January 8, 1914, St. Petersburg, Hermitage Square.

The Hermitage is the imperial palace of the Russian Tsars, it faces the Neva River, has a slight protrusion in the center, 3 arched iron gates, and a group of Atlas giants at the entrance. The palace is surrounded by two rows of colonnades, which are imposing. The palace is inlaid with various colors of marble, malachite, lapis lazuli, porphyry and jasper; Decoration with gold and copper plating; decorated with sculptures, murals, and embroidered drapery of various textures; Colorful and magnificent.

The Hermitage Square is astonishing in its grandeur and scale, and its entire architecture is in perfect harmony. All buildings were built in different eras and by different architects in different styles. In the center of the square there is a huge stone column, built to commemorate the victory over Napoleon between 1830 and 1829, 47.5 meters high, 4 meters in diameter and weighing 600 tons, made of a single piece of granite, without any support, standing on the cornerstone only by its own weight, on its top is an angel holding a cross, the angel with two feet on a snake, a symbol of victory over the enemy.

On the opposite side of the Hermitage Square is the arch-shaped building of the Tsarist General Staff, a huge bow-shaped structure that encloses almost half of the entire Hermitage Square, and in the middle of its building is a huge triumphal arch. And to the right of the Winter Palace, on the Neva River, is the building of the command of the Russian Navy.

On the Hermitage Square, people come and go, and cars and horses flow endlessly. Wearing a mink hat, a thick fur coat, and a masqueraded falcon that looked like a bearded Russian, the falcon held an umbrella in his hand to shield the sky, and the falling goose feather snow mingled among the hurried pedestrians. He walked briskly as he observed the buildings around him.

In order not to attract the attention of others, he walked in as hurry as other pedestrians of all shapes and turns. He did not walk in the middle of the square, but walked along the road in front of the surrounding buildings, and so on before leaving.

The next morning, he changed his costume and went through another make-up, this time in the form of an old man, and walked around the place as well.

For five days. The falcon was observed once in the Hermitage in various forms, in order to avoid being noticed. He only comes once a day, and the time is different each time.

This is a special mission, he has to assassinate Prince Alexei, the 9-year-old son of Tsar Nicholas II and the only male heir to Tsarist Russia. He knew why he was doing this, in order to assassinate the child and blame the Japanese. Thus creating a Russo-Japanese conflict, if done correctly, convinced the Russians that it was the Japanese who sent assassins to kill the crown prince and sole male heir of Tsarist Russia, would Nicholas II give up? At that time, Russia and Japan are bound to start another war. It's not something for the falcon to worry about, he just needs to complete the mission perfectly.

But he knew that it was extremely difficult to complete this mission, not to mention how noble the target's identity was, and how many people protected him around the target, it was not easy to see the target. And the time limit given to him is not indefinite, so the idea of finding a way to sneak around the target and assassinate him is not feasible.

And he also learned from Wang Yaqiao's information that the target had suffered from hemophilia since he was a child. This disease is hereditary, the product of inbreeding, and Nicholas II tried to cure it with doctors all over the world, but a few years ago suddenly a priest named Gregory appeared, who miraculously cured Alexei. At this point, Gregory was favored by the Empress Alexandra. He was a mystic.

Gregory has a great deal of hypnotism, and his pale blue eyes. is blazing, and when he stares at people, he glows with blue light; Coupled with his voice, it is always frightening and lethargic. His hypnotism was particularly effective for women, and it is said that he slept with all the aristocratic maidens of Russia, and if he had sex with a virgin, Grigory would collect a strand of her hair.

According to rumors, Gregory was able to cure the crown prince's hemophilia, but also because of his mysterious prophetic powers. And these abilities, the queen has seen with her own eyes. In addition to divination, Gregory also used curses, but he was never seen to use them.

Eagle Falcon thought that Gregory's hypnosis might be true, but what prophecy and curse techniques, this is definitely a rumor, or a rumor deliberately released by Gregory, the purpose is to mythologize himself, and the people of this period, whether Chinese or foreigners, are still very superstitious. The falcon reminded himself that if he saw this Gregory one day, he must be secretly vigilant and vigilant, and never fall into the hands of this person's hypnotism, although he had been trained in this area, the level of the hypnotist who trained him was definitely several notches lower than that of Gregory.

