The 7th year of the Republic of China, the 7th year of Taisho in Japan, 1918 in the Western calendar, June.

Seven days ago, at the mouth of Dagu, Tianjin, Qin Beiyang saw a black giant whale, splitting the rolling waves on the Bohai Sea. He ran from the bow to the stern of the ship, looking at the Asian continent from afar, and a round of golden sunset was bleeding, slowly sinking into the depths of the barren smoke of the North China Plain.

Eighteen-year-old Qin Beiyang, 1,200 years old and nine-colored, blowing a hot and dry west wind mixed with gravel. Looking back again, the sea is vast, this is the wonder of Cao Cao's "east of the Jieshi, to view the sea" 1,700 years ago.

Life starts from the tomb of the Tang Dynasty in Bailuyuan, to the German concession in Tianjin, and then to the Xiling Underground Palace, traveling around the imperial capital and the magic capital, this time I have to travel to Japan and bid farewell to the homeland of Chixian Shenzhou. "The mountains and rivers are broken and the wind is fluttering, the life experience is ups and downs, the rain beats, the beachhead is panicked, and the ocean sighs and the zero!" There are still two sentences owed, and it is not yet a tragic moment, so it is not advisable to read them early.

There was a young man at the stern of the boat, dressed in a black Japanese student uniform, who chanted in a low voice: "The song of the great river should turn around and the head will be poor." Facing the wall for ten years, it is difficult to reward the heroes of the sea. ”

It turned out that he was also a Chinese student, Qin Beiyang asked a little shyly: "Desolate atmosphere!" Which poet is it? ”

"I came to do it in my spare time, and I laughed."

This person is about twenty years old, with bright eyes, two thick eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth are particularly stylish, and he is a beautiful young man.

Suddenly, an ethereal pavilion appeared on the horizon, I don't know what day it is? A mausoleum from hundreds of years ago? Or is it a mysterious and exotic country thousands of miles away?

"Mirage!" The international student admired this magnificent spectacle, "It's almost time to come to Penglai, this kind of illusion often appears here." ”

"Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to Penglai Immortal Mountain to find the elixir of immortality, this is this place, right?"

Some people also say that Xu Fu went to Japan. My surname is Zhou, my hometown is Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and I am from Huai'an, Jiangsu. Zhou spoke with a Jianghuai accent, looked Qin Beiyang up and down and asked, "I guess it's your first time going to Japan, right?" ”

"Yes."

"It's been a year since I arrived in Japan, and I'm studying at a preparatory school in Tokyo. Which subject do you study? Seeing Qin Beiyang's ignorant face, Zhou then asked, "Liberal arts?" Science lessons? Medical? ”

"Oh, I'm going to the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School."

"So you're a soldier of the Beiyang government?"

Qin Beiyang had to continue to disguise: "My name is Qi Yuanshan, and I am from Zhengding." ”

"Is this big dog yours? It's so special, can I touch it? ”

With the consent of the master, classmate Zhou stroked the nine-colored mane, and the small town tomb beast that was not close to the living became well-behaved and obedient.

"Qi Yuanshan, there will be a period later! Maybe in Japan in the near future, maybe in China that will take off in the future. ”

Zhou's smile was so handsome and chic, and Qin Beiyang, who fled in embarrassment, was ashamed of himself.

After dark, Qin Beiyang found the third-class cabin. Most of the passengers were Chinese students, as well as Japanese prostitutes, and the sound of clogs was heard everywhere. This passenger ship belongs to Haneda Kisen Co., Ltd. and bears the family crest of the Haneda family.

In the middle of the night, a storm broke off in the Bohai Sea, and lightning and thunder roared outside the porthole. There were people vomiting in the cabin, and Qin Beiyang grabbed the railing, remembering the fishing boat crossing the East China Sea half a year ago. The steamer sailed into the Port of Arthur to take shelter from the storm. Passing through the Golden Mountain and Tiger Tail, the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, there have been fierce battles here. The memorial tower on Erling Mountain, like a bullet soaring into the sky, was erected by Nogi Noshinori, the "Japanese God of War". Today, it is a Japanese leased area in the Kwantung Prefecture, and the fortress has a huge sun flag, hence the name of the Kwantung Army.

The steamer was delayed for three days at the mouth of Arthur, and the sun rose and continued eastward. Passing by Weihaiwei, Liugong Island can be vaguely seen, but there is a rice-shaped flag floating. The base of the Beiyang Naval Division has become a British colony, and Qin Beiyang remembers his maternal grandfather who died on Liugong Island in battle.

Late at night, sail to the midpoint of the Sino-Japanese route. Qin Beiyang walked to the deck with nine colors. On the dark sea, there is a radiant lighthouse: Bodhidharma Mountain.

