At ten o'clock in the evening, the Qing embassy in Germany.

The two young men who had already been here in the morning had returned again, and they had been found by the people sent by Yin Chang, who was mainly looking for young officers, and the young men in black coats had come with the young officers.

Yin Chang's office was brightly lit, and in addition to the ambassador to Germany, Yin Chang, there was another person, who was a big person, who was Emperor Guangxu's half-brother and uncle of Emperor Xuantong. He studied at the Somi Cavalry School in France, specializing in cavalry combat subjects, and loved horses all his life and was good at drawing horses.

Zaitao had been in Berlin for a long time, and he was appointed by the Qing court to assist Yinchang in handling alliance matters in the name of inspecting the German Army. The origin of this matter should start with the Anglo-Japanese alliance, because Britain and Japan have established an alliance, and Kaiser Wilhelm II also wants to meddle in the affairs of the Far East, so he convened Sun Baoqi, the former ambassador to Germany in Yinchang, to put forward the idea of establishing a triangular alliance between China, the United States, and the United States. Sun Baoqi is the son and daughter of Prince Qing, the foreman of the Qing court's military aircraft, and he did not dare to slack off after listening to the emperor's mention, and immediately sent a secret telegram to report to Prince Qing, of course, Prince Qing immediately reported to Cixi, otherwise how could there be a saying that "women have misled the country"? Cixi didn't even know how to deal with international diplomatic relations, but after listening to Prince Qing's secret recital, she thought that Britain, which had made the Qing Dynasty suffer a lot in the Opium War, was the most powerful country in the world, and what was the matter if Britain did not join the alliance? Although Kaiser Wilhelm II despised the naivety of the Qing court's diplomacy in his heart, he quietly used the tactic of delaying the army, on the one hand, he told Sun Baoqi and other China, the United States, and Germany to negotiate with Britain after negotiations, and on the other hand, he decided to send the crown prince to visit China to show Germany's sincerity. Soon Cixi hiccuped, Sun Baoqi was also transferred back to China, and Yinchang took over his position as ambassador to Germany, but the emperor's mention still had to continue, so the Qing court sent Zaitao to assist Yinchang in handling the alliance. After many contacts, this afternoon, Zaitao, Yin Chang, and Kaiser Wilhelm II held secret talks in the Sanssouci Palace, and the negotiations between the two sides on this matter finally made a breakthrough.

Zaitao sat on the Taishi's chair and asked, "Yinchang, what do you think of the Kaiser Jianyi's special envoy sent by our country to the United States to carry out this matter?" ”

Yin Changqi thought for a while and said: "Lord Belle, the matter of the alliance of the three countries is considered by the lower officials to be very beneficial to us, but the emperor's intentions make me a little confused, this alliance was first proposed by the emperor, it stands to reason that there is better communication between foreigners and foreigners, why didn't he send someone to negotiate with the Americans first, but instead wanted us to send someone to talk to the Americans?" ”

Zaitao also felt that this was a bit unbelievable when he heard this, and frowned: "I don't understand what's going on, it seems that this matter has to be decided by the imperial court, just now I have sent a secret telegram to the imperial court to report this matter, because the secret telegram is not very clear, so the regent asked me to return to China to report the situation in detail after explaining the matter here, and you continue to contact the German side here!" ”

Yin Chang promised: "The lower officials understand, and they must handle this matter properly!" ”

Zaitao said: "In addition, when the German crown prince goes to visit our country, he must arrange personnel to accompany him throughout the process, and the regent means to arrange a single article and a martial arts, but we are not very familiar with the German crown prince, and we don't know what his preferences are, and it is a little tricky to find someone to accompany him throughout the process, Yin Chang, your time here is not short, don't you know about the German crown prince?" ”

Yin Chang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, "Lord Belle, I am a person who is about to enter the ground with half of my body, and the German crown prince is still a young man, I just want to be close to him and can't play together, I have only met him a few times, and I have said less than five sentences!" ”

After speaking, Yin Chang's tone changed: "Lord Belle, if you want to find a military attache who will accompany you throughout the process, I have a candidate!" ”

"Oh? Who is it? Zaitao hurriedly asked.

