Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

60. Aunt Jinghua, I’m coming in

Hattori Shizuka opened her beautiful eyes wide and glared at Baiquanyi fiercely. She couldn't imagine that Baiquanyi really dared!

However, as Bai Quanyi said, Bai Quanyi can indeed transfer energy to her through physical connection.

Her energy gradually recovered and became even more refined. What's more, she seemed to be able to break through the bottleneck.

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Was it a blessing in disguise? Should she thank Bai Quanyi? Or should she chop down Bai Quanyi, who was riding on her?

"Aunt Jinghua, you are actually——"

"Can't you?"

"No, I just don't understand... Aunt Jinghua, can you explain it to me?"

Baiquanyi enjoyed the natural flow of Taoism and the connection between heaven and man. While contemplating the Great Induction Chapter and comprehending the path to forming a child, he discovered a shocking fact. Hattori Shizuka Motoko was still alive, and her status as a concubine really made him think a lot.

"Heiji, this is the child I adopted with Heizo."

"This is happening!"

"Heizo became disabled at an early age, there's nothing we can do about it." Hattori Shizuka pushed Shiraizumi Masu, "Okay, go away quickly, I'm going back to my room to sleep."

"No rush, Aunt Jinghua's strength hasn't recovered yet."

"The vitality is about to overflow!"

Hattori Shizuka looked unhappy on the surface, but her body was completely the opposite and she was quite cooperative.

"It doesn't matter, let's keep going..."

Bai Quanyi smiled faintly, knowing that Hattori Shizuka was just being hard on the outside but soft on the inside, he wanted to influence her with his actions...

The next morning, the warm sun shone in through the window. Hattori Heiji woke up and found that Hattori Shizuka was lying next to him, sleeping in the same bed with Shiraizumi Masu. As a son, he was really shocked.

"Mom, why are you sleeping with Bai Quanyi?"

Hattori Heiji pushed Hattori Shizuka, and Hattori Shizuka rubbed her eyes and realized that she was so comfortable that she fell asleep last night, which was a mistake.

"Oh...I had a nightmare last night and was scared, so I came here without permission."

Hattori Shizuka turned around, pushed Bai Quanyi, and said, "Bai Jun, don't sleep anymore, get up quickly."

"Huh?" Bai Quanyi pretended to be startled, "Aunt Jinghua, why are you here?"

"Thank you, Bai Jun. I had a nightmare last night and couldn't sleep, so I borrowed your bed. Is that okay with you?"

"It's okay, it's just a small matter, you're welcome."

Hattori Shizuka smiled awkwardly at her son Hattori Heiji and said, "Heiji, don't panic. Mom will go back to her room soon."

Hattori Heiji, a straight man, believed it directly and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, Shiraishi, my mother is just a little off-the-wall, please don't mind it."

Bai Quanyi also stood up and said generously: "Not at all, I actually think your mother's personality is quite cute."

Hattori Heiji said with sweat on his forehead, "You've never seen her when she's angry! But it's really strange that a woman as brave as my mother would also have nightmares. It's really funny."

Hattori Shizuka returned to her room, took off her nightgown, put on a kimono, and restored her image as an iceberg beauty wife. She looked at her nightgown and found bloodstains on it, and then she realized that what happened last night was not a dream.

She carefully kept the nightgown safe, and then urged He Ye and Xiao Ai to get up...

After everyone had spent the morning together, before Shiraizumi Mashi had time to develop his relationship with Hattori Shizuka, he was pulled away by Hattori Heiji to help him with his detective game.

Gojo Ohashi Bridge in Kyoto.

"I don't see anything here related to this picture." Hattori Heiji held the picture with the pattern in one hand, supported his chin with the other hand, and looked at the place carefully.

Shiraizumi Masu said, "Could it be that the members of the Genji Hotaru used Yoshitsune and his men as code names?"

"I'm thinking along these lines and want to look for places related to Yoshitsune and Benkei in Kyoto. After all, the ancient city of Kyoto has many historical sites and attractions, so maybe I'll find some clues."

"If it's not here, then let's go to the next location."

Hattori Heiji and Shiraizumi Masu each rode a motorcycle and headed to the next destination.

Baiquan Yi was speechless. He wanted to stay with Aunt Jinghua, but now he was running around with Hattori Heiji, which was really boring.

...

