Fuyu No No (Shodensha Bunko Fu 5-12 Kyo Mawari Doshin Taira Shichiro Hikae 12)

[Machine Translation] The daughter of "Benihaya," which thrives on the charm of its beautiful proprietress and its exquisite chazuke (pickles), has been kidnapped at the Ryukan Bridge embankment. Heishichiro Tachibana, a bridge policeman who had come to ask for help in managing the bridge, sets out to search for her. Heishichiro, who was a skilled "regular town watchman," was ridiculed for his quiet job, but he solved many difficult cases and gained the trust of the townspeople. When it is eventually discovered that the kidnappers are looking for a ronin named Fusajiro, the landlady is dismayed. Fusajiro was her ex-husband whom she had left in Yamato...

竜閑橋袂で、美人女将の愛嬌と絶品茶漬で繁盛する『紅葉屋』の娘が攫われた。橋の管理を頼みに来ていた橋廻り立花平七郎は探索に乗り出す。凄腕の定町廻りだった平七郎は、閑職と揶揄されつつも数々の難事件を解決、町人の信頼を得ていたのだ。やがて拐かし犯が房次郎という浪人を捜していたと発覚すると、女将は狼狽する。房次郎は大和の国で別れた夫だった...。