African Nationhood

Chapter 295 Otsu Incident
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  May 1891, 5, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Otsu City is the seat (capital) of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the southwest shore of Lake Biwa. It is a city in Kansai, Honshu Island, Japan, and is located within the Keyo, Han, Kami, Chukyo and Hokuriku economic circles.

Since the Meiji Restoration, the number of industrial enterprises here has gradually increased, and the local economy has begun to develop.

In addition to the reason for the accumulation of industry and commerce, the scenery here is also very beautiful.

Prince Nicholas, the crown prince of Tsarist Russia, and his cousin Prince George of the Kingdom of Greece came to this small town together. The crown prince of Tsarist Russia came here for a visit after attending the completion ceremony of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The purpose was to ease relations with Japan. The Japanese government also paid more attention to the visit of the Russian Crown Prince and sent Prince Arisugawa Palace Weihito, who had studied in the UK, to accompany him throughout the trip.

There was an Englishman and a Chinese standing outside the door where Otsu Guest House is located.

The two of them were William Sfield, a partner of Nanhua Company, and Liu Yu, the person in charge of Nanhua Company's commercial office in Japan.

Liu Yu is an expatriate of the Military Intelligence Office and the temporary head of the Commercial Office in Japan.

They came here today mainly to meet Crown Prince Nicholas.

As for why he wanted to meet Crown Prince Nicholas, it was naturally to establish a relationship with the last tsar in advance so that he could benefit from Tsarist Russia in the near future.

The reason why Liu Yu dragged William Sfield with him was naturally because of his pure British identity. With his cover, it was easier for him to make friends with Prince Nicholas.

They waited outside the Dajin Guest House for a while when they saw a short Japanese man in a suit walking over with a smile and bowing deeply without saying anything.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

No one can find fault with such a humble attitude, but Liu Yu hates these hypocritical guys very much.

Not for anything else, just because everyone in Nanhua Company knew that Lord Shi hated Japanese people very much, so their subordinates didn't like Japanese people either.

William Sfield smiled and asked: "It's okay. Will Crown Prince Nicholas want to see me?"

The other party apologized again: "I'm sorry, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has had a hard journey and is unwilling to meet with outsiders."

After the other party left, William Sfield shrugged, "Look, it's not that I don't want to help you, but that the other party is very hostile to us, Britain."

Liu Yu nodded, and the two left.

……

The next day, Liu Yu came to the gate of Dajin Guest House alone. This time he must find a way to meet Crown Prince Nicholas, otherwise his mission would fail.

The order from the superior was to deliver the secret message to Crown Prince Nicholas before May 5.

Unfortunately, when he arrived, Crown Prince Nicholas had already left.

Liu Yu was not discouraged. He waited at the entrance of the Yingbin Courtyard. In the evening, he saw a group of people escorting two young men back.

Liu Yu knew that these two foreigners must be the targets of his trip. He shouted in English to the two young men who were talking and laughing: "Hello, Crown Prince Nicholas, I have something very important to report to you." .”

Liu Yu's loud shouting triggered Crown Prince Nicholas and Prince George who had just returned. They looked at the shouting Liu Yu and were quite curious, so Crown Prince Nicholas asked his personal attendants to inquire about the situation.

A middle-aged Slavic man came to Liu Yu and asked in English: "Who are you and why are you calling His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Hello, I am the commercial representative of the British South China Company. I am here to deliver a secret letter. This secret letter is extremely important. Please help me deliver it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The personal entourage of Crown Prince Nicholas did not accept the secret message, but returned to Crown Prince Nicholas and softly reported the whole story.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Crown Prince Nicholas felt a little curious, so he asked his subordinates to pick up the secret message.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Liu Yu left with peace of mind.

After Crown Prince Nicholas and Prince George returned to the Guest House, they personally sent a secret message.

Crown Prince Nicholas was about to take the secret letter and open it, but Prince George stopped him, "Be careful, there is danger."

The attendant carefully opened the secret letter and took a look at it. He was a little disbelieving. He whispered: "His Royal Highness, this is a warning letter."

"Warning letter, what warning letter?"

"The secret message says that someone wants to assassinate you!"

After hearing the words of his personal entourage, Crown Prince Nicholas immediately became nervous.

"I am representing Tsarist Russia now. Aren't I afraid of starting a national war with Tsarist Russia after the Japanese assassinated me?"

Prince George was somewhat disapproving, "The Nanhua Company is a British colonial company, and it represents British interests. They sent a letter just to confuse you.

