Chapter 12 From BJ to Peiping (1)
A few days later, four people and one beast crossed the Lugou Bridge in the Yongding River, passed through the chaotic Nanyuan, and stepped into the Zhengyang Gate of Beijing.
It was already the sixth month of the Gregorian calendar. On the Daqianmen Arrow Tower, the five-colored flag had been replaced by the blue sky and white sun. The soldiers standing guard at the door were also replaced by the National Revolutionary Army. What's more, yesterday, Beijing was just renamed to Peiping, and restored its old name when Zhu Yuanzhang named the fourth prince Zhu Di as King of Yan five hundred years ago. Since the word "Beijing" was removed, it was no longer the capital of the Republic of China. Feng Shui changed, and Nanjing, which Mr. Sun Yat-sen's imperial appointment, was finally promoted to the capital.
After inquiring, the little prince of Ordosdoro found out that a few days ago, the Fengtian army entrenched in Beijing had just retreated. Marshal Zhang took a special train out of Shanhaiguan. He passed by Huanggutun, a suburb of Fengtian, and suddenly encountered a bomb. The whole train exploded into the sky. Marshal died the next day. The news was announced today. Some people said that Marshal Zhang was killed by the National Revolutionary Army, while others said that the Fengtian warlords were infighting.
Li Longsheng analyzed: "I'm afraid it was done by the Japanese!"
When passing by the Dashilan of Qianmen, the merchants had already replaced the blue sky and white sun flag. If the Qing Dynasty was restored one day, these citizens could immediately raise the yellow dragon flag and even put on fake braids.
The little prince was a member of the Beiyang government. Although the parliament had long been disbanded by warlords, he had a foundation in Beijing and set up a large mansion in Nanluoguxiang, where several concubines were lurking in the golden house. The Ming Dynasty married the princess of the former Qing Dynasty and served their parents-in-law far away in Ordos's palace. Timur placed Qin Beiyang, Ouyang Anna and Li Longsheng in the mansion, each with a separate courtyard, and each had servants to serve. It turned out that he was a dignitary and noble man.
As soon as Anna settled down, she suddenly remembered Qi Yuanshan. In any case, this man was still her husband and her daughter's "father". Last month, I heard that the Japanese sent troops to Jinan to block the Northern Expedition Army and killed tens of thousands of people in the Central People. Qi Yuanshan is likely to be in this Northern Expedition Army. I wonder how safe he is? Have you escaped this disaster?
Ouyang Anna grabbed the phone and called a long distance to Chang Kaishen’s official residence in Nanjing. She chatted with Mrs. Chang, and then hurried to let Jiuse listen to the phone. The younger daughter was calm and said hello to her mother well, asking her to walk outside to pay attention to her health. She also said that her godfather and godmother were very nice to her, and Mrs. Chang also took her to Xuanwu Lake and Zijinshan to play.
Mrs. Chang took the phone call: "Darling, don't worry about Qi Yuanshan anymore. He made great contributions to the second Northern Expedition. Now he is in the headquarters in Peking. Are you still not going to find him? It's time for the couple to reunite, God bless you! Goodnight."
Mrs. Chang returned from studying in the United States and spoke full of foreign languages. She was still a devout Christian, which made Chang Kaishen convert to foreign religions.
Anna let out a sigh of relief. It turned out that her husband was in Peking, with many famous people here, many beautiful actors, or she already had a beautiful woman around her? She was so cruel that she decided not to find Qi Yuanshan for the time being. Now that the country is in trouble, she let him lead the troops to fight with peace of mind. China needs an excellent general, but don’t drag him down. When Ah Hai is killed, Anna will return to her husband and daughter.
Suddenly, the lights in the room went out. Anna panicked, and the entire mansion was pitch black, and the servants said that the whole city had a power outage.
Qin Beiyang also rushed to the courtyard. He asked if he had seen Jiuse? Anna shook her head. They didn't say much, but they guessed where Jiuse went. The two of them sat under the eaves, with thousands of words in their hearts, but they couldn't say a word, so they could only look at the crescent moon in Peking.
