Edo Traveler

"How many years have the cheating hawkers interacting with your home?"

Chuyouemon's mind flashed, and he asked Sukeroku. We were born as a little monk, but Zhuliuji is a native of Edo for more than two hundred years.

"Well, I have to go back and ask my mother, I am not very clear." Zhuliu replied subconsciously.

But he had just finished answering, because the nerves of handling the case had been trained for him over the past two years, he realized in a flash what Chuemon's question meant. It is not only the members of the family who understand a person's life, but also people who have been with the family for a long time.

In addition to the relatives and retainer samurai who opened the house, the servants hired in Edo and the hawker merchants who sent various supplies to the Ashikaga clan residence would also know the schedule of the Ashikaga clan residence.

The suspicion of servants has been largely eliminated, and the vendors who deliver vegetables and food to the Ashikaga mansion three times a day are the people who know the inside of the Ashikaga mansion best!

That's right!

"Are you talking about investigating the hawkers who deliver food to your door every day?" Zhuliu had already figured it out.

"You can try, but it may not be useful." Chuemon had already passed this possibility in his mind.

But there may be an extremely huge loophole in this, that is, if the hawkers want not to be suspected, then at five or six o'clock, fresh vegetables and seafood must be delivered to the Ashikaga clan residence, so that the usual schedule and rest will be consistent.

The hawkers buy their goods in Nihonbashi, and it takes about half an hour to walk from Nihonbashi to the Ashikaga clan residence. Of course, if you use a boat to walk the canal, it may be faster, but it takes half an hour or even longer for any situation.

There is a problem here. The hawker does not only sell the Ashikaga feudal lord Toda's family. He needs to deliver vegetables to the mistresses or servants of each house from house to house along the street, and to ensure that each house will deliver it so that no one will be allowed. Be suspicious. At most, there will be a few minutes from early to late. If the time gap widens, women all over the street will gossip.

Then suppose a hawker gets up early and goes to Nihonbashi to pick up the goods, because the morning market in Nihonbashi starts after three o'clock. A group of fishermen and merchants delivered fresh ingredients to Edo Castle at three o’clock for the shogun Tokugawa Ikei and Odaisho and everyone’s side rooms. When the chefs and samurai finished it at four o’clock, no one would eat it. The samurai who tried the poison finished eating at four o'clock, and then waited for more than two hours before being sent to the palace for the nobles to eat.

It needs additional heating when it is sent in, and then the table is set, waiting for the Odaisho to take a bath and make up, and Tokugawa Ieki to wash up. Basically, the breakfast time for General and Odaisho is between 7:30 and 8:30.

The whole of Edo was revolving around Shogun Tokugawa Ieki, so in order to match his time, the hawker wanted to get the goods from Nihonbashi, it must be after 3:30.

Under normal circumstances, there is no need for hawkers in a hurry to walk to the linen where Chungemon and Sukeroku are located. It takes less than an hour. It's half past four. You can take a break. It's less than five o'clock along the street. Delivery, the whole street will be delivered and it will not exceed six o'clock.

There is only a small break during which it is possible to commit crimes. It is possible that the thieves will go around in Azabu within ten minutes or half an hour to the Ashikaga Clan residence to steal, and then run back to the Azabu street to do business normally?

"Find someone quick and try to run from the street to the Ashikaga clan residence!" Chuemon immediately dismounted and asked Sukeruku to stop.

There are pedestrians on the street at four or five in the morning, but they will not be congested and they can sprint. So just by looking at how long it takes for a normal person to run with all their strength, you can roughly infer how long it will take to do a case if it is a hawker thief.

"You, run back and forth!" Zhuliu pointed directly to a family member, and of course he didn't let the family run in vain. He turned his head and asked people to order a bottle of wine. After running back, he would reward the family member.

The family's eyes lit up, so they took off their straw sandals and grind them for running. Then he tightened his belt and rushed out with a heck. Chuemon asked Shintaro Terazawa to also run as a control group.

Without a word, Terazawa Shintaro handed the knife to Hachiro Amano, and ran away after chasing the family. Tadaemon took out the pocket watch given by the curator of Dutch merchants Blohov and started to count the time. At that point, Zhu Liu was greedy for a while. A pocket watch imported from Holland costs more than 30 taels, and for better ones, it costs 70 taels, and there is no market. There is a piece in Chuemon, how could it not be envious.

Holding his pocket watch, Chuemon stood quietly on the side of the road, waiting for the return of the two. In the end, of course, Shintaro Terazawa returned first. The family was a little slower, and panting harder than Shintaro Terazawa, but after all, it took more than 30 minutes to make a full trip this time.

Not yet counted as time for crime, including overcoming the wall and going to the house~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and obtaining the golden bottle in some way

It seems that the suspicion of the hawker can be completely eliminated. At this point in the middle, it should not be enough for a certain hawker to commit the crime. But Haolai was a direction. Chuemon went back to ask with Sukeruku. According to his mother, all the grocery hawkers had come in time recently, and no one hadn't shown up or was late.

These remarks were also confirmed by Ajiu. She also made sure that all the hawkers came on time. They have been in business for two years, and both sides have a similar timetable.

No one is late and leaves early!

But now that we have this idea and feel that acquaintances are more likely to commit crimes, then we can diverge our thinking. It's the end of winter, and the weather in Edo is still very cold, so things won't go bad if left outdoors overnight. So is it possible that a certain hawker prepared a two-day portion one day in advance, then went to steal the next day, and then came back to sell vegetables?

As soon as he said his thoughts, the two Sukeliu's mothers sitting opposite, and Ajiu, both shook their heads. Because in the past half a month, it seems that I have not bought any stale ingredients that have been frozen. Especially the fresh fish and shellfish, if they are left outside and frozen overnight, the difference between the state and the freshness is too great, and it can be recognized.

"What about tofu? Natto? Or green onions?" Shuroku frowned.

"Tofu is the easiest to rotten, even in winter," Zhuliu his mother shook her head.

Surely it’s true. Tofu itself is easy to rotten, and it’s the same in the refrigerator in winter. Of course, there is no refrigerator these days, the best way is to make frozen tofu directly outside, but this is also something that can be distinguished at a glance.

"It's really amazing, how can you steal such a big two golden bottles in full view!" Without thinking, I didn't have a good meal for six dinners.