Ogata and Omachi each held a red and white steamed bun in their hands and gnawed it.
Red and white steamed buns - one of Kyoto's famous Kyoto confectioneries.
Although it is called a steamed bun, it is filled with red bean paste, which is a bit like the bean paste buns in Ogata's previous life.
Red and white steamed buns are divided into red and white. Although they have two different colors, they actually taste the same.
Omami gnawed on red steamed buns, while Omachi ate white steamed buns.
Finally finding the second pharmacy, Ogata stuffed the few remaining steamed buns into his mouth and said to Omachi:
"A-Machi, please wait for me outside. I'll go and come back."
"Yeah." Ating nodded obediently.
Ogata took out the two prescriptions in his arms and strode towards the pharmacy in front of him.
On the other hand, A-Machi obediently followed Ogata's instructions and stood there, holding the half-left steamed bun with both hands, gnawing slowly while silently waiting for Ogata to come back.
Not long after, Xu was back.
"How?" A-Machi asked.
Ogata shook his head.
Although he missed again, there was still no trace of annoyance on Ogata's face.
"Let's go." Ogata smiled, "Let's go check out the next place."
"Um!"
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"Ah, Ayi! Look! It's a water seller. Let's go there to buy something to drink."
Not far in front of Ogata and Omachi, an old man who was already quite old was carrying two large wooden barrels on a pole.
While walking forward slowly, he shouted "Sell cold water, sell cold water" loudly.
"Water seller..." Ogata muttered, "I happen to be a little thirsty too."
Water sellers carrying buckets of water or sugar water walked through the streets and alleys of the city - this is also a common sight in cities of this era.
The so-called water sellers, as the name suggests, are vendors who specialize in selling drinking water on the street.
In the hot summer, drinking cold water is a different kind of enjoyment.
Therefore, in such a big summer, the water seller can be said to be one of the most popular vendors.
Ogata and Atachi approached, and the water seller immediately enthusiastically introduced them to Ogata:
"Good morning! You two gentlemen! I have some water here!"
The water seller patted the bucket hanging in front of the pole.
"And sugar water!"
Then he patted the bucket hanging behind the pole.
"May I ask what kind of water do you two gentlemen need?"
"Do you still have sugar water here? Then I want sugar water!"
"Then just give me a bowl of water." Ogata said.
"Okay!"
The water seller put down the two large buckets hanging on the poles, then took out two clean bowls and filled them with a bowl of clean water and a bowl of sugar water respectively.
After Ogata and Atachi drank the water in their respective bowls, Atachi wiped his mouth and praised: "It tastes pretty good."
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"Ayi! Look! It's an ear collector!"
"Can these two small things really help customers remove ear wax... Let's go, there's nothing interesting about picking out people's ears."
"This is the first time I have seen an ear-picking man. Please let me see it for a while longer."
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"It's 'Lao Wan Selling Candy'..." Looking at the scene in front of him, Ah Ding couldn't help but smile, "The dance is pretty good."
In a big city like Kyoto, the most indispensable thing is these sugar sellers.
Because there were many people traveling with them, in order to attract as many customers as possible, these sugar sellers chose to dress in strange clothes and do various weird actions, which can be said to show off their special abilities.
There are "Tang people selling candy" dressed as foreigners; there are "Foxes selling candy" wearing fox doll costumes; there are "Grandpas selling candy" dressed as grandfathers...
The so-called "Lao Wan sells candy" is when men dress up as women and dance while selling candy.
Ogata and Omachi now met a candy seller called "Lao Wan sells candy".
This young sugar seller's facial features are quite beautiful, so even if he is wearing women's clothes, he will not look "eye-catching" to others.
At the same time, she dances well.
With her pretty good looks and pretty good dancing, she has successfully attracted a lot of customers.
Many passers-by, including Ogata and Omachi, were attracted by this sugar seller.
After watching the sugar seller's dance for a while, Ogata and I each bought one of the candies sold by the sugar seller.
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Ogata and Atachi played along while looking for the pharmacy.
When you encounter something interesting, stop and look around.
When I see something delicious, I buy it and eat it.
The “searching trip” slowly turned into a “trip to Kyoto”…
Although he played like crazy, Ogata still did not forget the important task of finding a pharmacy.
Ogata and his wife have visited 4 pharmacies so far.
It's a pity that all of them are in vain.
