Chapter 90 The Curse of the Rose Garden

Chapter 90 The Curse of the Rose Garden

Chapter 90 The Curse of the Rose Garden
The beautiful roses stay quietly in the soil.

A beautiful woman lies peacefully surrounded by roses, like a sleeping beauty waiting to be woken up by a prince's kiss.

"The victim's name is 'Hirayama Shumei', 25 years old, and she worked as a public relations officer in a bar."

"About a month ago, he started living in Yoshisei's home. He died around 1pm last night, and the cause of death was asphyxiation after being strangled."

There were no stains on the clothes, so it can be concluded that the victim was killed indoors and then moved to the rose bushes.

This is a huge greenhouse.

In addition to roses, many other flower species are planted, all of which grow under the careful care of the butler Keiji Raisei.

The young detective team was attracted by the beautiful Corolla and originally just wanted to appreciate it.

Unexpectedly, the incident turned into a murder.

"Could this be the 'Curse of the Red Rose'?"

Qinghai Chuantang sighed softly.

"Red Rose's, curse?"

The children seemed to remember something horrible and quickly hugged each other, their bodies shaking uncontrollably.

Qinghai Chuantang began to tell the story, which was full of suspense and supernatural colors——

During the Showa era, Yoshisei's family had a maid named "Ayako".

Because of her beauty and good character, the eldest son of the Yoshisei family was quickly attracted to her.

As time went by, the two grew closer and closer, and began a forbidden love affair that was inappropriate for their identities.

The people in Yoshima's family thought that Ayako had seduced their eldest son and were very angry, so they killed Ayako's favorite black cat as a warning.

In order to completely stop the relationship between the two, the eldest son, under the arrangement of his family, quickly married a young lady from a wealthy family.

Afterwards, the disheartened Ayako committed suicide in the rose garden she had carefully cultivated.

However, things did not end there.

The wife of the Yoshisei family was pricked by a rose and died of a strange disease.

When the people in Jicheng's family saw this happening, they thought it was unlucky and wanted to tear down the rose garden.

But the craftsmen kept getting injured, so that in the end no one dared to take on the job anymore.

"After that, word spread that anyone who touched the roses in the rose garden would be cursed."

After hearing this, Ayumi's voice trembled.

She asked fearfully, "So, Sister Shumei was killed by a curse?"

When Qing Hai Chuan Tang was about to answer "yes", Conan said first: "Only a three-year-old child would believe such a boring rumor to deceive children."

"Besides, there are no such creatures as ghosts in this world. Didn't the police officer say before that he died of suffocation? So this is obviously man-made!"

After hearing what Conan said, Ayumi felt a little relieved and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In addition to them, those present included the butler Keiji Raiu, the owner of the mansion Masahiro Yoshisei, Masahiro's wife Sayaku, and son-in-law Hiroo.

Because of his difficulty walking, Shayu was sitting in a wheelchair and was pushed by Yashou.

"Anything unusual this morning?"

"Except for the addition of a dead body, everything else is no different from usual."

Megure Jusan nodded, "But why did the criminal leave the body in this place?"

Sha Yu turned his gaze to the rose beside him, stretched out his gloved hand, and gently stroked its petals.

The voice trembled: "Sure enough, is it a curse?"

"curse?"

Megure Jusan was startled, "Could it be that..."

"Rumor has it that Ayako committed suicide in this rose bush."

"And a few days ago, Shumei rashly cut off a rose because she didn't know about roses. Then, this happened."

Yashou couldn't help but sigh.

"I was already scared enough when Haofu accidentally picked a rose before. I didn't expect something like this to happen again now."

Because Haofu married into the family, he didn't know about the curse at that time.

"The criminal placed Miss Shumei on the rose. She would definitely be injured by the thorns and leave marks."

Megure Jusan looked at the three people standing there and said, "Everyone, can you let me take a closer look at your hands?"

When six pairs of hands stretched out at the same time, to Megure Shisan's surprise, the backs of three of them had marks from thorns.

Yuan Tai took one look and immediately pointed at them and said, "That means the murderer is actually you three!"

"Wait, wait, this is a complete misunderstanding! And when we wanted to move Miss Shumei down, it was the little boy with glasses who stopped us, saying that this might be a murder case."

"Yes. After all, Miss Shumei looks quite pitiful when she is entangled by vines."

Keiji Raisei echoed what Yashou said.

After they said this, Yuantai showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Then he scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a wry smile: "It seems that this is indeed the case."

"In that case."

Megure Jusan stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Can I ask where Miss Shumei lives?"

"Shumei lives in this villa."

Yashou stretched out his hand to indicate the direction, and then said: "If you want to go there, please be careful."

"Because ever since Shumei moved in, I've been coughing, getting headaches, and feeling unwell whenever I get close to the villa,"

After hearing such mysterious things, Megure Jusan and Takagi couldn't help but look at each other.

