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Chapter 13 Chapter 10: Afraid of Assassins Disguised and Returning to the Motherland, Being Detained and Prisoned in Difficulty, Meeting a Good Friend

Do you know why King George suddenly took a few steps back? It turns out that foreigners are the most important cleanliness, not to mention that as a monarch, he pays special attention to cleanliness.It just so happened that today I met Zaixing who didn't care about cleanliness. Zaixing usually indulged in drinking, drinking and smoking, and was very lazy. He didn't pay attention to washing his face, rinsing his mouth and changing clothes.When he was at home, his aunts urged him to wash his face, rinse his mouth, and change his clothes from time to time.He couldn't be forced, so he did it just now, but if he could get away with it, he would never do it.Now that he's overseas, he doesn't have any aunts or grandmas to accompany him, so who cares about his business.No matter how dirty it is, let him go, and no one will pay attention to it.Therefore, he left Beijing for more than a month, and only washed his face twice, let alone bathing and changing clothes.He had a bad breath, but also smoked opium, the smell in his mouth became even more unpleasant.There is a grimace on the face, blue and yellow, plus black mud.The opium smoke on his hands is black and yellow, as if he has been beaten by so many pots.The stench coming out of the mouth is fishy, ​​stinky and sour, and it can knock people down at a distance of one foot.This time I had an audience with the Emperor, because I got up late and didn't have time to clean my face and rinse my mouth, so I had to bring this stench up to the hall.Just now because he was lying on the ground because of bowing, the Emperor himself helped him up. When he was helping him, he felt a faint stench piercing his nose. He thought it was because the palace had not been cleaned, but he never thought it was coming from the imperial envoy. of.When it came time to shake hands with him, the Emperor saw how dirty his hands were, and wanted not to shake hands with him. He also wanted to attach importance to diplomatic relations between the two countries.It just so happened that this Uncle Xing fell to the ground just now and was so out of breath.Now that it stood still, I took a full breath, and sprayed it straight at the emperor's face, straight and straight, out of my mouth, into your nose, full of the emperor's smell.The emperor felt a strange smell, and it sprayed out from the opposite side, and it went straight into his nostrils.Immediately, the internal organs, as well as the cold hair all over the body, turned over accordingly.If he couldn't vomit or swallow, he was really out of breath at this moment, and immediately stepped back several steps.Speaking English, he said, "Where did the stinky people come from? Dirty my temple, see you another day." After finishing speaking, he left the palace in three or two steps, and immediately passed on to the imperial doctor to replace his stomach with a ventilator. This bad smell.On the one hand, he called the left and right guards, and immediately urged the Chinese imperial envoy to leave the hall quickly, so as to eliminate the micro-bacterial epidemic in the hall with water and noodles, and there was a sudden uproar.An ambitious Minister Zhang was so angry that his face was as white as wax.Zaixing stood there, staring blankly, still at a loss, Zhang envoy gave him a hand and said let's go.Zaixing couldn't wait for the sound, so he stepped out of the hall immediately, and asked Zhang envoy why it was so easy to have an audience, without saying a word, it was over.Zhang Envoy said: "The emperor is timid. Seeing the imperial envoy's majesty and smelling the imperial envoy's stench, he was frightened, so he didn't dare to say a word, so he quickly backed away." Zai Xing believed it was true, and proudly Back to the hotel.After entering the door, he smoked opium, but Ambassador Zhang ignored him and went back to the embassy in a fit of anger.This time, the four translators understood the joke of disgrace, but who would not want to please the master in face, so they would say such disgraceful words.So Zaixing lost his dignity, but he still didn't understand.

