After a long while, Bo Jing's deep voice finally broke the silence:
"Tangerine-kun, I'm really... impressed with you."
The corner of Bo Jing's mouth raised a smile with some admiration and relief.
"I never imagined... that you, who had always been ineffective before, would one day have such a beautiful performance..."
"I don't dare to take it." Qingdeng said quickly, "It's just good luck to be lowered to the official position."
Qingdeng's words were not modest.
He truly felt that he was able to successfully solve the case in such a short period of time because of his luck.
If that Xunzaburo had been more alert and destroyed the candle before escaping from Grandma Ping's house, or if Qingdeng and the others had been late, causing Xunzaburo to escape successfully, then today's case would never have had such a perfect ending. ending.
"...Tachibana-kun, I have a question for you."
A lazy voice suddenly sounded at this time.
It was Dongcheng's voice.
While scratching his big belly, Dongcheng asked Qingden with an intriguing smile:
"When you deduced who the culprit was, why didn't you tell Nishino, who was in charge of the case, immediately?"
"No matter what, Nishino is also the one responsible for this case."
"You went to arrest the criminal alone without knowing you had met him... Can I understand that you wanted to deliberately steal the credit?"
Dongcheng asked the most pointed questions in the most lazy tone.
Listening to the question asked by Dongcheng, Qingdeng couldn't help but secretly clicked his tongue.
This question is a big pit. If you don’t answer it well, you will fall into it.
But the good thing is that Qingden has already thought about how to answer such questions.
"It was only after leaving the scene of the crime that I realized that the victim and the criminal must have a very special relationship."
"Xiaguan originally wanted to inform Nishino-kun as soon as possible."
"I can tell Nishino-kun all about my reasoning, and persuade Nishino-kun to follow me to catch the criminal. It will take some time."
"The criminal may abscond at any time, and every second must be used to catch the criminal. If the criminal escapes from Edo, trying to arrest him in the future will be like finding a needle in a haystack."
"Time was tight, so I had no choice but to make this decision. Without informing Nishino-kun, I immediately went to arrest the criminal alone."
"In fact, the judge's judgment was not wrong - when the judge arrived at the criminal's home, the criminal had already packed his luggage and was preparing to flee Edo."
"If the official had come half a step late, he would have allowed the criminal to escape."
As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, Bo Jing and others couldn't help but reveal strange smiles.
At this moment, who among the people in this room is not a veteran who has been in the officialdom for many years?
It’s impossible for these old guys like them to fully believe Qingdeng’s explanation just now.
But neither Boi nor the others said anything more on this issue.
Everyone has long been accustomed to taking credit for it. Everyone is tacitly aware of the competition among colleagues. As long as they don't go too far, leaders like them will turn a blind eye.
Especially for Bo Jing, it doesn't matter who solves the case and takes the credit or not, as long as the case can be solved.
Moreover, it is difficult to find any loopholes in Qingdeng's explanation just now.
In order to prevent the criminal from escaping, he did not inform Nishino, who was in charge of the case. In this way, his behavior was not regarded as taking credit, but rather providing help and support to the case.
As long as Qingdeng insists that his explanation just now is true, it is indeed difficult to accuse him of maliciously grabbing credit.
"...It's incredible."
Dongcheng narrowed his eyes slightly. The look he looked at Qingdeng became intriguing.
"Ji Jun, it's obvious that your previous performance has never been outstanding."
"But today, you suddenly seem to have changed into a new person. You have become like a veteran case handler with quite sophisticated methods and experience."
"I'm quite curious, how did you do it?"
As soon as Dongcheng finished speaking, Hakui, Arima and others quickly focused their attention on Qingto again.
Dongcheng's question was a question that they all shared.
Why did that idiot suddenly become so powerful?
A faint smile appeared on Qingdeng's face.
Regarding this issue, he has already prepared a wording that can fool him.
After clearing his throat again, Qingden changed into an impassioned tone and recited the answer he had prepared early:
"This is all thanks to Mr. Susui, Mr. Arima, Mr. Inoya and Mr. Ushiyama!"
"Since I joined the 'Three Chapters', Mr. Arima, Mr. Inotani and Mr. Ushiyama have been teaching me diligently and selflessly teaching me various case-handling techniques and investigation methods."
"But I used to be too immature and ignorant."
"I don't understand what joining 'three times' really means."
"I only think about getting a salary, and I never pay attention to the work of the 'three times'. I have been living carelessly and in a muddle-headed way."
"But it wasn't until recently, after witnessing with his own eyes all the chaos caused by thugs led by the 'radical anti-barbarians', that I finally woke up!"
"Xiaoguan wakes up: As a 'three times' person, how heavy are the responsibilities on my shoulders?"
"Realizing the importance of my own responsibilities, I decided to put away all my lax thoughts!"
"And Mr. Hakui's words at this morning's meeting further awakened me."
