There was a flash of lightning outside the window again, followed by bursts of thunder, Lin Yizhe followed the prestige, and in the bursts of lightning, a large area of dark clouds rolled and rolled, and a heavy rain was coming. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A gust of wind blew from the window, the candlelight of the lampstand in front of Lin Yizhe's desk kept shaking, and the room suddenly flickered and brightened.

"He's been standing for so long, and he's not too tired to panic." The servant said to Lin Yizhe, "If you want to talk about this Japanese, it's really stubborn." The incense ball snacks that the adults ordered to be sent to them at dinner are still there, and they haven't moved. He just stood there and didn't leave, and the people who came in and out didn't know why, and he thought he was an attendant of the adults, and he was punished here. ”

Hearing that he didn't eat the dinner he gave to Yanagihara Qianguang, he was standing so hungry, and he had the intention of standing all night, Lin Yizhe couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart.

It seems that he doesn't seem to know Yanagihara Qianguang very well!

"You go and ask the porter to tell him, ask him to go back, business first, personal friendship and business later." Lin Yizhe commanded.

The servant answered and took the order.

Lin Yizhe was about to get up and rest, but suddenly heard a Japanese roar outside, which startled him.

"Lin Jun! For the sake of your old friendship, please stop persecuting Japan! ”

Lin Yizhe heard that it was Yanagihara Qianguang's voice, and thought that at this time, many people in Xianliang Temple must have been woken up by his voice, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly.

"Lin Jun! Qing and Japan should not always be enemies! Please leave a way for Japan to survive! Don't let the hatred between the two peoples go on forever for generations to come! ”

"Lin Jun! You and I are our own masters! I don't blame you for what you did! Because we are all fighting for the strength of our country! Japan has already paid a heavy price for the bandits' rampage, and I ask you to raise your hand and give this weak country a chance! ”

"Lin Jun! I understand the pain in your heart! But death cannot be resurrected! You've lost the one you love the most! But in Japan, too, thousands of families have lost their fathers, sons, and brothers! All of us suffer the same! This unfortunate event has already caused too many tragedies! It is our duty not to let such a tragedy happen again! ”

Yanagihara's voice echoed in the night sky, and for a moment it overwhelmed the sound of lightning and thunder.

"Ouch, I say! Mr. Yanagihara! I beg you, don't scream like that? The porter opened the door, and trotted to Yanagihara Qianguang, grinning ugly while bowing his hands, "You are moving, but you want to attract all the wolves on the edge of the capital!" ”

Yanagihara Maemitsu ignored the porter's words, and continued to roar loudly.

"Lin Jun! We are not enemies! Why don't you come out and meet me! ”

"Lin Jun! I beg you! Don't be so ruthless! Do you really want to make the hatred between the two countries perpetuate? ”

"Hey, hey, hey! Mr. Yanagihara! Please, don't howl like that? In the middle of the night, the people who live here are all big officials, and they all wake you up at this time! The porter was really anxious this time, and said to Yanagihara Maemitsu with a crying voice, "If this is all to blame, I won't be able to eat and walk around!" ”

Yanagihara Maemitsu was familiar with Chinese, and when he heard the porter's plea, he stopped, bowed deeply to him, and said, "Please tell Lord Lin for me!" Let me see him! ”

"Yes, Mr. Yanagihara, I've convinced you! I can't sleep because of your howl, and Lord Lin hasn't slept at this time, so I'm going to give you a shout! You wait, but don't howl anymore, won't you? The porter said to Yanagihara Maemitsu almost in a pleading voice.

Yanagihara nodded and bowed to the porter again.

The porter closed the door again, and was about to go to report, when the guards were on duty, and a guard on duty at Kenryo Temple who had woken up Yanagihara Maemitsu came over.

"I said, this Japanese uncle, where hasn't he left yet? Was he just calling? The guard asked the porter with a bitter face.

For Yanagihara Maemitsu, who stubbornly stood at the door and didn't leave, the guards planned to let him go, but they heard from Lin Yizhe's servant that this Japanese was an envoy in Beijing and the eldest brother of the Japanese lord, and his identity was extraordinary.

"Yes! Am I just about to talk to Lord Lin? If he lets him howl, we'll be all over for the night! The porter mourned.

The porter said goodbye to the guards, and came to Lin Yizhe's room at a trot, and informed Lin Yizhe that Yanagihara Qianguang insisted on seeing him, and he would not leave if he didn't see him.

Lin Yizhe frowned, did not speak, but came to the window, looked down through the window sash.

Lin Yizhe's bedroom is on the second floor of a small two-story building, and through the window, you can see the outside of the wall. At this time, Lin Yizhe saw Yanagihara Qianguang clenching his fists, looking over here, and standing there straight. At the feet of Yanagihara Maemitsu, there is a wooden box. The wooden box contained the incense balls for Yanagihara Maemitsu for dinner, and the lid of the box was originally opened, but it had been closed by Yanagihara Maemitsu at this time. Not far from him, there was also a Japanese, presumably a staff member of the Japanese embassy, who was also waiting there.

