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"Is there a regular contact person between you and that mysterious group?"

Qingdeng calmed down his emotions, and then asked further questions.

"Yes, yes... The person who is in charge of contacting Kimura and me... is a young samurai who calls himself Yuki Kamenosuke..."

"Yuki Kamenosuke..." Qingdeng chewed the name several times, "Do you know where this person lives?"

"I don't know... Yuki Kamenosuke has been keeping secrets about his age, address and other information... Maybe even the name "Yuki Kamenosuke" is a pseudonym..."

"Then how do you usually communicate with each other?"

"One, Yuki Kamenosuke usually sends us a letter first, reminding us when and what day to meet at Chikaya in Yoshiwara... After meeting and talking about things, we will go our separate ways..."

"Does Yuki Kamenosuke have any more prominent appearance features?"

"Personal features... Physical features... His eyes are narrow, his cheekbones are high, he's a little taller than me... And... he speaks with an Edo accent..."

"Aren't there any more prominent appearance features? For example, where is there a scar on the body?"

Qingdeng's face was covered with black lines.

Thin eyes, high cheekbones... This type of facial features is too popular. Randomly pull 100 people on the street, at least 30 of them have such a face.

"Scar... ah! Yes, yes! There is a deep scar on the back of Yuki Kamenosuke's right hand and above the collarbone on the left!"

Qingdeng nodded slightly. Finally got some useful information.

"Apart from the above, do you know any other information about Yuki Kamenosuke?"

"This, this..." Hosaka looked embarrassed, "My lord, I have already told everything I know. I really don't know about Yuuki Kamenosuke. I just said that Oh, Yuki Kamenosuke keeps his personal information secret, I don't even know if the name 'Yuki Kamenosuke' is a pseudonym..."

Qing Deng frowned.

Just when he was about to say something, Tianzhang Courtyard on the side rushed to say:

"...Hisaka Motozo, let me remind you. You secretly colluded with the gangsters who destroyed Edo and killed Zhongliang, and indirectly participated in murders such as the "Kodenmacho prison house arson case" and the "Akabane family murder case". According to the shogunate regulations , at the lightest, you will be sentenced to 'change' and 'exile'."

Change: That is to deprive the samurai of his status and demote him to a commoner.

The moment Tianzhangyuan's words fell, Hosaka collapsed as if he had lost his backbone, his body suddenly became smaller, and his shoulders and lips trembled.

Whether it is "change" or "exile", they are all tortures that the samurai turned pale upon hearing.

In addition to losing face, the former also lost the "hardcore crops" that can be enjoyed for generations as long as the incense continues.

As for the latter...

It is better to be imprisoned in Edo than to be exiled-this is the true feeling of most people about the punishment of "exile".

Being imprisoned in Edo is at least in human society.

But if they were exiled... the usual exile places of the Edo shogunate were either deep mountains and wild forests, or overseas isolated islands, in short, they were all undeveloped areas that even Robinson Robinson would shake his head when he came.

Many prisoners who were sentenced to exile died miserably on the ground of exile due to poverty and illness before the end of their sentence.

"but--"

At this time, a word from Tianzhangyuan made Huozaka's body stop trembling.

"You now have the opportunity to redeem yourself."

"As you can see, we now need information on the hateful gang behind this series of tragedies in recent days."

"As long as you actively cooperate with us and assist us, then I can help you in the future and let the judges of Yinwei Fang treat you lightly."

Yinweifang: The judicial institution of the Edo Shogunate. Specializes in handling penalties and litigation.

"This... my lord, you... are you telling the truth...?"

Dots of light rose from the pupils of Hosaka.

Tianzhang Court smiled.

"Of course, although I can't tell you who I am, I can reveal to you: I can have a relationship with Yinweifang."

By the way, Tianzhangyuan at this time also covered his face and hair with a cloth like Qingdeng, leaving only a pair of beautiful eyes exposed.

For the current Huosaka, no matter what the tall woman in front of him said is true or not, as long as there is a slight possibility of the government's punishment of him being reduced, it is worth fighting for.

Then, Hosaka frowned and bowed his head.

He painstakingly searched every corner of his mind, and carefully investigated whether there was any omission of important information that could help him commute his sentence.

After a while, Qing Deng suddenly said:

"Since your meeting place is at Yoshiwara's Younvya...so Yuuki Kamenosuke has ordered Yuuuu? Does he have a favorite Yuuuu?"

As if waking up the dreamer with a single word, Hosaka suddenly opened his eyes wide, revealing a calm expression as if suddenly enlightened.

