Chapter 121: Bunyan's Secret
Night's watchman, the word itself is nothing unusual. There are such people in society, usually grave guards or similar occupations.
But the night watchman of the mafia, after Bunyan's introduction, is obviously not like this. It has a long history, a large organization, and a strong organization.
"What's so strange about the Night's Watch itself?" Victor asked.
Anthony, the fat bear next to him, sneered: "Look at your uncle's virtues, you will know!" β
Bunyan laughed and said, "Not everyone can join the Night's Watch. It has strict entry standards. First of all, its source must be a mafia, and it is impossible for ordinary mafia boys to enter, and those who can become night watchmen are all famous children. β
"Come on, I get a headache when I hear it." Although Anthony sneered at Bunyan, he was also obviously very impressed on this issue: "Victor, people like me are not qualified to join. β
Bunyanle said: "The mafia has been through ups and downs for so many years, and there are many families, and there are even more families with a long history. For a large family, there are mixed eyes, there are heroes, and naturally there are bastards, and often, bastards are more attractive than heroes, such as me. β
Bunyan laughed at himself: "To put it simply, there are often traitors in the major families, or they are disobedient, or they are simply rebels, or they are people who commit serious crimes and are subject to death according to the rules." These people are outlaws. And for them, there are two options, one is to be killed by the Order, and the other is to join the Night Watch. β
"If it were me, then I would definitely join the Night's Watch, and it would be better to die than to live." Victor said without thinking.
Anthony shook his head: "I'd rather die." Won't join that bastard. β
Bunyan's forehead. "Yes." Joining the Night's Watch can be a painful task. The oath of the Night's Watch can be understood. Victor. β
Bunyan pointed to the flag hanging in the room and said, "The first day each guy joins the Night's Watch, he will take an oath under the Night's Watch's flag. This vow has been passed down for thousands of yearsβand from this day onwards I join the Night's Watch, leaving no surname, no wife, no children, and no light. We are the sword of order, the trumpet in the darkness, the uncrowned king! Life and breath, reciprocating cycle! β
"Huh?" Victor was visibly struck by the oath.
"After joining the Night's Watch, whether he used to be a famous family, a dragon grandson, or a shrimp and a small fish, he is a member of the Night's Watch legion, and the Night's Watch only distinguishes between positions but not high and low, they are equal and call each other brothers. After joining, do not marry a wife. No children, no surname. It has nothing to do with everything in the past! It can be said that the entire army of night watchmen is a huge tool, and all the night watchmen are parts of this machine, with no personal life, no personal feelings, and no personal gain. β
"How is this possible? What if someone violates it? Victor didn't believe it. It's too hard.
"No one dares to break it, because the punishment is so appalling that it will make you worse than dead." Bunyan said.
"Uncle, then how did you join the Night's Watch?" Victor asked.
Anthony smiled: "Victor, that's a good question, Ben, you hurry up and tell him about your bastard history." β
Bunyan was suddenly immersed in the memories of the past, and his face had a complicated expression, with great pain, remorse, and helplessness.
"Victor, you must know that your grandfather originally planned for me to take over as the leader of the Ferro family, but it was not your father's turn. Your grandfather arranged a marriage for me, the other party is the eldest daughter of the Gambino family, our two families, one is the oldest and most powerful family, the other is the best of the emerging family, as long as we unite, the whole mafia is completely our world. However, I fell in love with another girl, and that girl, her father, was the president of the United States at the time. β
"Wow!" Even if Victor was a screenwriter, he probably couldn't have imagined that things were so complicated for Bunyan.
"I eloped with the girl I loved, and the eldest daughter of the Gambino family committed suicide, and since then the two families have completely embarked on a hostile path, and the Gambino family issued a mafia skull order, bent on killing me, for this reason, the Ferro family and the Gambino family have been in harmony countless times, and many people have died on both sides, which can be described as a lose-lose situation."
"What's worse is that our family's nest, Sicily, has also been hit, and that blow came from Mussolini. Your grandfather had to go back to cook, but he never came back, he was placed under house arrest by the government, and the Gambino family, together with the other four families, began to weaken and encroach on the Ferro family. While in prison, your grandfather, anticipating a possible disadvantage in the family, removed me from the family and secretly asked me to join the Night's Watch. He did this to keep my name. β
"I didn't follow at the time. How could I join that bullshit, I'm basking in the sun in Hawaii with my girl. As a result, one day, a killer killed her. The killer was sent by your grandfather. β
"I was completely insane, mad at revenge on my family, and simply came together with the government, becoming the highest-ranking and most evidence-rich tainted witness in the history of the FBI, and in doing so, not only became the worst enemy of the entire mafia, but also the Ferro family."
"A lot of things happened after that, I won't talk about it, in short, the mafia has been hit hard, and the government has been stumbling for almost ten years, and both sides have reached the verge of collapse at the worst, and they can only sit down and compromise at the end. The police handed me over and the Supreme Council of the Mafia decided to enlist me in the Night Watch Corps. I still disagreed, but it was your grandfather's death that prompted me to take this step. He was imprisoned by Mussolini and died a terrible death. Before he died, he wrote me a letter, and from that letter I learned about his distress and his love for me. β
"Your grandfather died shortly after I joined the Night's Watch. Your dad is in charge of the family. Later I worked my way up the ladder and eventually became the leader of the Night's Watch in 1930, and then there was a makeover and a purge of the mafia, and I wanted to restore the mafia to the unity and simplicity and glory that it had when your grandfather was alive, but it was obviously not going to be welcomed by the five great families, who worked with the government to encircle us. As a result, something has never happened before in the history of the Night's Watch - the Mafia and Conquest join forces to fight the Night's Watch, and the Night's Watch is crazy to take revenge on the Mafia and the government. Anyway, the three parties bit each other indiscriminately, which seriously affected social stability, made Roosevelt very angry, and ordered the FBI to deal with the matter. β
As a result, Hoover facilitated the affair β a reconciliation between the government, the Five Families, and the Night's Watch. The government recognized the power of the five families and did not trouble them, and the five families made compromises not to oppose the government, and the night watchman once again won his position and authority in history, but on the condition that I must be kept here forever and no longer participate in the decision-making of the night watch, because I know too many secrets of the way. β
"So, over the years, the three parties have been at peace on the surface. But in reality, the intrigue between each other has never stopped. The relationship between the five families and the government is relatively good, because the most important goal of the five families is not the government, but the Ferro family. They joined forces, led by the Gambino family, to purge the Ferro family and carry out a major reshuffle, and I, this unfilial son, can no longer do anything for the family. β
When Bunyan said this, he looked up to the sky and sighed.
Victor, on the other hand, was completely silent at the moment. (To be continued......)