Struggle in Russia

Peter Barek was stunned. He had thought that Count Rostovtsev would fuck him, but he really didn't expect to fuck him so quickly and so violently. See what they said just now? Conspiracy case, this damn is going to get him to death!

As long as you are a Russian official, you will know how serious the nature of treason is. Look at the Decembrists who are still repairing the earth in Siberia. There are a lot of dukes, marquises, and earls, and the relationship is very hard. It is said that among those people, Peter Barek is just a role of serving tea and water, and he can't get on the stage at all.

Even such a big man was punished to death because of treason. If a little shrimp like him was convicted of the crime, he probably wouldn’t even have the qualifications to go to Siberia to suffer. Hang him.

Anyway, when Earl Rostovtsev said that the charge was treason, even Peter Barek, who was usually a wimp and no kind, exploded at this moment, and he roared furiously: "This is framing! It is framing! This is right My open persecution!"

Count Rostovtsev seemed so calm compared to Peter Barek's fury. Facing the snarling roar, he just said coldly: "Framed? Framed? You can tell His Majesty in person at that time. , but now please come with us honestly, it will be easy to find out if you have any problems!"

Peter Barek naturally refused to leave. If he fell into the hands of Count Rostovtsev, he would not even think that the other party would have the means to greet him. Since the other party was already about to put him to death, how could he not be ruthless? ?

So he naturally refused to leave, and immediately shouted loudly: "I am the Governor of Ukraine, appointed by His Majesty himself, and no one can arrest me without His Majesty's order!"

It's just that this was immediately ridiculed by Count Rostovtsev: "Unfortunately, I am also a full-fledged imperial envoy appointed by His Majesty. According to His Majesty's order, I have the right to deal with all personnel in Ukraine and to inquire about all cases. Relevant personnel, including you, the governor."

After a short pause, he teased, "Are you going to cooperate honestly and accept the investigation now? Or should I send someone to invite you to accept the investigation? It's up to you!"

Peter Barek looked at Count Rostovtsev, and was immediately speechless, because what Count Rostovtsev said was very ingenious, asking him to be questioned and investigated instead of arresting him.

Because Nicholas I did not give Count Rostovtsev the power to arrest the governor, but because the case involved the level of Grand Duke Constantine, Nicholas I gave it to Count Rostovtsev for the convenience of investigation. Review of Peter Barek's powers.

In other words, Count Rostovtsev can indeed invite Peter Barek to drink tea and ask questions,

If there is conclusive evidence to prove that Peter Barek really has a problem, he can also be taken into custody and sent to St. Petersburg for review.

Therefore, as long as Count Rostovtsev did not say that he was here to arrest and arrest Peter Barek, but instead invited him over for tea, then Peter Barek would really have to cooperate honestly.

After realizing this, Peter Barek's face turned pale. He realized that this was nonsense, a nonsense investigation and inquiry. What if Count Rostovtsev insisted that he had a problem and sent him directly to St. Petersburg? ? Isn't this shit just arresting in disguise!

At this time, he began to complain about Nicholas I crazily in his heart, thinking that the tsar had done a lot of specious things, which seemed fair and reasonable, but how to use it in the end depends entirely on the mood of the powerful ministers.

For example, Count Rostovtsev is upset with him now, insisting on messing with him, and making him unable to resist at all.

It's just that if you can't resist, you have to resist, because if you don't resist, there is really only a dead end for Peter Barek. As soon as he rolled his eyeballs, he immediately said to Grand Duke Nicholas and Grand Duke Mikhail:

"My lords, you have all seen it. His Excellency Count Rostovtsev used some trumped-up charges to attack and frame me in an attempt to deprive me of my power. This is simply appalling. Russia has never heard of it for hundreds of years. Now I can only ask the two of you to decide for me!"

Peter Barek's little calculation is very simple, that is, he hopes that Grand Duke Mikhail and Grand Duke Nicholas will give him a hand. Strictly speaking, he hopes that Grand Duke Mikhail will give him a hand, because he has seen all of Grand Duke Mikhail's little moves during this period of time. In favor of Count Uvarov.

If he leans towards Count Uvarov, it means that the Grand Duke is one of his own. Seeing that he is going to suffer and be taken down by Count Rostovtsev as his own, it is impossible to be indifferent, right? As long as the Grand Duke can speak for him, Count Rostovtsev will definitely not be completely scrupled!

It should be said that Peter Barek's brain is still very fast, and he has keenly captured all the factors that are beneficial to him. It's just that he didn't think it through enough, because Grand Duke Mikhail would have helped him long ago if he could help him, and now he came to the Governor's Mansion with Count Rostovtsev. In fact, this is another signal!

A signal of complete powerlessness and nothing to do. Unfortunately, Peter Barek did not understand this signal, and he made a wrong bet.

Grand Duke Mikhail looked at him and then at Count Rostovtsev, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end it turned into a sigh: "Your Excellency Governor, don't worry, if you really You are innocent, and nothing can wrong you. But the current situation has a lot of evidence against you, so I think you should explain it to Count Rostovtsev in the past, and try to get rid of the suspicion as soon as possible!"

Peter Barek was immediately stunned, because these words revealed a lot of information, for example, there were a lot of evidence against him. Although he didn't know what those evidences were, it was inevitable for Grand Duke Mikhail to speak like this. It is not trivial.

This made him very uneasy, and the most important thing was that Grand Duke Mikhail refused to speak for him. Even though he seemed a little hesitant, he finally refused. This attitude is very telling.

In short, I am afraid that the Grand Duke felt that it would be difficult for him to get rid of the crime, so he didn't want to get involved in this muddy water at all.

But Peter Barek didn't give up. After all, this was his only hope, so he turned to Grand Duke Nicholas again, hoping that the Grand Duke would be more helpful, but what made him desperate was that Grand Duke Nicholas was straightforward. replied:

"I think it's better for you to cooperate with the earl to accept the investigation!"