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"After leaving Mongolia, this train will pass by Lake Baikal, where Su Wu grazed sheep two thousand years ago. The scenery is beautiful before it freezes and you can get off the train for a walk." Jiang Wanzhi sat down next to Lord Wa. She didn't seem to notice anything unusual, but Lu Mingfei saw that the girl's earlobes were a little red, just like Lord Wa at this moment.

"Does Miss Jiang come to Russia often?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Jiang Wanzhi smiled, her long eyebrows curved like willow leaves, "Not often, I also traveled around Europe in my spare time when I was studying in London. I have been to Paris, Moscow, Berlin, Rome, and Athens." She said, "Russia is an extremely cold place, and it is extremely cold in January. However, this country is not within the sphere of influence of the college. It is indeed a good decision for you to settle down in Moscow."

Lu Mingfei nodded without explaining anything. Jiang Jiang Wanzhi was a mixed-race with superior bloodline. Even though she had left the Temple of Solomon and chose to live in seclusion in the city as an ordinary person, she could not avoid the information from various channels.

The school board issued a wanted order for Lu Mingfei to all mixed-race organizations and executive departments around the world. This matter actually caused a sensation even among invisible people like them who were on the fringe of the dark society.

The Bronze City incident, the Chicago Six Flags incident, the CC1000 express attack incident, the Earth and Mountain King incident, and the Tokyo incident. Lu Mingfei's shadow can be seen in all the academy's battles against resurrected dragons in recent years, and he always played an indispensable core role in these battles.

It was not just the old and stubborn elders who expressed opposition and dissatisfaction with the arrest warrant that Pompey Gattuso insisted on issuing. The world was divided on this matter.

Some people believe what they see, some people believe what they hear, and in the end Lu Mingfei becomes a hero or a sinner.

Perhaps in Jiang Wanzhi's eyes, Lu Mingfei was a hero, so she was neither afraid nor nervous, but looked at him with eyes full of curiosity and awe.

"I have contacted Mr. Bunin and secured a seat for you at this year's Bunin dinner." Jiang Wanzhi looked at Lu Mingfei.

"Struggled for a seat?" Lu Mingfei frowned, not quite understanding the various things these upper class people were talking about.

"Alexander Bunin, this name may be just an insignificant little character in the eyes of Kassel Academy, but he is deafening in the powerful circles of Moscow." Jiang Wanzhi held his chin and looked at Lu Mingfei, "Lord Wa may have heard of his name. He resold fighter parts to us before the disintegration of the Soviet Union."

Wazhu nodded. "The reason why the secret party doesn't care about this person is that he is engaged in arms trafficking, while the academy's industries in Moscow are mostly concentrated in the financial industry. These two industries are completely unrelated and will almost never cause conflict or cooperation."

"Except for truly solid partners and his closest people, there is only one way to integrate into their circle and get a chance to meet Bunin face to face, and that is the charity sale held in the Kalominsk Manor." Jiang Wanzhi knows everything that happens in the Moscow business circle. It seems that he has made a lot of money in Kunshan over the years, and even got in touch with the Bai family and expanded his business to Russia.

"It was a fundraising gala for the Russian Children's Fund. On the day of the gala, all the important people in Moscow would attend. Those who spent enough money at the gala would have the opportunity to receive an invitation sent by Alexander Bunin."

Just from Jiang Wanzhi's few words, Lu Mingfei realized how huge the family power was behind the little girl he met at the 3E exam.

At the same time, he once again intuitively realized how enormous the energy of the native hybrids was.

Even a mixed-blood family that might not even be considered orthodox could easily ask Bunin to add another chair to his dinner party, or even hold another banquet just for Lu Mingfei.

"But you have to be careful. Although Alexander Bunin is an ordinary person, there seems to be an evil force behind him." Lord Wa tapped the table with his knuckles. "At the end of every year, he takes a special car to Siberia, but no one knows where he goes... But every time he returns from Siberia, billions of dollars of liquidity will be lost in the Moscow market, as if it was eaten by some monster that devours money."

Lu Mingfei's heart moved slightly. He knew that Christina was a mixed-race, but if Bunin was an ordinary person, did it mean that her dragon bloodline actually came from her mother?

"The Romanov family is the financial oligarch in Moscow. So how does Zero's economic strength compare to Bunin?" Lu Mingfei suddenly asked.

Jiang Wanzhi and Lord Wa looked at each other.

"There's no comparison." Jiang Wanzhi said.

"why?"