But he said that the emperor returned to the harem, summoned the imperial doctor, drank the potion, and refreshed his breath. After tossing all day and night, he still felt uncomfortable.A few days later, it was the time for the coronation of the emperor, and a banquet was held in the palace to entertain the ambassadors of various countries.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened up the list in order and presented it to the Emperor.The number of seats opened, the first is the ambassador of the Holy See, the second is the ambassador of Germany, the third is the ambassador of Russia, the fourth is the ambassador of the United States, the fifth is the ambassador of France, and the sixth is the ambassador of France. It is the ambassador of Italy, the seventh is the ambassador of Japan, the eighth is the ambassador of China, and these eight seats are the first.The first is the ambassador of Austria, the second is the ambassador of Spain, the third is the ambassador of Sweden, the fourth is the ambassador of Belgium, the fifth is the ambassador of Portugal, and the sixth is the ambassador of the Netherlands Ambassador, the seventh is the ambassador of Denmark, the eighth is the ambassador of Switzerland, the ninth is the ambassador of Greece, the tenth is the ambassador of Mexico, the eleventh is the ambassador of Brazil, the twelfth The first seat is the ambassador of Siam, and the twelve seats are the second seat.Below the second seat, the first seat is the ambassador of the country of Turkey, the second seat is the ambassador of the country of Serbia, the third seat is the ambassador of the country of Negro, the fourth seat is the ambassador of the country of Bugali, and the fifth seat is The ambassador of Peru, the sixth is the ambassador of Chile, the seventh is the ambassador of Venezuela, the eighth is the ambassador of Cuba, the ninth is the ambassador of Uruguay, and the tenth is the ambassador of Korea , these ten seats are the third seat.Below the third seat, the first seat is the ambassador of the Philippines, the second seat is the ambassador of Vietnam, the third seat is the ambassador of Madagascar, and the fourth seat is the ambassador of Java. The following are India, Egypt, and non-Australia And Canada, etc., are all vassal states of the British themselves, and there are a total of more than 20 countries. This is the fourth class of countries without sovereignty.After the emperor read it, he circled China from the first seat with a pen, placed it under the second Turkey in the third seat, and above Serbia, but put Austria at the bottom of the first seat.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs saw it and had to prepare accordingly.After getting ready, I was busy printing out a list, and invited the ambassadors of various countries to attend. As usual, they were first sent to the embassies of the respective countries, and then the embassy informed the ambassadors.

However, Zhang Envoy of our country received the notification note and looked at it carefully from the beginning. After reading it for a long time, there was no word "China".I was very puzzled, why is there no ambassador from our country in the first seat?When I finished reading the second seat, I still didn't see it, thinking that I must have missed it.No, foreigners have always been careful in handling affairs, not to mention that this is a matter related to the National Communications Ceremony, so there is no reason to omit it.I had to be patient and look down again. I didn't expect to see the third seat. After the Turkish Empire, it was the Qing Empire.This made Zhang very angry, such a contemptuous Britain, actually placed my imposing Qing empire in a third-class country, and forced a barbaric Turkey on top of our country. Obviously he was deliberately joking and humiliating others, so I couldn't help getting an internal argument with him.Follow the instructions to set up the car, and immediately come to the outside of the UK, throw in the famous stab, and immediately meet.The receptionist was Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Luo Jun, and the two exchanged a few pleasantries, and then Ambassador Zhang explained the purpose of his visit, revealing dissatisfaction in his words.Luo Jun laughed out loud, and while apologizing to Zhang Envoy, he explained in detail the changes to the Emperor's Imperial Pen circle.He argued again: "How dare we look down on your country from the outside world? But His Majesty the Emperor insisted on changing it, so we have nothing to do. Besides, according to my younger brother, it's not that our monarch intends to trample on your country, but because your country's envoys don't I am very hygienic, and my whole body smells too bad. The first seat is close to my lord, who is usually weak and can't bear the bad smell fumigation. Furthermore, the same seats are all ambassadors from Europe and the United States who pay attention to hygiene. Therefore, the third seat is condescending. Fortunately, people in Turkey never pay attention to hygiene. His ambassador must be in the same tune as your country's imperial envoy, and have the same smell. This is a match made by our monarch. Please forgive me." Hearing his euphemistic and sarcastic words, Zhang Envoy almost scolded people face to face, but he had nothing to refute, so he had to leave dejectedly. .By the way, I went to the big hotel, handed over the note to Zaixing, and didn't say anything to the idiot, just ask him to go when it's due.Zaixing wanted to pull envoy Zhang to act as an interpreter for him. Envoy Zhang said, "This time is nothing compared to an audience. They didn't invite me. I went. Where should I sit? Fortunately, I have all the interpreters in my entourage. It’s enough for a shrewd person to take two, but it’s just sitting down to eat, and there’s no manners, and there’s no need to talk, so why should I go with you?” Seeing that he didn’t go, Zaixing was very unhappy, and Zhang Envoy also I don't want to talk to him any more, so I bid farewell.

