On the afternoon of August 7, at 2 o'clock.

The sun is shining and the wind is blowing.

The slender Azure Drops glided across the boundary between Harrington Bay and Gretel Bay, and docked lightly in front of the large water gate at the Royal Navy Dockyard.

The Great Water Gate, as the locals call it, is actually just a low wooden bridge over 100 meters long that connects the twin islands of North and South Ireland at the northwestern tip of Bermuda.

This was dictated by the design of the Royal Navy dockyard.

As an important naval base for Great Britain to radiate to the 13 North American states, the Royal Navy Dockyard occupies the widest and most hydrological island in Northern Ireland in the Bermuda archipelago.

Located in the northwest of the archipelago, the island is semicircular in shape, with a straight northwest coast facing the Atlantic Ocean and a convex southeast coast across the sea from the main island of Bermuda.

The two shorelines converge at the north and south ends, with the north corner being Cape Comishenna, the entrance to Harrington Bay, and the south corner being the site of the Great Water Gate, close to the island of South Ireland.

The Royal Navy Dockyard takes full advantage of the island's geography, with a huge pier with more than 20 deep-water berths stretching outwards like combs and being built side by side on the north-west shoreline.

The island is fully enclosed. The towering embankment encloses the entire island like a city wall, and the walls are densely covered with cannons and sentry posts, and functional buildings such as administrative buildings, dormitories, warehouses, docks, etc.

There are only two access points to the base from the main island.

The large ship, which had a draft of more than three meters, headed north, rounded Cape Komischenna and entered the military port, and after a strict entry check, entered through the heavily guarded main entrance.

Boats with a draft of less than three meters will head south, turn into the bell mouth after crossing the large water gate, enter the shallow bay in the embankment, and disembark at the loading pier.

The Blue Drop chose the latter.

Lorraine, dressed in a formal suit, stood in front of the cabin with an umbrella sword, taking advantage of the gap between Orvis and the sailors to communicate with the formalities to look up at the strange building in front of him.

The Great Water Gate is a bridge that connects the two islands, and it is estimated that it is also a cross-sea bridge.

However, the islands of Ireland in the north and south are essentially the same island from the base of the island, and the distance between them is less than 70 meters, so that this sea-crossing bridge is only about 100 meters long even with the approach bridge.

The bridge is all wooden, with six piers facing each other, and the straight bridge deck is more than four meters high, which really looks like a "door".

The so-called boat raft is built on the center line of the bridge, and the shape is a long wooden strip with a width of less than 20 cm, which is probably the smallest boat raft in the world.

The negotiations did not seem to be going well, and Olvis quarreled with the sailors on the bridge for a long time, and angrily went to Lorraine to report.

"Captain, the sailors said that the Azure Water Drop is a foreign civilian ship, and if you want to land on the island, you have to go to the military port for review."

"Can't you be accommodating?"

"The star officer is a stubborn guy."

"That's going to be hard. After all, for Kingston, I should be on a Mayan expedition to ......" Lorraine sighed and stepped forward with her umbrella, "Who is the star officer?" ”

A righteous and awe-inspiring head poked out of the bridge: "The Admiral is rectifying military discipline, and if you visit, please go to the military port for formal review." ”

"You don't accept outside visits, do you?"

"Yes! Yesterday the Admiral should have spoken to the Governor. "The head is held high, and the people are rejected for thousands of miles.

"No wonder the Lion went to Hamilton yesterday......" Lorraine muttered under his breath and looked up again, "Outside visits are not accepted, but what about internal visits?" ”

The head was stunned: "Private affairs are not internal visits." ”

"But visiting family, huh?"

"Of course, visiting relatives counts...... Does the gentleman have any relatives working at the base? ”

"I guess so."

"Who?"

"Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy, under the New World Fleet, sent to the Admiral of the Continental Fleet, Shaq. Francis. Mr. Drake. ”

……

It took five minutes for the officer on duty to digest Lorraine's application, and another fifteen minutes to confirm the release.

Twenty minutes later, the sailors on the bridge hurriedly dismantled the wooden strips, and the Azure Water Drop advanced, and the slender mast was slowly passed through the bridge deck and into the wide, shallow water behind the bridge.

In front of Lorraine is a funnel-shaped coral reef, pink sand, pink sea, the sea under the sun shows a palette of colors, people almost forget the chaos of the world, just want to sink into the water, enjoy the peace.

