Struggle in Russia

After listening to Li Xiao's report, Nikolai Milyuting looked at him in surprise.

Li Xiao really brought him too many surprises.

For example, when Li Xiao was given the responsibility to communicate with Pobedonostsev, he originally expected that the best result would be a one-time deal, buying a pair from Pobedonostsev without knowing whether it was true or not and what the control was. No matter what excuse God only knows.

But Li Xiao told him that Pobedonostsev actually had an after-sales guarantee, and if this handle didn't work, he would get a new one!

Isn't this a surprise?

Li Xiao didn't know that Nikolai Milyuting had such low expectations for him, so he corrected him in a dumbfounded voice: "It's not that if this one doesn't work, I'll give you another one, but I'll give it to you for free until things happen!"

The smile on Nikolai Milyutin's face was brighter than the sun. He laughed and replied: "Oh? That's even better! Dear Andrei Konstantinovich, are you leading the way?" Here comes a huge surprise!”

For the first time, Nikolai Milyuting did not use an honorific, but called him by Li Xiao's name.

This is a very good signal. When communicating with foreigners, only those who are relatively close and intimate can call each other by their first names. Otherwise, it must be Mr. So-and-so or the other person's title.

For example, Nikolai Milyutin always called him His Excellency Grand Duke Andrei. The sudden change of title was not that Li Xiao, the Grand Duke, was devalued, but that the relationship between the two parties became closer, which made Nikolai Milyutin subconsciously call him by his first name.

In other words, from this moment on, he really regarded Li Xiao as one of his own.

This means that Li Xiao's status among the reformists has improved again, and he has truly integrated into Nikolai Milyutin's circle!

Naturally, Li Xiao was also smiling. It took him several years to achieve this, and only he knew the hardships involved.

Of course, he is not particularly proud. The long march has just begun. There is still a long road ahead, and we still have to move forward step by step.

He immediately reminded: "I must remind you that the reason Pobedonostsev is willing to provide this guarantee is because he promised that if he encounters a similar situation in the future, we must also provide corresponding guarantees!"

Nikolai Milyutin nodded casually, not because he didn't care, but because he thought this was the right thing to do. He is not a person who breaks his word, and he will not rely on such an account.

He happily said to Li Xiao: "No problem, this is completely agreeable... I believe that neither Grand Duchess Irina nor Duke Vorontsov will have any objection... You did this very beautifully, They have secured the best conditions for us, which is a great achievement!”

Even though it was just a verbal score, you can still see how happy Nikolai Milyutin was.

He happily took Li Xiao to find several other big guys and praised Li Xiao's achievements.

So what is the attitude of the other big guys?

Happy!

Very happy!

As long as Pobedonostsev is willing to provide evidence to Duke Baryatinsky, then they will lose if they don't make Grand Duke Constantine and Alexander II miserable.

What's more, there is also after-sales guarantee. If they can still lose such a guaranteed battle, then they really should stop hanging around in the officialdom and go home early to take care of their grandchildren.

Soon, under the arrangement of Nikolai Milyutin, a group of big guys began to dig deep into the ammunition provided by Pobedonostsev, and consolidate the evidence chain as much as possible, striving to give Duke Baryatinsky a special surprise. .

At the same time, Pobedonostsev also took actions to cooperate:

"What? Another scandal about Grand Duke Constantine is spreading in the public? What kind of scandal? Is the situation serious?"

Alexander II was not particularly worried about telling the truth in Pobedonostsev's report. Because he did not expect that the reformists would change the track, nor did he expect that his good confidant Pobedonostsev would become a second-in-command.

He thought that these scandals were still the aftermath of the previous wave, or that they were caused by some idiots who didn't know the seriousness of the previous scandal.

In short, there is no need to pay special attention, it is enough to let the third part teach those guys who talk nonsense.

But Pobedonotsev’s next answer surprised him. Pobedonotsev, who is very good at acting, reminded him worriedly: “This scandal involves some secrets, and once it spreads, the impact will be extremely bad.” , I think it’s better to pay more attention to it!”

Alexander II was stunned and looked at Pobedonostsev suspiciously. Logically speaking, if it was just what he thought, Pobedonostsev shouldn't be so serious about it.

Let him attract special attention? What happened?

Pobedonostsev looked at Alexander II's confused expression and was secretly amused. This is the advantage of being a young man. You know the actions of the reformists in advance. UU Reading www. uukanshu.net can naturally cooperate in advance. And dump the blame in advance!

He calculated very clearly that the reformists would definitely make big trouble against Duke Baryatinsky next, and as the boss of the third part, if he ignored everything and watched things happen, he would definitely not be happy in the end, at least for one person. You can't run away if you are incompetent and do nothing.

He didn't want to leave such an impression on Alexander II, so he simply diverted his attention and diverted Alexander II's attention first. Then, even if Baryatinsky was beaten to the point of paralysis by the reformists, it would not be because he did not work well, but There are too many things to take care of.

He could tell Alexander II that it was the reformists who were too cunning and used the smoke bomb of Grand Duke Constantine to distract the attention of the third part. Who would have thought that the target of their false shot turned out to be Duke Baryatinsky?

When the reformists launch an attack, the unlucky one will definitely be Duke Dolgoruky. Unsurprisingly, Alexander II will definitely hand over the investigated characters to him.

At that time, he would have deceived both Archduke Constantine and this bastard, which would kill two birds with one stone!

As expected, Alexander II was led astray by him, and indeed handed the task to Duke Dolgoruky. For this Duke, this task was simply inexplicable.

As far as he knew, there were indeed rumors involving Grand Duke Constantine, but most of them were based on rumors, and they were not widely circulated, so they could be investigated or not.

Now the focus of his attention is on the case, and he is holding back his energy to challenge the reformists in the higher court. At this time, he is bothered by such trivial matters. It turns out that it is Pobedonostsev. The **** is up to something!

Yes, Prince Dolgoruky believed that Pobedonostsev was deliberately making excuses to disgust him, just to prevent him from performing well!