"I can't drink enough to retire first, you continue, continue, you don't have to send it anymore!"

Suzuki Hidemoto laughed, waved his hand at a group of friends in the brewhouse, then grabbed his belt and swaggered out.

Behind him was a wide façade, a brand-new plaque, a courteous waitress, a brightly lit shop full of wine, and several smiling faces stooping down.

Although he was half drunk and half awake, his feet were empty, but his spirit was full of excitement, and he even hummed a small song.

It shows that he has been quite proud during this time.

Since last year, he coincidentally broke the conspiracy of the Takeda ninja and was beaten as a typical example, and fell from the "Metropolitan Police Department" to the "pro-guard", the Suzuki Kobei of the fourth generation was given the name "Hidemoto", and since this time it has been running, and the official fortune has been prosperous.

In the core system of the Pingshou family, the "Youbi Zhong" is always on standby by the sovereign to assist in the handling of paperwork and etiquette, and foreign affairs, while the "close to the public" is often external, representing the central temporary management of some sensitive and important departments, and the "pro-guard" is theoretically a security function, but it is also often received to transmit news and supervise inspections, and will travel for a short time.

Suzuki Hidemoto was not a deaf person, and his work ability can only be described as mediocre.

But luckily, I picked up Kato Toranosuke, a shrewd and capable, decisive little fellow, who performed well in several tasks, got blue eyes, and gradually entrusted him with important tasks.

Towards the end of the year, they set out from Kishiwada Castle again, brought a few subordinates, wrapped in thick cotton clothes, and rode to Kyoto to check whether the garrison had prepared winter clothes for firewood and winter clothes that year.

This is certainly not a small task worth making a big fuss about.

Who knew that he had just arrived, and he met with the young man who stayed at the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and met with Kawada, Honda, and Konishi, and was surrounded by three or five old friends when he went out, and he couldn't help but say that he flocked to the high-end sake house that had not been opened for a long time, saying that he wanted to "catch the wind and wash the dust, and treat him well".

Toranosuke Kato immediately attached an ear reminder that he should refuse.

Suzuki Hidemoto is a layman, and he likes to be in the limelight very much, so he hesitated for a while while and pretended to be unable to save face.

The people who invited guests to do the east were all middle- and lower-level officers like him back then, and their friendship was not very deep. In the past, even if you encountered it, you can find a roadside stall and drink two bowls of turbid wine with pickled vegetables, how have you ever been to a decent occasion?

Looking at the robes that were vulgar and uncultivated in the past, but today they are full of smiles and forced to come over to accompany the wine, Suzuki Hidemoto doesn't mention how happy he is.

But after all, he still has a trace of reason in his heart, and he has not forgotten what Toranosuke Kato said in his ear before going to the banquet, "We are here for supervision, and they must have inside information if they have nothing to do".

So the wine was drunk, the food was eaten, the small gifts and local specialties were resolutely not received, and the woman who pushed it into her arms only touched her hands up and down, and did not lift the gun and move the horse seriously.

In the end, while he was not completely drunk, he resolutely proposed to leave, regardless of the slightest, and staggered out.

Not far from the corner of the street outside, Toranosuke Kato waited impatiently, and finally saw his boss come out, his expression was slightly relieved, and he stepped forward with a cold face, and said solemnly: "You'd better just eat and drink and not take anything!" Otherwise, if something goes wrong tomorrow, it won't end well! ”

"No, no, absolutely nothing!" Suzuki Hidemoto was reprimanded by his subordinates as his boss, and he didn't dare to get angry at all, but he smiled and touched his head and played a round field: "I'm not so confused and useless, eh, hehe......"

Kato Toranosuke shook his head helplessly and sighed, didn't bother to pay attention to him, picked out the oil lamp, turned around and led the way in front, and told angrily: "It's best for us to go out to the monastery to spend the night on this trip, and there are few clean incidents, so don't look for a lodging house, I have already discussed it with the monks of the nearby Myokakuji Temple, and now this is ......"

After walking a hundred and ten steps, I turned two small corners, and before I could finish my words, I suddenly heard someone arguing loudly.

"How can this bellflower house be in arrears? Even if the Tie family owes him money, what does it matter to me? ”

"Don't say it, it's not easy for people, only a quarter of the 800 yuan is recovered, and this year is a wasted effort."

"But the contract I signed with him didn't say anything about it?"

"But now, even if you cut him with a knife, you may not be able to get the money turnover, what can you do?"

"Shameless! I didn't expect the huge flat family to do this debt-based thing! ”

"Who's to say it isn't? It's not that the cotton clothes are rotten and don't give money, obviously I saw with my own eyes that they are intact, it's really excessive! ”

"It's strange, Lord Pingshou doesn't look like a person who pays his debts."

"Alas, even if he is a great sage, he can't avoid the evil acting officials below messing around!"

Following the prestige, it was a semi-open-air liquor shop, where two young merchants were babbling in the dim candlelight, and the proprietor, who seemed to be a middle-aged woman, came to persuade them not to talk nonsense, but was glamorously ignored.

Kato Toranosuke frowned thoughtfully when he saw it.

