Mukon No Ki (Haru Ki Bunko Mi 13-2 Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Genichiro Sakaki, a deputy in the Nishimachi Magistrate's Office in Kyoto, was visited by his servant Shokichi. Genichiro was told that a drowned body of a relative death (heart attack) had been found in the Horikawa River. Gen'ichiro heads for the bridge where the body was found, but he finds Kugashima Fuyugo, a doctor for the Nishimachi Magistrate, at the scene. This doctor had a rather bad reputation because he would inspect the wreckage on his own without being asked to, and would give a completely different opinion from that of his colleagues. Moreover, despite the law that "relative deaths are to be exposed for three days at Shijo Kawara," Kugashima insists that Genichiro cover up the fact that it was a suicide, thinking that he is helping others. What in the world was he trying to accomplish? However, this heart-breaking incident develops into a situation that shocks the whole city...

京都西町奉行所同心・榊玄一郎の元に、手下の小吉が現れた。堀川に相対死(心中)の水死体が上がったのだという。骸が発見された橋のたもとに向かった玄一郎だが、現場には西町奉行の侍医、久我島冬吾の姿があった。この医者は頼みもしないのに勝手に検分をして、同心たちとは全く違う見解を述べるので、評判はかなり悪い。しかも『相対死は三日間、四条河原に晒される』という法度があるにもかかわらず、久我島は玄一郎に、人助けと思って、心中である事実をもみ消せと言い出した。一体何が目的なのか!?しかしこの心中事件が市中を震撼させる事態へと発展していく―。