Chapter 218 Burned to ashes
"Crab Curie" is a traditional ryokan, which mainly emphasizes the "flavor of being apart", which allows guests to enjoy the comfort of being at home here, and also allows guests to enjoy an alternative feeling different from home.
Simply put, ryokans mainly work hard on service, and emphasize "considerity that customers should be before they say it."
Logically speaking, when Qi Yuanwu and his group came back, the maids in the hall should immediately greet each other, helping to carry the bucket and get things, and at least smiled and said kind words like "You are back." But at this moment, the maids were a little distracted, and their attention was obviously inside the hotel, so they didn't even look at them.
Qiyuan Wu was thinking, suspected that he had conflicted with the Fengshui in this world and had an accident wherever he went, but he didn't care much about it. He directly found a female servant and smiled and said, "Sorry, I lost the fishing rod, please write it to my account!"
The rented fishing rod was dragged away by the fish, and there was no choice but to pay.
"Ah, OK." The maid came to her senses, responded, then quickly bowed slightly, and asked with concern, "Customer, are you okay?"
"Nothing." Qiyuan Takeshi signaled Kiyomi to see Liuri hand over the octopus to the maid, and said politely, "Please go back and make some cooking with these octopus."
"Yes, I'll send it to you when you order." The waitress immediately took the bucket and acted very considerately.
Seeing that Liuli was not concerned about the octopus at this moment, Qing asked curiously: "What happened to the store...is there...what happened to the store?"
The waitress hesitated for a moment and said vaguely: "Something is a small matter, but the guest doesn't have to worry, it won't affect your rest." She didn't want to talk about this topic, and immediately asked, "Does the guests need to take a bath? There is a bamboo forest mountain spring pool behind the store, which is suitable for cooling down. If necessary, I'll take you there later."
Naogawa Aoi didn't understand what the overall game is. She usually played the original game, but of course she liked playing chess. She immediately raised her head and gave Shirahara a big smile. She seemed to want to try it out - the overall game game chess from the Edo period, but it was not until 1990 that Kansai's chess club was sorted out based on "The Big Game Game Game Game". The board is 36X36, with a total of 804 pieces, and the game process is very complicated.
She didn't achieve her goal and didn't rush to leave. She smiled and talked about gossip, touched the preferences of Qiyuanwu and others, and introduced the nearby scenery, historical sites and local food. Her words were funny and interesting. She said goodbye after the atmosphere was eased. Even if she couldn't ask for help, she didn't leave any grudges.
Although Qingjian Liuli was still curious, she obviously didn't want to say it. She was embarrassed to ask again. After politely refusing, she went back to her room together and asked Qiyuanwu on the way, "What do you think is wrong?"
In the hotel industry, the most fear of meeting dead people. If the business is well-managed, the customer suddenly dies in the hotel. Not to mention whether it is bad or not, it will damage the reputation of the hotel alone. If a bad reputation is revealed, who dares to come here for vacation and leisure in the future will be equivalent to destroying the jobs of more than 20 people in the hotel.
Kiyomiya Liuri was surprised: "In this hotel?"
She was familiar with the passage, and took Qingjian Liuli around a big circle and went to the back of the yard, letting her look in through the large floor-to-ceiling window at the back, pointing to the white ashes on a bamboo chair and saying, "That... it's Mrs. Zhongmu."
The female general smiled embarrassedly: "I'm very sorry, something...is not good in the hotel. It happened that Qihara Sang was staying in. I wondered whether I could ask the famous psychic detective Qihara Sang to come forward and find out the truth of the incident."
Of course, she didn't have the ability alone, but someone happened to check in with the VIP reception voucher of the Dao Police Association in the morning. It was still a teenager and a woman with two children. It looked a little strange. She asked friends of the Dao Police Association privately about Qi Yuanwu's name and asked about the origin - she had no bad intentions, but was just curious. After all, Qi Yuanwu received a special reception voucher exclusively for senior management of the Dao Police Headquarters.
Well, I am idle, so I go and see what the situation is. Just like this guy said, of course I do whatever I am interested in when I go out for a vacation, and it’s also good to accumulate materials.
But now that the guest is dead, she always has to face the reality. As a "female general", she can only find ways to recover the losses and try to end the matter quickly.
The so-called "female general" means the boss's wife. It evolved from the ancient Japanese female official position "Yu Shangren", which implies that she serves guests, just like serving the Japanese king. Qiyuan Wu immediately smiled politely and said, "Everything is fine, you have to worry."
The female general smiled even more gentlely, lowered her head and said, "If there is any inappropriateness, please give Qiyuansang a blunt advice."
