Chapter 35 The Secret of the Killer
Li Qiwei stayed in Switzerland for a few more days, during which he had academic discussions with Einstein and Grossman. Finally, with the reluctance in their eyes, he resolutely embarked on the return train. .
This time, the three masters and servants of Ridgway will first take the train to Paris, and then transfer back to London and then Cambridge.
While passing through Paris, Li Qiwei originally wanted to visit a few celebrities.
At this time, France also had many well-known physicists, such as the Curies, Paul Langevin, Henri Becquerel, Jean Perrin, etc.
Everyone here is a big boss who will win the Nobel Prize in Physics in the future.
However, Li Qiwei then thought about it, this trip was too troublesome, and it was really inconvenient to take Hong'er with a girl.
Besides, the killer he met in Berlin has not figured out his origins yet, so for the sake of safety, it is better to keep a low profile.
So, he canceled the plan and chose to go back directly.
After a few more bumpy days, when the three of them returned to their residence in Cambridgeshire, it was almost mid-August, and there were only about ten days left before school started.
Li Qiwei slept at home for three consecutive days before he regained his energy and energy.
In an era without airplanes and high-speed rail, traveling far away was simply a torture. Two months of vacation is not even enough to get from London to Shanghai.
That morning, after Li Qiwei got up, he was writing the teaching materials for the Spark Project. Suddenly, Li Sanfeng ran over.
"Master, there is a telegram from the family. Check quickly to see if there is any news about the killer."
Li Qiwei was startled, quickly stood up, took the telegram, and read it carefully.
It turned out that when the three of them were in Switzerland, Ridgway had sent messages to the family through the local telegraph company.
He wanted to figure out when he had offended China's killer. He also asked how the personnel search for the Spark Project was going.
Finally, he asked the family not to save money and responded with a telegram, leaving his Cambridge address.
So, since he came back, Li Qiwei asked Li San to go to the post office every day to guard it. Once he received the telegram, he would get the message back immediately.
At this time, the cable telegraph business in Europe was relatively mature.
The University of Cambridge is a world-famous university, so the British Post Office opened telegraph services here.
While Li San was waiting anxiously, Li Qiwei finally finished reading the letter and figured out what was going on.
He combined his guesses and told Li San the whole story.
It turns out that this year, June 21, the 26th year of Guangxu's reign, due to the "Boxer Rebellion", the old witch Cixi of the Qing Dynasty directly declared war on eleven countries at the same time.
In order to protect the vitality of China, the powerful governors headed by Li Hongzhang discussed how to protect the stability of several southeastern provinces, called Southeast Mutual Protection.
Li Hongzhang even called the court directly: "This is a disorderly order, and Guangdong will not obey the imperial edict."
This telegram also encouraged the governors of the southeastern provinces. Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, then proposed the "President Li Hongzhang" plan: once Beijing fails to protect the country, they will jointly elect Li Hongzhang as the "president" of China to preside over the overall situation.
This move undoubtedly angered the Qing court and even more angered Cixi.
Many Manchu nobles clamored that the Han people were going to rebel, and they must give the Han people some color.
It can be said that the Southeast Mutual Protection essentially disintegrated the rule of the Qing Dynasty. From then on, the political structure of Manchu and Han collapsed.
As a large Han family in Guangzhou City, the Li family where Li Qiwei belongs is a die-hard supporter of the Southeast Mutual Protection Policy.
Li Qiwei’s father was a person who had met Li Hongzhang. Therefore, the Li family was naturally targeted by interested people.
Although the aloof Cixi and the Manchu princes and ministers would not care about the small Li family, the same cannot be said for the people under them.
After all, a person just wants to climb up.
The Li family is all in Guangzhou. The Han people are very powerful here, so the black hands who are spying in secret cannot find a chance.
But a young master of the Li family actually studied in the UK.
This left an opportunity for Luo Fuyu, the Qing Dynasty's minister to Britain and the British imperial envoy.
Luo Fuyu is a close confidant of Prince Qing. He got such a good job because of his strong recommendation.
It goes without saying what kind of person Prince Qing is, he is greedy for money, lustful and ruthless. At this moment, as the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, he was in a high position of power. He was amassing money while suppressing the Han people.
Therefore, Luo Fuyu tried every means to please Prince Qing, whether it was giving money or doing things, hoping to reach a higher level.
After all, there are talented people in the DPRK who are good at becoming officials.
So, Luo Fuyu was very excited when he knew that Li Qiwei was the young master of the Li family.
He quickly sent his subordinate Feng Jin to inquire about the information. The investigation was unsuccessful. Li Qiwei turned out to be a very smart person.
Although he, Luo Fuyu, did not know what [quantum mechanics] was, he admired him greatly when he saw so many foreign scholars.
You know that the other party is definitely not an ordinary person, and is even learning some strange skills in an attempt to subvert the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, Luo Fuyu had murderous intentions. Such people would be a disaster to the Qing Dynasty sooner or later.
However, although he is the ambassador to Britain, he does not have military power in his hands. He only has a few soldiers from home.
And Feng Jin is the leader of these soldiers.
So, he gave Feng Jin an order to monitor Li Qiwei at all times, be sure to find opportunities and kill him with one blow.
But you must not be discovered, let alone allow foreigners to follow the clues and find you.
Otherwise it would be a huge diplomatic accident.
In this era, when people in the Qing Dynasty saw foreigners, they first looked three points shorter, even officials.
In this context, Feng Jin took a subordinate and planned the assassination in Berlin.
Hearing this, Li San finally understood what was going on.
He gritted his teeth with hatred, and was even ready to take a spear right now to kill that bitch with one shot.
However, he was stopped by Li Qiwei.
"Third brother, don't worry. Now that you know the details of the enemy, there is no need to be afraid."
"Now that we are in the UK, give him Luo Fuyu ten courages, and he will He doesn't dare to come and assassinate me."
"Besides, he is far away from home and is a mere commander. He certainly doesn't have many men under his command. We still have pistols with us, so we are not afraid at all."
"Hmph, the more he wants to assassinate me, the more I will make a big noise and see what he does."
So, Li Qiwei called Hong'er over and gave them some instructions.
After Hong'er knew the truth of the matter, her hanging heart finally relaxed.
The place where they live is an important academic place in the UK. The public security policies are very good, so there is no need to worry about Luo Fuyu and his group.
And with Li San in charge, it is even more safe.
Although Hong'er often quarreled with him, she knew his strength very well.
Immediately, Li Qiwei asked Li San and Hong'er to go about their business, and he looked at another thing in the letter.
Li Qiwei's father said in the letter that he did not know what fame Li Qiwei had gained in the UK. Some time ago, several young people wanted to visit him and ask about Li Qiwei, a physicist.
My father responded by saying that he didn’t know yet, and wanted to ask Li Qiwei what was going on.
After reading it, Li Qiwei smiled. It seemed that his fame had spread to China.
However, those who can come to him at this time must be children from rich families, otherwise they would not be able to access this information.
That’s fine, for these people, going abroad is not a terrible thing, which is very conducive to the development of the Spark Project.
So Li Qiwei began to write a letter, telling his father what to do next and waiting for his notification.
He planned to convey this matter by letter rather than telegram. Because telegrams were too expensive, the dignified Young Master Li did not dare to send them frequently.
He is also planning to keep the money for big things.
(Note: In actual history, the ambassador to Britain was Luo Fenglu. For the needs of the plot, the author has processed it and treated it as a butterfly effect.)
(End of this chapter)