Yin Chang said: "This person's name is Jiang Fangzhen, the word is 100 miles, he has studied in Japan to study military affairs, has excellent grades, has been among the best in repeated assessments, and is highly praised by the Japanese military circles, he is twenty-eight years old this year, he looks dignified, a talent, and is suave, he came to Germany to study four years ago, proficient in German, and now he is still an intern in the Seventh Army of the German Army as a trainee company commander, the German Army Commander Field Marshal Hindenburg and the Seventh Army Commander General Ma Jinsheng are very appreciative of him, once Field Marshal Hindenburg summoned him, patted him on the shoulder and said: ' Once upon a time, Napoleon said that in a few years the East will produce a great general, and this may be on you! And this person has been in Germany for a long time, knows the habits of the German people very well, and is a young man like the German Crown Prince, and I think the German Crown Prince should be able to play with him."

"Good!" Zaitao patted his thigh and said: "I have heard the name Jiang Fangzhen, isn't Jiang Fangzhen, who is called the head of my three masters of the Qing Dynasty non-commissioned officers by the Japanese, him?" I can't imagine that there are such people in my Qing Dynasty who can be so praised by German marshals and generals, Yin Chang, where is Jiang Fangzhen now? ”

Yin Chang hurriedly said: "He was originally stationed in Iborg Swad with the army, and he happened to come to see me on vacation today, and now he is in the lounge next door, does Lord Belle want to see him?" ”

"See, let him come over immediately!"

"Okay, the lower official will call someone to call him over!"

In the lounge, the young officer was talking to a young man in a black coat, when an embassy staff member walked in and shouted: "Jiang Fangzhen! ”

When the young officer heard this, he reflexively stood up and agreed: "Here!" ”

"Lord Yinchang wants to see you, come with me!"

"Yes!" Jiang Fangzhen agreed, turned his head to the young man in a black coat next to him and said, "Brother Yunnong, you sit here for a while, I'll go see Lord Yinchang!" ”

The young man in the black coat nodded: "Go, don't let Lord Yinchang wait for a long time, I'll wait for you here, we won't get drunk tonight!" ”

After Jiang Fangzhen entered Yin Chang's office with the embassy staff, Zaitao talked with him for a long time, and was very satisfied with his demeanor, and then Yin Chang took out the matter of Germany's desire to ally with the Qing State and the United States, and then asked: "After listening to my situation about your situation, Lord Belle decided to let you accompany the German crown prince to visit our country all the way, you and the German crown prince are both young people, you should be able to talk, what do you think?" ”

When Jiang Fangzhen heard this, he felt that accompanying the German crown prince throughout the whole process could increase his qualifications and experience, and the capital after returning to China would be more sufficient, and Yin Chang and the others really couldn't find other suitable candidates, and besides, he had been interning in the Seventh Army for so long, and he had learned everything he should have learned, and there was no point in staying, so he agreed: "Since Lord Belle and Lord Belle think so highly of me, Fang Zhen will definitely do his best!" ”

Zaitao listened to the decision on the spot: "Okay, then it's decided, Baili, you also have to prepare here, and hand over to the German side to handle the return of the country, I think so, when the matter on Yinchang's side is dealt with, you will return to China with Yinchang!" ”

"Yes, Lord Belle!"

A car drove through the night and in the dim light to Friedrichstrasse, stopping diagonally across the street from the Reims bar.

The night in Berlin in April was still a little cold, the car did not move for a long time, and no one got down from the car, Xiao Zhenlei wore a navy blue woolen coat and a round fur hat and sat in the back seat, he has been observing the situation at the door of the Reims bar, and has carefully observed everyone who enters and exits, when he saw a woman in a fur coat getting off a luxury carriage and walking into the Reims bar, he opened the door, thought about it before getting out of the car and said: "You guys are waiting here, I won't come out, You can't go in! ”

Ayaya agreed: "Yes, sir! ”

Xiao Zhenlei checked the pistol again, stuck the gun in his waist and got out of the car, he looked left and right, tightened the placket of his coat, and turned the collar of his coat upside down before walking across the street to the Reims bar diagonally opposite.

When I got to the door, I just wanted to go in, but I was stopped by a strong man guarding the door at the door of the bar: "Hey, Oriental, Japanese or Qingguo?" ”

Why, being discriminated against everywhere abroad, the yellow skin and black eyes and black hair on his body are not welcome at any time, Xiao Zhenlei's anger erupted, his eyes stared at the strong man, and his right hand pinched the other party's neck like lightning and pressed it against the door frame, the German strong man struggled hard but could not do anything.

