Exposed!【6600】

The two men's confessions were the same... After the cat monk finished the above-mentioned weird action, he moved forward and knocked them down to the ground using his superb fist and kick skills.

After learning the whole story of how these two people were captured by the cat monk, Qingto thought it sounded so familiar. After a brief recollection, he remembered that three months ago, he and Saito went on a business trip to Fujisawa Juku to search for arrests.

A group of snitches who had committed many evil deeds had just arrived at Fujisawa, only to find that the group of snitches he wanted to catch had been caught first by the cat monk.

The experience of the group of snitches at that time was exactly the same as what happened to the two wanted criminals.

The cat monk suddenly appeared, then put on a strange posture, shouted "It's the cat monk", and then knocked them all to the ground with superb unarmed skills.

Mao Xiaoseng helped them catch the prisoner... The officers at the prison headed by Bo Jing all had mixed feelings about this.

The wanted criminal who has been absconding has been caught, which is naturally a good thing.

But the person who helped them catch the wanted criminal was the great thief Neko Monk... It was impossible for Usui and the others not to feel awkward.

While feeling awkward, all the officials of the enshrinement office headed by Bosui were also quite puzzled - what on earth does this little cat monk want to do?

Why do you want to help them pursue the thieves they caught?

Is it just random? Or is there some intention?

Thinking of Mao Xiaoseng's previous tip-off to Qingdeng and helping Qingdeng successfully rescue the Fanshu Adjustment Institute, in the minds of the officials, the image of Mao Xiaoseng was cast into a thicker layer of fog.

The wanted criminal that they had never caught was caught by the thief Mao Xiaoseng...

If this matter spreads, it will not be nice and will damage the reputation of the practice.

Therefore, in order to save its reputation, the practice tried its best to prevent the news that "the cat monk caught the thief for the practice" from spreading.

Not long ago, the practice institute had done something similar - if people knew that Qingdeng was able to rescue the Fanshu Diao Institute in time thanks to Mao Xiaoseng's tip-off, it would cause the reputation of the practice institute to be damaged.

, his ability has been questioned, so when publicizing this matter to the outside world, the practice has always tried its best to reduce the presence of Mao Xiaoseng, and only highlighted the contributions of the others headed by Qingdeng.

But this kind of thing cannot be hidden at all.

When Mao Xiaoseng informed Qingto, there were many witnesses including the town fire department officers present.

When Mao Xiaoseng caught the two rapists who had been absconding for a long time, Nightingale, who was almost attacked by the two wanted criminals, and several others witnessed the whole process of Mao Xiaoseng catching the thieves.

In ancient society...and the extremely weak municipal management of Edo, which relied on the assistance of "township citizens' self-governing organizations" like the Edo Executive Office, could barely control Edo, its control ability could not control public opinion at all.

No matter how hard the practice tried to control the spread of news, the deeds done by Mao Xiaoseng during this period spread rapidly in the market.

As expected, Cat Monk's reputation has risen again.

More and more people are praising this big monster thief: Cat Monk is really a chivalrous and courageous righteous thief, what a good man! Compared with the famous Mouse Monk back then, he is even better!

Mouse Monk - a great phantom thief who was active in Edo 40 years ago.

According to legend, the Mouse Monk’s real name is “Jiroji” and he was originally a construction worker specializing in high-altitude operations.

When he was young, he was kicked out of the house by his father because of his addiction to gambling and excessive drinking.

When I was wandering around outside, I suddenly woke up because I saw the suffering in the world.

After seeing through the depravity of the carnivores and determined to do something practical for the bullied poor people, Jiroji gave up his gambling addiction and began his "phantom thief career".

During the day, he is an ordinary construction worker, and at night, he is a monster thief who manipulates the Edo Office.

Relying on the ability to climb over walls and climb over walls that he had developed at his previous job, Jiroji sneaked into the mansions of notorious samurai and merchants to steal money, and then distributed the stolen money to the poor.

Jiroji, who robbed the rich and gave to the poor, and was a good thief, quickly became a chivalrous and righteous man among the people, and was very popular among the people.

Because Jiro Ji came and went without a trace and moved as silently as a mouse, he gradually gained the nickname "Mouse Monk".

It is said that Mouse Monk stole hundreds of times until his death, and the amount involved was as high as 12,000 taels.

It's a pity that there are always gaps in the secrets. When the little monk Mouse was stealing something, he accidentally missed it and was caught by the officials of the execution office.

The little rat monk who had stolen hundreds of times and offended some fat meat-eaters in Edo was undoubtedly sentenced to death.

After Mouse Monk was beheaded in public, a large number of poor people who had benefited from Mouse Monk cried bitterly.

Even though more than 40 years have passed, many people still remember Mouse Monk.

After Mouse Monk's death, a large number of people in the literary and art circles adapted the Mouse Monk's story into storytelling or kabuki in memory of this martyr.

