Here are excerpts from two stories that appeared in the April issue of the San Francisco News:

An explosion occurred at an abandoned factory site on the outskirts

At 7 p.m. yesterday, a violent explosion occurred at an abandoned rubber factory near the old neighborhood, suspected to be a steam pipe leak, and the explosion once caused a fire, which spread to the vicinity of the dock. As of the deadline, firefighters have brought the fire under control.

Mayor Michael said that the cause of the accident is being investigated one by one.

Vicious kidnapping in the financial district.

Water monsters attack the city guard!

The whereabouts of the securities trader are unknown, and he is suspected of being killed.

At two o'clock yesterday afternoon, an attack of a terrible nature occurred near the central park, Carl Vic, an employee of the San Francisco Stock Exchange, encountered the gangsters and called for help.

After receiving the alarm, several steam trucks rushed to the scene, but the gangsters had already escaped, and the whereabouts of the victim Carl Wick were unknown.

There are many suspicions in this attack, and the appearance of the gangsters, their origins and the weapons used are unclear. The police said the case still requires further investigation.

News Editor: Charles de Young.

Zhen Lian's fingers carefully rubbed the newspaper, broke every word on it and crumpled it and read it several times before solemnly putting away the newspaper, then picking up the silver food plate on the side, turning around and walking into the deep corridor.

In the church, Cha Xiaodao covered his neck and moved his muscles, and Li Yan sat opposite him, staring at the panoramic map of San Francisco in a daze.

"Gentlemen, ice rum."

Zhen Lian stood at the door and knocked on the door, before he said softly.

"Thanks, bring it in."

Li Yan said casually.

Zhen Lian walked up to the two of them and put the silver tray in his hand on the table. The tray was lifted, and cold air erupted, and two amber bottles of wine rested on crushed ice, flanked by upside-down glasses.

As soon as Zhen Lian picked up the glass, Li Yan and Cha Xiaodao had already picked up a bottle of rum, bit off the cork, and put the mouth of the bottle in their mouths.

"Two gentlemen, Liang Hui has a letter over there. The Ordonk brothers promised him that from now on, half of their business would be handed over to Hop Shing. ”

"Church of the Deep."

Cha Xiaodao was concise and to the point, he put so much effort into it, but it was not to help Hesheng grab the territory.

"Please be calm, Mr. Cha."

Zhen Lian looked at the knife and bowed his head and said, "The various strongholds of the Deep Sea Church have been destroyed by the people in the police station, after all, there is such a serious bloody conflict, it is impossible for them to be indifferent. But before the police went, Hop Shing's people had searched and found nothing suspicious, and there was no connection with the horror mermaid. But I broke new ground when I was investigating the head of the Ortonk Brotherhood, Ivor Jr. ”

"Go on."

Li Yan took a sip of wine.

"The people of the Ivor family are born with a strange bloodline. When they are hurt or angry, their bodies grow scales and tentacles, and they become infinitely powerful, and Ivern's people call themselves "the Siren's descendants who have the blood of the Seren", and others can also receive the "blessing of the Cyren" if they drink the blood of the Ivor family. But in reality, Little Ivher's grandfather, Ordonk Ivor, was nothing more than a down-and-out sailor who came to San Francisco to make a living during the gold rush. ”

"Ordonk Iver had been here for more than a year, and had not picked up any gold, and once he was caught in a casino and told the casino to sink in a sack, but the next day he miraculously reappeared and burned down the casino. Since then, he has claimed to be a descendant of the Kraken, and the Ordonk Brotherhood, as well as the Deep Sea Church, have all been promoted by him. ”

"Interesting, any further news?"

Check the knife and asked,

"Hmm...... Because almost all of the Ordonk members who were "blessed by the Sairen" died at the hands of Mr. Cha, it is a little difficult to investigate. ”

Cha Xiaodao was a little embarrassed to hear this, when he was in the rubber factory, he detonated his anger in a small part because he was outnumbered and wanted to fight quickly, and more because he wanted to try the power of "anger eating".

Who would have thought that these so-called descendants of the Siren would be so unresistant, and none of them would be spared in the face of "food and anger", and not even a single seriously injured and dying person was left.

"However, I found the books and diaries of little Ivor at the house of one of his mistresses, which may be of help to both of them."

