Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 447 443. The Hungarian Five
With Franz's fairly good memory, he didn't remember Mick having written letters to anyone else, including Franz himself.

The reason why he was so familiar with Mick's handwriting was simply because Mick was a person who worked all the time and had few friends. Even a diligent emperor like Franz who worked ten hours a day had to admit defeat.

The reports submitted by such an efficient official every month alone were piled up like a mountain, and not only he was familiar with them, but also his adjutants and Elizabeth.

They had all seen Mick's report, but this was the first time they had seen the letter.

[Dear Emperor of Austria-Hungary:
Before reading this letter, please make sure that no one else is around you. Especially Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, please make sure she is not around you]
Familiar handwriting, unfamiliar strokes. Franz couldn't help but glance at the end of the letter again, confirming the name on it, and then continued reading:
[This is not disrespect for her. On the contrary, I respect her very much. In the past six months, everyone can see the transformation of the Queen. Although she is still emotional, she can handle this emotion very well. At least she will not act like a fool like before. She will always put the interests of Austria first in everything, which makes me convinced.

But please do not let Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth see this letter.]
Elizabeth sat on the sofa, not interested in reading any reports or letters. It should be fine, but Franz was still hesitant because he knew Mick would not lie to him. After reading the length of the letter, Franz knew the value of the letter and decided to coax her back to the bedroom first: "Dear, go back to the bedroom and rest first. The dinner has been cancelled."

"What about you?"

"I still need to read the confession to confirm whether they have other accomplices." Franz really wanted to catch this guy named Kalman and ask him why he did this. "Go first, have a good rest and forget about what happened in the afternoon. I will come to you after Casper and I finish this matter. I promise."

"Okay then." Elizabeth stood up and touched her bloated belly. "My stomach is upset and I don't want to eat dinner. Tell them not to send it for a while."

Franz knew that this was a sequelae. The assassination weapon changed from the usual dagger to a pistol and explosives, which greatly increased the concealment and lethality. Now even he was reluctant to meet strangers, for fear that the other party would directly pull out a pistol and pull the trigger on him.

But there was no other way. Since I had taken this position, I had to bear the risk of being assassinated. It had been like this for generations, so I had to endure it. Fortunately, at least I did not encounter any danger all the way from the train station to the palace. There were guards in the palace, so it must be safe.

After sending Elizabeth away, Franz picked up the letter again.

[I regretfully have to tell you that I should have died by the time you read this letter. As for how I died, it could be by gunshot, explosion, knife or something else, but I have not yet decided.

Anyway, I am definitely dead, I am sure of that.

The manner of death is not the focus of this letter, or it can be said to be insignificant. Of course, the same goes for my life. Please don't be overly sad.

I would like to tell you more about what happens after my death, but before that I need to mention the Austro-Prussian War last year, and two special Hungarians. Perhaps you already know their identities in advance through the confession handed over by Casper, but please continue reading.]
Franz was a little surprised, surprised at Mick's foresight.

He seemed to have noticed something, looked up at Casper who was still standing beside him, and asked, "When was this letter written?"

"I don't know." Casper shook his head. "There are many things that the teacher does alone. I was excluded from the action list. The letter to you must be more private, so it is even more impossible for me to know."

"How did he die?" Franz still refused to accept the fact that Mick was dead. "I remember he didn't get on the carriage, and the bomb exploded after he waited for a while."

"He was killed by a bomb, and was shot before that." Casper just stood aside, looking down at his shoes. "Your Majesty, as I said just now, many things were done by the teacher alone. I don't know, so the information will naturally be incomplete. In fact, the answers to all the questions are in the letter. You will know the reason after reading it."

Franz did not ask any more questions and had to change the subject: "Does he have a will?"

"No." Casper explained, "It doesn't matter whether I have it or not. I have never had any entertainment activities, and I don't have much savings. All I have is an apartment you gave me and a few simple pieces of furniture."

Franz frowned. "He earns several thousand kronor every month. Where does the money go?"

“The library has always been short of funds, and the money is usually distributed among us.”

