At this time, the Reign of Terror has reached its peak, and the candidate for deacon in the meeting has been determined to be McMurdo, who is expected to succeed McGinty as the next leader. Now, all the people under McMurdo must do whatever they do.

Listen to his advice, and no one will act without his instructions and suggestions. However, as his reputation among the Freemen increased, the hatred of the people on Vermissal Street towards him also increased.

The people are determined to face the threat of the reign of terror and unite to resist the rulers who oppress them. Although the Die-Kool Party got the news of the secret gathering in the Herald and distributed weapons to the people, McGinty and his

His subordinates did not pay attention to this matter. Because McGinty had many subordinates, each of whom was bold and careful, and equipped with sophisticated weapons and equipment; while the civilians were powerless, with crude weapons and no strict organizational leadership.

It was a mess. So McGinty and McMurdo looked down upon the people who resisted. They decided that this was just the same as before, a group of helpless weaklings struggling in boredom and ultimately ending in frustration.

Usually every Saturday night, the Die-Kools held a rally. It was a Saturday night in May, and Brother Morris came to visit just as McMurdo was about to get up for the meeting. Morris was usually called

He was called a "coward", but at this moment, his brows were furrowed, his face was full of sorrow, and his kind expression was replaced by haggardness.

"Mr. McMurdo, may I have a casual chat with you?" "Of course."

"There is one thing that I have always remembered deeply in my heart. It was that time when I confided my deepest secrets to you. Even if the leader asked me personally, you did not reveal a word."

"Since you choose to trust me, of course I cannot let you down. But this does not mean that I agree with your opinion."

"I understand this. Only when I am with you can I speak my mind with complete confidence. Today, I have something to say in my heart." He folded his hands on his chest and continued: "This matter

It makes me very anxious. I hope that I can survive, and I am even willing to let it happen to any of you. If I say it, it will definitely lead to murder; if I don't say it, it may cause us

Everyone is in trouble. God, please save me, I really don’t know what to do!”

McMurdo poured a glass of whiskey for the trembling man, looked at him sincerely and said, "This is the most effective medicine for you at the moment. Have a glass of wine and talk slowly!"

Morris drank the wine in one gulp, his face gradually regained some rosiness, and then said: "Actually, the matter is very simple. It can be explained clearly in one sentence, that is, there are already detectives tracking us."

McMurdo looked surprised.

"What? You guys are crazy!" McMurdo calmed down his tone a little, and then said, "Don't the police and detectives patrol this area all year round? Why do you suddenly say that you are targeting us?"

"It's different this time. They are people from out of town. As you said, we all know these local police and detectives. They can't do anything. But, have you ever heard of the Pinkerton detectives?"

"Well, there are a few familiar names."

"Well, let me tell you this, don't take their investigation lightly. This is not some casual government agency. They are very serious and full of wisdom. They must investigate every case to the end and do everything possible to find out the results.

, otherwise we will never give up. If Pinkerton's detectives start investigating us, it will be very dangerous for us."

"Then we must kill him." McMurdo said in surprise.

"I have said before that if I say it, it will definitely trigger a murder. If you have already thought of this, then bring it up at the meeting!" Morris shrugged helplessly and said to him.

"Well, okay. Killing someone in this place is nothing, it won't attract any attention at all."

"That's true. But I really don't want to kill anyone. I will never be able to live peacefully. But if I don't kill him, all of our lives will be threatened. God, what should I do?" Morris

Because of hesitation, he shook his body back and forth, with a look of pain on his face.

McMurdo was deeply moved by his words. It could be seen that McMurdo agreed very much with Morris's approach to the crisis. They must solve it. McMurdo patted Morris's shoulder enthusiastically to express comfort.

"Listen, friend!" McMurdo's voice became even louder with excitement as he continued, "You can't just sit here and cry like an old lady. This won't solve the problem. Let's analyze together who this detective is.

?Where is he now? Where did you hear about him? Why did you come to me if something happened?"

"I came to you because you were the only one who could give me advice. Do you remember that I once told you that before I came here I ran a store in the West? I have many friends there, one of whom is at the telegraph office

A friend at work sent me a letter yesterday. The letter is very clear. Take a look at this page for yourself!"

McMurdo took the letter and read line by line:

What's the situation with the Die-Kool Party over there now? I've seen a lot of reports about the Die-Kool Party in the newspapers. You know I care about you very much and hope to hear from you soon. It is said that many places are starting to deal with this issue seriously.

