Struggle in Russia

Even if Spantelevich was 10,000 reluctant, he could only bite the bullet and carry out the order, but he also had something to say about how to carry it out.

"It's not easy to sneak into Maria Davidovna's study. As a low-level servant, I can't even get close to the main house. If I want to get in, I need the full cooperation of the brothers outside!"

Valenov asked: "How do you want to cooperate?"

"We must try to attract the attention of Maria Davydovna and the bodyguards of the main house. It is best to try to lure them away!"

Valenov shook his head and said: "This is impossible, it can't be done at all! And there are too many uncertain factors. I think the best way is for you to sneak into the study at night to search for documents. I believe that at that time, the main house Everyone should be asleep and no one will disturb you!"

Spantelevich was speechless again. This won't work, and that won't work either. What do you want him to do? It's not impossible to go to the study at night, but who can guarantee that you will be able to find the documents, and who can guarantee that there will be no accidents after entering.

However, Spantelevich knew that Valenov would not give in at all. He had to do it even if he didn't want to do it. He had no choice at all.

He sighed and said: "Okay, but I ask that a few more people be sent to cover me outside the main house. Once I am discovered, they can help me escape!"

This request was not too much, so Valenov agreed without thinking. At night, he personally led three of his subordinates and sneaked into Maria Davydovna's courtyard, hiding outside the main house. The grass nervously observed the disturbance in the house.

To be honest, although this was not the first time he had carried out such a mission, Valenov was still worried, fearing that Spantelevich would be caught on the scene or alert other people in the room. Once all these days of preparation were in vain, he really had no choice but to ask Li Xiao for help.

Fortunately, Spantelevich's level and luck were both good. Two hours later, he crept out of the back door, signaled to Valenov, and then got into the stable.

Valenov followed soon after, and as soon as they met, he asked impatiently: "Is there anything gained?"

"There may be," Spantelevich handed him a stack of documents. "I found these from the study. I briefly browsed them. They seemed to be from Maria Davydovna and Letters to and from Matvey Semyonovich..."

Valenov snatched it up and scanned it with the help of weak candlelight. Most of them were love letters between the two of them, and they were full of lingering and disgusting words. Anyway, he felt like vomiting when he looked at them. After reading more than a dozen letters, he finally found something interesting.

"Matvey Semyonovich is smuggling food and medicine. Haha, this bastard has made a lot of money!"

Spantelevich came up to take a look, shook his head and said: "This is not a big deal, at least the amount is not particularly shocking, and he managed to smuggle food and medicine from abroad into Wallachia, which is actually a big deal to us. The good thing...it's even possible that his superiors know everything about it, and it's also possible that this is the task assigned to him by the superiors."

Valenov also knew that this was more likely, but he finally found this little clue. How could he turn a blind eye and throw it aside?

He immediately emphasized: "But he enriched himself! This is evidence of crime!"

Spantelevich sighed inwardly, knowing that Valenov wanted to grab Matvey Semyonovich's pigtails too much. Objectively speaking, enriching one's own pockets is indeed a crime and there are indeed problems, but in Russia it is nothing at all, and it can't even hurt Matvey Semyonovich's skin.

What's more, these letters are unlikely to be used as evidence. After all, they are committing a crime by stealing the letters. When asked, how will they explain the origin of the letters and why they stole the letters?

Spantelevich suggested: "These cannot be used as evidence in court, they can only be used as clues. If we want to use this matter to make a fuss, it is best to follow the clues to find other evidence..."

But Valenov didn't want to bother with this matter, because his time was limited. It was certainly the right way to follow the clues and investigate, but how long would it take to investigate?

The commissioner has arrived in Bucharest for more than a week, and God knows how much work has been done. How dare he wait!

"We don't have that time! We must get rid of Matvey Semyonovich as quickly as possible, so I have to take this letter away!"

Spantelevich had a headache. Unless Maria Davydovna was a madman, sooner or later she would soon find out that the letter was missing. Who would she suspect at that time?

Anyway, Spantelevich himself would definitely be suspicious of him, the groom's deputy who had just come in. At that time, he was still lurking! Maybe Maria Davydovna would just send him to the gendarmerie.

Although he is not afraid of joining the gendarmerie, after all, Li Xiao and Alexei are the real masters of Wallachia, and joining the gendarmerie with them as their backers is just a formality. Of course, there will definitely be a loss of face.

What Spantelevich is really worried about is Valenov's next move. Judging from his posture, he must be preparing to directly find Maria Davydovna or Matvey Semyonovich for a showdown, forcing him to They reported the commissioner's movements.

Spanterevich thought it was too overbearing and reckless to do this. Let’s not talk about whether Matvey Semenovich must know the commissioner’s movements. Even if he did know, a mere misdemeanor and the commissioner It was impossible for him to decide which of the highly confidential actions was more important.

Spantelevich felt that following Valenov's plan would be self-defeating, but now he couldn't listen to his opinions, so he was in a hurry and had no choice.

But Valenov had no intention of waiting for Spantelevich to come up with countermeasures. He couldn't wait any longer, and immediately said: "Okay, you continue to stay here to monitor Maria Davydovna. I will stay Joseph is waiting for you outside, if anything happens, you can evacuate in advance!"

After saying that, he patted his butt and left, leaving Spantelevich alone in a mess. After a while, he came back to his senses and cursed: "Fuck!"

He couldn't help but curse. Although Varynov seemed to have left Joseph to take care of him, Joseph was on the road outside the manor, several hundred meters away from the main house. If something happened to him here, how would Joseph take care of him?

This was tantamount to putting him on the spot. I am afraid that Valenov was worried that he would continue to raise objections, so he simply ignored him.

Of course Spantelevich was not happy. He strengthened his confidence and could not let Valenov do what he did!