Chapter 246 Accident at the reception
As a sommelier, Zeiki Fairy was the murderer who gave the police a lot of headaches.
Let’s not mention his strange murder motive for the moment.
In short, Sawaki's attack on Mouri Kogoro's acquaintances in the order of playing cards was actually to confuse the public.
He wanted the police to think that the murderer was seeking revenge against Kogoro Mori, and to focus on criminals who had a grudge against Kogoro.
But there is actually someone else whom Sawaki really wants to take revenge on.
There are several of these enemies, and they are all cleverly arranged in the "poker list" by Sawaki Fair.
In this way, even if those enemies are eventually killed, the police will only follow their inertia and suspect the scapegoat he has prepared long ago - a prisoner who has just been released from prison and has a grudge against Kogoro.
Sawaki's plan was ingenious.
But now.
Whether the police had been misled as he planned, he didn't know.
All he knew was that the police had noticed Tsuji Hiroki before him and protected this guy tightly.
Tsuji Hiroki is one of the targets that Sawaki Hiroshi really wants to kill.
"Damn it. He actually changed his schedule and stopped flying the helicopter."
According to the plan, Zekihei Sawaki was originally going to secretly manipulate Tsuji Hiroki while he was flying the helicopter, so that the guy died in the crash.
But now Tsuji Hiroki not only doesn't fly helicopters, he also accepts the protection of the Metropolitan Police Department and is ready to stay at home.
"This bastard is going abroad to compete in a competition the day after tomorrow."
"If I miss these two days, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to attack him again."
"But in the past two days, the Metropolitan Police Department has deployed personnel to monitor and protect him."
As he thought about it, Sawaki's eyes became more and more gloomy:
What should I do? Should I give up? !
Indeed, for now, giving up revenge on Tsuji Hiroki is the wisest choice.
In this way, he could continue to lurk safely in the shadows and carry out revenge on the remaining targets as planned.
"It seems like this is the only way to do it."
Sawaki thought with some reluctance.
At this time, Tsuji Hiroki's carefree laughter sounded in his ears again:
"Zawaki!"
"I asked you to bring the most expensive bottles of red wine in your store. You should have brought them all, right?"
"Open it now and let everyone taste it!"
"Well, what's the name of that wine, Tupas?"
Tsuji Hiroki shouted nonchalantly.
On the other hand, Mouri Kogoro's eyes brightened, he stared at the exquisite red wine bottle and said:
“This is the red wine from Chateau Petrus!”
"Listen, I heard that a box of this red wine costs 20,000 pounds, which is twice as expensive as the famous Lafite!"
"That's right."
Kouki Sawaki gently stroked the bottle of red wine, as gently as if he were stroking his own child:
“Château Patousse is located in the Baolon region of Bordeaux. The winery’s strict management regardless of cost and pursuit of quality excellence puts it above the rest of the chateaus, with a very small output.”
“So the red wine of Chateau Patous is also recognized as the king of Bordeaux red wine.”
"That's it"
Both Maori Kogoro and Maori Lan nodded in admiration.
They were all impressed by Sawaki Hiroshi's erudition in wine knowledge, but Tsuji Hiroki had no feeling at all:
He didn’t know anything about red wine.
I just often drink this kind of expensive red wine as water.
The poor know so much, even if they drink "water", they still know so many things.
Tsuji Hiroki thought so in his heart, and he greeted everyone at the party boldly:
"Okay, okay, open the wine!"
“Everyone is open to drinking, but if it’s not enough, I’ll order a few more bottles and ask the restaurant to deliver them!”
He shouted with a smile like this, looking very rough.
On the side, the corner of Sawaki's mouth was already twitching slightly:
"Mr. Tsuji, this is a famous wine that can only be found but not sought."
“We don’t have much inventory in the store, so we can’t order just when we want.”
"Can't you order it in your store?"
"It doesn't matter. It's just a few bottles of wine. Why can't you buy it with money?"
Tsuji Hiroki responded nonchalantly:
"At worst, if I ask a few more stores, I won't believe it. Tokyo can't even sell enough wine for the few of us!"
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Sawaki was silent for a while.
There was already faint anger in his eyes:
A vulgar guy like this bastard doesn't understand wine at all.
These famous wines are so precious, but they were wasted by an upstart who doesn't understand them! !
Just like the previous gatherings, this vulgar guy once again insulted his profession with money!
"Tsuji Hiroki"
Like volcanic lava about to erupt, Sawaki's murderous intention became turbulent in the repression.
Mouri Kogoro, Tsuji Hiroki, and several drinking buddies at the party gathered together and drank happily all night.
Although they couldn't hold the girl in their arms and drink as they had expected at the beginning, it was a lot less fun.
But wine is good wine after all, and it is enough for a few men to sit together, drink and brag.
As a friend of Mouri Kogoro, Sawaki Heibo also drank a lot with him.
And Mao Lilan is a minor, so of course she will not go drinking with those uncles.
But it was boring to do nothing this evening.
After being dazed for a while, Mao Lilan simply got together with the young ladies who were unable to work normally due to her influence, and played mahjong tiles, which she had not had much contact with before.
Unexpectedly, this mahjong game became addictive as soon as I played it.
Mao Lilan devoted herself to playing mahjong until late at night, until she lost the young ladies she had just met until Wen Lan's expression changed, and then she walked down from the card table still unsatisfied.
Look at the time again:
"It's already past 12 o'clock"
"It was a little too much."
Mao Lilan said to herself a little embarrassedly.
She originally stayed to supervise her father, but in the end she took matters into her own hands:
"It's time to tell dad to go home."