But Ogata is not in a hurry. After all, Kyoto is a big city and there are many pharmacies that he has not been to yet.
So I continued to keep a leisurely pace with Atachi, eating, drinking and playing while looking for the pharmacy...
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Kyoto, the official office of Kyoto Town.
Hasegawa Heizo and his subordinates were currently in a certain room in the official office, recovering their strength while waiting for the arrival of Kamiyama Koshinosuke, the leader of the Kyoto town.
After waiting like this for an unknown amount of time, the sound of footsteps approaching from far away was finally heard outside the room.
With a "swish" sound, the paper sliding door was opened.
Kamiyama's face, which looked a bit tired, finally appeared in front of Hasegawa and others.
"Long time no see." Hasegawa smiled at Shenshan, "It's been several months since I said goodbye at the beginning of the year."
"Yes." A faint smile appeared on Shenshan's face that looked a bit tired, "Hasegawa, I hope I can be like you, always so energetic. Really, obviously
We are about the same age, why do you always act like a young man with endless energy..."
"I guess you miss the days when you were in charge of transportation in Kii." Hasegawa said in a half-joking tone.
"You're right." Shenshan shrugged, "It's much easier to manage the army's equipment than to manage the entire capital."
After the ogre rebellion broke out on Butterfly Island in Kii, the shogunate, which had no time to allocate manpower, urgently transferred the sacred mountain, which was enshrined in the town of Kyoto, to Kii to manage the deployment of supplies for the army responsible for monitoring Butterfly Island.
Now, the shogunate, under the leadership of Lao Nakamatsudaira Sadanobu, has changed its strategy against Butterfly Island - or in other words, changed its strategy against the cannibals on Butterfly Island.
No more herding prisoners to Butterfly Island - there aren't that many prisoners available anymore.
Instead, resources were used to study cannibals and track the masters and disciples of Heshi and Wazhi.
About two months ago, the work of managing the army's baggage in Shenshan was suspended and another person took over.
After all, the main job of Kamiyama is carried out by the town of Kyoto. Keeping Mt. Kami in Kii always seems to be a waste of natural resources.
Not only the logistics officer of the army has been replaced, but the general of the army has also been replaced.
After Lao Naka Matsudaira Sadanobu returned to Edo, "former General" Inamori also followed Matsudaira Sadanobu back to Edo.
After another person took over the management of the army's baggage, Kamiyama returned to his old territory - Kyoto.
Kamiyama's first mission after returning to Kyoto was to find the master and disciple, Kazuyo and Wazhi.
This task was sent to Kamiyama by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
The only piece of information the shogunate had about this pair of masters and apprentices was that they had Kyoto accents and were most likely natives of Kyoto.
Since he is most likely a native of Kyoto, it would be most appropriate to leave it to Kamiyama, who is the head of the Kyoto town, to handle the matter.
Kamiyama was also very conscientious. After returning to Kyoto, he diligently launched a comprehensive search in Kyoto to find the master and apprentice named Kazuyo and Kazuo.
After half a month of searching, the result was - nothing was found.
There are no doctors named Kazuo and Kazuo in Kyoto.
Since there are no two doctors, the only two possibilities are:
The master and apprentice did not live in Kyoto at all, or they used pseudonyms. Kazuyo and Kazuo were not their real names at all.
These two people might not even be masters and disciples.
Apart from the names of Kazuyo and Kazuo, and their Kyoto accents, the shogunate had no other clues about the master and apprentice pair.
The name - the only clue was cut off, and Kamiyama had no choice but to report the result to Sadanobu Matsudaira who was far away in Edo.
Matsudaira Sadanobu seemed to have expected such a thing to happen, and did not criticize Kamiyama in any way. He only replied with a letter saying "Thank you for your hard work" and informed Kamiyama that there was no need to search for these two people in Kyoto.
Well, for these two people, he will find another way after Matsudaira Sadanobu.
After the search for the pair of masters and apprentices was completed, Kamiyama's life finally returned to the normal track, and he lived a life of managing various matters in Kyoto, large and small.
After briefly chatting with Hasegawa for a while, the two of them slowly ended their greetings and got down to business, as if they had agreed in advance.
"Hasegawa."
Kamiyama sat cross-legged in front of Hasegawa casually, while Hasegawa's subordinates, headed by Imai, knelt respectfully beside the two of them.
