A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 399 Another peaceful day
"Today is another quiet day in Saint-Denis." Jean Mark said while taking a sip from the coffee cup in his hand.

Behind him, Saint-Denis Police Chief Shmi Rudy, who was sitting on the sofa, said with empathy:

"It's so peaceful in Saint Denis without Arthur Morgan."

"Ahem." Mark almost choked on his coffee and quickly turned back to look at Hosea sitting at his desk. It wasn't until he saw that Hosea had no unusual expression that he said with a forced smile. :

"Director Rudy, you are getting better and better at joking."

To a certain extent, Rudy is actually much more accurate about his position and relationship with Arthur and his group than Mark. He doesn’t think Arthur and the others would care about such a harmless joke. After all, , there is still a big difference between people who do things and people who engage in politics.

"Hey, Mayor Messier, you are a little too nervous. There is no need to be so serious. We have nothing to do here today. We just want to meet and chat about the current situation?" Rudy laughed. said.

Hosea put down the approval document regarding Arthur's establishment of the factory in Saint Denis, and responded with a smile:

"Director Rudy is right, relax. This is just an ordinary small gathering. We should have more gatherings like this, otherwise we don't know when Mayor Messier will be able to relax." There are some.”

"You two, please stop making fun of me. Speaking of which, there is still one thing worth talking about today." Jean Mark said seriously.

"Oh?"

Both Hosea and Rudy showed a look of eagerness to listen.

Jean Mark cleared his throat and said:

"Regarding the previous commission of inquiry into Mr. Morgan..."

"Well, let me interrupt, Mr. Mayor, hasn't this investigation committee been canceled because of the scandal that was exposed before?"

In response to Rudy's interruption, Mark just nodded and continued:
"Mr. Matthews, you should have known about this matter for a long time. However, I received news that the chairman of the investigating member has been replaced, and he is planning to advance the hearing originally scheduled for a week later."

Hosea frowned and said:

"Why didn't I hear this news from Senator McGuire?"

Senator McGuire's 'special hobby' photo is still locked in the safe in Arthur's office.

"Regarding this, I heard that not only the chairman has been replaced, but there also seems to be some private changes in the members of the investigation committee. It seems that they have not been notified yet. It is possible that Councilor McGuire has been adjusted but he has not been notified yet. ." Let Mark guess.

This conjecture is quite reasonable. After all, Congressman McGuire also made headlines in several newspapers one after another because he publicly exposed the former mayor and Cornwall at the hearing. They tried to bribe members of the investigation committee. Falling is normal.

"So who is this new chairman of the investigative committee?" Hosea asked.

In this regard, Jean Mark shook his head apologetically and said:

"I really don't know about this. In fact, I only got this information because a friend in the investigation committee received the notice. Apart from a name, I don't know much more."

"Can't you look it up if you have a name? Can you ask some friends to ask?"

Hosea's tone sounded a little accusatory.

Jean Mark quickly added:

"I have already checked and inquired, but the result is that there is no result. That's why I said this." Although it seemed that he had wrongly blamed Jean Mark, Hosea did not say anything, and the timely hammering on specific matters was still It's necessary. Being too friendly will only make people feel that you are easy to fool.

Hosea didn't want them to get the wrong feeling.

At the moment, Arthur is not in Saint Denis. Charlie has already led people to find Tavish Gray who has been hidden, but the progress is not good.

"Mr. Matthews, have you found the key witness?" Jean Mark asked tentatively.

Just as he knew that the chairman of the Investigative Committee had been replaced and the hearing time had been advanced, he also knew that the Investigative Committee was preparing to have a secret witness.

"Already have an idea." Hosea replied calmly.

Seeing that Hosea didn't want to talk too much, Mark didn't want to make trouble. The topic soon became the restoration of the Saint-Denis Bank and Chinatown. No, it's not just limited to Chinatown now. Doors and Mexicans have also been quiet a lot lately.

"Is Lambert's funeral the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes." Hearing Hosea talk about this, Rooney suddenly felt a little worried. Could it be that in order to prevent the matter from getting worse, he would not even let the funeral be held?

Fortunately, neither Hosea nor Arthur had this idea. For them, as long as the police officers in the police station and Rudy don't make trouble, it doesn't matter what other people think.

"Arthur won't be able to attend then, and I won't go either, but I will have someone send wreaths and gifts. I'll let you know in advance."

Rudy breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:

"Ah, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Matthews, you are so polite. I would like to thank you first on behalf of Lambert's widow."

Otherwise, Rudy deserves to be in charge of the Saint-Denis police station.

From the bottom of his heart, Hosea doesn't like a society where villains rule the roost. Similarly, he doesn't like stories where villains will win in the end, but in this real society, as the center of these disturbing events, some It's not that the villain himself really likes to be a villain, but that the society forces him to do so.

Remember Milton?
In this environment, people are often not who they want to be, but only who they have to be.

……

While Hosea was still drinking coffee with them in the mayor's office, Charlie was visiting guests.

He had already visited four members of the investigative committee privately and alone during this period.

Now, this is number five.

The middle-aged member of the investigative committee turned his back to Charlie. He sat on the chair in fear and did not dare to move. Lying on the ground next to him was his servant, and he was not sure about his Whether the servant was still alive, but no matter what, he didn't want to personally try whether he could survive after being hit hard on the head.

"Sir, I don't know where I offended you, but if you have something to say, can we all talk?"

Charlie, standing behind him, said succinctly:

"Witness, location?"

(End of this chapter)