Qi Yuanshan is now a non-commissioned officer of the 18th Infantry Wing of the Imperial Japanese Army.

In June last year, at the Dagukou Wharf in Tianjin, he handed over his passport and ferry ticket to Qin Beiyang, and asked his good brother to impersonate him on the ship and go to Japan. After a month, Qi Yuanshan completed the formalities and came to Japan by boat.

Chinese students who want to study at the Japanese Army Noncommissioned Officer School must first study at the Zhenwu School in Tokyo for three years, and then enter the grassroots units of the Japanese army for one year of internship. Chen Zhongfu, Tang Jiyao, Cheng Qian, Li Liejun, Sun Chuanfang, Yan Xishan, Zhang Qun and other famous figures have all studied here.

In Tokyo, Qi Yuanshan got up in the early hours of the morning to memorize words, practiced conversation with Japanese, and quickly overcame the language barrier. The students include students on public assignment from the Beiyang government, students sent by local warlords such as the Guanwai Feng Department, and even self-financed students. The rich and noble children spend all their time drinking in Tokyo, but Qi Yuanshan runs laps in the playground, and goes to the suburbs to climb and swim on Sundays to maintain the form and spirit of a soldier.

After New Year's Day, various units of the Japanese Army went to the school to select non-commissioned officer candidates. Qi Yuanshan won the first place in various examinations, and there was no missing shot at the target bomb. According to the convention, he could only practice after three years of study, but his excellent performance was exceptionally selected for the 18th Infantry Wing stationed in Kyoto.

Before the Spring Festival of the old calendar, braving the wind and snow, Qi Yuanshan rushed to the barracks and was assigned to the infantry squadron. Japan was wary of China, and the Army Non-commissioned Officer School taught students separately, and legend has it that the first three were taken over by Chinese students, and Cai Yi, Jiang Baili and others were given sabers by the Emperor, which was purely a false rumor. Ten years ago, there was a Zhejiang classmate named Chang Kaishen, after graduating from Zhenwu School, he went to the 13th Artillery Wing for an internship, but he could only work as a groom, and he didn't even touch the artillery, so he deserted and slipped back to China to participate in the Xinhai Revolution. In this way, there are many international students who have wasted their years in Japan, have not gone to university for several years, and give up halfway.

The 18th Infantry Wing has a "Lu Shi" graduate Qin Tian Saburo, who is ten years older than Qi Yuanshan and already has the rank of lieutenant. Qin Tian is handsome, tall among the Japanese, physically strong, and good at kendo. Regardless of officers and soldiers, the Japanese call Qi Yuanshan a Shina person, but Qin Tian Saburo calls him "Qi Sang".

Qin Tian said that his ancestor was Qin Shi Huang, a descendant of the Qin clan in Japan, and he had a good impression of the Chinese. He also has two hobbies, one is antiquities, especially Japanese armor; The second is Russian, I love to read Leo Tolstoy, and the appearance of the Takeshi is very different.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Qi Yuanshan followed Qin Tian Saburo's special team and participated in a secret operation. They lurked in Sagano and watched as six armors of famous Warring States generals fought each other in the snow, and then suddenly lost control and slashed and killed the professors and students of Kyoto University.

Qi Yuanshan recognized Qin Beiyang in a student uniform, and in order to protect a little girl in red, he used a Tang knife to fight the armor alone. Transformed into the nine colors of the tomb beast of the young Kirin Town, the glass fireball burned Toyosei Hideyoshi's armor. Until Saburo Hatata ordered the operation to kill all witnesses.

He was forced to shoot at Qin Beiyang, but he raised the muzzle of the gun two inches, otherwise with his marksmanship, even through the night and the dense forest, it would be difficult for anyone to escape.

Qin Tian gathered the five remaining pieces of armor and carried them to the wing barracks. The next day, many people came from the Army University in Tokyo, bringing strange machinery and equipment, and tossed for almost a month.

Last night, the military train departed from Kyoto, loaded on five Sengoku armor, and drove to Nara Prefecture. There was no time to visit this thousand-year-old capital, and the infantry wing continued to drive. Five large wooden boxes were loaded onto a military truck and headed for Yoshino.

In a month's time, the cherry blossoms of Mt. Yoshino will bloom, and this sea of green will turn pink.

The wing continued to march and train, circled along the ancient tomb, and sang "Starfall Autumn Wind Wuzhang Plain" together, but found Qin Beiyang behind the ancient tomb.

Under the golden sunset, Qi Yuanshan saw a girl in a sailor suit, and a tall young man, followed by a big dog with a red mane.

They didn't have time to speak, the sun hadn't yet set, the nine colors couldn't transform, and Qin Beiyang and Guang were escorted to the camp in front of the ancient tomb.

Qin Tian Saburo was in charge of interrogation: "Who are you?" Didn't know that this is a military restricted area? ”

Without waiting for Qin Beiyang to answer, he smiled and said, "Mr. Lieutenant, I won't say anything until I see your wing leader." ”

The co-captain of the rank of Osa, came out with an angry face. The light whispered into his ear. Qin Beiyang and Qin Tian Saburo didn't hear clearly. The wing commander immediately turned into a flattering smile and ordered the orderly to bring dinner and tea to him.

Qin Beiyang ate unceremoniously and stayed in a tent in the barracks that night.

"What the hell did you tell the Wing Captain?"

The girl smiled mysteriously and replied, "I say, I am the light!" ”

At this time, Qi Yuanshan came to the tent, took off his Japanese military uniform, and after some explanation, the two were relieved and hugged tightly.