In the second half of the night, Jiuse came back. It was a young Qilin tomb-controlling beast. It slowly put away its antlers, took off its scales, and turned back into a mastiff. But it was smelly all over. Anyone who approached would faint from being smoked. It was full of heavy metal chemical pollutants. After many years, Jiuse's "drug addiction" became recurring. It escaped in the middle of the night and attacked the power plant and swallowed a large amount of toxic substances.
Qin Beiyang half-squatted down and looked at its glass-colored eyes: "Nine colors, nine colors! Will you become a monster?"
The next morning, Qin Beiyang and Jiuse went out of Xizhimen and went to Luotuo Village in Xixi.
The mountain temple was still there. He dug up the crumbling gables and dug three feet to the ground. He found that the "Qin Family Tombmakers' Mirror" buried here ten years ago was gone.
This is a treasure that the Qin Tombsmith tribe has passed down for thousands of years. His father Qin Hai is concerned about and he records many secret skills of the tombsmith tribe and tomb-squeezing beasts. The thing that craftsmen in the world dream of is probably also a magic weapon for tomb robbers to subdue tomb-squeezing beasts.
Qin Beiyang was sweating coldly on his vest, and the Hotan Nuan Blood Jade on his chest was also hot. He found that the underground soil had traces of being loosened. He realized that the entire Camel Village had traces of being recently excavated, and almost every household had incomplete houses, and many cellars were dug.
He inquired with the villagers and found out that a few days ago, an army drove away all the villagers of Luotuo Village. Two days later, the villagers returned home, and the whole village was beyond recognition and the ground was in a mess, as if it had been dug three feet away. The villagers could not tell which family came from the National Revolutionary Army and the Beiyang warlords.
Someone stole the "Qin Family Tombmakers' Mirror", and Qin Beiyang asked Jiuse to smell the smell of the corner of the wall: "Jiuse, Jiuse, have you smell Ah Hai?"
Jiuse shook his head, indicating that he knew nothing. Qin Beiyang had no choice but to return to Beiping City in disappointment.
When he arrived at the residence of the Little Prince of Ordosdoro, he grabbed Timur and said, "We'd better leave quickly and go to Dongling!"
The little prince covered his mouth and said, "Don't worry, be sure to see a few people in Peiping before going to Dongling, otherwise even if you arrive at Dongling, it may be futile."
"Who do you want to meet?"
"One of them is your old acquaintance."
The little prince took Qin Beiyang, Ouyang Anna and Li Longsheng out with Jiuse and came to a courtyard house outside the Drum Tower. When he knocked on the door, the owner was wearing a royal blue thin cloth gown, and June Tian could not wear a scarf. His eyes were sharp under the black hat and his nose was two thick black beards.
It turns out that he is an old acquaintance, a famous detective in the capital, Ye Kenan.
"Beiyang!" Ye Kenan saw Qin Beiyang with long hair and sighed, "Have you been doing well over the years?"
"Four years ago, I asked you and the little prince's blessing to rescue me from the Forbidden City. Inspector Ye, I only want to do one thing in my life, and this thing is also related to you."
"Are you still thinking about revenge?"
What a smart person Ye Kenan was? Hearing that it was related to him, he naturally remembered the family extermination case in the Tianjin Concession twenty years ago. To some extent, it was Ye Kenan who found Qin Beiyang that attracted the assassins and endless disasters. Qin Beiyang was still a nine-year-old child at that time, and now he has grown into a burly and mature man.
"Not bad! This time it is not only a grudge for killing father and mother, but also a new grudge for killing wife!"
"You mean Ayou..."
Qin Beiyang didn't want to mention the sad things on Taibai Mountain again, and said to the sky: "It's hard to describe it!"
It was a long time since Ouyang Anna and Ye Kenan. They exchanged greetings and reminiscing about the past. Although Ye Kenan was in Beijing, he was quite concerned about the situation in the south. He knew that Qi Yuanshan is now a celebrity of the National Revolutionary Army and has a bright future. As Mrs. Qi, Anna, who is also the operator of the Earl of Mount Damo Fund, is no longer the little girl he used to be.
But Ye Kenan was quite cautious about Li Longsheng, so he pulled Qin Beiyang to the backyard and asked, "Beiyang, where did this person come from? In my eyes, you are always a child, so don't be deceived and suffer losses."
Chapter completed!