Chapter 23 Chapter 21 Handling of Relics

Outside the window was a row of lights surrounding the dark buildings of the Arisugawa Shrine Memorial Park. Kawamura's voice and tone of asking Nabeya for something changed into a tone of flattering Nabeya.When Kawamura used this tone, he would definitely ask difficult questions. Nabeya had such experience, so he naturally became cautious and asked, "What are you going to deal with?" Nabeya looked at Kawamura, and Kawamura had an embarrassed expression on his face. "It's nothing else, it's something Liang Jiang brought the night before yesterday." He hesitated and hesitated as he spoke later, unwilling to continue.

"Bring what?" "Hmm... it's Liangjiang's pajamas and underwear." Nabeya was taken aback. Naoya thought, Liang Jiang was too bold.But come to think of it, this apartment was bought with her money and is actually her home!It was a matter of course that she went to live in her own house. It would be better to say that the Kawamura couple were the tenants.But Liangjiang would never have such an idea, she just met her beloved man.The risky behavior of taking advantage of the opportunity of Kawamura's wife's absence stimulated Liang Jiang's emotions, and Kawamura would definitely be affected by the same.

"Hey, Nabeya-kun!" Seeing Nabeya's face sinking, Kawamura's tone became more humble. "I can't take this kind of woman's stuff outside, and I don't know where to throw it. If I throw it away casually, I'm afraid I will find clues here, so I can't burn it in this apartment. It's really difficult! This is My last request, please get rid of it without anyone noticing it!" Kawamura begged. "There's really nothing you can do!" Nabeya reluctantly agreed. "Thank you!" Kawamura ran to the next room after finishing speaking, and came back with a bulging bag in his hand.

"This is it!" Kawamura seemed to be talking to a dealer who collected rags: "Here are Liangjiang's pajamas and underwear." Nabeya took the purple bundle from Kawamura.He unbuttoned it tightly, revealing gorgeous pajamas and pink underwear. "Oh, it's so beautiful!" Nabeya opened his eyes wide. "Really?" Kawamura smiled shamelessly. "You can't throw away such a coquettish thing casually. Nabeya-kun, please, you are the only one who can handle this matter." "But now this is Ms. Liangjiang's relic. Mr. Zhengming, don't you think so?"

Nabeya's words hurt Kawamura's heart severely. The mention of "relic" made Kawamura speechless, but he quickly regained his composure. "I'm not sure if it's a relic, but now is not the time to say these things. Nabeya-san, we can't be too sentimental. Excessive sentimentality can only bring frustration." Nabeya almost doubted his hearing, but now Kawamura preached to himself instead.The woman I played with died in vain, and she said such heartless words.Didn't he cause Liang Jiang's death? "The things in this baggage may cause me to lose my political life. Now, Takehei Shima is looking at me for trouble. Let's not indulge in sadness, and immediately deal with these things that may become the root of disaster!"

"Although I'm sorry Liang Jiang, but now, there is no other way." Nabeya hated Kawamura's ruthlessness, but his political future was at stake, forcing him to agree to Kawamura's request. "I leave everything to you." Kawamura said in a tone that seemed to be expected in advance. The tone of Kawamura's pleading to Nabeya just now gradually faded away, and the tone of ordering the secretary gradually strengthened. "Is this furoshiki also brought by Liang Jiang?" "Well, it's hers." "You can't carry this burden with you, wrap it in newspaper!"

"That's true." Kawamura brought five or six old newspapers and white plastic string.Nabeya wrapped the burden with old newspapers, and then tied them with ropes crossed. "Then I'll be leaving." Nabeya stood up holding the bulging paper bag. "Please. At this time, I have no one to trust except you!" Kawamura bowed respectfully. "Mr. Masaaki!" Nabeya greeted Kawamura after standing up. Hearing Nabeya calling him "Mr. Masaaki" in a serious manner, Kawamura immediately became a little nervous again. "About Olibe's mother, have you seen it recently?"