In my opinion, this is clearly a conspiracy. "

Hearing what Prince George said, Crown Prince Nicholas immediately felt that his cousin was right.

He had no additional thoughts at all, but this matter was indeed very important. What if it was true?

I thought about it and said, "Your Highness, don't go out tomorrow. Let's start the next trip directly. There is nothing to see in this small Japanese country."

Crown Prince Nicholas wanted to nod, but Prince George spoke again. "If you are frightened by a letter, it will be the greatest damage to Tsarist Russia. People will only say that His Highness the Crown Prince of Tsarist Russia is a coward."

After listening to this cousin's words, Crown Prince Nicholas was shaken again.

"Tomorrow you will strengthen the security, and notify Japan to ask them to also send additional security."

He nodded, "Okay, His Royal Highness."

……

Early the next morning, Crown Prince Nicholas and Prince George took a rickshaw to continue touring the scenery of Otsu according to their scheduled itinerary.

When they arrived at Lake Biwa, their cousins ​​were fascinated by the sights and followed closely behind them. ,

As they walked, they talked about the secret message they received yesterday afternoon. Crown Prince Nicholas now became more and more convinced that cousin George's analysis was correct and there was no assassination at all.

This is all a conspiracy of the British. They are a bunch of troublemakers trying to mess up the world.

"Fortunately we were not fooled!" Crown Prince Nicholas said to Prince George with a smile.

Prince George nodded, "Yes, there are no good British people!"

They talked and laughed in English. The road they were walking on was lined with police officers, with a police officer every 50 meters acting as a guard.

Under such tight security, even if someone wants to assassinate, it is not easy to succeed. After all, there are so many police here.

Who knows, the change happened just when they were about to pass by a thin policeman.

The thin policeman suddenly changed his face. He pulled out his police sword and slashed at the tall Crown Prince Nicholas.

The incident happened so quickly that no one could have imagined that the assassin was actually the policeman acting as their escort.

"what!"

Facing the slashing blade, Crown Prince Nicholas subconsciously raised his arm to block. As a result, the knife directly cut his arm, causing pain in his arm. In addition, the opponent was slashed with a knife.

When his arm fell instinctively, the knife cut his scalp and forehead again.

Blood instantly covered Crown Prince Nicholas's face, and he howled in pain.

"Ah, save me!"

Prince George, who was next to Crown Prince Nicholas, was the first to react. He used his cane to deflect the assassin's knife, and then pulled Crown Prince Nicholas back.

The follower behind him finally reacted. He quickly stepped up and kicked down the Japanese policeman who wanted to continue hurting the crown prince.

The stunned policemen beside him finally reacted. They swarmed up and suppressed Tsuda Sanzo, who wanted to get up and rush towards Crown Prince Nicholas.

Prince George was so frightened that his cousin would not have been seriously injured if it weren't for him. Now he couldn't tell clearly.

"His Royal Highness, cousin, how are you?"

Crown Prince Nicholas was speechless at all. His face was covered with blood. What he was thinking about at this moment was:

Why did he listen to his cousin last night? He hated it so much!

……

The Japanese police assassinated the Russian crown prince, causing the crown prince to be seriously injured. This explosive news suddenly focused the world's attention on Japan.

The Japanese government was also frightened. They were not prepared for a head-on confrontation with Tsarist Russia, and they apologized a lot, but it was of no use.

Crown Prince Nicholas yelled in Russian in the hospital: "Damn Japanese apes, savage dwarfs!"

The Prince of Japan, who was outside the operating room, listened to the whole story through the translator, but did not dare to distinguish even a single sentence.

Because Crown Prince Nicholas was wearing a top hat when he was assassinated, the injury to his scalp was not serious, but the injury to his arm was very serious. One of his fascia was severed, leaving him disabled.

In addition, the wound on his forehead almost cut his eyelid, otherwise he would be a one-eyed dragon.

Prince George was kicked out of Japan because of his random ideas, which caused the crown prince to be seriously injured.

Crown Prince Nicholas gritted his teeth with hatred, but there was nothing he could do about Japan for the time being.

There are different debates in Japan about the disposal of Tsuda Sanzo. Some people suggest that Tsuda Sanzo should be executed, while some people disagree.

While the debate continued, a woman, Yuko Hayama, stood up. She announced loudly at the door of the Russian Embassy that she would die to apologize, hoping that Tsarist Russia could forgive the Japanese government.

Then the woman actually committed suicide and died.

But Crown Prince Nicholas was still not calm, and he wanted to know even more, how did the person from Nanhua Company know that someone was going to assassinate him?
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