When it was time for the coronation, it was inevitable that the British military and police would still come to greet him. Zaixing took all of his interpreters with him, and followed everyone in a muddleheaded manner to congratulate him.When it was time to be seated, there were small British officials who entertained everything, and all the ambassadors were led to sit at the table in a fixed order, and there was no need to give way.At this time, I looked for an interpreter and attache, but there were none.It turns out that they have prepared seats for interpreters and attendants, which are also led by various officials.At this moment, Zaixing stared blankly like a hungry hawk, looking around, but he couldn't see a neighbor, just like a lactating child, anxious and angry, the waiter brought the wine for a while, the first, second, two The banquet was all served by the emperor himself, and each ambassador toasted a glass of wine.The third seat was replaced by Grand Duke Henry.When Zaixing saw Grand Duke Henry, he recognized him as an acquaintance, but he couldn't speak, and couldn't speak.However, Grand Duke Henry blocked his nose with one hand and poured wine for him with the other, finished it in a hurry, and left without saying a word.Zaixing raised his glass and drank it. He felt that the wine was sweet and delicious. After he finished drinking one glass, the waiters on the left and right poured him another glass. Zaixing drank more than a dozen glasses in a daze.Unexpectedly, the alcohol was very strong, and I poured it with hot fish soup, and immediately felt dizzy, top-heavy, and couldn't speak, so I stood up, slipped along the table unconsciously, and lay straight on the ground.The people at the same table and those around him were all frightened, and hurriedly stretched out their hands to pull him up, but how could he pull him up?It was Grand Duke Henry who had an idea, so he rushed to the interpreter's seat and said to the Chinese interpreter: "Your imperial envoy is drunk, go and have a look!" The interpreter ran over and saw Zaixing lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth. , standing upright like a dead man, everyone lifted him up, but he still didn't wake up.Really helpless, he could only ask the waiters on the left and right to call a large carriage, and two powerful guards forcibly carried him into the car. An interpreter and an attendant in the car hugged him, and then drove him back to the hotel.Immediately after, Grand Duke Henry brought an imperial doctor, who finally cured him with anti-alcohol potion, and lay down for three days without getting up.The commotion caused all the newspapers in London to publish one after another, saying how the Chinese imperial envoys smelled bad, how they drank alcohol and lost their manners.One newspaper was the harshest, saying that China is a stinky country, and even the rich and noble people still stink to the sky, and the people from all walks of life must have a very stinky, extremely stinky smell.

Since this comment was published, it has already angered a Chinese hero.Do you know who this person is?It turned out to be Dr. Sun Yat-sen mentioned in the previous three chapters.Dr. Sun, since Japan came to the United States, advocated overseas Chinese and raised revolution.Although a lot of money was raised, after all, the Qing Zuo was not exhausted at that time, and the Royalist Party of the Kang Nanhai Organization had preconceptions.All overseas Chinese know that Emperor Guangxu was a holy son of heaven. He held the great wish of reforming and establishing a constitution, but because of the power of his mother, he could not develop and was imprisoned in the South China Sea. It is very pitiful.So everyone still has the thought of an old king, and it is not easy to start the revolutionary cause.In the end, Dr. Sun never returned, traveled around the world, gave lectures everywhere, and became more and more powerful day by day.It so happened that when Zaixing came to the UK this time, his old man was also looking for overseas Chinese in the UK to spread his revolutionary seeds.When Zaixing arrived in England, Dr. Sun was among the two Chinese standing on the coast watching.That young man is Song Woodman.The woodcutter had graduated from Japan, and Futai, Hunan Province wanted to transfer him back to China to do school work, but he resigned, and rushed to the United States to meet with Dr. Sun to discuss the cause of revolution.Dr. Sun saw that he was a handsome young man with excellent handwriting, so he sincerely asked him to help him handle the documents, and the woodcutter was also very happy. The two got along for more than half a year, and they were very speculative.This time when Dr. Sun came to England, he accompanied him, and the two lived in a Cantonese grocery store.This shop was opened by Dr. Sun's cousin, Hu