"Benkei Stone...?" Looking at an ordinary stone blocked by an ornamental fence, Baiquanyi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

"I heard that Benkei often sat on this stone to think." Hattori got off the motorcycle. "Some people also say that this stone was thrown down from Mount Hiei by him. Benkei became a monk on Mount Hiei and changed his name to Musashibo Benkei. There are many legends, but I don't know whether they are true or not." At this point, Hattori shrugged his shoulders, obviously doubting the legend of this stone.

"There doesn't seem to be any connection here." After careful observation, Bai Quanyi shook his head, "None of them can match the pattern in this painting."

"Let's go..." Hattori sighed and was about to leave when suddenly a figure came forward from the side and blocked Hattori's way.

"Hmm?" Hattori looked up at the man in a well-tailored suit in front of him and couldn't help but be stunned, "You are..."

"I'm Officer Ayanokouji of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Department." The man's tone was cold. He pulled out his officer ID from his pocket and waved it at the two men. "I heard you're investigating the case of Hotaru Genji?"

"Hmm? Yeah." Hattori was stunned at first, then nodded.

"I know very well who you are," Ayanokouji raised the corner of his mouth towards Hattori with a hint of sneer, "But this is not Osaka, and you, an outsider, had better not meddle in other people's business. Hmm?" He had just finished speaking when he suddenly let out a light exclamation, and then his pocket moved slightly, and then a furry little head popped out of his pocket, looking at the two people in front of him curiously, and after a few nimble moves, it slipped out of the man's pocket, onto his shoulder, and then stopped on his hand.

Bai Quanyi looked at the squirrel and asked, "Chipmunk? Is it your friend?"

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"Any objections?" Ayanokouji looked at Shiraizumi Masu and said.

"No problem." Baiquan Yi smiled bitterly. The Japanese police were still as funny as ever.

……

The next place is Keage Slope Canal Park.

Hattori raised his head and looked at the cherry blossoms flying all over the sky, seeming to be lost in thought.

"Huh? What's wrong, Hattori?" asked Shiraizumi Mashi in confusion.

"No, nothing." Hattori shook his head, "It's just that every time I see this kind of scenery, it reminds me of the past..."

"What happened in the past?"

"That was eight years ago..." Hattori's eyes flashed with memories. "I was still a kid then, and I always liked to explore temples in Kyoto. One time, I accidentally bumped into a lattice window in the temple, breaking the wooden lattice. Then I hit my head on the floor, and I fainted..."

"I don't know how long I slept. When I woke up, I heard a burst of singing..."

..... ....... ...

As Hattori narrated, a scene from the past quietly unfolded before the two of them.

A little girl, with adorable pigtails and a bright red kimono, a serene smile on her lovely face, hummed a peaceful and tranquil ballad beneath a blossoming cherry tree, bouncing a ball along to the rhythm. In a temple not far from her, Hattori was straining to pull at a wooden lattice he had broken, peeking at the girl through the cracks. Unconsciously, his face had already turned red...

As a breeze blew by, cherry blossoms fluttered in the air. When he opened his eyes, he was surprised to find that the girl had disappeared, as if she had turned into cherry blossoms and drifted away with the wind. The boy ran out of the temple with all his might, but when he returned to the place where he had come from, the girl had already disappeared.

"Hehe..." Hearing this, Bai Quanyi couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hey, hey...what are you laughing at?" Hattori rolled his eyes at Shiraizumi Masu.

"Nothing. Go on."

"Although it felt like a dream, it was real." Hattori sighed softly, took out a small lucky bag from his pocket, and poured out a crystal bead from it. "This is what the girl left behind."

"This kind of thing doesn't matter. Instead of the girl in your memory, you should cherish the girl next to you more, right?" Shiraizumi Mashi thought Hattori Heiji was stupid. He didn't know how to cherish Toyama Kazuha next to him, but missed the girl in his vague memories.

"Uh--what do you mean by that?" Hattori Heiji looked at Shiraizumi Masu in confusion.

"I want to go back. It's so boring." Bai Quanyi yawned.

"...Giving up so quickly is unlike you," said Hattori Heiji.

"Heiji, this is your commission, I'm just helping." Shiraizumi emphasized.

"No, you are not allowed to go back. You have to stay with me at least today!" Hattori Heiji insisted.

Shiraizumi Masaru was speechless. It seemed that he was being entangled by Hattori Heiji.

61. It’s really wonderful

After lunch, the two drove their motorcycles to the next location.

