As night falls, the courtyard of Peninsula Manor is brightly lit, with a two-man tall Christmas tree standing in the middle of the courtyard, on which Russell is hanging parcels and gift boxes.

Felisto, standing next to the Christmas tree, said, "It was too dark for our people to recognize, there were about four or five people inside the hotel, and there were stalkers and gunmen outside. ”

Russell nodded: "How is Vito?" ”

"At New York No. 3 Hospital, I had just undergone surgery and was lucky not to die. Clemenza went to find Sonny, but Luca Blassi, who was far away in Florida, should not have been notified. ”

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"You sent someone to deliver the news to Luca, saying that Vito was assassinated by the Tartaglia family and the Cuneo family."

The main business of the Tartaglia family is nightclubs, controlling silver nests all over the United States, and although Philip's youngest son, Bruno, has no contact with the family's minced meat business on the surface, his nightclub, which is famous for his long-legged dancers, belongs to the training school for the best girls in the city.

If you want to become the top brand, you must accept the test of Bruno, otherwise you will not be able to post on the board in various fields!

The most important reason why the Tataglia family is engaged in this business is that Philip is a playboy in his sixties, and he has a happy life and plenty of time to indulge, so the family is very prosperous, but most of them are illegitimate children born to dancers who want to be on the throne.

The Cuneo family, on the other hand, controls upstate New York, arranging for Italian immigrants to smuggle across the border from Canada, runs casinos in upstate New York, and has veto power over racetrack permits issued by the state government!

Originally, the Cuneo family was not involved in much of it, but Russell definitely wouldn't let them go, for a simple reason. It is precisely because of the Cuneo family's smuggling business that there is a lot of loss of Italian Sicilians.

If there is no one in Sicily, then how can Russell make money?

Workers are the primary productive forces!

Felisto laughed and said: "Once Luca hears the news, he will definitely come back from Florida, and then the whole of New York will never be at peace." ”

Russell nodded: "Luka's execution is very good, but it's a pity that he is Vito's man." ”

"Godfather, you mean Luca will die?"

"He's going to die, and even if we hadn't intervened, he'd already been targeted by Solaso and Bassini. Think about it, if someone wants to get rid of me, do they want to kill my right-hand men first? ”

Felisto shook his head: "Godfather, the enemy definitely doesn't know about you. ”

Russell smiled, "But Vito is older, where is Paulie he sent to the Tartaglia family?" ”

"He returned to Corleone's house two hours after Vito was shot, and is currently tied to Clemenza, and I suspect that Paulie must have delivered a fake message to Clemenza."

"It doesn't matter if they live or die, the important thing is that Barsini and Solazo, as well as their accomplices, are dead. Bassini thinks assassinating me and Vito at the same time will fix the matter? Joke! ”

Russell turned around and said, "Continue to stare at Solasso, if the people from the Zhengfu don't show up, we won't move." ”

"Okay."

Florida.

In the city, a secluded residence.

Luca Blasi was eating in his room, and he was very gentle when he ate, which contrasted with his appearance.

Suddenly, there was a 'winter' sound at the door.

Lukka paused, then picked up the pistol in his arms, got up and walked slowly to the door, pried open the crack in the door, and looked out.

It was pitch black outside, and he couldn't see anything, so he turned off the lights in the house, waited five or six minutes before opening the door and poking out half of his head, and he didn't see anything, and when he was about to close the door, he found an arrow embedded in the door, and a note hung on the arrow.

Lukka frowned, raised his hand to pull the arrow off, closed the door and returned to the room, turning on the bedside lamp to check.

The note reads: Vito Corleone has been shot five times, his fate is unknown, and the murderers are the Tartaglia family and the Cuneo family.

As for the reason? Didn't write.

Even if the reason was written, Lukka didn't care, and when he saw the message on the note, his whole face became distorted and his whole body trembled, which was the price of patience and anger.

"The Godfather......

Lukka tossed the note in his mouth and swallowed it, then got up to pack his gear and drove back to New York overnight.

He has always done things alone, so he didn't tell anyone about going back to New York.

Long Beach, Garden Villa.

Sonny walks into the house and sees his mother Philomena making dinner, but doesn't know how to tell her about his father's assassination.