Xiao Zhen's thunder was infinitely powerful, pinching the other party's neck and holding it in the air and said coldly: "If you stop me again, I will let you die an ugly death, understand?" ”

The face of the German strong man has turned purple at this time, and it is extremely difficult to breathe, Xiao Zhenlei's right hand is like a steel tong clamping his neck, he can't break free no matter what, he feels that he is about to suffocate when he heard Xiao Zhenlei's words, nodded with his last strength, and then felt that his neck was loosened, he fell to the ground, coughing violently for a while before relieving himself, at this time Xiao Zhenlei had already pushed the door into the bar, he looked at Xiao Zhenlei's back, and his eyes showed deep fear.

Xiao Zhenlei walked into the bar and stopped, his eyes swept around, he quickly found the figure of the target, and was about to walk over, but he saw two young men who had seen in the consulate this morning, one wearing a German military uniform, the other wearing a black coat, they were sitting at a table near the counter, and there were several bottles of wine on the table.

Xiao Zhenlei saw them, they had already seen Xiao Zhenlei a long time ago, it turned out that these two people were Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun who came out of the consulate not long ago, the two of them and Cai Ye are known as the "Three Heroes of Non-commissioned Officers", and they are real academic tyrants in the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School, and they have occupied the top three positions in the previous assessments, which makes the Japanese in the school ashamed and indignant.

Jiang Fangzhen is currently an intern in the Seventh Army of the German Army, serving as a trainee company commander in the unit below, stationed in Ibaut Swade, near Berlin, while Zhang Xiaozhun is now studying at the University of Berlin, and the two of them came to Germany to study at the behest and sponsorship of Sheng Jing's general Zhao Erxun.

Jiang Fangzhen saw Xiao Zhenlei and said to Zhang Xiaozhun: "Brother Yunnong, look, isn't this the young officer we met in the consulate this morning who is participating in the ranks?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun turned his head to look, isn't it! said: "He changed his clothes, it seems to be him!" ”

At this time, Xiao Zhenlei also looked over, he was also very surprised that Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun appeared here, although they didn't know each other, he thought that the other two should definitely be Chinese, otherwise they would not appear in the consulate together, out of politeness, he nodded to Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun, and Jiang Fangzhen also raised his hand to show his return salute.

Originally, he wanted to go over to say hello, but Xiao Zhenlei remembered the purpose of his coming here, so he dispelled the idea of going to say hello to Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun, and walked to the opposite target and sat down.

When the blonde woman saw Xiao Zhenlei clearly, she straightened up and said in surprise: "It's you?" ”

"Don't make a fuss, be calm, be calm!" Xiao Zhenlei took out a metal cigarette case, opened it and handed it over: "Here's one!" ”

The blonde woman wanted to reach for one, but she remembered something and shook her head no.

Xiao Zhenlei knew what she was worried about when he saw her appearance, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not poisonous, if I want to be unfavorable to you, you won't sit here so well!" ”

The blonde woman thought about it, so she reached out and took a cigarette from the metal cigarette case, took out a lighter from her bag and lit it and smoked it, while Xiao Zhenlei lit the cigarette with a match, and the two faced each other.

The blonde woman saw Xiao Zhenlei still lighting a cigarette with a match, and said with a disdainful expression: "You don't seem to be short of money, right?" Why do you still use matches like those people in the market? ”

Xiao Zhenlei was stunned when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Lighters burn oil, oil is a non-renewable resource, and matches are made of wood, and trees can be replanted after they are cut down, which is a renewable resource, do you understand when I say this?" ”

"I don't understand, it's really inexplicable, your idea is too weird!" The blonde woman shook her head.

Xiao Zhenlei couldn't help but smile bitterly, he knew that he didn't have strange ideas, but his ideas were too advanced, who would think of environmental protection and energy conservation in this era? At this time, the waiter at the bar came over and asked, "What do you want to drink, sir?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei saw that there was a glass of wine for the blonde woman on the table, and she drank most of it, so he said, "Let's have a bottle of brandy, bring me a glass!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

After the waiter left, Xiao Zhenlei asked, "How have you been doing in the past six months?" ”

The blonde woman looked at Xiao Zhenlei with a somewhat obedient gaze when she heard this, "It's really strange, how can you care about my situation?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei shrugged with a smile: "What's strange about this, shouldn't I care about you?" Tell me about your current situation, I need to know more about it." R1152