Brenner Mahoney, a graduate of Yale University, is the chief justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and has the power to hear and decide all appeals in his jurisdiction, and has very strong control over the Second Circuit Court.

The close partner of the predecessor Lyley Crewe was not affected in the Lyleigh Crewe turmoil at all and succeeded smoothly.

As early as the end of the Lenie Crewe scandal, Brooklyn speculated that Brenner would 'do something' to him.

The reason is simple, one of them is from Harvard and the other is from Yale.

In 1824, due to differences in beliefs and ideas, some teachers and students of Harvard Law School announced their withdrawal from Harvard Law School, and they came to New Haven, Connecticut, a small town full of humanistic atmosphere, and established Yale Law School.

and passed five hurdles along the way, surpassing Harvard Law School and becoming the No.1 of the Federal Law School.

Harvard regarded the Yale people as traitors, especially since this group of traitors surpassed themselves, which made the Harvard people angry and vowed not to give Yale people good fruit to eat.

Yale ridiculed Harvard, believing that it was a bunch of old-fashioned antiques, and that the group of teachers and students who left Harvard two hundred years ago was the right decision.

The two groups laughed at each other, looked down on each other, and fought from the campus to the workplace.

At Harvard, looking down on Yale is the greatest political correctness, and at Yale, belittling Harvard is the most popular opening phrase.

Both sides have carved the ridicule of their opponents into their bones.

With this kind of 'ex-convict', how could Brooklyn be naïve to think that Brenner would live peacefully with him?

He has always been on the lookout for this 'heresy'.

But the truth is that they really coexist peacefully!

Since Brenner succeeded as chief judge of the Second Circuit Court, he has had little interaction with Brooklyn. Their well water does not interfere with the river water to this day.

Today turned out to be their second conversation!

"I heard you went back to Harvard last week. Have you seen Mitchelson? ”

Brenner asked casually.

Mitchelson is not called Mitchelson, Mitchelson is a surname, and his full name is López Mitchelson.

Brooklyn remembers Mitchelson well. He was one of the members of the small auditorium that afternoon, one of the three judges.

Mitchelson worked on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, was a circuit appellate judge, and was a high-ranking member of Brooklyn's true supporters.

In addition to this, Mitchelson is also a friend of Leley Crewe.

It was Brooklyn's series of performances in the Lyleigh Crewe affair that made Mitchelson choose to support him.

Mitchelson is a typical Texas redneck. His parents and grandparents...... They were all workers, and he himself was particularly rugged in appearance, tall and fleshy, with gray hair tied into a whip, and a boxy head, and his whole face flushed when he was excited.

It's hard to imagine that someone like Mitchelson, who doesn't care about etiquette or dress, is a judge of the Court of Appeals.

At the small hall party that day, the redneck wore jeans, cowhide boots, a pair of fancy sunglasses, and a cowboy hat on his head......

Just by wearing this outfit, Brooklyn was impressed enough with him.

Not to mention his loud voice with a rumbling window and a black walnut patch pistol that stood out from his waist.

"I've seen Judge Mitchelson." Brooklyn nodded, "He's an impressive guy." ”

Brooklyn commented.

Brenner nodded, noncommittal. He sighed and began to remember.

"Mitchelson is friends with Lyleigh Crewe, and they're from a brotherhood."

"Mitchelson is still Lyleigh Crewe's 'guide'."

Hearing the title of 'guide,' Brooklyn's eyes froze.

Brenner smiled and waved his hand, "No, not the guide on that side. ”

Everyone knows why Leely Crewe fell.

"I heard you didn't join a fraternity in college?" Brenner asked curiously.

Brooklyn shook her head.

"That's a shame." Brenner sighed and explained, "Mitchelson and Lenley Crewe are members of the same fraternity. Mitchelson is the guide for Lyleigh Crewe and needs tutoring to supervise Lyleigh Crewe's college life. ”

"They have a very good relationship."

Brooklyn didn't attend a fraternity, but had an idea of the fraternity culture at federal universities.

Brenner's term "guide" means more or less the same thing as "guardian."

