Chapter XVIII: Assassination

It's dawn in Vienna with a misty drizzle in the sky.

The German Embassy, Chentian's room, the floor was full of wine bottles and fragments of glasses, and the whole room was full of alcohol.

On the bed lay a disheveled man, half of the quilt had slipped to the ground.

Bang bang bang!

"Gigi! Gigi! "Outside the door, Ollie is knocking.

"Uhh......hh My head hurts! This fat man won't come to seek revenge so early! Chen Tian scrambled to his feet, patted his head, and opened the door.

"Oh, Ollie! Why so early! Sorry for me yesterday, I left you alone. But I'm sleepy right now, so come back to me in the afternoon! "Tatsuten is about to close.

"The Russian prince has been assassinated!" Ollie frowned, it smelled of wine!

"What?" Chentian's eyes suddenly lit up, "When?" Dead or not? "Now it's okay, I have hope again.

"Just two hours ago, the Russian prince seemed to be fine!" O'Lye paused, "But I heard that Princess Linda is seriously injured!" ”

"Huh? How could it be! Let's go to the palace and see her! ”

"Wait a minute! There is something more important! Ollie pushed Chentian into the room, closed the door, and said softly:

"Just now we caught two people in our embassy who climbed over the wall, and one of them was wounded by a gunshot! Depending on the situation, it is very likely that it is the assassin who assassinated the Russian prince! Now that they're locked up in the basement by us, the ambassador asked me to ask for you! ”

"Okay, you wait a minute, I'll be right away!"

Chen Tian hurriedly got dressed, washed his face and followed Ollie.

In the basement, the German ambassador to Austria, Duke Hart, and several military officers were already there, while a middle-aged man was tied to a stool against the wall, and a doctor was helping him with his wounds, lying on a bed improvised by a table.

"Your Royal Highness, you're here! That's what we just caught, now only known as Russians, but they won't explain what they're here for and why they're hurting! Duke Hart walked up to Chentian and whispered, "I have ordered martial law at the embassy, and no one is allowed to leak this matter. The matter was so serious that we did not dare to use the telegraph to inform Berlin for the sake of safety. Your Highness, see what we should do now. ”

"Well, that's good! I'll take care of that. After that, I will personally report to His Majesty the Emperor on everything that has happened here, and you will be duly rewarded for your loyalty and excellence to the Empire! ”

"Oh! That's such an honor! Thank you, Your Royal Highness! ”

"Hmmm! Don't they say anything? ”

"Yes, they just shouted in Russian to let them go!"

"Revolutionary, Social Democratic Labour, Comrade, Lenin." Chen Tian motioned for the translator to translate these to the two Russians.

After listening, the tied Russian stared at Chen Tian with surprised eyes, and then said a bunch of things.

"Your Highness, he said he wanted to talk to you alone."

Chen Tian glanced at the ambassador, who left the basement with the other officers and doctors, leaving only Chen Tian, Ollie, the translator, and the two Russians.

"Translator, I want you to swear to God that you are not allowed to tell anyone what we say today! Otherwise, you and your family ......"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

"Well, well! Here we go! Chen Tian moved a chair and sat in front of the two Russians.

"You are the revolutionary party of Russia! Think about your situation, only here is safe now, and the people out there are all captors! ”

"We are not afraid of death!" The seated Russian looked very upright, while the lying one also made a "uh-huh" sound in support.

"The revolution has not yet succeeded, and you are going to die like this?" Chen Tian said lightly.

The two Russians exchanged surprised glances with each other, and the seated Russian muttered a lot.

"Why should we trust you! You are imperialism and capitalism all the same! What are your plots? ”

"You just need to remember one sentence, there are no eternal friends, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. When we have common interests, then we can be friends and help each other! Chen Tian stood up, stared into the Russian eye, then patted him on the shoulder, and smiled slyly:

"You want to overthrow the current Russian Empire, and we, Germany, hope that there will be one less powerful enemy in the East."

After thinking about it for a long time, the Russians finally made a decision.