But this is Shaq's territory......

The person who has not been seen for a long time is under the eaves, and Lorraine is full of depression, even no matter how beautiful the scenery is, he can't be moved.

He just wants to get Leonard out as soon as possible now, and even the vital information is a matter of the future.

Orvis clearly understood Lorraine's thoughts.

The boat passed through the large water gate, slid all the way into the horn mouth, and soon found a vacant plank road in the shallow bay, and anchored the boat.

Captain Amani, who had met yesterday, stood alone on the side of the boardwalk with a sincere smile.

"President Drake, the Admiral heard you were coming and is waiting for you in the reception room."

Lorraine pouted covertly: "I'm sorry, I'm here to communicate the misunderstanding that our employees were detained by the Royal Navy for no reason. The Admiral's day is full of opportunities......"

"If it's to solve the problem of last night's illegal invasion, you need to see the Admiral even more, because that matter has been handed over to the Admiral himself, and even the people have been handed over to the Admiral's guard."

"Hey, it's so fast......"

"What did you say?"

Lorraine took a deep breath: "I mean, I need to meet the detained employees before I make a formal negotiation. ”

"What if we don't allow it?"

"Then it's time for me to go." Lorraine smiled, "As far as I know, the Royal Navy Dockyard had not had a ban on private meetings on the base before yesterday, and similarly, there was no provision in the Admiralty's internal disciplinary regulations. ”

"So are my employees trespassing or are they being seized without cause? The Continental Fleet was reluctant to talk about it, so my legal team went to the New World Fleet Military Court to inquire about it, and Bermuda would probably agree with Kingston's answer anyway. ”

Amani blinked dumbly, "President, are you serious?" ”

"Every word is well thought out, Mr. Captain. You need to understand that I am not here to plead with the Navy to open up, but to clear up the misunderstanding and give my staff a clean slate. ”

An hour later, Lorraine met with the detained Leonard in the guard's confinement room of the Navy Administration Building, with the permission of Shaq, of course, and no physical contact of any kind, which had to be fully monitored by Captain Amani at all times.

To put it bluntly, it is the four words of business.

Western jurisprudence in the 18th century was far less complete than that of later generations, and the development of law was difficult under the dual oppression of religious and feudal power.

But many of the basic principles and fundamental rights of later generations had already taken shape at this time.

For example, in the face of a conviction dispute, the defender has the right to meet with the client in a restricted environment before carrying out the defense, so as to fully and correctly grasp the actual situation and be authorized.

That's the case now.

Trespass is a felony, the upper limit can reach treason, and ordinary people can also be characterized as espionage, but it also has a lower limit, and according to the degree of [entry], it is entirely possible to be considered [misentering].

Before coming, Lorraine, who had a ghost in her heart, was not sure about Leonard's state.

What he feared most was that Leonard was being captured in a confidential place like the Intelligence Service, the Archives Office, or the Admiral's Office, and he was carrying that information with him and the relevant documents in his hand.

In this case, Leonard is almost dead.

There are two keys to his death or immortality, one is whether the information is around, and the other is whether he is in an indefensible place.

So he asked Olvis, and luckily, Leonard didn't plan to compare the information in the base at all, but was going to buy a wider range of information back in the form of a personal deal.

In this way, Leonard has a better chance of survival.

Then at the Great Water Gate, Lorraine found out that Leonard had been arrested or by accident, as Shaq had been purging the base since yesterday, when it was clear that the island of Northern Ireland had not been strict with visitors.

Lorraine was more sure, and when facing Amani, he even had the confidence to shout [Unwarranted Seizure] to spy on Leonard's current situation.

As a result, Amani did not disappoint him at all, and the whole thing was cleaned up with a sentence of [hand over to the security department].

Leonard didn't get caught.

With Shaq's character, if it involves treason or espionage, he will organize a military court overnight, and Leonard will also be transferred to the military court to be held pending trial, and it will not be the turn of the guard with the meaning of a private soldier.

Now there is only one question left.

What was Leonard's condition when he was arrested? Did Shaq make a big deal out of it in order to force Lorraine to ask for a meeting, or did he really notice something and planned to use Lorraine's actions to deceive him.

When I met Leonard, it was all clear......