But Brooklyn wasn't bothered by Brenner's rambling, and he was wondering what Brenner meant by mentioning Larie Crewe.

Brenner recounted several interesting things that happened to Mitchelson, according to him, that Lylie Crewe told him.

He seemed to just miss Lyley Crewe, an old friend, and La Brooklyn to reminisce about the past.

After telling the story of Lenley Crewe and Mitchelson's messing together at a party, Brenner stopped, smacked his lips, and sighed, "No one thought that Lenley Crewe's health would be so bad." ”

"Mitchelson called me back then, and he almost rushed to Washington with his black walnut patch pistol."

Brooklyn never answered.

Brenner sighed again, and said as if unintentionally, "Speaking of which, although Mitchelson and Lenley Crewe are brothers in a fraternity, in fact, it was not Mitchelson who had the best relationship with Lenley Crewe in college, but John Manning and Burke Forsman. ”

Brooklyn looked over in some surprise, his eyes widening slightly, his mouth slightly open, and he looked very curious.

"I didn't expect that. That old guy John turned out to have the best relationship with Lylie Crewe. Brenner smiled as if he were a memory of his youth, "Have you met Burke?" Burke Forsman. ”

"Yes." Brooklyn nodded.

"Is he okay?" Brenner asked with concern, "That's a bad guy." He has the most bad ideas. ”

As if remembering something, the muscles on Brenner's face contracted slightly, and the smile was not so exaggerated, but it seemed a lot more sincere.

He said with a wistful look on his face, "Ryleigh Crewe, Burke Forsman, and John Manning, all three of them are bad guys. Created a lot of trouble for us Yale. ”

"We wanted to kidnap them to Yale."

"By the way, John told you about it, right?" Brenner asked, waking up from his memories.

"John must be sadder than anyone else for Lenley Crewe's departure."

Brooklyn took a sip of his coffee and shook his head silently.

"If you don't mention it, I don't even know."

"John, he didn't mention it to you?" Brenner asked, surprised.

Brooklyn shook his head earnestly.

"How is that possible? How is that possible? They have such a good relationship...... If it weren't for ......," Brenner muttered to himself, not loud enough for Brooklyn to hear.

Eventually, he shook his head.

"Maybe he doesn't want to tell you. Brooklyn, you know, we old guys like to reminisce about the old days when we're older. But we all know that you young people don't like to listen to old guys babble about old stories. ”

Brenner defended John Manning.

Brooklyn nodded in understanding.

"That's right." Brenner stopped talking, and no longer reminisced about the past, but patted his forehead, and rummaged through it with some chagrin, "Look, I almost forgot to tell you the story of the past." ”

"Where did it come from? I remember putting it right here... Got it! ”

Brenner rummaged for a moment, then pulled out a thick file from a drawer and handed it over.

"You know this one, right?"

Brooklyn took the file and opened it, skimmed through it briefly, and nodded.

"Yes."

"At first, the plaintiff handed me the complaint, but because the case involved Texas and New York, there was a bit of a dispute over jurisdiction. I called the Texas side, and the defendant sued the plaintiff first. ”

The eucalyptus Brenner handed over was an indictment of a eucalyptus in mid-March.

At that time, Frederick had not yet been killed, and was frantically heading towards e. Y Cypriot indictment, in an attempt to storm Brooklyn.

This case is one of them.

The parties to the eucalyptus are one in Texas and one in New York. [Note 1]

The eucalyptus simply means that the child of a New York state family was lost and picked up and adopted by a Texas family who believed that the Texas family had stolen their child.

The main points of contention in the case are whether the nature of the case is 'human trafficking' and the issue of custody.

"The trial is over in Texas." "The Texas side acquitted the plaintiff," Brenner said. ”

Because the parties believed that the other was guilty, and both parties sued each other in their respective state courts, the parties were plaintiffs in New York and Texas.

The plaintiffs in Brenner's mouth are the Texas family, the same family that picked up the child.

"Custody was also awarded to the plaintiff."

"The defendant disagreed, and the case went to trial again on the New York State side," Brenner said. Now the appeal is coming to us. ”

Brooklyn did not choose to accept the indictment after receiving the indictment from the New York family, because the Texas family had filed the indictment with the local court the day before, and the local court had already accepted the case. Brooklyn dismissed the indictment at the time.