"Alright! Dear Royal Highness, We have decided to cooperate with you. But what do you want us to do? ”

"You take care of your injuries here first, and then I'll send you back to Russia when the limelight is over." Go tell your superiors about what is going on here, and ask them to send someone to Königsberg to contact me. ”

Chen Tian turned around and walked towards the door, suddenly stopping to look at the interpreter.

"Mr. Translator, I would like you to come back to Germany with us and then work for me. It's good for everyone, okay? ”

"Your Royal Highness, it's an honor!" The interpreter was quite clever, he had realized what the conversation just meant, and if he refused, he probably wouldn't live to see the sun tomorrow.

"Good!"

Chentian then told Ollie to stay here to take care of the Russians, and then asked the ambassador to give some instructions, and then went straight to the palace with the ambassador.

"Your Majesty, the German Ambassador begs to see you!" King Joseph of Austria sat in a chair with his head propped up on his hands, while Princess Linda remained unconscious on the large bed beside him.

"The Germans are also here to join in the fun! Damn it! Haven't the assassins been caught yet? King Joseph stood up indignantly.

"Back to Your Majesty, not yet! We've been searching the whole city, and we're sure we'll ...... soon."

"Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! Joseph reluctantly retracted into his chair.

"That German ambassador ......"

"Let him in!"

Outside the door, Chen Tian stood behind the ambassador, still wearing yesterday's army captain's uniform.

"Mr. Ambassador, His Majesty invites you in!"

Chen Tian was about to follow up, but was stopped by the attendants on the side.

"His Majesty invites the ambassador to go in alone."

Duke Hart glanced at Chentian and walked in alone.

Chen Tian could only look at it from a distance the moment the door opened, Linda lay quietly, and a group of doctors hurriedly turned around.

"Rubbish! I can't even protect my own woman! Chen Tian looked at the Russian prince sitting on the other side and cursed softly. That guy just had a piece of gauze on his forehead, and he still looked indifferent. Chen Tian couldn't wait to rush up and beat him so that he couldn't get up.

"Boy, don't let me run into it on the battlefield!"

A quarter of an hour later, Duke Hart came out of the room.

"Duke, how is Princess Linda?" Chen Tian anxiously pulled him and asked.

"Your Highness! Alas......" Duke Hart shook his head.

"Say! Didn't you go to assassinate the Russian prince? How did you hurt the princess of Austria? In the basement of the embassy, the uninjured Russian looked in horror at the German prince, who had been polite before, but now he was frantically holding his collar and shouting.

"Gigi, don't get excited!" Ollie hurried over and pulled Tatsuten away.

"We entered the palace in the midst of the crowd of banquets, and when the banquet was over, we secretly went to the bedroom of the Russian prince. He was about to fight the Austrian princess when we rushed in and shot Aglini, who knew that he actually used the princess as a shield, and the princess was shot twice on the spot, and Aglini took the opportunity to jump out of the window and escape. The Russian said unwillingly, "Aglini, this brute! He doesn't know how many of our revolutionary comrades he has mutilated! One day I'll kill him with my own hands and throw his body into the wilderness to feed the wolves! ”

"Bang......" Chen Tian slammed his fist on the table.

"Brute! actually used a woman to block a gun for himself! Aglini! ”

A week later, the two Russians left Vienna together in a carriage.

"Thank you, Prince! It's time for us to go back too! The Russians held out their hands.

"Take care! Go back and get in touch with your organization as soon as possible! Chen Tian shook hands with them one by one in a friendly manner, "Your Comrade Lenin should be in Germany now!" Hope to have the opportunity to meet him! ”

The two Russians looked surprised again.

(In February 1900, after Lenin's exile in Siberia ended, he returned to Petersburg and soon after he moved to Western Europe, where he founded Iskra, the first newspaper of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, in Germany.) )

"Alright, Ollie! Let's go to Berlin! "Chentian got into the carriage.

"Berlin? We don't go straight back to Königsberg? ”

"Don't you want to see our Thomas? In addition, I have to go to see His Majesty the Emperor! ”