"Russia is only one of the Romanov family's bases. The liquid funds in the account of Her Royal Highness the Princess should be dozens of times that of Bunin."

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes wide.

What? It turns out that Zero is a wealthy woman who can support him for ten lifetimes?

Chapter 556: The Princess' Hometown

The K3 international train from the far east to Moscow only runs once every few days, but this time it seems particularly special.

The distinctive roar of the whistle began to sound from a long distance away, and there was chaos on the dispatching desk. This was because the oldest Russian railway station in Moscow now received and dispatched almost all express electric trains and suburban electric trains every day. However, the monitoring system showed that the behemoth roaring along the track was clearly an old-fashioned steam train, but it was towing new carriages. Each carriage was covered with thick rainproof cloth, but it could not hide the rugged shapes underneath.

The information of this train appeared like a ghost in the central control system of the dispatching desk half an hour ago. Like an unscrupulous emperor, it arbitrarily rescheduled all the trains that entered or left the station almost at the same time. The waiting hall was crowded with people. The serious-looking Russian men were like cedars, showing their angry eyes and waving their fists to question the station manager what was going on. But the only explanation they could give was -

Military control.

The entire Leningrad railway station seemed to be trembling slightly amid the long roar of the whistle. The train glided into the station, milky white steam leaked out of the exhaust pipe like water, and the platform seemed to be shrouded in clouds and mist.

Everyone in the mist craned their necks to see what kind of big shot could have mobilized the entire Moscow's railway resources just to make room for himself to travel alone.

But the burly men like polar bears with their hands on their waists had surrounded the exit of the train in a blink of an eye. The waiting passengers had no chance to see the faces of those big men. The Leningrad Railway Station, which had been at a standstill, came back to life.

Lu Mingfei walked out of the station amidst the crowd, while Eiry hugged his arm tightly, her gorgeous burgundy eyes unable to hide the surprise of seeing another world.

This is indeed another world. For a girl who has lived in a cage all her life, it is difficult for her to imagine the old Leningrad Railway Station and its heavy sense of mission. When the war broke out, it served as a shelter and a material transfer center, and in peacetime, travelers from every country in Eurasia gathered here.

When the railway station was completed in 1849, some people called it a throne forged of steel, one of the most shining pearls inlaid in the crown of Nicholas I of the Romanov dynasty.

When the Shar was at its most powerful, it was also called the Kingdom of Heaven supported by steam. Thousands of soldiers were reviewed by the emperor outside the walls of the Kremlin, and then boarded the expedition train, with the whistle blasting to send them to the countries that were about to be conquered by the army.

Outside the station, expensive luxury cars have been lined up in a convoy, and the drivers in neat uniforms are holding the car doors waiting for the arrival of their owners and guests.

Lu Mingfei was shocked by the Romanov family's generosity and pomp. When he turned around, he saw that whether it was Eiry, Su Xiaoqiang or even Jiang Wanzhi, they all had a matter-of-fact look on their faces.

Suddenly, Lu Mingfei realized that he was the only poor bastard, and everyone present was an enemy at heart.

Especially Eri. In the past, when she was in Tokyo, if she wanted to leave Hara Heavy Industries, the motorcade that followed her was even larger and more luxurious than the one that appeared in front of Leningrad Station. The only difference was that those people were ordered by Minamoto Chisei to not only protect Eri, but also to kill her if she lost control.

"Where are we going?" Lu Mingfei asked. He was lucky enough to ride with the princess, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally mustered up the courage to say the first words to break the ice.

Honestly speaking, after experiencing the madness with Su Xiaoqiang that night, Lu Mingfei has been trying his best to avoid the girls around him from getting together.

But it takes a total of six days to transport this patent from China to Moscow, passing through Ulaanbaatar and Siberia. It is impossible for everyone to stay at home for six days, right?

So Lu Mingfei spent most of the time on the train in agony. Eiry was okay, but Zero had the word "anger" written all over his face.

Fortunately, Su Xiaoqiang had already prepared himself psychologically and did not show any intimacy with Lu Mingfei in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Zero gave him a cold look, "Elizabeth Palace," she said.

A long time ago, Her Royal Highness the Princess told Lu Mingfei that as a direct descendant of the Romanov family, the Moscow government returned some of the fixed assets confiscated from the Tsar, and Elizabeth Palace was one of them.

This meant that the mansion that had once been owned by Catherine the Great was now Zero's home.

This luxury car has very good privacy. The driver sitting in the front seat cannot see what the passengers in the back seat are doing, nor can he hear any sound coming from behind.

