
黒い巾着 The Black Drawstring Pouch
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A wealthy moneylender named Kanbei dies under suspicious circumstances at the Yamazaki household.
Soon afterward, five thousand ryō—an enormous fortune believed to have been hidden in his private quarters—vanishes without a trace. Then Kanbei's ten-year-old grandson is attacked, leaving behind two mysterious final clues:
"Grandfather's pouch."
"The sixty-third bad fortune."
The missing object is a black silk drawstring pouch embroidered with the family crest. Could it contain the secret of the hidden fortune?
Inside the household are relatives, servants, employees, and a young couple awaiting marriage. Each has endured Kanbei's harsh rule, and nearly everyone has a reason to resent him.
Using the cryptic words and the verses printed on a fortune slip, Zenigata Heiji begins to uncover the connection between the missing gold, the black pouch, and the crimes inside the house.
A classic Edo-period mystery from Zenigata Heiji Detective Stories by Kodo Nomura, combining deduction, greed, resentment, and tragic love.
高利貸しとして財を築き、多くの人々から恨まれていた山崎屋の隠居・勘兵衛が、不審な死を遂げた。
その直後、隠居所にあるはずの五千両が跡形もなく消失。さらに、勘兵衛が溺愛していた十歳の孫・勘太郎まで襲われ、息絶える間際に「お爺ちゃんの巾着」「六十三番の凶」という謎めいた言葉を残す。
消えたのは、黒繻子に金糸で家紋を縫った小さな巾着。そこには、五千両の行方を示す秘密が隠されていたのか。
家の中には、長年勘兵衛に従ってきた娘夫婦、番頭、親類、奉公人、そして祝言を控えた若い男女がいる。誰もが疑わしく、誰もが何かを隠している。
銭形平次は、一枚の御神籤に記された文句から、消えた大金と二つの事件を結ぶ真相へ迫る。
野村胡堂による「銭形平次捕物控」の一篇。欲望、怨恨、恋情が交錯する、謎解き色の濃い江戸捕物帳。
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