"What do you think of the eucalyptus?"

Brenner asked.

Brooklyn thought back and shook his head.

"Because the Texas side accepted the indictment first, I dismissed the indictment here. I don't really know the specifics. ”

"But judging from the evidence attached to the indictment at the time, I don't think there's anything wrong with the Texas court's decision."

"There is a high probability that the child is indeed lost due to their improper care. And as the guardian of the child, the two adults did not find out immediately after the child was lost. ”

"What if the child is in danger?"

"The Texas court's verdict found that the parents did not fulfill their duties as guardians well, and I think it's okay."

Brooklyn pointed to the verdict attached to the document.

Brenner nodded, motioning for Brooklyn to continue.

Brooklyn closed the file, shook his head, and said, "I don't know much about the superfluous. ”

Brenner took the papers, somewhat regretfully, and slipped them into a drawer.

"I thought you knew more details, so I'm going to hear what you think first."

"I'm sorry." Brooklyn shook his head.

I couldn't help, and the business was over, and everyone was busy at this point in time, so Brooklyn got up and said goodbye.

Brenner didn't hold back, and watched Brooklyn leave.

Leaving the Thurgood Marshall Federal Courthouse, Brooklyn sat in the car and said nothing.

He thought back to everything Brenner had said to him, and pinched his forehead with some headache.

Brenner came to him, and the real business was probably not to know what he thought about the eucalyptus at all—this kind of thing didn't have to be done by Brooklyn himself. One phone call, one email can solve the problem.

On the contrary, Brenner's so-called 'small talk' is the main thing to call Brooklyn over this time.

Brooklyn easily saw through Brenner's purpose.

He unintentionally mentioned Mitchellson, a supporter of Brooklyn, and mentioned that Mitchell almost 'braved Washington' with a pistol, in order to tell Brooklyn that he Brenner had a lot of money to do with Mitchelson.

This can effectively reduce Brooklyn's vigilance and force the relationship in.

Then he repeatedly mentioned Lyley Crewe, mentioning that Lyley Crewe had a close relationship with Burke Forsman and John Manning, but he was secretive and refused to reveal more, in order to arouse Brooklyn's curiosity.

In the end, deliberately realizing that he had guessed wrong, John Manning and Burke Forsman did not tell Brooklyn about their past with Lyry Crewe, and immediately kept silent. Curiosity is at its peak.

If you change your concentration and almost do it, I'm afraid you will ask on the spot.

Brooklyn is not bad, vigilant enough, and has studied psychology, so he was not shaken by Brenner's combination punch.

But he still got hit.

Brenner's seemingly unwanted attempt failed because of Brooklyn's incuriosity, but it didn't.

Brooklyn is curious about the past of Lenley Crewe, John Manning, and Burke Forsman!

John Manning, in particular, had warned him in his office to stay away from Ray.

This shows that they used to have a good relationship, but for some reason, the relationship broke down!

The reason for this is most likely because of CPUSA!

The fall of Ryleigh Crewe was also due to the CPUSA he formed.

So, is there any connection between the two?

In the process of the fall of Lenley Crewe, what role did John Manning and Burke Forsman, two former friends, play?

It's not just Brenner's words that pique Brooklyn's curiosity, it's that Brooklyn has a desire to find out the answer to this question.

Brooklyn had to lament that Brenner had chosen the timing very cleverly.

When he was in Boston, he had an inquiring mind, but he gave up because of his concerns.

Now Brenner just nudged Brooklyn as he staggered.

Brenner's movements were light, really just a light push. But it was just right to put Brooklyn in a dilemma again.

He was eager to continue exploring the answers to the questions.

Because this answer is not only about Lai Crewe and Ray, but also about Brooklyn himself and John Manning.

He needs to assess John Manning's trustworthiness in terms of his role in the downfall of Lenley Crewe. And then estimate how much he will rely on John Manning for every step of the way.

Less than a week after Brooklyn and John Manning had established a channel of complete trust, Brenner deftly knocked a rift through it.