"My lord, you heard what he howled just now, you see that he just didn't leave, it's the middle of the night, if it disturbs your good dreams, I'm ......" The porter looked at Lin Yizhe's face cautiously and said.

"I didn't expect him to be so ......," Lin Yizhe said to himself.

At this moment, gusts of cold wind blew through the window, Lin Yizhe felt a slight coldness, and unconsciously shivered.

When the wind and rain came, lightning and thunder roared in an instant, and the heavy rain poured down, and the whole world was suddenly dark.

Yanagihara stood in the storm, letting the huge raindrops hit his body, drenching his cheeks, soaking every pore of his body, letting the rain merge into rivers on his body, flowing everywhere on his body, and making his skin feel the fierceness of the raindrops.

Seeing this, the Japanese embassy staff waiting on the side hurriedly opened his umbrella and ran to Yanagihara Maemitsu to shield him from the rain, but was pushed away by Yanagihara Maemitsu.

Probably knowing that Lin Yizhe could see him, Yanagihara suddenly stretched out his arms, faced the violent storm, and suddenly let out a heart-piercing shout!

"Lin Jun! Please spare Japan! Let's spare the Yamato nation! Please—"

Yanagihara Maemitsu's mood was so excited, he felt his blood rushing all over his body, as if he had completely dissolved into the madness of the storm! At this time, he stood in the rain, with his arms outstretched, facing the sky on his back, as if he was the only one left in the world!

Lin Yizhe stood in front of the window, staring closely at the light in front of Yanagihara, the wind blew open the window sash violently, and the wind and rain poured in, wetting the clothes on his body, but his figure was like an iron cast, and he didn't move at all.

Yanagihara saw the figure standing in front of the window, his nose was sore, and his eyes suddenly became blurry.

Tears mixed with rain flowed down Yanagihara's cheeks.

"You're finally willing to see me! Lin Jun! Why don't you speak? ”

"Lin Jun! Please don't be so ruthless! Please spare Japan! No matter how much Japan has hurt you! Yanagihara Maeko wishes to replace him! Lin Jun! Is that okay? May I? Please tell me! ”

Lin Yizhe looked at Yanagihara Qianguang, and at this moment, a huge tide was also set off in his heart!

Yanagihara Qianguang, really worthy of Yanagihara Qianguang!

If there are such people in Japan, the Meiji Restoration will not succeed!

Seeing that Lin Yizhe's body had also been wet by the rain, the porter and the servants were a little panicked and wanted to step forward to close the window, but when they stepped forward, they were stopped by Lin Yizhe reaching out his hand.

The porter and the servant looked at each other in astonishment, and were silent.

"Go down and tell him, and ask him to go back first. The Queen Mother's birthday celebration is here, and Japan will not be embarrassed. Lin Yizhe said, "If you want him to rest assured." ”

The porter answered, turned around and trotted downstairs again, took an umbrella and opened the courtyard door, and came to Yanagihara Qianguang.

At this time, Yanagihara Qianguang did not notice his arrival, and his eyes were still fixed on Lin Yizhe, who was standing in front of the window and bearing the wind and rain with him.

Suddenly, Yanagihara Maemitsu felt the rain disappear on his body, he was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and saw that it was the porter who was holding an umbrella for him.

"Mr. Yanagihara? Mr. Yanagihara? The porter called one after another, Yanagihara Qianguang took a deep breath, looked at the porter, and did not speak.

"Mr. Yanagihara, my family Lin asked me to tell you, please go back first, your lord wants me to tell you that the Queen Mother's birthday celebration is here, and she will not be embarrassed by Japan! Rest assured! The porter followed Lin Yizhe's instructions and said to Yanagihara Maemitsu.

Yanagihara Maemitsu heard the words "I will not be embarrassed by Japan", and his heart shook violently for a while, he held back the excitement in his heart, turned around, looked at Lin Yizhe, who was still standing in front of the window, and bowed deeply.

Lin Yizhe didn't move, just looked at him silently.

Yanagihara stood up, nodded to the porter, and said, "Thank you!" Then he leaned down, picked up the wooden box containing the incense ball, bowed to Lin Yizhe again, and turned around and walked towards the alley. Seeing this, the Japanese embassy staff quickly came to Yanagihara Maemitsu with an umbrella to block the rain.

Lin Yizhe watched Yanagihara's figure disappear, sighed, turned around and left the window, and the servant hurriedly stepped forward and closed the window. Then he was busy changing his wet clothes for Lin Yizhe.

Yanagihara Maemitsu returned to the embassy soaking wet, only to find that Ito Hirobumi and Kido Takayoshi were waiting for him there, instead of sleeping.

Seeing Yanagihara Maemitsu coming back, Hirobumi Ito and Takayo Kido hurriedly greeted him.

"You didn't see him? Yanagihara-kun? Kido Takayo noticed that his body was covered in rain, and asked a little anxiously.

Yanagihara Maemitsu nodded, went straight to the table, put the wooden box in his hand on the table, opened it, took out an incense ball, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

"It's delicious, Mr. Songju, Mr. Chunmu, do you want to taste it?" Yanagihara Maeko said to Kido Takayoshi and Ito Hirobumi while eating incense.

