"Then you've been to more places than I am."

Qin Beiyang's eyes were a little red, and Ah You said it lightly, it was because of the deep suffering.

"Well, I've been to Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan...... Many provinces, all on two legs, occasionally by boat. At the beginning of spring this year, I wandered to Shengxian County in the mountains of Shaoxing, and met a small singing troupe full of girls. The eldest sister of the class owner took me in to learn drama. I learned Shaoxing dialect and Hua Dan, and they will take me to Shanghai to sing next year. ”

She cleared her throat and sang "Pearl Tower": "How can there be 10,000 years of poverty in the world? Hugh laughed at me now that I am in the grave and lived, and I will see the golden saddle and white horse come out of the imperial city in the future. This melodious and melodious voice curls into the clear light of the moon.

The small song troupe, also known as Shaoxing opera, later developed to Shanghai, and then had a new name "Yue Opera", which was popular among the people in the market and became the second largest opera in China.

Qin Beiyang applauded her: "Ah You, the first time I saw you, I heard you sing a children's song asking for rain." If you sing, you will definitely be a red horn in Kunban. No wonder, the way you speak has changed, it's all because you learned opera. ”

"Three days ago, we sang to Master Zhao in Weizhuang, and the bandits went down the mountain to rob the Zhao family, and by the way, they took me to the mountain. I was locked up in the temple and there was a gentleman who was kidnapped. They said they were going to tear up the tickets tonight. As for me, on the auspicious day of the zodiac two days later, I want to be a little wife for the leader, as if I am ranked seventeen or nineteen. I made up my mind that one day I would fight to the death. It is better to be broken than to be complete. ”

Needless to say, the last sentence was also learned from the lyrics of the opera troupe.

"Sister Ayou, to survive in this troubled world, the jade must be complete, and the tiles must also be complete." Qin Beiyang looked at these black hole-like eyes, "The bandits may come again at any time, come with me to Shanghai." There is also a small singing troupe of Shaoxing opera, and you can continue to sing. As long as you are on stage, I will come and cheer you on. ”

The rooster cries in the morning, and the moon sinks in the west.

The Shaoxing government came to inform them that the bandits who had kidnapped the tickets had been arrested, and the Qian father and son were specially invited to observe the trial, which was regarded as the conclusion of the kidnapping case and the political achievements of the local officials to protect the territory and the people.

Qin Beiyang was curious that this official mansion could catch thieves? He went to the yamen together. Unexpectedly, the unkempt middle-aged man who was escorted out looked like a local scoundrel, but he was by no means a bandit.

As soon as the "bandits" knelt down in the hall, Qian Ke, who was listening, shook his head again and again: "Slave sex! ”

This man called himself Agui, and the bald magistrate asked him what his surname was. He replied, "I originally had a surname, as if it were ...... Zhao. ”

"Fart! You also deserve the surname Zhao? Do you know what law has been committed? ”

"I ......"

"Bold fanatics, don't quibble! You joined a gang of robbers, robbed Master Zhao in Weizhuang, and kidnapped Master Qian in Shanghai, you still have the evil act of robbing tombs, digging up the imperial tombs of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the crime is extremely evil! ”

"I only admit the last one, but Lao Tzu is not a tomb robber, Lao Tzu is a revolution, and the life of the emperor Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu didn't even dig out a fart. ”

"Once you have confessed to the atrocities, you will immediately sign and detain them."

Ah Gui didn't know the words at all, so he could only draw a circle on the confession, but it was drawn in the shape of melon seeds. Ah You said in Qin Beiyang's ear: "I have never seen this person. ”

On the spot, he was tied up and put in a prisoner's car, put on the sign of the gangster Qukui, and paraded around the streets of Shaoxing City for a week, and finally sent to the court on T-shaped street.

The executioner, dressed in the clothes of the former Qing, has sharpened his sword. The street was crowded with spectators, either shouting and singing, singing quickly, or gambling money: did the top of the head land first? Or does the cavity land first?

"Twenty years later, it's another ......"

Before Gui's last words were finished, the crowd let out a wolf-like cheer.

A click.

The head happened to roll down to Qin Beiyang's feet, and those eyes stared at him directly, as if there were words in his mouth: "Help......"

The people around screamed and dodged, but Qin Beiyang stood in place and looked up to see the four dim golden characters of "Guxuan Pavilion".

Exactly ten years ago, Qiu Jin was beheaded here, and the desperate word "autumn wind and autumn rain is sad".

The black-clothed executioner walked up to Qin Beiyang, picked up the human head, and the black blood in his cavity was smeared on a snow-white steamed bun. The executioner wrapped the human blood steamed bun in paper, handed it into the hands of a thin old man, and received a few pieces of ocean.

