"Are you sure? How is this guy Ulanov going to run away?"
"It's basically clear. He plans to go directly to Dnipropetrovsk by water, and then transfer to Donetsk."
"Didn't you say that Obukhov fell? Is it safe to go downstream?"
"What's so unsafe? He has already prepared a motorboat for himself. When the time comes, the whole family will take the money he made and leave under the escort of his personal guards, leaving only us here waiting to die!"
"This damn bastard, isn't he afraid that His Majesty will hold him accountable?"
"Hmph! Responsibility? He has made so much money. If he spreads it out casually, it is enough to bribe a division's people to say good things to him. At most, it will only be a few words of reprimand. Even if he is generous enough, he will spend more money to get it.
It’s not impossible for someone to get away with it and make meritorious deeds!”
The small living room fell silent instantly. The only people who could come in here to hold a secret meeting were the prominent figures in Kiev, and they were also the group of people who were most worried about the current situation.
These people have been watching Ulanov closely to prevent the greedy governor from escaping. Of course, escaping is not a big problem. In fact, they also want to escape. The most important problem is to prevent Ulanov from escaping.
If you don't take them to run away together, it will be very fatal!
"Gentlemen, tell me, what should we do next? Should we just watch that bastard abandon us and continue to live happily, or should we just go all out and give it a try!"
"What do you want to do? He is the governor, do you want to rebel?"
"Of course I don't want to rebel, but I don't want to be abandoned like a fool!"
There was another suffocating silence. For everyone present, they were really unwilling to take this step unless it was absolutely necessary.
But now Ulanov has obviously abandoned them and obviously left no way for them to survive. No one can bear the thought of that bastard making so much money but having to take the backseat!
"Tell me, what are you going to do?"
"Now the city is full of people from Ulanov. I sent people to contact Nikolai Ivanovich..."
"What, you're crazy! Who doesn't know that guy is Ulanov's loyal dog? If you come into contact with him, do you want to kill us?!"
"Don't be nervous. It's true that Nikolai Ivanovich is Ulanov's dog, but that was before. What's the situation now? Ukraine is over, Kiev is almost over, and Ulanov is almost over too!
Who would be foolish enough to die with him?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you that Ulanov's escape route was revealed by Nikolai Ivanovich. That idiot didn't even plan to take Nikolai Ivanovich with him. Who can endure this?
?!"
Everyone was in an uproar, incredulous at Ulanov's shamelessness and stupidity! Everyone knew how important Nikolai Ivanovich was. Without him as the commander of the city defense army, Ulanov would have been killed long ago.
He was killed, but this idiot actually let Nikolai Ivanovich stay to die. Isn't this a brain-dead thing?
"Is that idiot really that stupid?"
"Do you think he is so smart? How could he have a little brain and make the situation become so uncontrollable?"
To be honest, this reason is untenable. Strictly speaking, Ulanov is not the root cause of the corruption in Ukraine. It can only be said that what he did has accelerated the process.
But for those present at the meeting, whether they were making excuses or shirking responsibility, they all agreed that this was Ulanov's fault. If it weren't for his greed and incompetence, Ukraine would not be what it is now!
So this excuse was unanimously approved without any surprise. Everyone thought Ulanov was stupid and thought he would do stupid things!
"Since Nikolai Ivanovich is cooperating, what should we be afraid of? Let him gather the city defense troops and we can go directly to the Governor's Mansion to capture those idiots alive!"
However, this suggestion was rejected. The reason is: "It's not as simple as you think. Not all the city defense forces are Nikolai Ivanovich's people. Ulanov still has many cronies in it. You
You think of things too simply!”
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"Nikolai Ivanovich promised to cooperate with us, and his people controlled several key routes. With his cooperation, we gathered our best troops and attacked the Governor's Palace, catching him by surprise and capturing him!"
There is actually no essential difference between this suggestion and the one just now. The only difference is that the previous suggestion was to let Nikola Ivanovic be the main force and they could just sit back and enjoy his achievements. The latter plan was for them to rush to the front and cooperate.
The person became Nikolai Ivanovich.
This makes many old foxes feel a bit pity. After all, they like to sit back and enjoy the success, and it is not even ruled out that they will take advantage of it and kill Nikolai Ivanovich after it is accomplished.
Yes, at that time they would attack Nikolai Ivanovich under the pretext of quelling the mutiny. As long as they killed him, they would not have the final say on what happened in the end.
At that time, the whole thing would turn out to be that Nikolai Ivanovich had a grudge and led bandits to rebel and kill the respected governor, and they had to work together to quell the rebellion and kill the culprit Nikolay.
Ivanovich.
In this way, both Ulanov and Nikolai Ivanovich were killed, and there would be no stain on them. The most important thing is that Ulanov's money still fell into their hands.
Isn't this beautiful?
However, Nikolai Ivanovich was obviously not a fool and made it clear that he refused to take the lead, which made them a little regretful.
But this problem is not a big problem. As long as Nikolai Ivanovich is willing to cooperate and Ulanov can be killed, everything will be easy.
What's more, it wasn't them who had the final say in killing Ulanov. Anyway, there were many of them. As long as they all unanimously shifted the responsibility to Nikolai Ivanovich, who do you think Alexander II would believe in the end?
This group of people was very satisfied with this. They felt that this was the rare good news they had heard after the Mudlegs rebellion. They were all gearing up to kill Ulanov and divide the land among the local tycoons.
But they all seem to have forgotten one problem, that is, killing Ulanov at this time will not solve any problem. There are hundreds of thousands of rebels approaching outside the city, but the city is full of chicken feathers.
Will the rebels retreat if they kill Ulanov? Or will they escape if they kill Ulanov?
It's a pity that no one of them thought about these two issues after being dazzled by the good news. They just wanted to deal with Ulanov to vent their anger, and they even coveted Ulanov's treasure. They were so stupid that they were so greedy.
!
And can such a group of short-sighted guys really achieve anything?