Peter Balak was stunned. He had thought that Count Rostovtsev would attack him, but he really didn’t expect that Count Rostovtsev would attack him so quickly and violently. Look what they just said? A major treason case, this
Damn, I want to kill him!
Anyone who is a Russian official knows how serious the nature of rebellion is. Look at the Decembrists who are still building the earth in Siberia. There are a lot of dukes, marquises and counts among them, and their relationships are very close. You are welcome.
It can be said that Peter Barak was just a tea- and water-server among those people, and could not get on the stage at all.
Even a big shot like that was punished for treason. If a little shrimp like him was found guilty, he probably wouldn't even be qualified to go to Siberia to suffer. He could just tie a rope at the door of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Hang him.
Anyway, when Count Rostovtsev said that the charge was treason, even Peter Barak, who was usually very cowardly and shameless, exploded. He roared angrily: "This is a frame-up! It's a frame-up! This is a right.
My open persecution!”
Compared to Peter Balak's rage, Count Rostovtsev seemed so calm. Faced with this guy's roar, he just said coldly: "Framed? Framed? You can tell His Majesty personally when the time comes.
, but now please come with us honestly, it will be easy to figure out if you have any questions!"
Peter Balak naturally refused to leave. If he fell into the hands of Count Rostovtsev, there would be no need to think that the other party would have many means to deal with him. Since the other party was already planning to kill him, how could he not be ruthless?
?
So naturally he refused to leave, and immediately shouted loudly: "I am the Governor of Ukraine, appointed by His Majesty himself. No one can arrest me without His Majesty's order!"
However, this was immediately ridiculed by Count Rostovtsev: "Unfortunately, I am also a plenipotentiary envoy appointed by His Majesty personally. According to His Majesty's order, I have the right to deal with all people and people in Ukraine, and the right to inquire about all cases.
The relevant personnel include you, the governor."
After a pause, he teased: "Are you going to cooperate honestly and accept the investigation now? Or will I send someone to invite you to come and accept the investigation? It's up to you!"
Peter Balak looked at Count Rostovtsev and immediately became speechless, because Count Rostovtsev's statement was very clever, allowing 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 greatly involved the level of Grand Duke Constantine, Nicholas I gave Count Rostovtsev the power to investigate the case.
Examining the power of Peter Barak.
In other words, Count Rostovtsev can indeed invite Peter Balak to tea for questioning. If there is conclusive evidence to prove that Peter Balak really has a problem, he can also be taken into custody and sent to St. Petersburg for review.
Therefore, as long as Count Rostovtsev does not say that he is here to arrest Peter Balak, but invites him over for tea, then Peter Balak can really only cooperate honestly.
After realizing this, Peter Barak's face began to turn pale. He realized that this was nonsense, what kind of bullshit investigation. What if Count Rostovtsev insisted that he had a problem and escorted him directly to St. Petersburg?
?Isn’t this just a disguised arrest?
At this time, he began to madly complain about Nicholas I in his heart. He felt that the tsar had made a lot of specious things, which seemed fair and reasonable, but how to use them in the end depended entirely on the mood of the powerful ministers.
For example, now Count Rostovtsev is unhappy with him and insists on attacking him, leaving him unable to resist at all.
It's just that if you can't resist, you still have to resist, because if you don't resist, there is really only a dead end for Peter Barak. He rolled his eyes and immediately said to Grand Duke Nicholas and Grand Duke Mikhail:
"Your Highnesses, you have all seen it. Your Excellency Count Rostovtsev used some trumped-up charges to accuse and frame me in an attempt to deprive me of my powers. This is simply appalling. Russia has never heard of such a thing in hundreds of years.
Now I can only ask you two to make the decision for me!"
Peter Balak's little calculation is very simple, that is, he hopes that Grand Duke Mikhail and Grand Duke Nicholas will help him. Strictly speaking, he hopes that Grand Duke Mikhail will help him, because during this period, Michael
He had seen all the little moves of Grand Duke Il. His Highness the Grand Duke had a heated fight with those outsiders, and he could vaguely feel that he was partial to Count Uvarov.
Favoring Count Uvarov means that the Grand Duke is one of our own. As one of our own people, it is impossible to remain indifferent when seeing him suffer and be captured by Count Rostovtsev, right? As long as the Grand Duke can speak for him, then Rostov
Count Vtsev certainly cannot be completely careless!
It should be said that Peter Barak's mind works very quickly, and he keenly captures all the factors that are beneficial to him. It's just that he didn't think carefully enough, because if he could help him, Grand Duke Mikhail would have helped him long ago. Now,
He followed Count Rostovtsev to the Governor's Palace. In fact, this was another signal!
It was a signal of complete helplessness and no solution. Unfortunately, Peter Barak did not understand this signal, and he made the wrong bet.
Grand Duke Mikhail looked at him and then at Count Rostovtsev. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end it turned into a sigh: "Your Excellency, don't worry, if you really
You are innocent, and there is nothing that can wrong you. However, the current situation has a lot of evidence that is very unfavorable to you, so I think it is better for you to explain it to Count Rostovtsev and try to clear the suspicion as soon as possible!"
Peter Barak was immediately chilled, because these words revealed a lot of information. For example, there was a lot of evidence that was very unfavorable to him. Although he didn't know what the evidence was, it was inevitable that Grand Duke Mikhail could speak like this.
It's no small matter.
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 still refused in the end. This attitude was very revealing.
In short, I am afraid that the Grand Duke felt that it would be difficult for him to escape guilt, so he did not want to get involved in this muddy water.
But Peter Barak did not give up, after all, this was his only hope, so he turned to Grand Duke Nicholas, hoping that the Grand Duke could be more helpful, but what made him despair was that Grand Duke Nicholas turned out to be straightforward
replied:
"I think it would be better for you to cooperate with the Earl and accept the investigation!"