. "Oh, it's Mr. Detective, did you find anything?" There was a hint of joking in his tone. "Not yet." Kosuke Kindaichi scratched his head and smiled, "I have something to ask you." "Please. If you can help, feel free to ask." "It's nothing else. Is the proprietress's left eye a fake one? It's very delicate...you know it?"

Manager Hioki turned his head to look at Kosuke Kindaichi in surprise.Terada looked relaxed: "Of course I know. I heard that when she was in Shanghai, she lost one eye, so she installed a fake eye. It was so realistic that I didn't realize it before dating her. However, Kindaichi Does it matter, sir?" Terada stared at Kosuke Kindaichi, as if he wanted to see something.But Kosuke Kindaichi also stared at him.