The same sun, passing over the towering buildings of Paris, shone on the square of the Palace of Versailles.

In the corner of the restaurant of the Lutti Hotel, where the Chinese delegation was stationed, Anna had breakfast with Minister Gu Weijun for the first time. Since entering the Palace of Versailles, she has translated many times for the most powerful men in the world. French diplomats accosted her, including tall and handsome men, and invited her to dinner in the Latin Quarter or a drink at a bar, but they were politely declined.

The Chinese envoy to the United States stayed up all night, haggard holding the black coffee. Gu Weijun, whose name is Shaochuan, was born in Jiading, Jiangsu. In his early twenties, he received his Ph.D. in international law from Columbia University in the United States and served as Yuan Shikai's English secretary. China had little say in the Paris Peace Conference, but it made this diplomatic star. His wife died of the Spanish flu in the United States, and is now a popular diamond king.

"Minister Gu, yesterday Le Figaro published your defense for China. Prime Minister Clemenceau praised you for dealing with Japan like a cat and a mouse, and for exercising your skills in escape. ”

"But we still can't take Qingdao back at the negotiating table." Gu Weijun disdained any praise, "Last night, so many soldiers came, you worried us to death!" ”

Ouyang Anna didn't want to hide it, so she simply revealed it, including the relationship between Qin Beiyang and the tomb beast......

After listening to this long story, Gu Weijun's coffee was cold: "Unbelievable! Miss Anna, let me take the liberty of asking-between you and Qin Beiyang? ”

Anna bowed her head shyly: "Don't talk about this! Minister Gu, I don't know where Qin Beiyang, Nine Colors and the Four-Winged Angel went? But it can be determined that the ten-horned seven-headed tomb beast, as well as Qin Beiyang's father, are still in Versailles. ”

"I will meet with Prime Minister Clemenceau and diplomatically claim the return of the National Treasure Town Tomb Beast. Although this was not easy, the cultural relics lost from the burning of the Old Summer Palace are still in the hands of museums and private collectors in Britain and France. ”

"You invited me to breakfast just to ask this?"

"No, I would like to ask you to follow me on a secret mission - tonight, I will visit the Japanese delegation."

Anna's face changed drastically: "We're going to find the Japanese?" ”

"Shh Gu Weijun raised his finger in front of his lips, "You can't let others hear it!" It was a secret negotiation. ”

"You're acting on your own?"

"No, I have obtained the consent of Chief Lu, this is an authorized operation."

"Why are you sneaking around? There were so many high-ranking diplomats in the delegation, and I was just a young intern. ”

Gu Weijun lowered his voice: "I don't believe in the delegation. They always poke all kinds of inside information back to Beijing. If I go to the Japanese delegation and it is also leaked, I will be the one who the Beijing students call the 'internal punishment of national thieves'. You must know that there are a large number of pro-Japanese factions in the Beiyang government, and anyone who is arrested will be put on this hat. After my observations over the past few days, I feel that you are the most reliable. ”

"Because I have the lowest position, unlike others who have various backgrounds." Anna's heart lit up, "What about me? ”

"The little county king of Ordostoro, he is also good."

There were gradually more people in the restaurant, and Gu Weijun raised his arm for Anna to hold and walk out. Many people pointed their fingers, thinking that the young and merry Minister Gu had fallen in love with a nineteen-year-old female intern, and the dewy marriage of a talented woman.

In the wilderness of Versailles, Anna saw a large pile of black steel wreckage, the Camproni CA30 biplane that crashed last night, and the smell of burning remained in the air.

"Minister Gu, this is the most tense and sensitive moment, why do you want to visit the Japanese delegation secretly?"

"At the Paris Peace Conference, the first plenary session, the countries were already in a mess. You see the stuff on the table, it's the result of countless shady bargains. Even Italy, one of the top five, withdrew from the peace conference because it was difficult to meet its demands. ”

Ouyang Anna withdrew her hand from Gu Weijun's arm: "Do you think you can make a secret deal with Japan?" So as to keep our Shandong Qingdao? ”

"You think I'm willing? When I discussed with Chief Lu, we hugged our heads and cried. It is said that men don't flick when they have tears! But as a diplomat, there is no way back for me. The whole country is in turmoil, and they all demand that they refuse to sign. Have you ever thought that in order to participate in this world war, China had two civil strife, and the emperor was restored for a time. How many Chinese laborers died on the battlefields of France? This is the first time that China has been a victorious country and has become one of the world's leading countries. ”

"But once we sign, we will lose Qingdao and Shandong."

"Unless the Japanese themselves are willing to make concessions."

Anna frowned: "You are seeking the skin of the tiger!" ”

"Treat a dead horse as a live horse doctor! This is the helplessness of a weak country. ”

Under the sun of the wilderness, Gu Weijun's lips turned purple, and the conversation ended hastily.

Before sunset, Ouyang Anna got into Gu Weijun's carriage. The two lied about going to the opera in Paris, almost confirming the rumor that Anna had climbed into the minister's bed.

There was also a third person in the carriage: the little prince of Ordostoro, who had a gun on his body and was proficient in Mongolian martial arts, which could be of some use in today's Assassin-infested Paris. He laughed at himself in front of Gu Weijun: "I can't imagine that I, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of China, would become a bodyguard." ”

"Being a bodyguard for Minister Gu is also your blessing!"

Anna rushed on the other side, and while the boy and girl were talking, the carriage had arrived at the Japanese delegation. A sun flag on the roof resembles the sunset over Versailles.

Japanese diplomats greeted them at the door and ushered the three upstairs into a VIP room that had been converted into a makeshift tea room. There is a man with a mustache and a little girl in a kimono, who methodically boils water and makes tea according to the process of the Japanese tea ceremony......

"Marquis of Saga! Thank you for your hospitality. ”

Gu Weijun greeted the other party in French, and the Japanese marquis also replied in French: "Minister Gu, your reputation has long spread throughout Paris, and it is my honor to have the honor to drink tea with you." It's a pity that this place is simple, so I will have the opportunity to drink tea in Tokyo in the future. ”

"Who is this young lady?"

"Oh, this is a little girl, with a stubborn temperament and disobedience, and I have brought her to Paris to see the world, to learn the customs of European ladies, and to sacrifice her ugliness." Marquis Saga, who stood up politely, "Three, please take your time to enjoy tea, and I will go and invite the head and deputy head of the Japanese delegation, His Royal Highness the Prince of Saionji Temple and Baron Nobuaki Makino." ”

The Marquis of Saga stepped on the clogs and went out, the tea room was churning, brewing a rich tea fragrance, and the little county king who played small brocade clothes and jade food sniffed and said, "This tea is good." ”

Ouyang Anna looked at the little girl in front of her, her fair and delicate skin, sweating slightly from boiling tea, and her face was like an apple showing a flush. She has a pair of slender eyes, and she looks like a fawn when she makes tea seriously. She was almost twelve years old, no more than thirteen, just developing. The girl was dressed in a brightly colored kimono as if she had stepped straight out of The Tale of Genji......

"Sister, what's your name?"

Anna suddenly asked her in French, and the woman's intuition told her that the girl understood French.

Sure enough, the little girl nodded and said a French word: "Lumière."

It means "light".