"Your girls... Ah! There are! Yuuki Kamenosuke especially likes the popular girl from Chikaya: Shirajuku! Every time after talking with Kimura and me, he will definitely leave after talking with Shirajuku." go!"

Baiju...Qingdeng silently memorized the nickname of this wandering girl.

With remarkable appearance features and common wandering girls, the information is rich enough!

...

...

After interrogating Huozaka, Tianzhangyuan ordered his subordinates to escort Kimura Shuma over.

At first, Kimura was still stubborn, insisting that he was innocent and knew nothing.

But when he saw Kasaka who was sitting on the ground dejectedly and didn't dare to meet his eyes, he suddenly understood everything.

"You traitor!"

Kimura rushed towards Hosaka with red eyes, if the Fanshi on the left and right of him hadn't reached out to hold him down in time, otherwise he would have bitten off Hosaka's neck with his teeth.

"Traitor! Bastard!"

Since he couldn't get close to Huosaka, Kimura simply cursed.

"If I had known today, I shouldn't have pulled you into the gang!"

Kimura's roar resounded through the small interrogation room.

Unable to bear the noise, Tianzhangyuan raised his pretty eyebrows, then turned his head and said to the second sister behind him:

"Tell him to calm down."

Shazhong and Badian nodded.

Then, the two of them walked up to Kimura involuntarily, and then both kicked up, hitting Kimura's belly.

Kimura let out a scream of "Puff", and the "Awwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" moans.

In this way, the second sister physically calmed Susuma Kimura.

"Hisaka Motozo has already recruited all."

Qingdeng walked slowly to the opposite side of Mucun, and said coldly:

"Now, it's your turn. Tell me everything you know, don't try to deny it or pretend to be stupid. This is the last chance we leave you."

Husaka had already surrendered, and it was meaningless for him to "persist in the war of resistance"... Kimura, who had to accept this reality, lowered his head with a gloomy expression.

However, in a disheartened tone, he told the ins and outs of how he got acquainted with that gangster and how he cooperated with that gangster afterwards.

According to Kimura, one day not long after Qingdeng entered the job to pay the thief, the gang members suddenly approached him.

In this way, he got on the line with the gang.

Kimura doesn't know much more than Hosaka about this gangster who secretly pursued Qing Deng and acted unscrupulously.

The confessions given by the two of them are basically consistent-except for one place where there is a huge discrepancy.

In the version described by Hosaka, it was Kimura who provided the gangsters with the indoor maps of the Kodenma-cho prison house and the North Bansho.

But in Kimuraguchi, the provider of the map has changed to Huozaka.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Kasaka blushed.

"The person who provided the map to those thieves is obviously you!"

"Stop spitting blood!"

Not to be outdone, Kimura retorted.

"When the other party asked us to provide us with the indoor map of Xiaoden Macho's prison house, I already noticed that these guys are weird! I advised you to be cautious! The result? You make up your own mind! I foolishly agreed to everything All the other party's demands!"

"You fart! Susuma Kimura, I didn't expect you to be good at talking nonsense with your eyes open!"

"Hmph! Hisaka Motozo, don't think I don't know your little thoughts! Don't you just want to get rid of your guilt? You shamelessly planted on me! Throw all the shit on me and pick yourself up Clean! I have never seen such a brazen person!"

The two quarreled furiously.

What's interesting is that neither Kimura nor Hosaka's expression or tone seemed to be lying.

——It’s a realistic version of "In the Bamboo Forest"...

Qingdeng secretly thought it was funny.

Although Qingtou in his previous life didn't like to read Japanese literature very much, he had heard a little about the famous novel "In the Bamboo Forest" written by the great writer Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

"In the Bamboo Forest" tells the story of a samurai and his wife Masa on the way to Wakasa. After encountering the thieves Tajo Maru, the samurai was bound and his wife Masa was abused by the thieves. In the end, the samurai died, Tajomaru was arrested, and Masa fled to Kiyomizu Temple. The story starts with the interrogation of relevant witnesses and criminals in court as the main background.

The novel has seven paragraphs in total, which are the descriptions of the case by the seven people, including the policeman, the big thief Zhenxiangmaru, and Zhensha. These seven confessions together constitute the content of the novel.

The strange thing is that the samurai said that he committed suicide, and Tajomaru and Masa each admitted that they killed the samurai. Looking at it individually, their words can be justified, but they are contradictory. Whose words are true? Whose words are false? What is the truth? I am afraid that only God knows.

Who is lying, Kimura and Hosaka?

Who is the person who provided the gangster with the indoor map of the Kodenma-cho prison house and the Beiban office?

It doesn't matter, whatever is fine...Qingdeng thought to himself.

