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After a long while, Susui's deep voice finally broke the silence:

"Mr. Ju, I really...have taken a special look at you."

The corner of Susui's mouth lifted with a smile of admiration and relief.

"Unexpectedly... you, who have been ineffective before, will have such a beautiful performance one day..."

"Don't dare to be." Qing Deng said hastily, "It's just good luck to be an official."

Qingdeng's words were not modest.

He really felt that he was lucky enough to successfully solve the case in such a short period of time.

If Xun Saburo had been more conscientious and had destroyed the candle before fleeing from Granny Ping's house, or if Qingdeng and the others were one step late and Xun Saburo escaped successfully, then today's case would not have such a perfect ending no matter what. ending.

"... Mr. Ju, I have a question for you."

A lazy voice suddenly sounded at this moment.

It's Dongcheng's voice.

While scratching his big belly, Dongcheng asked Qingdeng with an intriguing smile:

"When you figured out who was the criminal, why didn't you tell Nishino who was in charge of the case as soon as possible?"

"No matter how you say it, Nishino is also Tongxin who is in charge of this case."

"You went to arrest the criminal alone without knowing that you had met him... I can understand that you are deliberately trying to take credit for it?"

Dong Cheng asked the sharpest questions in the laziest tone.

Listening to the question Dong Cheng asked, Qing Deng couldn't help but click his tongue secretly.

This question is a big pit, if the answer is not good, you will fall into the pit.

But fortunately—Qingdeng had already figured out how to answer such questions.

"It was only after I left the scene of the crime that I suddenly realized that the victim and the perpetrator must have a very special relationship."

"The lower official also wanted to notify Nishino-kun as soon as possible from the beginning."

"It will take some time to tell Nishino-kun all the reasoning of the subordinate, and persuade Nishino-kun to follow me to arrest the criminal."

"The criminal may abscond at any time, and the arrest of the criminal must count against every second. If the criminal is allowed to escape from Edo, trying to arrest him later will be tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack."

"Time was running out, so the lower officials had no choice but to make such a bad move. Without informing Nishino-kun, he went alone to arrest the criminal immediately."

"In fact, Xiaguan's judgment was not wrong - when Xiaguan arrived at the criminal's home, the criminal had already packed his luggage and was about to flee Edo."

"If the official came half a step late at that time, he would let the criminal escape."

As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, Susui and the others couldn't help showing strange smiles.

Anyone in this room at this time, who is not an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for many years?

It's impossible for them old fritters to fully believe Qing Deng's explanation just now.

But Susui and others didn't say much about this issue.

Grabbing merit or something, everyone has long been familiar with it. Everyone has already tacitly understood the competition between the concentrics. As long as they don't go too far, these leaders will turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye.

Especially for Susui, it doesn't matter who solves the case and whether or not he takes the credit, as long as the case can be solved.

Moreover, it is difficult to pick out any loopholes in Qingdeng's explanation just now, logically speaking.

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 stealing credit, but as providing help and support for this case.

As long as Qing Deng firmly insists that his explanation just now is true, it will be difficult to identify him as viciously stealing credit.

"...It's incredible."

Dong Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly. The gaze she looked at Qingdeng became intriguing.

"Mr. Ju, it's clear that your previous performance has never been outstanding."

"But today, you suddenly seem to be a different person. You have become a seasoned case-handling veteran with a lot of skills and experience."

"I'm quite curious, how on earth did you do it?"

As soon as Dongcheng's words fell, Susui, Arima and the others quickly refocused their eyes on Qingdeng.

Dongcheng's question can be regarded as a question that they have in common.

Why did that dumbass suddenly become so powerful?

A faint smile appeared on Qingdeng's face at this moment.

On this question, he has already drawn up the wording that can be fooled.

After clearing his throat again, Qingdeng changed into an impassioned tone, and recited the answer he had prepared early in the morning:

"It's all thanks to Susui-sama, Arima-sama, Inoya-san and Ushiyama-san!"

"Since I joined the 'Three Returns', Mr. Arima, Mr. Inotani, and Mr. Ushiyama have been teaching me painstakingly, and selflessly imparting all kinds of case-handling skills and investigation methods to my subordinates."

"But the me before was too immature and ignorant."

"I don't understand what it means to join the 'three times'."

"Just thinking about getting a salary is enough, never paying attention to the 'three times' work, and living carelessly and muddling through the day."

"But until recently, after witnessing all kinds of chaos created by the thugs headed by the 'Radical Barbarian Sect', the lower officials came to their senses!"

"The lower official came to his senses: As a 'three-time' self, how heavy are the responsibilities on his shoulders?"

"Aware of the greatness of my responsibility, I decided to put away all my sloppy thoughts!"

"The words of Master Susui at this morning's meeting further awakened me."

"My personal honor and disgrace are closely related to Beifan."

"If a subordinate official is not qualified because of his political performance, it is not a big deal to be kicked out of the 'three times' in the 'big boss assessment' one and a half months later."

"It would be a big deal if the Beifan Institute was involved and humiliated."

"Even if it's just for the sake of Beifan, the lower officials are determined not to spend their days in such a muddle as before!"