"."

Franz looked at the letter in his hand, his expression a little dazed: "What about his body?"

Casper raised his head at this time: "Someone was found to retrieve the body as soon as possible. It should have been properly buried. It will be sent back to Vienna by train for burial in the next few days."

Franz wanted to go see him, but decided not to. It would be a blasphemy to waste working time in front of a workaholic to see his body that could never be resurrected.

[After the Austro-Prussian War, I have been looking for the reasons for the failure of the war, one of which is the great event you are promoting now. We need a wider territory, population and wealth to expand our army and strengthen the trade economy. Hungary is the best post-war supplement, so not long after the war ended, I arranged more spies in.

It has to be said that Hungary is one of the few opportunities for Austria, but it is also a cancer.

I don't understand politics, but I know very well what the Hungarian upper class wants. Hungary's demands have never been reduced, and it even wants to keep its own army, which is simply a fantasy. But in my opinion, Austria-Hungary will inevitably merge, which is the policy you have been promoting. Now that Prussia and France are eyeing you, you will choose to accelerate the merger to strengthen the country's strength.

In the process of accelerating, it is inevitable that you will be tempted and exploited by others, and end up suffering a great loss.]
In Franz's eyes, Mick was just an intelligence chief who worked in secret and was very capable but not in the limelight. Now it seems that Mick's insights are no worse than those of the senior officials. Seeing this, he regretted a little, regretting that he was put in that position, and finally died to protect himself.

But now that things have come to this, he has no time to be sad. His thoughts are still occupied by the chain reactions that may be caused by the explosion.

The response from France, the response from Hungary, the response from China, and of course the response from other countries. Security issues need to be strengthened, and more importantly, the relationship between countries.
[Maybe there won’t be too many problems at the beginning of the merger, just like a newly married couple, problems will arise in the relationship over time. You should know this better than me, a single old man.

Hungary will inevitably become a burden to Austria in the future. They are too greedy, and you and Her Majesty the Queen are very likely to take their feelings into consideration and let them go, which will eventually lead to disaster. In order to solve this problem once and for all, I have made a plan, but the original plan was to start three to five years later, not this year.

But I was seriously ill, and Dr. Kavi was not very sure about my chances. Time was running out, so I moved my plan forward to this year. Now I can mention the two Hungarians. One was Rochester, a descendant of an old Hungarian noble family, a prodigal who loved gambling. The other was Ayesha, a commoner girl who was picked up, but she was a little mentally ill.

If the confession was right next to you, you would know that these two were your assassins]
Franz was startled and picked up the confession at hand, which clearly showed the names of "Ayesha" and "Rochester". One was arrested and the other died. The arrested Ayesha confessed to the assassination.

The main culprit who instigated them, a man named Tisza Kalman, provided guns and explosives and is still on the run.

"its not right!"

Why did Mick know that these two were the murderers before the stabbing?

[One of them owed a huge debt, and the other was secretly helping people with abortions to make money. They couldn't survive in Budapest anymore, so they were considered good pawns. There were 26 other Hungarians like them who came to Austria to seek help. I carefully selected them, and I had leverage over each of them.

However, after further screening, only five people were really useful. I further placed them around important people. It was no coincidence that Rochester was chosen by Princess Mathilde and Ayesha entered the home of Count Morasso.

After gaining the trust of my employers, I began to correspond with them secretly, posing as Tisza Kálmán, the spiritual leader of Hungarian liberalism.]
Franz thought he had read it wrong, so he picked up the confession again and compared it with the name on it letter by letter. It was indeed correct. Mick was the Tisza Kalman mentioned by Ayesha, who induced them or, to put it more seriously, forced them to participate in the assassination with spiritual and material things.

He couldn't believe that this was true. He read the blessing at the end again and again, then looked at Casper.

Franz had roughly guessed Mick's plan, and now there were too many questions in his mind that needed to be verified, but when he thought of what Casper had just said, he held back and just asked an irrelevant question: "You don't know about these actions?"

"I only know part of it." Casper replied, "and many of the details are false, and some of them were not even told to me."

