火を招く牛の伝説のある村。昨年の火事で妹を失い、夫は放火の疑いで村を出たという女。伝説は、豪商が放火を隠すための狂言と知った紋次郎は手下の者に狙われるが…。
In a village haunted by the legend of a fire-summoning ox, a woman grieves the loss of her sister in last year’s blaze, while her husband lives in exile under suspicion of arson. Monjirō uncovers the truth: the fires were set to conceal a wealthy merchant’s misdeeds, placing him in the merchant’s crosshairs.