Qi Yuanshan stroked Jiu Se's head and said hello to the little girl. The two chatted for a long time, and each went back to his experience in Japan. Just couldn't understand the Chinese they spoke, and forced Qin Beiyang to translate into Japanese and say it again. However, Qin Beiyang said that he had to cut corners, and he couldn't let her know that he was a fugitive from the Beiyang government.

"Yuanshan, why did you say they transported the Warring States armor to this ancient tomb?"

"This is a military secret, how can a non-commissioned officer like me know about it?"

That night, it was Hikari's turn to sleep with the warm Nine Colors. Qin Beiyang sat alone outside the tent, watching the moon and stars rotate over the ancient tomb. The tent where the samurai's armor was stored faintly came from a ghostly murderous aura.

Thinking of Professor Yamamoto who died at the hands of the "soul machine", Qin Beiyang had a premonition that something big was about to happen again!

Perhaps, just tomorrow night?

At the same moment, Qi Yuanshan walked to the Yoshino Ancient Tomb, just as Qin Tian Saburo was practicing kendo under the cold moonlit night. This man is naked and dances a katana with a tiger and a tiger, he is really a Japanese soldier who is "barbaric and physique"!

"Qi San!" Qin Tian Saburo withdrew his sword and wiped the beads of sweat from his face, "There is a cultural relic in China called the Tomb Beast!" Does Qi Sang know? ”

"Unheard of."

Qi Yuanshan thought to himself that the existence of the Tomb Beast must not be exposed.

"I've heard that there are tomb beasts in the emperor's tombs. However, the power of the Tomb Beast is not only underground. The war that broke out in Wusongkou more than a year ago, when the warlords of China's direct line and the Anhui faction were fighting, the Anhui family used the tomb beast to go to the battlefield. ”

Thinking of the battle of Wusong in the sea of corpse and blood, Qi Yuanshan still has palpitations. But if it hadn't been for that war, he would not have made great achievements, and he was sent to Japan to study at the Ministry of War's public expense.

"I've heard about it. But the so-called tomb beast is the tank given to the Anhui system by the British. The Chinese soldiers had never seen such a thing, and they were all ignorant and superstitious, so they made up the legend of the tomb beast to fool people. ”

"Oh, Qisang, don't lie to me!"

"I am a dignified Beiyang soldier, and I will never lie."

Qi Yuanshan said this, but muttered in his heart: Today's Beiyang warlords are all bastards who have no faith and integrity, and it is the norm to be full of lies.

"Well, twenty years from now, you will be a general of China, and I will be a general of Japan. At that time, if there is a war between the Japanese Empire and the Republic of China, and you and I each lead our troops to meet on the battlefield, what will you do? ”

If there is a war between China and Japan? Qi Yuanshan followed the train of thought just now, and he must respect the chief and retreat. But if you say that, isn't it being looked down upon by the Japanese? Although he was a small candidate non-commissioned officer, he still raised his head with his chest straight: "If there is a war between China and Japan, Qi Yuanshan will definitely follow Yue Wumu's example, be ambitious to eat Hulu meat, laugh and drink the blood of the Huns, take the head of the enemy general, and rest until death!" ”

"Good!" Qin Tian Saburo put on his military uniform, "You are the most backbone Chinese soldier I have ever seen!" If China were all soldiers like you, Japan and China would not go to war, because the Japanese Empire would not attack a tough enemy easily. But if there is really this day, please fight hard for the country, and you and I will fight on the battlefield! The Japanese military despised the coward, but respected the brave enemy. ”

The next morning, the Yoshino tomb was bustling with activity.

Qin Beiyang and Guang rushed out of the camp tent, only to see three people wearing huge ghost masks, all red, blue, and yellow, waving iron rods, singing and dancing. There was a man in a white mask, with an almost square face, painted with two pairs of eyes, two pairs of eyebrows, and holding a spear and shield. Many people drew mahogany bows and crossbows and fired arrows, lighting up raging flames.

"Chase." She wrote Chinese characters on the palm of her hand in Beiyang, "The mask with a square face represents 'Fang Xiang'." ”

Qin Beiyang remembered that his father had said that the origin of the tomb beast was related to the "Fang Xiang clan", the god of the ancient Han people who believed in driving away the epidemic and avoiding evil. In the portrait stones in the ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty, most of the Fang Xiang clan were human-footed, like bears rather than bears, naked, and were responsible for expelling ghosts for the tomb owner.

"I didn't expect that the belief of the 'Fang Xiang clan' had already spread to Japan."

"In ancient times, shrines and onmyoji held a memorial ceremony at the gate of the imperial palace in accordance with the Chinese Book of Rites."

"Hikari, how do you know this?"

She replied, "Because, I am the light." ”

At dusk, Qin Beiyang and Guang were sent out of the barracks and arrived at the Kofun Shrine.

The little girl changed into a kimono and rang the bell respectfully. The Yoshino Kofun has been performed for thousands of years, and legend has it that the burial mound contains the true body of the "Fang Xiang clan", which can be said to be the most effective memorial ceremony in Japan.

"If there is a Fang Xiang clan, there must be a tomb beast!"

Qin Beiyang looked at the nine-colored glass-colored eyes, no wonder it behaved strangely when approaching this ancient tomb.

"Brother, what are you talking about?"

"Armor...... Chase-style ...... Yoshino Kofun ......" Qin Beiyang looked back at Mt. Yoshino, "It's tonight!" For example, Taiki Haneda and Professor Yamamoto chose to do the experiment on the snowy night of Sagano on the first day of the first lunar month! ”