Lin Yuan thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say, I think it must be the Russians who said something to them, what will the Russians say to them?" ”

Shen Wanqing said: "It must have something to do with interests, don't you see it?" When you spoke to the French minister just now, he looked like he was ignoring him. ”

Lin Yuan said: "In this way, I also understand a little, the Russians can give a lot of immediate benefits to various countries, unlike me, what they can give them are some long-term benefits, and I have offended many people." ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "What would you do if the Russians joined forces with other countries to put pressure on you?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Then let them come, I don't believe it, they dare to attack our country because of this matter, all countries are very realistic, after they heard that I will not abolish those unequal treaties, they will definitely not help the Russians wholeheartedly, at least they will not send troops for the Russians." ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "Then what should we do?" Just here watching the Russians go around forming alliances and being indifferent? ”

Lin Yuan said nervously: "It's really not okay to do this, we must think of a way to reverse this situation!" Then Lin Yuan frowned, contemplating and pondering, whenever there was danger or difficulty, Lin Yuan would always make this expression, and then he would come up with an ingenious way, Shen Wanqing knew this, so she looked at him with anticipation.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yuan spread out his hands and said helplessly: "Actually, I don't have any good way." ”

Shen Wanqing couldn't help but laugh coquettishly and said, "Since you can't still put on such a formal appearance, I have been looking forward to it for a long time......

At this moment, an entourage suddenly came to report: "Lord Lin Yuan, the head of the Russian mission, Gilles, has called us. ”

Shen Wanqing hurriedly asked, "Did Gilles call in person?" ”

The entourage nodded, and Shen Wanqing smiled and said to Lin Yuan, "Look at how high your level is!" When the Russians call other countries, they call by their deputies, and when they come to you, it becomes Gilles himself. ”

When the entourage saw Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing laughing, he didn't understand what it meant, so he had to ask, "Lord Lin, can you answer this call?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Pick it up!" How can I not take it, Giles gives me face like this, and I can't slap people in the face! Lin Yuan followed his entourage to the office, picked up the phone, and heard Gilles laugh and say, "Is Mr. Lin Yuan free tonight?" I want to go to your place to meet you in person, I don't know what Mr. Lin Yuan thinks? ”

Lin Yuan said: "Okay, you can come." Putting down the phone, Lin Yuan began to wonder, what is this Gilles looking for when he sees me? At about eight o'clock in the evening, Gilles came to Lin Yuan's hotel, and after a few nonsense words, Gilles cut to the chase and said: "Mr. Lin Yuan, I hope that in the negotiations the day after tomorrow, you can change your position and change the treaty benchmark we negotiated back to the "Aihun Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "If I agree to these two treaties, then I am a sinner for the ages who betrayed the land of the motherland!" So Lin Yuan smiled and said, "If I ask you to cede Moscow and St. Petersburg to us China, will you agree?" ”

Gilles smiled heartily and said, "Mr. Lin Yuan is really good at telling jokes, it seems that we can chat often in the future." ”

Lin Yuan also laughed and said: "We have a philosopher in China who once said: Do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself, since you are not willing to sell your own land, why do you want me to sell my land?" ”

Giles spread his hands and said sincerely, "I'm doing this for your own good." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "You have made me a sinner for the ages, and you still said that it was for me!" It's really a strong word, and I'll see if you can tell me why. So Lin Yuan smiled and said, "For my good? Why didn't I see it? ”

Gilles said: "You received 1,300,000 pounds from me a few days ago, if this matter is known to your emperor, I don't know what he will think?" When you go back, will you be punished? ”

Lin Yuan couldn't help it when he heard that Gilles actually took out Emperor Guangxu to press himself, and laughed haha, no matter how powerful Gilles was, it was impossible to know that Lin Yuan was not afraid of the emperor at all, so Lin Yuan's laughter stunned him, and he asked in surprise: "What is ridiculous about you?" Aren't you afraid of the emperor in Beijing? He will be furious when he knows that you have accepted bribes! ”

Lin Yuan laughed for a while, and then said, "If you want to go to the emperor to sue me, just go, if you can find him." ”

Gilles raised his eyebrows, and said a little angrily: "Mr. Lin Yuan, I know that you also have many enemies in Beijing, even if I can't tell the emperor directly, I will tell them about this matter, and when the time comes, they will say bad things about you in front of the emperor, I think you should do?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a nonchalant expression: "Please." ”

Gilles stared at Lin Yuan, an imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said softly: "Mr. Lin Yuan, in your mission, I not only sent you money, but I also sent money to some other people, as for who?" I'm sure you'll be able to find out with your ability. ”

"You Chinese have an ancient saying, which is very reasonable, it is called not suffering from widowhood but suffering from inequality, which means that people are not afraid of poverty, but are afraid of inequality between the rich and the poor, and the truth contained in this sentence is very similar to the basic principles of psychology, if you do not agree to my request, I will make this matter public, and when the time comes, your mission will be separated from morality, I see how you still have the heart to fight wits and courage with me."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan thought: "I said how did Gilles send money to me and Wanqing, it turns out that the conspiracy is here!" "However, Giles's words did make Lin Yuan worried, the mission is indeed not monolithic, and the people on our Beijing ship naturally need to be differentiated, and outsiders must not be able to distinguish them; However, there were also Qing court officials in the mission, mainly Xu Jingcheng; Progressive youths mainly Qiu Jin and Wang Tingjun, as well as some businessmen, and even ordinary people represented by Wang Genbao.

Officials are no longer surprised by bribery, but others are not, especially Qiu Jin and Wang Genbao, who are simply like gods to themselves, if they know that they have accepted bribes from Russians, they will definitely have thoughts of contempt for themselves, and a lot of work will not be carried out at that time.

Giles saw Lin Yuan's hesitation, and said with a smile: "I know that Mr. Lin Yuan has always been known for his honesty in China, if they know that you also accept bribes, and it is also a bribe from a foreigner, I am afraid that you will be ruined!" I'll show you a clear way out, you must remember what I told you about international condominium, right? We'll just follow that plan, and no one will suffer, don't you think? ”

Lin Yuan smiled coldly and said, "You don't have to worry about the internal affairs of our mission, if you want to tell me about the bribes I received, then you can go and say it, I will be waiting for you at any time." ”

When Gilles saw Lin Yuan talking about this, it was useless to say anything more, so he stood up and sneered: "Actually, I have even more powerful tricks!" ”