Struggle in Russia

Li Xiao felt that what Gogol said made sense. Everyone on Nevsky Prospekt and Nevsky Prospekt was the best liar. Their fake smiles, pretentious tone of voice and exaggerated body movements were all fake. They pretended to be extremely satisfied with everything, to be extremely loyal to the emperor, and to be enthusiastic, but in fact all of these were performances, illusory soap bubbles. Familiar with history, he knows that these bubbles will soon be punctured by the Crimean War, and Russia's false prosperity and powerful phantom will disappear. The arrogant Nicholas I who thought he could control the world Will fly to ashes and annihilate together with these illusions.

All these illusions made Li Xiao feel very boring and boring. He was too lazy to watch the disgusting performances of those nobles, and focused on the statue of the Bronze Horseman. This sculpture designed by Falcone is actually a monument to Peter the Great. It was built in 1782. It stands on the square in front of the Senate. Ang Ang seemed to be watching the world with contempt.

But the first thing Li Xiao thought of was Pushkin's work of the same name "The Bronze Horseman":

"Proud steed, where are you going?

Where are you jumping to?

Where will your horse's hoof fall, and on whom will it rest? "

Li Xiao doubts that Peter the Great and his descendants can really control the fierce horses under his crotch. Is this emperor about to fall or rush to the sky? Is he riding his horse forward, or is he trying to rein in the precipice of some great danger? The great emperor seemed to be teetering on the edge of the cliff, he was only able to keep from falling off the horse by tightening the reins of the horse, he seemed to be walking on thin ice.

Li Xiao felt that this famous sculpture was a portrayal of Russia. It looked good and powerful, but in fact it was in danger, and it might be smashed to pieces at any time.

This feeling made Li Xiao despise everything in front of him even more. He really wanted to tell the future history of these poor people in the square and laugh at their ugliness. However, this feeling that everyone is drunk and I am sober only comes and goes quickly, and soon he realized that his situation is actually very pitiful, so he stopped laughing at fifty steps.

Nicholas I and Crown Prince Alexander still hadn't appeared yet, and the overjoyed emperor obviously felt that the atmosphere in front of him was not warm enough, and it wasn't time for him to make his debut. This forced Li Xiao to find something to pass the time. There was nothing to see in the crowd, and that was the case with the sculptures. He could only look at the gorilla beside him.

This little aristocrat from the "Great Village" (the scornful name of the St. Petersburg nobles for Moscow) was unusually tall, definitely more than two meters tall, standing there like a human-shaped tower. What is even more amazing is the strength contained in his body. The bulging muscles fill up the military uniform, and it feels like the clothes will burst if he exerts a little more force. His forehead is high, his jaws are square, his brow bones and bridge of nose are as sharp as a knife and an axe.

Although this little provincial nobleman named Boris Viktorovich Krylov has a giant figure and a Kongwu appearance, his eyes are not sharp. Li Xiao could tell that he was both curious and excited about the scene in front of him, like a leopard who had never seen the world. Especially when he saw those aristocratic ladies who were all dressed up and ostentatiously volatilizing hormones, his eyes lit up, his nostrils slightly opened, and his breathing became rapid and heavy.

Well, Li Xiao probably knows that this little white rabbit should be harmless to humans and animals. And this also made Li Xiao a little more relaxed. He was really worried that he was surrounded by big and small cunts and foxes who eat people and don't spit out their bones. Dealing with people like them is too tiring and dangerous. Let the orangutan make friends, at least he can be a qualified bodyguard with his figure and muscles.

"Hello, Mr. Boris Viktorovich." Li Xiao decided to contact him in advance. "It's a pleasure meeting you. From today onwards, we are comrades-in-arms. I hope we can move forward hand in hand."

Boris Viktorovich did not expect that Li Xiao would take the initiative to greet him,

He is just a descendant of a small nobleman in the Moscow countryside. He doesn't even have a noble title. He came to Moscow for his career. Most of the time before, he only had a hot face and a cold ass. And now a grand duke has taken the initiative to show his favor, he is simply flattered!

Boris was a little excited, and replied tremblingly: "Hello, Your Excellency the Grand Duke. I am very happy...no, it is an honor to meet you. It is a great honor to join the Knights of St. Andrew with you...with you. If there is a need...if there is a need, please just order!"

Li Xiao thinks this person is so innocent and cute. If he is so naive, he will be eaten to the bone in St. Petersburg soon, right? Therefore, in line with the principle of curing diseases and saving lives, let him be such a selfless good person to save the poor little lamb!

He said with a smile: "You are too polite, Boria, can I call you that?"

Boris nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Of course! Your Excellency, it is my honor!"

"Bolia, please don't be so polite, just call me Andreka," Li Xiao smiled like a fox about to steal a chicken, "We are already good friends, we don't need to be so secretive...as Friends who are as close as brothers, no matter who has problems or troubles in the future, we should look out for each other and help each other. This is a man's promise, and we will never break it!"

Boris was surprised. He was so moved that he didn't realize that someone had bad intentions. He thought that someone hit it off with him, and he was planning to cut chicken heads and burn yellow paper to become brothers with different surnames. As a child of a small noble family in other provinces, this kind of honor was like a big pie falling from the sky, and it hit him dizzily.

"Yes, Grand Duke... No, Andreka, I will never break a man's promise!"

In the blink of an eye, Li Xiao became friends with this big man. If it wasn't for the huge cheers from the crowd in the square that interrupted their continued relationship, they would soon call each other brothers and brothers.

The cheers were like a tide, one wave higher than the other, and the starting point of the wave was in the direction of the Winter Palace. Li Xiao raised his head and looked into the distance, and could vaguely see three golden carriages driving out of the Winter Palace one by one, and slowly heading towards the Senate Square under the escort of soldiers from the Preobrazhensky Guards in dark blue dresses. come over.