Thanks to the efforts of these people in the literary and artistic circles, the name of Mouse Monk has not gradually become dusty with the passage of time, but has become more and more shining.

The reason why the Edo Administrative Office gave the Neko Monk the code name "Cat Monk" is because the Neko Monk's ability to fly over walls and walls, and his style of only attacking those with notorious reputations are quite similar to the Mouse Monk back then.

That's why I chose a codename that is quite similar to Mouse Monk.

As the reputation of the Cat Monk further increased, more random rumors about the Cat Monk also sprung up.

According to incomplete statistics, the recent rumors related to Cat Monk include:

Cat Little Monk is not actually a person, Cat Little Monk is actually an organization.

Cat Monk is actually a child of some ninja family.

Cat Monk is actually a descendant of a very famous samurai family.

Mao Xiaoseng is pursuing all the spies, and a certain official in the prison is the companion of Mao Xiaoseng.

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In a word - these rumors are all unfounded and far-fetched fantasies of ordinary people in the market, and have basically no credibility or use value.

Due to his feelings for the profession of "Phantom Thief" in his previous life, and the fact that Cat Monk once helped him, Qingto has always been interested in the Great Phantom Thief, and he has been paying attention to various news about Cat Monk recently.

But recently, Qingdeng has gradually turned his attention away from the news about Mao Xiaoseng.

As the swordsmanship competition between Aizu Hou is approaching, Qingnobo is now focusing on preparations for the competition.

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In the first year of Wanyan (1860), on April 13, in the evening——

Edo, Gofu Bridge, Beifansuo——

"Mr. Tachibana, let's go first!" Harada raised his hand and touched his stomach, "I have been busy all day and I am very hungry, hahahaha."

"You didn't do any hard work at all today, right? You just patrolled the area." Nagakura complained silently.

"I mediated a couple's quarrel on the street today. This kind of work is quite tiring for a person like me who doesn't like to use his brain..." Harada stretched out his right thumb and rubbed the center of his brow vigorously.

, showing a look of exhaustion, "I can't do anything like the paperwork Todo did today."

Todo smiled helplessly: "Those paperwork actually doesn't require much thinking..."

"If you are hungry, go and have dinner quickly." Qingdeng smiled and said, "Go back and have a good rest. See you tomorrow."

Through this period of time together, Qingdeng has gradually understood the personalities and specialties of his subordinates.

Nagakura and Harada... To put it simply, these two people are two reckless men, especially Harada.

Harada's most common words are "I don't like to use my brain" - after working with him for so many days, Qingto found that he is really not self-effacing...

As for how Harada doesn't like to use his brain... I won't mention anything else, just a simple "literacy" issue: Harada basically doesn't understand kanji... he can only read and write kana, and the only kanji he can write is his

name.

Seito once asked him: As a samurai, why can't he even know how to write Chinese characters? No matter how poor his family is, he can't afford to read Takiya, right?

Harada Yoshimasa answered eloquently: When I was a child in a private school, for some reason I would get sleepy whenever the teacher started talking. Because I refused to change my ways, I was kicked out of the private school by the intolerable teacher. Since then, I have not been to school again, and

I'm too lazy to study anymore. Anyway, didn't Liu Bang and Liu Xuande of Tang Dynasty, who committed suicide by the Pearl River, also say that? To study, as long as you can write your own name, it's enough.

Nagakura and Harada, who act recklessly and crudely, can only be assigned patrols, detaining suspects and other physical tasks that only require physical strength.

Not so with Fujido.

Although Toudo's swordsmanship is far inferior to Nagakura and Harada due to his age and experience, he is a man of both civil and military skills.

He was very knowledgeable, with considerable exposure to Chinese studies, Mito studies, and other subjects, and he was also good at handwriting, so Aonto would occasionally hand over some simple paperwork to Toudou for help.

Todo, who has an honest and quiet personality, is also very suitable for handling these boring paperwork.

After saying a simple goodbye to his subordinates, Aoto led Saito and strode back to the Imperial Guard Hall under the afterglow of the setting sun.

After turning into a busy street that must be passed on the way back to the Trial Guard Hall, the flow of people suddenly increased.

It's the "rush hour after get off work" now, and the roads are crowded with residents eager to go home.

Although the lives of ordinary people have become extremely unstable due to the riots of the "anti-barbarians" and the constantly turbulent political circles, they still have to live their lives, and they will not feel that it is difficult to make money because of the current social instability.

And stop making hungry noises.

Qingto put his left hand on the scabbard of the saber on his left waist, and he and Saito walked straight along this busy street toward the west intersection of the street without saying anything.

He doesn't know yet - there is someone waiting for him at West Street Entrance...

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Kinoshita Mai, who was wearing a bright red kimono as always, was holding a basket filled with fresh vegetables in both hands and standing against the wall with a nervous look on her face.

At this time, she discovered a pool of relatively clear water not far from her footsteps.
To be continued...