Franz thought again of the "inspection" that Mick had told him on the train before. Perhaps this was the final inspection of "Casper".

[Ayesha was very active, which might be related to her slight mental disorder. Rochester was conservative and stubborn, and lacked courage like many old nobles. Because we were short of manpower, without him, the plan would have loopholes, so I had to take the risk of letting Ayesha persuade him. In order to achieve the purpose of persuasion, I also asked many field staff who could speak Hungarian to act out a play, which unfortunately attracted the police.

In short, after this incident, Rochester saw his position clearly and decided to give it a try. I also sent people to actively steal property in Paris, making the Paris police busy and creating conditions for stealing the murder weapon.

I need to explain here that one of the items in the detailed usage of funds is the cost of parole and bribes to the police, totaling 3050 francs.

The whole thing should be like this. Ayesha got an American revolver from me. She would hide in the crowd at the entrance of the train station and shoot you. Regardless of whether the shooting was successful or not, Rochester would later send a bomb to the entrance of the train station and finally end everything with a powerful bomb.

Because I knew in advance how Ayesha would dress, when to shoot, and even the approximate angle of the shot, I would stand in front of you to prevent you and the queen from getting hurt. Because I knew in advance where the explosives were stored and the ignition mechanism, I would block him and only scare you.

Even if something goes wrong during the assassination, you have the best surgeon in Europe and a full security team of 30 men in black by your side.]
Franz gradually regained his composure.

He had already guessed Mick's subsequent plan, a self-directed assassination drama that would be completely pinned on Hungary. At the same time, France's poor security capabilities would further ease the relationship between France and Austria, and perhaps even lead to new cooperation.

Franz could use this as an excuse to attack Hungary. The royal families of other countries would at most not express their opinions, but would never support the assassin. No matter how Austria targeted Hungary, at least on the surface Austria would be on the moral high ground. As for how to attack and what kind of attack, Mik did not say. Because he is no longer here, different situations lead to different decisions, and everything is left to Franz himself.

[I am just the head of intelligence, and I am also responsible for your security. Creating conditions that can influence the fate of Hungary is one of the most glorious achievements of my life, and it is also my long-cherished wish.

The other achievement should be Casper standing beside you. The whole plan is also a test for him, and the success of the plan is directly related to his ability.

I didn't tell him all the information, but I asked him to be responsible for commanding the security of the railway station. In his memory, Ayesha's pistol was blank and Rochester's explosives would have problems. In the end, some key clues were needed to connect them to Hungary.

But the real plan is as you can see.

He would sit on the second-floor balcony of a cafe where he could see every corner of the train station entrance for the entire day so that he could witness the entire assassination process, including my death.

If he could give up on me and at the same time give up on you who seemed to be in danger but was actually very safe, and trust in his own deployment and the ability of his subordinates to capture the Hungarian nun as soon as possible, so as not to let my entire plan go to waste, and hand over a half-true, half-false confession to you.

If he has really achieved all of these, please allow me to congratulate him on his passing, and also allow me to hand over the position of curator to him.]
Franz read the letter and learned everything that happened. His worries and fears were gone. Everything was fake. There was no Hungarian assassination, and there was no organization responsible for commanding these people. Everything was just an illusion created by Mik.

Franz asked his adjutant to open a bottle of French red wine, announced Mick's decision on the spot, and then asked him: "Mick said there were five people in total, one was captured, one died, and where are the other three?"

“One has been staying in Vienna, and the other two returned to Budapest last month.”

Franz's expression gradually turned from relaxed to serious, but the red wine glass in his hand did not stop shaking: "Based on Mick's personality, these three people may have accepted the order and will..."

"Yes, just as your majesty thought, they will carry out the assassination mission after the assassination message here is passed on." Casper paused and added, "It is an assassination mission that is likely to fail."

"High probability?"

"Yes, it is highly likely." Casper continued to explain, "Because only your safety needs to be absolutely guaranteed. We will make corresponding preparations for others, but we will often encounter various troubles."