Tolstoy did not fully understand what Alexey said, but he could clearly feel that Alexey was a little different from before. His whole person seemed to be much brighter, unlike before, even when he was laughing heartily, his smile
It's full of bitterness.
At that time, Alexey was always unhappy, always gloomy, and always had an inexplicable mood of destruction. It was as if his sky was always dark, with no sun or hope in sight.
He was always burdened with inexplicable pressure, the feeling of being pinned to the ground by this pressure and unable to move.
But now, he seems to have straightened his back and his eyes are bright and shining. No matter how dark the sky is, he doesn't care because there is sunshine in his heart.
"You? You seem a little different?"
Alexey smiled slightly and said: "Maybe, maybe I have found something that has been lost for a long time!"
But Alexei didn't want to continue discussing his emotions and changed the subject: "So, my friend, if you continue to insist, you must do what I say. Otherwise, I will beat you up."
, let you know the price of being naughty!"
Tolstoy was even more confused. Alexei before could not tell such cold jokes. He was more like a solid block of ice and a stuffy gourd. He could not even hit a fart with three sticks. Why did he suddenly break into pieces?
Mouth.
Tolstoy looked around, wondering if his friend had gotten something dirty. This made Alexey laugh, and he grabbed Tolstoy's shoulders and pulled him.
He walked forward with him, saying as he walked:
"Remember everything about today, my friend. Remember that you will never be the same today! Remember it forever! Promise me!"
When Alexey and Tolstoy rushed to the Admiralty Building, the inquiry meeting was about to begin. However, the nature of the meeting had probably been leaked by Grand Duke Constantine, and a large number of gossip enthusiasts,
Crowds watching the excitement and spies from other departments gathered together.
"Why are there so many people?"
Tolstoy was surprised, because the questioning was very professional. He did not believe that there would be so many people in St. Petersburg interested in sailing ships and steamships. In just a short time, he saw a few
Acquaintances. And they are all gossips and gossips in the aristocratic circle. Why are these guys here too?
Alexey sneered: "It wasn't Grand Duke Constantine who did it. He probably wanted to create public opinion!"
"Creating public opinion? Why?"
Tolstoy was not particularly clear about the inside story of the top leaders in St. Petersburg. He always thought that Grand Duke Constantine supported reforms and was an enlightened person.
Alexey sighed and said: "There are many people who support the innovation, and their character is hard to describe. The Grand Duke is one of those whose motives and purposes are very impure. In short, he dislikes Grand Duke Andrei very much, and the relationship is very bad.
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Tolstoy said blankly: "So, he deliberately came to see these people to watch Grand Duke Andrei's jokes?"
Alexey sighed again and said: "I'm afraid he planned the entire questioning. What do you think?!"
Tolstoy was speechless, and his impression of Grand Duke Constantine plummeted. He couldn't understand why a reformist would instigate a group of conservatives to deal with those who supported the reform. This is destroying the Great Wall, isn't it?
Alexey can probably guess what Tolstoy is thinking. He was so naive once upon a time. He naively thought that people with the same interests would be friends, and naively believed that people with the same interests would be harmonious.
Competition is everywhere, and in order to seek greater interests, some people will resort to any means. For example, Grand Duke Constantine. Alexey can guess why the Grand Duke was so active and jumping up and down in this period.
But Alexei did not think that Grand Duke Constantine's approach was useful. Because his father, the old Count Speransky, once told him that Nicholas I was both conservative and principled, both of which had constituted his entire life.
, as long as he is alive, these two things will never change.
Based on this, Alexei could infer that Nicholas I would never be able to abolish his elders and establish a younger one. As long as Crown Prince Alexander is still alive, he will be the crown prince, and Grand Duke Constantine will not have a dime of chance.
And now these phenomena and benefits that are beneficial to Grand Duke Constantine are probably the illusion deliberately created by the emperor. Although it is not yet known why Nicholas I did this, Alexey knows that it is nothing more than the emperor's mind.
Nicholas I just used Grand Duke Constantine as bait to achieve some of his goals.
Thinking of this, Alexei suddenly laughed. He felt that Grand Duke Constantine was so pitiful. This poor child would never have thought that his father was just using him. Everything he was doing now was completely meaningless.
All in vain.
After seeing this clearly, Alexey's mood improved a lot, and he even felt as if he was watching a joke. Of course, this was just a moment. Because even if he was just a poor bait, Grand Duke Constantine was also that kind of person.
The particularly poisonous bait can really kill people!
And now, his two friends are about to test the poison themselves. How dangerous this is!
"The third department handles the case!"
Facing the guards, Alexey threw away his ID with a cold face, and walked in with Tolstoy before they could object.
This arrogant and arrogant behavior made the guard swallow everything he wanted to say, and obediently handed back his ID and paid attention.
Tolstoy asked like a curious baby: "Is the third part so great?"
Alexey smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, it is very powerful and very scary. But it probably doesn't have a good reputation!"
The two of them strolled inside and knew the location of the inquiry meeting without asking for directions. The reason was that there were too many people watching the excitement. The outside of the auditorium had three floors inside and three floors outside, but what was strange was that,
Among them, not many were wearing navy uniforms, but more were onlookers dressed as civilians.
"The scene today is really lively!"
"The Moscow Evening News has sent people here. Do the local leopards in the big rural areas also want to steal the news from us?"
"Ignore them and quickly find a way to enter the auditorium. You can't hear anything clearly in the corridor!"
"It seems that the one who entered just now was Admiral Lazarev? Why is the old general here too?"
"Not only his old man, General Bellingshausen is also here! The show is getting better and better today!"
"Whisper, Grand Duke Constantine is here. Tsk, why does he look so ugly?"
Alexey also saw Grand Duke Constantine. His face was really ugly, as if he were covered with a dark veil, as ugly as the bottom of a pot.
When Alexey was gloating about his misfortune, he suddenly saw a familiar face again...