Master Yuan, start!

As soon as Yi and Wu came in, they heard a burst of chirping birds.

"As the Governor-General of the Russian Empire on the Amur River, I am very happy to meet the actual person in charge of China's Heilongjiang region."

Khovskoy neither bowed nor nodded according to traditional etiquette, nor did he extend his right hand like European civilians today, looking rude.

Although Yiktang'a didn't know the rules of meeting these foreigners, when he saw that Khovskoy in front of him didn't move after he finished speaking, he had an idea in his mind.

After listening to Cao Jian's translation, Yiktang'a bowed slightly, clasped his fists, and replied, "Thank you, Lord Huo, for your invitation. If it can promote good neighborly relations between our two countries, it will be an honor for me."

"Thank you, Lord Huo." Wu Daji followed indifferently.

"Good neighborliness, yes, good neighborliness." Khovskoy laughed out loud. "But how exactly to be friendly is up to you Chinese to decide among yourselves."

"Huh?" Yiktang'a didn't understand what it meant for the Chinese to discuss it among themselves.

He was just wondering what the Russians meant when he heard two Beijing dialect words amidst the noisy background filled with birdsong.

"Master Yi, long time no see!"

Yiktang'a looked at the two people in front of him with an expression of disbelief. He turned around and looked at Wu Daji beside him, only to see that he had a puzzled look on his face, as if he didn't know who these two people were.

Fu Yu, Boyan Nemu Hu!

How did these two traitors who assassinated the emperor end up in the Russians' place?

Chapter 287: The Hongmen Banquet

Yiktang'a and the other two were taken to a side room by Russian servants and walked in.

But before leaving, he gave Wu Daji a look, and Wu Daji immediately understood.

After the three men walked into the house and closed the wooden door with a "creaky" sound, Wu Daji immediately ran to the other side and began to eavesdrop.

After entering the house, Yiktang'a first inspected the furnishings, then walked to the window, pretended to open it for some fresh air, and then closed it again.

The two Mongols didn't know that although Yiktang'a seemed to have closed the window, there was actually a gap left.

Wu Daji was leaning against the wall while thinking, trying hard to figure out who the two people were, but Yiktang'a in the room started cursing!

"Damn it! We, the Eight Banners outside the Great Wall, have been badly harmed by you idiots!"

"Master Yi, can't you see the situation clearly?" Fu Yu didn't care about Yiktang'a's insults and asked directly.

"Yes, sir, Yuan Shikai wants to drag the Eight Banners down with him. He wants to be the emperor himself. We are trying to get rid of this evil for the millions of Eight Banners. How can you blame us?"

Yiktang'a of course thought the two were talking nonsense, and while taking off his hat he cursed:

"You two bastards, cowards of death, power-hungry little bastards, you're still trying to get rid of the evil for the Three Eight Banners, bullshit!"

Wu Daji heard Yiktang'a cursing more and more fiercely, and it seemed that he was about to take action, so he quickly became nervous. What on earth were they planning to do?

"You two, Fu Yu and Boyan Nemuhu, are the suspects in the assassination of the emperor and the wounding of Yuan Xiangcheng in the capital! How can I trust you?"

Yiktang'a shouted deliberately so that Wu Daji outside the window could hear it.

"Suspect of assassinating the emperor?" Wu Daji was a little shocked when he heard the news. He didn't even feel the ice on the window when his fingers touched it.

Didn’t they run to the Gobi Desert? Why are they here?

Wu Daji didn't understand, but Yiktang'a in the room had already figured out the whole thing.

Prince Gong Yi D sent a telegram requesting to maintain peace.

The Russians extended an invitation to a banquet.

The assassin duo appeared in Harbin.

Putting these things together, it is obvious whose orders these two people followed in coming here.

The matter was urgent, so Fu Yu and Boyan Nemohu did not argue with Yiktang'a. They quickly took out the letters between Prince Gong Yi D and the Russians and asked Yiktang'a to check them.

