Schikov's problem was solved, and Gutavov used Schikov's mother as a bargaining chip in exchange for Schikov's promise to do three things for him, which was enough to satisfy him.

Moreover, Gutavov is indescribably happy.

And through this matter, he even understood a truth, that is, if there is a god-like teammate who advises you, you will save a lot of things, and many things are often done with half the effort.

Gutavov was glad to have a figure like Lu Wen by his side to assist him, and through this incident, he trusted Lu Wen more and more, and attracted him to be his most important confidant.

And after Lu Wenyu became a member of this, he was also relieved.

Originally, how to look at it, in terms of strength, Gutavov seems to be on par with Zhukov, at most it is half a catty, but Zhukov is the crown prince and occupies the moral high ground, so if you talk about comprehensive strength, Zhukov is really stronger than Gutavov, besides, Zhukov is based on military strength, while Gutavov is completely unsupported by the army.

Military strength is hard power, and it has the power to change everything at any time, so if there is no military strength as a support, it will be difficult for Gutavov to hold on to it in the contest with Zhukov, once Gutavov is about to collapse, then everything Luvin has done will be in vain, and the Russian Empire will not suffer as much loss as imagined, which is very unfavorable to the Chinese Empire's plan to fight against Russia.

Therefore, Lu Wen's strategy has always been to keep the strength of both sides above a balanced level as much as possible, and whoever is weak will use his identity as a double agent to help whom, and only evenly matched opponents can fight and lose, so as to benefit the Chinese Empire, which is standing behind.

This is also the reason why Lu Wenhui has been trying his best to help Gutavof get the support of important military ministers.

Only Gutavov has strengthened. Only then can he have the strength to fight Zhukov to the death, and only then can he cooperate well with Lu Wen's plan to implement it.

It's all in Lu Wen's calculations.

Now Schikov has become an important pawn in Gutavov's hands, which makes Gutavov's waist a lot harder.

And since Schikov's surrender, Luvin instigated Gutavov to attack Zhukov.

First of all, Gutavov is looking for ballast.

In the name of investigating corruption, he reached out to the army. He claims that there are informants, that there are people in the military who have taken huge bribes to pass on important information to enemy countries, and that they have claimed to have important evidence and relevant suspects.

If this is true, it is not just as simple as corruption, but a major incident of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.

No one can tolerate such a thing.

Of course, Zhukov does not tolerate someone who detains a pot of on his own head, doesn't that indirectly mean that he doesn't know people, which is obviously unacceptable.

Zhukov would never agree.

So. At the first moment, Zhukov stood up and refuted.

He claimed that there would never be such a thing, and that Gutavov and others must have made a mistake, which was slander.

Taking advantage of this incident, a war of words began between the two camps again, and for a while, spit flew and scolded.

At last. Even the tsar was alarmed.

In normal times, the old tsar would have rarely taken care of these locks. Since the crown prince was decided, he has handed over a lot of power, except for military affairs, he rarely cares about other things, of course, it does not mean that he has lost control of the empire. Rather, he only cares about the big things, and no longer cares about the small things, and this small shift in focus has strengthened his control over the empire.

Now, the core topic of the quarrel between the two camps involves the matter of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. Then you can't take it lightly.

While this may have been a deliberate bluff, it would be very bad for the Empire if it was allowed to form, and the Tsar did not want to lose his grip on the Empire.

So, he had to stand up and take a stand.

Of course, making a stand is not a bias, he has to stand in the middle, be impartial, and only objectively express his own opinions on this matter, and do not let people grasp his words and misinterpret them, so as to build momentum for his own side, which he cannot tolerate.

In short, this matter must be investigated, and it must be investigated to the end, this is the attitude of the tsar.

As soon as the tsar's attitude came out, the two camps quarreled even more.

The organizer of this case has to be determined, and who will host the case is another difficult problem.

The two sides are deadlocked, refusing to give in to each other, shouting hard to win the case, and even not hesitating to fight.

The situation was in chaos, and it would be too unreasonable to continue like this, so the Tsar stood up from time to time at this time, he felt that a referee was needed at this time, and he was this person.

The tsar said that at this time it would be handed over to Prime Minister Gutavov for handling, and as for why it was not handed over to Shikov, it was because the people involved were from the military, and Zhukov wanted to avoid suspicion.

So, in the end, the investigation of the case fell into the hands of Gutavov.

And Gutavov once got what he wanted, it was full of spirit, especially this time he snatched the position of host in Zhukov's hands, which was even more morale, and the tone of the door also rose.

And Zhukov after listening to the tsar's will, the originally high morale was stagnant, they knew that they had lost the first move, in this game, they fell behind Zhukov again, if they want to save the situation, they can only think of another way.

And from this incident, it shows one thing even more, no one dares to challenge the authority of the tsar, even if a person like Zhukov, who is in the position of the crown prince and has strong strength, under the will of the tsar, can only bow down and obey orders.

Whoever dares to disagree with the opinion of the tsar is not unhappy.

Authority is unchallengeable, and all those involved are well aware of it.

Therefore, as soon as the tsar's will came out, everyone bowed down to his orders.

In this first round of the fight, Gutavov took the lead for the time being.

However, the lead does not mean a comprehensive victory, and the principals between the two sides know very well that Gutavov wants to use this matter to pour dirty water on Zhukov, so as to shake the foundation of Zhukov, the crown prince, but how can Zhukov be a good person, will he be caught, of course not, and not only will he not be restrained, but he will also fight back, so that Gutavov will not be able to step down, and finally lift a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

Zhukov wants to make Gutavov understand that he is not the kind of soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others, and since Gutavov dares to make a move, then he has to let Zhukov remember for a long time, let him remember who he is targeting.

Sometimes, a lesson must be given.

So, both sides grinded their fists and waited for the next big battle.

As for the Gutavov side, which provoked the incident, it suddenly quieted down at this time.

No one knew what they were thinking, what they were trying to do, and they just stopped as if nothing had happened.

This made Zhukov's side more cautious.

Dogs that don't bark tend to bite the most, and Gutavov's sudden silence only suggests that he is gathering more power.

And this, Zhukov must not be guarded against.

So, on this silent battlefield, the two sides began a silent contest again. (To be continued......)