"Recently, there have been rumors that strange women can be seen in hot springs..."

"But it must be those people who soaked in hot springs for too long, which made them dizzy and had hallucinations!"

"With rumors spreading, everyone has developed this mentality!"

"Just rumor, it's not a big deal, and the adults are Onmyoji, so I definitely don't worry about these things, so I..."

Qin Ming looked at the humble hotel owner and was furious.

What's wrong with Onmyoji? Onmyoji is also a human being!

Earlier, you were going to tell the rumors that there was a drowning daughter, who lives here!

However, this also made Qin Ming figure out where the problem lies.

Fifteen years ago, a woman drowned in a hot spring, but soon caught the murderer to clarify the facts, so she did not create a drowning daughter.

Today, fifteen years later, a drowning daughter appears and even sucks one person.

The gap between them is that "we can see strange women in hot springs recently", which is the source of the appearance of the drowning daughter.

Qin Ming calmed down and asked, "When did the rumors start? Did they spread widely?"

The hotel owner said: "I don't remember the specific time a few days ago, but it is widely circulated. Many people in the city have alienated the small shops, and some regular customers who come to take hot springs every now and then didn't come much."

"It's indeed the daughter of drowning!" Longma said seriously: "Qin Ming, I think this is the one who killed the daughter of drowning. The murderer can't be found at all. The recent rumors can explain the problem, and it is definitely not a coincidence."

"Of course it's not a coincidence, it's someone who deliberately did it." Qin Ming hit the nail on the head: "Someone deliberately created such a rumor."

Kondo, who was honestly inspecting the scene, suddenly interrupted, "Is it a competitor? Want to hinder the business of this hotel?"

"With the rumors of monsters, those regular customers will not come, hotel business will decline, and may even go bankrupt."

"This kind of method is not uncommon in Edo."

Good guy, Qin Ming became alert in his heart. It seemed that it was not just a case, but the intrigue between the town people could involve monsters. No wonder the Edo demons were dancing around.

Mitsubishi House is so unlucky. Could it be that the big tree attracts wind and attracts too many competitors to slander?

Longma pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think it's commercial competition or something. The purpose of the rumor is to lead to a real drowning daughter and kill people by using the drowning daughter's hand."

"In this way, not only will I not be suspected, but it will be difficult to investigate afterwards. It is likely to be treated as a unsolved case and will be spared from now on."

Qin Ming felt that the famous detective Longma had touched the truth again.

The legend of monsters spread and forms monsters is the way to give birth to monsters. It is not difficult to say. If someone really masters such a method, it is easy to create monsters.

As long as the time when the deceased may go to the hot spring, create a certificate of absence, or make the deceased faint, take advantage of the time when there are few people in the middle of the night and the drowning daughter may appear, throw the unconscious dead into the hot spring, and the drowning daughter will solve it.

In this way, it is difficult to track down the real suspects in terms of time and technique.

"If this is the case, it will be really troublesome."

"It's not just about using monsters, but also about knowing how to create monsters. Even the spirit physique will be affected. This trip is really a bit troublesome..."

Qin Ming couldn't help but think deeply, and didn't know what kind of opponent he would face in the future.

"Forget it, one step is one step. If you don't have it, just leave. You're just a public travel."

"First solve the drowning daughter in front of you."

What you catch is not monsters, but people who create monsters. If you can catch the person who spreads rumors, you can get some more in-depth information and make a judgment at that time.

Qin Ming said:

"Monsters do not exist. First, monsters can be excluded from killing people, and then commercial competition."

"Competition is unlikely. Boss, when we checked in, you said that the hotel rooms were very nervous. No matter what the reason was, the weird talks did not affect the business."

"Yes." The hotel owner nodded vigorously: "Although regular customers in the past were a bit taboo, there have been many travelers from other places who did not know about the hotel's strange stories, so they stayed there."

"So it didn't hinder much business."

Those who are targeting the treasures of Koshu probably have come to Koshu City.

Kondo, who was flirting with the items on the scene, suddenly looked up and said, "I saw that the strange talk did not affect the business, so the competitor further chose to kill people? Once a murder occurs, even a traveler from another place will not dare to stay for a long time."

Qin Mingshi was relieved. Although the method of investigating Kondo made it difficult for a while to deceive the work, it was not without benefits. At least he would think about it when encountering problems and would think about possible killing methods instead of pushing it to monsters.

"It's possible." Qin Ming took over and said, "Business competition doesn't have to be as critical as the risk is too great."

"The hotel's business is still hot, but it can be used as a way to find out the murderer."

"What...what do you say?" Shan Nan was quite curious. With his IQ, he didn't see any clues. Instead, it was a monster that caused the murder of the drowning daughter, which made people even more thoughtful.

Qin Ming was full of confidence: "The murderer can spread rumors, but he cannot let other guests of the hotel spread rumors with him. If the rumors are purely false, no one will believe them."

"It just so happened that the boss once said that you can see strange women in the hot spring."

"Then this [woman] must be disguised by the murderer."

"The drowning daughter looks no different from ordinary people except for the lower body."

"A murderer who pretends to be a drowning daughter, just stay in the water and say something strange, it will look weird. Those guests who are dizzy when soaking in the hot spring for too long will easily mistakenly think that they are monsters like Sanako in the hazy water vapor."

