Hyoryu, Shokoku Mawari Maboroshi No Fune Wo Oe (Bunkoku 22-15)

[Machine Translation] Kakunoshin Tobikawa was appointed by the Shogun Ienari as a "rogue criminal" in order to deal with the various anomalies and misdeeds that were occurring in various regions of Japan. In fact, he was Ienari's illegitimate son. He was told by Otorii Daijyo, the chief priest of the shrine who served as the shogunate's shadow governor, that there was a "dark cloud off the coast of Noto," and was ordered by the younger generation to go to the region. The winter overland route was difficult, so he and his assistant, Sakon Kasugano, and his servant Sokichi, decided to take a ship belonging to a shipping agent in Osaka who was willing to cooperate with them, and traveled north.

各地で起こる異変や悪事に対応するため、将軍家斉に諸国悪党取締出役を任ぜられた飛川角之進。じつは彼は家斉の御落胤。「能登の沖に暗雲あり」との託宣が出たと幕府の影御用を務める宮司の大鳥居大乗から告げられ、若年寄から現地へ赴くように命ぜられた。冬は陸路が厳しく、補佐役の春日野左近と手下の草吉とともに、協力してくれる大坂の廻船問屋の船に便乗し、北廻りで行くことに...。