However, Philomena has long seen the clues, she and Vito have been married for decades, and they are used to seeing these scenes and predicaments.

"Something happened to your father, right?"

Sonny was stunned and nodded, "Yes." ”

"Alive?"

"Alive!"

Philomena smiled and said, "That's good, do what you have to do, don't waste time on me, an old woman." ”

"Mother, I... Father will definitely come back. ”

"I'm convinced."

Sonny was about to step away when Philomena seemed to think of something.

"Sonny, have you contacted Russell Corleone?"

"Contacted, he... He and his wife were also attacked today, but were not injured. ”

"How can he ...... Okay, then I'm going to give Marlena a call and ask if she's okay. ”

"Okay."

Sonny went to the study, took out the phone book from his father's drawer, called one by one, and reported that he was safe.

He took it upon himself to raise the Christmas bill for everyone.

This has two intentions, one is to tell Vito's connections that he inherited his father's relationship, and even if Vito dies, he will not lose their money. The second is to stabilize them and obtain some information from them.

While Sonny is talking to Clemenza and Tessio about Tom's whereabouts, Mike walks into the house.

Mike and his girlfriend Kai had just finished watching the movie and were about to buy some Christmas presents when they came out of the hotel to buy some Christmas presents, when they passed by the newspaper stop, his girlfriend Kai grabbed his sleeve and dragged him back to the newspaper stop.

When he saw the news in the newspaper, he suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and his eyes were no longer so firm when he looked at his girlfriend Kai.

Then he hurried back home.

Sonny and the others greeted him, and he sat in the corner, listening to them discuss how to get revenge on him.

Mike didn't feel interesting, because no one was worried about his father's life or death, and he got up to go to the hospital.

"There are people guarding the hospital, so I don't have to worry about my father's safety."

Mike whispered, "I'd like to see it myself." ”

--

Mrs. Vito's Philomena called Russell's house in her room, and when Sylvana answered, she beckoned Marlena to answer the phone.

"Auntie?"

Philomena said, "I heard that you and Russell were assassinated, were you injured?" ”

"No, we are safe. How is the uncle? I heard he was hospitalized. ”

"Yes, he was hospitalized. Is Russell there? ”

"He's out," Marlena said. ”

"Going out so late?"

"Yes, men are doing things outside, and we as women shouldn't ask too much."

Philomena smiled and said, "This is what we Sicilian women, Marlena, you did right. If Russell comes back, thank him for me. ”

Marlena blinked, "Auntie, Russell told me before leaving, if you call to thank you, I'm going to say you're welcome." ”

"Hahaha...... Okay, Marlena, then we'll see you later. ”

"See you later, Auntie, take care of yourself."

Putting down the phone, Marlena hugged Victoria and kissed her twice, and said to Celena, "Celena, you have to contact Oriyatu." ”

"Okay, I'll call."

Sylvana didn't talk much when she called Oriyatu, just talked about everyday topics, and their first concern as a couple was their children.

At this moment, in front of Oryatu's casino in Las Vegas, sitting the godfathers of two West Coast families, namely Frank Falcan and Anthony Morenari.

Falcon controlled the film guild and the spinach activities on the sets, and sent girls to brothels in the West through complex pipes......

Morenari, on the other hand, controls the coastal areas of San Francisco, and has close ties with Falcon in all aspects, and the cooperation is very deep. In the words of outsiders, it is hard to imagine that two people who have no affection can get along so well on the West Coast.

Oriatu made an introduction, and of course the other party knew the name of Russell Corleone, the godfather of Sicily, who was much more powerful than them.

"The second son of the Corleone family in New York is coming to Las Vegas, please help take care of it."

Morenari nodded: "Of course, we also have some cooperation with Vito, and we welcome his son here." ”

Falcon asked, "What happened to Vito in New York?" ”

"Assassinated, shot five times in the body."

Morenari and Falcon looked at each other.

"When did it happen? We don't have any news at all. ”

Olia said with a straight face: "Because my father was also assassinated, almost at the same time as Vito!" So, the godfather ordered to block the news. ”

The two were a little surprised, and Falcon was stunned: "Your Excellency Corleone was also assassinated?" ”

"Yes."

Morenari thinks that the opponent is an idiot, because the assassination of Vito is a routine operation, but the assassination of Russell is very brainless.

