President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward were both sitting inside, with suspicious looks on their faces. It had been two days since Hong Yi was arrested. During these two days, Lincoln and Seward had cheered up. I am paying close attention to the movements of Li Zhen and Chinatown, wanting to see what measures Li Zhen will take.
However, for two days, there was no movement from Li Zhen, which made the two of them both happy and anxious.
Li Zhen didn't make any move, which may be because Li Zhen had no other solution for the time being.
But Li Zhen remained motionless. It may be that Li Zhen was hatching a plan, which put a lot of pressure on the two of them.
Therefore, both Lincoln and Seward were in a very contradictory state.
Lincoln took a deep breath, looked at Mayor Powell, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Powell, there has been no movement from Li Zhen so far. I feel a little suspicious. Maybe Li Zhen is brewing a conspiracy. You sent out to investigate Li Zhen." How deep has Zhen Zhen’s people gone, and can they get reliable information about Li Zhen?”
Siward snorted and said, "If it doesn't work, let's replace him."
Powell couldn't get the news and felt very embarrassed. He had no choice but to explain: "Your Excellency, the President, Your Excellency the Secretary of State, the people I sent out to investigate the movement are definitely capable and shrewd and capable people. However, what we got in the past two days The news is indeed that Li Zhen never left the door and made no move at all, not even to meet with government officials. If you don't believe it, you can send your people to investigate. If what I said is not true, I am willing to Admit your mistake.”
Siward snorted and said: "In the final analysis, it's just four words, it's not good for things to happen."
A flash of anger flashed in Powell's eyes, but he suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Secretary of State, I just made it clear that if you don't believe it, you can send someone to investigate by yourself."
Lincoln said: "Well, since there is no movement now, let's just wait and see what happens."
"Dong, dong,,."
There was a knock on the door, and Powell said: "Come in."
The door opened and Powell's secretary walked in. He smiled and said: "Mr. Mayor, I just received news from Li Zhen. It is said that Li Zhen sent Tang Huaide from Chinatown to Michael Law Firm. Later our people went in to inquire. After some discussion, Tang Huaide asked a barrister for help and prepared to help Hong Yi defend himself."
"Hahaha……"
As soon as the secretary finished speaking, Siward laughed loudly.
Powell asked the secretary to leave and asked: "Why is your Excellency Secretary laughing so much?"
Siward's face was full of pride and smugness, and he said with a smile: "I laugh. Li Zhen has no choice but to ask a lawyer for help. But is this possible? It is obviously useless. Li Zhen said that the United States is because of his Intervening and causing shock, this is just a verbal threat from Li Zhen. Just imagine, according to the law, Hong Yi, the leader of the Hongmen, must be executed, even if a lawyer defends him, it will be useless."
Lincoln said: "I always feel that Li Zhen's work cannot be so simple, and there may be some tricks up his sleeve."
Siward chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. President, Li Zhen only has this little trick."
Powell said: "Li Zhen asked someone to hire a lawyer. What should we do?"
Siward stood up and walked out. As he walked, he said: "Don't do anything now, just wait and see what happens. I really want to see Li Zhen's failed expression. Hehe, I'm looking forward to it."
Lincoln followed suit, leaving Powell alone in the office.
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San Francisco downtown, square.
A burly Hongmen disciple held a tall stack of leaflets in his hands. He shuttled through the square, constantly distributing the leaflets in his hands to passers-by.
There are pictures and dense text on the flyer.
The main idea is that the black man Peter's wife was raped by a white American in a factory. Peter went to seek justice, but was killed by the white man. Even Peter's raped wife was captured and was once again raped by a group of white people. -Gang-raped and eventually killed. The flyer also stated that Peter's family had a daughter under six years old and a seventy-five-year-old father.
After the death of Peter and his wife, their daughter was left alone and the old man was frail and had no one to take care of her.
Afterwards, the old man took his granddaughter to go to the government officials for help, hoping to ask the court to bring the criminal white man to justice. However, the criminal white man bribed the government officials with money, so that the grandfather and grandson had no choice but to pay for their dead children. The son was redressed, and more importantly, in order to eradicate the root cause, the criminal brutally killed the old man and raped and killed a six-year-old girl inhumanely.
His death was so tragic that it was shocking.
In order to prove the authenticity of the incident, the newspaper also published photos of the old man and his granddaughter alone, as well as photos of the little girl looking for food in the garbage dump when she was alive, and photos of the little girl after she was raped and killed.
Leaflets were distributed one by one. Some people threw them away immediately after receiving them, but many people still read them carefully.
The story about Peter and his wife spread widely.
At the same time, in the north, south, east, west and other major areas of San Francisco, there were countless Hongmen disciples distributing leaflets and following Li Zhen's instructions. Hongmen disciples are all over San Francisco, with tens of thousands of members. These Hongmen disciples spread the news, and within one day, the news was flying all over the sky.
People's opinions on the government are constantly reaching the mayor's desk. What's more, people have already appeared in demonstrations, calling on Mayor Powell to severely punish criminals.
Powell looked at the pile of messages on his desk and frowned.
This matter is actually very simple, but now it is known all over the city, it gives him a big headache. Powell can sit in the position of mayor, he is definitely a scheming person. His mind moved, and he guessed that this might be Li Zhen's action, because of a small matter For it to develop to this point, there must be someone behind it who is adding fuel to the flames.
Powell sent for Lincoln and Seward and stated his conclusion.
After hearing this, Siward looked like he didn't care and said nonchalantly: "This matter is very simple. Even if Li Zhen is behind it, it just needs to be solved immediately. Mayor Powell, please send someone to investigate this matter immediately." As long as the criminals are brought to justice, the anger of the people will gradually subside, and Li Zhen's conspiracy will be useless."
Lincoln nodded and said, "I agree with Seward's approach."
Powell replied: "I will send someone to deal with it immediately."
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Dading Restaurant, second floor.
Li Zhen, Tang Huaide, Asaman, Hong Qinglong, and Wang Hong were all together. Everyone was talking and laughing, and there was no serious atmosphere. Wang Hong said: "President, brothers have distributed hundreds of thousands of leaflets. Now There has been a storm in the city, and almost all the people in the city know about Peter and his wife. According to the news from the government, Powell has begun to send people to investigate the matter thoroughly."
Li Zhen looked calm and said with a smile: "I'm just waiting for Powell to investigate thoroughly. Only a thorough investigation of this matter will be fun."
Everyone nodded, with smiles on their faces.
The matter of Peter and his wife is indeed interesting only if we investigate it further.