Li Lianying didn't say much when she saw Lin Yuan, she took Lin Yuan and walked to the Forbidden City, and when she arrived at the palace, it was exactly four o'clock in the morning, and it was before dawn, Li Lianying said: "Lord Lin, now the Holy Lord is holding a meeting with several military ministers in the Qianqing Palace, you should hurry over." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I have never had a Minister of Military Aircraft in my title, but every time the Minister of Military Aircraft has a meeting, the emperor has to look for me, which is really interesting." Lin Yuan came to the Qianqing Palace while thinking, the eunuch reported, pushed open the door and went in, only to see Emperor Guangxu sitting on the dragon chair, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was holding a book in his hand.

Below Emperor Guangxu sat Prince Qing, Prince Gong, Yuan Shikai, Sun Yuwen, Rong Lu and Weng Tongyi, the ministers of military aircraft, all of whom were distressed, I don't know if Lu Dao got up early or had stayed up all night without sleeping, Emperor Guangxu saw Lin Yuan coming in, and said weakly: "Lin Aiqing is back?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded, and Emperor Guangxu whispered to a eunuch beside him, "Let the imperial dining room have breakfast." ”

Lin Yuan heard that his stomach was full of questions, and he thought, "What? See me come in and have breakfast? Could it be that so many people are waiting for me to have breakfast? Lin Yuan was thinking about it, when he saw a little eunuch carry out a small table and put it in front of everyone, and then someone brought a food box, opened it in front of everyone, and took out the contents one by one and put them away.

Emperor Guangxu picked up chopsticks, picked up a steamed bun and took a bite, and said, "Let's eat." Lin Yuan looked down in front of him, the steamed buns, side dishes, and rice porridge were made like handicrafts, very exquisite, Lin Yuan saw that everyone was bowing their heads to eat, and he was embarrassed to ask what was the matter, so he also ate, and when he was almost finished, Emperor Guangxu asked people to remove the things, handed a book of folds to the eunuch beside him, and said, "Take it to Lin Aiqing." ”

The little eunuch sent the fold to Lin Yuan, and Emperor Guangxu said: "This is the excerpt sent by Yang Changjun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, for 800 miles, you can take a look at it first." ”

Lin Yuan frowned and asked, "Eight hundred miles in an emergency?" Didn't use an electric telegraph? ”

Emperor Guangxu shook his head helplessly, and Lin Yuan said again: "My wireless communication equipment has started to be sold, and they haven't bought a set?" ”

Emperor Guangxu sighed and said: "Yang Changjun has always been against Western things such as telegraphs and railways, you still don't know how many excerpts he gave me when your Beijing-Yunnan Railway was built in Xi'an, if I hadn't pressed them down...... Alas, without saying so much, let's look at the excerpt first. ”

Lin Yuan thought helplessly: "This Yang Changjun is really old-fashioned, he doesn't buy radio communication equipment, and he doesn't even use a telegraph!" Lin Yuan opened the fold while thinking, only to see that there were only a few words on it: "The thieves are powerful, they captured Lanzhou Mansion yesterday, Fengxiang Mansion and Yan'an Mansion are in danger, and they will go to the imperial court for quick assistance, Yang Changjun, Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, April 30, 1897." ”

Lin Yuan frowned after reading it, and asked, "Is there only such a twist?" Say there are thieves? Who are the thieves? also captured Lanzhou Mansion, Lanzhou Mansion is so big, and there is also the Lanzhou Branch Patrol Road Yamen garrisoned, how can it be said that it will be breached? ”

Emperor Guangxu said helplessly: "We are also guessing!" ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Did you guess who the thief was?" After saying this, Lin Yuan was also thinking: "Who will capture Lanzhou Mansion?" ”

Prince Gong said on the side: "Could it be a foreigner?" ”

Lin Yuan frowned, and said: "How can it be a foreigner, only the Russians can fight from the land to Lanzhou Mansion, the Russians want to think that there are two roads in Lanzhou, one goes directly south, through Mongolia to Lanzhou, this road is absolutely impossible, my elite troops are stationed in Mongolia, it is impossible for us to know the way when the Russians come!" ”

"The other is to go south into Xinjiang first, and then go east into Lanzhou, but this road is full of desert sand, and it is impossible for the Russians to come over, and the most difficult point to explain is: What are the Russians doing in Lanzhou Mansion when they have nothing to do?"

