Struggle in Russia

What else could Matvey say but nod? Could it be said that he is not cooperative? Besides, his requirements are not high, they are just at the point he can accept.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Alexey eagerly, and his meaning was very clear: Is it time to fulfill his promise and let him go to pay back the money?

Alexey will naturally not continue to set up obstacles. After all, Matvey is still useful. If he is really guilty, it will be a trouble in the future. So he issued the release order without hesitation and let Matvey go happily.

"It seems that we are going to check on Viscount Cordo." Alexey said very relaxedly.

Li Xiao strangely didn't respond, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he replied: "We must check, but we must be careful!"

Alexei was surprised, because in his impression, Viscount Cordo was not a big shot. He has no prominent background, and his position in Wallachia is only that of senior advisor to the Wallachian Ministry of Finance.

Moreover, he has not heard that this person has any serious social connections. If this is the case, why must he check carefully?

Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's normal that you haven't noticed Viscount Cordo. Just like you said, he has no background and no authority, let alone the white gloves of a big shot, but this person is definitely not simple! Before I of people have paid attention to him!”

Alexey was surprised. The target that Li Xiao's people had paid attention to was not to say very important, but at least it needed to be treated with caution. Anyway, his military police will never pay attention to a low-profile little consultant for no reason.

He quickly asked: "Why should you pay attention to him?"

"Several reasons," Li Xiao thought for a while and replied: "When Archduke Constantine gave us trouble before, he contacted Viscount Cordo privately, and my cousin's emissary entered him more than once. It’s obvious that he is connected with Grand Duke Constantine.”

Alexey nodded. Someone who was connected to Grand Duke Constantine and also served in the important Treasury Department of Wallachia really needed to be paid close attention to.

"I think the reason why Grand Duke Constantine opened his mouth so loudly is probably because Viscount Cordo leaked our financial situation."

Alexey's face suddenly turned ugly. Although the revenue and expenditure of the Ministry of Finance was not an absolute secret, openly betraying it to Grand Duke Constantine also showed the problem. At least this guy was definitely not one of his own.

Li Xiao continued: "Since then, he has been on my key watch list. However, although he continued to have contact with Archduke Constantine's people and betrayed some of our intelligence, most of it was irrelevant. , and he didn’t directly cause damage, so I just stared at him and didn’t take any action.”

Alexei nodded, because he also knew that it didn't matter if he took action, such a painless crime would just drive him away. But you can guarantee that Grand Duke Constantine will not go to the second Viscount Cordo. It is not difficult to do this with his power and financial resources.

Valley

It would be better not to leave Viscount Cordo alone. Keeping an eye on him would be equivalent to keeping an eye on Archduke Constantine's spies. On the contrary, it would be safer this way.

"This is not all his problems," Li Xiao glanced at Alexei and said: "After observing him for several months, my people discovered that the viscount was not only connected with Grand Duke Constantine, but also with Serbia. , Bulgaria and Hungary. He has long been dealing with businessmen from these three countries, most of whom have espionage backgrounds!"

Alexei was taken aback and exclaimed: "You think he is a spy?!"

Li Xiao shook his head and said: "No, I don't think Viscount Cordo is a spy. I'm afraid he is a senior spy in the third part. His main task is to collect intelligence in the Balkans."

"This can also be seen from his ability to receive the mysterious commissioner. Otherwise, this task should be given to Matvey, not to a pawn like him!"

Alexey thought for a while and thought Li Xiao's analysis made sense. Judging from this, Viscount Cordo might really be doing this. But this was enough to surprise him. After all, he had thought that Viscount Cordo was just a mediocre passerby. Who would have thought that such a seemingly mediocre guy would be responsible for such a secret mission?

Thinking of this, Alexey felt that Nicholas I was more and more terrifying. Look at his arrangements for the Balkans and Wallachia. There are both overt monitors like Matvey Semyonovich, and countless hidden spies like Viscount Kordo. If you show no mercy, you will be caught. It is not that difficult to make a name for yourself in front of him!

Li Xiao guessed what Alexey was thinking and comforted: "You don't have to be too nervous. Most of the spies like Viscount Cordo are not here for us. Their main task is to monitor the Turks and the Balkans." Dong Xiang, you don’t think that my uncle is determined to fight this war without doing any investigation, do you?”

Alexey sighed and said: "I know, but it's still worrying! God knows how many Viscounts of Cordo are hidden around us, and God knows how many pairs of eyes are watching us... When I think of this, I feel Uncomfortable, I feel uneasy all over!”

Li Xiao also sighed and said: "This is the effect my uncle wants. He just wants all his subjects to feel uncomfortable and think that he is monitoring everything!"

Alexey spat angrily: "What a pervert, a complete control freak!"

Li Xiao fully agreed with this: "Who says it's not the case! But it doesn't matter, he will soon find that he can't control anything, he is so powerless!"

Alexey probably knew why Li Xiao said that. In a sense, it really made him happy to hear it. He really wanted to see what Nicholas I looked like when he faced the mess.

But soon he thought that if Nicholas I was so helpless, the situation in Russia would definitely not be much better. As a patriot, how do you think he felt when he watched his motherland fall into a quagmire and be unable to extricate itself?

"Stop talking about this!" Alexey shook his head. This was not the first time he had this kind of entanglement. He knew it was useless to think about it and might as well do his own thing. He asked: "What are you going to do? Dealing with Viscount Cordo?”

"There's no way to deal with it!" Li Xiao sighed quietly and said: "His identity is too sensitive, and now he is even more involved with the commissioner. Apart from keeping an eye on him to see what he plans to do, we just pretend to have nothing to do with him. It’s irritating to notice, just think about it!”