"Tomorrow we have to ask Mr. Lin about the status of the investigation to see if we still need to help."
Walking out of the joyful atmosphere of the party, in the dead of night, Mao Lilan couldn't help but think of the unsolved case.
This case with very few clues now stumps everyone.
Whether it is Lin Xinyi or Detective Conan, they can only wait for the Metropolitan Police Department to use stupid methods to conduct a large-scale investigation.
Or...wait for the murderer to make his next move.
"Those with "ten" in their names that dad knows should be protected by the Metropolitan Police now."
"Just like Mr. Tsuji Hiroki now."
"Should. There shouldn't be any more problems, right?"
Mao Lilan knew that under Lin Xinyi's leadership, the Metropolitan Police Department's response was swift and powerful enough.
With such timely protection, it should be difficult for the murderer to commit another crime.
While she was silently thinking about the case in her heart, she was looking for her father in the messy living room among the drunken guests.
"Huh? Where's dad?"
Mao Lilan searched but couldn't find her father.
Tsuji Hiroki and Sawaki Eiroji also disappeared.
"Um, sir, have you seen my dad?"
Mao Lilan found a guy who looked quite sober:
"Didn't he still drink here before?"
"Um, you mean Mr. Mori?"
The drunkard thought for a long time in a daze:
"Oh, I remembered it."
"Mr. Tsuji Hiroki was drunk and wanted to sleep, but he was swaying when walking and couldn't climb the stairs."
"So Mr. Mori and Mr. Sawaki helped carry him upstairs."
"Why, haven't they two come back yet?"
"That's it. Thank you."
Mao Lilan politely thanked him, then walked up the stairs to the second floor to find his missing father.
Nowadays, people attending parties are either drunk or dozing off from exhaustion.
The villa seemed very quiet.
Mao Lilan walked on the wooden stairs, and every step seemed so heavy.
Her footsteps echoed in the villa. After walking up to the second floor, she tentatively shouted:
"Dad? Where are you?"
No one answered.
However, there was a very clear snoring sound coming from a certain room.
"dad?"
Mao Lilan knew as soon as she heard it that the snoring sound like the roar of an engine belonged to her father.
“Really”
She sighed helplessly and followed the sound to the bedroom.
Then gently push the bedroom door open.
An unsightly scene appeared:
She saw her father, Mouri Kogoro, hugging the ground on both sides at this moment, sleeping in the same bed with two people who were not his wives!
At this moment, Mouri Kogoro was sleeping in the middle with his arms stretched out.
To his left, sleeping on his side, was Sawaki Eiroji.
To his right, sleeping with his face down on the pillow, was Hiroki Tsuji.
"Mr. Tsuji, Mr. Sawaki."
The corners of Mao Lilan's mouth twitched slightly:
No wonder we couldn't find the three of them downstairs. It turned out that all three drunkards had fallen here.
"Dad! Dad!"
Mao Lilan stepped forward helplessly and tried to shake Mao Li Kogoro from his sleep:
"Wake up quickly. Stop sleeping in other people's beds!"
"sorry"
Mouri Kogoro was talking in his sleep:
"Miles, I shouldn't have quarreled with you."
"But the food you cooked is actually terrible to eat."
He was still fast asleep.
Mao Lilan really had no choice, so he simply lifted his father up from the bed with the force of a king.
And this move, because the movement was too big, not only woke up Moori Kogoro, but also woke up Sawaki Fairy next to him:
"ah"
Sawaki Koichi and Mouri Kogoro both dazedly patted their heads.
They looked at each other drunkenly and were stunned for a while before they realized:
"I fell asleep here"
"I was originally going to send Hiroki back to his room, but I didn't expect that we would also fall here."
"Okay, Dad!" Mao Lilan put her hands on her hips and taught, "It's time to go home with me."
"Okay, okay. I'm leaving now."
Mouri Kogoro patted his face to wake himself up a little.
He subconsciously looked at Tsuji Hiroki lying next to him:
"Haha, Hiroki is still sleeping?"
"His drinking capacity is still not good after all!"
Mouri Kogoro smiled broadly like this.
Looking at Tsuji Hiroki who was lying motionless, Mao Lilan's expression suddenly changed, as if he had thought of something:
"This sleeping position is a bit dangerous."
"I heard from Mr. Lin that someone once lay down on a pillow after being drunk and suffocated himself to death."
"Ah?" Mouri Kogoro was still a little unserious: "No way, how can a living person suffocate himself to death?"
"Hiroki is a professional baseball player, so his body is not that weak!"
He smiled lightly, and then tried to push Hiroki Tsuji next to him.
Tsuji Hiroki remained motionless.
Mouri Kogoro felt something was wrong for a moment, so he turned over Tsuji Hiroki who was sleeping on the pillow.
And when you turn it over, everyone will be shocked to see it.
That Mr. Tsuji Hiroki's entire face, from his neck to his forehead, had turned purple.
His cheeks were still marked with lines that had been squeezed out of the pillowcase over time.
"this"
Mouri Kogoro's pupils shrank:
"Hiroki? Hiroki, are you okay?!"
"Oops." Mao Lilan's face was also full of horror: "The face is cyanotic, he is already showing signs of suffocation!"
She hurriedly moved forward and tested Tsuji Hiroki's breathing.
"How is it?" Mouri Kogoro's drinking ability was completely frightened.
Sawaki Eiroji on the side seemed to be frightened and nervous:
"Mr. Tsuji, is he okay?"
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Mao Lilan quietly felt Tsuji Hiroki's breath, and finally let out a long sigh of relief:
"Mr. Tsuji is still alive. He can still be saved."