Struggle in Russia

Yakov Alexeevich Gerasimov was sitting in his office with deep thoughts, looking at the birch trees outside the window in a daze.

He fell into this sluggish state after receiving an official from the Third Department in the afternoon, and even the young and beautiful female secretary failed to wake him up.

On the desk in front of him was a document detailing his various crimes of accepting bribes and committing corruption for personal gain.

There are dozens of them in total. If all of these crimes are sentenced one by one, it is estimated that even if he can live to be a hundred years old, he will not be able to get out of prison.

What's more, there are one or two fatal crimes among them, which will make you lose your head.

Gerasimov doesn't want to die at all. He especially cherishes the happy life in front of him, but some people obviously don't want him to live so comfortably and must make trouble for him.

The person he meant by "someone" was naturally Li Xiao.

Ever since Li Xiao forced the prosecutor's office to prosecute the editors of the "Voice of Liberty", he has been caught in a huge whirlpool.

To be honest, he is just a local prosecutor, a small figure in the huge Russian bureaucracy. He doesn't want to get involved in the turmoil of high-level fights. Anyone anywhere can be wiped out with just a snap of his fingers. How can he have the courage?

Naturally, he resisted the case from the beginning and tried every possible means to push it out. However, since this case was handed over to him, it meant one thing: he was the youngest, least well-connected among the St. Petersburg district attorneys. The one who's easy to bully.

Those procuratorates with background and energy must have shunned and avoided him early on. He is just a poor bastard who was thrown out as cannon fodder!

After realizing this, Gerasimov was very frustrated, because for a time he felt that he was still a figure.

It was such a glorious time when I was working on the case before. I made a lot of money and took in whoever I wanted.

This gave him a great illusion. It was not until this blow woke him up that he realized how small and pitiful he was.

After feeling sorry for himself for a while, Gerasimov lowered his head and looked at the documents on the table. This thing was a reminder.

If he does not honestly sue the editor of the "Voice of Liberty" immediately as required, he will surely become the one being sued. No one will save him and no one will dare to save him. For the rest of his life, he will be with those who have been sued. He sent the poor fellow to prison to spend time together.

He couldn't help but shudder when he thought of that scene. He knew very well how much those people hated him. I was afraid that the first day in prison would be the day of his death!

Suddenly he grabbed his hair and went crazy. He really didn't want to die!

"What to do! What to do!"

There were two paths before him, either go to jail or prosecute according to the other party's requirements.

But both paths are equally deceptive. If he sued, Archduke Constantine and even Alexander II would cause trouble for him, and he would have to die at that time!

This is basically stretching one's head, shrinking one's head with one knife, or one knife, there is no way to survive at all!

Gerasimov tried his best to think of a way, but he sadly found that he could not escape no matter what.

This made him extremely frustrated, and he wanted to just kill himself and be done with it.

But he was just a greedy coward, and this thought just turned around in his mind and disappeared without a trace.

"Dear Yakov Alexeevich, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent someone to talk to you. Do you want to see him immediately?"

The young and beautiful female secretary with a good figure walked into Gerasimov's office again and told him another piece of bad news in a friendly and ambiguous manner.

"Home Office?"

Of course Gerasimov knew why the Ministry of Interior sent people here, and it was to put pressure on him. Although their prosecutorial department is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, the Russian Ministry of Justice is really weak today. Not to mention being bullied by others, at least it is a small name among the cabinet departments, and no one can twist its small arms and legs.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs led by Nikolai Milyutin is one of the powerful departments of the cabinet. Tens of thousands of police, spies and military police make the Ministry of Internal Affairs powerful. If they want to target anyone, then the other party will probably be in trouble.

Gerasimov lamented with a grimace: "First the third department and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I am just a small district prosecutor! Do you want to push me to death!"

Gerasimov was about to collapse and felt that he must die. And his female secretary quietly came up to him and asked in a low voice: "Dear Yakov Alexeevich, are you in trouble?"

Gerasimov rolled his eyes at her, feeling that this woman was pretending to be stupid on purpose. Who didn't know now that he was in big trouble and could be imprisoned at any time.

He said angrily: "Yes, I'm in big trouble. Why do I worry about getting you involved? Do you regret being my secretary?"

The female secretary snorted: "Don't be ungrateful. I just care about you because you are a nice person and I don't want to see you end like this... If you have this attitude, then we have nothing to talk about!"

After saying that, the female secretary raised her legs and left. Gerasimov was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up, stopped the enchanting woman, apologized repeatedly, and coaxed her back.

"I'm just in a bad mood and worried... You are well-informed. Did you hear something?"

Secretaries in government departments, especially female secretaries, know everything there is to know, and there is no news that they do not know. They can grasp all the first-hand information at the first time. For Gerasimov, maybe some of it can save his life?

The female secretary smiled and said: "I recently fell in love with a diamond necklace..."

Before she finished speaking, Gerasimov immediately said: "Buy it, buy it immediately! Tell me what you heard right away?"

The female secretary blew into his ear and said ambiguously: "The one who reported Duke Baryatinsky is the Grand Duke who has been urging you. It is said that His Excellency the Duke was made very embarrassed. It is also said that the Grand Duke has control over the situation." The dark stuff about few people..."

When she said this, she deliberately gave Gerasimov a wink: as if to say that maybe there is some dirty information about you.

Gerasimov suddenly felt cold to the waist. A big man like Duke Baryatinsky was punished by that one. He was not even qualified to carry Duke Baryatinsky's shoes. Wouldn't he be cold soon? !

He was feeling sorry for himself. The female secretary added: "I also heard that the person from the outside is a confidant of Count Nikolai Milyutin. He represents the count's attitude, so if you don't want to offend the count, you'd better not let him." People have waited too long!”

Gerasimov was stunned. Before he could react, the female secretary squirmed and left, leaving him alone to understand the significance of these two pieces of information...