"Kia-" In the early morning, a standard Japanese scream woke many travelers from their sleep.At the same time, it also kicked off a suspenseful drama.This place, called "Kawatanso", is a hot spring inn located in Shimonoseki.Yesterday afternoon, Shuang Harmonic and Keijiro came here together, and the three of them ate and bathed leisurely, drank and talked here, and stayed for one night.Originally, they were going to leave this morning, but they didn't expect that early in the morning, there would be a death in the hotel.Of course, if the death is just a lowly ordinary guest, it doesn't matter; Isn't it just a civilian who died?
Isn't it over if you dispose of the corpse yourself?
Do you still want to report to the official and expect someone from the yamen to help you track down the murderer?
In this year of war and chaos, all the daimyo are busy fighting wars and grabbing territory, where do they have so much heart to take care of the security of every corner of their own land?
If I keep a place in order today, tomorrow it might not be mine, so what's the point?
Only a few forces like the Shimazu clan with a very stable territory have the leisure to grasp the problem of public security, and if they are transferred to the Mori clan, it is "selective management".Seeing this, some people may want to ask, doesn't it mean that most places are well managed?
So why is it still necessary to "manage selectively" instead of "simply leave it alone"?
Because......
If you really dare to ignore it completely, with the rampant bandits at that time, they can make your land "deserted" in a very short period of time, and become a dead land that no inhabitants dare to live in.Moreover, this kind of bandit is almost impossible to eradicate before the end of the war - those who have lost their lords, deserters on the battlefield, and ordinary people who have been cornered may join the ranks of the bandits at any time and commit murderous and overburdened activities.For the vast majority of people, what is the honor of a samurai, the dignity of human beings, the compassion for others......
They are vulnerable in the face of the pressure of survival.Only people who have eaten enough and sat in front of the computer and typed on the keyboard will discuss what is right and good; A man who has been robbed of everything by the war and who has been hungry for several days will not be pressed by you, and if you have a rice ball in your hand and do not give it to him, he will be able to pick up the knife on the ground and grab it.And the daimyo dealt with these constantly breeding bandits, generally according to the principle of "small killing, big gain": those with small scale and small number of people were caught and slaughtered, and those with large scale and large number of people were recruited.Ninety-nine percent of the bandits were willing to be co-opted, because they didn't want to be "opposed" in the first place, but just to "eat"; After being co-opted, those who are more capable among them, or have a samurai class background, will be transferred away and join the main combat force or become a junior staff member, or other miscellaneous fish...... will become an existence similar to those ruffians in the previous two books.Getting back to the point, so why is this eucalyptus "called a problem" now?
And why do you have to "manage"?
It's very simple, just because this time it was not ordinary people who died, but someone with a background.This man's name is Takeda Kuranosuke, who is in his early forties this year, and he is a well-known wealthy merchant in the southern part of Hiroshima.
His family is one of the "money bags" of the Maori clan.If even he died unexplained, then the other merchants in the Maori clan territory would definitely have an idea: with you samurai lords collecting so much tax from us on weekdays, if something really happens, you will not be able to protect our lives, and you will not be able to catch the real culprit and bring him to justice......
Then I'm lonely with this money?
Therefore, in any case, this eucalyptus must have an explanation.As a result, the investigation of the eucalyptus case began in full swing early in the morning.It was not someone else, it was a samurai general named Kumagai Hirotada, who had a banquet with Takeda last night.Kumagai will meet with Takeda here, eat, drink and have fun, which is also a kind of official entertainment, Kumagai is on behalf of the Mori clan official to establish a good relationship with the boss of Takeda, and after the two negotiated some cooperation matters of collusion between officials and businessmen, they opened up to eat and drink, and drank until they almost vomited, and then they went back to their rooms to rest.The next morning, when several hotel maids went to clean the hot springs, they found Takeda's body on the edge of the pool, which led to the scene of screaming at the beginning.About three minutes later, Kumagai staggered to the scene with a hangover, and by this time there were more than a dozen people who had come to see the excitement, and Kumagai pushed through the crowd and walked to the front, and saw Takeda's body at a glance.The corpse was lying on the ground face to side, his face was full of surprise, and there was a rather hideous huge wound in the lower part of his head, and I don't know whether it was made by a blunt object or a sharp blade, anyway, the power of this blow was so great that it directly shattered a large part of his skull, causing a large amount of blood to flow out of the shattered and collapsed "brain hole", spreading all over the ground, and some blood slowly flowed down the wet ground to the hot spring pool not far away.Since Takeda was only wearing a crotch cloth when he died, it is easy to see that the blow to the back of the head was the only fatal wound on his body, and he was most likely attacked from behind and killed by one blow when he just came out of the hot spring.Kumagai stared at the bloodless half of the corpse's face for about ten seconds, and in the process, his residual drowsiness and hangover had mostly vanished, and shock and panic were pounding his brain in turn.But he was also a samurai general, and it didn't take long for him to calm down, and after weighing the pros and cons and thinking about the priorities of the situation, he revealed his identity and began to control the chaos at the scene.Soon, Kumagai gave orders to several of his subordinates who had already arrived at the scene, asking them to divide their troops into two routes, one to seal all the entrances and exits of the hotel, and the other to ask for reinforcements from a nearby military station.During the Warring States period in Japan, Kyoto had a "procuratorial non-violation embassy office", and its power was extremely prosperous, basically taking care of all the grassroots public procuratorate and civil affairs in Kyoto, and many other relevant functional departments were hollowed out.But here......
