Tsukisoi Ya Roku Heita Nue No Maki (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] It has been less than a month since Yuzo, who had been living apart from his family for many years, became a relative of Jingoro, a prominent figure in Otowa, and Rokuheita Akizuki, a chaperone businessman, is still puzzled by the delicate relationship between his son. One night on his way home from work, he cuts down a bandit he meets on his way home, and is then attacked by a mysterious assassin. Amidst the stench of danger, Rokuheita receives a request from a foil shop in Nihonbashi to deliver a daughter, Oito, to Koshichi, who lives with his family in Senju. Rokuheita was staying alone at the inn, but suddenly remembered the words of Shinzaemon, Oito's father, "Please bring my daughter home no matter what it takes," and he rushed out to the front door. A bad feeling came over him.... This is the twelfth in a series of humanistic period dramas!

長年離れて暮らしていた穏蔵が、音羽の顔役・甚五郎の身内になって一月足らず、倅との微妙な間合いに、いまだ戸惑う、付添い屋稼業の秋月六平太。ある夜、仕事の帰り道で鉢合わせた賊を斬り伏せて以来、謎の刺客に襲われはじめる。きな臭さが漂う中、六平太は日本橋の箔屋から依頼を受け、千住の百姓家で暮らす幸七のもとへ、娘のお糸を送り届けることに。ひとり宿に泊っていた六平太だったが、ふと、お糸の父・新左衛門の「なんとしても娘を連れ帰って下さい」という一言が思い浮かび、急ぎ表へ飛び出した。嫌な胸騒ぎが...。王道の人情時代劇第十二弾!