Chapter 41: Self-defeating
The flowers bloom in two, one on each branch. That night, the city was informed late at night, and it was quite surprising to know that someone had robbed the prison. Ii Naohu guards his identity, Ina Tadaji has other priorities, and the matter is on the head of Konishi Yuki.
But it was said that the head of Konishi, in front of the other two, had a lot of trouble, as if he was facing a great enemy, and hurriedly gathered two teams of people, totaling more than 60 people, and rushed to the place where the incident occurred.
But as soon as he came out of Ninomaru, he restrained his anxious look, as if he didn't take it seriously, slowly, unhurriedly, slowly moving forward, and it took a lot of effort to go to the "crime scene" leisurely.
It was already half-dawn by this time.
Along the way, the light was immense, until I saw the raging flames, I was suddenly stunned, I didn't dare to ignore it, and quickly quickened my pace.
But all I saw was the burned prison.
There were two prisoners in custody, who were running outside, and happened to meet them, and they were taken down on the spot, obviously not the main owners of the arson and robbery.
Seeing this, Konishi Yukicho became more and more worried, and immediately sent people to search everywhere.
It didn't take long to find a friendly samurai who fainted on the street due to excessive blood loss, and some soldiers recognized that this person was "no ability, no merit, and likes to rely on seniority to rely on the old and sell the old, which is disgusting", used to serve in the army, but later had an accident, so he was transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department to work, responsible for guarding the prison.
The incident that happened was the "case" that President Konishi personally handled. However, when he heard this, he only felt dumbfounded, sweating like a spring, all in chaos, at a loss, how could he have any empty thoughts.
After a few more moments, the soldiers extinguished the fire that had been getting smaller, and found several half-charred corpses, which were initially identified, and several were suspected to be murdered prison guards, and a few could not be seen.
Then Suzuki Kobei was carried to a warm place, stopped the bleeding, poured soup, and gradually recovered and came to his senses.
Governor Konishi hurriedly opened his mouth to ask, but he didn't know where to start, so he only said a stupid sentence: "Suzuki Temple, what's going on?" β
Suzuki Kobei's disgust when he saw the face in front of him, but he also knew that the matter was big and could not be ambiguous, so he frowned and patient, and replied honestly: "Xiaoxiden, I was on duty in the courtyard at night, and I unexpectedly met two thieves disguised as hired laborers. I guess they drugged the miso soup, and my subordinates and I drank it and fell to the ground......"
"Two people? Makeup as a hired person? Governor Konishi suddenly interrupted, "Is it an old man and a young man?" β
"Yes." Suzuki Kobei was surprised, "You know before I said it?" Have you already found your eyebrows? β
Surprised, he didn't expect to go to the "prison guard self-theft" layer.
"Let's not talk about this ...... yet" Konishi Yukicho's eyes rolled and diverted the topic, "Just two thieves who robbed the prison, how did they do this, they were killed and injured, and they were set on fire?" β
"Alas, my brother, he didn't die on the battlefield but died here......" At the mention of this, tears flashed in Suzuki Kobei's eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh, and then replied: "First these two people, followed by a group of black-clothed people in night clothes, the two sides don't seem to be all the way, and they also beat each other......"
"What, two groups of people?" Konishi Yukicho's eyes widened, "What the hell?" Let's talk about the details! β
"Yes, yes......" Suzuki Kobei 1510 gradually told what happened last night, woke up alone in the middle, went to the sentry for help, couldn't ask for help, and then borrowed equipment and turned back alone, just happened to bump into the man in black and fight, wounding and killing several enemies.
In the course of the narrative, his own wisdom and courage are inevitably slightly exaggerated, and the team's usual laziness to sleep is omitted, and it is only speculated that it is caused by the drug in the miso soup.
Governor Konishi didn't notice the cattiness in itβor he didn't bother to care about it, so he frowned and thought about it carefully, and didn't pay attention to it.
The Suzuki Kobei was already in a very bad mood because of the robbery of the prison and the tragic death of his old subordinates, and he was left out in the cold for a while at the moment, and he did not get a response, and he felt that he was bored and despised for himself, and he was even more annoyed, and his big mouth, which often offended people, couldn't help but open:
"It is said that there are twenty or thirty sentry posts in the corner of the city, and as long as I give five or six, it will be enough to wipe out all the black-clothed men last night. It's a pity that the little west hall, you have the order first, so that they must not be moved lightly......"
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding air suddenly froze.
A circle of people didn't dare to answer, and they all pretended to be busy with something, but they didn't hear what was said.
Governor Konishi was accused in public, and his thoughts were disrupted, he was very angry, and he opened his mouth to scold, when he looked up and saw Suzuki Kobei's indifferent face, he suddenly thought of something, but he suppressed his temper, "hehe" sneered, and did not bother with him, but turned to the soldiers and gave an order: "You search along the blood stains on the spot, and I will go to the city to gather more people!" That group of people in black has suffered a lot of injuries, and they can't escape easily, so we must catch them! β
After saying that, he glanced back, with the same contempt as if he were looking at a dead person.
