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"Yes, they are the two young masters of Tone Eijiro."
Bai Heqing nodded, agreeing with Mary's speculation.
“It’s obvious that these two young masters are resentful that their father did not leave them any inheritance.
Especially now that two people have died on the island, I am worried that they will do something irrational under the stimulation of this special atmosphere."
The two young masters certainly cannot change their father’s suicide note, but...what if the heirs mentioned in the suicide note are dead?
Then according to normal legal procedures, the people who can inherit the inheritance are these two brothers.
Therefore, instead of worrying about Kurahashi Motoaki, Shirakawa Kiyoshi is actually more worried about the two young masters of the Tone family.
"Oh? Detective Shirakawa? And Detective Mary?"
Just as the two were talking in low voices, Kurahashi Motoaki walked over to the front of the corridor and asked respectfully:
"Are you two going back to your room to rest?"
"Well, where's Butler Kurahashi? Is there anything going on?"
Even though Kurahashi Motoaki had been identified as the murderer, there was no extra expression on Shirakawa Kiyoshi's face, and he still had a calm look.
"Ah, I was a little worried just now, so I went to take a look at Master Yiyan's room...Okay, I won't disturb you two, you two should have a good rest tonight."
"Wait a moment, Butler Kurahashi."
Just when Kurahashi Motoaki was about to leave, Shirakawa Kiyoshi suddenly called him.
"Anything else, Detective Shirakawa?"
"I'm very interested in what Mr. Kazuhiko said about what happened fifteen years ago. If Butler Kurahashi was also in Singapore at that time, I wonder if he could tell me some relevant details?" Shirakawa Qing asked with a smile.
"Ah, this matter..."
When Kurahashi Benming heard this, a look of hesitation appeared on his old face. He did not answer immediately, but thought for a long time before replying:
"I remember that in the library of the annex, there are reports on those events that were kept by Mr. Eijiro. If you two want to read them, you can go directly to the library to find them."
After saying that, Kurahashi Motoaki left in a hurry.
"He was just hesitating."
Mary looked at his back and frowned, saying, "This shows that he didn't really want to tell us what happened fifteen years ago. It seems that these things may not be as simple as Kitakami Kazuhiko said before. There must be a secret hidden in it."
"Indeed."
Bai Heqing nodded and said, "But I am more curious about why he chose to reveal the information about those things to us after hesitating. Mary, what do you think might be the reason?"
"We came to the annex for only one purpose, which is to investigate the whereabouts of the inheritance. So...what happened in Singapore fifteen years ago might be related to the process by which Tone Eijiro obtained the inheritance?"
“I think so too. Of course, there is another possibility that Kurahashi Motoaki simply does not want to talk about the affairs of his former master’s family, so he hesitated.
Of course, let’s go to the library first to see what the real situation is before making any judgment.”
Chapter 435 There is a problem with the heir
The library in the annex is very large, with large bookshelves several meters high neatly arranged next to each other around the walls. In the middle of the room hangs a canvas with a world map.
The collection of this library should be compiled according to the interests of the late Eijiro Tone. Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary walked in and found that different books or magazines were placed on each large bookshelf.
Among them, Bai Heqing noticed a small bookcase only one meter high in the corner near the library door. He opened it and found a pile of yellowed newspapers inside.
Baihe Qing picked up the newspaper on top. The headline read: Celebrate together! The traitor has been arrested!
To summarize the content of the newspaper, during the war more than a decade ago, a pseudo-leader who was fostered during the war and had enslaved the people of Singapore was captured and convicted by the Singapore authorities at the time.
The newspaper's accompanying picture showed a haggard-looking white man in prison clothes.
Baihe Qing put down the newspaper and picked up the next one.
The content of the next newspaper seemed to have nothing to do with the first one. It talked about the British Empire's post-war reconstruction plan for Singapore. The whole article was a eulogy to the British government at that time.
