A dark green glass-colored fireball floated above the dungeon like a ghostly fire. The town's grave beast has transformed into a nine-colored one. Qin Beiyang patted its scale armor and said loudly: "Don't panic, everyone! ”

Everyone burst into flames, like a movie theater after a power outage, and they were terrified of each other. Lao Jin examines countless extinguished bronze candlesticks, all of which are controlled by a mechanism that adjusts the intensity, angle, and direction of the light through glass and mirrors, like spotlights on a stage.

Just now, Qin Beiyang ordered the lights to be turned up to the brightest, and the intensity was more than a hundred times that of normal days, and he actually ran out of mermaid paste in advance.

Even if it is a fake, it is still according to Sima Qian's record, "Let the craftsman make a machine crossbow arrow, and those who are close will shoot it." With mercury as the rivers and seas, the machine is instilled, with astronomy and geography. With mermaid paste as a candle, the one who will not be extinguished will last for a long time. ”

And the most dazzling thing about this underground palace is the last sentence.

Mermaid paste.

Meng Po spoke: "The heavenly and earthly palace, although it is a fake of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, is the place where the dragon veins of Taibai Mountain gather, and the lamp of mermaid paste must be extinguished all night after years and months. Once extinguished, it is a sign of impending great calamity. Old Kim, have you forgotten the old things of thirteen years ago? ”

"Mother-in-law, my subordinates will never forget it until they die! In the early spring of that year, the mermaid paste was exhausted, the lights of the underground palace were extinguished, and Lao Jin went to the South China Sea to look for the mermaid. It wasn't until I traveled thousands of miles to carry the mermaid paste up the mountain that I realized that the kingdom of heaven had become a ruin, and the new army of the Qing court attacked Taibai Mountain, the king ascended to heaven, and the young king and princess were taken captive. ”

Meng Po, who was over eighty years old, gently pressed Lao Jin's shoulder, and made him kneel irresistibly: "Be sure to go south quickly, bring back the mermaid paste, make this heaven and earth palace bright again, and the sun, moon and stars under the dome will run again - otherwise, Taibai Mountain will have great changes!" ”

"Mother-in-law, my subordinates will leave for the South China Sea."

On Taibai Mountain, it is still Meng Po who has the highest authority, who makes her the righteous sister of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan? The young king has to call her aunt, and she is Ah You's great-grandmother level in terms of generation.

Lao Jin hurriedly walked out of the underground palace, but Qin Beiyang stopped behind him: "Lao Jin, I'll go down the mountain with you to find the merman!" ”

"My subordinates are honored!"

Just as Lao Jin knelt down to thank him, Ah You grabbed Qin Beiyang's arm: "Brother! Ah Yu doesn't want you to go! Shark mermaid paste, just let Lao Jin find it, why go down the mountain in person......"

Ah Yu wanted to speak and stopped, the subtext: Is the husband going to deliberately leave the lady with me?

When everyone retreated, among the fakes in the huge dark underground palace of Qin Shi Huang, only Qin Beiyang and Ah You were left, as well as Jiu Se guarding the door of the little prince's coffin.

The candlelight flickered, and Ah You's face was a little bewitching, staring straight into Qin Beiyang's eyes. In the past year on Taibai Mountain, he has deeply understood the entanglement of this little enemy.

"Brother, to find the mermaids in the South China Sea, you must pass through Guangzhou-I guess you already know where Sister Anna is......"

"Guangzhou?"

Ah You is like a roundworm in Qin Beiyang's stomach, nothing can hide from her.

At the top of the Qinling Mountains, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the postal service is not passable, but there are ancient flying pigeons. Taibai Mountain and Shanghai Pudong have raised hundreds of homing pigeons with pure blood, and they have been able to accurately grasp the flight route. Even if Qin Beiyang is trapped in the mountains, he can still understand the progress of the construction of the Shanghai factory.

Half a month ago, Qin Beiyang received a message from Shanghai, and the sender was Timur, the king of Xiaojun, who said that Anna and Qi Yuanshan are now in Guangzhou and have settled at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain. Xiaojunwang and Anna are classmates in the history department of Peking University, and they have their own classmates and occasionally keep in touch, which should be credible.

"Sister Ayou! Do you say—you have opened my letters? ”

"Brother, you are the master of Taibai Mountain, the leader of the Assassin Alliance, Ah You is not only responsible for the safety of Taibai Mountain, but also to ensure your safety, and you can't let you fall into Ah Hai's trap in Shanghai last year!"

Sure enough, Ah You saw through Qin Beiyang's mind - it was just under the pretext of going to the South China Sea to search for mermaid paste, and visited Ouyang Anna and Qi Yuanshan in Guangzhou by the way.

Facing his wife's cold face and dagger-like dark eyes, Qin Beiyang lowered his head and said, "You are so terrible!" ”

"Brother, you have to remember that you are my husband."

After that, Ah Yu brushed his sleeves away, and the last bit of light in the heavenly and earthly palace was extinguished, leaving Qin Beiyang lying next to the giant coffin with yellow intestines.

The town's tomb beast Jiu Se leaned his head over and touched Qin Beiyang's nose with his lips.

