San Francisco, Mayor's Office.

President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward sat inside, both with suspicious expressions on their faces. It has been two days since Hong Yi was arrested, and in the past two days, Lincoln and Seward have cheered up and closely followed Li Zhen and Chinatown's movements, wanting to see what measures Li Zhen will take.

However, in the past two days, Li Zhen has not moved at all, which makes the two both happy and apprehensive.

Li Zhen didn't move, this may be Li Zhen's temporary helplessness.

But Li Zhen has not moved, or it may be that Li Zhen is brewing a plan and exerting a lot of pressure on the two.

As a result, both Lincoln and Seward were in a very conflicted state.

Lincoln took a deep breath, his eyes fell on Mayor Powell, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Powell, there has been no movement of Li Zhen until now, I think it is a little suspicious, it may be that Li Zhen is brewing a conspiracy." How deep have you gone to the people you sent out to investigate Li Zhenjing, and can you get reliable information about Li Zhen? ”

Seward snorted and said, "It's really not good, let's change people!" ”

When Powell couldn't get the news, he also felt very embarrassed, so he had to helplessly explain: "Your Excellency the President, Your Excellency the Secretary of State, the person I sent out to investigate the movement is definitely a person with outstanding ability, a shrewd and capable person. However, the news he received in the past two days was indeed that Li Zhenmen did not go out of the door and did not make any moves, not even to meet with government officials. If you don't believe me, you can send someone under your command to investigate. If what I say is not true, I am willing to admit my mistake. ”

Seward snorted and said, "In the end, it's just four words - it's not good!" ”

A flash of anger flashed in Powell's eyes, but he still suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Secretary of State, I have made it clear just now, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to investigate. ”

Lincoln said, "Well, since there is no movement now, wait and see what happens." ”

"Boom! Boom!!! ”

There was a knock on the door, and Powell said, "Come in!" ”

The door opened, and Powell's secretary walked in, with a smile on his face and a smile, he said, "Mr. Mayor, I just got the news from Li Zhen." It is rumored that Li Zhen asked Tang Huaide from Chinatown to go to Michael's lawyer's office, and later our people went in to inquire, and Tang Huaide asked the barrister to help him defend himself. ”

"Hahaha......"

When the secretary's words fell, Seward laughed aloud.

Powell asked the secretary to leave, "Why is Your Excellency Secretary laughing?" ”

Xiward's face was full of pride and self-satisfaction, and he said with a smile: "I laugh at Li Zhen There is no choice but to ask a lawyer for help, but is this feasible?" Obviously useless. Li Zhen said that the United States was shaken by his interference, and this was nothing more than Li Zhen's verbal threat. Just imagine, according to the provisions of the law, Hong Yi, the owner of Hongmen, must be executed, even if the lawyer defends it, it is useless. ”

Lincoln said: "I always feel that Li Zhen can't do things so simply, and there may be a follow-up. ”

Xiward laughed and said: "Mr. President, don't worry, Li Zhen just uses such a little means." ”

Powell said: "Li Zhen asked people to hire a lawyer, what should we do? ”

Seward stood up and walked out, and as he went, he said, "Do nothing now, wait and see." I would love to see Li Zhen's failed expression, hehe, I'm looking forward to it. ”

Lincoln followed suit, leaving Powell alone in the office.

……

Downtown San Francisco, Square.

A burly Hongmen disciple held a tall stack of leaflets in his hand, and he shuttled through the square, constantly handing out the leaflets in his hand and distributing them to passers-by.

There are pictures on the flyer, as well as dense text.

The gist of it is that Peter's wife, a black man, was raped by a white American man in a factory, and Peter went to seek justice, but was killed by the white man, and even Peter's raped wife was caught and raped by a group of white men again, and finally killed. The leaflet also wrote about Peter's family, a daughter under the age of six, and a father who was seventy-five years old.

After the death of Mr. and Mrs. Peter, the daughter was left alone, and the old man was weak and had no one to take care of him.

Afterwards, the old man took his granddaughter to the government officials for help, and wanted to ask the court to bring the white man who committed the crime to justice, but the white man who committed the crime bribed the government officials with money, so that the grandfather and grandson were desperate and could not avenge their dead son. What's more, in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, the criminals also brutally killed the old man, and the inhumane rape - killed the six-year-old girl.

The tragic state of his death is staggering.

In order to prove the authenticity of the incident, the newspaper also published photos of the old man and his granddaughter in their loneliness, as well as photos of the little girl looking for food in the garbage heap while she was alive, and photos of the little girl after being raped and killed.

Leaflets were handed out one by one, and some people threw them away after getting them, but many people still read them carefully.

The story of Peter and his wife spread widely.

At the same time, in the northern, southern, eastern, and western parts of the San Francisco urban area, there were countless Hongmen disciples distributing leaflets, and they all followed Li Zhen's instructions. Hongmen's disciples are all over San Francisco, with thousands of members, and these Hongmen disciples spread the news, and in one day, the news is already flying all over the sky.

The people's opinions on the government continued to pass on to the mayor's desk. What's more, there have already been demonstrations of the people, calling on Mayor Powell to severely punish the criminals.

Powell looked at the stack of messages on his desk, and his brow furrowed into a Sichuan character.

It's actually quite simple, but now it's known all over the city, and it's a big headache for him. Powell can sit in the position of mayor, and he is definitely a man of old calculations. His mind moved, and he guessed in his heart that this might be Li Zhen's action. Because a small thing has developed to this point, someone must be behind it.

Powell sent Lincoln and Seward in and told him what he was doing.

After hearing this, Xiward looked indifferent, and said indifferently: "This matter is very simple, even if Li Zhen is behind the scenes, as long as it is solved immediately." Mayor Powell, please immediately send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly and deal with the criminals. As long as the sinners 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'll send someone to deal with it immediately." ”

……

Dading Restaurant, second floor.

Li Zhen, Tang Huaide, A Shaman, Hong Qinglong, and Wang Hong were all together, and everyone was talking and laughing, and there was no serious atmosphere. Wang Hong said: "President, the brothers have distributed hundreds of thousands of leaflets, and now the city is full of storms, and almost the whole city knows about Peter and his wife. According to information from the government, Powell has already begun to send people to investigate the matter thoroughly. ”

Li Zhen looked calm, smiled and said: "I'll wait for Powell to investigate thoroughly, only a thorough investigation of this matter is fun!" ”

Everyone nodded, smiles on their faces.

The matter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter is indeed interesting only if we look into it.

ps: The fourth shift, call it a day.