The 22nd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty.
In this year, due to the destruction of the Beiyang Navy in the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894, the Qing government and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which was humiliating and humiliating the country.
Korea became a colony of Japan, and a large amount of China's territory was ceded to Japan. Not only was it compensated with 200 million taels of silver, but a large number of treaty ports were opened to Japan.
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"I?"
For Ninety-nine Green, the men with pigtails in front of her felt familiar yet strange.
Now that the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed, the Japanese, who had always been subservient to China in the past, have become masters in China.
Around him, in addition to the men with braids, Midori could also see many compatriots in kimono.
This is the Japanese Concession in Tianjin.
In this year, the Qing government and Japan signed a series of unequal treaties, and Tianjin was divided into Japanese concessions.
Because of this, the number of Japanese people living here has greatly increased.
You can even see drunken ronin samurai waving their samurai swords indiscriminately on the street. The Chinese people were so frightened that they did not dare to say anything.
Green has been living in Tianjin for a while.
She has little interest in politics.
The lack of memory made her forget that she was once a Kagemusha of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
But even if you think about it, it makes no sense. In today's Japan, the Meiji government has replaced the Edo shogunate of the past. Japan has now embarked on a **** path of militarization and external expansion.
Green has no plans to return to his motherland now.
She wants to stay in China to find her lost memories.
At this moment, she suddenly heard a voice coming from behind her.
"Hello!"
Hearing the familiar Japanese, Midori turned around subconsciously.
Then, she saw a carriage parked not far behind her.
The carriage door opened and a man stepped out.
The man had a long braid, and he looked like a Chinese man from the Qing Dynasty, not a Japanese.
"I can speak Chinese." Lu replied: "Who are you?"
"Miss Lu speaks Chinese really well." The man smiled slightly and said, "Hello, could you please lend me a moment to speak?"
Green looked at the man and said, "I don't seem to recognize you sir."
"Miss Lu... you should know our ancestors from the Bai family."
When Lu Yi heard this, he immediately showed some vigilance.
She put her hands behind her back, and a small white bottle quickly appeared.
Making poison is her greatest skill. As long as she wants, she can kill the man in front of her without anyone noticing.
"What's the meaning?"
"My name is Bai Xuan, and I am the steward of the Bai family." The man then said with a smile: "I was ordered to come specifically to see Miss Lu. Miss Lu doesn't have to deny it. We have checked the records left by the ancestors of the Bai family. At the same time,
There is also a portrait of Miss Green, so I can be sure that it is you."
Lu looked at the other person and said, "Is there anything about me that makes the Bai family miss me so much?"
"The ancestor of the Bai family who has crossed paths with you, miss, lived in the reign of Emperor Qianlong. It is already the year of Guangxu, but Miss Lu is still in her prime. This alone... is enough for me to miss you."
Lu still vaguely remembers...the Bai family.
During the Qianlong period, she was still a guest of that inn.
After completing the Scarlet Mission ten times, you will be free and successfully make a wish.
"To tell you the truth, I just came back from Yokohama last month." Bai Xuan continued: "I heard that Miss Midori has not returned to China for many years. It can be said that Japan has undergone earth-shaking changes. To tell you the truth, nowadays
Japan’s national strength can be said to be..."
"I'm not very interested in Japanese things. Although I am Japanese, I am just doing some small business in China. However, I am a business person. You mentioned remuneration..."
"We, the Bai family, are also businessmen." Bai Xuan looked behind him and said, "Moreover, we also know that you once secretly worked for Hu Xueyan."
Hu Xueyan, a red-top businessman, was known to everyone in the Qing Dynasty. During the conquest of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hu Xueyan moved arms and food for Zuo Zongtang, and he rose to great heights, and even later became a second-rank official.
But more than ten years ago, Hu Xueyan was completely in decline, his family property was confiscated by the court, and he himself committed suicide.
"The Bai family is willing to pay three times the amount Hu Xueyan gives you."
"You, the butler, can make the decision?"
After hearing this, Green asked.
"Miss Lu, you can go to the inn in front with me and discuss the remuneration in detail. My Bai family... will definitely spend a lot of money."
Lu remembers... a certain blood-letter mission she performed back then, which was related to the Bai family. However, now she is just a projection clone, and her body is still trapped in the inn. Just because... she failed to completely defeat the Demon King.
seal.
