The sound of the train wheels moving forward is neat and rhythmic, and it sounds very comfortable.
In the carriage, laughter continued.
Li Zhen, Chen Yucheng, Liu Jintang, Huang Qiang and others sat together, as well as Tang Huaide, Asaman and other businessmen from Chinatown. Chen Yucheng, Liu Jintang and others had joy on their faces, because they finally embarked on the journey back to China. It has been nearly a year since they left the country, and they miss home. You can imagine the urgency in their hearts.
As for Tang Huaide and Asaman, there was a touch of sadness on their faces.
Li Zhen is about to leave the Federation, which means separation.
Li Zhen glanced at Asaman and Tang Huaide, and said with a smile: "Old Tang, Asaman, don't look sad. After I return to China, I am in China. You can come back. You can also drink and chat together. ."
Asaman forced himself to smile and said, "President, I'm not sad, I'm just reluctant to give up."
Tang Huaide coughed lightly, and then said seriously: "President, Asaman is really reluctant to let you leave. His little daughter is twenty-eight years old, which is a good age for Huaichun. I wanted to introduce her to you. It's a pity that you have to leave San Francisco again."
"asshole."
Asaman said angrily: "My daughter has been married off long ago. Where did I get my little daughter from?"
Tang Huaide said: "You know the reason yourself."
Asaman stared at Tang Huaide, clenched his fists, and looked like he was about to take action, but everyone knew that this was impossible, and the relationship between the two was good.
The competition between the two was quite interesting and made the people around them laugh.
Obviously, Tang Huaide deliberately adjusted the atmosphere.
"Woo, woo,."
Suddenly, the train whistle sounded.
The train that was moving smoothly suddenly slowed down and stopped slowly. Tang Huaide looked outside, frowned and said: "We haven't arrived at the station yet, and we are still in the wilderness. Why did it stop suddenly? Could it be that something big happened." After the train stopped, Li Zhen sent an entourage with Tang Huaide to inquire about the news.
Soon, the entourage came back.
The entourage ran back panting, stood still, and said seriously: "President, the reason the train stopped is because the army set up a roadblock to block it. Now, the soldiers of the army have got on the train. These soldiers are holding portraits in their hands, and they seem to be blocking the train. Search people, as for the person in the portrait, I took a look, but I couldn’t recognize him and I didn’t know who he was.”
Li Zhen frowned and said, "Go there again and ask who you are looking for."
"yes."
The entourage went for another walk and came back soon, saying: "President, the person the army soldiers are looking for is a man named Scott. They are searching from carriage to carriage and will soon arrive in our carriage." ."
After Li Zhen heard this, he immediately laughed.
"Hahaha……"
Liu Jintang, Chen Yucheng and Huang Qiang also laughed loudly and looked very happy.
At the same time, when the three of them looked at Li Zhen, there was even more admiration in their eyes.
The president is a bull, he has already figured it out.
"Why are you laughing? If there is anything funny, don't laugh."
At the door of the carriage, a lieutenant colonel in military uniform had a straight face, his eyes fell on Li Zhen, and he said seriously: "President Li, Commander Scott disappeared in Washington for no reason. Mr. President is worried about Commander Scott's safety. Therefore, we are ordered to search, please cooperate, and ask President Lee and everyone to get out of the car. We can only return to the car after we are sure that Commander Scott is not there."
Li Zhen said: "Okay, I'll get off the car."
Immediately, Li Zhen and others got off the train and waited at the railway edge.
The lieutenant colonel asked the soldiers to check them one by one, but was disappointed in the end.
He had already led people to search the entire train carriage, and in order to prevent Scott from hiding in the crowd, he searched one carriage by one. It was impossible for Scott to miss it. Now Li Zhen's section There was no one in the carriage, which meant that Scott was not in this train at all. The lieutenant colonel officer looked at Li Zhen, intending to capture Li Zhen and bring him back for interrogation.
However, as soon as this thought arose, he suppressed it.
What kind of identity is Li Zhen?
If he dared to take action, the soldiers around Li Zhen would never agree.
Furthermore, he had no right to arrest Li Zhen.
The lieutenant colonel frowned. After thinking for a while, he finally said helplessly: "I have caused trouble to President Li. Please forgive me for causing trouble to President Li." He raised his hand and performed a military salute to express his apology and led the troops decisively. leave.
Li Zhen led a group of people back to the carriage. Soon, the train wheels turned and the train started again, continuing to move towards San Francisco. Huang Qiang sat next to Li Zhen and said with a smile: "President, you are still smarter. Morning Even if federal soldiers come to search us, if Mr. Scott is with us, we will really be doomed."
Li Zhen nodded and said: "This is just the beginning. Lincoln will not give up easily. He must be careful in the future."
Liu Jintang said: "With you here, Lincoln will definitely be disappointed in the end."
Everyone was laughing and talking, but Tang Huaide, Asaman and the others were confused and confused.
After the lieutenant colonel left with his men, he quickly sent a telegram to Washington.
After the news reached Lincoln's ears, Lincoln almost went crazy and roared repeatedly. The usually gentle President got angry. The guards at the Presidential Palace were all cautious, fearing that they would suffer unreasonable disasters.
Seward came to the presidential palace and asked: "Mr. President, how is the situation?"
Lincoln said in despair: "No one was found."
Siward frowned and asked, "How is that possible? Did I miss it?"
Lincoln sighed softly, shook his head and said: "It is impossible to miss it. The lieutenant colonel who led the troops to intercept the train said that he searched one car by one, one by one, and finally searched the people in the car where Li Zhen was. , when he was searching, he also asked Li Zhen’s people to get off the train, and then searched them one by one.”
Seward said; "In that case, what should we do now?"
Lincoln looked helpless and said, "If you ask me, I don't know either."
Seward said, "I have an idea."
"Say," Lincoln said.
Seward leaned forward slightly and said seriously: "If Scott really wants to go to China with Li Zhen, then no matter how Scott hides, he has a destination, and that is San Francisco. We just need to Order the mayor of San Francisco to send troops to blockade the seaport. By then, if Scott wants to leave with Li Zhen, his identity will be exposed and it will be impossible to hide. I don’t believe that he can still get into the sea to hide."
Lincoln's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and praised: "Yes, this is a good idea. We intercepted halfway, which is not in line with the situation at all. With Li Zhen's cunning character, he must have guessed that such a situation would happen, but going to sea in San Francisco We set up checkpoints at the port so that Scott can’t fly out even if he has wings, so that’s what we do.”
Siward smiled, his face filled with contentment.
Lincoln sent a telegram to the mayor of San Francisco, asking him to make preparations immediately.