Chapter 12: The Mole Comes Out of the Hole
Witt followed his uncle Sergei to the Winter Palace the next day, and under the arrangement of the court secretary Ashelev, Witt officially became the chamberlain secretary of Nicholas II, but since Witt had just come to the palace to do things, many things were not clear, and Ashelev specially arranged a teacher for Witt - an old master who had been in the palace for more than 30 years, Alexei. Petrosky taught him, so that Werther could only stay in the Winter Palace every day, because he did not know when Nicholas II would summon him, although Witte did not know anything. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
While Witte was in the Winter Palace to get acquainted with the affairs of the palace, the members of the Red Group were also busy nervously, and the secret police in Petersburg were not idle, apparently they had heard something and had recently stepped up the monitoring of factories and schools. Time passed quickly, a week passed, and Witt was given a day off, so Witt returned to his manor without hesitation. As soon as he entered the manor, he saw the old butler Leonji and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Leonji hasn't had any trouble at home recently, right?" ”
Leonji replied: "Young Master Hui, everything is fine, it's just that your friends are very hard, and I have seen them busy for seven or eight days." ”
"Oh, I see, I'm going to see them." "Thank you, Uncle Leongi," said Witt. With that, Werther walked to his study. When he came to the study, he saw Chaginov standing outside the house smoking, which surprised Werther, knowing that Chaginov had never smoked before, so he asked: "Karpovich, how did you become a smoker?" ”
When Chaginov heard the voice of Werther, he replied with a smile: "No way, I can't stand it without sucking this thing!" By the way, our Tsar's Majesty did not embarrass you! ”
"Alas, don't mention it, I haven't had a good night's sleep these days, and I can't smoke casually in the palace." Witt laughed miserably and said, "By the way, Karpovic, what's going on with the investigation now?" ”
When Chaginov heard this, he replied: "We have now narrowed down the scope to four people, namely Ramimanov, Choruskaya, Sidorov, and Gleboyedov, and we are further investigating the information of these four people. Did you get any useful information from the palace? ”
Witt shook his head and said: "I am accompanied by someone wherever I go and what I do in the palace now, and I don't have the right to look at many materials, and those who have the right to look through are useless." Judging from the current situation, how long will it take to investigate these four people? ”
"It's going to take at least a week," Chaginov said. ”
After hearing this, Witt thought seriously and said, "We need to hurry, I feel that the crisis is coming." How's Ilyich doing? ”
Chaginov replied: "According to the plan, Ilyich has been talking to students and workers in various schools and factories in Petersburg these days, and this evening he will go to the Putilov plant. And in every place where Ilyich was discussed, we have captured quite a few spies these days, some of whom we have told them to leave in public, and some of whom have been secretly disposed of. ”
Werther nodded and said, "How many new recruits have the Red Group recruited recently, are they all safe?" ”
"Rest assured, each one of them has been examined in many ways, and now there are 17 official members and 50 peripheral members, and we have begun to secretly organize workers' pickets at the Karlslaw Mechanical Works, and now 15 people have joined the pickets." Chaginov said.
Witt looked at Chaginov and said, "Karposky, I can't directly control many times in the palace now, so I have to bother you more." You are still the head of the association's organization on the surface, but you are a veritable 'number one' in the red group. ”
"I'm 'Number One', what about you?" Chaginov asked in surprise.
Witt smiled calmly: "Zero, and from now on my identity can be known to anyone except you, Ilyich, and Krupskaya, and I will leave the association from now on, but I will always exist." ”
Chaginov understood what Witte was thinking, so he didn't say much, and at this time in the Petersburg secret police station, Sverdlov was listening to a person's report, and when this person finished speaking, Sverdlov asked: "Are these people?" Are you sure? ”
"Yes, Director, my subordinates can be completely sure that it is these people." "At yesterday's meeting of the committee, Ulyanov was very angry at Mr. Wette, saying that Mr. Wette had become the tsar's evil lackey and had turned away from the revolution, and removed him from the post of deputy chairman of the committee, and made himself the head of the 'Ministry of Security'. ”
After hearing this, Sverdlov said: "Well, this news is very valuable, and I will report it to His Majesty as soon as possible." As for Mr. Werther, it is up to Your Majesty to decide, but until then you must protect Mr. Werther, for I fear that these horrible and evil revolutionaries will poison Mr. Werther, and we have lost five spies in the past two days. ”
"Yes, Director, my subordinates will guarantee Mr. Werther's safety." The man replied immediately.
The next day, Werther still went to the Winter Palace, but he didn't expect that the old attendant Alexei, who had just come to the palace, came over and said to him expressionlessly: "Your Majesty wants to see you, come with me." Witt had no choice but to follow Alexei to the door of a palace that he had never been to before, and Alexei stopped and said to him, "You wait outside." Without waiting for him to reply, he gently pushed open the door of the palace and walked in.