Although the wooden box has been drenched in the rain for a long time, due to the good sealing, there is no rainwater seeping in, and the incense balls wrapped in oiled paper inside are intact.

Kido Takayo and Ito Hirobumi were stunned when they heard this, but the two of them saw that Yanagihara Maeko's demeanor was very calm, and their hearts were a little calm, so they didn't continue to ask, but also stretched out their hands to pick up an incense ball, put it in their mouths and chewed it.

It may be because of the anxiety of waiting for Yanagi Maehimitsu to wait, Ito Hirofumi and Kido Takayoshi didn't have dinner (or didn't have the heart to eat dinner), it was the middle of the night, and they were a little hungry.

"It's a delicious snack." Hirobumi Ito tasted the sweet fragrance in his mouth, looked at the exquisite wooden box containing the incense balls, and asked Yanagihara Maemitsu, "This is what he gave you?" ”

"Yes." Yanagihara Maemitsu nodded, "He refused to see me, I stood there all the time, and when it was time for dinner, he was afraid that I would be hungry, so he gave me this." ”

"You still haven't seen him?" Kido Takayo listened to Yanagihara Maeko's answer, and a hint of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

"I saw him, he didn't go downstairs, it was raining heavily, I stood in the rain and shouted, he stood in front of the window, and he endured the wind and rain with me." Yanagihara Maemitsu remembered the scene just now, and there was a trace of warmth surging in his heart.

After listening to Yanagihara Maeko's narration, Kido Takayo and Ito Hirobumi quickly glanced at each other.

"He didn't say anything?" Kido asked again.

"I cried out in the rain and begged him to spare Japan." Yanagihara Maemitsu said, "He didn't answer directly, but asked his servant to come down and tell me that he would not be embarrassed by Japan during the celebration of the longevity of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty." Let me rest assured. ”

Hearing Yanagihara Maeko's words, Kido Takayoshi and Ito Hirobumi's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

"When he says that, it's a sign of relenting!" Kido Takayo said excitedly.

"There are too many hidden meanings in his words!" Ito nodded, "At least we can judge the following points: first, he won't put forward more harsh conditions; Second, the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty was to hold a birthday celebration, and at least during the celebration, the Qing State would not take military action against Japan; Third, he may have been willing to relax in his heart, but he needed a reason. The birthday of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty is probably a suitable reason. Fourth, the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty wanted to celebrate her birthday peacefully, and did not want war to break out on this important day, so that Japan would not be in danger of being invaded. ”

"You've made a lot of sense, Shunsuke." Kido Takayo nodded, he turned his head to look at Yanagihara Maeko, who was still soaking wet, and sighed with emotion, "Yanagihara-kun, you have really worked hard this time!" ”

"What are these?" Yanagihara Maemitsu said indifferently, "For Japan, I am willing to bear any kind of suffering!" ”

"Since he has revealed such important information to us, we should seize the opportunity." "We should inform Japan of the current situation, and at the same time ask His Majesty the Emperor to write a congratulatory letter and present a gift to the Empress Dowager of the Qing Kingdom as a sign of our peace sincerity." The Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty may consider reducing Japan's reparations. If she gives an order to Lin Yizhe, then everything will be easy! ”

"That's a good idea." Kido Takayoshi said, "Let's do it!" ”

The rain was getting heavier and heavier outside the window, accompanied by lightning and thunder that shook the ground and the mountains, but several Japanese people did not feel it at all, and they were now completely immersed in the excitement of the hope they had just received.

The next day, after the rain had passed, the Japanese mission returned to the Prime Minister's Yamen for the next round of peace talks. What the Japanese did not expect was that after the meeting between the two sides, Lin Yizhe told the members of the Japanese mission that the peace talks had been temporarily suspended due to the approaching birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi. Wait until the birthday celebration has passed, and then restart negotiations. During the suspension of negotiations, the armistice agreement between the two sides remained in force.

Hearing this news, Ito Hirobumi and the others understood that this was Lin Yizhe fulfilling what he said to Yanagihara Maemitsu last night, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Hayashi then told them that the Empress Dowager would live long and that according to custom, there would be a "maybe" amnesty for the world, and that he would play the emperor and ask for the release of the Japanese prisoners to return to Japan as a "grace", for which Ito Hirobumi and others expressed "deep gratitude."

Ito Hirobumi remembered Saigo Takamori's entrustment and tactfully asked Hayashi Yoshizhe to "redeem" the heads of Western servants and the remains of the war dead. Ito and the others originally thought that Lin Yizhe would take this opportunity to extort another large ransom from them, but Lin Yizhe's answer was completely unexpected by them.

Hayashi Yoshizhe generously said that the Chinese side will completely return the remains of all the war dead, including the bodies of Saigo Shodo, Gu Gancheng, Akamatsu Norira, and other generals, without any ransom, and said that "I deeply respect your mission for serving the country with sincerity." Ito Hirobumi and others were deeply moved.

For the Japanese, after days of hellish negotiations, there is finally a ray of hope in the sunshine.

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