"So now. Wait, where are Conan and the others?"

Megure Jusan looked around but didn't see any of the six people.

The few people who had come to the villa with great curiosity, when they saw the scene in front of them, the three children couldn't help but back off.

Against the backdrop of the surrounding environment, the house appears eerie, giving people a chilling feeling.

Mitsuhiko swallowed his saliva and said carefully: "How about we go back first? I feel like this place looks very weird."

"Misaki, what are you talking about!"

Without saying anything, Yuan Tai pulled Mitsuhiko into the house, muttering, "Don't forget, we are the Junior Detective Team. Such a small matter won't scare us easily."

The room is decorated very simply and there are not many decorations inside.

A chair was tilted to one side and the bed looked a little messy.

It looked like someone had been fighting here.

"It seems that the murderer killed Miss Shumei here and then moved her to the rose garden."

"No!"

"Eh?"

Conan turned to look at Qinghai Chuantang and blinked in confusion.

Could it be that there was something wrong with my reasoning this time?

"When Ayako's ghost entered the room, it grabbed Miss Shumei's neck and suffocated her to death."

"And all this was a curse from the red rose. To punish her for trampling on her beloved rose, she was killed."

"Then use the power of ghosts to move Miss Shumei to the rose garden and place her on the rose bushes. The purpose is to give others a warning."

Conan's expression gradually became speechless, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching: I'll listen to your nonsense.

"Sister Xiaotang, please don't say things so scary, okay?"

After Yuantai walked forward a few steps, he suddenly found a plate of cookies on the table.

Acting to be feeling a little hungry, he hurried over, grabbed a handful of biscuits, put them in his mouth, and chewed them with big mouthfuls, making a "crunchy" sound.

He said vaguely: "This cookie tastes pretty good, you guys should try it too!"

"Really, Yuantai, don't take other people's things casually!"

Hearing Ayumi's words, Genta immediately stopped what he was doing.

He touched his half-full stomach, looked at the biscuits in his hand, and put them back where they belonged reluctantly.

"I'm sorry"

As soon as he said this, Yuantai felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.

"Could it be that someone poisoned the cookies?"

Yuan Tai looked painful. He walked out holding on to the wall and hurriedly looked for the toilet.

Ai Huiyuan looked at the other person's figure in the distance and couldn't help shaking her head and said, "If you eat so quickly, you will have diarrhea."

Since Conan and the others have already gone to the villa, according to what Megure Jusan and Takagi know about them, if they have any useful clues, they will tell them immediately.

So, the two went into the house and questioned the two people who were in the house at the time of the crime: Yoshisei's eldest daughter, Hiroo's wife Yukie, and Yukie's younger brother Yoshio.

"Excuse me, what is the reason for Miss Shumei to move in?"

"Shumei was going to marry me."

Yoshio explained, "I brought her back to introduce her to my family."

"I see. But if you bring Miss Shumei home, does your family have any objection? After all, you brought back a strange woman all of a sudden."

“Of course there is opposition.”

Yoshio did not deny this fact.

"But I think if we just live together and get to know each other better, maybe we'll agree."

"So I convinced Shumei and let her live in the villa."

Megure Jusan nodded.

Then he asked, "In that case, after living with Miss Shumei for a month, what is your impression and feeling of her?"

The first one to answer was Sha Yu.

"She's a very nice girl and very cheerful and optimistic."

"Although she has experience working at night, it is not enough to give her a bad impression. After all, she has not done anything illegal. However."

As he spoke, Sha Yu glanced at everyone present.

“Others may not think so.”

"Inspector Megure, this is not difficult to understand. After all, a woman you don't know suddenly came to your house, and..."

Hirofu glanced at Yoshio, and finally looked at Yashou and said, "No one can guarantee that the woman is actually here for money."

"Yio is relatively innocent. I'm afraid he's been deceived. Does your father think so too?"

"But in the end, I changed my opinion. It is true that I had some prejudices and misunderstandings."

Yashou nodded, "Yes, I was indeed opposed to it at first."

Then, he changed the subject and continued, "But as I got to know her more and more, I realized that she is indeed a good girl."

"I was planning to say I agreed to their marriage today, but I didn't expect..."

Yashou sighed, "This is what happened."

It sounds like everyone present has a good impression of Shumei.

"So, where were you and what were you doing around 1 a.m. last night?"

"That time"

Yashou thought carefully and replied, "At that time, everyone should be sleeping in the room."

"Everyone lives in a separate room, so no one has ever gone out. I don't know."

At this time, Xuejiang seemed to remember something and looked at his mother.

"Mom, did you walk in the yard with Dad last night?"

Sha Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "How is that possible? After all, it's so late, and we can't go out for a walk at that time."

(End of this chapter)