Because Nabeya suddenly raised an unexpected topic, Kawamura was stunned for a moment. Kawamura originally thought that Nabeya handled such a troublesome matter for him and saved himself in a crisis, so Nabeya would ask for a lot of compensation.But Nabeya suddenly talked about Satoko Oribe, which made Kawamura confused and at a loss. "I don't know how long she stayed in Hawaii. How about her sequelae?" Nabeya tried him again. "It doesn't look like it's changed from before her accident." ——It turned out that Kawamura didn't know anything. "Mr. Masaaki, you can be regarded as someone who has a predestined relationship with traffic accidents. You see, in Shinjuku, the taxi you were riding hit an old woman, and the matter of Olibe's mother, this time it is Liang Jiang's matter."

Kawamura didn't smile wryly, but frowned. Among these three incidents, Nabeya did not tell Kawamura the truth about Oribe Satoko's traffic accident.It would be a pity to tell this kind of material to this young fellow.This matter involved Teranishi Masaki's secret transaction of 20 million yuan in kickbacks for political donations, which also involved Oribe Satoko's lover.Nabeya thought to himself, this precious material must be preserved well, and he should see the opportunity as capital to make money. "Does Satoko like to use the high-end French-made Osterridge handbag you sent?" Nabeya asked.

"About the purse, Satoko didn't say anything." Kawamura really didn't know how Satoko used this purse. The police did not disclose the inside story of the 20 million yuan robbery and the young man surrendered himself, nor did the newspaper disclose it.The reason why the police did not announce the case may be that the crime scene was very close to the residence of Masaaki Teranishi, a prominent figure in the Constitutional Party.According to past practice, if the case involves "politics", the police become timid. "Mr. Masaaki, where have you been drinking since Oribe Satoko came back from Hawaii?" Nabeya asked.

