The Sanjō House was surrounded by police cars with sirens blaring from time to time. A large number of people had gathered. The people were also pointing at the Sanjō House and expressing their own speculations about the matter from time to time.
"Ah, I heard that there was a murder here. It's terrible," a woman said loudly.
"Well, I don't know who died? Was there a fight? "A white-haired old man in his sixties or seventies said," Young people nowadays … "
"Sigh, what a pity! I'm afraid the business of this Sanjō House will be affected in the future! " A white-collar worker said. She was a regular customer of the Sanjō House. Because she didn't have time to cook at home, she often came to this restaurant to solve the problem of eating. Now seeing this situation, she felt sorry.
"Yes, this restaurant is actually really good!" Another person also nodded regretfully.
At this time, the door opened. Keiji's body was placed on a stretcher and was carried to the car by the police. One of the young policemen who helped was a little curious and asked the senior in a low voice, "This body, should we carry it back to the police station?"
He was a police officer who had just passed the exam and was completely new. This was his first time officially participating in the work, so he was a little unclear about these procedures.
The senior policeman who helped looked at it and whispered, "According to the procedures, it is indeed like this!"
"But the identity of this person is not simple. He is from the Banto Consortium. How can the body be directly transported back to our police station?" The old policeman whispered to the new colleague.
Because he had dealt with the police for many years, he had his own information channels. He had already learned from a related person that the Banto family had used their connections to request the body to be transported back to the family after the autopsy.
Tokyo, Banto family
This was not the main family. The main family was in Hokkaido, but two hundred years ago, it was accepted by the shogunate as a banner, and it was a small general salary of 800 stones. At that time, it had a house with a courtyard in the expensive land of Edo. After the democratic society, due to the expansion of wealth, it also bought nearby land to expand. It was very magnificent, but in fact, it was the actual presiding center.
At this time, the house was solemn.
The Banto family had already received the news that Keiji's body was being transported back. They had made the corresponding preparations in advance, set up a mourning hall, and received the body.
The elder brother, Katsuaki Banto, led the body to the mourning hall, and asked the monk to take a bunch of incense and silently handed it to Tomoshi Ohka.
The current head of the Sakato Financial Group was Sakato Kuroshi, who had four children, three sons and one daughter. The eldest son was Sakada Katsuaki, who was currently in charge of the reception. The second son was Sakada Masaharu, the third son was Sakada Musashi, and the last daughter was Sakada Sasako.
Keiji of Nishibie Prefecture was Sakako's husband.
Tomoshi Ohka bowed respectfully a few times and offered incense.
After offering the incense, Sakato Katsuaki took a few steps out of the mourning hall. His face turned cold as he asked Tomoshi Ohka stiffly, "What's going on?"
Japan is a country that attaches great importance to funeral etiquette. Since there is a mourning hall here, no one will be rude here, which will cause a lot of resentment.
Even if Sakato Katsuaki wanted to ask, he would have to wait until after the incense was lit.
In this generation of the Sakato family, Sakato Katsuaki was the closest sibling to Sakato Sakato. They were closer than other siblings since young.
Keiji of Nishibe Prefecture was the husband of his sister Sakako. Although Sakako Katsuaki was not satisfied with Keiji of Nishibe Prefecture's ability, because Keiji of Nishibe Prefecture was very good to his sister, Sakako Katsuaki was still grateful to Keiji of Nishibe Prefecture.
Now that Sakato Katsuaki suddenly heard the news of Keiji's death, his heart was filled with anger.
"I'm really sorry." Tomoshi Ohka led them out, and when they reached the corridor, he bowed deeply and slowly recounted the entire process of Keiji of Nishibie Prefecture's assassination.
After listening to Tomoshi Ohka's story, Sakato Katsuaki's expression was indiscernible, but his face was dark. After a long time, he said to Tomoshi Ohka, "I understand the situation. Logically speaking, this has nothing to do with you, and you have no motive."
"It's just that my father (Sakato Kuroshi) originally had cancer, and when he heard the news, he was hospitalized again." Sakato Katsuaki's face revealed a worried expression.
"Right now, we are mainly busy treating my father's illness, so we have no time to be distracted. So, I would like to ask you to investigate what exactly is going on. What do you think?" As he said this, Sakato Katsuaki's eyes were fixed on Tomoshi Ohka.
These words were very polite, but feeling the gaze, Tomoshi Ohka still smiled bitterly and said, "That's not appropriate, right?"
Tomoshi Ohka had seen this kind of rotten business in the Heng Yuan family many times. It wasn't easy for him to escape, so he really didn't want to step into it again.
"That's very appropriate!" At this time, a sudden voice sounded. It was Sakato Sakato coming over.
Sakato Sakato was wearing a black dress, and even the accessories were pure black. Her eyes were a little red and swollen, and it was obvious that she had been crying.