It was Anna's hometown, the burial place where Gengzi's reparations of millions of silver were buried. He had almost forgotten about the "Count of Dharma Mountain", and this stone island was his fiefdom. Now, he is the most wanted criminal of the Beiyang government, empty-handed, except for the nine colors.

The next day, the ship entered the Korean Strait. The sailor said that a small boat was found on the sea. Qin Beiyang was lying on the railing, seeing a small steamboat burning, and a pair of men and women waving and jumping.

The captain ordered the lifeboat to be lowered and two adults and two young children were rescued - as they climbed onto the deck of the passenger ship in embarrassment, Qin Beiyang recognized the faces of Xiao Mu and the sea girl.

Despite his long hair, the severed fingers of his left hand don't lie. And the two nursing boys must be Ouyang Sicong's youngest son and Anna's half-brother.

Student Zhou, an international student, works as a translator for the sea drifters - the ama and Xiaomu claim to be husband and wife, and the two children call Xiaomu their father. The ama told the captain that they had encountered a steam engine failure and drifted to the sea.

Qin Beiyang guessed seven or eight points - the sea lady who took care of Xiaomu on Dharma Mountain fell in love with the imprisoned object for a long time, and even gave up his duties, not only eloped with both lodging and amphibious, but also took away two children. It's no wonder that ama, how can a mother give up her child? It's just that he accompanied Xiaomu to be in danger and almost died at sea, and he was also crazy.

He didn't want to expose the ama's lies, because he was also an impostor.

After drifting on the sea for three days and three nights, Xiao Mu, who was glad that he had escaped death, happened to see Qin Beiyang's face in the crowd.

Xiao Mu was desperate again, as if he had just crawled out of the coffin of the little prince of the Tang Dynasty in the Bailuyuan Necropolis Palace.

The "family of four" of the sea girl and Xiao Mu were placed in the crew cabin, and they did not dare to run to the deck and did not dare to bump into Qin Beiyang again. Kogi is afraid of being burned to death by the nine-colored glass fireball.

The next day, the bow of the ship saw the distant shadow of the green mountains of the Japanese archipelago. On the right is Kyushu Island, on the left is Honshu Island, and in the middle is the Shimonoseki Strait. The mountains on both sides of the strait are towering, there are countless factories in Moji Port, and the chimneys spew black peony-like smoke, which was praised by a poet as the famous flower of the 20th century and the strict mother of modern civilization. The Seto Inland Sea is a beautiful place to pass by the large torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine, one of the three scenic spots in Japan. Dotted with islands, green mountains and blue seas, it is very different from the monotonous earthy yellow of northern China.

In the twilight of the smoke and rain, the port of Kobe has arrived, which is different from Shanghai.

Qin Beiyang took Jiu Se in his hand, carried a flat pole with a Tang knife on his back, picked up Qi Yuanshan's passport, and set foot on the land of Japan.

However, Kogi and ama are gone, including their two young sons, and they don't know where to escape?

The crew searched everywhere, and Qin Beiyang understood that it was in vain. Xiaomu is a tomb robber who is good at hiding and digging holes, and the ama is even diving on the ground, even if she escapes with her two children, it is not something that ordinary people can find.

There are countless rickshaws on the docks, originally invented by the Japanese, that take passengers to the train station and then to Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, etc. When Qin Beiyang first arrived in Japan, the road ahead was vast, and he walked with nine colors until he reached a deserted coast.

Suddenly, a wet woman appeared in the water, with long mermaid-like hair and a bottle-shaped body that was exposed.

It turned out to be ama!

She also saw Qin Beiyang, and she was so shocked that she didn't know what to say? Immediately afterwards, a long-haired man climbed ashore, and sure enough, it was Xiaomu, who was still holding a lifebuoy and tied two children with ropes.

The hair of the sea girl and Xiao Mu was dripping with water, and they knelt in front of Qin Beiyang. Anyone who sees it will mistake it for a young couple, a family of four who are fleeing.

Qin Beiyang pulled out the Tang knife from the flat pole, as if to chop off the heads of the man and woman. Jiuse also stared at Xiao Mu viciously, and almost bit off his head - nearly a year ago, it was this little tomb robber who broke into the Tang Dynasty cemetery palace in Bailuyuan, causing the young Qilin Town tomb beast to be shot down by machine gun bullets, and it was he who entered the coffin of the tomb owner......

Ten heinous crimes, heaven and earth will be destroyed!

"Please forgive us!" Xiao Mu looked at the young man in front of him, thinking of the little prince of the Tang Dynasty in the coffin, this face was intoxicating, "It's not that I deliberately wanted to escape, but the assassins came to the island and opened the cellar where I was imprisoned." ”

The ama hugged her youngest son in her arms and said, "They are all scumbags. ”

"Assassins kill like hemp!" Qin Beiyang looked at Xiao Mu and the sea girl like a ghost: "Why are you still alive?" ”

"I'll kill them!"