Chapter 5 the fourth part

A Tokyo Metropolitan bus comes and stops. Get off now. Imanishi walked briskly. It's also sweltering today. On the old small building with white walls, there is a sign that reads "National Institute of Korean Language and Culture". Imanishi saw the sign clearly and walked in. Jinxi faces Kuwahara, an expert on national languages. Kuwahara: Are you asking whether Northeastern dialect is spoken in other places besides the Northeastern region? Imanishi: Yes, I mean, if there is one. Kuwahara: (with a wry smile) That’s not true. Imam: Huh? Kuwahara: Because it is spoken by people from the Northeast, it is called Northeast dialect.To put it bluntly, in Hokkaido’s reclamation land, some entire villages were relocated from the Tohoku region, and they can also speak the Tohoku dialect. Well, that’s just the scope.

up. Imanishi sighed and nodded. Kuwahara: However, there are also similarities in phonology. Jinxi; what is phonology? Kuwahara: It is the method of development, especially the sound of language. Kuwahara stood up and walked towards the bookshelf. Kuwahara: For example, the hawkers at the station call sushi① and newspapers Sushi and Baorenluo. This is what the Kanto people ridicule the Northeast people.But it also became a sarcasm for the people in the Izumo area—from Kansai to Chugoku That's it. ①A kind of rice ball wrapped in seaweed, with fish meat and green raisins in the middle, seasoned with vinegar and salt, and part of Shimane Prefecture painted in the same bright red color.

Imanishi couldn't help being surprised. Kuwahara opened the book he had taken out and placed it on the table. Kuwahara: That is to say, although the accent spoken by Sosho is from the Northeast, there are also some people in the Izumo region who speak a very similar accent. Imanishi held his breath and looked at the map that Kuwabara had opened. Kuwahara: This is the phonogram.You see, in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture... that map.The four counties in Northeast China are all Xu red. In addition, the Japanese archipelago only Imanishi flicked through the map deftly. This kind of full energy surprised both the clerk and the customer.

Imanishi hurried in with a map of Shimane Prefecture in his hand. Melting ice cream. Imanishi didn't move it, just focused on the open map.Search carefully word by word from the beginning. Imanishi held his breath, his eyes fixed on one point, and remained motionless. From the shore of Hongdao Lake to the Muci Line in the mountains of China. The name of a station in the deep mountains: "Guisong". (overlap) On the table in the corner, Imanishi poured Yoshimura beer with a big smile on his face. Imamishi: Come on, you're welcome, have another drink! Yoshimura: (inexplicably) Imanishi, what's the matter with you today?

Imanishi: Alright, alright, let me drink it first and then I will tell you slowly. Yoshimura: If you have good news, tell me quickly, quickly. Imam was so happy that he couldn't help but drank it down in one gulp, moving his lips slightly. Imam: Let me tell you, the relationship between the victim and the northeast accent has been clarified. Yoshimura: Huh?Oh, really! * * * A map of Shimane Prefecture spread out on the table. Yoshimura looked down with great interest. Yoshimura: Kametsu wanted to make "Kamedaka". Imamishi: I once asked Mr. Kuwahara of the National Institute of Metallurgy, and he said that it might be pronounced "Kameida Kai", but the pronunciation of the two is the same anyway.

Yoshimura: Huh? Jinxi: Sisi accent is characterized by ambiguous endings.Although Guisong has two ways of thinking, when someone with a North Sisi accent says it, we sound like Kameda, Kameda.Hahaha. Yoshimura: (with high spirits) You have done a great job. Imamishi: No, what's more, I got a reply from the Shimane Police Department today, saying that the victim Kenichi Miki had worked as a patrolman in Shimane Prefecture.He stayed in Guisong area for nearly twenty years. Yoshimura: (can't help snorting) Woo-- Imanishi drank the wine in the glass with relish. Yoshimura: So, when do you plan to go to Shimane?

Jinxi: Tomorrow night, take the night express train. Yoshimura: I want to go too. Imanishi: The external transfer this time is not to track down or verify clues. Yoshimura: Oh, forget it, I'm not going.In the meantime, let me get to the bottom of that white sweatshirt. Imamishi: (nodding) Oh, have you found the whereabouts of the barmaid in Ginza? Yoshimura: It's so slim... I asked the proprietress of the bar and her friends about it, and even looked for the apartment where she lived, but she moved away.She hasn't been in the shop since then. Imam: Oh. Yoshimura: No way, I had to plan to conduct a thorough search along the central line where the woman dropped the white things. Unfortunately, I didn’t continue to serve as a reconnaissance mission, and I have many other tasks... No

However, recently I must... Yoshimura drank his glass of wine in one gulp. Immish; I think it's better to wait until I have the results and come back from Sanyin before taking action... Last time I went to the Northeast, I ran for nothing, this time I must bring some good gifts back, hahaha. Morning, vista. The special express Matsukaze speeds by. subtitle: Eleven hours had passed since we set off from Tokyo. The special express transfers to the Yamame line at Matsukaze and passes through the Yubu Iron Bridge. The sparkling waters of the Sea of ​​Japan. The Matsukaze train came out of the tunnel from the mountains towering on the coast.

The Matsukaze at the station. Imanishi leaned out of the car window to buy a newspaper. Imanishi sat alone, looking out at the sea through the car window. There are newspapers that have already been read on the seats. Imanishi had nothing to do, and picked up the newspaper casually. First look at the social edition.But there is nothing to read anymore.The first political edition, too, had no eye-catching news.Overseas edition, economy column, and sports column all turned over page by page.Imanishi accidentally saw a A large photo—a familiar face, the face of a tall musician I'd seen in the dining car on the Ou Line.

Imanishi read the title. He Yingliang challenged "destiny". A compelling piano concerto to be released before visiting the US this fall. Theme: Modern loneliness and the starting point for getting rid of it. Imanishi started reading this article. However, he was not interested, so he threw the newspaper aside, took out half a cigarette, lit it, and turned his gaze to the Sea of ​​Japan outside the window. The Matsukaze continued to sail on the San'in Line at full speed. Imanishi put the small handbag on the platform bench and sat down. subtitle: If you have enough time, I really want to visit Songjiang and Hongdao Lake.

But if you want to hurry, you have to wait for the Chidori, a non-stop express train bound for Hiroshima via the Kiji Line. * * * Now take the direct express train - Chidori. The Chidori departed from the San'in Main Line. The train crawls through the gorge of Okuzumo where mountains overlap. Imamishi overlooks the quiet mountain village with sparse fields. Can't hide the fatigue of the journey. Imanishi hand in the ticket at the ticket gate. Chidori, which was sailing out behind, surpassed the mountains of China. subtitle: About 20 hours have passed since departure from Tokyo. However, the scorching sun still hangs high in the sky.