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Chapter 142 The Shangchuan Family

Director Takahashi paused.

Not long ago, the Extraordinary Response Department held a meeting after Master Kukai's incident, and mentioned the "lost king", and at the meeting, there was an investigation into Shang Chuanzun, who was suspected to be related to the "lost king".

The 'Lost King' is mysterious and powerful, and in all likelihood, has a very high status. In order not to offend the 'Lost King', he adopts a soft policy for the extraordinary response department of Shang Chuan Zun's investigation, and Morita Takeshi and Yoshimura Muraki are in charge of the investigation. people.

Since this week, they have been monitoring Shang Chuan Zun for a period of one week, in order to see if Shang Chuan Zun has any contact with the dead king, proving that he has a relationship with the dead king.

At the same time, they also conducted a family investigation on Shang Chuan Zun.

There is no other reason. The 'Dead King' has a very high status and is very powerful. It is very likely that he is an ancient person. Shangchuan Zuneng has a relationship with him, and it is possible that his background is not ordinary.

Director Takahashi knew it. After a week of surveillance, there was no sign that Shang Chuanzun had anything to do with the 'Dead King'.

It can almost be judged that Shangchuan Zun has no contact with the dead king.

It's just that Takeshi Morita came here by helicopter to report now, and there was obviously an unexpected discovery.

"What's the result of Shang Chuan Zun's family investigation?"

Director Takahashi came here to be curious. He was quite curious about the high-level executives of Shangchuan Zun's family's extraordinary response department. A person with the last name of Kamikawa.

Then they discovered that there was no famous person with the surname Shangchuan in history.

Even Professor Kitayama doesn't know any celebrities, what family will Morita Takeshi and the others investigate?

"We found out that Shang Chuanzun's family is not a native of Tokyo. According to the survey on the household registration, his family came to Tokyo in the generation of his great-grandfather. Before that, he came from the handover area between the four countries of Honshu, Japan.

Since the great-grandfather's generation was more than a hundred years ago, it is very difficult to find out where they are in Honshu and Shikoku.

We spent several days, asking the local household registration bureau for help, even the police station, but still nothing.

We were planning to give up, but finally we found the place where Shangchuan Zun’s ancestral home was located after being reminded by a member of the Household Registration Administration Bureau. "

Takeshi Morita handed over the ancestral home of Kamikawa Zun, as well as the great-grandfather's generation and other documents to Director Takahashi.

received data.

Director Takahashi was surprised.

Finding a person's ancestral home is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, thanks to Takeshi Morita.

You must know that it is a matter of time to find the ancestral home of a family. Due to the long history, a lot of information has long followed history and cannot be traced.

In addition to Honshu and Shikoku, the search area seems to be very small at first glance.

But no matter how small it is, it is still a large area, with a large population, and with the development of the times, the transportation is more and more convenient, so the population flow is very large, and not everyone will stay in one place for a lifetime, so not all the people who live in the handover area are from their ancestral home They are all here, some may have moved here from outside, and some may have moved out.

Therefore, people who want to live at the intersection of Shikoku and Honshu in the generation of their great-grandfather cannot easily find them at the intersection. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

To put it bluntly, this is not a TV series or a novel. If you look for your family information, you can find it without any effort. If you think too much, what do you think of it?Reality is rare.

"Can you find all of this?" Director Takahashi was so surprised that he didn't hold out hope at all, but he didn't expect to find it: "What did the household registration manager remind you?"

According to Takeshi Morita, the reminder from the household registration manager played a key role.

While asking, Director Takahashi opened the file and took a look.

"The Seto Inland Sea? Is this the ancestral home of Takashi Kamikawa's family?"

The Seto Inland Sea, which means a narrow strait, is located between Honshu and Shikoku in Japan. Because it is within the straits, it is named because of the subsidence of the stratum.

"This is the residence of the generation of the great-grandfather of Uekawa Takashi according to the investigation. It is said that the parents of the great-grandfather of Uekawa Takashi also lived here. As for going back to the front, it may not be in the Seto Inland Sea. If you want to trace back, it will be very difficult.

However, we have already verified the identity of the Shangchuanzun family, and we have discovered something, so there is no need to trace back. "

In the words, it can be seen that Takeshi Morita is very excited.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Takesada Morita has made a major discovery, otherwise he wouldn't be so excited.

Then, Morita Takeshi said.

"Honshu and Shikoku have a large area and a large population. If you want to check the household registrations one by one, you can't finish the search in ten days and eight months. You must narrow the scope. Mr. Murata helped us with this. Oh, Murata Mr. is the old employee of the Household Registration Administration Bureau.

He was born in the Seto Inland Sea, and he has lived in the Seto Inland Sea since he was a child, so he is very familiar with it.

Mr. Murata reminded us that in fact, we don’t need to search in the entire junction, as long as we go to the upper reaches of the junction near rivers and waterways. "

People don't know why.

How did this Mr. Murata narrow down the scope? Why did he only look for the upper reaches of rivers and waterways?

Only Professor Beishan of history realized something, his eyes lit up: "Could it be."

At this time, Takeshi Morita spoke bluntly.

"At the beginning, I was also curious why Mr. Murata asked us to go to those places to find them. Later, Mr. Murata told me that it was because of Mr. Shangchuan's last name.

He told us that in fact, long ago in Japan, surnames were a symbol of glory, and only the royal family could bestow surnames on people.

Therefore not everyone has a surname, only nobles and dignitaries have a surname, and ordinary people only have a first name.

Later, in the Meiji era, in order to meet the needs of conscription, taxation, and household registration, the Emperor Meiji promulgated the "Common Miao Character Permission Order", allowing all Japanese, including civilians who were not allowed to have surnames before, to have surnames.

It was then that everyone in Japan had a surname.

However, at that time, most ordinary people had no culture. In addition to the environment at that time, they cared more about living, eating and making money than taking surnames, so they generally took surnames casually.

whatever...

Words such as chuan, tian, shan, and ye often appear in Japanese surnames. It is not that people yearn for nature, but that ordinary people with low education at that time can only use names they are familiar with, from sun, moon, stars, to flowers, birds and fish. Insects; from occupation, residence to natural phenomena, etc. can be surnames.

For example, those who farm in rural areas take the surname Murano, those who live near the ferry take the surname Watanabe, and those who live in Matsushima take the surname Matsushima. "

When Takeshi Morita said this, everyone suddenly realized.

It turned out that Mr. Murata judged that Takeshi Morita and the others were looking for the upper reaches of the river, based on the surname of Shang Chuan.

Chuan: The original meaning of Chuan is a river or a waterway. Wherever there is a river, there will be flat land, so "Chuan" also refers to a flat and low-lying area between mountains or plateaus, that is, Pingchuan.

However, based on the urine nature of the surname taken by the ancients, Shangchuan, it is basically certain that his family lives in a river, waterway, or Pingchuan, and it is the upper half.

In view of the many straits in the Seto Inland Sea, it can be concluded that Kamikawa does not refer to the plains, but the upper reaches of rivers and waterways.

At this time Morita Takeshi said.

"We narrowed down the scope from this. After many searches and inquiries, we found a few families in the Seto Inland Sea whose surname was Shangchuan, and one of them was named Shangchuan Shingo, who had the same name and surname as Shangchuan Zun's grandfather. It can be concluded that the two It's the same person.

In addition, we found out that there used to be ancient great figures living there by visiting people who lived in the Seto Inland Sea in the generation of our ancestors and great-grandfathers. "

Before Takeshi Morita spoke, Professor Kitayama spoke out first.

"Michiman Ashiya!"

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(End of this chapter)