"That's the west gate of Kurama-dera Temple." Hattori stopped the car and took off his helmet after exiting a side door of the temple. "Most people enter through Niomon Gate. It will be faster for us to go this way..."

"This feels quite tranquil." After entering through the west gate and walking along the quiet path through the ancient woods, Bai Quanyi couldn't help but exclaim, "Kyoto really has so many places worth visiting."

Hattori nodded and was about to speak smugly when his brows couldn't help but frown. He turned his head slightly and looked into the woods behind him.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Hattori turn around, Baiquan Yi, who was walking in front, asked with a little confusion.

"I always feel like... there's someone there." Hattori frowned, felt it carefully again, and shook his head, "Maybe I'm overthinking it."

"Really?" Bai Quanyi yawned again.

"Why do you keep yawning? You didn't sleep well last night." Hattori Heiji said.

"Well...it's okay." Bai Quanyi replied.

"That's right. My mother came to disturb you in the middle of the night and probably affected your sleep. I will remind her not to do that next time." Hattori Heiji said.

"Uh..." Bai Quanyi didn't know what to say. "I'm fine, let's go."

The two walked through the forest for a long time before finally arriving at their destination.

"This is the Fujoya Fudo Hall." Standing in front of a rather ancient shrine, Hattori sighed, "Legend has it that Yoshitsune once encountered a Tengu here and also learned military tactics here..."

"Tengu is the only place on this day that has some connection to that map." Shiraizumi perked up slightly, "Otherwise, we'd really be touring Kyoto for the whole day."

"However, this place is really suitable for practicing swordsmanship." Hattori perked up, looked around, and said with a smile.

"Look closely, this fir tree is really big..." Bai Quanyi looked around.

Hattori came to a huge cedar tree that was so huge that several people couldn't hug it. He couldn't help but sigh, "How many years has this been planted here..."

Bai Quanyi frowned and suddenly found that on a big tree not far away, a man in a sports suit and a mask was drawing a bow and shooting an arrow, and his target was Hattori who had his back to him!

"Hattori, be careful!" Before he could think about anything else, Shiraizumi stepped forward and pulled. The masked man shot an arrow that missed Hattori's hat by a hair's breadth...

Seeing that his attack missed, the man jumped off the tree and ran away quickly.

"What's going on?" Hattori Heiji was shocked.

"Someone wants to kill you, Hattori," said Shiraizumi Masu.

"I actually encountered such a thing. I was just helping to find the statue of Medicine Buddha. Is it necessary to kill anyone?" Hattori Heiji picked up the fallen hat, very puzzled.

"Could it be another enemy?"

"It's possible. As a detective, I've solved so many cases, so it's not uncommon for me to make a few enemies..." Hattori frowned and said, "But I always have an inexplicable feeling that this person is the murderer of Genji Hotaru..."

"I also think that this person must be the murderer of Genji Hotaru." Shiraizumi frowned, "But why did they have to kill you?"

"There's no point in thinking too much, let's go back first..." Hattori was frightened and decided to go back first.

The two rode motorcycles to Miyagawa Town and met up with Jinghua, Kazuha, and Xiaoai.

This is a romantic place in Kyoto. It used to be a place of fireworks and prostitution, but now it has become a place where teahouses and wine shops gather. Here, you can taste the authentic Japanese style.

In a teahouse. Although it is a teahouse, it is a place dedicated to drinking.

The bamboo pipes played softly, the strings and bamboo instruments sang softly, a beautiful woman looked around and sang, and a dancer danced softly. After a while, the singing and dancing subsided, but the lingering sound lingered in the air.

Monk Ryuen of Sannoji Temple specially invited Hattori Heiji and his companions to come to the teahouse here to watch the performance.

I have to say that Japanese monks are quite sensible and often go to places with fireworks.

"Wow!" Hattori Heiji was the first to applaud and cheer, "Ms. Chizuru Ling dances so beautifully."

"I don't deserve it." The geisha with white powder on her face smiled slightly and bowed to everyone. "Thank you all for the compliment."

"Come, come, come," the monk Longyuan from Sannoji Temple said to Qianhe Ling with a smile, "Come and pour wine for Mr. Hattori."

"I'm not much of a drinker. No thanks." Hattori Heiji quickly refused.

"Heiji, stop it!" Toyama Kazuha said dissatisfiedly.

And Baiquan Yi was sitting next to Hattori Jinghua: "Aunt Jinghua, why don't you have a drink."