Qing, the fourteenth year of Guangxu. (Early 1889)

At this time, it has come to the end of the year, and the streets and alleys are full of lights and joy. The Chinese speak traditionally, and the common people have been busy this year, isn't it just for these few days.

That's exactly - a few taels of sugar melons, and a few plates of yellow noodles. Burn incense for the gods and horses, and stack silver coins. Drink the soap and pick up the New Year. Yellow rice is used for steamed cakes, and jujube is added to help sweeten. Steamed buns, a few more punches. All kinds of vegetables are offered, and the collection is rushed in a few moments. Quantity on the grain. Rice is good for money. Sichuan pepper fennel has, that is, less dough. Sea scorn corn, dried shrimp big sweet. Mushrooms and bamboo shoots, fungus weigh a few dollars. Thinking of inviting the door god, draw a few couplets. Buy the pair money first, Dan red sand green all. The flower paper is a total yellow table, and the tin foil goes without saying. The candle weighs a few catties, and the battle buys two plates. A piece of Maoling cup, and a basket of flowers for the saucer. It doesn't matter the spoon, the pot should be wrapped in a full fit. Nitrate yellow sand piggyback, good to play with anthers. Will pass the New Year, clothes should be thoughtful. Instructed to cut off the purple crepe and put the brim of the boot. The first handkerchief is good, and the knee pants are sapphire blue. The ribbon is red and the net is outlined, and the official fan is four or five dollars. Seven or eight inches of shuttle cloth, copper buckles to buy a chain. Ni wants to wear a pendant, and Xiao wants a walnut to play. There was a lot of noise, which was impatient. What a gangster, where is all this money? Even if there are thousands of hangings, they can't buy them all.

This Chinese traditional Spring Festival, except for the legend of killing a big monster called "Year Beast", it can basically be summed up in this nursery rhyme (the author complains: Brother, I still watch the Spring Festival Gala every year...... ）。

In this busy season, two uninvited guests came to Beijing. Although both of them are Chinese, neither of them has braids. One of them was full of silver-white hair, and his eyes were piercing...... And they are all wearing Western-style clothes, which is strolling down the street, yes, no need to explain, everyone on the street knows that these are the two "two hairs".

Wang Xu sat in the carriage, looking at the passers-by outside with strange looks and burning eyes, and even felt a little chill down his spine.

"After a month's ride, we've finally returned to our homeland, but do we have to change our shape?" Wang Xu asked.

Master Mao turned his head, stared at Wang Xu with empty eyes, and said, "Do you know what terrible consequences will happen if my wife sees me shaved my head and go home?" ”

Wang Xu sneered: "Oh...... I thought, maybe she'll stick nine holes in there. ”

"Hahaha!" Father Thomas was sitting across from them, his Chinese was good and he knew a little about Chinese monks, so he couldn't help but laugh.

The cat master said: "Father, people's laughter can't be too low, I advise you to have less contact with this kid Atkinson in the future......"

Father Thomas couldn't stop laughing for a long time: "Oh! Ha ha...... I'm sorry if I offended you, hahaha......"

This fat old man with a beard seems to be ready to make fun of this joke for the rest of his life, he is not only a person with a very low laugh, but also a somewhat brainless optimist...... Perhaps it was precisely because of this that he agreed to let Wang Xu and Mao Ye, two suspicious guys, get on his own ship and go to China together.

They soon arrived at the Housangyu Catholic Church in Beijing, where several nuns and priests were already waiting for them at the door.

"Oh! Thomas! Great, you came back safely, how was the journey? Did you go back to London to run errands? "The one who greeted him was Father Charlie.

Thomas also seemed enthusiastic: "Yes, it went well, you see, I also found two lost lambs on the way." ”

Charlie and the others all looked at the two odd-looking guys behind Thomas.

"They ......"

"They were two young gentlemen living in London who wanted to return to their ancestral lands and settle down, and they wanted to join God and help us in our missionary work in the Qing Dynasty," Thomas said. ”

Charlie looked excited, and stepped forward to hold Wang Xu's hands: "Thank you so much!" Welcome! My children, it would be nice to have more young people like you! ”

Wang Xu smiled awkwardly: "Ha...... Ha ha...... That one...... Nothing...... You're welcome! You're welcome! He turned his head and squeezed a sentence out between his teeth, "Look at ...... In order to save some money for a boat, I took on some birds......"

