The 8th year of the Republic of China, the 8th year of Taisho in Japan, March 25, 1919 in the Western calendar, Kobe Port.

The first cherry blossoms are gorgeous and short-lived, like the fall of a samurai's life. Cherry blossoms are reflected on the surface of the Seto Inland Sea like snowflakes along the slopes of the port.

The docks here are narrow, and many boats are crammed together. A ship next to the pier is bound for Tianjin, China. Three men in Beiyang police uniforms are waiting for wanted criminals. The police of the two countries completed the extradition formalities on the gangway.

Qin Beiyang got on the boat, his hands tied with ropes, away from the noisy passengers. One of the police officers, with a higher police rank, although the brim of his hat was lowered, still showed half a familiar face, a thick black mustache, eagle-like eyes, the detective of the dream lover of the big girl and little daughter-in-law in the capital, Ye Kenan.

"Leaf ......"

Just wanted to say his name, but when he saw the two strange detectives next to him, he immediately swallowed it back alive, and he must not let others know that he knew Ye Kenan.

Ye Kenan pretended to look at the photo on the wanted warrant, and said sternly as a murderer: "Hey, boy, you are Qin Beiyang?" ”

"Yes."

Qin Beiyang looked at Ye Kenan from the corner of his eye, but found that the detective was looking around, and the two detectives said Go to the cabin quickly, don't stand on the deck and blow the cold sea breeze. Ye Ke can't say what's in a hurry! He took out two cigarettes and distributed them to everyone, slowly lit a match, and was blown out by the wind in an instant. He blocked the wind with his palms and paddled three times in a row before lighting it. He didn't suck too hard, and let the cigarette butt burn naturally in the wind, and the soot flew in front of Qin Beiyang's eyes.

What is he waiting for?

This is the corner near the stern, and the deck is slightly silent, except for the countless seagulls flying overhead. Qin Beiyang's heartbeat was accelerating. He understood that once he was escorted into the cabin, he would inevitably be confined and there would be no chance of escape.

Suddenly, a piece of snow-white bird droppings fell onto Ye Kenan's shoulder, and a large piece of the straight black police officer's uniform was soiled.

"Oops, fuck!" Ye Kenan's cigarette butt was just extinguished, he took off his shirt in embarrassment, and wiped the bird droppings that splashed on his neck with a handkerchief, "It's really unlucky!" ”

The other two detectives hurriedly helped him pack his clothes while each looking for a place to avoid being attacked by bird droppings. He picked up small stones from the deck and threw them into the air like a big boy, trying to disperse the seagulls.

Qin Beiyang couldn't help but laugh, he was almost certain that Ye Kenan was deliberately standing in a crowded place with seagulls, waiting to be attacked by guano bombs.

Detective, you're not here to extradite fugitives, you're just here to gag and talk about cross talk, actor.

There is no other reason, three words: drag time.

Countdown...... While performing to the two police detectives, Ye Kenan furrowed his eyebrows in embarrassment, with dirty words in his mouth, and looked at him with his eyes, as if urging: Why don't you kid run away?!

Qin Beiyang didn't want to run away alone, he was still waiting for a partner.

The jade pendant on his chest was hot.

On a spring afternoon, the crowded port of Kobe is filled with surging waves and raging ships. Countless seagulls have just returned from the South China Sea and the Pacific Islands. They swooped down on the side-by-side moored steamers and blasted merrily, throwing guano onto the detectives' caps, the lady's visors, the students' white hats, the merchants' black top hats......

These white-winged angels suddenly found a red mane with a snow-white coat, like a big dog with a deer's head and a chow chow rushing up the gangway. No, only the seagulls know that it is by no means a dog, but a species that does not belong to any of the living species on Earth.

It comes from the grave.

Nine colors are coming.

Transformed into a dog, the young Kirin Town Tomb Beast, with a heavy long-handled umbrella strapped to its back, kicked four beast legs, passed through the panicked passengers, and rushed straight to the back deck of the ship.

Like a red and white cannonball, it emitted a thousand forces and knocked over the two police detectives in an instant. Detective Ye Kenan also "homeopathically" fell, deliberately falling into a posture of eating.

Qin Beiyang quickly broke free from the binding of his hands, because this rope was tied to him by Ye Kenan, and he deliberately left a live buckle.

I haven't seen each other for a month, and I don't have time to touch the nine colors, one man and one beast, and they rush to the other side of the ship.