Suzuki Kobei was puzzled, but he was also unceremonious, and glared back angrily.
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As the sky gradually brightened, a full 200 people were mobilized in the city, and they searched and inquired everywhere in the castle town, and finally followed the bloodstains and fished out a suspect who had been shot in the buttocks from the dry well of an abandoned house.
Needless to say, the great punishment is served.
The man looked like he was only a half-old child, very immature, and he couldn't stop crying and crying when he was beaten, and his voice was hoarse, but he just shook his head and refused to confess.
So Konishi Yukicho asked the "professionals" of the Tarao family to take over the operation.
Then, after more than half an hour, he finally plucked some information out of the thief's mouth.
The man admitted that he was a shinobi of "Tobori" and worked for the Takeda family. But as a shinobi, he didn't have much information to access, only that he was ordered by a certain shinobi to save his son who was captured by mistake - that is, the young man with the pseudonym "Shinichi Sano", all the way from Suruga to the Seto Inland Sea, and only arrived in Izumi the afternoon before yesterday, and I didn't know anything else.
Konishi Yukicho was shocked, and hurriedly ordered his henchmen to send a secret letter to Hirate Honhide, and shared the matter with Ina Tadaji and Ii Naotora, and then went to the "Metropolitan Police Department" to discuss with Hattori Haruyasu.
After hearing this, Hattori Haruan was puzzled: "In the castle town of Kishiwada Castle, there are 3,000 soldiers and civilians, and there are 4,000 or 5,000 merchants and pedestrians who come and go, and there are one or two who are hiding incognito, but it is normal. In the last five days, there have been only three large caravans that have landed from the port, but none of them are as you say......"
Although he didn't hear the good news, Governor Konishi still didn't give up, asked for the information of the three merchant caravans, went to the dormitory to check them one by one, and helplessly found that there were no conditions for committing the crime.
When he came back, he tortured the only captive and asked for a detailed procedure, but the half-grown boy kept crying and calling his mother, saying that he had been ordered to stay in the depths of the cabin all the way and not let him out, and when he went ashore, he was strictly ordered to stay in the room and not allowed to move, and he did not know the specific course of action.
I had no choice but to return to the first scene and search for it in a carpet way.
Finally, someone discovered that in addition to the child who was hit by the arrow in the buttocks, there was another faint blood stain.
But the bloodstain only extended for less than two hundred steps, and it was so faint that it was completely invisible.
Vaguely judged that the direction of the other party's escape may be the dock port, whether it is or not, no one dares to pack a ticket to take this responsibility.
Konishi's head suddenly grew.
If the other party is indeed from the port ship, but it is not the large caravan that Hattori Haruan said, there are only three possibilities-
First, this group of thieves was broken into pieces and dispersed and infiltrated. But this does not correspond to the confession of the captive.
Second, they had a stronghold on the edge of Kishiwada Castle, and they did not raid from afar, which is also inconsistent with the confession.
Then the only possibility left is that the man in black who robbed the prison probably did not come on a merchant ship disguised as a caravan, but instead landed in the warship of the Pingshou family!
This is not a simple prison robbery!
It's a very serious political incident involving enemy ninjas!
It's not a big deal to kidnap an unidentified person - although it seems that the person's identity is actually quite big now, but we haven't found out......
What's really terrifying is that the dozen or so ninjas lurking on their own military ships can cause even more damage.
Konishi Yukicho thought about it and felt that the consequences were really serious, so he found Ina Tadaji, Ii Naotora, Hattori Haruyasu and others, and held an emergency meeting, saying that it was necessary to search the military ship and find out the suspicious person.
When the words landed, Ina Tadaji was stunned and slapped his thigh: "I didn't say this earlier!" Two quarters of an hour ago, I had just signed a contract to send supplies to Owari as agreed, and to build the station ahead of schedule...... The calculation of the time may have started now, in case the thieves are on that fleet......"
Everyone was shocked, but the woman Jing Yi Naohu was the most decisive, and immediately shouted "Hurry up!" Don't delay! β
"I'll go!"
Where can Konishi Yukichang sit still, and he even jumps and gets up.
"I'll be with you!"
Hattori Haruan also jumped up.
He broke his arm more than 10 years ago and is no longer able to use his hands with others, but with continuous hard work, his daily activities are as vigorous as ever.
The two of them galloped away side by side.
Suddenly, Hattori Haruan asked softly: "I heard that there are two waves of prison robbers?" What's going on? And it sounds like the old man and the young man in front of him, the two robbers in prison, don't seem to be enemies, but like ...... Deliberately acting in general. β
Konishi Yukicho was suddenly depressed when his secret was revealed.
When someone else asked this question, he was annoyed and angry, but in the face of Hattori Chunan, he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only cry and plead: "Please see through it and don't say it!" In fact, there was an instruction from the lord that passed down, and I took it upon myself to add some vinegar and oil, but I never thought that it was self-defeating......"
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