Qin Beiyang and Jiuse boarded the passenger ferry of Haneda steamboat.

He lay down and slept in the third-class cabin, with the smell of the ancients in his chest. Last night, he slept in the broken underground palace - Jiuse found a tomb of the ancient Nanyue Kingdom at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain, which had already been visited by tomb robbers, in order to prepare his master for the next full voyage.

In his sleep, he left the mouth of the Pearl River and entered the vast South China Sea, crossed the Taiwan Strait and the East China Sea, and entered the Pacific Ocean through the Osumi Strait south of Kagoshima.

Three days later, the ship entered the port of Osaka from the Kii Suido.

Qin Beiyang was still wearing a craftsman's uniform, with his sleeves rolled up in the summer, a Tang knife hidden in a long-handled umbrella behind his back, a cross bow covering his waist, and a lush beard on his lips.

The second time he set foot on Japanese soil, Kuseki still remembers the air here. Qin Beiyang picked up the Japanese language and found the Shitennoji Temple in Osaka. Taiki Haneda was already waiting for him at the entrance of Kirin Shrine. After a few years of not seeing each other, Haneda looked more like a businessman, and warmly embraced his Qin family. Seeing the nine colors of the town's tomb beast, Haneda still has that exaggerated expression, and the shrine enshrines a bronze statue that resembles a young unicorn town tomb beast.

They stayed at Kirin Shrine for one night and boarded the limited express train to Tokyo at Osaka Station.

Tomorrow morning, September 1, 1923, the annual World Congress of the Federation of Craftsmen will be held at the Great Temple of the Far East of the Alliance, Nihonbashi, Tokyo.

Taiki Haneda bought a first-class box so that Kuseki could sit alone. It lay on Qin Beiyang's lap and looked at the Japanese scenery outside the car window......

Kyoto and Lake Biwa are familiar again, passing through the ancient battlefields of the Great Battle of Sekigahara, entering the fields of Mino and Owari, and from Aichi Prefecture to Shizuoka Prefecture, the Tokaido Railway passes through the mountains and the sea. Qin Beiyang saw the hot spring resort of Hakone, the Odawara Castle of the Hojo family, and the ancient Kamakura, and entered the Kanto Plain. On the west coast of Tokyo Bay, Yokohama and Kawasaki are lined with trees, and then to Edo, the city of Tokyo in the Tokugawa Shogunate, the city of Tokyo in the Japanese Empire, which was renamed Tokyo Metropolitan Government at the end of World War II.

At dusk, they get off the train at Tokyo Station and step out of the red-brick building that mimics Amsterdam Central Station in the Netherlands, the starting point of Japan's major railway lines and the "entrance to the table" of Tokyo.

The first time I arrived in Tokyo, I came out of the station to the Marunouchi area. After walking a few steps, there is a castle surrounded by moats and trees, which is the palace of the emperor of Japan, which was later renamed the "Imperial Palace", but the most striking thing is the bronze statue of Kusunoki Masasari riding a horse and wearing a large armor.

Haneda Taiki bowed respectfully, and then took Qin Beiyang to a nearby hotel, ready to take a night's rest, and attend the World Congress of the Craftsman Union tomorrow morning.

After eating one meal of sushi and two glasses of sake, the taste in Tokyo is indeed much heavier than in Kansai. Suddenly, Qin Beiyang asked to go to find Hikari, and heard that the mansion of the Marquis of Saga was in Tokyo.

Haneda Taiki sneered, "You still miss Princess Hikari?" ”

"I remember that her birthday was August 31st, and it was today!" Qin Beiyang bowed his head and said to Jiuse, "Do you want to see the light?" ”

What a monster the town tomb beast was, it naturally nodded.

The residence of the Marquis of Saga, just behind the Japanese Imperial Palace, is only two streets apart, just like the two sides of the Shichahai Sea behind the Forbidden City in Beijing, where there are many Manchu palaces.

Qin Beiyang disguised the Tang knife with a long-handled umbrella, hid the crossbow behind his back, and dressed as an English mastiff as usual. When I went out, I went to the store in Ginza first, and while there was no proof, Haneda Taiki bought Swiss chocolate, and Qin Beiyang bought an Italian soap box.

Riding around the palace in a horse-drawn carriage for hire, and arriving at the door of a splendid Western-style mansion, a large flock of crows took off with their overwhelming black wings, almost obscuring the moonlight......

