Chapter 203 Blank Paper

The previous article said that Berkh opened the secret letter anxiously, and then he was dumbfounded. It's not that he was stunned by Uvarov's instructions, but that there was something wrong with the secret letter itself.

Because there is not a single word in this letter? This letterhead is just a piece of white paper, okay?

Berge was stunned immediately. If it wasn't for the secret letter sent by Shuvanov himself, he must have thought that someone deliberately tricked him. But he knew Shuvanov's character, and it was impossible for the other party to come all the way to play such a bad joke on him.

On the other hand, Shuvanov actually wanted to know what Uvarov told Berkh to do, and he stretched his neck to look at Berkh. Seeing the other party, he was dumbfounded, thinking that Uvarov What is so special about the task that Varov gave me!

After a stalemate for nearly a minute, Berge was the first to break the silence. He showed the blank paper to Shuvanov and asked, "Count, what's going on?"

Shuvanov was naturally also surprised, but one of them was more scheming, and the other had always had doubts about Titov's unexplained disappearance, so when he saw a blank piece of paper, he immediately realized that the secret letter might have been dropped!

"Dropped?"

Berge took another breath, because this explanation was a little scary, who would have the guts to drop Count Uvarov's letter? But when he heard Shuvanov explain the whole story, he also agreed that the letter should have been dropped.

He smiled wryly and said: "The person who dropped the package is not only courageous, but also very scheming! He knows that if the secret letter disappears, you should immediately realize that there is a big problem, and will investigate this matter at all costs. You can’t get away with it. So I deliberately forged a fake secret letter to make you feel at ease. By the time you deliver the letter, they have already cleaned up those hands. Even if you go back and check it later, it’s still There is nothing left to check!"

Speaking of which, Berge sighed again, with bitterness written all over his face. But Shuvanov still frowned, he thought the truth of the matter should be more complicated.

"It's not that simple!" He said suddenly, "Actually, the easiest way to prevent the letter from reaching you is to get rid of Baron Titov and his party and destroy the secret letter. If you don’t realize the problem, you won’t be able to investigate it!”

"But the other party did not do this. They gave up the simplest method and adopted another method that is more complicated and 100% exposed. Let Titov disappear, and then forge a secret letter to stay at the scene, and then There is no need for the letter to come back to me and finally to you!"

Berge thought,

I think what Shuvanov said makes sense. If it were him, he would directly kill people and sell goods to solve the problem. Why make it so complicated?

At this time, Shuvanov replied with certainty: "There must be a reason for them to do this, or that simple method makes them have scruples, and they dare not do that!"

Berge was stunned, and he asked in a daze, "They even dared to kidnap and forged such a complicated thing as Uvarov's letter without hesitation. What else would they not dare to do?"

Shuvanov shook his head and replied: "I don't know, but I know there must be reasons for them to do this. Now the most important thing for us is not to think about these reasons, but to figure out two things! First First, what was written in the secret letter; Second, what is the origin of this group of people!"

Berhe came back to his senses immediately. Indeed, it was not important for him to figure out why the enemy was willing to give up what was easy to ask for difficulty. The important thing was what Count Uvarov ordered him to do. What is the background, if they don't understand these two points, I'm afraid they will be defeated this time!

But Berge was full of surprises, the secret letter had been dropped, except Count Uvarov himself and the person who dropped the secret letter knew what was in the letter, how could he know what was actually in the letter?

After thinking for a while, he replied: "You are right. These two things are indeed very important. Only by finding these people can we know what Earl Uvarov explained in the letter and fulfill his old man's entrustment! So we The top priority now is to arrest these bastards who dropped the secret letter!"

Seeing Berge's earnest face, Shuvanov sighed in his heart. He finally knew why Berge was dismissed. He was really not worthy of being the commander of the Black Sea Fleet at his level.

According to common sense, there is no major problem with Berge's judgment. Indeed, only the person who dropped the letter can know the content of the letter. But this is just the conventional thinking of normal people. Shuvanov thinks that people like them who are mixed in officialdom should be more clever. At least you can't always use conventional thinking to solve problems, that's too passive.

Just like Berge thought, to catch those who dropped the letters, not to mention that it has been so long, the clues may have been wiped out by the other party, just say that you can overcome all difficulties to catch them, then How much time is needed?

Shuvanov is well aware of how important time is to them now. The reason why Count Uvarov sent Titov to deliver the letter himself was to get Berkh to prepare and clean up his hands before the imperial decree arrived in Sevastopol.

This is the first priority. If they foolishly catch those thieves, they may come down before they catch the thieves. At that time, Count Uvarov's painstaking efforts will be in vain.

Shuvanov said decisively: "No! We don't need to recover the secret letter, and we can probably know what Earl Uvarov has explained!"

"What?" Berge was stunned. He couldn't figure out why Shuvanov said that. He thought that you, Shuvanov, had never read the letter. How did you know what Count Uvarov had ordered?

Shuvanov replied very calmly: "It's very simple. Once you are ordered to be removed from office and Grand Duke Constantine takes over the Black Sea Fleet, then the things you did in the Black Sea Fleet before are in danger of being exposed! So Your Excellency the Earl must first ask you to clean up those messes quickly, and don’t leave too many handles for Grand Duke Constantine!”

Berge was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it was indeed the case. Once Grand Duke Constantine caught those handles, his fun, or the fun of them all, would be great, and they had to clean up immediately!

And Shuvanov continued: "Not only that, Your Excellency the Earl asked you to command the Black Sea Fleet just because he didn't want the Black Sea Fleet to fall into the hands of the liberals, and now this has failed, but he will never admit defeat, and he must give freedom. Send some color to see..."