Hanhe, who had been trading in England for many years and had saved a lot of money.The old couple had only one son and one daughter under their knees. The name of his shop was Guangsheng Huahuo Store, which specialized in all kinds of food.There are more than a dozen partners in the store, all of whom are Cantonese.Dr. Sun and Song Woodman came to England and threw them into this shop.When Hu Hanhe saw his nephew came and hadn't returned to his hometown for many years, he was naturally very happy to see his relatives, so he stayed in his shop.There are not many houses in his shop, there are only three bedrooms at the back, and one room is specially set aside to live with Sun and Song, and all food and drink are provided by the shop.Now that Dr. Sun had a place to live, he visited his fellow villagers separately and discussed giving speeches at meetings.However, according to the British rules, if an outsider wants to speak at a meeting in London, he must first submit it to the police station for approval, and the police station must also notify the police director. After the director approves, he will issue a meeting certificate and send police protection. , otherwise, he will forcibly interfere.Another problem is that when petitioning, the topic of the speech must first be explained to the general effect, and the procedures must be fully explained, otherwise it will be invalid.Dr. Sun submitted the official document, but the police station refuted it before submitting it to the police chief.Why do you think?It turned out that Sun's submission was a speech to the Chinese to suppress the revolution, overthrow the monarch, and build a republic and a democratic country.The director is annoyed at first glance, Britain is a hereditary monarchy, if you say overthrow the monarchy, he thinks it is heresy, how can you approve it?Not only was he not allowed, but he also considered Dr. Sun to be dangerous, and sent the police of our department to monitor him secretly.This submission, on the contrary, caused trouble.Dr. Sun originally believed that the United Kingdom was the same as the United States. When he was in the United States, he was free to hold meetings and speak freely.We can only use gradual means, thinking about slowly entering the word revolution into the minds of overseas Chinese.After getting up and eating every day, he took turns going to the homes of fellow villagers to connect with each other. Song Woodman also went with him.One day I heard that the Chinese imperial envoy Zaixing came to London to congratulate the Emperor on his coronation. He was about to arrive this afternoon, so the two of them came to the coast together to see what kind of person Zaixing was.After waiting for a long time, he got off the boat and landed. Dr. Sun looked at each other carefully before he opened his mouth to speak to the woodcutter. Suddenly, the British policeman came up and grabbed the woodcutter. The two turned their heads and left. up.Back in the store, Dr. Sun sighed: "The imperial envoy of our country just now, did you see clearly?" The woodcutter smiled and said: "That good face, there are still people who can't see clearly? I see blue and yellow , Three points like a man, seven points like a ghost, Man Ting is really stupid! Although there is no talent, you still send someone with a better appearance to make the country magnificent, why send a consumptive ghost?" Dr. Sun said: "This It was their aristocrat who specially sent him here to let outsiders know that there are such outstanding talents among their Manchus! He really deserves to die." Song Woodman said: "Whatever he is, if you want to be so idle, there is still an end. I didn't think about it for a few days, and all the newspapers in London published stories about how the imperial envoys of the Qing Dynasty smelled bad, how they poisoned the Emperor, and how the imperial doctors sent them to treat them.When Sun Song saw the newspaper, he was so angry that he stared blankly, unable to speak for a long time.Song Woodman scolded: "Why is such a worldly thing sent abroad? Shame on us all. If he wants to be in front of us, I will shoot him with my hand, and I won't let it out." Dr. Sun also said angrily: "It's a pity that Huang Ziqiang is not here. If he were here, this man would never want to survive!" The woodcutter said: "Why use self-improvement! If he is ashamed again, I will risk my life. I have to cleanse my compatriots." This stain, I have to work hard with him." Dr. Sun said: "My brother! Why do you have to be so arrogant, my brother's life is worth a lot, why fight with his dog's life?" The drunken news came out again, and they simply started talking one after another. What kind of imperial envoy representing the country is so stinking, and the smell of the country is unheard of; The people must be very smelly, the smell is unbearable.