"No, I've only been there three or four times, but I didn't go afterwards." Kawamura looked unhappy. "Why don't you go see Satoko?" Nabeya asked Kawamura curiously. "Sadenko is a hypocritical woman. I don't like hypocritical people. Seeing her makes me unhappy, so I won't go there in the future." "Hey!" Nabeya stared at Kawamura's unhappy face. Listening to Kawamura scolding her for being hypocritical, he seemed to know that Oribe Satoko had a lover, but judging from his expression, it was not like that. It is estimated that Kawamura was slapped coldly by Satoko.The female proprietress in the bar will inevitably be seduced and entangled by the guests, but the secret of doing this is that she seems to obey him, but also seems not to be so docile, and often slips away with a tacit smile.If you encounter a pestering guest, you have no choice but to reject it flatly, and you have no choice but to lose a guest for this. "Then, I'll take it away." Nabeya shook the paper bag under his arm. "Please." Kawamura couldn't care less about Oribe Satoko in the current emergency. "Be careful!" Kawamura reminded him to deal with Iwata Yoshie's pajamas and underwear. Regarding the matter of Liangjiang, Kawamura felt that the crisis had passed safely, but he was always a little uneasy. Nabe House walked to the empty corridor and wanted to go down the stairs, but was afraid of being noticed, so he took the elevator and went downstairs.He walked to the apartment and saw the white chalk lines left by the police on the ground where Yoshie Iwata was hit.When Nabeya remembered that he was holding her relic, he felt afraid, so he bowed deeply to this place. Nabeya walked to the Arisugawa Palace Memorial Park, and there were people in the park surrounded by concrete walls, so he gave up his original idea of ​​throwing paper bags at the fruit bins in the park. Then a taxi came. "To Shiba Park!" "Which way to go?" the driver asked. "It doesn't matter which road you take, just choose the one you are familiar with." Nabeya was not very familiar with the situation in this area. Cars run on the wide road.It was already half past nine in the evening, and most of the shops on both sides of the road were closed.The sign of Sendai board is erected at the intersection.Nabeya suddenly thought of a way to discard the paper bag in the corner of the seat. At the intersection of Yiqiao, the red light came on, and the car stopped.At this time, the wireless phone on the driver's seat rang. "Please pay attention, please pay attention! A passenger on the bus at Higashioi 2-chome left a piece of luggage in the car. The passenger is a gentleman, aged twenty-seven or eight, wearing a white open-collar shirt and jeans. A man with long hair, glasses, high cheekbones, about 170 centimeters tall, and a little thin... Please pay attention, please pay attention! Passengers on the bus at Higashioi 2-chome..." Nabeya understands that this is an announcement broadcast by the taxi center station after receiving a notification from the Metropolitan Police Department, and it is a code word to inform all taxis of the case.The culprit may be escaping in a taxi or robbing a taxi, for which the characteristics of the "throwing things" passenger are specified.The "luggage" mentioned may mean "vicious criminals". After Nabeya listened to the broadcast, he dared not throw the paper bag in the taxi rashly.When the car arrived at Shiba Park, he got out of the taxi listlessly still holding the paper bag. There are street lights everywhere in the park where there are shades of trees, and the lights illuminate the tender green leaves, and the pot house is slowly walking forward.In the park at night, a man and a woman walk arm in arm, sometimes the lights illuminate their whole bodies, and sometimes they disappear into the shadows.In the dim light, couples of men and women cuddle up to each other on benches, or sit on the dark lawn, embracing each other.There were no stars in the sky, and it was a sultry night.Above the trees, the bright lights of the nearby high-rise Prince Hotel shone. Nabeya was wandering around with paper bags in his arms, and the newspapers were rustling.I thought I could dispose of this bag everywhere, but when I really wanted to throw it away, I couldn't find a suitable place.Cylindrical fruit boxes made of wire are mostly placed on both sides of the boulevard.On the road, in twos and threes, men and women in pairs were strolling leisurely, and a pair of young men and women were also sitting on the benches.Nabeya felt that they were all watching him.If the paper bag is thrown into the bin, it may be suspected.The pot house is going to be thrown away in the woods farther from the boulevard, but there are also people who are in love in the woods.In this area, there may be perverted people sneaking in for fun, and the police are also wandering around in order to suppress these people. Just throw it into the fruit bin, and tomorrow the cleaners will put it in the transport truck and send it to the garbage factory or artificial island.The red pajamas and the voluptuous underwear were reduced to ashes or buried in the accumulation of dust. Only now did Full House realize that such a simple action as throwing a paper bag into a fruit bin actually involves so much trouble in doing it.It is obviously inappropriate to do such a thing in front of a couple of men and women.Whether it is Yoyogi Park or Gaien, it is the same.However, throwing it into the trash can under the eaves by the roadside is psychologically a little embarrassing.This is the "relic" of Yoshie Iwata!Of course, the fruit bins thrown in the park are equally profane, but Liang Jiang is too pitiful to be thrown in the