"Yiktang'a, what we said is true!"

"Look, this is the news recorded by the Russians in Shanghai. Regardless of the Chinese and foreign concessions, scholars from all over the country gathered together to spread the nonsense of opposing the Manchus and supporting the Han people. After Yuan Shikai's national defense army occupied Shanghai, they did not care at all. What do you think he meant by this?

In addition, he relied on the power of the National Defense Army in Jianghuai to establish land deeds and forcibly seize other people's land, saying that it would be used as clan land, but in fact he took it for himself and used it for military farming.

Setting up military farms on Qing territory is not a premeditated rebellion, so what is the purpose? Could it be to cultivate good seeds and pay tribute to the palace?"

After the two of them finished their long conversation, they paused for a moment. Yiktang'a remained silent, but outside, Wu Daji's heart was in turmoil.

Which side are these two people on?

It sounds like a secret envoy sent by the imperial court. However, there is no such thing as a secret envoy who has assassinated the emperor.

Did they come here to persuade Yiktang'a to rebel against Yuan?

Wu Daji couldn't help but think wildly, wondering how his Manchu friend would respond.

At this time, Yiktang'a in the house had a stern expression on his face, and seemed to care very much about what the two people in front of him said.

After a short rest, the two spoke again.

"Yiktang'a, Prince Gong in the capital has secretly pardoned the two of us. He said that the Eight Banners are weak now, and it is time to unite as one. We must stop killing each other and let others take advantage.

Yiktang'a, don't say you don't understand. My 300-year-old Eight Banners empire is already in jeopardy. If Yuan Xiangcheng had no intention of replacing him, how could he allow his men to act like this?

"So what?" Yiktang'a asked in a calm tone, looking up.

"That's why the Eight Banners outside the Great Wall must unite. The Russians have persuaded the Outer Mongolian nobles and will soon lead the Outer Mongolian warriors to launch a surprise attack eastward outside the Great Wall.

Add to that the Heilongjiang border troops in your hands and the army of our Russian friends, one in the east, one in the south, and one in the north."

Hearing this, Yiktang'a seemed touched and asked quickly, "What do you mean by one east, one south, and one north?"

"Of course, we'll attack from three sides, one from the east, one from the south, and one from the north!" Boyan Nemuhu said excitedly.

"Yuan Xiangcheng did not reply to the imperial court's telegram, but instead sent a telegram to the entire nation, saying that he was worried about the border situation and wanted to go north to Heilongjiang to prevent the Russians from advancing south.

At that time, while Yuan Xiangcheng has just arrived in Heilongjiang and the National Defense Army is in the south, we will join forces with the Russians and directly strangle Yuan Xiangcheng in this forest and snow. Isn't it..."

Bayan Nemuhu was immersed in the beautiful fantasy of Yuan Shikai being eliminated, and did not notice that Yiktang'a beside him had already widened his eyes.

"Boyan Nemuhu, you are the son of the Sangha King!"

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound of slaps echoed throughout the room. Yiktang'a slapped the man hard with his big slap, staring coldly at the stunned Boyan Nemuhu in front of him.

"This slap is for your father, the monk king."

Yiktang'a had been practicing martial arts since he was young, and his arms were extremely strong. With one slap, he actually left an afterimage, which directly stunned Boyan Nemuhu.

"I tell you, Boyan Nemohu, no matter how much your father, the Sangha King, hated Han officials, he never did such a despicable thing.

Although the monk king had conflicts with Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army, he never stabbed them in the back. Although he was a bit harsh, he had fought against foreigners at Baliqiao and was a good man.

I didn't expect that you were born in a royal palace, but didn't inherit any benefits from your father, the monk king.

After colluding with foreigners, colluding with powerful officials, and plotting to murder the emperor, now they are plotting to murder the generals in command!"