Shannan smiled with a smile on his face and showed a deep thought: "According to Lord Abe, what the eldest lady encountered was actually the same as the previous experience of the guests. It was just that the drowning daughter disguised by the murderer turned into the dead, with a lot of blood stains."

"Not bad." Qin Ming looked admiring. Smart people would also be fooled. Sometimes smart people would help you fool them. Once they identify a certain possibility, they would preconceive their ideas and try their best to find information that can prove this possibility.

Qin Ming continued: "The murderer is easy to lock in. Since regular customers no longer stay in hotels because of taboos and strange talks, most of the hotels should be travelers from other places now."

"If you want to pretend to be a drowning daughter for many days and rumors of monsters are spread, you have to stay in the hotel."

"This way the scope is much smaller, just extract the permanent guests, they are all suspects."

The boss was timid and just wanted to solve this problem quickly: "Yes, go here!"

"No hurry." Qin Ming reached out to stop the boss and shouted at Kondo: "Have you checked it all?"

"After checking, nothing was found near the body, only the tray and wine pot, which should have been drunk when soaking in the hot spring."

"Okay, then move the body out and let the hotel owner recognize it. We don't know the most critical identity of the deceased."

Qin Ming waved his hand to signal Kondo to move the body out.

Kondo honestly carried the body out, and the boss on one side was already scared to death.

Qin Ming comforted him a few words and asked, "Can you recognize the dead?"

"Recognize...know..." The boss glanced for a few seconds and stepped back to the wall, not daring to look again, nodding his head tremblingly: "It's the wife of the Rishan family."

He kept swallowing: "I thought she would be a major suspect just now. Mrs. Kuriyama is a regular customer of the shop and has been staying in the shop these days..."

"Native?" Qin Ming blinked: "Isn't that even more suspicious?!"

"People in Kofu City should know the legend of the drowning daughter in the hotel recently. Even if they stay in the store for some reason, they will never take the risk of browsing the hot springs where the drowning daughter exists, unless she doesn't believe in this legend at all."

"Boss, does this Mrs. Kuriyama look like someone who doesn't believe in strange talk?"

"It's better to say the opposite." said the hotel owner: "Mrs. Kuriyama believes in strange stories very much. When playing the game "The Story of the Hundred Story", the one who is always scared. Recently, it is because there are unclean things at home that she has to stay in the hotel."

"The unclean things at home make Mrs. Kuriyama easily targeted by monsters, which leads to being killed by the drowning daughter today. This statement makes sense..."

Longma glanced at Qin Ming's unkind eyes and quickly changed his words: "That's even more wrong. Since Mrs. Lishan is afraid of ghosts, why did she stay in this hotel with the legend of the drowning daughter?"

The hotel owner also found it a little strange and guessed: "I like it personally. Mrs. Kuriyama likes hot springs very much, but she doesn't dare to go to those outdoor hot springs. The indoor hot spring hotels in Kofu City are only ours, and the price is relatively cheap..."

"That's how..." Longma still suspected that it was the drowning daughter.

Qin Ming suppressed his hand: "Madam Lishan's affairs are put aside for the time being. At least now, it is certain that she died of suicide and there is another murderer behind her."

Kondo asked humbly: "How should we find the murderer?"

"Continue to narrow down the scope. Since they are locals, the murderer should be locals who know Mrs. Kuriyama. People who don't know each other may be very low in killing people because of sudden conflicts. Most of them have been resentful for a long time. Now, because of strange stories, most of the foreign travelers live in the hotel, and there are not many locals who live in the permanent residence."

"In addition, the person who creates rumors about the daughter of drowning should also be locals. If he is a traveler from another place, one is not enough time, and the other is that no one believes what he says, and strangers have never been able to win the trust of others."

"The two coincide just so that the range can be narrowed a lot. Please give the boss a lot to bring these people who meet the conditions. In addition, travelers from other places cannot ignore them and cannot completely rule out their suspicion, but don't disturb them first, so as not to have too much impact."

Qin Ming has clear logic and has not let go of any possible suspects. The person involved in the drowning daughter is extraordinary.

After a while, the boss and Tu Fang brought three people together.

The boss pointed to a plump middle-aged woman and said, "This is the owner of the cloth shop next door. Because the store is being renovated, he lives here for the time being."

The plump boss lady had a confused look in her eyes, as if she had no idea what was going on.

The boss pointed to a samurai who was led by Yue: "This is a samurai who was practicing. He was injured in a mission. He heard that the hot springs have the effect of healing, so he stayed in the store to soak in the hot springs. However, because of the rumors of the drowning daughter, I planned to leave yesterday."

"And then this one."

Finally, there was a young man dressed as a rich young man, with a frivolous attitude, which was comparable to some of the earth.

The boss was particularly respectful: "This is the young master of the Lishan family and the heir of the head of the Lishan family. Mrs. Lishan is his aunt. The two of them temporarily lived in a small shop together, but they did not live together."

Qin Ming showed a weird expression. His uncle and nephew did not live at home, but lived outside together. Is this combination a bit weird?

Is there no one else at home?

The earth, Ryuma is in the plump proprietress who is quite beautiful. Yamanan is still thinking, Okita's mind is full of fighting, only Kondo is seriously investigating the case:

"Does these three people have any conflicts with Mrs. Kuriyama?"

The hotel owner scratched his head: "I only know that the boss's wife and Mrs. Ritsuyama had some conflicts, saying that the fabric she sold before was inferior. After they found out that they were living in the small shop, they had a big fight."
To be continued...