Nikolayevich frowned and said angrily: "You know that I don't like to hear people talk nonsense, if I ask you to take me, take me quickly." ”

The attendant knew Nikolayevich's temper and did not dare to persuade him again, and said: "Speaker, I will take you there." ”

With that, the attendant took Nikolaevich to a palace in the Winter Palace, which was used by the tsar to imprison errant servants, and Nikolaevich's men imprisoned Badaev here.

Nikolaevich walked into the room and saw that there was not even a bed or chair in the room, Badaev was sitting in the corner with a helpless face, Nikolaevich waved his hand to let his attendant out, and then closed the door of the room.

When Badaev saw Nikolaevich walk in, he hurriedly stood up, but he did not know what to say, so he had to look at Nikolayevich in a daze.

Neither of them spoke, and was quiet for a full ten minutes before Nikolaevich smiled and said: "Dear Professor Badaev, please forgive me for being rude just now, I can't help it." ”

Badaev was stunned for a moment and asked, "Mr. Speaker, what do you mean by this?" ”

Nikolayevich smiled and said, "You may have heard it, I have the intention to seek peace with Lin Yuan." ”

Badaev thought for a while and said, "I also thought just now, if you don't mean to make peace at all, you won't say 'I don't know how to contact Lin Yuan'. ”

Nikolayevich said: "Then do you understand why I am pointing a gun at you? ”

Badaev asked tentatively: "Are you afraid that if you sue for peace, you will be secretly harmed by Britain and Germany?" ”

Nikolayevich nodded lightly and said: "That's right, Britain and Germany are not well-meaning Santa Claus, their efforts must be rewarded, they have not received enough from me, and they will not let me go." If I go to Lin Yuan to make peace, they will definitely find a way to deal with me. ”

Badaev nodded and said: "If that's the case, I understand. ”

Nikolayevich smiled apologetically and said, "Dear Professor Badaev, there is no one else here now, please tell me if it is feasible to contact Lin Yuan to seek peace, and how I can contact Lin Yuan." ”

Badaev said: "It is completely feasible to contact Lin Yuan, in the Southeast Asian campaign, the Netherlands threw themselves into the arms of China, and Lin Yuan did not pursue his persecution of the Chinese in the colony, and further aforesaid, during the Chinese Civil War, Lin Yuan's troops overthrew the Qing court, didn't they also persecute the old Manchu ministers?" ”

"The former Guangxu Emperor has now become the director of the Forbidden City Museum, Weng Tongyi has become the president of the Calligraphers Association, and Yuan Shikai has become a wealthy local businessman. And you are much stronger than the old Manchu ministers, and Lin Yuan will not hurt you. ”

Nikolayevich frowned and asked, "Am I much stronger than the old Manchu ministers?" What does this mean? ”

Badaev said with a smile: "Lin Yuan has always liked to achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost, and you still have an elite Praetorian Guard army in your hands, if Lin Yuan insists on beating you, then he will have to pay a lot of casualties, so he also wants to win you over." ”

Nikolaevich nodded and said, "You're right, so how can I contact Lin Yuan?" ”

Badaev said with a smile: "The way of contact is very simple, you have cronies in the Praetorian Guard Regiment, can't you just let them go to negotiate with the Chinese Siberian Front?" ”

Nikolayevich's eyes lit up and he said: "What you said is so right, I'll go and prepare." But I can't release you now, and I'm going to let you be wronged here for a while, but I won't do you any wrong. ”

Badaev smiled: "I can understand your distress. ”

Nikolayevich turned around and walked out, called the officer who was guarding Badaev and said: "Badaev is a famous naturalist after all, you must treat him well, understand?" ”

The officer replied in a loud voice: "My subordinates understand! ”

Nikolayevich nodded with satisfaction, called an attendant, and asked: "Where are Ambassador Powell and Ambassador Schwarter now?" ”

The attendant replied: "I have just called the embassy and they say that Ambassador Powell and Ambassador Schwarter have not returned. ”

Nikolayevich was stunned, looked at his watch, and said to himself: "It's already three o'clock in the afternoon, it's time for afternoon tea, these two ambassadors never miss the time for afternoon tea, what's going on today." ”

The attendant was speechless, Nikolayevich did not say anything more, and took the attendant to the command center, where there were many transmitters that could communicate directly with the Janissaries at the front.

Seeing that Nikolayevich was coming in person, the chief of the translator hurriedly invited him into his office, and the chief of the translator could see all the telegrams to and from the front line and the Winter Palace, and was the person who had the most secrets in the Russian army, so the chief of the translator was Nikolayevich's absolute confidant.

Nikolayevich said to the chief translator: "I will send a telegram, and you will decipher it yourself. ”

The chief translator was taken aback and asked, "What telegram needs me to decode myself?" ”

Nikolayevich frowned and said in a cold voice: "You don't have so many problems!" ”

The chief translator let out a cold sweat and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's the subordinates who are talkative, I'll decode it for you, please write down the plaintext content." ”

After speaking, the chief translator took out a telegram and a pen, and respectfully placed them in front of Nikolayevich, who wrote down on the paper with a pen: "Dear son, immediately contact the high-ranking officers of the Siberian Front, and I will personally discuss important military information with Lin Yuan. "The commander of the Janissaries who led the troops at the front was Nikolayevich's own son - Dulanov, and Nikolayevich was relieved only when he handed over the military power to his own son.

While Nikolayevich was writing these lines, the chief translator was turning around to get the codebook, and when he took out the codebook and turned around to see the sentence, he was so surprised that he dropped the codebook in his hand to the ground with a "click".

Nikolayevich frowned, and the chief translator hurriedly said: "Speaker, do you want to negotiate with Lin Yuan?" ”

Nikolaevich smiled and said: "This is the only way for us to save our lives and property." ”

Instead of bending down to pick up the codebook, the chief translator stood up straight and said loudly: "Speaker, my subordinates fully support your every decision!" ”

Nikolayevich laughed and said: "How can I not trust you? Needless to say, hurry up and send the message, you should understand how confidential this matter is, right? ”

The translator replied in a loud voice: "Understood! ”

Nikolayevich waved his hand and asked the translator to go out, when the attendant walked in and whispered to Nikolayevich: "My lord, Ambassador Powell and Ambassador Schwart are very strange! ”