household garbage bins of vegetable peels and fruit shavings, chicken bones and fish bones.That being the case, I had no choice but to take a taxi to Dajing Wharf, put it in the sea, and hold a "water burial" for Liangjiang! Nabeya gave up the idea of ​​throwing it in the park and walked out of the park.In order to take a taxi, I stood on the side of the road and waited. There were so many taxi groups passing by, but there were no "empty cars" with red lights, so I had to walk in the direction of Zojoji Temple.At this time, a short man looked back after staggering past. "Ah, isn't this Mr. Nabeya?" Nabeya looked back when his name was called.Standing in front of Zojoji Temple is Hachiro Nishida. Nabeya knows that Nishida is often treated coldly by Masaaki Kawamura.For this reason, Nishida does not have a good impression of Kawamura, and may also hate his secretary Nabeya. Nabeya felt that he ran into someone with malicious intentions during this accident.But he couldn't slip away, so he had to say: "Ah, is this Mr. Nishida? Good evening!" Then he turned around and walked two or three steps. "It looks familiar at first glance, it really is Mr. Nabeya, good evening!" The little man bowed.Nishida was wearing a black summer shirt and black trousers, an all-black outfit, maybe playful fashion. "How is Mr. Kawamura?" "Thanks, he's fine." "Although he is young, he is very active. The public opinion circles praise him as the hope of the 'renovation club'." Nishida unexpectedly said something flattering. "I'll pass your words on to Kawamura, he will be happy." Nabeya thanked you.But the reporter of the "Insider News" is really annoying.Nishida stared at the paper bag, and Nabeya was a little nervous, afraid that he would ask what it was.In order to seal Nishida's mouth, Nabeya asked first: "Nishida-kun, did you come to this place at such a time for an interview?" "It's not an interview, but..." Nishida hesitated this time. Ahead is Highway 15, and the lights of passing taxis complement each other.When Nabeya was about to say goodbye, Nishida said: "Does Nabeya-san often go to places like this?" This sentence contained the meaning of coming here to work for Kawamura as a secretary. "No, no, today I visited an old friend there for some personal business. I waited for a taxi here, but there was no empty one." Nabeya said, looking at the taxi speeding on the highway. "Looking for a taxi? There are plenty in front of the hotel!" Xi Tian pointed at the White Prince Hotel building. "Ah, is that right? I didn't notice it, so I'll go there." Nabeya wanted to leave Nishida quickly. "Then let's go together!" "What?" Nabeya felt as if he was being entangled by Nishida. "I have something to do too." Unable to find a suitable excuse to shake him off, Nabeya had to go with Nishida.The fat tall man and the skinny little man walked side by side to the taxi yard in front of the hotel. "Please wait a moment!" Walking to the square, Nishida stopped Nabeya. "Look, it really is a high-end hotel!" Nishida put his hands behind his back and looked up at the gorgeous lights coming from the geometrically arranged windows.Nabeya thought, what did he say?It seems to have some deep meaning. "How much does this kind of hotel cost for one night?" Nishida asked. "There are several kinds, but generally there may be thirty thousand or forty thousand." "Forty thousand yuan for one night, how much is it for a long-term stay?" "Well, there are also various prices for long-term stays." "How about two months?" "Two months might be cheaper." "For ordinary people, it is an unrealizable dream of eternal life. The new building at the back has 40 floors. How comfortable it is to live with your lover for a long time. Sometimes you can go to Hong Kong to have fun." Nabeya looked at Nishida's side face, trying to figure out what was the meaning of Nishida's words.What Nishida said might imply a certain figure. "Are there any acquaintances of yours living here?" Nabeya asked cautiously. Nishida shook one foot, as if hesitating, and said: "That's a different matter, Mr. Nabeya." The little man began, "Do you know Masazo Arikawa, the secretary of Councilor Koichi Maruyama?" "Is there Mr. Chuan? I know him! They are all secretaries. But I don't know him very well." That day, I met Arikawa at the Nihombashi department store's premium product counter. "Mr. Arikawa organized the Members' Secretaries Union and became the chairman of the committee. He is quite capable!" "Yes! That man is very capable." "Is there any actual activity in this League of Representatives Secretaries?" "At the beginning, there was a lot of applause, but now it's gone. At first, slogans such as improving the status of unstable congressmen's secretaries attracted many people, but later I heard that this organization did not even play the role of a fellowship, and many people quit .This is my observation and inference, please don't tell anyone. Arikawa-kun is using the title of chairman to seek personal interests outside." Nabeya went on to say: "He is worthy of being from Kansai, he can do business!" "It seems to be." Nishida immediately agreed. "Oh, do you also know Yuchuan-kun's character?" Nabeya was surprised. "Knows a little bit. He's trying to figure out how to become the real Chairman of the Committee." Nishida used "tiaolue", an ancient language that was popular in the Warring States Period, which was difficult for Nabeya to understand, but he understood that it meant the same thing as strategy. "Arikawa's strategy? What kind of action is this?" The paper bag under his arm rustled when he moved it. "That can't be said yet." Nishida laughed softly as if trying to arouse the other party's interest. At this