"You should have visited the crime scene, right? What was the result?"
"The results are quite fruitful." Hasegawa said solemnly, "Although it has been some time since the case occurred, we still found a lot of interesting things at the scene."
After saying that, Hasegawa took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his arms and handed it to the sacred mountain.
"This is?"
"It's something I found at the crime scene." Hasegawa said solemnly, "Open it and take a look for yourself."
Kamiyama followed Hasegawa's instructions and slowly opened the handkerchief.
After fully unfolding the handkerchief, some black powder came into view.
Move the black powder under your nose and smell it gently. An unpleasant smell immediately penetrates the nostrils of the mountain.
"This is...gunpowder...!" Shenshan said in a deep voice.
"Yes." Hasegawa nodded, "At the crime scene, we found a lot of gunpowder powder. The fire outside Luoyang was probably caused by the explosion of gunpowder."
The reason why Hasegawa led his men all the way from Edo to Kyoto was because a strange thing happened in Kyoto in mid-May.
A loud noise suddenly came from an empty room outside Luo.
Following the loud noise, flames emerged from the empty room and swept around in an instant.
Fortunately - it was a windless day, and it had just rained, so the weather was humid. With the joint efforts of Kyoto's fire department, the fire was successfully controlled before the disaster expanded.
Because buildings in this era were basically made of wood and paper, once a fire got out of control, it would basically be a natural disaster.
The Tenmei fire that burned down more than 80% of the buildings in Kyoto two years ago is the best example.
Because the occurrence of this small fire in Kyoto is really strange.
The loud noise before the fire made Shenshan very concerned, and made Shenshan suspect that the fire might be man-made.
Therefore, Kamiyama asked the Edo shogunate for help and asked the shogunate to dispatch experts in arson cases - official officials of the Huofu Thieves Kai to come to Kyoto to investigate the case.
Hasegawa, who happened to have nothing to do at that time, readily accepted the order and led his subordinates headed by Imai to Kyoto to investigate the case.
This is the reason why Hasegawa and his men appeared in Kyoto.
Early this morning, after leaving Granny Ku's hotel and saying goodbye to Ogata, Hasegawa rushed directly to the crime scene outside Luowai to collect clues.
With a sullen face, he handed the gunpowder powder Hasegawa found from the crime scene back to Hasegawa. Suddenly, anxious footsteps and anxious shouts came from outside the room:
"Kamiyama-sama! Another murder has occurred! Just now, another person was killed in the Gion District! The victim was a disciple of the Metaphysics Hall—Inano Saburo! A sword was hit in the neck and he was killed with one blow!"
"Are there any more victims?" Shenshan's face darkened, "...I understand, please step back first."
After the messenger withdrew, Hasegawa frowned and asked at the sacred mountain:
"Kamiyama, why did you say 'there's another victim' just now?"
"...Since last night, a murderer has appeared in Kyoto." Shenshan sighed, "Since last night, he has killed 34 people in a row."
After hearing the number "34", Hasegawa felt a thump in his heart.
34 people were killed - this is no small case.
Shenshan then continued:
"Fortunately - when this murderer was killing people, many people present saw his face."
"Kyoto Shojidai-sama, he is very nervous right now." Kamiyama said with a light mocking tone, "When the Gion Festival is being held, there is such a vicious criminal who may destroy the Gion Festival, but he is very likely to be punished by the shogun.
It’s a scolding from an adult.”
"Kyoto Shojidai-sama is now asking people to compare each wanted poster based on the appearance reported by these witnesses to find out whether there is any wanted criminal who matches the appearance reported by the witnesses."
"I don't know when the results will be available..."
Before Shenshan finished speaking, an anxious announcement sounded outside the room again:
"Lord Shenshan! The comparison results of the wanted order... are out!"
The messenger was panting and speaking intermittently because he was running so fast.
"Oh?" Shenshan narrowed his eyes, "Have you found any wanted criminal whose face matches the face of the murderer seen by the witnesses?"
"Yes!" the messenger said urgently, "it's the executioner Ittosai - Ogata Issei!"
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"When I showed Ogata Ittousai's wanted notice to the witnesses, they all said, 'That's the man'!"
As soon as the messenger finished speaking, the pupils of Shenshan and Hasegawa, especially Hasegawa, suddenly shrank.