Qiyuanwu then fed the little daidai bird and smiled indifferently: "I don't want to be busy on such hot weather, but if you want to go, you can go. Anyway, we are idle, and everyone can do what they like."
When she left, Qing saw that Liuli was so itchy that she couldn't help it. She asked Qiyuanwu: "Don't we really go and see what happened?"
She sneaked out to look around and found Ise Misa all the way. She found that she was talking to several maids, so she waited patiently. Ise Misa soon saw her and immediately asked the maids to do their own things. She came over and asked politely: "Qianmisan, do you need anything?"
She sighed directly: "This matter is... a bit weird, I can't tell you clearly, please come with me!" As she said that, she led Qingjian Liuli to the side of the hotel and continued with a little sadness, "What happened is one of our old customers. They live here for more than two months every year, but they didn't expect to leave like this..."
After a pause, she hurriedly said, "It's very presumptuous. If there is any rudeness, please forgive me."
"Do you live here for more than two months every year?"
This meal was sweet and sweet. Even though Naokawa Ao poked the bright red crab shell, her eyes were more curious. She probably felt her eyes wide open and she began to understand how wonderful the world was.
Seeing that Liuli was a little unwilling to accept it, but she couldn't force Qiyuanwu to go there. The meal was a little unpleasant, and after dinner, she felt even more restless. Seeing Qiyuanwu being lectured to Kaoramasuki, the little daidaibi was listening with her little face tilted beside her and she had nothing to do. She hesitated and slipped out.
Without Qiyuanwu around her, she always felt unconfidenced and wanted to go back now.
Especially the local criminal police should have arrived. Qi Yuanwu is famous. As a famous detective, he might be grateful to him. But she may not be sure, and the local criminal police may not be willing to give birth to her.
But after asking, he found that he was a well-known "spiritual detective" within the Dao Police. He solved several major cases in Hirano. Now that he encountered such an unlucky thing, he naturally had to try it out and ask the "spiritual detective" to come forward - it was a psychic. This matter was a bit strange, so he just asked him to exorcise evil spirits later.
Qing Jian Liuli looked at the room carefully from the window and found that except for burning marks on the bamboo chair, everything was normal in other places. A large number of "ashes" were also scattered around the bamboo chair, and a small amount of burnt cloth fragments were also scattered.
Seeing that Liuli was very cautious, Qing asked, "Have the police inspected the scene? Can we go in?"
Qiyuan Wu still didn't care at all and smiled, "If you want to be curious, go by yourself. We are going out to play tomorrow, so don't pull us." After that, he rushed to Naogawa Aoi, "How about we go to the temple to play chess tomorrow? The overall situation will be a new thing to put in this situation."
"Are you satisfied with the food?" At this time, the hotel girl came. She gently opened the door, smiled gently, and knelt there and asked in a whisper.
She couldn't help asking again, "Are you sure it's the ashes?"
The female general sighed softly and nodded slightly, indicating that it was right.
Qiyuan Wu hugged Naogawa Aoi who was already asleep and scolded: "We are here to escape the summer heat. Nothing has to do with us. Please worry less!"
This is what the female general of the "Crab Curie" just now mentioned when she heard that Naogawa Aoi likes to play chess. There is a small temple in the mountain not far from the hotel. The host monk inside also loves to play chess and specially made a big game based on ancient books. It is indeed a rare item in the 1990s. The next game may take three or five days. Qiyuanwu is preparing to take Xiao Daidai to see it - he is just bored and plays big game and passes the time.
It doesn't matter if he comes out to play. Qing saw that Liuli is curious and wants to satisfy her curiosity. That doesn't matter. There is no danger anyway, just pass the time. Just don't get involved with him.
The quality of the "lunch" provided by the hotel is quite good. At least the ingredients are fresh enough and the price is completely worthy. The main focus is Hanaki crab, and the Hanaki rice is made - cooking rice in a casserole, the rice is cooked half-cooked, and crab roe is added, and raw ginkgo and celery leaves continue to be cooked, which has a unique flavor.
Qingjian Liuli didn't expect Qiyuan Wu to say this, and hesitated: "Will I go by myself?"
The female general's surname is Ise and named Ise Mesa, immediately said: "Yes, they will arrive in the morning."
Qiyuan Takeshi immediately smiled and said, "Then there is no problem. We should trust the police's ability and they will deal with it properly. You don't have to worry too much."
Then take out the big meat from the crab claws, sprinkle with black pepper and fry it directly on the iron plate to make "Hansaki Pai";
The crab legs were removed from shells, wrapped in batter and fryed at low temperature to make "Hanasaki Tempura";
Then use soy sauce, rice wine, ginger, and green onion to cook crab shells, and add a few pieces of tofu to make "Huasaki Bofu".