time, Nabeya realized that Nishida had a special purpose for wandering here.Nishida said that there are many taxis in front of the hotel, which means that he has been here for some time.He stood at the current position, staring at the Prince Hotel, as if monitoring something.Nabeya felt that although Nishida said "I have other things to do", the words "staying in this hotel for a long time and sometimes going to Hong Kong for fun" mentioned and the eyes staring at the hotel seemed to be closely related to the same thing.Didn't Nishida give a hint?He said he knew Mr. Arikawa, could it be that Arikawa...?Nabeya felt very surprised, and unconsciously blurted out, saying: "The people you're talking about staying in this hotel for a long time, do you mean Arikawa-kun?" "Ha! Haha!" the little man laughed loudly.It is the habit of MPs to laugh instead of answering. Nabeya immediately realized something, because he had also seen Arikawa with a woman twice.The first time was in Ginza at night, and the second was at a department store's specialty store.The same woman was taken twice, aged between forty-two and three-year-old, with an ugly face, and heavy clothes couldn't cover up that ugliness.The flirtatious dress is completely like a waitress.At that time, Nabeya thought that only Arikawa would fall in love with such an ugly woman.Nabeya thought at the special product sales office that Arikawa probably got a lot of money by taking the business card of the chairman of the Congressional Secretary League Chairman's business card.But under the guise of the chairman, can he earn the money to take a woman to live in a first-class hotel and travel to Hong Kong together? Seeing Nabeya's puzzled face, Nishida might have sensed the meaning, and said something like a riddle. "Mr. Nabeya, it's not necessarily all men who pay the money!" Nabeya looked back at Nishida who was standing beside him.Nishida continued to shake that foot, smiling with a face as if he had been flattened by an iron hammer. "Ah, so the woman pays?" "Hahaha!" "That waitress makes that much money?" "Mr. Nabeya wants to say, how much money can you earn with such an ugly face at such an age? Right!" "Understood. It is said that the most popular waitress in the bar does not necessarily have to be good-looking, but to be smart." "You're not right." "No? Got it. Then this woman is relying on a rich old man, and Arikawa-kun is her young lover? But, Arikawa-kun's age is not right!..." "It's getting farther and farther away. Mr. Nabeya believes that the woman is a barmaid, so it can't be matched at all." "What? Not the barmaid?" "She's not that kind of person, and a woman working in a proper place." "Do you mean the bank by proper place?" Nabeya immediately thought of corruption by female bank employees. "Well, it still doesn't match up." "I can't guess, what kind of person is it?" "Didn't you already hint at it just now!" "..." "I already said that Mr. Arikawa is working hard to make a plan in order to get the title of chairman worthy of the name!" "Still can't figure it out!" "Okay, let's stop here. Hahaha!" Nishida's laughter sounded meaningful. "Hachiro Nishida, an old fox, must have caught something! What kind of secret action between Masao Chuan and his female companion has attracted Nishida's attention?" Nabeya followed Nishida and looked up at the hotel window, and some of them were bright. Even though the lights were on, there were also dark windows where Nishida's gaze was fixed. "Nishida-kun!" Nabeya didn't even want to say a sarcasm. "You stand and walk alone in such a place for a long time, don't you feel bored?" "Not at all!" he shrugged. "I'm a poet, and I often come up with lines at times like this." "Hey, so you are a poet!" Nabeya seemed surprised, but actually looked at Nishida with sneering eyes. "I don't know anything about your poetry before." "When I talked about writing poetry, everyone was surprised. Ha! Ha! Haha!" The laughter this time was hearty and proud. "What kind of poetry do you write?" "Well, this can't be explained in a few words. I host the "Monsoon" fan poetry magazine, you'd better read the poems written on it." At this time, Naoya felt that the left hand holding the paper bag was sore, so he switched to the right hand, and the paper bag rustled again.Nishida stared at it attentively.Nabeya immediately felt that it was time to break up with Nishida.Although Nabeya is also interested in the riddles that Nishida told, what he fears most is that he will see through the contents of the paper bag. "Then Nishida-kun will see you again." Nabeya bid farewell. "That's right, I'm sorry. Mr. Nabeya, the taxi stand is over there!" Nishida reminded Nabeya. "No, I remembered that I needed to make a phone call, so I went to the phone room in the hotel." "Ah, is that so...bye then!" Nishida waved his hands behind him. Nabeya walked in from the main entrance of the hotel.There were four or five male waiters standing inside.Because it was late, there were not many people in the hall.Instead of going to the public phone room, Nabeya went into the toilet.This was because it occurred to him that the toilet was an appropriate place to throw the paper bag.It was late and there was no one in the toilet.He put the paper bag in the wastebasket next to the sink, and the paper bag made a rustling sound, as if the dead Yoshie Iwata was crying.He hurriedly escaped from the toilet. In order not to be seen by Nishida, Nabeya walked from the hall through the corridor with small shops, went outside from the side door, and walked to the road leading to Tokyo Tower.Nabeya looked back secretly, and in the square far away, the little figure of "Poet" Hachiro Nishida was no longer there.