Early 1595. The embassy of the Kazakh Khan Tauekel arrives in Moscow to hold important negotiations on the release of the hostage, the nephew of the Khan, Oraz-Muhammad. The arrival of ambassadors is of great interest to English merchants living in Moscow, who understand that here, behind the backs of the Kremlin boyars and Boris Godunov, it is possible to conclude agreements for more profitable trade with the East. Meanwhile, the clerk of the Old Zemsky Court, Ivan Derevnin, and his friend Danilo Vorobei, the square clerk, rescue a girl at night in a dress that is strange in the eyes of the Muscovites, who does not understand a word of Russian. It seems that the girl turned out to be a dangerous witness ... but a witness to what? The village together with friends will have to unravel this intrigue.