However, a detective got up again, pulled out a pistol and chased after him. Ye Ke pretended to get up, but shouted "Oh mom" and fell again, and "accidentally" tripped the detective again. Unexpectedly, that guy has super perseverance, and he is determined not to let the fugitives of the Beiyang government escape, even though his forehead is broken and bleeding, he still gets up and chases again.

Qin Beiyang fled to the side of the ship, and the deck was blocked by a wall. The long-handled umbrella tied to the back of the nine colors must have hidden a three-foot Tang knife, but no matter how powerful the sword is, it can't stop the bullet.

Nine Colors tugged at his trouser legs, and shook his head at the steamer next door, the French ship flying the blue, white, and red tricolor.

Originally, the berths at the dock were limited, and the two ships were parked side by side, and the distance between the sides of the ships was only three or four meters. He could clearly see the noses and eyelashes of the French on the opposite deck, and smell their body odor under their armpits or cologne......

Jump!

Ye Ke stumbled after the detective and silently recited a word for Qin Beiyang.

Qin Beiyang first grabbed a heavy lifebuoy and threw it at the detective, delaying the other party's shooting. He took a few deep breaths and took a few steps back, sprinting with a loud snort.

Nineteen-year-old, adrenaline burns. He felt like he was flying, flying like a four-winged angel, flying across the sea between two ships. A black lightning streaked through the air, and dozens of seagulls passed by at an ultra-low altitude, gliding in the same direction.

Moses crossed the Red Sea, and Qin Beiyang flew across the Seto Inland Sea.

A fraction of a second later, he crashed onto the deck of the French steamer opposite.

Flying with him, there were also four-legged nine-colored. In any case, dogs are always more capable of jumping than humans, not to mention that it is a more powerful species than dogs. In sailor's terms, this is "gang jumping". Qin Beiyang felt that the ligaments in his legs were about to burst, and the French people passing by on the deck were taken aback, but no one dared to approach them.

At this time, the Chinese detective pointed his pistol at Qin Beiyang's vest through the gap between the sides of the ship.

Gunshots rang out.

Qin Beiyang fell weakly on the deck, and Nine Colors stepped on his chest frantically. A seagull descends from the sky, fluttering its wings with blood.

The muzzle of the detective's gun was pointed at the sky, and it turned out that at the moment of shooting, Ye Kenan raised the detective's arm. The bullet came out of the chamber of the gun, but it hit the seagull that swept overhead.

"Holy shit!" Ye Kenan disarmed the detective on the spot, and slapped him twice, "Are you blind?" The ship on the other side was flying the French flag, and if you killed the French, what a mess would it have to be? The three of us have to smash all our jobs together! ”

The detective wanted to jump ship to check, but Ye Ke kicked him and said, "! We are the Chinese police, can we inspect the French ship? We can't even enter the concessions of Shanghai and Tianjin, and we have to nod and bow when we meet French soldiers in Dongjiaomin Lane, who borrowed your leopard gall? ”

Just as the detective was teaching his men a lesson, the French ship's whistle blew a few times, the chimney belched black smoke, and the stern propeller turned, rolling up the rolling waves. The passengers waved towards the dock one after another, and Qin Beiyang, who was unharmed, quietly clasped his fists with his hands to Ye Kenan on the opposite side, and almost knelt down to thank him for saving his life.

This is the fifth time that Ye Kenan has saved his life.

Qin Beiyang and Jiuse made their way through the crowd and fled to the bow of the ship in one go, so that they could avoid the Beiyang government's detectives. This ship is really big, Qin Beiyang worked as a model ship in a German school in Tianjin when he was a child, and it is estimated that it has a displacement of tens of thousands of tons.

As the ship departed from the port of Kobe, he saw several figures standing in the distance in the crowd of people at the dock to see them off—the tall and young Qi Yuanshan, the bespectacled Haneda Taiki, the ama holding a pair of young sons, and a little girl in a school uniform.

Light.

Twelve-year-old Hikaru Saga.

They brought Jiuse and Tang Dao to see Qin Beiyang off, or rather, let Jiuse save his life. Qin Beiyang's eyes were a little moist.

Light sings to him, in the sea breeze full of the smell of cherry blossoms, vaguely rolled up the Japanese lyrics-

更け行く秋の夜(よ)旅の空の

わびしき思いに一人悩む

恋しや故郷(ふるさと)懐かしParents(ちちはは)

夢路にたどるは故郷(さと)の家路

更け行く秋の夜旅の空の

わびしき思いに一人悩む