Prince Qing said: "I said a long time ago that it can't be a foreigner, you still have to say it to Lin Yuan again, I think that eighty percent of the thieves and soldiers in Lanzhou Mansion are homeless bandits!" ”

Prince Gong said unconvinced: "The strength of the homeless bandits is not strong, how can they capture Lanzhou Mansion in one day, Yang Changjun has a lot of time to report, why is it that he has only sent an excerpt now......" The two debated on the spot, but Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Lanzhou Mansion has our railway department, we have people in Lanzhou Mansion, if there is such a big thing in Lanzhou Mansion, why didn't I receive a notice?" ”

Lin Yuan was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard Emperor Guangxu slap the table and said, "Don't say anything about the two princes, listen to Lin Yuan's opinion." ”

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said: "The situation is unclear now, and it is not easy to determine who the thief soldier is, but one thing is certain, the thief soldier cannot be a foreigner!" I've made it clear why. ”

Emperor Guangxu sighed: "I don't know who is a thief in Lu Dao, how can we send troops to help?" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "If I take out the communicator now and investigate, maybe I will be able to find out about the Lu Dao thief, so let's wait, and I will take out the communicator when there is no one." Lin Yuan was thinking about it, only to hear a eunuch running in from outside, kneeling on the ground, panting and saying, "Report ...... Report to the saint, Yang Lanzhi, the Taoist of Lanzhou Branch, has entered Beijing and is now waiting outside the noon gate. ”

In the Qing Dynasty, the sub-patrol road is a functional organization between the province and the government, at the beginning only responsible for criminal names and other affairs, and then gradually responsible for military equipment, money and other affairs, Emperor Guangxu heard that the Lanzhou sub-patrol road platform came, suddenly his eyes brightened, and said: "Hurry up!" ”

The time was not big, I saw a dusty middle-aged man come to everyone, everyone knew that he was Yang Lanzhi, Yang Lanzhi was just about to kneel and salute, Emperor Guangxu said: "No need to salute, what happened in Lanzhou Mansion?" Hurry up! ”

Yang Lanzhi hurriedly said: "It's a bandit, the bandits have defeated Lanzhou Mansion!" ”

Everyone was amazed, and Emperor Guangxu asked, "Bandits? Who are the bandits? ”

Yang Lanzhi said: "The bandits are all Diao people! When Lin Yuan heard this, he thought, "Diao Min? Could it be that it was the peasant rebel army that defeated Lanzhou Mansion? ”

Emperor Guangxu said angrily: "How can a group of Diao people take down Lanzhou Mansion? Can Lanzhou Mansion still threaten Fengxiang Mansion and Yan'an Mansion? The reason for this, let's talk quickly! ”

Yang Lanzhi said: "It started a month ago......

As soon as Emperor Guangxu heard this, he picked up the fold in front of him and hit Yang Lanzhi, and said angrily: "What happened a month ago, why is it only now that you are on the fold?" ”

Yang Lanzhi heard the sound of "popping" when he fell to the ground, his whole body trembled in fright, and he kowtowed and said: "Holy Lord, please calm your anger, let me talk slowly, a month ago, Xinyuan County, under the jurisdiction of Lanzhou Prefecture, suffered a locust plague, and the young seedlings of spring ploughing turned into nothing overnight. ”

"This group of Diao people started from Xinyuan County, all the way to the east, the team is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more people, and gradually there are hundreds of thousands of people, smashing the county and breaking the state capital, and finally captured Lanzhou Mansion! Lord Yang Changjun originally thought that the bandits were a rabble and vulnerable to a single attack, so he sent people to surround and suppress them, but the matter of the evil sect happened at this time! ”