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When Manturov walked to the door of the building, he suddenly saw a familiar figure. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The one-meter-eight model figure, the perfect goose egg face, the delicate and incoherent facial features, and the special elegance exuded by the body, how familiar and charming.

"Katyusha! I didn't think you were here. Manturov enthusiastically shouted to the beautiful woman in front of him.

The beauty just sneered and said coldly: "Comrade Secretary, my sister will rely on you to take care of her for the rest of her life, I hope you can treat her well." ”

Manturov paused for a moment, he didn't know at all that Katya would say something like this, what to take care of the sister? Isn't it you, Katya, that I, Villadimo Manturov, have to take care of? "Katyusha, what did you say? What do you mean? Can you make it clear? ”

"I was there just now when you were hugging Anna. From the way you looked at the time, I could tell that you liked her very much in your heart. As a sister, I am also very happy for her. You are a good man, I hope you both can continue to develop and remember to call me when you get married. Katia said sarcastically, but she didn't think so in her heart.

"Katyusha," Manturov called Katya's nickname, "can you listen to me?" What just happened was nothing more than an accident. If I hadn't held her in time, I think your good sister would have been taken to the hospital. ”

Katia pretended to smile wryly and said, "Viradimo Fedorovic, you still admit it, don't be shy. If you get married, I will be your witnesses and invite my father, Marshal Voroshilov, as an important guest at your wedding. ”

"Nope! Katyusha, listen to my explanation......"

Before Manturov could begin to explain, Katia interrupted the other party and said viciously: "Viladimo Fedorovic, you don't have to explain anymore! From now on, don't call me Katyusha again! With that, she turned around and walked away.

"Katyusha! No! Comrade Voroshilova ......"

Watching Katya's back gradually disappear, Manturov's appearance looked extremely uncomfortable, but in fact, in his bones, there was a strange smile hidden.

With a keen sense of hearing, he had already overheard the conversation between Katia and Anna, and knew that Katia was just acting, and what she said just now was not sincere at all.

In fact, even when Anna left the professor's office, Manturov had already noticed that something was wrong. He stopped communicating with the professor, and when he heard Katya's voice, he immediately walked behind the door and eavesdropped on the woman's conversation.

He knew from the conversation that Katia was just doing this to test herself, to see if she still loved her, and whether she cared about her. He also knew what kind of person Katia was, and he liked that she would find an opportunity to test herself.

In order to spice up the whole thing, Manturov deliberately pretended to be fooled to make the two women happy. It won't be fun if the secrets of the two are revealed too early.

"I'm sorry, Comrade Manturov. If I had been careful with my walk, this would not have happened...... Embarrassing thing too. Anna said, faking shame.

Compared with Katia, Anna's acting skills are much worse, and you can tell at a glance that the expression on her face is fake.

However, in order to add to the fun of the matter, Manturov still did not debunk the other party. "Anna, you are innocent, I don't blame you. On the contrary, I need you to do me a favor. ”

"What's the busy?"

Manturov pretended to be sullen and said: "Didn't you live with Katyusha?" Tonight, when you go back to see her, help me tell her the truth of the whole thing. Incidentally...... Forward a letter for me. ”

"What letter?"

"The letter is in the office, and I'll give it to you before I get off work. All you have to do is deliver the letter, and you must not read the contents! Otherwise, you know what the consequences will be. ”

Anna nodded and said, "Don't worry." Guaranteed completion of the task. By the way, is there any special relationship between you and Katyusha? Why would you call her by a nickname/nickname? Could it be that she is your confidante? Or your girlfriend? ”

"You better ask her, maybe she can give you a better answer."

……

Back at 18 Red Avenue (state government building), Manturov seems to have forgotten what had just happened and entered a state of concentrated work. But every time Anna comes in, he puts on a "lovelorn" expression to convince the other party that he has been teased.

"Comrade Secretary, do you want to postpone the afternoon meeting? Judging by your state today, it doesn't seem like you're a good fit for work. ”

Manturov made a negative gesture and said, "No! It can't be postponed, I have already prepared the materials, prepared the agenda, and we have made an appointment with the leaders of each unit, and it must not be postponed. ”

"But...... Your status ......"