He didn't care about and wasn't interested in the dogfight between Kimura and Huosaka.

All of his thoughts have already flown to the magnificent "Japan's No. 1 Flower Street"...

...

...

Kimura and Hosaka, who had no "use value", were imprisoned in the prison under the Moon Palace Shrine.

Those who were also temporarily imprisoned were Tsuchida Masagi and Kazama Nobuyoshi, who were indeed innocent.

Qingdeng and Tianzhangyuan walked side by side on the way out of the interrogation room.

"Sheng Qing, what do you plan to do next?"

Tianzhangyuan asked while tearing off the cloth covering his face.

"I'm going to Yoshiwara."

Qingdeng replied.

"Are you looking for that wandering girl named Baiju?"

"Well, yes. She might know where Kamenosuke Yuuki lives, or something more useful."

"Then when are you going to leave?"

"If there are no accidents... just tonight."

"Do you need me to send someone to help you?"

"No need, I'll go alone. Yoshiwara is the 'city that never sleeps' in Edo. There are many people, and it will be very conspicuous if a large group of people gather together."

"That's right..."

Tianzhangyuan nodded slightly.

Suddenly, Qingdeng felt a strange sight... The owner of this sight was naturally Tianzhangyuan.

He turned his head and found that Tianzhangyuan was looking at him playfully.

"Your kindness, you shouldn't take the opportunity to vent the desires that have been accumulated in your body for a long time in Yoshihara's wandering girl's house?"

Qingdeng couldn't help but laugh.

"Your Highness, you are joking, I will not do this kind of thing. To be honest, I am not interested in Younv. In my life so far, I have never been to Yoshihara."

Inadvertently, a surprised light flashed across Tianzhangyuan's pupils.

"Hoho~ Haven't you been to Yoshiwara? This is really rare~~ I thought that every Edo man must have played in Yoshihara. Not bad, you have a good personality, keep it up I don't like the kind of man who is playful, lustful, and happy when talking about sex."

"..."

"Huh? Sheng Qing, what's wrong with you? Why don't you look away all of a sudden?"

"No, nothing..."

As Qingdeng said, he shifted his gaze a little further with a guilty conscience.

Although Qingdeng never lingers in the land of love and moon, his actions on "love between men and women" are not much better than those "big prostitutes on the flower street"...

At this moment, Qingdeng suddenly heard the intensive sound of flipping through books not far away.

"Um……?"

Qingdeng stretched his neck and followed the prestige.

In a room diagonally across from him, there were many figures.

This is a set of rooms full of the smell of ink and the smell of books.

A large number of books and scrolls are neatly arranged in the bookshelves standing on the wall, or stacked randomly on the floor.

"Book Mountains" and "Juanling Ridges" that are half a person's height rise from the ground, blocking the originally spacious rooms into a maze with a complex structure.

Twenty or so people who looked like scholars walked back and forth in a hurry in this "maze" made of paper.

Tianzhangyuan noticed Qingdeng's suspicious gaze, and took the initiative to explain:

"This room is the 'front line' for us to track down the poison."

Although she used a tongue-in-cheek tone, the content of her words was quite serious.

"Strange drugs can affect people's minds and make people's temperaments extremely aggressive—this is the established truth at present."

"Since this is the case, then some of the 'violent incidents' in the past may have been related to cunning drugs."

"Therefore, I asked my subordinates to search the past case files of the Enforcement Office, Huofu Bandit Kai, Jiban, and Director Yashu to see if they can find some new useful clues."

"However……"

Speaking of this, Tianzhangyuan changed the subject and put on a helpless tone.

"The engineering volume of this task is much larger than I imagined."

"I have already deployed enough people, but after checking for more than half a month, I still haven't found anything."

"well……"

Qingdeng cast a comforting look at Tianzhangyuan.

"Your Highness, don't be discouraged. Your thinking is correct. When information is scarce, checking past archives and case files is indeed a good way to break the situation."

"Investigating cases is a matter of luck."

"Your subordinates may find some key clues in the vast sea of ​​literature tomorrow."

"Hahaha." Tianzhangyuan smiled, "I accept your good words."

Qingdeng and Tianzhangyuan talked to each other, and before they knew it, they had already arrived outside the main hall of Yuegong Shrine.

"Ah, that's right." Tianzhangyuan slapped his palms suddenly as if remembering something, "I almost forgot. Sheng Qing, since you are going to Jiyuan tonight...then help me Xiang Guasheng by the way." Miss, please say hello."

"Miss Guasheng?"

"Huh? Sheng Qing, don't you know the name of Ms. Gua Shengxiu, the same heart in Yoshihara?"

Tianzhangyuan puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction.

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