These words came to Sun and Song's eyes, and fire burst out of their eyes. In the store, they yelled at each other and discussed with each other, and the result must be happy.Exactly who will do it is still a matter of research.Mr. Sun is the leader of the party, and he would never have done the assassination himself.It was Song Woodman, who was also a valuable member of the revolutionary team. Although he himself volunteered, Mr. Sun resolutely refused to ask him to go.Later, it was discussed that it would cost 8,000 pounds to hire a Chinese assassin, and he could only be found from the gangsters in Guangdong who specialize in gambling.Unexpectedly, if the matter was not confidential, a friend in the store found out, so he secretly reported it to the embassy and got a reward of 200 pounds.When Zhang got the news, he thought in his mind: Even if something like Zaixing was stabbed to death, it would not be a pity.Then he thought about it but couldn't make it, he was a nobleman, the son of the prince, if he was assassinated in London, not only would he not be able to be an official, but he would also be charged with a big crime, so he should be preserved.But to save him, Sun and Song must be extradited to avoid future troubles.Since extradition is required, a letter must be written to the police chief, begging him to do so.It's okay if he agreed, but if he dismissed it under the pretext of being a state criminal, wouldn't it be boring.After thinking about it for a long time, I suddenly frowned, thinking, I only need to do this, so that I don't worry that he won't fall into the trap.After thinking of a plan, he found the person who had just informed him, and secretly taught him the plan.The friend went, and said to Dr. Sun the next day: "Sir! Don't you want to buy an assassin? Now I'm looking for someone for you. This person is bold and capable. But he won't come to the store Come, my husband and I will go to visit him tonight, and keep your favorite." Dr. Sun believed it, and after lighting the lights that day, his partner hails a carriage outside and invites Dr. Sun to go with him.According to his idea, he also asked the woodcutter to go with him. The woodcutter is extremely alert. He thought that both of us would go together. Say no to abdominal pain.Then he asked Dr. Sun a few words in his ear, and the doctor nodded in agreement, and then went out to get in the car.His friend sat in the car with him, halfway, he suddenly called the car to stop, and said to the doctor: "There is a shop next to us, which owes us fifty pounds for the goods in the shop. The old shopkeeper asked me to pick it up on the way. He He is still asleep at this time, and when we come back, he will go to bed early, and the debt will not be settled. Fortunately, I have already agreed with Qiantu, and now I will give you another film, and you can go by yourself. I have withdrawn the money when I come back. I will look for you, this driver is also Chinese, and he will never be wrong." After finishing speaking, he took out a business card and handed it to Dr. Sun, and he got out of the car.The doctor was an upright man and never doubted, so he let the coachman pull him forward, and he walked for a long time before he finally arrived.After parking the car, the doctor looked up and saw that it was a very large house, and there was no sign of the same mansion in front of the door, but there were two Chinese people standing in front of the door. Seeing that the car had arrived, he came up to invite Dr. Sun Get out of the car and say that my master has been waiting for Mr. for a long time.The doctor got out of the car, and the two led him into the house, and let him into a large living room, which was very luxuriously tidied up.Dr. Sun thought to himself that this man's family is so rich, why does he still want to be an assassin?Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly saw an old gentleman in his fifties coming in from the opening of the door curtain. His hair was already pale, and he was dressed in Chinese attire. He wears a six-braided cap, satin boots, and big tea crystal glasses on his face. He has kind eyebrows and big ears, and his appearance is not bad.Seeing Dr. Sun, he hurriedly took off the mirror, bowed deeply, and bowed to Dr. Sun to sit up.At this time, Mr. Sun became more and more confused: who is this person, can he be an assassin?Fang wanted to open his mouth to ask, but the man said with a smile on his face first: "Brother, I have heard about Mr.'s name for a long time, but I just regret not being able to meet him. I am fortunate to visit Korea today, and I am very happy." Dr. Sun said repeatedly: "Don't dare, please ask Mr. What is your surname? Taifu? What kind of business do you have in England?" The man smiled and said, "My younger brother Mingren doesn't do secret things, now tell me honestly, my surname is Zhang and my name is Shanlun, and I am our Chinese ambassador to England." Dr. Sun At this point, Fang suddenly realized that he had fallen into a trap.He also said without fear: "Since you are a Manchu slave, we are enemies even though we belong to the same country. Today, you have captured by tricks and killed or beheaded. The surname Sun accepts it willingly, and you don't use sweet words to spy on me. Zhang Shanlun said with a smile: "Sir, please don't scold people first, listen to me tell you in detail. You want to assassinate Zaixing, not only you take it for granted, but even Zhang Shanlun of my bureaucratic party is concerned about Zaixing." I also hate you to the bone. If it were not here, I, Zhang Shanlun, would not only not stop you, but would also help you! Now in this place, if he is really stabbed to death, the lives of my family will be lost. Therefore, I had no choice but to send Your husband, please come to the embassy. To tell you the truth, I have no intention of harming you. I just ask you to condescend to stay in my embassy for a few days. When Zaixing leaves the country, I will release you immediately. Although the two of us are cold It’s different, but I’m a human being, but I know how to be sympathetic and righteous, so don’t misunderstand that I’m doing meritorious service with the Revolutionary Party.” Seeing that people are so respectful and sincere, Dr. Sun felt ashamed to swear at others, so he smiled and said, “Mr. I can forgive you for your difficulties, but I am the leader of the revolutionary party, and since you have captured me, you will let me go, and the word will be spread and let Manting know, how can you bear it?" Zhang Shanlun said: "This time You don't have to worry about me, I have my own way." Then he called around and invited Mr. Ge.After a while, an American came out, about thirty years old, and Shan Lun hurriedly introduced him.It is said that this Mr. Ge is named Gord, he is an American, and I hired a foreign language secretary.This Mr. Sun Wen is the leader of our revolutionary party.Please Mr. Sun and Mr. Ge go to the secretary's room to have a rest. The two of you will be together so that you won't be lonely.The two shook hands and talked to each other a few words, very speculative, Gord took Dr. Sun's hand and led him to his bedroom.

