At this moment, a spark exploded on the oil lamp, and the room suddenly became brighter.

Telegraph? A telegraph in the shape of a sheet? Several Japanese around were dumbfounded, they were stunned by this inference and stammered:

"Sir, the branch, the branch, has mastered, has mastered...... Such advanced technology? ”

"No, it shouldn't be China, China doesn't have such an industrial base." Fujiwara shook his head slightly, and as he spoke, he took off his glasses and carefully wiped them with a small piece of cloth, "It seems that we are still too lonely and unheard, and the world has such a technology, and the empire has no idea about it...... I guess it should have been invented in Europe and the United States..... The fastest progress in recent years has been the independent country, well, the technology of Britain and the United States is also changing with each passing day, is it ......"

Speaking of this, Fujiwara stopped what he was doing, raised his head, looked at him firmly, and waved his hand, "Which country has such technology, let's ignore it for now." We might as well think of it this way: this cutting-edge machine, since it is on Mr. Na Xie, all the clues may as well be unraveled from him...... It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us! For the sake of the Empire, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, gentlemen, we must do something! ”

"Hello!"

Yamamoto, who was wrapped in gauze around his neck, and several young tunics flashed with excitement on their faces, and Yamamoto leaned forward to Fujiwara: "Sir, you said, did Qinghua-kun get involved?" You know, although Qinghuajun is your student, he is also a branch person after all! I look at us, should we be spying on him? ”

"With my understanding of Qinghuajun, Qinghuajun, I don't know that guy at all." High school classmates'? It's just a makeover rhetoric...... Well, no matter what his identity is, for us, it's the same. ”

Fujiwara was contemplative, combing through the scene of Chen Qinghua's introduction of Xie Yucheng just now in his memory, and gradually his expression became more and more determined, and suddenly, his head was tilted, his eyes were sharp, and he stared at Yamamoto, "Also, Yamamoto-kun, please pay attention to your attitude." ”

Yamamoto was stunned when he heard this, pulled and snapped, put his hands and legs together, and bowed to Fujiwara suddenly: "Su Mi is provincial!" Mr. (1) He held this position for a moment, then slowly raised his head, his eyes shining with a blazing light, "Anything that is beneficial to the Empire must be done with all his might!" Sir, for a while, I beg your permission to take action tonight! Sadako had already been there once, and the man would never have imagined that we would go again. (2) As he spoke, he bowed his head to Fujiwara again, his chin resting humbly under his chin, "Please! Mr! ”

"Not yet! Yamamoto-kun, this is on the Qinghua-kun mansion. We have to look for another opportunity. Fujiwara shook his head slightly and groaned.

Yamamoto saw that Fujiwara didn't support it, so he looked left and right, wanting to see what the others meant. I saw that although the other tunics had a look of approval on their faces, their eyes were turned to Fujiwara, and the meaning was self-evident. Yamamoto's face turned white, he struggled with his bloated neck wrapped in gauze, suppressed his voice, and shouted from his throat: "'When you travel, you are not afraid of shame', for the sake of the empire, you can do anything!" Tonight is the perfect opportunity, tomorrow and tomorrow, this man will leave with the caravan......"

"No! I won't allow anything that is bad for Tsinghua sauce! Ladies and gentlemen," Fujiwara stood up, his eyebrows raised, and his stern gaze forced everyone in the room until they lowered their gazes before he stared at Yamamoto's eyes, "Yamamoto-kun, I am the leader of this trip." I guess I don't need to remind you again, do I? ”

"Hello!" Seeing that Fujiwara directly asked them to take a stand, several other young people immediately bowed their heads respectfully and saluted in obedience. Yamamoto didn't speak angrily, but he couldn't stand Fujiwara's aggressive gaze, and finally lowered his head: "I'm sorry, sir!" ”

The room was quiet all of a sudden, Fujiwara didn't speak, Gu Zi put on his glasses, sat down slowly, took the pen and notebook from the table, and opened the notebook: "Yo Xi, Yamamoto-kun, please remember that if you want to become an excellent imperial elite like Arao-kun, you must even dig out the grease in your fingernails and fry it." ”③④

Fujiwara pulled out the cap of his pen and began to write on the paper, his tone slowly softening, "Courage alone can't make a big deal." Without a comprehensive plan, it is easy to act rashly, 'the child dies, and then the age is counted' (5). Yamamoto-kun, I hope you're not a reckless person! ”

Fujiwara looked at Yamamoto, then at the other three, and a smile floated on his cheeks, and he beckoned to them kindly: "Come, all the gentlemen sit down." Let's have a good discussion and come up with a plan. ”⑥

A few young people approached, moved the bench, and sat down respectfully, Fujiwara smiled slightly, and said kindly: "Gentlemen, I will first decide on a name for this project, and listen to Sadako say that the machine is like a mirror, so why not call it 'Mirror Project'!" ”

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It was already the second half of the night, the orange crescent moon hung on the sky, and the people in the village were dark, and it was difficult to see one or two lights. Dogs bark occasionally in the village alleys, and in the direction of the land temple, three or two horses are heard.