There has been something going on, including 5 limited companies and two railway bureaus. Now that they have begun to work, you have to be prepared for their arrival. Because they have to directly participate in the investigation and have assigned Burke from Pinkerton Detective Company

Erdy Edward takes on this important task. This man is very powerful and has the ability to completely stop these evil things from happening.

"You should also read the postscript of the letter!" Morris said, pointing to the telegram.

Of course, what I told you is only what I learned in my daily business work, not very detailed. They encrypted the information, and I can't understand those strange and complicated passwords.

McMurdo kept the letter in his hand and sat quietly for a long time without making a sound, because at this time he was thinking about the confusing fog in his mind and could not calm down for a long time.

"No one else knows about this?" McMurdo asked Morris.

"No, I only told you one person."

"But is it possible that your friend also wrote to other people?"

"Well...he should know a few people." "Are they also from the club?"

"It's possible."

"I ask because if we could find out from him what Bertie Edward looked like, it would be easy to follow his trail."

"There is no problem with this, but I think he doesn't know Edward. Because he also got this news while working, so he probably doesn't know this Pinkerton detective at all."

McMurdo suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Oh God! I have to catch this man. I am so stupid that I don't even know about this. But we can kill him before he does it, so we still think so."

Lucky one. Ah, Maurice, are you comfortable leaving this matter to me?"

"Of course, don't worry, as long as you stay clean and don't drag me down, that's fine."

"Leave it to me completely, and I will definitely get it done. Just treat this letter as if it was written to me. I will do it alone and will not mention your name at all.

Are you satisfied with this?"

"Very well, that's exactly what I thought."

"Then let's end the conversation today! You have to remember not to say a word to anyone. Now I'm going to the rally, and you'll soon hear the news that we've dealt with Detective Kippington."

"Will you kill him?"

"Dear Maurice, the less you know, the safer it is. It's better not to ask too many questions. Go back and have a good sleep! Now leave all this matter to me. You can just listen to the news at home."

Before leaving, Morris sighed with a sad face and said, "I feel like my hands are covered in his blood."

"Actually, we can't count it as murder at all, it's self-defense at best." McMurdo smiled ferociously and said, "If we don't kill him, he will threaten our lives. We can't let him stay in the valley for a long time.

Then we will all be killed by him. Ah, dear Maurice, you have saved all the members of our Deadly Cool Party, and we will elect you as our leader."

Although McMurdo said so, his actions clearly showed that he was seriously thinking about the news he had received. Maybe he lacked confidence; maybe it was because of the prominent reputation of the Pinkerton detective organization; maybe he was afraid of those plans.

A huge and wealthy limited company that eliminated the die-hard party members... But no matter what the reason was, he had already prepared for the worst. After he burned all the written materials that would be implicated in the criminal case, he felt a little better

Safe and relaxed, he breathed a long sigh of relief and left home for the meeting. However, he still felt vaguely dangerous and uneasy in his heart, so on the way to the branch, he stopped in front of the old Shafter's house. Although

Shafter had expressly forbidden to show that McMurdo was not welcome, but McMurdo still knocked lightly on the window. After Eddie heard the sound, he came out to greet her lover. Different from the previous cruel expression, his eyes showed

Extraordinary seriousness, revealing a dangerous signal.

"Oh my God, Jack, what happened to you?" Eddie shouted, "You must have been in some danger, what happened?"

"Yes, dear, I have encountered some things, but they are not as bad as I thought. I plan to move before things get worse. This is the wisest choice at the moment."

"Really moving?"

"Do you remember? I promised you before that I would definitely leave here, and I think it's time to leave now. I just got bad news that something trouble is going to happen."

"Are the police looking for trouble?"

"Yes, it's a detective, Pinkerton's detective. But, dear, don't ask too specific questions, and there is no need to know the details. I will take on this matter myself, but I promise that the problem will be solved soon.

You once told me that if I left, you would leave with me."

"Jack, you will be saved by doing this."

"Eddie, you know I am honest. Your body is so beautiful. I will never hurt you in the slightest. You are like sitting on a throne made of gold, like a goddess floating in the clouds. I look up to your charming body every day.

You may look good, but I will never drag you down even one centimeter from your throne. Do you believe these words?"

Eddie didn't speak, but held McMurdo's hand affectionately. "Okay. Then, please do as I say, because this is our only way out. Something big will definitely happen in the valley.

, all of us must be prepared to deal with it, no matter what, I need to be prepared, if I leave this place, you have to follow me no matter what!"

"Jack, don't worry, I'll definitely be there shortly."