Here, Minister Zhang ordered the car to be set up, and he went to the big hotel to see Zaixing in person.Zaixing was lying on the bed having a good time, when he saw Zhang Envoy coming in, he nodded slightly, and continued to smoke his opium.Envoy Zhang said in his heart, boy, you don't have to be arrogant, I will scare you first when you are young.Sui sat on his cigarette couch, pretended to be panic-stricken, and said in a low voice: "It's not good now, Master's life is very dangerous, I'm here to send you a letter." Zaixing heard, Trembling with fright, he missed the bong and smashed it on the smoke lamp, smashing it into four halves.He quickly sat up, pulled Zhang Shi with one hand, and asked in a trembling voice: "You... you, you, what do you say? I... I, I, and I are living well, why do you have to... die? You you Say it!" Zhang said: "Don't be afraid, sir, listen to me to tell you carefully. Now Sun Wen, the leader of the Revolutionary Party, is now in London. He hired 20 desperadoes to hide pistols and bombs near the hotel. Patrolling around day and night, waiting for the master to go out and assassinate him. I got this letter, so I came to tell you quickly, you must be careful." When Zaixing heard this, his blue face turned pale with fright, and he didn't take it seriously. Feeling arrogant, he fell to his knees with a plop, grabbed Zhang Shi's lapel, and grinned and cried: "Brother! My brother Zhang! You have to find a way to save me. Can't you just watch me die? I If I had known it would be so dangerous, I would never have come. I never thought that I would lose my life here for more than 30,000 miles, and my relatives at home would never be seen again." Speaking of this, he burst into tears, and this cry was like a shock to others. All the guards came in crying. Seeing this scene, they couldn't figure out what was going on.Emissary Zhang waved his hand, sent them all out, and hurriedly pulled Zaixing up and said, "Don't be afraid, just think about it slowly." Zaixing said anxiously: "My brother, this is a fatal matter. Slowly think of a way, you really hurt me." Zhang said: "This matter is really difficult to deal with. According to international public law, the revolutionary party is called a state crime, and it can be found in any country. Not only do Western countries refuse to It is up to us to guard against this matter, and it is useless to ask Britain. But we are in the open, and he is in the dark, so there is no way to guard against it. What can I do?" Zaixing Said: "You think of an idea, send me back to the country quickly, I have left London, is there anything to be afraid of?" Zhang said: "You said it too easily, could it be that you just drove away from the hotel? You It's dangerous to leave the hotel, if I'm not sure, can I let you go?" Hearing this, Zaixing cried again, saying that it would be impossible for me to die of old age in England.Zhang envoy frowned, pondered for a long time and said, "I have an idea, I'm afraid you won't follow it." Zaixing said: "At this moment, I just want to escape for my life, why would you not follow?" Zhang envoy said: "Unless It's a way of disguising a man as a woman, changing clothes and absconding, and I can't think of another idea." Zaixing said: "How can a man disguise as a woman?" Zhang Shi said: "Three days ago, you first sent a message, saying that a certain Rizhun is leaving. On the day of the speech, you will dress up as a Chinese lady at night, choose another young man from the entourage, pretend to be a maid, and bring a guard to pretend to be a servant. I will send a carriage to pick you up temporarily. You get in the car and pull it all the way to the pier. I will wait for you on the boat. You will not be afraid once you get on the boat. I will send two responsible people to take you to Paris. You will wait in the Paris hotel, all the hotels here I will help my colleagues to take care of everything. On the third day, they will all be sent out. Even if there are assassins, it will be over if they can’t see you. What do you think of this idea?” Zaixing agreed with no