At dawn, the rooster just crowed over his head, and the servant on duty at night of the Chen family opened the courtyard door, and saw a black shadow curled up next to the stone lion, so frightened that he jumped three feet high, and looked at it, but it was the village's pranky Niu Er, only to see him shrinking his neck and sleeves, curled up at the feet of the stone lion, drowsy.

"Niu Er, Niu Er," the servant stretched out his foot to poke Niu Er's waist, and whispered two words, seeing that Niu Er had no response, he looked left and right to see that there was no one nearby, so he leaned close to Niu Er's ear and whispered: "Hey, Niu Er, Widow Liu is here!" ”

With a whoosh, Niu Er jumped up like a rabbit with an arrow, and looked around: "Where, where......" Seeing that there was no one left and right, he woke up, turned around and saw that it was an acquaintance, and sighed: "Oh, who am I talking about, Brother Sheng, let's not talk nonsense, that's my sister-in-law, I can't have a bad reputation for nothing." ”

Niu Er's eyes were as black as pandas, his eyes were red, Brother Sheng looked Niu Er up and down, and his heart became more and more confused: "Hey, hey, Niu Er, I didn't say anything, what are you anxious about?" Hey, I said Niu Er, did you steal chickens and dogs again last night, and you were so busy that you didn't sleep all night......"

"How can it? Brother Sheng, you are not allowed to slander people. Thanks to the appreciation of the eldest young master, my brother is now ...... Hehe, brother is now in the first team! Niu Er said, patting his waist habitually, this time he was shocked to find that the revolver was no longer on his waist at this time, and his face turned white all of a swoop. Fortunately, he remembered that he had rented the gun to the commissioner....... Thinking of this, he became agitated, rubbed his hands together again and again, stretched his neck and kept looking inside the door.

"Yo, the armor team? Look at you proudly...... Hey, what's the mess? Is there something wrong? It's early in the morning. ”

"It's okay, you're busy, you're busy." Niu Er returned to his cowering appearance, and stood aside with his neck and sleeves. Brother Sheng glanced at him suspiciously: "Is it really okay?" I almost forgot that it was time to ask Liu Tou to get up and hand over the shift. As he spoke, Brother Sheng raised his hand to cover his mouth and yawned loudly, "I kept vigil for the commissioner in the second half of the night, and he fell asleep....... Who knew that my brother and I were sinned downstairs, and now he's finally leaving......" he squeaked to close the door.

"Hey......, wait, wait, there's something, I have something......" Niu Er stretched out his hand and pressed the door, his thin face squeezed into a smile. , "Brother Sheng, can you help me take a look...... Let's see if the commissioner is up? The eldest young master asked me to accompany him to Tanghuwei today, and I don't know if he is up now? ”

"What do you say, people are guests...... You don't sleep and you don't let people sleep? Outrageous. What's the matter, let's talk about it after breakfast, get out of the way, I'm going to hand over the shift! Brother Sheng couldn't help but say something, and slammed the door shut.

Niu Er was left scratching his ears and cheeks outside the door.

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(1): Su Mi Ma Province um. In Japanese, it means "I'm sorry!" “

(2): One session and one meeting. A Japanese proverb that means you can't miss an opportunity.

(3): Arao Sei (1859-1896), Japanese spy, *** scholar, and the initiator of the *****. The Japanese people revere him as a "giant" of thought and action. The Japanese academic community has never stopped studying him, and his works "The Unification of the United States" and "Xing Yace" are still important reference materials for Japanese studies of China.

(4): A Japanese proverb that means to learn thoroughly from others, and it also shows a great deal of determination. Japan's Meiji Restoration alludes to this proverb, leaving Asia and joining Europe, ****.

(5): A Japanese proverb that means "it is difficult to recover when covered with water".

(6): Plan, that is, plan.