Lin Yuan said, "What? Something big is happening? As he spoke, he picked up the call log, glanced at it, and found that it was written in paragraphs of conversation, and strangely, there was no name in front of the conversation.

Lin Yuan pointed to the first paragraph of the conversation and asked, "Why didn't you write your name when you recorded the conversation?" ”

Shen Wanqing said helplessly: "Do you think I am a god?" You can hear the name of the speaker in the conversation! When they speak, sometimes they use nicknames, sometimes they use official positions, and there are so many people on the phone, and we have no informants inside the Russian embassy, how can we know who the speakers are! ”

Lin Yuan smiled, nodded, then looked at the content of those conversations, and said while watching: "Why are you going to eat somewhere, which scenic spot to visit, such a thing, now that the negotiations are imminent, the Russian embassy should be very busy, why are the people inside so idle?" ”

Shen Wanqing said with a smile: "They must be confident, so they eat and play everywhere." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Am I so wasted?" Let them be so despised! He looked at the conversations, thought silently for a moment, and then said, "I understand the intentions of the Russians!" ”

Shen Wanqing hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly, what conspiracy did the Russians come up with?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "If I am not mistaken, the Russians are taking the opportunity of eating and playing to meet with the personnel of the embassies of various countries to discuss the matter of jointly dealing with us. ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "How did you see it?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Actually, it's very simple, you see which countries' embassies the Russians are looking for?" The United States, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Japan, these countries are basically the constituent countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance, these countries have signed unequal treaties with our country, and the Russians must have worked on unequal treaties! ”

Shen Wanqing said: "I understand, this is what you are often worried about: if we abolish the treaty with Russia, the great powers will also worry that we will abolish the treaty with them, so they will unite against us!" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "That's right, that's the case, this is a situation I don't want to see!" Shen Wanqing nodded silently, and Lin Yuan continued: "If my guess is correct, there will be such a report in the newspaper soon!" Two days later, the first round of formal negotiations will be held, and they will definitely build momentum for the negotiations! ”

Lin Yuan's guess was right, in the newspapers of the next day, the analysis of the prospects for negotiations between China and Russia has taken up a considerable space, and the enthusiasm of the people seems to be focused on whether Lin Yuan will abolish the various treaties signed by China and foreign countries, the newspapers are all information released by the Russians, Lin Yuan is undoubtedly inferior in terms of information promotion, but Lin Yuan is not too worried, he is confident that he will reverse in one fell swoop in the most difficult negotiations!

Finally, the day of the first round of negotiations was held, and the negotiations were held in the conference hall of Buckingham Palace, and the United Kingdom, as a mediator, was naturally responsible for the venue for the negotiations. After preparation, Lin Yuan took Xu Jingcheng and others to Buckingham Palace by car.

Buckingham Palace was built in 1702 as a modest residence before being renovated by successive British emperors. The main body of Buckingham Palace is surrounded by an iron fence, and outside the iron fence, there is a square facing the main building of the palace, on which stands the statue of Queen Victoria, and the square is full of all kinds of flowers, as if covered with a layer of colorful brocade.

As soon as Lin Yuan's car came out of the hotel, he saw that the streets were full of policemen and soldiers with loaded guns. It turned out that after the demonstrations and the assassination of the speech, the British government strengthened its security work and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

As soon as Lin Yuan's motorcade arrived at the square, he was surrounded by reporters, according to the British side's prior arrangement, the reporters of the large newspapers were all arranged in Buckingham Palace, including Shen Wanqing, and the members of the Chinese and Russian missions did not accept interviews with outside reporters, so Lin Yuan and they could not get off the bus.

However, the reporters had blocked the road of the car, and the British side could only send more police forces to disperse the reporters, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while, Lin Yuan looked at the scene of the police outside desperately dispersing the reporters, and thought: "I have also experienced several negotiations, and I have never seen such a big scene." Just thinking about it, he saw Xu Jingcheng's eyes on the side red again, Lin Yuan knew that he must be reminiscing about the past, and his heart was uneasy, so he ignored him.

The distance from the square to the main gate of Buckingham Palace was less than 500 meters, and the car walked for half an hour, and when they entered the gate, Lin Yuan and Xu Jingcheng got off the car, and reporters on both sides of the road rushed to the front and took pictures of Lin Yuan.

So Lin Yuan pointed to the cars in the distance and asked the diplomats beside him, "Where are those cars?" ”

The diplomat replied: "The cars belong to the embassies of various countries, the United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, etc. ”

Lin Yuan was surprised in his heart, and thought, "It seems that there will be many opponents in today's negotiations!" However, Lin Yuan still had a smile on his face, and as the British diplomat walked into the palace, and when he entered the palace, another group of reporters stepped forward to take pictures, including Shen Wanqing, Qiu Jin, Wang Tingjun and others who were mixed in the crowd.

At this time, the door of a hall on the side opened, and more than a dozen people came out of it, all of them dressed in extraordinary clothes, and the British diplomat next to him hurriedly introduced Lin Yuan: "These are the ambassadors of various countries to the United Kingdom. ”

Lin Yuan shook hands with them one by one, and every time he shook hands, reporters from various countries took pictures, and what surprised Lin Yuan was that these ambassadors were not only from several big countries, but also from various small countries, such as Brazil, Chile, Argentina, etc., Lin Yuan shook hands with them one by one, and walked into the conference hall.

The Russian mission was already waiting in the conference hall, and after the two sides met, they hugged and shook hands, and then sat separately, and when they were seated, reporters poured in from outside the door and stood behind everyone, and the spacious conference hall seemed a little crowded.

The first to stand up and speak was British Prime Minister Cecil, who waved his hand to signal silence and then said: "War is something we do not want to see, and I am glad that the Russian Empire and the Qing Empire can end the war and return to the negotiating table with the mediation of our British Empire." ”

"In addition to the missions of the Qing Empire and the Russian Empire, there are also ministers to Britain from the United States of America, the French Republic, the German Empire and other countries participating in the negotiations today, and the reason why they are all invited here is because war is the common disaster of our mankind, and we should work together to defeat it!"

As soon as Cecil's words fell, everyone burst into loud applause, and Lin Yuan also applauded, but he was silently thinking in his heart: "What a set of high-sounding rhetoric, don't you just want to put pressure on me when you invite them all?" The enemy is outnumbered, and it seems that today's battle is a little difficult! ”