The cat master just didn't hear it, looked up at the sky, and whistled......

They settled in the church like this, and food and clothing were finally not a problem. However, there has always been a problem in Wang Xu's heart that has not been solved, they have been fighting for five months at the end of the nineteenth century, and the cat master still has not told him how to return to the future. So he packed his luggage and ran to knock on the door of the cat master's room.

"Come in."

Wang Xu walked into the room and said straight to the point: "Now that we have arrived in Beijing, you can always talk about it." ”

Master Mao asked, "What do you say?" ”

"Nonsense, why are we here?"

Master Mao thought for a while: "Ah...... That, if you want to say that this Beijing City, it is really a good place, as the saying goes-if you ask about the ancient and modern things, please only look at Luoyang City, this is the Central Plains, the place where soldiers must fight, you have to ask why? Because of this unique geographical location, the so-called left ring of the sea, the right side of the Taihang, the north pillow Juyong, the south of the river, fertile soil for thousands of miles, the first in the world, the capital of the emperor, the country of abundance......"

Wang Xu waved his hand and said, "Gotta ...... This time I go back to my own era, I can find a tour guide to tell me this, you don't talk nonsense, I ask, why are we here? Does this have anything to do with us traveling back in time? ”

The cat master sighed: "Hey...... Then tell you to forget it, do you remember, I said that as long as we get help from someone, we can go back? ”

Wang Xu replied: "Of course I remember this, so ...... This person you're talking about is in Beijing? ”

"Yes."

"You actually know a certain Pekingese from more than 100 years ago?"

"I don't know him, but I know his son."

"His son? Even if his son is born in another ten years, he will be one hundred and two in our time, right? ”

"His son is probably five or six years old this year."

"Who the hell are you talking about?"

"Tang Wenwu."

"Which way is this......?"

The cat master ignored Wang Xu's complaints, and continued: "His son's name is Tang Xiaohu. ”

The corners of Wang Xu's mouth twitched: "You mean, you know a ...... in the twenty-first century?" A guy named Tang Xiaohu, and he is already over one hundred and twenty years old, and then he also told you that his father built a time machine......"

Mao Ye still ignored him and continued his words: "Tang Xiaohu doesn't like his real name very much, he thinks that his name seems to be a copycat of a famous ancient talent, so many years later, he has successfully done one thing, that is, let others only know their nicknames, and never know their real names." ”

A name flashed in Wang Xu's mind, and he sneered twice: "No......"

The cat master said: "The reason why Xinglong hid in the market to open a grocery store and engage in some evil item research is not all because he has that strange book 'Divine Art Chapter' in hand, in fact, he has been imperceptibly influenced by his father since he was a child...... Not to mention that he inherited the fine bloodlines of his father, and as a result, a good seedling was born, and he was destined to become a great, powerful, crazy inventor and eccentric......"

Wang Xu thought for a while and asked, "Then his father is also a spiritual ability?" ”

Master Mao said: "His father is just a market craftsman, not a ghost hunter, but he is not ignorant of spiritual abilities, if you want to talk about the type of person...... Do you remember Brother Wei Chi in Suzhou? ”

"Oh, that dumbfounded......"

Mao Ye rolled his eyes: "That second stunned man is a master level in the realm of spells, but if you let him fight without talismans, he may not even be able to beat a newcomer." Tang Wenwu is also such a person, he only likes to engage in physics and research inventions, and he doesn't care about anything else, and he also makes some spiritual weapons......"

Wang Xu leaned forward a little, his eyes full of distrust: "As far as I know, there are only a few things that can take people through time and space, I estimate that it is impossible for Master Tang Wenwu to build a sports car through time and space, can he still build the artifact Kunlun Mirror?" ”

Master Mao said: "Why are you so stupid...... What are my spiritual powers? ”

"Return? What's wrong? ”

"Yes, return! It's like a key, the key to open the door of time and space, I just need him to help me build something, find the lock on the door, as for how to complete this device, it's not an area that I can interfere with, just leave it to this professional. ”

Wang Xu said: "So that's what happened...... By the way, how do you know so many things about Xinglong, even the fact that his father is an inventor? ”

"Cut...... What is this, not to mention his father's business, I have found out all the eighteenth generations of the ancestors of the two old guys, Xinglong and Fengxian, the stories of the two of them are very interesting, all of them are bizarre plots that you can't dream of......"