Lu Mingfei's heart moved slightly and he moved a little on the leather seat, patting his butt, and moved closer to Zero.

The princess had a cold face and was determined to distance herself from Lu Mingfei, the playboy and thief. But when Lu Mingfei approached her, she did not say anything to stop him. Her slightly trembling eyelashes silently conveyed the ripples in her heart to the outside world.

"Do you remember the night before my senior sister and I went to the Three Gorges to participate in the Kuimen mission two years ago? When we were having supper together, you mentioned Christina's family to me. Her father was the military and political chief of the Tatar Republic and ran a huge business. You also said that this business was not as clean as it seemed on the surface. It was a bloody profit chain." Lu Mingfei said softly, "But as far as I know, Alexander Bunin is Christina's father, right?"

"Bunin is Kristina's biological father. They are not very close, so her last name is Kabaeva instead of Bunin." Ling said, "The military chief is Kristina's adoptive father. He is very powerful and has a close relationship with Bunin... Although he is engaged in some shady business in secret, he is actually a very honest official. Most of the foreign exchange he earns is eventually spent on the people in various ways."

This means that Christina's life experience is actually far more complicated than Lu Mingfei himself imagined.

However, the fact that he was recognized by the Gattuso family, even if Caesar's stubbornness was at work, is actually very telling.

"If we meet Bunin, can we break the situation through Christina?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"It's difficult. That man is never vague in business." Ling said softly, "I got the information after entering Moscow. Susie and Christina were originally under house arrest and strict surveillance in the college as Chu Zihang and Caesar's lovers, but not long ago, the Russian Consulate in Chicago asked Kassel College to hand over the two people to them in diplomatic terms. The college had no way to resist such a powerful country, so it handed over Susie and Christina. Now they should be temporarily protected by Bunin... But he is a cunning old fox. He will try to distance himself from Christina to confuse the college."

Lu Mingfei fell into silence.

Moscow is a meat grinder for financial oligarchs. The period from 2000 to 2004 was a time of suffering for the oligarchs. The old group of bankers who claimed to control % of Russia's assets were all arrested or killed. It was at that time that Bunin rose to power.

But obviously his existence also touches the core interests of many people who have great political say, so if the Kassel Academy decides to generously help these bigwigs defeat Bunin's empire and package this empire to the government, then I think the Kremlin will not refuse.

"Besides, whether it's the arms dealer Bunin or the military and political chief of the Tatar Republic, they are not as simple as they appear. A mixed-race group or a mixed-race family left over from the Tsarist era is hiding behind these people. I have investigated them for many years, but so far I have only found a few clues." Ling looked at Lu Mingfei, "The Bai family is Bunin's important business partner. He may provide us with some valuable intelligence, but all this is based on the premise that what you are about to do will not affect his interests."

It is said that before the collapse of the Soviet Union, unprecedented wealth was left behind in Siberia. Those concrete cities, military ports and bases hidden deep in the primitive forests or the permafrost of the Far North mostly represent one unknown research project after another.

Super soldiers, hypersonic vehicles, Star Wars, human gene recoding...

Some projects made no progress after they were started, and some projects became tools for dignitaries to make money in the late Soviet period. However, some projects still contain valuable information and physical objects. One of Bunin's businesses is to find these physical objects and sell them to the current government or resell them to North America and East Asia.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, too much information was lost, and the secrets of the vast territory of Siberia were also sealed. Bunin spent a lot of effort to obtain information about those cities. If Lu Ming must find that mysterious naval port, he may be the only hope.

But no one knows what research projects are hidden in that military port, and it is still unknown whether Bunin is willing to hand over the information to Lu Mingfei.

"Jiang Wanzhi and Wazhu should have told you that at the end of every year, Bunin would take a special train from Moscow to Siberia with a group of younger business partners, and then disappear in the vast wilderness. They would reappear after a while, and few people knew what they did there. The KGB suspected that these people were engaged in a conspiracy to subvert the country, but they had no evidence." Ling turned her head to look out the window. Her body trembled slightly, because just the last moment Lu Mingfei suddenly pressed her palm. The scorching warmth in the man's palm soaked the princess's mind like water. She lowered her eyelashes to prevent the people around her from seeing the panic in her eyes.

"They disappeared with billions of dollars, and when they came back, the money seemed to have evaporated. The government didn't receive any taxes, so naturally it had all kinds of suspicions," said Lu Mingfei.

Zero shook his head. "There are also a number of hybrids in the Kremlin serving the leaders of this country. Some people suspect Bunin of conducting secret human experiments in Siberia, along with the hybrid forces behind him."