After a while, the door of the palace opened, and Alexei came out and said, "Your Majesty let you in." With that, he politely let Witt in, and Alexei stepped out softly and closed the door. Witte came in and saw Nicholas II scribbling on the oilcloth in front of him with a paintbrush in his hand, and said: "Vasily, the secretary of the courtier's court. Borisovich. Werther has seen Your Majesty! ”
When Nicholas II heard this, he did not stop the brush in his hand, but started his pen and said: "Vasya, how about you come and see this painting?" ”
Witte walked up to Nicholas II and looked at the slightly formed painting on the canvas and said: "The overall layout of the picture is very good, and the color matching is also good, but it feels a little crowded in space, but it is a good painting." ”
Nicholas II smiled when he heard this, and said: "Your comment is not bad, I did this on purpose, and the meaning of this painting is 'sleepy', do you understand?" ”
"I understand." Werther replied.
Nicholas II put down his paintbrush and wiped the ink from his hand with a hand towel before saying, "I have learned that you have been expelled from the association you founded, and you are now trapped in it like the person in this painting, what are you going to do?" ”
"The minister also just learned about it when he went home yesterday, and the minister didn't expect this to be the case, so it seems that these people are all brilliant on the surface." Witt's tone became more and more angry, and he said, "In fact, they are all intrigues and deceitful people, and the minister regrets it." ”
Nicholas II looked at Werther in front of him and said, "In that case, from now on draw a line with these people!" If I don't hide it from you, the secret police will take action to get rid of these evil elements the day after tomorrow, and if you still don't repent, then you will also be purged. Of course, I may not kill you, but I will let you go to the snow and ice to have a good experience. ”
"The sin of the minister deserves death!" When Witte heard the words of Nicholas II, he immediately knelt on the ground and spoke.
"Alright, get up!" Nicholas II looked at Witte and said, "You were also deceived for a while, and it is not too late to repent." Alexei served in the court during the period of the first emperor, and was the henchman of the first emperor who accompanied the first emperor for many years, and some time ago Aleksey proposed to me that he wanted to go back to his hometown in Kiev to retire, and I agreed. So I want you to be by my side like Alexei, would you? ”
Witte saluted respectfully and said, "Your Majesty is willing, thank you!" ”
"Well, you will go out and follow Alexei first, he has a lot of things to give you, you have to write it down carefully, and he will return to Kyiv tomorrow." Nicholas II said.
Witt replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." Then he left the room and followed Alexei to begin the handover, while Nicholas II picked up a paintbrush and began to paint on the oilcloth after Werther had left.
In the Petersburg Secret Police Station, there were two people standing in front of Sverdlov, Ramimanov looked blankly at the person standing side by side with him, and the man smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "Meet me, Grigli, the action group of the secret police department. Gurievich. Gleboyedov. Hearing this, Ramimanov hurriedly stretched out his hand, and Gleboyedov noticed that his palm was wet, and it was obvious that the person opposite was very nervous at this time.
Seeing that the two men had finished greeting each other, Sverdlov said: "Thanks to the efforts of the two of you during this time, now we have all the information about the Petersburg Marxist Association, so according to Your Majesty's order, we will arrest all the personnel of the Petersburg Marxist Association tomorrow night, are there any problems with the two of you?" ”
"Nope!" The two replied in unison.
After hearing this, Sverdlov said: "In view of the very serious situation tomorrow, Your Majesty will send his attendant secretary to accompany the two of you to carry out the operation, which is not only Your Majesty's supervision of us, but also gives us a chance to show ourselves, I hope you two will not slack off." ”
Griboyedov and Ramimanov looked at each other and replied: "I promise to complete the task and never disgrace the director." After saying that, Griboyedov asked: "Director, who is this envoy?" Ramimanov was also nervous to get a little bit of information from the mouth of the director.
At this moment, the door of the director's office was pushed open, and the two of them looked behind them together, only to hear Ramimanov exclaim: "Is that you? ”
"Oh, I didn't expect Comrade Ramimanov to be there!" It was the newly appointed chamberlain secretary Witt, who did not expect Nicholas II to involve him in this operation, and it seemed that His Majesty was ready to let his hands be stained with the blood of his comrades to complete the redemption. Witte only replied to Ramimanov lightly, and then walked up to Sverdlov and said to Sverdlov: "According to His Majesty's order, from today onwards, all personnel of the secret police department must assemble in the police station building, and no one is allowed to go out during this period. ”
Sverdlov felt that time was a little trance, and he did not expect that the person he had once monitored was now the one who gave him orders, but Sverdlov knew the importance of Werther's identity and said: "Griboyedov, you immediately convey His Majesty's order." Then he said to Werther: "Your Excellency, I have arranged a room for you to rest, please come with me." ”
"Hmm." Witt replied lightly, then glanced at Ramimanov and followed Sverdlov out of the office, but Ramimanov felt that the whole person was not good.
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