The wine cellar in Hinami Village, where a woman in short-haired work clothes accompanied by a group of villagers, is not too far from the Prototype Hotel, which can be seen upstairs.

"It's called Phantom Rice Sake, and it's made with a special Nishiki."

The village cadre introduced on the side.

"This is Mr. Ghost Head of the Toshi family, the oldest brewer in this village"

"It seems to be quite lively down there, what are you doing?" Gao Cheng looked down the hill for a while, and asked by the way after the innkeeper arranged accommodation.

"You can see it," the boss explained with a smile, "The person in charge of the Tokyo department store came to inspect it, and thanks to Mr. Kan's idea, the village's own sake can be sold as a specialty in Tokyo in the future, and the village will definitely be much better than it is now." ”

"Mr. Pavilion"

"Ah, it's the village chief."

The boss had a look of adoration on his face.

"Everyone respects him, and if it weren't for Mr. Guan, this village wouldn't exist."

"Oh."

Gao Cheng was thoughtful.

The person in charge of the department store came to investigate, but in his opinion, the woman didn't seem to look like her, and generally speaking, the inspection would not come alone.

Recalling the details of the woman's car, Gao Cheng still asked one more sentence, "How could the person in charge of the department store come here alone"

"This is also the credit of Mr. Guan, everyone in the village has spent a lot of money, so come to me if you have anything, the soup pool is in the back, and there is a game room downstairs."

The innkeeper found that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and he hurriedly changed the subject and left.

"It turned out to be spending money to find a relationship." Gao Cheng shook his head, closed the door and put down his backpack, and found the balcony living room.

The balcony had a sunbed and the location was not very big, but the view was good.

The only thing I wasn't very happy with was that the TV only had one channel, which looked a bit boring.

It's still too boring to go out alone, even if there are Ayumi's little ghosts making trouble at this time.

"Let's take a bath and check it out in the games room." Gao Cheng got up and changed into a yukata and went out.

Hinami Village is not a tourist place, so the hotel hot spring is also very unsatisfactory, but it is an indoor hot spring pool, which is similar to a bathhouse, that is, a pool of hot water.

I miss the hot springs surrounded by snow-capped mountains.

Gao Cheng went into the water shirtless, exhaled lightly and sank his body into the water.

It was also said that it was also very comfortable to take a hot bath, and the whole person relaxed a lot.

After such a bath, he also emptied his mind, didn't think about any cases, and lazily rested by the pool.

It's getting late, and there's a banquet going on on the other side of the village, and the protagonist of the banquet is Kaoru Kusakabe, the head of the department store specially invited by the village.

In order to cooperate with department stores in Tokyo to sell and develop local specialty sake, the executives raised 15 million yen for the event, and there were great hopes for this cooperation, and even the elderly and respected village chief attended the banquet until the evening due to health reasons.

In the second half of the banquet, Kaoruko knelt down and looked at the drunk village cadres who were singing and dancing, and gradually became impatient and incompatible with the scene of celebration.

Seeing that the uncle next to him came to toast again, Kaoru Kosaka finally couldn't help it, and walked out of the venue after saying a word.

It was already evening, and the village was quietly bathed in moonlight.

Gao Cheng, who was in the bathhouse of the hotel, heard two sounds of entering the water in a daze, thinking that it was the other guests, opened his eyes, but saw a golden retriever swimming in front of him, followed by a second ha, and squinted at him.

"Me"

Looking at the two dogs swimming happily in the pool, Gao Cheng opened his mouth, and finally got up sullenly and went to the side to rinse again.

After changing into a yukata, my stomach already felt hungry and I had to prepare to find the boss to buy some food first, and when I passed the game room, I took a special look at the result, which was a table tennis table, and the only thing related to electronic products was an old slot machine on the side.

You really don't have to expect anything.

"Huh"

Kaoru Kaoru came back from the entrance and happened to bump into Gao Cheng, but it was difficult to avoid it, and greeted with a smile, "You also live here"

"Well, there just happened to be a turtle room left," Gao Cheng looked at Kaoru under the sun and faintly smelled a smell of wine, "You shouldn't live in a crane room, I heard that someone booked it." ”

"yes, yes."

