Kostya Chizhikov and his company finally escaped from Ancient China, leaving Emperor Qin Shi-huang with his nose, but without a powerful Mirror. Now they are where they wanted so much - in the modern capital of the modern Celestial Empire. But there are no fewer mysteries in today's China. Kostya Chizhikov, who arrived in Beijing for the first time, is pursued by acquaintances who came from nowhere; the great sinologist Fyodor Sumkin tries himself in the role of James Bond's colleague; Nika, a girl from the future, completely disappeared somewhere, but Deng Xiaoping appeared. So far, however, only on banknotes...