Suzuki Hidemoto didn't think much about it, his duty was, when he heard a few key words such as "cotton clothes" and "bad accounts", he woke up most of the time, and immediately stepped over, opened his big mouth filled with smell, and shouted: "I am a samurai sent by the Heishou Criminal Department to inspect military discipline, whether what you just said is true, tell me in detail!" ”

The two young businessmen were startled, and they all looked sideways, and they were both stunned and at a loss for what to do. The middle-aged woman shopkeeper was even more ashen, her body was like a sifting chaff, and she subconsciously knelt down and begged for mercy.

Suzuki Hidemoto muttered to himself, "It's not convenient to try cases on the street," so he waved his hand and ordered the two young businessmen to be "invited" back. There was also a female shopkeeper and her daughter, who was a waiter, along the way.

……

At first, one of the two young people pretended to panic and only called innocence, and the other was fierce and inward-looking, and did not cooperate. Suzuki Hidemoto couldn't stop the scene when he slapped the table. Fortunately, there was someone who didn't talk much, and Tiger Kato, who didn't talk much, was on the side, and when he pressed the hilt of the sword with his hand, he frightened the "visitors" into obeying orders and didn't dare to make a mistake.

After a detailed discussion, it became clear that the two men in front of him, called "Jiro Okamoto Uemon" and "Orimoto Sunroku", were merchants from the vicinity of, who had provided warehouses and materials such as cloth, cotton and linen to the Kyoto garmaker "Kikyo House" a few months earlier, and kept accounts instead of cash.

As a result, when it came time to settle, the "Kikyo House" claimed that in a big business, it was cheated by the Tie family, and it was difficult to turn over funds and could not pay the arrears.

"Jiro Okamoto Uemon" and "Orimoto Sun Roku" are just low-level people who don't have much power, and when they heard that the matter was related to the Heite family, they didn't dare to think that someone would uphold justice, so they could only think that they were unlucky, and they found a random restaurant on the side of the street, and drank alcohol to vent.

The orphan and widow who ran the small liquor shop can be used as circumstantial evidence to recount the incessant complaints of young merchants.

Hearing this, Kato Toranosuke was thoughtful, his eyes flickered, and his joy and anger were invisible.

But Suzuki Hidemoto was completely drunk, frowning and having a headache.

Originally, I just drank too much wine and was in high spirits, and suddenly I wanted to "punish evil and promote good", but I didn't expect that the matter really came to me, and it happened to be the problem that I was about to be responsible for the inspection!

To say that some people bully businessmen and swallow public funds in the procurement process...... This kind of thing was not common in the past, but it definitely exists. However, in the past, I heard that someone had made a fortune of 10 or 20 yuan, but today it is 800 yuan, and only 200 yuan has been paid, and the whereabouts of the other 600 yuan are unknown......

600 kan, equal to 600,000 copper coins, can be converted into about three catties of gold, in the region can buy 1,000 koku of brown rice, to support more than 100 people throughout the year.

If you take so many at once, you can imagine that you must be a predator with your hands and eyes, and if you can't get a relative with the Lord of the Criminal Department, how can you seriously track it down?

But the matter has already come to the forefront, if you don't investigate, it will be exposed in the future, and you won't be able to eat good fruit.

I can only blame myself for being praised by my old colleagues, and I poured a few more cups of yellow soup, I don't know who my surname is, and I dare to fantasize about the plot of the micro-service detective......

Suzuki Hidemoto was stunned for a long time and didn't know what to do, and outsiders seemed to have a cold face and didn't speak, which scared the two businessmen and thought they were going to be killed, and the mother and daughter who ran the tavern hugged each other and cried.

Seeing this, Toranosuke Kato took matters into his own hands and ordered the person concerned and the witnesses to be taken down and properly guarded. Then he said to Suzuki Hidemoto: "Aren't you worried about what nobles are involved behind the matter, so you look ahead?" ”

Lingmu Xiuyuan was said to be blushing and embarrassed when he was in the center: "I...... Am I such a courageless man? Of course...... Of course how much...... Of course, I was a little scared, but I hesitated not only because I was afraid, but more ......."

"Alright, alright...... I don't know you yet? Kato Toranosuke sighed with an expression of hatred for iron and steel, and said: "Actually, you can rest assured, it is estimated that there will be no nobles mixed here." ”

"Oooh! That is, I can take the opportunity to be in the limelight and punish the evildoers? Suzuki Hidemoto suddenly smiled, and then was puzzled: "But why? How do you know there won't be big guys......"

"It's simple." Toranosuke Kato pointed in the direction of the southwest and said firmly: "Our lord is a master of the Fair Hand Punishment Department, who has a way to make money and cherishes feathers. If the people around him ask for money, they have a better way, how can they use such a clumsy and rude way? I am 70% sure that this is someone who is pretending to be a tiger and making his own opinion. ”

"That's good......" Suzuki Hidemoto nodded but suddenly shook his head again and again: "No, no, it's only seventy percent sure, that is, there is still a thirty percent possibility......"

"How can there be anything so simple in the world that can be determined with 100 percent?" Toranosuke Kato scoffed at this: "You are also a character killed on the battlefield, don't you have this bit of guts?" ”

"I ......" Suzuki Hidemoto was speechless, and could only agree: "You're right, if you're so timid on the battlefield, what kind of samurai should you be?" This matter is indeed in charge. ”

When his words landed, Toranosuke Kato didn't say a word, he nodded slowly but firmly, thinking that the two businessmen might have deliberately arranged something, so he didn't mention it for now, lest this boss can't use his brain......