As he spoke, Zhen Liancai took out two thick black books from his pocket.

Li Yan picked up the diary and flipped through the ten lines at a glance, the complaints about vendettas, bribery, and gangster transactions on it, he casually glanced at it a few times and turned it over, and finally, one day there was a clueless sentence in the diary that made Li Yan raise his eyebrows.

"I've been digging around the Mississippi River for years, and no one has found that crack. It can be seen that my grandfather is really the lucky one chosen by heaven. ”

He continued to flip through the books, and while looking at the account book, he said: "This little Ivor is very interesting, he has been fanatically buying all kinds of diving equipment over the years, and even used the money earned from selling opium to invest in a small company that develops steam submarines. ”

Li Yan had already finished the entire diary at this time, and there were still two sentences of useful clues.

"O great Sairen, would you rather leave your mighty power in a crack at the bottom of the river than give it to your faithful servant?"

"Damn it! I gave up! I'm never going to go down to that kind of hell place in my life! ”

The handwriting on this line is a little sloppy, which shows that when these words were written, little Ivher's mood could not be calm.

"Have you seen any of these things before?"

Li Yan asked.

Zhen Lian hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

"What's your opinion?"

Ortonk Ivor became a mob mogul after finding favor with the Siren Siren in a crack at the bottom of the Mississippi River, and his children and grandchildren have been exploring the crack for generations. The problem is that the Mississippi River is too big. How easy is it to find a crack in the bottom of the river? ”

"It doesn't matter, you've helped us a lot."

Zhen Liancheng said with trepidation: "It's my honor to share your worries. ”

"By the way, what about Liang Huiren? You say that the people of the Brotherhood of Ordonk gave up half of the market to him. He didn't come to see me in person? ”

Zhen Lian's attitude was still respectful: "Liang Hui called the people in the city hall to entangle, and they can't get away these days." So someone sent the news, and in addition, there were three boxes of gold. Each case is about 1,000 ounces. He said it was for you. ”

Li Yan glanced at Zhen Lian, and then nodded: "Whatever you want, remember not to mistake me." ”

Zhen Lian's eyelids protruded, and his head was buried lower.

"Sir, if there is no other command, I will retire first."

Zhen Lian bowed, moved back towards Li Yan, and walked away before turning to leave.

Li Yan retracted his gaze, flipped through Little Ivher's diary from time to time, and didn't say anything more.

Zhen Lian walked out of the church and walked through the gloomy corridor. After going around and around, I came to a meeting room.

Liang Hui was sitting precariously, with a high-spirited face.

Today's Liang Hui not only occupies almost all of San Francisco's opium trade, but also has a relationship with a certain congressman through the "witch's medicine". Now his voice in San Francisco has swelled to a certain extent.

Money, power, youth, Liang Hui, who was on the sickbed a few days ago, could never have imagined that now he could grasp all the good things in the world in his hands.

Of course, he doesn't forget why it all happened.

"Fairy Gu, Fairy Gu."

Liang Hui had been waiting here for half an hour, and when he saw Zhen Lian coming in, he hurriedly stood up and arched his hand at Zhen Lian.

Zhen Lian yawned and said lazily to Liang Hui: "Mr. Liang, are you still there?" ”

"Hehe, what did you say, is Your Majesty back?"

Zhen Lian shook his head: "I've rested"

Liang Hui raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "But you just said that Your Majesty is not here." ”

"When I came back, I rested. I told you to come back tomorrow. ”

Zhen didn't even blink an eyelid.

She didn't dare to let Liang Hui and Li Yan come into contact anymore, judging from her heart, now Liang Hui's status, energy, and even loyalty and wisdom have made Zhen Lian embarrassed.

She had to admit that for the pragmatic "Emperor in Blue", Liang Hui's value far exceeded herself.

Before Zhen Lian could think of a way to make up for it, she could only find ways to reduce Liang Hui's chances of showing his face in front of Li Yan.

“……”

Liang Hui was silent for a while before nodding: "Since that's the case, then I'll come back tomorrow." ”

With that, he put on his hat and nodded to Zhen Lian. The two of them parted faces, and Liang Hui frowned, and left with a gloomy face surrounded by a group of people.