"My personal honor and disgrace are closely related to Beifan."
"It's not a big deal if a lower official is kicked out 'three times' in the 'big boss assessment' one and a half months later because of unqualified political performance."
"It would be a big deal if Beifansuo is also involved and humiliated."
"Even if it is just for the sake of Beifansuo, I am determined not to live in such a hazy way as before!"
"It was precisely because of his firm determination that I was able to catch that vicious thief today!"
Qingden's sonorous and powerful words clearly reached the ears of everyone in the room.
"'Thanks to Master Hakui'..." Hakui repeated the words Aintome just said in a half-joking tone.
As for what Aoto said just now, "Thanks to Mr. Susui" and "I will work hard for the Hokkaido", Susui, Arima and others all agreed - I'm afraid these are just official words, Just flattery.
However - although they all thought that Aoto's "for Hokkaido" in the second half was a bluff, they all believed that Aoto's "realizing the weight of the 'three times' responsibility" in the first half should be the truth.
After all, if this were not the case, they really could not think of any other reason to explain why Qingdeng suddenly seemed to be a different person.
When a person makes up his mind, has some awareness, and changes his mentality, it can indeed transform him into a new person.
"Okay! Very good!" Bo Jing raised his eyebrows and smiled happily, "Tachibana-kun! It's great that you can have such a transformation!"
Although he knew that what Qingto said just now, "Thanks to Mr. Hakui," was definitely just flattering him, Hakui still felt very happy after hearing it!
He stood up, walked quickly to Qingdeng, and patted Qingdeng's shoulders vigorously.
"Tangerine-kun, I'm really impressed by you!"
In Bo Jing's eyes, there was no longer the vague look of boredom that he had when he was talking to Qingdeng at the meeting this morning.
"Keep up the energy and energy you have today! Do you understand? The shogunate is in need of young people like you who can realize the greatness of their responsibilities!"
"Do a good job! Keep up the good work!"
——In the past, I was still stupid and would call me "Orange", but now I have become more confident and call me "Orange-kun"...
Although he was complaining crazily in his heart, "It's so realistic," Qingteng's movements on the outside were not slow at all. He quickly bowed to Hakui in front of him.
"Yes! This official will definitely die!"
…
…
At this moment——
In Edo, inside an inconspicuous abandoned house—
An extremely young man was kneeling on the moldy tatami, waving a brush as big as the mouth of a bowl and writing something on the rice paper spread out in front of him.
The young man was not wearing a shirt and was topless.
His strong, broad back was tattooed with a huge tattoo that covered his entire back.
If you are someone who knows enough about ghost culture, you will be able to immediately recognize the large tattoo on the young man's back - the young man's back is tattooed with a very famous evil ghost.
The evil ghost that eats human flesh and blood, flies in the air, or walks on the ground, and has terrible agility - Rakshasa!
A slightly short middle-aged man opened the door, walked slowly behind the young man, and then knelt down on one knee.
"...Lord Rakshasa."
"What's the matter?" the young man called "Rakshasa" asked without looking back.
"In the murder case in Koyanagi Town, the culprit has been caught 'three times'. It is an old man named Xunzaburo."
"Oh..." The brush in Rakshasa's hand did not pause, "This time the 'three times' movement was very fast... the criminal was caught so quickly. Who is so powerful that he didn't even arrive for half a day? Time solved the case? But that Nishino Hosejiro?"
"According to the investigation by my subordinates... the person who solved the murder case in Koyanagi Town seems to be Tachibana Takayuki's son: Tachibana Aoden."
"Tachibana Takayuki's son?" The brush in Rakshasa's hand finally stopped, "...As far as I know, Tachibana Takayuki's son has always been very disappointing..."
Rakshasa was silent for a moment before waving the brush in his hand again.
"...Kawashiro."
"exist."
"Help me pay more attention to that Tachibana Qingden later. I'm very curious as to why this tiger father's son suddenly looks like a tiger."
"yes."
"Also, you can check to see if Xunzaburo is a regular customer who often buys our 'painkillers'."
"yes."
"If that Xun Saburo is really a regular customer who often buys our 'painkillers'..." A teasing smile appeared on Rakshasa's face, "Then this is rare good news. Our 'painkillers' are passing by After so many improvements, it finally comes in handy."
"yes."
"Kawashiro, is there anything else you want to report to me? If not, please go out first. I want to concentrate on practicing my calligraphy."
"...Lord Rakshasa, I have another...bad news to tell you."
"explain."
"The team we sent to search Ou... found nothing and could not find Shura."
Rakshasa's brush stopped again.
"...I found nothing again...As expected, it is really impossible to find this man who made history so easily."
"Keep looking. Even if we search every inch of this country, we must find Shura."
"yes!"
Rakshasa put down the brush in his hand at this time.
The rice paper he had been writing on just now had only two Chinese characters written on it——
The law punishes.