"With His Excellency Corleone's connections, he will dig up the enemy and send him to the execution ground!" Falcon said.

Oriatu shook his head: "The Godfather is not ready to do this, we have never suffered such a grievance in Sicily, and all opponents will be retaliated with blood." ”

"Does Lord Corleone need us?"

"We're friends and we've never dealt with each other before, but I'm surprised that you treat each other with courtesy when we first meet."

Falcon laughed and said: "I have often heard the story of His Excellency Corleone in Sicily. I have several of my subordinates who have come from Sicily in recent years......"

"The Godfather wanted to invest in hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, and of course it had to be legal."

"We have the land, but we don't have the engineering team and the management team," Morenari said. You should be aware that most of our subordinates are simple-minded people. ”

"These godfathers can all provide ......"

Oriyatu's early arrival in Las Vegas was deliberately arranged by Russell, and he had to hook up with the two West Coast godfathers first, so that he could make a fuss in the legal casinos in the future, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to drink the hot soup when the news spread.

But I really didn't expect these two godfathers to give face like this, not only did they meet Oriyatu in person, but they were also very talkative, which was really a bit surprising.

As everyone knows, Falcon and the owner of the film company, Jack Walz, are very acquainted, and the two once got together to talk about the Corleone family, and at first the two had a bad conversation, Falcon was talking about Vito, and Walz was talking about Russell.

Later, Falcon learned that Russell and Hoover had a close relationship, and the news of the beating of FBI agents in New York also reached their ears.

Falcon and Oriyatu said that as long as His Excellency Corleone enters the film industry, he promises to give his full support, and whoever he wants to play the leading role can do, even if the other party is unwilling, he will tie her up!

Even if it's the actress Hedy Lamarr who is out of the shadow, Falcon has a way to get it.

--

At night, the dark streets are a little deserted.

A Cadillac was driving on the road with only two people in the car.

The car was parked in the open space on the side of New York No. 3 Hospital, and Russell and Felistto got out of the car.

"Godfather, this bouquet of flowers was prepared by Madame, do you want to hold it?"

"Take it, Malena's mind."

The two walked slowly towards the hospital, which was dimly lit and there was no one in sight in the corridor.

There was only the sound of 'Tata' footsteps, and Felistto held the flower in one hand and put the other under his armpit.

Russell, on the other hand, was much calmer, and went upstairs to Vito's hospital room.

"Godfather, something is wrong."

"The coffee was steaming hot, and the guards were transferred."

Push the door to enter.

Vito was lying on a hospital bed with oxygen tubes in his nostrils and a pale complexion.

Russell took the flower from Felisto's hand and placed it at the head of the bed.

He pulled over a chair and sat down, silent for a long time.

Five minutes later, footsteps could be heard again in the hallway, and Felisto pulled out his pistol and leaned against the doorway, vigilant.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open.

Mike looked at Russell, who was sitting next to his father's bed, and was slightly startled.

"Mike."

“…… Elder brother. ”

Russell smiled and nodded, "I'll come to see your father." Why don't I see the caretaker of the family? ”

"They ......," Mike was stunned for a moment, "and someone let them go." ”

Russell pointed at him and said, "You call Sonny and tell him that Tom is in a coffee hotel on the outskirts of the city." ”

"And what about my father?"

"I'm here, what are you afraid of?"

Mike looked into Russell's eyes and nodded slowly.

"After the call, you and Felistto go to the door of the hospital, and if someone comes to the hospital, you have to stop him."

"Okay!"

While going downstairs, Mike meets the baker's son-in-law, Enzo, who asks Enzo to leave immediately without pulling him into the water.

"Do you have a gun?"

"Nope."

"Put your hands in your coat."

Mike asked, "You and Russell ......"

"The Godfather and your father were assassinated at about the same time, six of the godfather's assassins and two of your father's assassins!"

When Mike heard this, he immediately felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

It's not the differential treatment, it's that Vito has waste around him!

Suddenly, a car drove past the door, and the people in the car saw that the door was guarded, so they stepped on the accelerator and accelerated away.

After they were gone, Felisto glanced at Mike and saw that he was very calm, without a hint of nervousness.

"I'll leave later!"

As soon as Felisto's words fell, two police cars drove outside.

Mike froze.