"No! No! You have to go with me. If I leave here, I can never come back to the valley. And in order to avoid the police, we can't even write letters to each other. You have to go with me, I

I can't leave you here alone. Let's go to the place where I stayed before. There is a very good lady there. You can settle there for the time being, and then we will get married, okay? You come with me!"

"Okay, Jack. I'll go with you."

"Thank you Eddie, for trusting me so much. God will bless you. Even if I am a ghost who escaped from hell, I will never betray your trust in me. Listen, Eddie, as long as you

When you receive the note from me, you have to immediately put down everything you are doing and go to the waiting room of the station to wait for me."

"Okay, Jack, no matter day or night, as long as I receive your note, I will go over and meet you immediately."

After making preparations to leave, McMurdo felt a little more relaxed. When he arrived at the meeting place, many people had gathered there. He answered the code as usual and passed through the heavily guarded perimeter and the interior.

Strictly scrutinized guards. As soon as he entered the room, McMurdo received a warm welcome. In the rectangular room filled with people, he could see the messy long black hair of the leader McGinty through the smoke. Baldwin

With a ferocious and cold expression on his face, Secretary Haraway's vulture-like face, and more than a dozen small leaders of the branch. Seeing them all here, McMurdo was very happy, and he could discuss this news with them.

solutions.

Chief McGinty stood up and shouted to him: "Dear brother McMurdo, we are really happy to see you! We just need a just Solomon to judge this difficult matter."

After McMurdo sat down, the person next to him immediately explained to him: "It's like this. Rand and Egan went to Stiles Town and shot Old Man Crabbe together, but they don't know who shot him. Now.

The two of them are competing for the branch's bounty, what do you think we should do?"

McMurdo left his seat and stood up, raising his hands in the air with a serious expression on his face. Everyone stared at him in surprise and did not dare to say a word. There was a deathly silence, and everyone held their breath and waited for him to speak.

"Dear Chief!" McMurdo said with a tone as serious as his expression, "I have a very urgent matter to report to you."

McGinty nodded and said: "Since Brother McMurdo has an emergency report, naturally according to our rules we will discuss his report first. Brother, tell me what the incident is!"

McMurdo took the letter out of his coat pocket.

"Dear chiefs and brothers!" McMurdo said: "I learned a bad news today, but on the other hand, we are very lucky to have received the news in advance so that we can discuss countermeasures.

, so that the entire army will not be annihilated without preparation. This news is that some domestic groups with power and wealth are uniting to prepare to eradicate us. They sent a Pinkerton detective named Bertie

·Edward. This detective is currently collecting relevant evidence in the valley in order to catch us all smoothly in the future, so I say this incident is very urgent. Let’s discuss how to solve it now!”

Upon hearing the news, the room immediately became silent. Finally, the leader McGinty broke everyone's silence.

"McMurdo, my brother, do you have any proof for that?"

"I have received a letter, and the letter is clearly written." McMurdo read the contents of the letter loudly again, and continued: "I must abide by my promise and cannot give this letter to anyone.

, and I can only read the content once. But I can assure you that there is no other information about our branch in this letter, and after I received this letter, I came to report to you as soon as possible.

"

"Please listen to what I have to say," said one of the older brothers. "I have heard a little about Burdy Edwards. He is the most famous private detective in the Pinkerton Company."

"Has anyone seen him in person?"

"Yes," said McMurdo, "I have seen him before." Upon hearing this, there was another murmur of surprise in the room.

McMurdo continued with a smile: "Believe me, he will never escape our grasp. If we act cleanly, we can solve this matter soon. If you trust me enough and provide certain assistance,

If so, there is no doubt that we will succeed, and this matter is not that terrible."

"But what do we have to fear? How can he possibly grasp our situation?"

"Dear Mr. Senator, if everyone is as loyal and honest as you, then of course there is no need to worry. But this detective is backed by powerful capitalist wealth. Who can guarantee that there will not be a weak-willed brother in our association?

What about forgetting your position in the face of money? So, he must be able to master our information - it is even possible that he has already mastered our information. Now for us, there is only one feasible solution."

Baldwin immediately responded: "Then let him be buried in this valley."

McMurdo nodded in agreement.

"Brother Baldwin, you are right." He continued: "Although we have often disagreed in the past, we see the same thing tonight."

"So, where is he now? Where should we go to find him?"

"Dear Chief!" McMurdo said with high emotion, "I have a suggestion, but this matter is at stake, and it may be inconvenient to discuss it openly at the meeting. Of course, it's not that I don't trust the brothers here, it's just that I don't trust the brothers here.

