As expected, the news of Peter Barak's arrest caused an uproar in Kiev. Conservative supporters did not even understand what had happened, and then found that the parasols above their heads had been lifted off.
When Peter Barak was around, they didn't feel anything at all, and they always felt that he was inferior and incompetent. But without Peter Barak, they immediately felt uncomfortable.
Without someone to protect them, they naturally had to face the wind and rain to experience life on their own. The first among them was the commander of the Kiev Gendarmerie. The day after Peter Balak's collapse, he was invited to Rostovsky.
The count's office was severely punished.
The reason? Does it matter what the reason is? Even if he does everything well, can't he still find fault with it?
What's more, this person's skills are very average and many things are messed up. Naturally, he was found by Count Rostovtsev and will doubt his life.
"...I only give you three days. You must give me a result within three days, otherwise I can only take coercive measures against you!"
The poor military police commander had a sad face. He tried hard to raise his chubby head and begged: "Your request is too difficult. You also know how cunning these suspects are. They are hidden very deep. Where is the three days?"
You can catch it!”
"Three days are not enough?" Count Rostovtsev sneered and asked sullenly: "Then how long do you need?"
The commander of the military police counted it secretly with his fingers. In fact, he wanted to say that even ten days and a half month might not be enough. He even wanted to say that it was impossible to complete the task.
"Can't it be finished?"
Count Rostovtsev sneered again: "If I can't finish it, I will have to find someone who can finish it as the commander of the Kiev Gendarmerie!"
The poor fat man was shocked. He spent a lot of effort and a lot of favors and money to get this position. Although he has made back ten times the cost in the past few years, how can this be enough?
It's obvious that he just did something that no one else could do, so why should he be removed from office? This is so unreasonable!
"unreasonable?"
This is the first time for Count Rostovtsev to see such an interesting official. He even discussed rationality with his superiors. This is very un-Russian!
In Russia, your superiors are God, your ancestors, and everything to you. If you dare to be like your superiors, you must have a strong backer.
It’s just that in the current Russia, there are not many supporters who are stronger than Count Rostovtsev, so talking to him like this is just to get slapped, and the count slapped him without hesitation:
"Then do you think it is reasonable to allow key criminals and rogue parties who endanger the safety of the empire to carry out their activities freely? Or are you, the commander of the military police, an accomplice and sympathizer of the rogue party?"
The poor fat man was frightened, the fat on his face was trembling, and beads of sweat as big as soybeans fell from his forehead. It was obvious that he was really nervous.
It’s no wonder that he was afraid, because as soon as Count Rostovtsev came to Kiev, he captured Shuvalov and then arrested Peter Balak. Needless to say, what are the identities of these two people? Compared with these two
This damn fat guy is really a brother through and through.
Naturally, he gave up immediately and could only cry for mercy and said: "Sir, please listen to my explanation. Count Shuvalov was in charge of this case at the beginning. He did all the hunting and arresting of the suspects himself and did not allow me to interfere. Now,
You suddenly come to me for help, I really have no choice!"
Is this the truth? Well, it's sixty-seven percent reliable. Shuvalov doesn't even allow Peter Barak to intervene in the case, and naturally it's even less likely that a mere gendarmerie commander will comment. After all, there's too much at stake here.
It's so big that Shuvalov can't trust an outsider.
But if you want to say that this damn fat guy can't do anything, that's false. After all, there are only so many people in Ukraine's third unit, and it's impossible for them all to go out and search for suspects all over the world. The specific search tasks must be left to more people.
Ordinary police and gendarmerie are responsible.
And this damn fat man is the leader of these people, so if you want to say that he is completely unable to carry out his work, that is nonsense.
The reason why he only wanted to bring Shuvalov out to talk about the issue was actually to shirk responsibility and kick the ball.
However, Count Rostovtsev did not agree with him at all, and responded to him with two sentences: "It has been more than half a month since Count Shuvalov was dismissed. During this period, you are responsible for the search."
Work, right? You haven’t achieved anything for more than half a month, doesn’t that make sense?”
After a pause, Count Rostovtsev continued: "What's more, as far as I know, although Count Shuvalov was commanding the previous arrests, you were responsible for the specific implementation. You, the person directly responsible, spent all the time and effort.
I haven’t found anything after more than a month. Is this your job?”
There were more and more beads of sweat on the fat man's forehead, which showed how nervous he was now. He opened his mouth and continued to defend: "Listen to me, although I am responsible for the specific search and arrest work, I can search wherever I go.
The reason why Count Shuvalov’s command has never achieved anything is probably because the direction was wrong from the beginning, and I am also very helpless!”
This was still kicking the ball, but he couldn't kick it away. Count Rostovtsev just raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said disdainfully: "You mean this is Count Shuvalov's problem."
Me?"
The fat man was stunned at first and then his expression changed drastically, because he thought of the more terrifying possibility. If he really pushed all the responsibilities on Count Shuvalov, it would certainly reduce his own responsibility, but Shuvalov
Is the Countess a vegetarian?
Although he is now under house arrest and seems to be about to collapse, there are Shuvalov family and Count Uvarov behind him. If they know that he is the one who "added insult to injury", they can spare him lightly.
By then, Count Rostovtsev might be clinging to him, and another powerful figure, Count Uvarov, might want to beat him and kill him. Then even his nine lives would not be enough.
Suddenly he shuddered and quickly explained: "No, no, no! That's not what I meant. After all, the suspect is very cunning, and Count Shuvalov has tried his best to make all the arrangements he can, and the whole city
The large-scale manhunt has not stopped, I can only say that these suspects must have been prepared, they are really cunning!"
Count Rostovtsev knew that this guy would backtrack like this. He knew that this fat man would not dare to offend Count Shuvalov to death, but it was pointless to do so. It was just a desperate struggle!