In Japan, white was used for weddings and black was used for funerals.
On the streets, one could determine whether a Japanese man was attending a wedding or a funeral just by looking at his attire. This was because only for funerals, even the accessories would be pure black. The only difference between a wedding and a funeral was that a white tie was worn for a wedding, while a black tie was worn for a funeral.
Children would wear pure black dresses for funerals, and they could also wear pure black dresses for weddings, but they had to wear some white accessories — a pure black dress with a snow-white flower was not out of the question.
Not only the people attending the wedding, but in traditional Japanese weddings, the bride's dress was also pure white, meaning "pure white without dirt." The beauty of a Japanese bride was reflected in her snow-white and pure figure, which made people feel the simplicity of life.
At this time, Sakato Sakato's slightly hoarse voice made Tomoshi Ohka's heart skip a beat.
Sakato Sasako walked to Ohka Tomoshi and Sakato Katsumei's side, bowed slightly, and said to her brother Sakato Katsumei, "Brother, let me handle the rest. Why don't you go take a look at father's condition?"
Sakato Katsuaki looked at his sister's haggard expression, nodded, and did not say anything. He only put his hand on his sister's shoulder to comfort her, and then turned to leave without looking at Tomoshi Ohka.
Sakato Sakato's face was pale. After her brother Sakato Katsuaki left, she did not enter the mourning hall to burn incense for her husband Nishibetsu. Instead, she just stood outside and muttered, "Nishibetsu, I didn't expect you to be ahead of me!"
"In the past, when I was sick and had a bad temper, I often used you as a punching bag, but you never complained."
"Even when I broke the inkstone that your beloved grandfather gave you, you didn't say anything. You just quietly glued the inkstone back together!"
"Although you don't have any skills, I know that you really treat me well!"
"When my illness slowly got better, I realized that I couldn't leave you. I thought that maybe I really fell in love with you!"
"Just yesterday, I knitted a towel for you."
"Didn't you say that you liked hand-knitted towels the most? That's why I learned this in secret, just to give you a surprise. "
"But I never thought that yesterday's embrace would be the last time we saw each other!" Sakato Sakato's eyes were filled with tears as she turned to Tomoshi Ohka, but her tone was cold. "Now, do you know how I feel?"
Looking at Sakato Sakato's pale face, Tomoshi Ohka felt more and more uneasy. He couldn't say anything, so he could only bow deeply.
"Brother is right, this has nothing to do with you." Sakato Sakato muttered softly, as if she was talking to herself.
"But I'm a woman, I don't understand politics, I'm unreasonable, I only know that my husband is dead!" Sakato Sakato said loudly, her voice gradually becoming sharper.
"Now, I'll give you a chance. Don't you want the Ohka family to have a firm foothold in Tokyo?
If you find the real culprit, I'll reward you handsomely. I guarantee that your Ohka family will have a firm foothold in Tokyo's upper class. Since Keiji is dead, why should I keep the money? "
Sakato Sakato's voice became sharper. "But if you can't find the real culprit, you and Yamada Shinichi will be buried together!"
"My husband is dead, how can I not be buried with him?" Sakato Sakato's eyes were cold as she stared at Tomoshi Ohka.
"Yamada Shinichi is a samurai, a member of the Minagawa Shrine, and I am …" Tomoshi Ohka listened to Sakato Sakato's words and hurriedly tried to explain.
Sakato Sakato was a person who dared to do what she said. There was an example of this before. It was said that when Sakato Sakato had a relapse, she wanted a woman to die. That woman only offended her, but she had already given her money as compensation. Moreover, she was the daughter of a big family.
However, Sakato Sakato didn't care at that time and insisted on the woman's death. He didn't know what happened after that, but Tomoshi Ohka knew the final outcome of this matter from some of the Heng Yuan family's files.
That woman really died, even though the price she paid was to be locked up in a psychiatric hospital for three years.
Tomoshi Ohka didn't doubt the authenticity of Sakato Sakato's words.
Moreover, if he was still a member of the Heng Yuan family, even if Sakato Sakato was the daughter of the Sakato financial group's head, she would still have some scruples. But now that the Heng Yuan family was severely weakened and became independent, this was a trap that he dug himself into.
Although he actually had a lot of power, if Sakato Sakato really went crazy and disregarded everything, he could do a lot of things.
After a short explanation, Sakato Sakato was already impatient, and her face gradually became fierce.
"So what if it's the Minagawa Shrine? So what if it's the Heng Yuan family? And are you still a member of the Heng Yuan family? " Sakato Sakato was already showing signs of madness. She waved her hand and said, "Go, while I'm still sane, hurry up and investigate. If I go crazy, I will bury you all with me."
"I don't know if she's really crazy or just pretending." Tomoshi Ohka's face turned ashen when he heard this. He turned around and left, but his heart was filled with helplessness.
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