She couldn't remember exactly what the blood character related to the Bai family was.
But in my impression, during that mission with scarlet letters...
The scarlet task issued by the inn requires the guests to compete with guests from the parallel world.
During the Qing Dynasty, the concept of parallel world, a common science fiction concept in later generations, was completely a fantasy to them. Only through personal experience did they discover that there was another world that was highly similar to this world, but completely different!
"Okay." Lu is not afraid of what the other party dares to do to her. She has cultivated many kinds of terrifying toxins in her body. Even if she is surrounded by dozens of people, she is not afraid at all. Otherwise, she would not be secretly hired by Hu Xueyan as
Guard.
She wants to rely on this...
Get back some of your own memories.
…
Lu's scattered consciousness began to wake up gradually.
at this time……
She was still in the form of a doll, placed on the cabinet.
But at this moment, she suddenly discovered that next to her...
There’s an extra doll!
That doll looked like a girl with a lifelike appearance, and was made extremely lifelike.
However, Midori remembered very clearly that there was no such doll next to her before...
It seems to have appeared here suddenly.
Then...she suddenly felt something strange.
Placed on the cabinet, all kinds of dolls... they all seemed to have come to life again!
Their expressions now no longer look like dead objects...
Midori's memory begins to revive...
Back then, she had been here, the Bai family, when she was performing the Scarlet Letter in the inn that was the apartment's predecessor.
Then... During the Guangxu period, Bai Xuan, the housekeeper of the Bai family, found her in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin...
But what happened after that?
She probably followed Bai Xuan to the Bai Mansion in order to retrieve her memory... and then became a guest of the Bai Mansion.
Her subsequent memories... She only vaguely remembered the man named Li Ruochu.
after that……
Suddenly... Lu heard the sound of a door opening on the side.
Some "person" came in...
who is it?
…
It finally dawned.
Dong Xie's head was hanging upside down, hoping to let as much blood flow into his brain as possible.
He, Ning Zhihe, and Ziyi were all alive.
Lin Cheng fell into a state of isolation. From just now to now, he has been huddled in the corner of the RV alone, saying nothing.
The person in charge of driving was Ning Zhihe.
There was another RV where Qi Yuxuan had stayed, but Dong Xie was unwilling to enter it anyway.
At this time, Dong Xie raised his head and walked to Lin Cheng.
He knelt down, looked at his ashen-faced friend, and said, "It's all over, Lin Cheng. This was the destined outcome from the beginning. The Bai family's dolls are designed to absorb the soul of the buyer..."
"How much do you know about the Bai family?" Suddenly, Lin Cheng raised his head and looked at Dong Xie and asked: "Those two words you said before, 'way to live', are you saying that, right? It seems that you knew it from the beginning.
Such a way out exists!”
Of course, Dong Xie couldn't tell him about the existence of the apartment. This was a rule written in blood.
The navigation doll is gone, and this journey is over.
In any case, Dong Xie only hopes that Lin Cheng can live a peaceful life in the future... although it should be very difficult. Will Qi Yuxuan's parents be angry with him, and will he himself be completely decadent and unable to recover...
"No matter what, Lin Cheng... live well." Dong Xie patted his shoulder and said, "It's not easy for you to survive..."
Lin Cheng replied firmly: "Do you think I will commit suicide? No, I must find out the secrets of the Bai family! No matter how long it takes, I will definitely..."
However, Lin Cheng could not continue what he said next.
because……
His skin turned pale in an instant, and his whole body... fell on Dong Xie's chest!
"Lin...Lin Cheng?"
Dong Xie could no longer feel any warmth from Lin Cheng's body!
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"Is this okay?"
Gu Nanyi's face turned pale at this time and he looked at the tablet in front of him.
He knew... what he had just done.
This is an abandoned building.
It is also the place where he currently executes the Blood Letter.
Soon, the tablet computer displayed: "The winning bidder of this bidding: Gu Nanyi"
Success!
Not far from him, sat Ying Ziye.
"I can't do it..." Ying Ziye raised his hands to cover his face: "I really can't do it..."
The next round of bidding is about to begin.
And Ying Ziye looked at the other residents in front of him.
"I didn't expect that I would have to go back to the apartment to execute the blood letter..."