After a series of investigations, Li Wei had more or less pieced together the whole story-Frank Law Firm had begun sorting through the outdated wills in its filing cabinets and discovered Jim Rogers's will. They had then tracked down his relatives and asked whether they wished to claim the inheritance.
From what he could tell, George Rogers seemed to be having financial difficulties. This unexpected inheritance was nothing short of a lifeline for him. However, there was one problem with the will: its contents indicated that Jim Rogers had drawn it up as a "legal basis" before holding that banquet fifty years ago. Under the law, this meant that George Rogers could not inherit the estate unless he held the banquet as stipulated in the will and solved the puzzle.
So he had placed a notice in the newspaper, inviting detectives to attend the banquet and promising half the inheritance as a reward.
Yes, that was pretty much the situation.
It wasn't that Li Wei had no interest in the inheritance, but what intrigued him most was the ghost-what exactly did she have to do with all this? What did she want him to do?
On the appointed day, Li Wei drove to Blackwood Mansion with Katie.
At first, Li Wei had assumed Blackwood Mansion was an ordinary house. Once they reached their destination, however, he discovered it was far more than that-in fact, Blackwood Mansion stood on a small island in the middle of a lake beside Fog City.
"So we have to take a boat over?"
Standing on the dock and looking at the little boat before him, Li Wei was speechless.
"If I'd known, I might have brought a fishing rod... Never mind. Let's get aboard."
The boat was operated by an old fisherman. He greeted Li