Manturov "pretended" to laugh, "It's okay, I'm in good shape today." Also, I've read your report, it's written in detail, and there's basically nothing wrong with it, and I'll take it to the meeting in the afternoon to discuss it. ”

Don't look at Anna, who usually procrastinates, but when it comes to work, the efficiency is amazingly high.

"By the way, my report has been written, and I have completed the work you assigned to me, should I attend the meeting?"

"Of course."

"Okay, then I'll get busy first."

As soon as Anna left, Yakov from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came. In a hurry, holding a piece of paper, he gasped and ran into Manturov's office, "Volodya, can you do me a favor?" ”

Seeing Yakov's appearance, Manturov recalled the conversation he had with Yuri Andropov the day before. "Comrade Yakov, what's wrong with you? You're not coming to me for Anna's business, are you? I can't help you, you have to do it yourself. ”

"I just received a piece of information about her."

"What information?"

Yakov gasped and said, "She...... She was the daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail. ”

Mikhail? Grand duke? In Soviet times, the title "Grand Duke" should not have existed at all. This must have been the aristocracy of the Tsarist period. Soon, Manturov found information about this man from his memory.

On March 15, 1917, when the last Tsar Nicholas II announced his abdication, he relinquished the throne to the Grand Duke Mikhail. However, he postponed the decision on whether to accept the throne until after the parliamentary elections to a new parliament.

But before the parliamentary elections, the Great October Revolution broke out! The Grand Duke Mikhail was eventually killed in captivity in 1918. His wife and son began to live in exile.

As far as Manturov knew, Mikhail had only one heir, and that was Count Brasov, who died in 1931 in exile in France.

But he never imagined that this counter-revolutionary, the would-be tsar hated by the Soviet people, would have a daughter who was still working in the revolutionary Soviet government.

"It can't be, right? If I'm not mistaken, Grand Duke Mikhail had only one son, and no daughters at all. Even if she had a daughter, she would have gone into exile in France with her mother. How could it be that it would stay in the USSR? And for the Soviet government of the Great Revolution? Manturov asked, puzzled.

"How do I know?" Yakov asked rhetorically, "Anyway, that's what the intelligence says." The information we get from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is relatively reliable, and there should be no mistakes. ”

Manturov nodded and said, "Since there is no mistake, should I fully cooperate with your investigation?" Anyway, I don't have more than her, and I don't have more than her, so you can do whatever you like with her. It doesn't matter if I send her to Camp Gula or shoot her in the forest. There are many people who can take her place......"

Before Manturov could finish speaking, Yakov covered the secretary's mouth and said: "I didn't come this time to ask you to assist the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the investigation!" I want you to help me keep Anna. ”

"That's not good. After all, I am a party cadre, and I must conform to the party's line in doing things. All the people and things left over from the counter-revolutionary imperial system cannot exist and must be completely wiped out.

Only in this way can the influence of reactionary imperialism on the Soviet people be completely eliminated. As a party member, you don't know this truth, right? Villadimore deliberately probed.

"But Anna, she's innocent. That's right, she is a member of the royal family, with Tsarist blood. But she had already accepted the ideas of the Soviets, and she still worked for the great party, for the great Comrade Stalin, for the great country and the great people!

Is this also a counter-revolution? Moreover, there are times when the Ministry of Internal Affairs makes mistakes, and although this information has a certain degree of reliability, it may not be true, and it may just be some rumors. ”

Villadimo suddenly showed a strange smile and said, "Do you like Anna anymore?" Otherwise, how could you take such a big risk? ”

"No...... I just wanted to help an innocent woman. ”

"Don't lie to me. I know you like Anna, if you don't like her, then why would you help her? ”

Yakov's face turned as red as an Astrakhan apple, "I can't hide anything from you." ”

"Don't worry, I don't want to see Anna suffer. She was loyal to the party and should not have been deported, sent to the Gula camp to be convicted, and deserved to be secretly shot. ”

"So Viladimo Fedorovich, do you have any idea?"

Manturov held his chin with his right hand, pondered for a while, then raised his head and said: "I am the secretary of the state party committee, I can prove that Anna is loyal to the party, I will see if I can intercede with the above."

And you, find a way to use the resources of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find evidence that she is not royal, if you really can't find it, then use your own method. You know. ”