novelraw Chapter 1063 [Chapter ENDING] 15
Chapter 1063 [Chapter ENDING] 15
Tufang fell silent, and for a while, only the sound of his snorting became thicker and louder echoed in this square inch.
Then, Tufang carefully put the piece of paper back into the file, flattened the file, wiped off the dust that had almost been shaken off the cover, and put the file neatly aside.
"What else do you find?" He asked calmly.
Liu Quan hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should take out another file now.
There seemed to be two little people arguing in her heart.One said: [As the saying goes ~ Stretching the head and shrinking the head ~ is a knife~] The other said: [But the deputy chief is already being hit very hard now~ Do you want him to slow down before hearing the bad news~]
In short, although it was just a little person imagined in her mind, she was chattering and chattering, making her upset and having difficulty making a decision for a while.
Seeing her sluggish (?) face, the deputy chief was the first to regain his composure.
"Hey, if you don't have one over there, I have an idea." He said.
Liu Quan nodded frantically in a hurry to show that he was all ears.
Her unusual expression made Hijikata laugh instead, a very shallow smile crossed his face and disappeared in a flash.
In the next second, he still said in that serious tone:
"I suddenly thought of it when I just mentioned the topic of Kokotaro Ito," he said.
"Ito's real surname is 'Suzuki'. He changed his surname because he joined the Ito Dojo. When he joined the Shinsengumi, he brought a few relatives and friends to join him. Among them was his younger brother, who was also called 'Suzuki' at the time. Sanshu Saburo'."
"The Imperial Tomb Guards... but they have always hated the Shinsengumi so much. The former Kondo... Director, was attacked and injured before the Battle of Toba Fushimi, and they were the ones who did it."
"...The surname 'Suzuki' has something to do with the word 'Shinsengumi', that's all I can think of...but maybe it's just a coincidence."
Hijikata finished speaking while thinking deeply. He thought he could only see a puzzled expression on that Miss Izumi's face—because ordinary women are not interested in these intricate inside stories and stakes—but he just There was a look of enlightenment on her face.
"Oh—" she even dragged her voice out, showing her approval.
"So, is that Suzuki's age right? Since Kokotaro Ito is dead, is his brother still alive? If he is alive, how can we know what his brother looks like?" She continued to ask solemnly. He asked several questions, with the intention of "Let's follow this clue and trace it!".
The earthworker coughed.
It was inconvenient for him to tell her, "I know what Ito's younger brother looks like, and that thief is not Suzuki Sanki Saburo", so he could only answer obliquely:
"...Ito's younger brother would be about 40 years old if he lived to this day...? But the guy who stole the famous sword is only in his early 20s, so his age doesn't match..."
He looked at her with a disappointing "Oh" and quickly added a few more sentences.
"However, if it's not a coincidence... it's not impossible that they are relatives and friends of the Suzuki family or hired by them to continue to seek revenge on the Shinsengumi..."
Then he saw Miss Quan's expression brightened.
"That's right!" She replied with a serious face, and also contributed her thoughts by the way.
"So, since they intend to seek revenge on the Shinsengumi, then they won't just let it go?" she speculated.
"Since they have ambushed the director of the Shinsengumi before, are they just willing to steal a knife now? Absolutely impossible. They must still want to do something..."
She propped her chin up with an index finger, tilted her head slightly and thought seriously.
"Although it may be a bit offensive to say that... But, is there anyone else who is an important figure in the Shinsengumi who used to be in a high position?"
Earthwork:! !
He glanced at her, and lowered his eyelids to hide the surprised light in the depths of his pupils.
"...Do you think that if that Suzuki is really related to the remaining party of the Royal Tomb Guards, then they plan to attack other surviving Shinsengumi cadres?" He asked back calmly.
Miss Quan nodded without hesitation.
"I've also heard about 'The Change of Oil Koji'. The two sides are already fighting to the death... In this case, stealing a knife politely, what kind of 'revenge' is it? "
"Could it be...to steal the director's favorite knife, to attack the members of the former Shinsengumi mentally; and then...to do something big, such as—kill people in the street, sneak attack from behind—what?"
Earthwork:! ! !
Although it sounded like a fantasy, he had a strange feeling for a moment that maybe her fantasy had really touched the truth of the matter.
Of course, Kondo-kun's sword was stolen and he refused to explain the whereabouts. There is another completely different explanation. Steal the director's belongings and plan to return them to his family.
But—Hijikata thought of the scene when he met Suzuki that day.
Suzuki, who said he would not tell him the whereabouts of the knife, with a distorted face, did not reveal the aura of chivalrous and sympathetic intentions to help the families of the members of the Shinsengumi, but——
With a hideous face, the feeling of wanting to die with hatred!
Tufang suddenly shivered.
Those remnants of the royal tomb guards have already attacked Kondo-kun... Then, who else is next?
It is no longer possible for Soma, who committed seppuku, to be their target; Hengkura and Oishi, who were ruthlessly executed, also cannot make them feel any pleasure of revenge.So, who else participated in the change of Yukoji at that time?
