A detachment of bashi-bazouks secretly crosses the border... A strange find... Arson on the estate of Prince Katakazi. A senseless and brutal attack on a stagecoach. Dozens were killed... Several passengers were taken prisoner. The best detective of the Special Department of the Third Chancery is on the trail of the gang... Meanwhile, our contemporary (misfit), the disgraced prince and the young vilar are trying to get through half of the Empire to St. Petersburg in order to have time to submit a petition to the Highest Name. First, not knowing, and then not understanding, why spies from at least two states are chasing them.