If any leaks get to the detective, we will miss the opportunity and it will be difficult to catch him. I now propose that the branch choose some reliable brothers. If I were to suggest it, I can choose Mr. Senator, Brother Baldwin

, then it will be enough to find 5 more people. In this case, I can safely report the information I have and discuss solutions."

The meeting immediately approved McMurdo's suggestion. In addition to McGinty and Baldwin, they also selected the eagle-faced secretary Haraway, the tiger Cormac, the fierce middle-aged killer Treasurer Carter, and the outlaw Willaby brothers.

Everyone became listless. For the first time, everyone discovered that the sky above the home they had lived in for a long time was no longer clear, but a dark cloud shrouded in the victims' strong desire for revenge, and the name of this dark cloud was law. In the past, they

They wantonly inflicted terror on others, thinking that they would never be punished. But the current scene horrified everyone, and the rapid retribution pressed tightly on their heads. The gang members were not in the mood to eat, drink, and have fun, and they ended the banquet in a hurry.

They left dejectedly, leaving only the leaders gathering together to discuss countermeasures.

Seven people sat around scatteredly. McGinty broke everyone's dazed silence and said: "McMurdo, now you can say it with confidence!"

"I said just now that I had met Bertie Edward." McMurdo whispered, "Actually, I don't need to say more. Everyone knows that he will not use this name here. He is very brave and smart. He changed

He gave him a deceptive name, Steve Wilson, and now lives in Hobson territory."

"How did you learn about this?"

"Because I had a few chats with him, but I didn't think too much about it at the time. If I hadn't received this letter, I would never have imagined that such a thing would happen. However, I am now certain that this person is him. I

I met him on the bus to Hobson. He claimed to be a reporter and wanted to write an article for a newspaper in New York. He said that the article was about the Die-Kool Party and wanted to know some information, and emphasized

The so-called 'atrocities'. I believed his words at the time, so he asked me a lot of questions in an attempt to get valuable information. But you must trust me completely. I did not reveal any organizational secrets. He used money to seduce me.

I said, 'If you can provide valuable materials for my manuscript, I will reward you heavily.' So I made up some words that he would like to hear and said them, and got his 20 yuan reward. Then he added

Say: 'If you can tell me all the information I need, then I'm willing to pay 10 times the amount.'"

"Then what did you say to him?"

"Of course I made up some material to tell him."

"How did you make sure he wasn't a reporter?"

"Because it was in Hobson, I followed him out of the car. When I walked into the telegraph office, he was just leaving. After the man left, the operator complained: 'Such a message should be charged double,' I said.

:'It's true that we should charge double.' Neither the operator nor I could understand his telegram, which was more complicated than Chinese characters. The operator then said: 'He comes here every day to send a telegram.' I said, 'Well, maybe because

This is the exclusive news from their newspaper, so I’m afraid others will see it!’ At that time, the operator and I both thought the same way. But now that I think about it, that’s not the case at all.”

"God! I believe you are telling the truth," McGinty said. "So how do you think we should deal with this problem?"

One brother immediately shouted: "We should deal with him immediately!"

"Yes, the sooner the better!"

"If I knew exactly where he lived, I would have taken action long ago." McMurdo said, "But I only know that he is currently in Hobson territory, but I don't know what apartment he lives in. However, I have

There is a plan, if you can adopt it."

"Tell me, how to do it?" McGinty looked at him and asked.

"I will set off to Hobson's territory early tomorrow morning and find him through the telegraph operator. I estimate that the telegraph operator will definitely be able to find out where he lives. After I find him, I will claim to be a member of the Freemen's Association. As long as he gives me

If the reward is generous enough, I will tell him all the secrets I know. He will definitely agree after hearing what I say. Then I will tell him to go home with me to get the materials, and in order to avoid being noticed, I cannot come here during the day. At least these

With common sense, he would naturally agree, and when he came to my house to get the materials at 10 o'clock in the evening, we caught him in one fell swoop."

"Is this okay?" Baldman asked him wickedly.

"You have to plan the rest of the specific matters yourself, because the widow McNamara's house is an isolated house. Only Scanlon and I live there now, and she is deaf and absolutely reliable. As soon as he agrees to come,

In my house, I will inform you that seven people will ambush you there at 9 o'clock. After he enters the house, if he can come out alive, then he can brag about how lucky he is for the rest of his life."

"Haha, in this case, a position will be vacant at Pinkerton Private Detective Company. Otherwise, I made a mistake." McGinty said with a smile, "Let's end the discussion today! McMurdo, we will be at 9 tomorrow
Chapter completed!