Yongcang?Harada? ... But where these two people are, no one knows now.They are probably not in Tokyo, because Yamakawa said that the comrades-in-arms of the old Aizu domain and the Shinsengumi living in Tokyo almost have a general contact with each other, and the whereabouts of others can always be found through some people—— However, no one has heard of the whereabouts of Yongcang and Harada.
So, their target is... Saito?
Although Saito rushed to Aburokōji to support him back then, he was not the one who ended up killing Kokotaro Ito or several other members of the Imperial Tomb Guard.
Perhaps they hated Saito because Saito was actually an undercover agent among the Royal Tomb Guards who was loyal to the Shinsengumi?
...That's why they spent a lot of time designing a small case of stealing Kondo-kun's favorite knife. Could it be that the purpose is to get close to Saito, who is now a policeman?
The earth found it a little ridiculous, but felt that this inference was not completely untenable.
Back then, Saito returned to the Shinsengumi after he left the Imperial Tomb Guards. Although he was asked to change the alias of "Yamaguchi Jiro" to protect him, no matter whether he was in the Tenmanya incident or in the bird He was very active in the battle of Yufushimi and the following Boshin War; even if he changed his name, those bad guys could know who he was just by looking at his face—the Garner Vulture of the Royal Tomb Guard Didn't Xiong recognize Kondo-kun who is aliased as "Okubo Yamato" based on this?
Anyway, now that he thought of this, he decided to notify Hiroshi Yamakawa to contact Saito immediately after dawn, and warn Saito to be extra careful; and try to see if he can use the power of the Metropolitan Police Department to monitor those imperial tombs The remnants of the Guardians—
However, in the eyes of today's new government, the guards of the Imperial Tomb are not considered traitors, but their newly selected group.Therefore, they are too lazy to manage the dangers of members of the Shinsengumi.
The expression on Hijikata's face gradually became serious.
He didn't doubt Saito's skill at all.But now is not the age of the sword.The last time those remnants of the Royal Tomb Guards ambushed Kondo-kun—it was more than ten years ago—didn’t they already use bullets?
He thought hard.But he has always been unwilling to get involved too much with the former Shinsengumi companions, and he doesn't want to disturb everyone's peaceful life; because he thinks that he is already a dead person in the eyes of the world, let alone the Shinsengumi. The vice-captain of Oni has a great reputation, and in this era where the Shinsengumi is still being suppressed, it is not very convenient to have a relationship with this person who bears the title of "Vice-Captain of the Shinsengumi", so he At the beginning, I just asked Shanchuan a few simple questions, but when I learned that Saito had changed his name, received awards in the Southwest War, and lived a peaceful life, he didn't continue to ask.
But now he hastily wanted to think about whether Saito's true identity had been exposed, whether the remnants of the Royal Tomb Guards really wanted to harm him, etc., but Hijikata felt at a loss for a while.
…In the end, there is no evidence to prove that the remnants of the Royal Tomb Guards can still have such energy to commit murders, and there is no evidence to prove that after many years, they still plan to take revenge with a fierce and cruel heart——
Then, he heard Miss Quan's voice.
It was a tone he was familiar with now—cautious, sympathetic, apologetic—he had only heard it a while ago.
"Mr. Naito?"
Earthwork took a deep breath.
He is now able to make a little mental preparation in advance.Because her tone is definitely a bad omen——
"Here, there is another case file. That..."
Earthwork's heart sank suddenly.But he tried his best to maintain his superficial calm, and stretched out his hand towards her again, intending to take the new file.
"Another murder case? Another victim? Also... a former member of the Shinsengumi?" he asked pretendingly.
Sure enough, Ms. Quan grabbed the dossier again—this was an even worse omen.
Hijikata waited for what she would say next—as if it was the final verdict on the fate of his companion.
Then, he heard her voice.
"This time, it's a...murder case that hasn't been solved yet." Her voice seemed to be trembling slightly.
"The victim is... Anfu is helping you."
Earthwork:! ! !
The author has something to say:
February 12:
A little explanation:
In the case mentioned today, the victim is the last deputy head of the Shinsengumi, Saisuke Yasutomi (some texts also write Saisuke Yasutomo or Saisuke Yasutomi, but the pronunciation is the same in Japanese anyway)
In history, he was an on-site witness when the deputy chief was martyred. It is said that he and several other people sent the deputy chief's body back to Goryokaku.But no one knew what happened to the deputy chief's body later.
Saisuke Yasuto wrote a letter and sent it to the deputy chief's hometown in Hino, describing in detail the circumstances of the death of the deputy chief. This letter is still in the memorial hall
Because he was the last deputy head of the Shinsengumi, he was also sentenced and exiled after he surrendered. He was assassinated not long after he returned to Tokyo after being pardoned.
The case has so far remained unsolved.
Of course, I mentioned this case to draw out the next character, but I also want to mention the ending of the last director and deputy director of the Shinsengumi.
Think about it, it's really like fireworks.After a moment of splendor, it will return to silence.
I promise, starting from Christmas Eve, exciting brain holes will start to explode! 【Hello!
I hope that the HE of the deputy chief can finish writing www within this week
Then we can enter the room chief's exchange episode [.
Next update: tomorrow at midnight