She didn't come empty-handedly, she took out a thick white envelope from her arms and was about to hand it over. She was also ready to promise some discounts, but Takeshi Nihara came to escape the summer heat and was not interested in getting involved in such a thing. She waved her hand and asked with a smile: "Isesan, has the police been here?"
This is the polite refusal. The female general was a little disappointed, but she opened a store to do business, and she was so big that she had the biggest customers. She didn't dare to force her, otherwise her reputation would be even worse. She could only smile and said, "That's right, the Taoist policeman is indeed trustworthy."
Qing Jian Liuli nodded and immediately asked, "How did she die? Why do you say it is weird?"
If this meal is not considered "Sakiyaki" and other ingredients provided by Qihara Takeshi, it can probably be considered a collection of methods for eating Hanasaki crabs. And according to the female servant who delivered the meal, this is only part of the methods for eating Hanasaki crabs. Others include "Hanakiyaki Sai", "Hanaki pot", "Hanaki Sushi", "Hanaki Sushi", "Hanaki Zui", "Hanaki Soup Bun" and so on. Japan is very good at picking up details in small places. This hotel focuses on crabs. It really has no scraps left, and even crab shells have to be made into tricks.
"Tsk!" Kiyoshi saw Liuli blank his eyes, and indeed didn't care anymore. He reached out to take Naokawa Aoi, called Ukuoka Maruyuki, and took his two little apprentices to take a nap.
No wonder when I came back at noon, the hotel waiters were not in their hearts and were still vague and didn't want to say that it turned out that someone died in the hotel.
Qingjian Liuli said embarrassedly: "It's the case. I'm a little curious. Can you ask what the case is?"
"Yes, Mrs. Zhongmu is 66 years old this year. She has been here to come to us every year to escape the summer heat ten years ago, and even the room is fixed."
The female general stood up and said with a sad face, "Yes, a guest has passed away."
"It's easy to say." Seeing that the female general didn't look like a simple greeting, Qiyuan Wu asked with a smile, "Is there anything you have?"
She was quite curious about what the case was, but she really told her to go there... She didn't dare to do it. If she asked randomly, she wouldn't be able to help with anything, which might be embarrassing.
The female general was not disappointed or refused. After all, she was the girlfriend of a famous detective, so maybe she could help her?
Kiyomiya Liuli asked curiously: "Is the case a case?"
"I have surveyed and recorded the hotel staff and some guests." Ise Misa sighed. Several guests had wanted to check out, but the police did not allow it, which ruined their reputation as the hotel, but said, "Don't worry about destroying the scene, please come to this side."
The burning was too fine, it seemed like a professional incinerator sent to the crematorium. It looked a little numb, and Ise Misa nodded again, "That's what the police said."
If it is an accident, urge the police to close the case by accident; if it is not an accident, rush to find the murderer and send the police away so as not to increase the number of rumors.
Ise Misa nodded sadly: "It seems like this. It should have happened last night, but no one knows what happened."
Qiyuanwu also went back to his room to rest. The four of them didn't have a good rest last night. They played all morning and slept until after four o'clock in the afternoon. Then they got up to eat together... It was lunch, and their vacation life was inevitably a little chaotic.
Qing Jian Liuli waved her hand quickly and said, "No, he... He has something else to do, I am personally interested in it. If you don't mind, can you talk to me?" After a pause, she said guiltily, "If it doesn't work, forget it, I just ask casually."
Ise Misa said in surprise: "Is Nanahara willing to help?"
Qingjian Liuli stared at the bamboo chairs that looked like an easy chair for a while, then looked at the color of the bamboo chairs vaguely yellow, then looked at the white ash, and looked at her in shock, "You mean... Mrs. Nakamu was burned to ashes in the hotel room?"
Ise Misa led her to a small courtyard on the other side of the hotel, pointing to it, "Madam Nakagi lives here. How did she die... You can tell if you look."
Qing Jian Liuli looked at the room carefully again, and tried to remember the details in her mind. She hesitated for a moment: "Can it be that the human body is spontaneously ignited?"
She seemed to have heard similar legends, but was not sure. Ise Misa shook her head and sighed: "At the beginning, the police judged it so much and wanted to close the case by accident, but later they seemed to think it was not. Why was it not? They refused to tell me, so... the case may not be settled for a while."
When a guest had an accident in their hotel, he would bear the responsibility of the hotel. She had no objection, but now the case has not been settled, so it was a little troublesome. Some customers couldn't check out and leave, which had a worse impact on their hotel's reputation and violated their hotel's "family residence" requirements.
But there was no way, so she had to take it.
Chapter completed!