【Um? 】
However, in a line of not-so-obvious text on the side of the newspaper, Shirakawa Qing captured a key piece of information.
In the Singapore reconstruction plan fifteen years ago, Clyde was also one of the project leaders designated by the British authorities at that time.
This surprised Baihe Qing.
It turns out that Clyde not only appeared in Singapore fifteen years ago, but was also one of the persons in charge of the reconstruction plan.
Does this mean that the person who ordered the demolition of Kitakami Kazuhiko's house was actually him?
"Baihe, look."
At this time, Mary, who was standing next to Shirakawa Qing and was also flipping through the newspapers quickly, suddenly handed over the two newspapers in her hand.
These two newspapers respectively recorded what Kazuhiko Kitakami said at dinner tonight, his father Haruki Kitakami's attempt to negotiate with the authorities regarding the demolition of the Kitakami family's house, and Kitakami Haruki's kidnapping and disappearance.
"Yang Douxin, he was the police chief in charge of this case at the time." Mary said, pointing to the content on one of the newspapers.
In the kidnapping case fifteen years ago, the person in charge of investigating the case was the then Singapore Police Chief Yeoh Doo Sin. This newspaper not only contains his own speculation about the murderer, but also a headshot of Yeoh Doo Sin in police uniform.
"This is really unexpected information..." Looking away, Bai Heqing said meaningfully.
"I originally thought that the three heirs designated by Tone Eijiro should have had some deep friendship with him in the past, just like Kitakami Kazuhiko's father, but now it seems that the real situation may not be so.
Kitakami Kazuhiko's family was an absolute victim in the reconstruction plan. His house was demolished, his father was kidnapped and disappeared, his mother committed suicide out of grief, the life of a rich young man disappeared overnight, and Kitakami Kazuhiko himself ended up in Japan.
If it was out of sympathy for an old friend that Kitakami Kazuhiko was designated as the heir to the estate, this would make sense.
But compared to him, Clyde and Yang Douxin seem to have nothing to do with Tone Eijiro. No matter how you look at it, he shouldn't designate these two as heirs to the estate. Of course, this is only on the surface..."
"From another perspective, these two people are related to the Kitakami Kazuhiko family."
Mary took up his words.
"One is responsible for demolishing the Kitakami family's residence, and the other is responsible for investigating the disappearance of Kitakami Kazuhiko's father. This is the only connection between the three. Fifteen years later, the two of them and the young master of the Kitakami family became the heirs of Tone Eijiro's estate.
So, I think the Beishang family case fifteen years ago might not be as simple as what was recorded in these newspapers.”
"I remember that Kitakami Kazuhiko mentioned at dinner just now that after he was stranded in Japan, Tone Eijiro tried to protect or take over the Kitakami family's house out of friendship for his old friend."
Shirakawa Qing thought about it and said, "It's strange that he let his old friend's son live in a foreign country, but he worked hard to protect his old friend's house."
"Could it be that the Kitakami family's residence is the key for Eijiro Tone to obtain the inheritance?" Mary asked with a frown.
"Let's make a hypothesis." After thinking for a while, Shirakawa Qing said: "Fifteen years ago, for some reason, Tone Eijiro knew the whereabouts of the inheritance. They may be hidden somewhere in the Kitakami family's house, or in other words, the whereabouts of the inheritance is in the Kitakami family's house.
Of course, the people in the Beishang family were not aware of this.
In order to obtain this inheritance, Eijiro Tone found two helpers. The first was Clyde, one of the persons in charge of Singapore's reconstruction plan at the time. He wanted to use the power in Clyde's hands to force Kazuhiko Kitakami to move out of his house.
But Eijiro Tone did not expect that his old friend would be so stubborn and refused to move away.
So, Eijiro Tone came up with another idea. He asked someone to kidnap Kitakami Kazuhiko's father. The police chief in charge of investigating the case at that time was his other helper, Yang Douxin.