"It is because of his firm determination that the officer was lucky enough to catch that vicious thief today!"

Qingdeng's sonorous and forceful voice was clearly heard by everyone in the room.

"'Thanks to Mr. Susui'..." Susui repeated what Qingdeng said just now in a half-joking tone.

Regarding what Qingdeng said just now, "Thanks to Master Susui" and "I will work hard for the Beifan Institute", whether it is Susui, Arima and others, they all believe that these are just official words, Just flattery.

But—although they all think that Qingdeng's "for the sake of Beifan" in the second half is a bluff, but they all think that Qingdeng's "realization of the responsibility of the 'three times'" in the first half should be the truth.

After all, if it weren't for this, they really couldn't think of any reason to explain Qing Deng's sudden change of person.

When a person has made up his mind, gained some awareness, and changed his mentality, it can indeed change a person.

"Okay! Very good!" Susukei raised his eyebrows and smiled happily, "Tachibana-kun! It's very good that you can have such a transformation!"

Even though he knew what Qingdeng said just now "thanks to Mr. Susui" must be flattering him, but Susui still enjoyed hearing it!

He stood up, walked quickly in front of Qingdeng, and patted Qingdeng's shoulders vigorously.

"Mr. Ju, I really admire you!"

In Susui's eyes at this moment, there is no longer the vague boredom that he had when he talked with Qingdeng at the meeting this morning.

"Keep the vigor and drive you have today! Do you understand? The shogunate is short of young people like you who can realize the great responsibility you have!"

"Do it well! Keep up the good work!"

——I used to call me "Orange" when I was still dumbfounded, but now I'm more up-to-date and call me "Orange-kun"...

Although he complained crazily in his heart, "It's so realistic", Qing Dengming's movements on his face were not slow at all, and he hurriedly bowed to Susui in front of him.

"Yes! The next official will definitely hang his life!"

...

...

At this very moment—

In Edo, in an unremarkable abandoned house——

An extremely young man, kneeling on a moldy tatami mat, waving a brush as big as a bowl, writing something on the rice paper spread in front of him.

The young man was shirtless and bare-chested.

I saw a huge tattoo covering his entire back on his strong and broad back.

If someone has enough understanding of ghost culture, they will be able to recognize the large tattoo on the young man's back immediately - the tattoo on the young man's back is a very famous kind of evil spirit.

Eating human flesh and blood, or flying in the air, or walking on the ground, the swift and fearful evil spirit - Rakshasa!

A middle-aged man with a slightly short stature opened the door at this time, walked slowly behind the young man, and then knelt down on one knee.

"...Lord Rakshasa."

"What's the matter?" The young man called "Raksha" asked back without looking back.

"In the murder case in Muliu Town, 'Three Times' has already caught the criminal, an old man named Xun Saburo."

"Oh..." The brush in Luo Sha's hand didn't stop, "This time the 'Three Times' action was very quick...the criminal was caught so quickly. Who is so powerful that he didn't arrive in half a day?" Time solves the case? But that Hosojiro Nishino?"

"According to the investigation of my subordinates... the person who broke the murder case in Kilianagi seems to be Takayuki Tachibana's son: Tachibana Qingdeng."

"Tachibana's son?" Luo Sha finally stopped the brush in his hand, "...as far as I know, hasn't Tachibana's son been very disappointing..."

After a moment of silence, Luo Sha waved the brush in his hand again.

"...Kawashiro."

"exist."

"You help me to pay more attention to that Ju Qingdeng later. I'm curious why this tiger father's dog son suddenly looks like a tiger son."

"yes."

"Also, you can check later to see if Xun Saburo is a regular customer who often buys our 'painkillers'."

"yes."

"If Xun Saburo is really a regular customer who often buys our 'painkiller'..." Luo Sha had a playful smile on his face, "then this is rare good news, our 'painkiller' is passing by After so many improvements, it finally came in handy."

"yes."

"He Shiro, is there anything else you want to report to me? If not, let's go out first, I have to concentrate on practicing my calligraphy."

"... Lord Luosha, there is one more... bad news to tell you."

"explain."

"The team we sent to search for Ou... found nothing, and failed to find Shura."

Raksha's brush stopped again.

"... Did you find nothing again... As expected, this man who made history is really impossible to find so easily."

"Keep looking. Even if you search every inch of this country, you must find Shura."

"yes!"

Luo Sha put down the writing brush in his hand at this time.

On the rice paper he had been writing on just now, there were only two big Chinese characters——

Law to punish.

[Japanese history class starts~]

"A hanging life" is a Japanese idiom.

The original meaning is that the warriors desperately guard the territory handed down by their ancestors, and later extended to the meaning of desperate and desperate.

In ancient Japanese, samurai often express their determination to die with "one place hangs their lives", so it is widely spread among the people. However, according to legend, the short sound "しょ" made by "Suo" was passed down to the long sound "しょう" made by "Sheng". Later, the warrior class disappeared, and only the long sound " "One life hangs life" has become a word in modern Japanese, while "One life hangs life" has become a rare word in ancient Japanese.