It's not Kyoto.In the territory of the princes, where the management of law and order was relatively chaotic, the local garrison was in charge of the local garrison.And the murder of Boss Takeda, even if it shouldn't be taken care of by the military, Kumagai will take the initiative to take over, because he has already settled the accounts before he gave the order just now: since this matter has come out today, he can't escape the involvement inside and out, if you let others investigate, it's okay to find out, but if you can't find out......
In order to make a difference, the other party is likely to throw all the blame on him, at least give him the whole charge of "poor protection", so where can he reason?
If you think about it further, I don't know how long the corpse has been lying here, and although it is winter, the hot spring pool is filled with warm water vapor, and it is difficult to determine the time of death by the zombie and the coagulation of blood......
Who knows if Takeda just died early in the morning, or if he was lying there in the early hours of the morning?
Could it be that the murderer ran out long before the blockade, so can he be chased back?
Therefore, Kumagai might as well take the initiative to take the responsibility for the investigation, and on the surface he can say beautiful things like "I will be responsible for my failure to protect Mr.
Takeda", and secretly he can do something to throw the pot out, anyway, what he needs is not the "truth", all he needs is an "explanation".Seeing this, you must also understand - no matter who the real culprit is today, and whether the real culprit is still in this "Kawatanzao", Kumagai will definitely catch one of these people who are still in the hotel as a murderer.Of course, he can't ...... right away, right away.
Just pick a random one who looks good at bullying and put a basin on his head, which is too obvious.As mentioned earlier, Kuranosuke Takeda is a figure with a head and a face, and if you Kumagai can't even come up with a decent piece of evidence, or finally pull out a person who has been crippled and made dumb to top the tank, your colleagues and superiors will definitely have an opinion about you.It's not that you can't plant a false accusation, it's just that when you do a false accusation, things must be done thoughtfully, so that everyone can tacitly let you pass.If you mess around and make hasty mistakes, it will either make people think that you are not capable and can't even do a superficial thing, or people will think that you have a perfunctory attitude and disrespect for your superiors.Kumagai was thirty-five years old at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, and he had been in Shishi for many years, so soon after the reinforcements arrived, he continued to take full command, not only strengthening the blockade of the hotel again, but also investigating all the guests who stayed at the Kawasaki Village yesterday and the staff of the hotel.But this is the survey......
It is also detailed and slight, judging from the state of the wound on the back of Zhutian's head, this is by no means done by ordinary people, this murderer either knows martial arts, or his arm strength is amazing, so people who do not meet the conditions for eucalyptus can be excluded after a rough screening, and those who have the ability to do eucalyptus should focus on asking.………… Chenshi, a certain guest room."
Your Excellency, please give your name.""
In Shimomiyamoto Musashi.""
Oh?"
Kumagai looked at the man in front of him who looked to be around thirty years old with a rugged face, and his gaze involuntarily stayed on the two swords, one long and one short, beside the other party for a while longer, "Could it be that Your Excellency is the ...... who single-handedly defeated more than 70 people in Yoshioka-ryu in the Ichijoji Temple" "As you said......
Musashi sat upright on his knees and replied calmly, "I'm just a swordsman passing through here." ”"Well......"
Kumagai muttered softly, and then asked, "Then may I ask Your Excellency, where are you going?"
”"Today I was supposed to go to Iwaliu Island and duel with a young swordsman who is known as a genius."
Musashi said, "But because Your Excellency suddenly locked down the hotel, you can only wait in this room now." ”"Hmm......"
Kumagai was a little annoyed by Musashi's non-humble attitude and slightly prickly words, but he couldn't find any reason to attack."
