Chapter 408: Assassinated
Chapter 408: Assassinated
Tesla? Never heard of it.
You see, Krupp, Mauser, and Maxim were well-known to Shao Quanzhong for a long time, but he really didn't know who Tesla was.
As for who Maxwell was, he didn't know before, but he accepted the job just to give face to his father-in-law Yung Wing.
Different industries have different worlds. The big names in one industry may be ignored by everyone in another industry. Do you know who ranks first among the world men's tennis Grand Slam champions?
It's a bit difficult for you to let a local warlord know about Tesla.
However, during his visit, the Emperor of Austro-Hungary sponsored a student from his country who was preparing to take the university entrance exam to study under Maxwell, which enhanced the friendship between Qing and Austria. This is considered a good story.
Shao Quanzhong exchanged pleasantries with His Majesty Franz, highly praised His Majesty Franz's emphasis on talents and his contribution to the friendship between Qing and Austria, waved his hand and asked his men to take Tesla away, and then forgot about the young man.
Tesla may be one of the most intelligent people, but he was very unwilling to go to college because of his poor family. He had full confidence in his brain, so he decided to take the risk to break through the guards' blockade to meet Shao Quanzhong.
Fortunately, the 18-year-old boy was agile and successful, and he received the emperor's support. He happily followed Shao Quanzhong's guards.
Everyone had finished visiting the bazaar and were preparing to go back to rest when Shao Quanzhong ended this successful visit.
As Tesla left, a woman appeared behind him and suddenly knelt down in front of Shao Quanzhong, "Your Highness, I have a great injustice!"
Huh? Shao Quanzhong was surprised to hear Chinese in the streets of Sarajevo, and it was the Jiangsu dialect.
How did this woman get in? She came in behind Tesla.
Tesla's breaking through the guard line caused a small-scale chaos. The guards were angrily trying to catch Tesla. As a result, Tesla was noticed by His Majesty the Emperor and funded.
This woman followed in, and she was also an Oriental. The Austro-Hungarian guards thought that she was either Tesla's companion or Shao Quanzhong's follower, so they did not stop her.
Shao Quanzhong scratched his head. Could it be that, like in Mexico, some overseas Chinese were bullied in the Austro-Hungarian Empire? I have to take care of this matter.
"Just tell me if you have any grievances."
The girl raised her head. She looked to be about 27 or 28 years old, which was considered a middle-aged woman. Shao Quanzhong was sure he had never seen such a woman before.
The woman looked at Shao Quanzhong with eyes full of resentment, "My family immigrated abroad, and ended up being framed. More than 20 members of my family were beaten to death by the mob, leaving only me and my poor child. Your Highness, do you think I should take revenge?"
Is this true? Shao Quanzhong nodded, "Who dares to bully the Chinese like this? If it is true, I will definitely take care of it for you."
His Majesty Emperor Franz I, who was standing behind Shao Quanzhong, felt uneasy as he listened to the conversation between the two people being interpreted simultaneously by the translator beside him.
Did the Austro-Hungarian Empire ever have a tragic case of anti-Chinese sentiment? How come I haven't heard of it? If I didn't know about it and someone reported it to Shao Quanzhong, it would be really embarrassing.
"Well, Your Highness also thinks that the culprit deserves death, right? Then I will tell you, the evil man who killed my whole family is at the scene."
The woman suddenly stood up with a determined sneer on her face, "Your Excellency, my father's name is Yang Fang and my husband's name is Hua Er. Do you still remember the evil you have done?"
As she said these two sentences, the woman stretched out her hand from her sleeve, pointed a revolver at Shao Quanzhong, and pulled the trigger.
No one expected that the woman who came to kowtow and cry out for justice would suddenly turn into an assassin. However, the villain died because of talking too much. If she suddenly shot Tesla in the back, the result would be unpredictable.
But she was full of resentment towards Shao Quanzhong. She had no intention of returning alive this time. She couldn't help but say these words.
When she finally made it clear, she stood up and shot directly, which actually did not give the opponent much time to react. Shao Quanzhong himself did not react. Fortunately, the sharpshooter Maria was with Shao Quanzhong.
When Yang Fang's daughter stood up, alarm bells went off in her mind. The action of an assassin drawing a gun only takes one or two seconds in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is slow motion in the eyes of a sharpshooter.
Maria didn't hear clearly what Yang Fang's daughter said. When the reflection of the gun appeared on her cuffs, Maria subconsciously pulled Shao Quanzhong back without thinking at all.
This is the result of athletic talents' nerve reflexes being faster than their brains thinking.
Shao Quanzhong was pulled by Maria without realizing it. He felt a bullet flying past his face and the wind caused his face to hurt.
Yang Fang's daughter was not a sharpshooter, she was just full of hatred. She pulled the trigger with both hands and fired six bullets in one breath. The last five bullets were no longer a threat to Shao Quanzhong.
The fully armed Austro-Hungarian guards and Shao Quanzhong's guards were not far behind the woman. They were all well-trained bodyguards. They rushed over when they heard the first gunshot. The woman had emptied her bullets and had been caught by several burly uncles.
Several guards had already gathered around Shao Quanzhong, blocking him completely. The woman had no experience in killing people, and didn't know whether she had hit him or not. She looked up to the sky and laughed crazily, "Hahahaha, I finally got my revenge!"
The bazaar was immediately surrounded by the Austro-Hungarian Guards, and everyone was stopped and searched one by one.
Shao Quanzhong was dizzy and sweaty all over his back. My goodness, he almost died in the ditch.
I regret that I should have cut the roots of the problem when I was in Paris.
He turned around and patted Maria's shoulder, "Maria, this is the second time you have saved my husband. Shao will definitely repay you."
People here were just scared and broke out in cold sweats. Suddenly, from the circle formed by the Austro-Hungarian Guards, Princess Sissi's scream was heard, and then someone covered her mouth, making a "mmm" sound.
Shao Quanzhong was quite close and found that His Majesty Franz Joseph I, who was chatting and laughing with him just now, was caught in the crossfire. Maria pulled him away and all six bullets hit His Majesty Franz's chest behind him.
Franz was lying on the ground with blood oozing from his chest. He was obviously in a critical condition and probably died.
The person who covered Princess Sissi's mouth was Count Andrassy, the Foreign Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who was following behind her.
A man must keep his composure at a critical moment. The Count ordered, "Take everyone back for interrogation. Block the news of His Majesty's assassination and claim that His Majesty was frightened and is going back to Vienna to recuperate."
"Send a special train to carry His Majesty back immediately!"
The Austro-Hungarian emperor was assassinated. This was a shocking event. We had to return to Schönbrunn Palace immediately to help the new emperor succeed to the throne and calm the people's hearts.
If we hesitate, the country may fall into chaos.
After this happened, Shao Quanzhong couldn't just leave for the time being, so he boarded the special train to Vienna.
The train was running through the mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sometimes it was dark in front of my eyes, then I passed through a tunnel and then it became bright again.
Listening to the clacking sound of wheels under his feet, Shao Quanzhong remained silent, and in his mind he was deducing the situation in Europe after this unexpected assassination.
After thinking about it for a long time, I still had no idea. Suddenly, a ridiculous thought came to my mind. "It seems that Princess Sissi has been promoted to the Holy Mother Queen..."
(End of this chapter)