choice, only the woman’s clothes Caps, but not readily available.The envoy Zhang said: "Give me 1,000 yuan, and I will prepare everything. Western women's clothes and hats are all expensive, no more expensive than in China. You can buy a coat for two yuan and a skirt for three yuan. " Zaixing quickly took out a thousand yuan ticket and handed it to the envoy Zhang. After receiving it, the envoy Zhang left and went back to the embassy.Before leaving, Zai Xing asked ten thousand times to come early tomorrow to fight for me, and I was very scared.Envoy Zhang agreed, and in the afternoon of the next day, he came to the hotel with a bag of women's clothes.Zaixing got up very early because he had something on his mind, and when he saw envoy Zhang arrived, he asked him if he had all his clothes ready, as if he was seeing a relative.The emissary Zhang opened the bundles, took them out one by one, and taught Zaixing how to wear them. He also asked him to tie up the braids on the top, spread a thin layer of powder on his face, add a little less rouge, and put on two high-bottomed women. He put on his leather boots, put on his clothes, put on a fur hat, and bought a whole fox fur to put on his shoulders. Suddenly, he looked very pretty.Originally, Zai Xingchang's appearance was not ugly, because he was ugly because of smoking, but now with makeup and powder, he actually looks a bit of a beauty.After dressing up properly, Zhang Shi was also laughed at, and he looked at himself in the mirror, feeling very proud.Said: "From now on, I will change into a woman's dress." Zhang Shi asked him again, "Have you ever chosen a maid?" Zaixing hurriedly called Hengtai and told him to call his entourage, Master Ying, to come over.Seeing Master Bei suddenly turned into a woman, Hengtai was both surprised and funny, thinking that envoy Zhang was playing with him, so he went to greet Master Ying.This Mr. Ying, whose surname is Yingmingxian, is also a Manchurian bannerman. He is currently a member of the Ministry of Commerce, Wailang. A person who cannot be separated from Zaixing at all times, so this time I went abroad, I specially tuned him.This time, if he wanted to dress up as a man, he would naturally be his first choice.When young Yingxian came over, when he saw Zaixing dressed up like this, he clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "How come the prince has become a princess? This change is really alluring. I'm afraid that Zhao Feiyan and Yang Taizhen will feel ashamed of themselves when they see you!" Xing said: "Xiaoying! It's not that you don't know, what did I tell you yesterday? It's too difficult for you to make fun of me." Seeing that he was angry, Yingxian quickly admitted that he was not, and said, don't be angry , Watch me dress up with my grandfather.After saying that, he stretched out his hand, just like putting on make-up in an opera, he also put on powder and grease. After a short time, he turned into a stunning woman in a western dress.Zhang Shi said: "It's really like it! It's enough to fool you, but you must tell the person who brought it not to spread it out. If the assassin finds out, it's even harder to hide!" Zaixing said: "This You don’t have to worry about the first level, you’ve given all the instructions, and no one dares to tell it. It’s just that the people in the hotel, how can you hide it?” Zhang said: “You don’t have to worry about this level. A big hotel usually has a thousand or hundreds of people, men and women, people from any country, and no one noticed you two. Just say go and go, don't be timid at the moment, you may as well go tomorrow night, I will I will send a car to pick you up. I will fix the place for you, see you tomorrow." After saying that, he stood up and said goodbye, Zaixing was no longer proud, and sent him straight out of his building, meaning he wanted to send it out again, so Zhang Shi was busy He stopped him and said: "Master, go back quickly. You are dressed like this, so people can see that you are not a man or a woman, and you are showing your feet." Zaixing was reminded, and quickly shrank back.

