Qin Beiyang sat down in a daze. Chen Gongzhe told him to rest early, and he would find another way tomorrow.

That night, Ah You slept on the bed behind the curtain, tossing and turning, and sometimes she would call her brother softly. Qin Beiyang, who was sleeping on the floor, just stretched his hand through the curtain and let his sister's little hand hold it tightly.

He couldn't sleep, so he lit a candle and took out the "Chunxi Chess Book" in his arms, perhaps Song Xiaozong's funeral goods. In the underground palace of the Guangxu Emperor's Mausoleum, Qin Beiyang learned to play Go, and later came to the camel village on the outskirts of Beijing, where he often played against an old man from the former Qing Dynasty, and was praised for his good walk.

Under the candlelight, he carefully watched the chess games of the Southern Song Dynasty players, and walked a few games blindly with himself to pass the long night.

The sky was bright, and Chen Gongzhe rushed upstairs: "The patrol room has come to search for the Jingwu Sports Association." ”

Qin Beiyang lifted the corner of the curtain, and the Jingwu Sports Club next door was already full of Indian patrols with loaded guns. It seems that the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession cannot trust the Chinese patrols and arrests, and such major cases have allowed the Indians to charge into battle. There is no doubt that if Jingwu Sports can't find it, they will search Chen Gongzhe's house.

"It must have been told to them by the Qing Gang, Qi Yuanshan and I are both students of the Jingwu Sports Association."

"Beiyang, there is an alley at the back door of my house, hurry up!"

There was no delay for a minute, Qin Beiyang immediately dragged Ah You downstairs, and Jiu Se turned into a big dog and followed closely behind.

Out the back door, I heard a loud knock at the front door, and a series of English accents with an Indian accent.

Qin Beiyang and Chen Gongzhe hugged each other and said goodbye: "Precious! There will be a period later! ”

Later generations said that Chen Gongzhe was the prototype of "Chen Zhen" of Jingwumen fabricated by Ni Kuang. If this is the case, Qin Beiyang, who fought in the Hongkou Judo Gym, may have become "Chen Zhen" one step ahead of him.

Qin Beiyang and Ah You rushed out of the alley and hid behind the Jewish Moses Synagogue to temporarily escape from pursuit. As soon as I looked up, I saw a wanted notice posted on the wall - the photo of him and Qi Yuanshan was actually cut out from the photo with Ouyang Anna.

When he thought of his appearance, he would inevitably be recognized when he walked to a crowded place, not to mention the nine colors of this red-maned chow chow.

There was a rickshaw in front of it, and next door was a thatched house, presumably the coachman was going to the thatched house. Qin Beiyang had an idea, he found a set of coachman's clothes in the car, and immediately changed his clothes. He then asked Ah You to get into the car with Jiu Se in his arms, and wrapped Jiu Se in a blanket, just like holding an eight or nine-year-old child.

Qin Beiyang learned from the rickshaw driver, pulled Ah You and Jiuse, and swaggered on the street. No one will look at him anymore, thinking that the car is a girl holding a child, maybe a sister is holding a younger brother, or a maid is holding a young master, and he must be sick to see a doctor wrapped in a blanket. Along the way, there were many red-headed Ah San standing guard and patrolling, and Indian mounted police on tall horses, Ah You trembled when he saw them. Qin Beiyang hid a pistol in his arms, ready to fight at any time.

The street newsboy was shouting and selling: the direct army under the command of Wang Shizhen, the "Dragon of the Beiyang", had arrived in the suburbs of Shanghai, and the war between the two armies of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was imminent. The war in the north finally spread to the south of the Yangtze River.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Qin Beiyang relied on two legs to pull the fourteen-year-old girl and the small town tomb beast on the rickshaw across most of Shanghai. He ran along Robertson Road from the Public Concession to Huajie, and came to the gate of the Chinese businessman Mr. Sai's machine iron factory, where chimneys and turrets were lined with chimneys and trees, and black smoke was sprayed into the sky.

Qin Beiyang informed the porter that it was Miss A You from Shaoxing who asked to see Mr. Qian Ke, so as not to cause trouble by saying his name. A moment later, they came to a large warehouse, where the Mr. Sai airship, which had just flown back from Shaoxing last night, was parked.

Qian Ke was surprised to see Qin Beiyang and immediately dragged them into a small room.

"I believe you are innocent!" Without waiting for Qin Beiyang to speak, Qian Ke expressed his attitude, "The night before yesterday, I remember that at the time we were separated from Shanghai West Railway Station, you hired a carriage to go back. I calculated the distance from the West Railway Station to Hongkou, and the specific time of the fire, you simply don't have time to kill that many people! If necessary, my father and I can testify for you in court. ”

"Thank you! But I don't think that's necessary. I risked my life to come to you to ask you to borrow something. ”

"'Mr. Sai'?"