Kaoru Kaoru was slightly surprised by the sun, and looked at Gao Chengdao again.

"There shouldn't be anyone else moving in today, how can there be only a turtle shape room left?"

"Uh," Gao Cheng suddenly didn't want to go to the boss, "Do you know where to buy things nearby, I haven't had dinner yet." ”

"At this time, the shops are closed, and there is a bar next door."

Kaoru Zi under the sun was puzzled in her eyes, and she seemed to be familiar with Gao Cheng, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

"There should be food in the bar," Gao Cheng muttered, and then handed over his business card, "By the way, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Joto Gao Cheng, a private detective in Tokyo, thank you for bringing me to the village before." ”

"You're welcome."

Kaoru Kusakabe took the business card and her face changed.

The famous detective Chenghu Gaocheng would actually encounter it in such a remote countryside.

"It turns out that Detective Joto came to Nagano to investigate the case."

"It's just work, and it's not like there are cases all the time," Gao Cheng said with a smile, "Detectives also need to live." ”

"Well," Kaoru Kusakabe asked, rolling her eyes and tentatively, "I should be back in Tokyo tomorrow, or I'll send you then." ”

Gao Cheng didn't know what this woman was thinking, but he still agreed, "It's okay if it's not troublesome." ”

"Then it's decided, maybe I'll trouble you again when I get back to Tokyo." Kaoru Kusakabe smiled and went upstairs back to her room.

"Strange Woman"

Gao Cheng was hungry and had no interest in continuing the conversation, although the other party was beautiful, he was about thirty years old, and probably only Uncle Maori would be entangled in it.

And this Kaoru Kaoru is obviously quite jealous of his detective identity

The bar is on the first floor of the hotel, it is said to be a bar, but in fact, there is no wine, mainly the specialty of the village, a kind of rice wine called "Hina Noyu", several flavors, among which there is a sweet taste that Gao Cheng likes.

At first, the wine was just a drink, but in modern times, it gradually changed its taste through various marketing and publicity, but the wine in this village is very pure and very delicious, even if Gao Cheng has never drunk alcohol, he tried to taste a few sips.

"Jingle Bell"

In the crane room of the hotel, Kaoru Kusakabe, who had changed into pajamas, suddenly received a call from the village cadres.

"What time is it now?"

"There's something very important, please."

"Okay."

Kaoru Kusakabe put down the phone with a frown and sighed helplessly.

She didn't want to stay in this kind of village for a day, so she would leave tomorrow.

Putting on his job uniform again, he couldn't help but pause when he saw the business card given by Gao Cheng.

"Detective"

The village chief's house is a two-story Japanese-style building, and in a tatami mat living room, Kaoruko and the village officials kneel opposite each other, while the village chief in a kimono sits like an intermediary at the top, and a group of people watch below.

"It's weird.,Are you really the person in charge, it's supposed to be the big stone of the sales headquarters, it's not you.,There are no female members in the manager department of the Murakoe department store at all.,There's a woman who won't go to work until next month.,The name is Kaoru of the sunpark."

The cadres of the suit village pointed to the lower part of the sun like an interrogatory.

"You guy, 15 million yen, how did we come up with it, do you know?"

The woman remained silent until she finally smiled and said, "I did lie to you, you can sue me, but you are also guilty." ”

"What"

"Do you know that this is a crime of bribery, making money for your own interests, bribery is a big crime, you don't know it, you have to deal with people in the city, the countryside is the countryside, and no matter how many people are together, they are a rabble."

The woman got up to get up to leave under the glaring eyes of the villagers.

"I'll tell you a tragic story, department stores won't work with you people at all, this is Japan, we don't want to be volunteers, what Hina Noyu, maybe less than one percent of the people who signed the contract"

"Bastard"

In the face of the woman's ridicule, all the villagers changed their faces, and those who were impulsive even cried and screamed at the woman.

"In order to make money, I sold all my fields, why did I do this?"