The next day when the lanterns were held, the envoy Zhang sent a carriage. Zaixing was timid and had already put on his women's clothes and waited.Yingxian also changed, and waited on the side.The guard Hengchun changed into a western dress, with a six-wheeled cannon in his pocket, and opened the way ahead. Yingxian pretended to support his wife and walked out of the hotel door step by step.Although there were many gatekeepers, I took a second look, because there were too many people, who would question these things and think they were family members brought by the imperial envoy.Out of the gate, Zaixing couldn't help looking around, fearing that the assassin was by his side, so he could run away quickly. Fortunately, the front of the gate was very clear at this time, but seeing two people walking away from him, Zaixing was so frightened that he wanted to run away immediately. Xian grabbed him with one hand, and said in a low voice, "Get in the car quickly, sir. You must not run away. If you run, you will cause trouble." As he said, he pulled Zaixing into the car.Unexpectedly, he was afraid in his heart, his legs became more and more immobile, trembling, and he wanted to climb down.In the end Hengchun was strong, he pinched his sides with both hands, as if lifting a child, he kept lifting him into the carriage, Yingxian also hurried into the carriage, Hengchun also followed.The coachman flicked his whip, galloped like lightning, and came straight to the pier.When they arrived at the pier, Ambassador Zhang was looking at the bow of the boat. He was very happy to see that he had arrived safely, and immediately called the three of them to board the boat.Zai Xing and Yingxian occupied one of the two private rooms ordered alone, while Zhang sent a secretary and an interpreter of the embassy to share one with Hengchun.The envoy Zhang said to Zaixing: "The secretary's name is Pingcheng, and the translator's name is Zhu Zishou. They are both the most experienced people who have been in foreign countries for many years. If you follow them, you will never suffer. You should live in Paris. In the Louis Hotel, tomorrow I will send all the people here to meet at the Louis Hotel, which is the most appropriate." At this time, Zaixing could only obey.Envoy Zhang asked him to change his clothes back so that he could save them in the hotel and call people's attention.Everything was arranged for him, and then he went back to the museum in a carriage.The next day I went to the London Hotel in person to settle all the accounts. I stayed for 27 days in total.The envoy Zhang paid all the money from the imperial envoy's account, paid off the hotel, and rewarded the husband with another fifty pounds for wine, and then sent them all on board to Paris to meet up.In fact, for the coronation of the emperor, all the ambassadors sent by various countries, all food, horses, horses, houses and petty expenses will be provided by the British Foreign Office. Send it to, never less than one article.After Zaixing left this time, envoy Zhang sent the bill of the London Hotel to the outside by official letter, and the outside was busy sending the room and board expenses of more than 14,000 pounds to the Chinese embassy. Envoy Zhang wrote a receipt, Then he received it safely.I made a fortune out of thin air, and the more I thought about it, the happier I was. If I hadn't bumped into this bastard imperial envoy, I wouldn't have gotten so cheap.

While I was enjoying myself, I suddenly remembered something. I personally handed Sun Wen over to Gord for five days. How did I get rid of it?If you really let him go, if this rumor spreads to Beijing, saying that I have colluded with the Revolutionary Party, and then I am referred to by the censor, how can I bear it?Don't let it go, one is to break the trust of Sun Wen, and the other is to send him to China. Along the way, he has many followers.Thinking about it left and right, this problem is so troublesome that it cannot be solved.After hesitating for a long time, he suddenly came up with a plan and invited Gord along with his orders.First ask Gord, how to deal with Sun Wen?Gold said: "The envoy originally said to let him go. At this time, the imperial envoy of your country has already left. We can only let him go as promised. What else is there to discuss?" Zhang envoy said: "You don't know, the emperor of our country You say he is a big treason, and you want to kill his head and destroy his clan! Now that he is captured so easily, there is no reason to release him so easily. What I said the day before yesterday was only to calm his heart temporarily, so as to prevent him from messing around. How do you think that? Seriously?" Gord turned his face completely blue when he heard this set of words, and asked Zhang Envoy: "You are a dignified minister, can you break your word? Besides, because of the political revolution, Sun Wen is a There is a great and valuable figure in your country, even us foreigners respect and protect him, why do you want to kill him because you are of the same race as him?" Zhang Envoy was speechless when he asked this question, and he bowed his head for a long time. I can't answer.Then he sighed and said to Gold: "Sir, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. Although I am an official, my conscience is not exhausted. I don't want to be an enemy of the Democratic Party and self-mutilate my compatriots. Just because our country is an autocratic monarchy. ,倘然被他知道,我释放孙文,便担一个私通反叛的罪名,我全家大小,俱要丧命。先生你替我想想,难道因为保全一个人,便牺牲了我全家性命不成?”戈德听了,似信不信地问道:“依公使的意思,怎样处治他呢?”张使笑道:“我要有主意,又不请教你了。你替我想一个两全的妙计,我必然遵照而行。”戈德道:“这两全的法子,急切间我也想不出来。公使容我一夜的期限,我明天早晨,必然复命。你看如何?”张使道: “也好,就是这样吧。”

二人又谈了几句闲话,便各自回室休息。到第二天,天光才亮,张使尚未起来,忽见跑上房的书童,慌慌张张地走进来,说老爷快起吧,馆中失了盗了。张使不觉大吃一惊,连忙披衣起床,追问情由。要问所失何盗,且看下回分解。
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