Chapter 347

Peter Barek's face is not very good, or his face looks very bad. Just a few hours made the governor who looked rosy, energetic and full of strength before become like an eggplant beaten by frost. .

Seeing that the door of the interrogation room was opened and Count Rostovtsev strolled in, this man did not do anything other than glance up, as if he had let it go, which made Count Rostovtsev couldn't help but Finding it interesting, he casually said:

"Your Excellency Governor's complexion is not very good! Did you not rest?"

Peter Barek looked up at him again, but he still didn't speak. It seemed that he didn't want to talk to Count Rostovtsev at all.

The Earl didn't particularly care about this. Originally, this interrogation was just a formality, and it didn't matter whether Peter Barek was worthy or not.

So Count Rostovtsev sat on the chair leisurely, and asked slowly: "Are you clear about the charges against you? Do you have anything to say?"

Peter Barek finally raised his head. He glared at Count Rostovtsev angrily, and replied through gritted teeth, "I don't know. I have nothing to say about framing and slander!"

Count Rostovtsev just glanced at him, neither angry nor intimidating, but said lightly: "That is to say, you continue to deny that you have an intimate relationship with Miss Merkulova, and that you have ever released that woman." A couple of Polish rogue parties, denying funding their huge sums, right?"

Peter Barek was made more and more impetuous by Count Rostovtsev's indifferent attitude, because he felt that the other party didn't pay attention to him at all, and he was not interested in all his excuses, which made him Quite upset.

No one likes to be ignored, especially a big man like Peter Barek, who is pampered and responds to everyone, how can he bear this, even if Count Rostovtsev has a higher status than him.

So he glared at Count Rostovtsev like a bull about to go mad.

It's just that this still can't make Count Rostovtsev look at him high, and the count still said calmly in a calm voice: "In addition, you continue to deny that you have committed corruption and malfeasance, and refuse to admit that you have received large sums of money. A bribe, huh?"

Peter Barek couldn't bear it anymore, he struggled violently, slammed his hands on the table and roared, "What do you mean, you think you've got a sure chance of winning, don't you! You're too happy!"

Count Rostovtsev still only glanced at him, and replied casually: "I didn't say that I was sure of winning,

I wasn't particularly happy either. I just think that if you don't think about how to get rid of these allegations, once these evidences and files are sent to His Majesty's desk, I think you must be dead! There is no doubt about it! "

Peter Barek was stunned speechless, because Count Rostovtsev was too right, the existing evidence was extremely unfavorable to him, everything showed that he had a close relationship with Merkulova, Whether this intimacy is that of a lover or other intimacy, it is all intimacy.

For example, he gave Merkulova a large amount of money, tens of thousands of rubles, which may have been entrusted by Count Petlev to his granddaughter. But others can't see it. What others can see is that he gave the money, and the source of the money is completely unknown.

This raises two questions. The first is that Peter Barek has to explain how the money came from. The second is that if he really has nothing to do with Melkulova as he justified himself, then he Why be so generous to this woman?

We all know that he can't explain either of these two issues. He can't drag Count Petlev in, and he can't say that he is really not Merkulova's lover, otherwise everything will be hidden. Once this scandal Get it out of him in this way, and the best thing he can do is be silenced.

Naturally he had nothing to say, but the result of having nothing to say was to be slaughtered by Count Rostovtsev. Because the count will be convicted of his huge fortune of unknown origin and close relationship with Melkulova.

Of course, having a close relationship with Merkulova was not a crime, at most it could only be regarded as a disorderly private life and a moral problem. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to kill a nobleman like Peter Barek.

It's just that that's the general situation, because the current situation is very special. Because the relationship between Merkulova and the Polish rebel party has been confirmed. Count Rostovtsev raided and arrested a group of Poles who were closely related to Merkulova, and then with the help of the third part, he found out the true identity of these people without much effort.

I have to say, shocking! Because there were as many as five of these people who were wanted by Nicholas I alone, and a large number of letters and other evidence were searched from their residences, which can prove that they had direct contacts with the Polish rebels abroad.

These people alone are enough to crucify Merkulova, no matter how eloquent she is, she can't explain why all of her friends are using false identities and have close contacts with the Polish rebels abroad , all of those letters mentioned her role, obviously she belongs to the gang of rebels!

If Nicholas I knew that Melkulova received a large amount of money from Peter Barek to fund the Polish Restoration Movement, and also used Peter Barek's relationship to forge a false identity to help the rebel party escape arrest, and help They are rampant in Kiev.

So what if Melkulova is the illegitimate daughter of Count Petlev? Anyway, Nicholas I thought that family was a disgrace to the family, so he didn't want to talk to them at all. Now that he had an honest excuse to get rid of this shame, he certainly didn't mind cutting the mess quickly.

As for whether Peter Barek was wronged or implicated innocently, is it important to Nicholas I?

If Peter Barek had some skills, he might feel a little bit sorry, but this guy has no skills and ruined everything. Nicholas I wanted to kill him just because he defended and shielded Merkulova without a bottom line.

Because this is the lack of distinction between right and wrong. It's okay to help the royal family cover up scandals, it's an act of loyalty, but you also score occasions! Merkulova is not a good stubble at this point, she is directly engaging in acts that endanger national security, and you are still helping to cover up the cover, what is this not collaborating with the enemy?

So you are looking for death, and you deserve to die!