In a café next to the Neva River, the falcon appeared here again in disguise as a Russian, he pushed open the door and walked in, the gramophone in the café played melodious songs, his eyes quickly swept away, and soon he saw the person he was looking for, he walked over and stopped beside a young Russian girl, after the two hugged and kissed each other, he sat down opposite each other and snapped his fingers at the nearby waiter, who quickly came over and asked: "Hello sir, what do you want to drink?" ”

"Coffee, thank you"

"Okay!"

After the waiter left, the Russian girl whispered, "Why are you here now?" It's a quarter of an hour late! ”

"I'm sorry for the delay for a while!" The falcon replied, and asked in a low voice, "Did you bring anything with you?" ”

"Brought!" The Russian girl said, and then somehow took out a piece of paper the size of a palm, put it on the table, pressed her palm on it, and pushed it over.

The falcon reached out and pressed it on her palm, and the two of them made an intimate appearance and touched their hands, kissed me and I talked for several minutes, and then the hands of the two separated, and the thing reached the palm of the falcon, and the falcon's wrist turned over, and the thing was gone.

The Russian girl was about to speak, when the waiter came over with coffee, she did not speak, and after the waiter put down the coffee and left, she whispered: "I don't understand what you want the floor plan of the Winter Palace and the General Staff building for, do you still want to go in and steal things?" I warn you, both of these places are heavily guarded, so don't mess around! ”

Hearing this, Eagle Falcon's face changed, and he said coldly: "Don't ask so much, it's better to rot in your stomach about what we met today, it's good for you!" Do you understand? ”

The Russian girl looked at him with some fear in her eyes, and quickly nodded and said, "I know, I know!" ”

The falcon was not at ease with this woman, she was not her own, but a man under the Mensheviks, named Mariana, who was now working as a maid in the Winter Palace. A year ago, the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau learned of this news and thought that it could support the other party, so the people of the European branch of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau contacted the head of the Mensheviks, Marto, and the two sides soon launched a series of cooperation, the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau provided financial support for the Mensheviks and sent people to train armed forces for them, while the Mensheviks shared information with the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau.

After thinking for a moment, the falcon asked, "Do you know the man Gregory?" ”

"Gregory? Gregory? Yefimovich? Rasputin? Of course I know, why did you ask him to come? Mariana was surprised when the falcon asked about the man.

Eagle Falcon said coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, tell me about this person, is he your person?" ”

Mariana was stunned when she heard this, and then smiled: "How is it possible? He is a priest, not of the same faith as us, how can he be our people? ”

"I have heard that this man is very favored in the Winter Palace, and he is quite favored by the queen and many nobles, is there such a thing? I wonder why this person is liked by so many women? Was he very good at sweet talk, or did he use hypnotism to confuse the queen and the other ladies? ”

"Of course not!" Hearing this, Mariana hurriedly denied it, and her face instantly turned red, "Although Gregory can hypnotize, he never uses it on women, his eyes are charming, as if he can speak, and women like him because of the big ?????? thing underneath him."

The falcon couldn't believe its ears when it heard this, what was this? Could it be that this Gregory is the same as Qin Shi Huang's cheap stepfather Chang Yu in history, and he relied on the thing below to eat mixed rice?

"Are you kidding me?"

Mariana hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I'm not joking, it's true, the thing under him is really big, twenty-eight centimeters ??????."

"Shhh After a few spins in his head, the falcon asked, "What is your relationship with Gregory?" ”

"Ah, no, no, it's okay, I'm not familiar with him!" Mariana hurriedly denied it.

The falcon said coldly, "You're lying! Do you believe that I will execute you right now on behalf of your organization? ”

"Don't, don't, I say, I say!" Mariana was afraid of death after all, and the falcon's death-like eyes made her shudder.

"I am one of his many women, and in the palace I need to do things with him often so that the emperor and empress and other big names can believe that his magic power is ??????."

The falcon asked, "Is that what he conquered you with the thing he did?" ”

Mariana blushed and nodded: "Yes, yes!" ”

"Then what happened to him curing the crown prince? Don't sue me for his magic boundless! ”

"He has a medicine that can greatly alleviate the symptoms of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it has a good effect, but it cannot be cured, and it is easy to relapse! Because someone cooperated with him, before he entered the palace, there were maids inside who gave the crown prince medicine in advance according to his arrangement, and after he appeared, he pretended to play a few tricks, and the crown prince's condition quickly improved! ”

I see! The falcon breathed a sigh of relief. (To be continued) R580