At this point, Qin Beiyang could only stay on Taibai Mountain, accompany his wife for half a day, and accompany the coffin of the little prince and the nine colors in the underground palace for half a day. Lao Jin Tui said that he would prepare for a few more days before going to the South China Sea, but he was actually observing the wind direction of the masters. Or is it the other way around?

Qin Beiyang and A You had a cold war for several days, and Taibai Mountain received a flying pigeon from the banks of the Huangpu River, three thousand miles away. However, the envelope was affixed with a Japanese stamp, stamped with the postmark of Osaka, and the words "Qin Beiyang" were written, and the signature Haneda Taiki.

Letter from Japan......

Qin Beiyang sat among the fakes in the dark underground palace of Qin Shi Huang, backed by the cypress head of the giant coffin with yellow intestines, and borrowed a horse lantern to let Jiu Se sniff to confirm that it was safe, and then opened the envelope.

The letter was sent from Japan to the Mozhi Tiangong Company in Shanghai, and then sent by Qian Kefeige to Taibai Mountain. The last time I saw the Japanese face in my mind was in the spring of four years ago, when Haneda Taiki went to Kobe Pier to see off Qin Beiyang.

A few months ago, Haneda Taiki visited His Royal Highness the Duke of Saionji, who had been made a duke, and the Marquis of Saga also came to thank him, talking about the story of the Marquis who took his daughter to Shanghai last winter and was rescued by Qin Beiyang. Haneda Taiki then learned that Qin Beiyang was still alive and opened a factory in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai.

Other than that, there is no substance, just red tape greetings from the Japanese. This is strange.

Ah You must have peeked at this letter!

In addition to a Japanese letter, there was also a blank piece of paper in the envelope, without a word.

Qin Beiyang thought about it for a long time, and decided that Haneda would never clip a blank piece of paper for no reason. He fetched a small basin of water and soaked the white paper in the water.

The magic happened......

The small note showed a certain color, although it was blurry but could be seen clearly, it was still the handwriting of Taiki Haneda, written vertically in Japanese, to the effect that -

On September 1, 1923, the Union of Craftsmen will hold its annual world congress at Nihonbashi, Tokyo, the Great Temple of the Far East. Schmidt, the gatekeeper, commissioned Taiki Haneda to invite Qin Beiyang to participate. In the past three years, Qin Beiyang has missed the conference, this time you must attend, the Great Venerable has something important to discuss with him, don't miss it, otherwise you will be removed from the Craftsman Alliance! ”

Underneath it is not only the signature of Taiki Haneda, but also the seal of the Pyramid of the One-Eyed Pyramid, which is the symbol of the Union of Artisans, and the German signature of Schmidt, the gatekeeper, next to it.

These words and seals must have been written in "alum", potassium aluminum sulfate dodecaehydrate, and soaked in water to develop. During the Song Dynasty, the Chinese learned to use alum to make invisible ink to write documents, and even if the messenger fell into the hands of the enemy, it would not reveal secrets. It is said that during the court struggles of the Qing Dynasty, people often used alum to write secret letters.

Five years ago, in Kyoto, Japan, Qin Beiyang only knew about the existence of the Craftsman Alliance because of Haneda Taiki. Although Haneda was not a member of the Artisan Union, he had a close relationship with the gatekeeper Schmidt.

Somehow, the Craftsman Alliance remembered Qin Beiyang, a junior member? Not to mention the Great Venerable?

"China ch'in pei yang", as the heir of Assasin and the nominal leader of the Assassin Alliance, may have reached the ears of the Artisan Alliance! This letter that goes deep into the tiger's den, Haneda Taiki must be written in alum.

Isn't this a mountain of swords and a sea of fire? Throwing yourself into the net? Lying next to the coffin of the little prince of the Tang Dynasty, thinking back to his not long twenty-three years of life, he had fallen into the trap of others countless times, and he tossed and turned all night......

Qin Beiyang thought clearly, no matter what, even if he turned his face with Ah You, he had to go down the mountain!

He burned the secret letter, called out to the nine colors to get up, and quietly sneaked out of the dungeon. Returning to Taibai Mountain under the moonlit night, he woke up Lao Jin and Zhongshan in his sleep, and ordered him to set off immediately to find mermaid paste in the South China Sea.

Lao Jin rubbed his eyes and said, "In the middle of the night, does the little master of Ah You know?" ”

"If she doesn't know, are you going to disobey orders? Taibai Mountain, who is the master? ”

Speaking of which, Lao Jin had to follow. He and Nakayama quickly prepared to pack. This time, Qin Beiyang couldn't bring sweat and blood horses, and he had to go to sea to find sharks on this trip, and the horses were inconvenient to go with.

At dawn, Qin Beiyang passed the suspension bridge of Taibai Mountain, and his password was "Five steps to bleed, the world is su", as the heir of Assasin, the nominal leader of the Assassin Alliance, the assassins on Taibai Mountain, had to obey.

Three people and one beast, out of the Qinling Mountains in spring.

Qin Beiyang already had a plan in mind - first go to the South China Sea to catch mermaid paste, and then visit Ouyang Anna's family in Guangzhou. He would then travel east to Japan alone to meet with Haneda Taiki in Tokyo in time for the World Congress of the Union of Craftsmen on September 1, 1923......