Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 15

The telegram of Matsudaira Qingyong naturally took the special line of the shogunate, and directly photographed the Yiqiao Mansion. It just so happened that Chuemon was not there, so I went to Mizo to see the place where rice was distributed to the people of Edo.

Chuemon doesn’t care what the former generals think. But now this kind of ready-made invitation to buy people’s hearts, and it is still in Edo, why not go? You just need to simply show your face and implement the matter of Fami, and that’s it. Gu Qi will still be able to leave a good reputation in the future.

Therefore, the first person who received the telegram was Da Lao Songping Qixuan.

The moment he saw the telegram, Songping Qi Xuanyu changed his face for a while, and almost shouted to let the attendants go home to sharpen their knives, and then mobilized the army of horses to kill them in Kyoto, and teach the young people to know what it means to roll people’s heads.

Others may not kill the Zunzun elements, but if the Zunzun elements fall into the hands of Songping Qixuan, there is absolutely no escape from the word of death. He has enough reasons to do so, and no one can persuade him.

Fortunately, he is no longer a young man. Although his face has changed for a while, he didn’t want to kill someone immediately. He just said that he would immediately notify Zhongyouemon and all the seniors.

Beijing may change!

Hearing this, Chuyouemon no longer pretended to love the people like a son, and went on horseback. The other seniors had also arrived at Yiqiao Mansion, and when they saw the telegram, they all cursed inwardly.

It took a few days for the country to settle down with great difficulty, and then someone jumped out to fan the flames and set fire to it.

“Has the people from Kasuga Taisha come back?” Chuemon threw the whip to a side, and turned to ask Kurokawa Keitoku.

“I’m back, I’m waiting to see you.” Knowing that Chuemon was in a bad mood, Kurokawa Keitoku replied immediately.

“pass!”

Meteor strode into the hall, Songping Qi Xuan and others have already arrived. Chuemon signaled them to stay calm and get together first to discuss a charter. Here, let’s see the people who were sent to Nara first.

If the investigation finds that someone is sabotaging, then everything will be solved. The bronze mirror was destroyed, and it should be beaten and killed, and it was over according to the law. Amaterasu is not angry at all, we all think too much.

If it self-destructs…

Damn, let’s ask first.

The two samurai were introduced into the side hall by Kurokawa Ketoku. After some questioning, the answers they gave were contrary to the answers Chuemon hoped.

Those two people are also “old criminal investigators”, not only went there by themselves, but also brought a lot of helpers. Including the old master who appraised antiques in the pawnshop, the money casting craftsmen of the shogunate, and the monks who are responsible for the sacrificial activities.

In cooperation with the Shinsengumi team, they conducted continuous investigations for five or six days, basically interrogating everyone from the entire Kasuga Taisha Shrine. He also ordered someone to identify the spring mirror, and the result was that the mirror should be a Tang mirror, not a Song mirror or even a bright mirror. Because the materials used to cast bronze mirrors in successive dynasties seem to be different, they can be distinguished.

The patterns on the broken bronze mirror are the same as those described by the monks who have seen the divine mirror being held up for sacrifice every few decades.

It is definitely not a matter of a day or two to find a bronze mirror of the Tang Dynasty with the same pattern and size. Because the silk bag that holds the spring mirror is made to order, it is the same as the mirror, and it is just nested. If you are a little bigger or smaller, it may not match.

The foundry of the shogunate looked at it and determined that the crack was new. Although the divine mirror is generally kept secret, it is actually only enshrined on the flying cloud platform in the main hall, and it is in normal contact with the air. Temperature and humidity have an effect on bronze mirrors, and the patina on the mirrors can also be explained.

If it takes a year to break apart, then the stubble will definitely not be so new.

As for whether it was artificially broken, those people did not dare to say for sure. After all, there are also records of “broken mirrors and reunions” in history. It is said that the bronze mirrors before the Tang Dynasty were relatively brittle because of the addition of a lot of tin. The zinc added to the copper mace after the Ming Dynasty was not so brittle.

The people in the shrine have not found any major problems for the time being. The mirror itself should also be the original piece. To sum up, the two warriors who were sent to investigate said that based on the current evidence, it is really possible that the bronze mirror has passed through a thousand years and was only kept in the daily air. .

so frustrating…

Maybe a few more months of in-depth investigation, there will be some new clues. But right now, there is not so much free time on the Shogunate’s side.

If it was before, then slowly investigating, it may be nothing. But now someone has jumped out publicly, saying that this thing is “scourge”. If you don’t have any hard evidence that someone destroyed it, then the shogunate will be passive.

Some people will say that you go directly to someone, ask him to confess the crime of destroying the bronze mirror, then push him out and kill him to appease the people.

good idea! But this person must be from Kasuga Shrine. If he is a stunned young man who doesn’t know anything, why would he destroy the Kasuga Mirror? For no other reason, I just want to stink forever? Learn to go to the Temple of Zeus to set fire to one of the seven wonders of the Mediterranean, guaranteeing that you will be left unseen for thousands of years?

There is absolutely no way to convince the crowd!

The more you get into this kind of thing, the more you have to prove it. Directly slandering the members of a shrine, the flaws are too great, and it is easy to cause trouble.

Ugh…

Let the two continue to lead capable personnel to investigate in Kasuga Taisha. Chuemon turned around and went into the hall, and Matsudaira Qixuan and others who were discussing got up one after another.

“Have you ever come up with a result?” Chuyouemon felt a little tired. This year, he is over forty. He calls himself an old man.

“The joint of this matter is still under the ban!” Tokugawa Keibao and Emperor Xiaoming were the most familiar and were recommended by everyone.

The argument of “God’s condemnation”, whether it is successful or not, depends on only one person, and that person is the Emperor Xiaoming. To put it uglier, ordinary people in the information age only have twenty seconds of memory, and people are very forgetful. Even today’s common people only have a memory of two or three days.

Fart people believe that there is a fart for God’s condemnation. If something else happens within three days, or even if it doesn’t happen, the firewood, rice, oil and salt can make this kind of thing go away.

Only Emperor Xiaoming, if he believed this statement, then things would be troublesome. Therefore, on the shogunate’s side, before there is no powerful means of refuting rumors, the most stable thing is the Emperor Xiaoming.

According to Tokugawa Keibao’s intention, I will go to Kyoto first, and make up some nonsense with Emperor Xiaoming to stabilize him. Later, the shogunate will think about it again, and come up with other tricks, and there will be room for this matter to be miniaturized.

“Okay, you go to the capital immediately.” This is a tactic to delay the army, but it can also be used.

After agreeing to Tokugawa Keibao, Chuemon continued to look left and right. Do you have any other way?

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