Lu Mingfei felt a bit of a headache. Why did he have to face all kinds of troubles wherever he went?

The convoy continued to move forward and split into two when passing an intersection. One part of the luxury cars escorted the vehicle carrying Eri, Su Xiaoqiang and Jiang Wanzhi to another direction, while the car that Lu Mingfei and Ling were in left the team and drove towards the suburbs like a lone knight.

"Where are we going?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"An old friend wants to visit, he may be able to provide you with some help and advice." Ling said. "Don't worry about them, all the gardeners, security guards and maids in Elizabeth Palace are experienced mercenaries hired from abroad. With these people there, it is like a military fortress."

"I'm not really worried about Eri..." Lu Mingfei said.

In this situation, the only thing that could pose a threat to them is the Dragon King's resurrection, right? Su Xiaoqiang could enter the state of the Bronze and Fire King's Imperial Daughter, and Eri could temporarily control the White King's scepter.

"General Vatutin is an old man who is very easy to talk to. He served as Deputy Minister of Defense before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. If there is anyone in the world besides Bunin who can help us with this matter, it may be him." Ling said.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.

Deputy Minister of Defense during the Soviet era.

The ministers who survived the Great Purge were not simple characters. He could imagine that even though the old man had left the center of power, he should still hold enormous power in the capital of this country.

As expected, Her Royal Highness the Princess, everyone she knows is an important figure who can change the trajectory of their destiny.

The road is paved along the Volga River. In such cold weather, the river surface has even frozen. The flocks of black swans that used to appear are nowhere to be seen. Occasionally, you can see old people who have just been discharged from the hospital and are wearing coats, standing silently on the roadside and gazing into the distance.

Soon they entered a hilly area. There were no more residential houses on either side of the narrow road, but there were fully armed soldiers guarding the roadblocks at every distance. Zero's car was the best pass, and it could travel freely anywhere in the country. Roadblocks were also opened one by one on their way forward.

Lu Mingfei felt a little alert.

"General Vatutin probably did not leave the Kremlin after retirement, but fell in a political struggle." He frowned and said, "Twenty years have passed since the Soviet era, but there are still troops around his residence. It seems that someone is worried about him, or he is hiding some secrets in his mind that cannot be told."

"I don't know." Ling thought for a moment and shook his head. "But the Romanov family's industry was able to enter Moscow thanks to his help. Although he didn't work in the government for a while, he still became one of the oligarchs in Moscow with the support of my family. It's just that during that special period, he was also one of the people who was targeted and overthrown."

Chapter 557 General Vatutin

After passing through who knows how many roadblocks, the car pulled over and the driver wearing white gloves hurriedly got out of the car and left in another car. At Ling's signal, Lu Mingfei opened the door and came to her side, holding the princess's hand like a loyal subject and sent her to the passenger seat.

"About a month ago, General Vatutin was assassinated. We all thought he was dead. This meant that one of my most important protective umbrellas in Moscow was no longer useful, so I had to leave for China." Ling sat in the co-pilot seat. Her small face was cold and plain, like a noble lady who had walked out of the palace. If she hadn't looked too much like a child,

"The intelligence department is convinced that the assassination came from within our government, but General Vatutin later told me on a secure channel that the assassination was probably carried out by someone from the academy. In order to eliminate the vigilance of the board of directors, he decided to use fake death to hide himself."

Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that he remembered Ling mentioned some time ago that an old friend of his was assassinated in Moscow. It turned out to be General Vatutin.

At this time, two soldiers in the insulation booth in front, smoking with frowns on their faces, came to Lu Mingfei with rifles on their backs. The car window was rolled down, and one of them saluted Lu Mingfei: "Excuse me, sir, but I need to check your passport now."

“Why?” Lu Mingfei asked using the simplest words. His main languages ​​were English and Japanese, and he could only barely communicate in Russian.

The soldier lowered his head and saw Zero in the passenger seat. He was startled, as if he recognized the person, but he still said, "Routine inspection."

Since the beginning of this year, the entire area has been under military control. Apparently, General Vatutin's connections in the Kremlin are still willing to provide him with protection. Under the protection of the army, even Kassel Academy would not be so crazy as to want to blow up his cabin with a cruise missile.

If it weren't for the military control, soldiers would be unwilling to mess with people riding in such luxury cars. Who knows if the person behind the wheel is some high-ranking official or a new generation of financial oligarch who has been doing well in Moscow since 04?