At this point, the "bandits" were beheaded, and the kidnapping case was "solved". It was raining coldly between the heavens and the earth, and Qin Beiyang dragged Ah You's arm and ran to the eaves. Behind him, a large crow spread its wings and soared into the sky.

In the autumn wind and rain, the airship could not be lifted into the air, and there was some damage last night, and the American technicians could only stay there to repair it.

Qian's father and son, Qin Beiyang, Qi Yuanshan, took Ah You, and the five of them left Shaoxing in a canopy boat. The Green Gang was escorted by several small boats. The captain is dressed in a hat and robe, and his hands and feet are used to paddle in the rain. The two banks are soaked in smoke, small bridges and flowing water, withered vines and old trees, like a roll of Danqing ink unfolded, Qin Beiyang put his hand into the water of the Hangzhou-Ningbo Canal. As Mr. Yu Dafu said, autumn in the south is "like rice wine and white dry, porridge and steamed buns, sea bass and crabs, yellow dogs and camels." ”

Autumn is coming to an end, and winter is in sight.

In the afternoon, the canopy boat rowed to Xiaoshan, crossed the wide and turbulent Qiantang River, looked at the Liuhe Pagoda and Phoenix Mountain in the distance, and arrived at Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province.

Everyone walked on land, entered the city through Fengshan Gate, and walked a few steps to the West Lake. In the wind and rain, a piece of red decay and greenery decreased, and the West Lake was extremely desolate. At the end of the white causeway, next to the Xiling Bridge, you will encounter the tomb of Qiu Jin with a hexagonal square tower. Qin Beiyang remembered the entrance of the Gu Xuan Pavilion this morning, so he pulled Qi Yuanshan and bowed deeply.

At dusk, they boarded the Shanghai-Hangzhou train in Hangzhou. Ah Yu was like a little beast that had fallen into a trap, Qin Beiyang saw that it was the first time she took a train, so he told her about the principle of the steam engine. Ah You didn't know a little about it, when he was wandering in the past, he passed by the railway line, and saw a long steel dragon roaring past from a distance, killing an ignorant beggar and a peasant woman, and he felt that this thing was extremely dangerous.

Sitting in the first-class car, Boss Qian talked about Mr. Sai's machine iron factory, and swept away the malaise of being kidnapped for seven days. Qin Beiyang said that he is also a family of craftsmen, and if he can learn Western machinery technology and use it in the manufacture of mansions and utensils, he will be able to go to the next level. In order to avoid the taboo of others, he used "mansion" to represent the mausoleum, and "utensils" to represent the tomb beast.

Qi Yuanshan laughed and said, "Beiyang, you and Mr. Sai have been chatting endlessly!" ”

Four hours later, the train arrived at Shanghai West Railway Station, and it was late at night.

The mansion of the Qian family and his son was nearby, they went home first, gave Qin Beiyang and Qi Yuanshan three hundred oceans each, and promised to give Ouyang Sicong a thank you gift of five thousand oceans, which will be delivered to the mansion tomorrow.

Qi Yuanshan blew on the silver round of the white flower, listened to the echo of the precious metal, and looked up to see a round of moonlight.

"I hate Yuan Shikai, but I don't hate Yuan Datou."

He called a four-wheeled carriage to carry himself, Qin Beiyang, and A You to the Dharma Mountain on the sea in Hongkou.

Western four-wheeled carriages are different from Chinese two-wheeled carriages. The four wheels are smoother and more comfortable, and the cabin is more spacious and can carry more cargo. The key is that the four-wheeled carriage has a steering system, and the agility is far better than that of the Chinese carriage. Qin Beiyang lamented that the mechanical design of Westerners can be mass-produced on a large scale, from screws to bolts, nuts, bearings, and so on. Chinese craftsmen are confined to the inheritance of master and apprentice, and each person makes a different product, although it has its own characteristics and ingenuity, but it cannot be turned into an industrial product.

Qi Yuanshan looked at Shanghai outside the carriage, some sections were gas lamps, and some were electric lights, which were at the junction of two eras. Ah You opened the car window and watched this strange city curiously.

"Hey!" Qin Beiyang listened to the sound of horses' hooves and said, "Sister, there is a hotel opposite the Ouyang family's mansion, you can stay for one night for the time being." Tomorrow, I'll look for you to rent a house and Xiao Kun's class. ”

If Ah You is brought to Dharma Mountain on the sea, even if he finds a maid and employs people, Mr. Ouyang will not be able to agree. Recently, the Ouyang family has been in a bad mood, and there are Qinggang guards with guns day and night, and they are checking the entry and exit of personnel tightly.

"Early tomorrow morning, I'll go to the Hongkou dock and monitor the suspicious Peruvian steamer."