Then I'm afraid Your Excellency will have to wait a little longer."
Two seconds later, Kumagai deliberately said something slightly provocative, which probably meant "Your duel has nothing to do with me, I'm not in a hurry at all."
But after he finished speaking, he observed Musashi's expression, but found that the other party was still unmoved, so he could only hurry up and ask questions, so as not to be embarrassed by himself after talking for a long time: "So, may I ask where your Excellency is from the time after last night to the time before someone found the body this morning?"
”"I fell asleep when I was a child, and I woke up in the morning when I heard screaming."
Musashi replied."
Can someone testify for you?"
Kumagai asked again."
Nope."
Musashi replied."
Then yesterday, did you meet anything unusual, or unusual people?"
Kumagaya Road.He had expected Musashi to quickly give a brief denial in that calm tone.Unexpectedly......
Faced with this question, Musashi was silent for a few seconds before he spoke: "Yes, one of the three people who live in the room in the west courtyard is very strange. ”When Kumagai heard this, he suddenly remembered something: "Is it ......
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The young man with a cupodle and a loud voice?
”Kumagai asks this because when he went to the hot spring pool yesterday evening, he once passed Keijiro at the place where he changed clothes, and the latter's appearance is indeed easy to remember."......No," Miyamoto Musashi said, "I also have the impression that the young man you are talking about is a stranger named Keijiro, but the eccentric person I am talking about is not him, but one of the two people who traveled with him. ”"Oh?
Who's that?
”Kumagai became more and more curious about the person who could make this famous swordsman Musashi find strange, even more strange than the Wonderful, who was sacred."
I don't know his name either."
Musashi replied, "I just know that his neck is shorter than normal, and of course it's not anything particularly strange, but what makes him strange is......
From yesterday afternoon until I went to bed......
Every time I go to the latrine, no matter how big or small, I can see him squatting in the pit, which makes me wonder if he has been squatting there for a day. ”"Hmm......"
Now it was Kumagai's turn to be silent.Kumagai and Takeda were in the guest room, and their toilets were separate from the rest of the guests, so he didn't know about it, nor did he know what to say about it..................
Twenty minutes later, another room."
Your Excellency, please give your name."
Kumagai began to question the second person he thought was capable of committing murder."
My name is Tokumaru."
This is also a sturdy man about 30 years old, and his appearance is somewhat similar to Hong Kong actor Li Ming, "the second generation of the 'water flow' boxing method." ”"Your accent is special."
Kumagai didn't ask much about the name of the school of "water flow", after all, there were too many martial arts schools in Japan at that time, and the naming routines were also varied."
I've been going to the Ryukyus to practice boxing since I was a child, and I'm used to talking like that."
Tokumaru replied."
I see."
Kumagai said, "So, could you please tell me where you were between last night and this morning?"
”"I have been practicing boxing in my room since I was a child, and I didn't fall asleep until I was exhausted, and I don't know when I fell asleep, but it was not dawn at that time."
Tokumaru replied."
You've been practicing boxing for half a night, you must be sweating profusely, and there is a hot spring nearby, so you didn't go to take a shower and go to sleep?"
Kumagai was still quite keen, and he immediately caught the suspicion in the other party's words."
Since I've 'practiced to the point of exhaustion', how can I still have the strength to go out to the hot springs?"
Tokumaru did not change his face.At this time, the two were kneeling on the tatami mats in the room and talking, and the bed that Tokumaru slept on last night was a meter away from him, but it was only covered, not folded."
If you don't believe me......"
Tokumaru leaned slightly to the left, reached out and lifted his futon.Kumagai looked at him as he moved, and he saw that the inside of Tokumaru's quilt and the bedding underneath were all wet."
You can send someone to check it......
Tokumaru said, "This futon is all soaked with my sweat, and there is not a drop of hot spring water." ”Seeing this, Kumagai looked at Tokumaru for about five seconds, and then chuckled: "Huh......
No, I believe Your Excellency. ”In fact, in the first two seconds, Kumagai almost said to several of his subordinates behind him, "You guys come forward to check", but from the third second, the smell of overnight sweat in the quilt that was lifted by Tokumaru wafted over......
Kumagai sat two meters away from the quilt, and it was still smoked enough, so he didn't need to test it to understand that it was definitely not the smell that people who had taken a bath could sleep on.After that, Kumagai asked Tokumaru a few more questions despite the smell, but he didn't get any useful information, and seeing that the question was almost complete, Kumagai quickly left the angry room with his men.And their next stop was the guest room in the West Courtyard, which lived for three people......