Yiktang'a was furious and wanted to chop the two Eight Banners scum in front of him into pieces immediately.

"And you, Fuyu, the son of the foremost Confucian scholar of the Eight Banners, Woren, have no sense of propriety, righteousness, or shame, and you sell out your country for personal gain, yet you still have the audacity to claim the help of the Outer Mongolian nobles.

It took the three predecessors, Emperors Shengzu, Shizong and Gaozong, more than a hundred years to conquer the entire Mongolia. And now you just say you want to let go.

Are you worthy of your ancestors who died in the battle at Hetongpo?!"

Yiktang'a was indeed extremely angry. He didn't understand why these Eight Banners who were born in the capital did not care about the interests of the border areas at all. They sold and abandoned the land at will.

If we sell Outer Mongolia today, Inner Mongolia will become the national border. If there is trouble in the future, will we also sell Inner Mongolia and use Zhangjiakou as the national border?

"Bah, you are still the Eight Banners of Mongolia. I think the Manchus and Mongols are one family, but they are dogs!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yiktang'a slapped Fu Yu in the face with lightning speed.

"Yuan Xiangcheng may have been domineering and disrespectful to the Manchus, but at least he repelled the foreigners and crushed the rebellion in the south.

What about you, two loyal officials of the Eight Banners, besides receiving imperial salary, have you ever done anything beneficial to the country?"

Lin Yiktang'a's face turned ashen, and he stared at the two men coldly, and continued, "You Eight Banners who were born in Beijing should come to the outside of the Great Wall, stand guard in the cold winter, and experience the hardships of us Eight Banners outside the Great Wall.

It is already difficult to rule the country, so what is the difference between Manchus and Han people? Come to the outside of the Great Wall and go to Heilongjiang River. There is no difference between Manchus and Han people.

The foreigners don’t care whether you are Manchu or Han Chinese. As long as you have a queue, you are all Chinese and are not treated as a human being.”

Liu slapped him twice and scolded him several times. The person who was most shocked was not the two Mongolian Eight Banners present, but the Han Chinese Wu Daji who was outside the door.

9 He did not expect that his good friend attached so much importance to the country that it even transcended the differences between Manchus and Han people.

"Yiktang'a, you have to listen to what I say today whether you want to or not." The two Mongolian Eight Banners reacted and stopped persuading him. Instead, they spoke viciously.

"What if you don't listen?" Yiktang A stretched his neck and spoke in a firm tone.

"If you don't listen, you can't leave this room!"

"Well, you're brave, you two traitors to our country. I wonder how long you can continue to be so rampant!" After saying this, Yiktang'a knew that there was no hope of escaping, so he simply closed his eyes and looked fearless.

"Fu Yu, go inform the Russians and arrest all the people who accompanied them." Seeing that Yiktang'a stopped talking, Boyan Nemuhu stood up and gave the order.

"Okay!" Fu Yu heard this and went out directly.

4 But a quarter of an hour later, he ran into the house in a hurry.

"Oh no! Wu Daji is missing. I searched the entire garden but couldn't find him!"

"What?" Boyan Nemuhu turned around suddenly, his face full of shock.

"Why is he running? He came to the banquet, why would he run?"

"Not only Wu Daji, but also the translator beside them and the soldiers outside the garden are all gone!"

"what?"

The two Mongolians were trembling and their faces were ashen, while Yiktang'a on the side took a deep breath and muttered to himself.

"Zhi Jing, go find Wei Ting. Only Wei Ting can stop the Russians from advancing south!

Chapter 288 Case

Not everyone wants to be a Chinese. In the eyes of some people, there is no need to choose between protecting the Qing Dynasty or protecting China.

The Qing Dynasty will always be superior to China.

After placing Yiktang'a under house arrest in disguise, Fu Yu and Boyan Nemuhu, with the support of the Russians, quickly led a team of Cossacks across the Heilongjiang River and headed towards Aihui City.