As mentioned above, Belkh anxiously opened the secret letter and was immediately dumbfounded. It's not that he was stunned by Uvarov's instructions, but that there was something wrong with the secret letter itself.
Because there is not a single word on this letter? This letter is just a piece of snow-white paper, okay?
Belkh was stunned. If Shuvanov hadn't sent the secret letter personally, he would have thought that someone was deliberately tricking him. But he knew Shuvanov's character, and it was impossible for the other party to come all the way to follow him.
He made such a bad joke.
On the other side, Shuvanov actually wanted to know what Uvarov told Belkh to do. He also stretched his neck to look at Belkh, and when he saw the other party, he was stunned, thinking that Uvarov had told Belkh.
What’s so special about the mission assigned by Varov!
The stalemate lasted for nearly a minute, but Bergh broke the silence first. He showed the blank piece of paper to Shuvanov and asked: "Count, what's going on?"
Shuvanov was naturally shocked, but one of him was more scheming, and the other had always had doubts about Titov's unexplained disappearance, so when he saw a blank piece of paper, he immediately realized that the secret message might have been slipped!
"Swapped the package?"
Belkh took another breath, because this explanation was really shocking. Who would have the guts to leak Count Uvarov's letter? But when he heard Shuvanov explain the whole story, he agreed that the letter should be
It was dropped.
He smiled bitterly and said: "This person who switched the package is not only brave, but also very scheming! He knows that if the secret message disappears, you will immediately realize that the problem is serious, and will investigate this matter at all costs. By then, I'm afraid
There is no way to get away with it. So I deliberately forged a fake secret letter to reassure you. By the time you worked hard to deliver the letter, they had already taken care of the mess. Even if you go back and check it later, it will still be the same.
Nothing to check!"
As he spoke, Belkh sighed again, his face full of bitterness. However, Shuvanov still frowned, thinking that the truth of the matter should be more complicated.
"It's not that simple!" He suddenly said, "In fact, if you want to prevent the letter from reaching you, the easiest way is to get rid of Baron Titov and his party and destroy the secret letter. As long as they die, of course I will not do anything.
If you don’t realize the problem, you won’t be able to investigate it!”
"But the other party did not do this. They gave up the simplest method and adopted another method that was more complicated and 100% exposed. Let Titov disappear, then forge a secret letter and leave it at the scene, and then
It is really unnecessary for the letter to be returned to me and finally delivered to you!"
Belkh thought about it and felt that what Shuvanov said made sense. If it were him, he would have solved the problem directly by killing people and stealing goods. Why make it so complicated?
At this time, Shuvanov replied firmly: "There must be a reason for them to do this, or that simple method makes them scrupulous, and they dare not do it!"
Belkh was stunned. He asked blankly: "They even dared to kidnap, and they did such a complicated thing as forging Uvarov's letter without hesitation. What else can they not dare to do?"
Shuvanov shook his head and replied: "I don't know, but I know there must be reasons that prompted them to do this. And the most important thing for us now is not to think about these reasons, but to figure out two things! First
, what was written in the secret letter; secondly, who are these people?"
Belkh suddenly came back to his senses. Indeed, it was not important for him to figure out why the enemy was willing to give up easy things. What was important was what Count Uvarov had ordered him to do, and what exactly these enemies were doing.
What's the origin? If they don't understand these two points, I'm afraid they will be completely defeated this time!
But Berghe was puzzled again. The secret message had been leaked. Unless Count Uvarov himself and the person who leaked the secret letter knew what was stated in the letter, how could he know what the letter actually said?
After thinking for a while, he replied: "You are right. These two things are indeed very important. Only by finding these people can we know what Count Uvarov told us in the letter and fulfill his old man's instructions! So we
The top priority now is to arrest these bastards who exchanged secret messages!"
Seeing the serious look on Belkh's vow, Shuvanov sighed in his heart. He finally understood why Belkh was dismissed. He was indeed not worthy of being the commander of the Black Sea Fleet at his level.
According to common sense, there is no big problem with Belkh's judgment. Indeed, only the person who arrests the person who switched the letter can know the content of the letter. But this is just the conventional thinking of normal people. Shuvanov thinks that people like them who are in official circles should
You should be more clever. At least you can't always use conventional thinking to solve problems. That would be too passive.
It's exactly what Bilge thought, to catch those who dropped the letters. Not to mention that it has been so long and all the clues have been wiped out by the other party. If you can catch them against all odds, then
How much time is needed?
Shuvanov knew very well how important time was to them now. The reason why Count Uvarov sent Titov to deliver the letter in person was to let Belkh do it before the imperial edict arrived in Sevastopol.
Be prepared to clean up your hands.
This is the first priority. If they foolishly go to catch those thieves, maybe the imperial edict will come down before they catch the thieves, and then Count Uvarov's hard work will be in vain.
Shuvanov said flatly: "No! We don't need to recover the secret message to probably know what Count Uvarov has to say!"
"What?" Bergh was stunned. He couldn't figure out why Shuvanov said that. He thought Shuvanov hadn't read the letter, so how could he know what Count Uvarov had ordered?
Shuvanov replied calmly: "It's very simple. Once you are dismissed from office and Grand Duke Constantine takes over the Black Sea Fleet, then the things you did in the Black Sea Fleet before will be in danger of being exposed! So!
Your Excellency, the Count, must first ask you to clean up those messes quickly and not leave too many clues to Grand Duke Constantine!"
Belhe was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it was indeed true. Once Archduke Constantine got hold of those clues, it would be great for him, or for everyone else, and they would have to clean up immediately!
And Shuvanov continued: "Not only that, the count asked you to command the Black Sea Fleet because he did not want the Black Sea Fleet to fall into the hands of the liberals, and now this has failed, but he will never give in, and will definitely give freedom