Struggle in Russia

Conspiracy?

Of course Li Xiao knew what conspiracy was. In fact, he felt that the two brothers, Grand Duke Constantine and Alexander II, joining forces to deal with him constituted conspiracy. That's called being upright, but that's called being beaten and unable to fight back.

Who would have thought that Count Rostovtsev shook his head and said: "What kind of conspiracy is that? It can only be regarded as a relatively advanced conspiracy at best!"

After a pause, he continued: "The conspiracy I am talking about is a method that cannot be parried or defended at all, and cannot be dealt with at all... And their brothers' scheme is obviously capable of being broken!"

Li Xiao humbly asked: "What is your so-called conspiracy?"

Count Rostovtsev smiled and said: "It's very simple. You think their brothers are so unscrupulous that they can't fight back, right? That's because you haven't done something yet. After you do it, the offense and defense will change, and they will never dare to move again." You don't dare to touch you at all...at least for the next two years!"

Li Xiao naturally became more interested when he heard this, and quickly asked: "Is there another way? Please tell me what to do!"

Count Rostovtsev smiled and said: "It's very simple. There are two steps you have to do. First, you have to try to spread the news to the public that you are about to face the risk of assassination, and you must hint that the person behind the scenes is very likely. It’s Grand Duke Constantine and His Majesty…”

Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, and before Count Rostovtsev could continue, he blurted out: "The second thing I want to do is to arrange a fake assassination. The battle will be bigger so that everyone will know it, right?"

Count Rostovtsev laughed loudly: "You are really smart, you know it right away! It seems you know what to do without me teaching you!"

Well, although Li Xiao is a little clueless, he still admires Count Rostovtsev. This man has already seen through people's hearts.

The reason why the combined punches of the brothers Grand Duke Constantine and Alexander II were so difficult to resist was that they cooperated with each other overtly and covertly to make the person targeted suffer.

However, once Li Xiao exposed the peep show in advance and secretly exposed what they might do to the public, the situation would be completely different.

No matter how much Alexander II and Grand Duke Constantine dislike or hate Li Xiao, one thing they cannot change is that Li Xiao is still an important member of the Romanov family and a famous grand duke in the empire with outstanding achievements. .

A grand duke was assassinated without any explanation. Doesn't it require special attention?

No matter how dirty and ugly the aristocratic circle is, there is one iron rule, that is, invisible dirty tricks can be used casually. But these methods must not be exposed to the front desk, and they must not be made known to passers-by.

Once someone dares to lift this fig leaf, they are openly going against the entire aristocratic class and will cause public outrage!

Not even the Tsar!

After understanding this, Li Xiao felt relieved. With Count Rostovtsev's ingenious plan, there was probably no danger.

Who would have thought that Count Rostovtsev shook his head and said: "No! You are still in danger. Because this trick can only keep you safe for a while, but it cannot protect you for a lifetime! And this method is only useful for assassinations. If they don't intend to assassinate you, you are still in danger!"

Li Xiao thought about it for a moment and understood what he meant. It only worked for assassinations, which meant that it didn't work for seizing opportunities in the officialdom and creating troubles and engaging in duels.

This means that he still has to carefully protect his secret so that the two brothers can't get hold of it. In addition, we have to guard against them using the same tactics they used against Pushkin against us.

However, Li Xiao still felt that the possibility of being tricked to death like Pushkin was not high. Because the reason why Pushkin was murdered in a conspiracy, apart from his own personality, the most important thing is that his little wife really liked playing the piano too much and was a frequent visitor to various ladders and salons.

As the old saying goes, if you often walk by the river, your shoes won't get wet. Her love for singing naturally gave others an opportunity to take advantage of her.

Victoria and Natalya Goncharova have completely different personalities. The latter is a pure social circle animal, while the former has no interest in that circle. She is closer to Xiaojiabiyu and has no interest in those luxurious balls. No interest at all.

With fewer opportunities to show off, the possibility of attracting bees and butterflies is naturally lower. Anyway, Li Xiao couldn't think of any way Alexander II and others could make a fuss about Victoria.

"You are too confident!" Count Rostovtsev warned: "For Prince Dolgoruky and Count Shuvanov, there are countless ways to make articles about Miss Victoria that you can't even think of. Means... They are professionals trained by the third department, and their abilities are beyond your imagination!”

Have it?

It's not that Li Xiao has never fought against those two people, it just feels like that. However, considering that Grand Duke Constantine fell into the hands of these two people in history, he decided to humbly accept Count Rostovtsev's warning. Find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuａ.com

"But guarding against thieves the day before is not a big deal, right?" Li Xiao complained.

Count Rostovtsev smiled and said: "This is exactly what makes them disgusting. Many people have the same troubles as you, but they can't do anything about the third part!"

Without waiting for Li Xiao to answer, he continued: "But you are different from those people. They are powerless and have no way to fight back... But you can also be regarded as an internal member of the third part. In a sense, you and them They are the same kind of people!”

Li Xiao looked at Count Rostovtsev, because the other party's hint was very obvious. It is clear that he is allowed to use the power of the third part to deal with Duke Dolgoruky and Count Shuvanov.

But for a while, he couldn't figure out how to use the third part to deal with the opponent. After all, he was on the defensive side, so he couldn't take the initiative to attack the two guys tit-for-tat, right?

Who would have thought that Count Rostovtsev replied as a matter of course: "Why not? Isn't the third part best at underhanded tricks? Although your St. Petersburg third part has less power, your business ability can be said to be the best in Russia." ah!"

Li Xiao was stunned. Speaking of business capabilities, the third part of St. Petersburg is indeed very strong. After all, they were in charge of the three-thirds of an acre of land under the Emperor's feet, and some of them were very powerful people. To put it bluntly, it was this group of people who were most likely to cause trouble.

If we don't have strong means, how can we control this group of people, how can we help the tsar do his dirty work?

Since they were the ones who mainly helped the Tsar with the dirty work in the past, it is reasonable to ask them to help him, the new leader, do the dirty work now, right?

How else to say that people need to open their minds and broaden their horizons?

After Count Rostovtsev's prompting, Li Xiao suddenly became a little more sublime, and the evil ideas in his heart came out one after another...