Haneda frowned inexplicably: "Strange! How can these crows take off in the night for no reason? ”

The mansion was brightly lit, the melody of the orchestra was recalled, and many cars and carriages were parked at the door, and the dignitaries of Tokyo had come to attend Hikaru Saga's sixteenth birthday party.

If you don't have an invitation, you can't get in. Qin Beiyang remembered to go over the wall, Haneda Taiki waved his hand, he had already changed into a gentleman's tuxedo and wrote a note for the porter to pass it. Moments later, an invitation was sent to welcome the presidents of Haneda Trading Company and Haneda Kisen Co., Ltd. to the banquet. Qin Beiyang and Jiuse naturally became President Haneda's entourage and dogs.

Walking into the courtyard of the Marquis's mansion, the lawn is lit up, and a waltz is being held on the ground floor of a large Renaissance house. The guests included the Japanese prince and the Chinese family, the Tokugawa family of Daimasa and the descendants of the daimyos, the Maeda family of Kaga million stones, the Mori family of the Choshu Domain, and the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain. There are also young owners of the four major chaebols such as Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Yasuda. The banquet was filled with foreign guests who were not dressed up to attend, ministers or counselors of foreign countries in Tokyo. One of the most important guests was Hirohito, the crown prince of today's Japan.

Saga-Hikari is the only daughter of the marquis, and she has been a pearl in her palm since she was a child, and if she summons a son-in-law who has a decent background, she may inherit the title. If the children of the nobles who come to the banquet or the heirs of the chaebol can be selected by the Marquis of Saga, and become the son-in-law of the Saga, they can inherit the millions of fortunes of the Marquis family, especially the dozens of estates owned in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.

Qin Beiyang, who was full of high-ranking friends and jewels in front of him, disguised as a subordinate, naturally could not enter the core area of the banquet, and could only be arranged in the area of other subordinates and entourage, listening to the performance of the dance band from a distance. He was surrounded by a group of secretaries, attendants, and even officers, as well as several noble ladies' pet dogs. As soon as Ninese's gaze sank, those Akita dogs and golden retrievers squeaked and retreated. Qin Beiyang's dress was the most simple and shabby, others didn't pay much attention to him, and the waiter brought water and snacks, and he thanked him in Japanese.

Suddenly, a girl in a dress broke into the area of the next person with a wine glass. She is petite, fair-skinned, eyebrows and eyes look like both Japanese and flag men in Beijing, and she looks no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. Someone persuaded her to go back to the ball, but she pushed her away and stumbled to the table, Qin Beiyang helplessly supported her, smelling the strong smell of red wine, it turned out that she had drunk too much.

"Yoshiko?"

Qin Beiyang actually recognized her! I haven't seen her for four years, she has grown taller and become more beautiful, and she is no longer a naughty and eccentric little sister of the "Heavenly Academy", but a graceful and luxurious beautiful girl. The two of them once slept in a quilt, and Fangzi also called herself a goddess and used Zhou Yi to tell his fortune. The young Nakayama said that she went down the mountain a few years ago, and there is no news so far, and sure enough, she arrived in Japan!

After all, after four years, the eighteenth change of the female university, will she admit her mistake?

However, Qin Beiyang was "Fangzi" in Chinese, and she reacted immediately, and her expression became extremely nervous, indicating that she could understand Chinese and knew that it was her name.

She also saw Qin Beiyang's face clearly, and her eyes said it all - she recognized him, even if his appearance had changed drastically.

However, she suddenly shook her head and said in skillful Japanese: "Sir, I'm Yoshiko, but I don't know you." ”

"Don't go!"

Qin Beiyang put down the long-handled umbrella with the Tang knife and handed it over to Jiu Se to take care of. He chased after Yoshiko, grabbed her arm, changed his Japanese, and said, "Why did you leave Taibai Mountain!" ”

At this time, a butler next to him came up and said, "Sir, do you know this lady?" ”

Seeing that Qin Beiyang was about to be taken away by the housekeeper, Fangzi said, "I'm sorry, he is my friend, please don't take him away." ”

"Thank you, Yoshiko!"

"Am I drunk?" Seventeen-year-old Yoshiko put down her wine glass, leaned on Qin Beiyang's shoulder, and muttered in Japanese, "Is it a dream?" It's like when we die and go to the 'Heavenly Academy'...... Beiyang, why did I meet you? ”