Lin Yuan returned to Port Arthur, ordered the troops to get ready, set off around February 20, to attack the Petropaplovsk military port, after a big victory, the troops were very happy, Lin Yuan ordered the troops to take a three-day holiday, and make every effort to rest, at this time Lin Xuezhi came to Lin Yuan and said: "Feng Lao Liu and those spies have already told everything, what should they do?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Like other spies, let's lock it up first." ”

Lin Xuezhi hesitated and asked, "As for that Yingzi girl, can my brother let her go?" She is also Chinese. ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Okay, as long as she doesn't go against us anymore, we can let her go, and you can handle this matter with full authority." ”

Lin Xuezhi nodded and left, and a day later, in the morning, Lin Yuan suddenly received a report: "Anderson, the British consul general living in Mukden, asks to see him." ”

Lin Yuan frowned when he heard this name, it turned out that this Anderson and Lin Yuan had a lot of dealings, especially with Lin Yuan on whether the British Consulate could send British guards and Lin Yuan had a lot of conflicts, Lin Yuan resolutely did not let the British Consulate be equipped with British guards, but let the guards be Chinese, Anderson couldn't twist his arms and thighs, so he had to let it go, and since then he has been with Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Usually Anderson hates me to death, and he doesn't even say hello when he sees me, what can he do when he comes to me now?" So Lin Yuan asked, "Where is he now?" ”

The subordinate said: "Lin Shuai, you said that the Lushun base strictly prohibits outsiders from entering, so I arranged for him to be in the reception center of the Lushun City Government. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Didn't he say anything?" ”

The subordinate shook his head and said, "No, he refuses to say anything about him, saying that this matter is very confidential and can only be said if you see you in person." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This is strange! What is it that is so secret? So Lin Yuan said: "Prepare a car for me, I want to go to Lushun to meet him." Since Lin Yuan became the governor of the three northeastern provinces, he grasped the power of personnel appointment and dismissal in his hands, so that the officials in the major cities were all people trained by Lin Yuan.

In large and small cities, people's clothing is also very different from that of Kannai, many people cut off their ugly braids, Lin Yuan sat in the car, watching the place under his rule gradually have the atmosphere of modern China, and couldn't help but be very happy, Lin Yuan soon came to the reception center, came to the living room, and met Anderson.

Anderson sat alone in the living room, there was a black-haired and black-eyed Chinese standing next to him, that person was holding a pen and paper in his hand, and at first glance he was a translator, Lin Yuan looked at the Chinese translator and thought: "Anderson's Chinese is more slippery than me, and he pretends to bring a translator, and it is not a formal negotiation, are you going to pose with me like this?" ”

Although Lin Yuan was thinking nonsense, he didn't say it, and Anderson saw that Lin Yuan didn't have any extra greetings, and directly handed a letter to Lin Yuan, saying, "I'm here to hand over this letter to you." ”

Lin Yuan frowned and asked, "You ran from Fengtian to Lushun just to send me a letter?" ”

Anderson nodded and said, "This letter is very important, and it was asked of me by Mr. Ito Hirobumi to give it to you." ”

Lin Yuan couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that the letter was given to him by Ito Hirobumi, and thought: "Ito Hirobumi is also his old rival, I fought with him at the negotiating table in the first year, and then we fought with them again, and diplomacy has been broken, why did he suddenly write to me now?" ”

Lin Yuan opened the letter, only to see that the letter read: "General Lin Yuan, I am about to send a secret envoy to you for secret talks, hoping to properly arrange the relevant matters, and sign the letter: Ito Hirobumi, February 8, Meiji 29." ”

Lin Yuan scolded in his heart: "It turned out to be just one sentence!" Okay, you Hirofumi Ito, can you let someone say no to me and it's over? It's still mysterious, what the hell do you want to do? ”

Lin Yuan was thinking about it, and Anderson asked, "Have you finished reading it?" Please write a reply after reading it, and I will forward it back. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I want to see what tricks the Japanese have arranged for me." Lin Yuan then shouted outside, "Bring me a pen and paper and an envelope." Soon the entourage brought these things, Lin Yuan picked up the brush and wrote a few words bit by bit, then folded the paper, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Anderson.

At the moment when the letter was delivered, Anderson didn't move, the translator next to him reached out and took the letter, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It's normal to let the translator help answer the letter." But the translator opened the envelope, pulled out the letter, and read it! Lin Yuan thought in surprise: "It stands to reason that Anderson himself shouldn't have read this letter, this translator is so bold to pull out this letter and read it!" ”

Without waiting for Lin Yuan to ask the translator, he put down the letter and smiled at Lin Yuan in Japanese: "Mr. Lin Yuan agreed to have a secret conversation with us, great!" ”

Lin Yuan looked at the translator and asked in surprise, "Are you Japanese?" ”

The interpreter smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "The contemptible Matsumoto Yunqing, a student of Mr. Ito, is now Mr. Ito-sensei's secret envoy, and I have come to discuss the matter of the secret conversation with you. ”

Lin Yuan said: "I have made it very clear in the letter, I agree to the secret talk, you decide the time and place, can you decide now?" ”

Matsumoto Yunqing smiled: "The time is tomorrow, the location, Andong on the border between China and North Korea, what do you think?" ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Why do you want to get to the border, can't we talk here?" ”

Matsumoto Yunqing smiled and said, "Let's go to the border, our Emperor has a gift for you." ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Can't you bring it here if you have a gift?" ”

Matsumoto Yunqing smiled mysteriously: "This gift is not convenient to bring, it is convenient to go to the border." ”

Lin Yuan was very puzzled, but he didn't ask much, anyway, Anton is the territory under his control, and the elite fourth division is stationed there, Lin Yuan is not afraid that the Japanese will play tricks, the next day Lin Yuan and Matsumoto Yunqing went to Anton, Matsumoto Yunqing invited Lin Yuan to a Chinese outpost near the border between the two sides, opposite is the Japanese outpost, and then said to Lin Yuan: "Please receive the gift now." ”

After Matsumoto Yunqing finished speaking, he waved his hand at the opposite side, and soon a small car drove up, stopped nearby, and as soon as the door opened, two women walked down from inside, one looked to be forty or fifty years old, and the other was in his twenties, both women were very thin and dressed plainly.

Several Japanese soldiers came to Lin Yuan with two women, and Lin Yuan saw the faces of the two women clearly, they turned out to be the queen of the Ryukyu King Shangtai and her daughter, Princess Yunlan! When Lin Yuan was negotiating in Japan, he asked Shen Wanqing to rescue the Ryukyu King Shangtai with a disguise technique, and then took the Ryukyu from Japan, but Princess Yunlan and the queen stayed in Japan.

Lin Yuan didn't have the ability to rescue them, fortunately, the Japanese government just put them under house arrest and didn't embarrass them, after all, embarrassing a mother and daughter is a very disgraceful thing in the world, Matsumoto Yunqing saw Lin Yuan's surprise, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin Yuan, are you still satisfied with the gift from His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Emperor Meiji actually sent them back to me, I don't know what Lu Dao's intentions are?" ”