The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.

The two assassins, the praying mantis, glanced at each other, and suddenly, a cannonball-like thing was thrown out of their hands, and a thick black smoke burst out.

The carriage, along with the coffin, was completely enveloped in smoke from the flats. On Di'anmen Street in the middle of the night, Qin Beiyang couldn't see anything, and at the same time heard a rapid gunshot. Dozens of bullets flew through the streets, in the direction of Di'anmen. Then there was a coughing sound, and Qin Beiyang also felt the strange smell of smoke, and forced himself not to make a sound. Another gust of wind blew from the bell and drum tower, and the black smoke gradually dissipated.

Only the coffin remained on the carriage, and the two Assassins, dressed in officer attire, were gone.

There were no living people, and no dead bodies—except for the one in the coffin.

The soldiers surrounded the carriage and confirmed that the two men were nowhere to be seen. Using smoke to cover the retreat is also a common technique in the rivers and lakes. As long as he got the big antique, the officer got into the carriage, regained control of the reins, and was escorted by soldiers in front and behind, left and right, and headed towards the majestic drum tower.

Qin Beiyang quietly followed behind, but fortunately, the coffin was heavy, and the carriage couldn't run fast at all. When he got to the drum tower and turned right, he followed a few intersections behind him, and turned right again at the intersection to the south...... It is equivalent to making a big circle on the map until the Iron Lion Alley and then turning left to the east.

Suddenly, the carriage drove into a Chinese-style gate building, the ash tube tile hanging mountain ridge top three open, there are big stone lions on both sides of the door, across the street a hanging mountain top brick carving big shadow wall, it seems to be extraordinary, whose mansion is this? There was also a long line of soldiers standing guard at the door, but fortunately there were several large lanterns lit up to illuminate a plaque. Qin Beiyang's eyesight is excellent, and he can vaguely distinguish three words at night-

War Department.

Completed in the first year of Xuantong and designed by Shen Qi, a Chinese architect who stayed in the UK, this majestic Western-style building is the highest level of local architecture in late Qing China. Next door was completed at the same time as the Admiralty. The main building of the War Department is a classical gray brick building, European eclectic style, with three floors in the center, two floors on both sides, and a colonnade with eaves and arches, covered with fine brick carvings.

The carriage came to the door of the main building, and the soldiers brought the coffin down and carried it into the ground floor hall with shouts.

At this time, the War Department was already brightly lit, and a Beiyang soldier wearing a big hat walked over, looking less than forty years old, and his epaulettes were already inlaid with three gold stars, which was the highest rank of general in Beiyang.

He shaved his almost bald head, his eyes were full of focus, he looked the coffin up and down, his fingers lightly touched the painted figures of the Tang Dynasty, and asked in a low voice: "What did Qu Jinghe say?" ”

"I didn't ...... Didn't touch ......"

The officer timidly explained what had just happened, and the general's face was blank: "Oh no! Send someone to check on Qufu again immediately, and be sure to ensure the safety of the members of Congress! ”

He also pointed to the two planks at the other end of the coffin, and he could see that they had been added by later generations. He ordered the orderly to open the plank, and put his head into the hole in the coffin, carrying a flashlight to take a look......

Suddenly, a white light flew out of the coffin, like a comet hitting the moon, and the white rainbow pierced the sun.

The dagger came straight at his throat.

There are assassins!

The admiral Rao was quick-witted, and immediately fell to the ground on his back, dodging the fatal blow.

Suddenly, the War Department was in chaos, and two black shadows flew out of the coffin. The first reaction was that the corpses had changed, but the two were still wearing the clothes of Beiyang officers - the soldiers realized that just now on Di'anmen Street, the black smoke did not cover their escape, but took the opportunity to get into the coffin, and actually hid with the corpse, no wonder they disappeared for no reason, because no one would check the inside of the coffin.

Everyone fired a chaotic shot for a while, but since then they have lost their crosshairs. The two Assassins were not in love with each other, and climbed up the War Office building with bullets on the carved wall tiles.

The admiral got up from the ground, raised his pistol and shot into the sky, and ordered all the staff to go out to search for him.

The two Assassins, who had already taken refuge in the darkness of the night, escaped from the War Department wall and jumped into a small alley on the west side.

They all gasped violently, it seemed that the chaotic battle just now was already a thrilling desperate situation, and it was a great luck to be able to escape. To the south is the Iron Lion Alley, and the main entrance of the War Department must be full of troops, so they can only run to the north entrance of the alley.

As soon as I turned into a small alley, there was a figure standing in the oncoming moonlight.

The man also had a three-foot-long sword in his hand.

The other party raised his head, revealing a pair of sharp eyes, but his face was extremely young, but he was eighteen or nineteen years old.

Qin Beiyang.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." The boy shook his head again, "No, I've been waiting for you for nine years. ”

The scar-faced assassin did not speak, but took off Beiyang's military hat and his military uniform, revealing a black coat and an extra dagger in his hand. The sturdier assassin did the same.

Two against one, Qin Beiyang has no advantage, but he doesn't want to shout and lure the soldiers of the War Department over.

Just now, he followed the army and the carriage all the way, and he always felt a little strange, how could the two assassins disappear for no reason? So, he chose to lurk in the alley next to the War Department to see what would happen next? Moments later, he heard a fierce gunshot coming from inside, and someone must have infiltrated the War Department in a coffin. Just like on New Year's Day two years ago, at the foot of Biyun Temple in Xiangshan, two assassins, an old man and a young man, were hiding in coffins.

He waited in the alley, and sure enough, the two young assassins appeared.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, and Qin Beiyang is the yellow finch after the yellow finch.

Facing the enemy who killed his mother nine years ago, he swiped his left hand across the right side of his face and compared it to the ugly scar, which was a gift from the nine-year-old Qin Beiyang to the enemy.

Before he gets angry, he has to provoke his enemies.

However, the scar-faced man shook his head, not wanting to entangle with the young man in front of him, let alone slit his throat with a dagger, but jumped onto the wall without saying a word, and was about to run away.

"Stop!"

Qin Beiyang rushed after him, and the cold and shining Tang knife slashed at the two of them, but the other party easily dodged. The sharp tip of the knife grazed the wall tiles, sending out sparks of metal colliding.

He continued to climb the wall in pursuit, and as soon as he rushed to the roof of a courtyard house, Scarface turned around and threw out something.

Hidden weapons?

In the dark night, the mass of objects spun and hit Qin Beiyang's forehead.

It turned out to be an ordinary pebble, but with the force of the Assassin's wrist, he was hit on the head and bleeding from the roof tiles......

The sky was spinning, and Qin Beiyang saw that the moon had turned into two halves, like falling into the golden well of the underground palace, endlessly.

Before losing consciousness, the jade pendant on his chest was hot again......

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