After listening to Lin Yuan's words, Wan'er burst into tears, and muttered: "You have promised others, how can you say that if you change the hexagram, you will change the hexagram?" ”

Lin Yuan said ashamedly: "This banquet was actually not opened by Yuan Shikai, but by the Mongolian envoy, Hangda Dorji. ”

Wan'er sobbed and said, "So what? ”

Lin Yuan said: "This Hangda Dorji is the vanguard of the division of Mongolia, so I must go and meet him and find out some about them from his mouth. ”

Wan'er suddenly smiled and said, "I don't understand what you said, but I know that what you want to do must be a big thing, you can go at night, when you are free, I will be very happy to come and see me." After saying that, Wan'er's face suddenly turned crimson, and she hurriedly lowered her head and covered her face with her long black hair.

Lin Yuan stepped forward and hugged her gently, before coming out and asking Liu Sandao, "Where is the banquet venue?" ”

Liu San said: "In Lord Yuan Shikai's mansion. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Hangda Dorji held a banquet, how did he get to Yuan Shikai's mansion?" Could it be that this Yuan Shikai also got together with the Mongolian separatist forces? Yuan Shikai is different from Li Hongzhang and Weng Tongyi, the latter are all loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty and are bent on maintaining the rule of the Qing court, but Yuan Shikai is a self-interested opportunist, which can be seen from his betrayal of the reformers during the Wuxu Reform and the suppression of Sun Yat-sen during the Xinhai Revolution. ”

"Then can this Yuan Shikai do such a traitorous thing as colluding with the Russians to split Mongolia? In my time, in order to be the emperor and get the support of the Japanese, Yuan Shikai accepted the 21 articles proposed by Japan, which stipulated that the Chinese police, army, and finance should hire the Japanese as consultants, and that China's arsenal should be jointly established with the Japanese, which was simply a disguised annihilation of China. ”

Lin Yuan thought along the way, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, it turned out that he had been to Yuan Shikai's house once when he was fighting with Yuan Shikai for the command of the Dingwu Army, and the road he walked this time was different from the last time, Lin Yuan hurriedly asked the housekeeper Liu San: "Are we going the wrong way?" ”

Liu San said: "No, Lord Yuan has changed his new home, no, the front is his new home." As he spoke, he stopped the carriage, Lin Yuan got out of the car and saw that this big mansion was really much more magnificent than the original, Lin Yuan walked to the door, Yuan Shikai's servant hurriedly opened the middle door to greet him, Lin Yuan hated this situation very much, so he didn't let people notify Yuan Shikai to greet him, so he asked people to bring him to the place where the banquet was held.

What Lin Yuan didn't expect was that the servant did not bring him to the living room, but took him to the backyard of Yuan's mansion, as soon as he entered the courtyard door, he saw a fire from a distance, his ears were full of the melodious sound of the horse-head qin, and when he got closer, he saw that there was a bonfire lit in the open space, the mutton on the fire was roasted golden, and the oil droplets fell into the fire from time to time, making a "呑" sound, wafting out a tempting aroma, on the edge of the fire, several young girls were dancing around the fire, and a few people sat on the ground, looking at them.

The servant shouted at the top of his voice: "Lord Lin Yuan has arrived!" Suddenly, the piano stopped dancing, and a person stood up, it was Yuan Shikai, he came to Lin Yuan in a few steps, and said with a smile: "Lord Lin, it's been a long time, thank you for the light, come and sit quickly." ”

Yuan Shikai said and pulled Lin Yuan to the edge of the fire, at this time a tall man in a gorgeous costume stood up, Yuan Shikai pointed at him and said to Lin Yuan: "This is the envoy of Zhebuzun Danba, General Hangda Dorji!" ”

Hangda Dorji stroked his chest with his right hand, gave a deep salute, and said, "Hello Lord Lin! I have admired the daimyo for a long time! ”

Lin Yuan also learned from him to salute, politely a few words, Hangda Dorji said that the banquet was open, a cook cut off the mutton on the fire, put it in front of everyone, and filled the gold-inlaid wine glass with mare's milk wine, Lin Yuan only noticed at this time, in fact, the guests of honor at the banquet were only himself and Yuan Shikai, and the others were dispensable foils, Lin Yuan thought: "I and Yuan Shikai are both people who hold military power, it seems that Hangda Dorji is indeed here to test us." ”

Handa Dorji took out a knife to cut mutton to eat, while talking to everyone about food, music, and never mentioned politics, Lin Yuan wondered in his heart, I didn't know what he was going to do, more than two hours passed in a blink of an eye, and Hangda Dorji invited everyone down, except for the cook, musician and dancer, there were only Lin Yuan, Yuan Shikai and Hangda Dorji.

Hangda Dorji smiled mysteriously at Lin Yuan and Yuan Shikai and said, "It's time for something good." He clapped his hands, and then he heard the musician playing melodious music, and from the room not far away, two veiled women came to the scene, arm in arm, and danced to the music.

They danced for a while, and suddenly took off the veil on their faces, Lin Yuan and Yuan Shikai let out exclamations at the same time, it turned out that these two women not only looked like immortals, far better than the dancing girls just now, but also the two looked exactly the same.

Handa Dorji smiled and asked, "Are they pretty?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the Hangda Dorji gourd, so he didn't speak, Yuan Shikai smiled evilly and said, "Beautiful, very beautiful." ”

"Do you know where I found them?" ”

Yuan Shikai asked, "Where?" ”

"There was a servant of the Minister of Kulen, and he took a fancy to the two sisters, and they both died, and I rescued them. At this point he sighed, and then said: "There are many more such things, and I can't save them all, alas, we Mongols are too bullied by the Han and Manchus." ”

Lin Yuan sneered in his heart: "Don't blame the Han and Manchus for bullying people, and try to provoke ethnic disputes!" It is true that some Manchu and Han officials in the Qing court exploited the Mongol people, but did you Mongol princes exploit the ordinary herdsmen less? I think the things about these sisters are made up by you! ”

Lin Yuan didn't speak, but Yuan Shikai did: "If this is really the case, I will definitely give the Holy Grace and ask him to reprimand the Minister of Kulun, so that such a thing will not happen again." ”

Handa Dorji said helplessly: "It doesn't work to change the minister, how can we Mongolian people control our own lives?" ”

As soon as Lin Yuan heard this, he understood everything, "mastering his own life" was just a euphemism for wanting to be independent, it turned out that Hangda Dorji was using this tragic story to test himself and Yuan Shikai, Lin Yuan glanced at Yuan Shikai, only to see his brows frown slightly, Lin Yuan knew that Yuan Shikai was also a dragon and phoenix among people, and it was impossible for him not to know the sound of Hangda Dorji, Lin Yuan thought: "I won't speak first, let's see how Yuan Shikai answers." ”

Who knew that Yuan Shikai sighed and said to Hangda Dorji: "Lord Lin's ability far surpasses Yuan's, so it's better to let Lord Lin Yuan come up with an idea for you." ”

Lin Yuan listened to Yuan Shikai's words, and thought in his heart: "What a cunning Yuan Shikai, who kicked this problem to me, or not, I will take this opportunity to delay the war for a while." ”