Chanco gestured to the airship outside.

"Yes, it can take us to Shaoxing, and it can take me out of Shanghai. Now that the land and water routes are blocked, I can only walk from the sky. ”

"Good!" Qian Ke didn't hesitate at all, "You saved my father's life, of course I want to help you." Beiyang, where are you flying? Suzhou, Wuxi, Nantong, or further afield Nanjing? ”

"Bodhidharma Mountain."

"What is this place?"

"An isolated island in the East China Sea. Do you have any nautical charts? ”

Qian Ke called out the American technician, and to control the airship, it was necessary to master the terrain, not only the continent but also the ocean. Sure enough, American technicians have high-scale charts of the East China Sea. In the center of the map, they found Mount Dharma, a small black dot at the mouth of the Yangtze River, off the west coast of Kyushu in Japan, and on Jeju Island in North Korea. The name on the map is "Bodhidharma Island", and the so-called Bodhidharma is Bodhidharma.

"When do you need it?"

"Now!"

Qin Beiyang must race against time, and in the morning, the patrol room searched the Jingwu Sports Association, and he will soon search for those who come here.

Qian Ke discussed with the American technician in English for a moment. The technician was a little hesitant, and it was dangerous to go to sea in winter. The disadvantage of airships compared with airplanes is that they are too limited by meteorological conditions, and it is difficult to operate at an accurate speed, just like a sailboat is very different from a sailboat against the wind and downwind.

In the end, Qian Ke paid the technician a fee of 3,000 dollars.

"Mr. Qian's grace, Qin Beiyang is toothless and unforgettable!"

"After you have cleared your name, come to our factory to be a mechanic."

"Haha! This is the job I wanted on my first day in Shanghai! ”

Qian Ke decided not to go to the open space in the suburbs, and the airship was transported from the Suzhou Creek, which would cause too many people to watch and provoke the patrol house or the green gang. He carved out a vacant lot in the middle of the factory.

An hour later, American technicians filled the airship with hydrogen. The weather was good, the sky was cloudless, and it was a good time for the airship to take off.

It's not the first time that Ah You has taken an airship, but Jiu Se is eager to try, just barking like a real dog. Qin Beiyang and Qian Ke hugged goodbye according to Western etiquette.

Just as he was about to board the pod of the "Mr. Sai", a man's voice sounded behind him-

"Don't move! Qin Beiyang! ”

Under the hydrogen-filled "Mr. Sai" airship, Qin Beiyang turned his head dejectedly, and four words flashed in his heart: success and failure.

Behind the muzzle of the black hole, a man in his thirties, wearing a black-trimmed gray top hat, a new gown, wrapped around a cashmere scarf, shiny leather shoes, fresh clothes and angry horses, four eyebrows, the famous detective in the capital - Ye Kenan.

"Inspector Ye!"

"In the name of the Minister of Internal Affairs, I have been in Shanghai for more than a month. Yesterday, I went to the patrol room to learn about the case of Dharma Mountain on the sea. Unfortunately, my opinion was not adopted, and the Ministry of Industry still issued a wanted warrant. ”

"I'm innocent, you believe me!"

Ye Kenan waved his hand: "Ouyang Sicong's daughter, Miss Anna is on the isolated island of Dharma Mountain in the East China Sea. Ouyang Sicong talked to me before his death, and he said that Anna seems to like you...... I guess at this moment, the person you want to see the most is her! ”

"Is that really what Mr. Ouyang said?"

"Not bad." Ye Kenan still held the pistol and looked at Qin Beiyang's eyebrows, "I expected that you would go to a remote island in the East China Sea, but the dock and the ship are in the hands of the Qing Gang, unless you fly over from the sky." Just a few days ago, you took an airship to Shaoxing. You have a life-saving grace for the Qian family, and if you offer to borrow an airship, they will definitely agree. That's a good guess, right? ”

"The famous detective Ye Kenan in the capital is not in vain!" Qin Beiyang spread his hands, "I surrender, you take me away." But please let go of the girl next to me, and this big dog, none of them have anything to do with the case! Also, don't make it difficult for my friend Chanko for harboring and aiding the escape. ”

Qian Ke was about to speak, Qin Beiyang shook his head and said, "I won't tell the patrol room everything we said before." ”

"Brother, I'll go to prison with you."

Ah You grabbed his arm, Qin Beiyang shook it off and said, "That's not a place for people, let alone for girls, you can take Jiu Se with you...... You go to Bailuyuan in Guanzhong, Shaanxi, that is where I was born! ”

With that, he looked down at the nine-colored eyes and said, "Listen, go back where you came from!" ”

When Qin Beiyang walked in front of Ye Kenan, the detective put the pistol in his arms: "You go!" ”