Because they could not find Haruki Kitakami's whereabouts, and with the constant pressure from Clyde, under the pressure from multiple aspects, they eventually forced Kitakami Kazuhiko's mother to death and forced the Kitakami family to give up the house.
After that, Tone Eijiro got the inheritance as he wished, but he also betrayed his original promise. He left behind Clyde and Yang Douxin, who had worked with him, and came to England alone with the inheritance, hiding his identity on this isolated island...
Fifteen years later, perhaps out of a guilty conscience, Tone Eijiro designated his two partners and Kitakami Kazuhiko, the son of his old friend whom he had harmed, as the heirs to his estate before his death..."
Having said that, Bai Heqing paused and narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Of course, these are just my guesses… Since they are just guesses, there is another possibility.
That is, Eijiro Tone never made a will, and he never thought about dividing the inheritance.
It was his two sons who accidentally learned about what happened from Tone Eijiro before his death.
The two young masters were afraid that those who knew about the situation would become obsessed with the inheritance in the future, and they also couldn't find where their father's inheritance was hidden.
That's why I deliberately made such a will. On the one hand, I wanted to use these people to find the inheritance, and on the other hand, I wanted to use it to trick all these people to this isolated island and then get rid of them one by one."
Chapter 436 Another one is gone
"Detective, you guys are really here?"
A laughing voice was heard at the door of the library. Bai Heqing and Mary looked back and found that Mei Ling had walked in at some point.
"I just looked for you for a long time but couldn't find you. I asked the old housekeeper and found out that you came to the library... What are you reading?"
As she spoke, Mei Ling came forward and immediately saw the newspaper that Bai Heqing had placed on the small bookshelf before, which was about the fake leader who was arrested by the Singapore authorities after the war.
"Ah, this person..."
"Do you know him?" Seeing her react to the contents of the newspaper, Bai Heqing asked curiously.
"I don't know him, but when I was in Singapore a few years ago, I often heard some rumors about him. It was said that he was related to a batch of treasures..."
"What treasure?" Mary asked quickly.
"I'm not sure about the details, but I heard that a hundred years ago, the British Victorian royal family plundered a large amount of treasure from all over the world. But when passing through Singapore to the British mainland, the ship carrying the treasure was suddenly attacked by local pirates. The ship sank into the sea and the treasure disappeared..."
Halfway through the conversation, Mei Ling came closer to the two of them, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously:
“Of course, there is actually another version of this incident circulating in Singapore. It is said that the ships that were attacked a hundred years ago were not real pirates, but the navy under the Governor of Singapore at that time.
After attacking the ships, the Governor of Singapore looted all the treasures on board and hid them in a secluded place, intending to wait until the incident was over before taking them away.
But unfortunately, not long after, the Governor of Singapore was shot dead by local natives while out hunting, and the whereabouts of the mysterious treasure became a mystery.
It was not until more than ten years ago that the pseudo-leader who was supported during the war accidentally found the treasures. Like the previous Governor of Singapore, this pseudo-leader chose to temporarily conceal the whereabouts of the treasures in order to keep them for himself, waiting for the right time to take them away.
As a result, the war ended soon, and the pseudo-leader was arrested before he had time to transport the treasures. It is said that before his death, he tried to use the whereabouts of the treasures to reduce his sentence, but under pressure from the British authorities, he was soon sentenced to death.
With his death, the whereabouts of this mysterious treasure has once again become a mystery...
Come to think of it, I have always wondered before, could this inheritance of Eijiro Tone be this mysterious treasure?"
Mei Ling speculated curiously, "But if that's the case, how did Tone Eijiro know the whereabouts of this treasure?
Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Now the other people are playing cards in the chess and card room. The two young masters of the Li Gen family asked me to come over and ask, "Detective brother, do you want to try your luck?"
"No need, I can't." Mary replied immediately.
"Not interested." Bai Heqing shook his head.
"Really? That's fine..."
Mei Ling didn't force it, just nodded and was about to leave.