A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 411 Accident and Orange

"Chairman Lucas, the bailiff we sent to Sisika Prison to pick up the witness still hasn't returned."

Without looking back at the assistant who was whispering in his ear, Lucas stared straight at Arthur who was sitting across from him, smoking a cigarette.

Lucas knew that something must have happened on Sisika's side.

"Sure enough, something happened in Sisika Prison. Send someone to confirm our casualties immediately."

After Lucas calmly finished instructing his assistants, he knocked the gavel to indicate that the hearing was about to officially begin.

"Mr. Morgan, first of all, I want to thank you for once again cooperating with our investigative committee and attending this hearing. Secondly, I am very happy to see you in person... Okay, now let us get straight to the point, recorder, get ready to start recording. Come on, the bailiff will bring the witnesses."

"?" Arthur, who was sitting below, had a look of disbelief on his face.

witness?Why does Lucas have witnesses?

Hosea, who was sitting behind Arthur, was equally surprised.

Isn’t Tavish Gray dead?
After a while, accompanied by two bailiffs, Tavish Gray, who was holding a cigar, was brought to the witness box.

He smiled mockingly at Arthur as he passed by him.

"Witness, introduce yourself."

"Tavish Gray, the patriarch of the Gray family in Rhodes Town. Haha, anyone here who has been to Rhodes should have heard of my name."

"Witness, can you guarantee that what you testify next is true, and swear on the name of the Bible?"

"Of course, I swear that every word of my testimony is true."

"Witness, according to the testimony in my hand that you signed and confirmed in advance, you know Mr. Arthur Morgan sitting there, right?"

"Yes, I know him very well, and I also know the accomplice sitting behind him, Hosea Matthews, ah, by the way, and Dutch Van der Linde who is not here, they All members of the Van der Linde gang.”

Arthur's expression was ugly.

He did not understand why Tavish Gray was still alive.

Listening to Smith beside him whispering in his ear reminding him how to answer later, Arthur turned sideways, and at the same time, his eyes were fixed on Tavish Gray, who was singing with Lucas.

The entire inquiry process was very long, with meaningless cross-examination and repetition of facts, which were just explaining the same things over and over again.

In a nutshell, Tavish Gray explained how he and Arthur met, and then told what Arthur did in Rhodes, as well as the dispute with Brewster and even Lemoyne connections to state politicians, and tells how Arthur worked with the Van der Linde gang to cause chaos in Rhodes Town and rob him of his assets.

Finally, Lucas smiled and asked the last question.

"Witness, what evidence do you have regarding your above accusation?"

Tavish Gray said in an exaggerated tone:
"Evidence? What more evidence is needed? The property of our Gray family is now occupied by him. The Sheriff of Rhodes Town has been replaced by his people. The manor where my Gray family has lived for generations has become the headquarters of the Blackwater River Company. …Is this evidence enough?”

"Recorder, have you written everything down?"

……

After the hearing was temporarily over, Arthur was surrounded by reporters of all sizes before he could leave. If his men hadn't separated a path, Arthur wouldn't even be able to leave the hearing hall.

After finally getting rid of the crowd and getting into the carriage, Hosea said to Arthur:

"This shouldn't be happening, Arthur."

"Yes, but it happened Hosea. That 'witness' being guarded in Sisica Prison, none of us have seen it with our own eyes, and who can say for sure that he is really Tavish Gray... OK Now it’s certain that he is not, Tavish Gray is alive and well, and he successfully identified us.”

"What now?" Hosea asked, frowning. "Let's go to Chinatown first. At this juncture, no matter what plans Zheng Shixiong and Capo have, they have to stay calm. After dealing with them, we can figure out how to deal with this damn hearing."

"Let's go." He reached out from the window and patted the beam of the carriage, and the carriage started to move.

……

Chinatown, for the first time today, welcomed a team of police officers from the Saint-Denis Police Department. They were standing in front of the Gadron restaurant, constantly attracting the attention of residents and pedestrians.

Inside, Zheng Shixiong, who had been waiting for a long time, was drinking tea with the police sergeant leading the team.

The restaurant is still open for business and has not been cleared.

When Arthur and Hosea pushed the door in from outside, Zheng Shixiong and the police chief both stood up from their positions.

"Mr. Morgan."

"Did the hearing go well?"

"..." Ignoring which pot Zheng Shixiong didn't open and which pot he didn't pick up, Arthur just frowned and asked:
"Did I come early? Why hasn't Cabo arrived yet?"

Zheng Shixiong smiled and replied:
"Maybe there is something delayed. Don't worry, Mr. Morgan, this is Chinatown. You won't see those unwelcome Mexicans."

What do you mean? Zheng Shixiong's words are telling Arthur not to worry about what Cabo does. The group of Mexicans under their control cannot enter Chinatown.

Arthur understood what Zheng Shixiong said, but he always felt uneasy after discovering that Kabo was late. He didn't know whether it was because of the accident that happened at the hearing or because he was late for this kind of meeting. It reminds him of some bad things.

No matter what, Arthur chose a seat where he could see the door and sat down, and then said in Cantonese:
"Mr. Zheng, it just so happened that Capo was late. Let me confirm with you again, but you insisted that you were not the one who attacked Capo, right?"

Zheng Shixiong glanced at the police sergeant next to him who didn't understand Cantonese and was just drinking tea by himself, and then replied firmly to Arthur:

"Sure, Mr. Morgan. I, Zheng Shixiong, don't say that I am aboveboard, but at least I dare to take responsibility. Just like what happened to Ryan, I did it, then I will say that I did it. Why don't I dare to admit that I killed a few Mexicans? What? Hehe, if I, Zheng, really did such a small thing, not only would I admit it, but I would also let everyone know that I did it!"

Hearing what Zheng Shixiong said, Arthur's uneasy feeling became more intense.

But for a while, and for some reason, he just couldn't grasp the point and connect the cause and effect of the matter.

Arthur, whose thoughts were a little distracted, subconsciously looked around at everything in the restaurant.

After looking around, Arthur noticed that in front of the shrine placed behind the cash register, a pair of red candles were swaying, oranges were placed on the altar, and the statue of the God of Wealth seemed to be staring at something.

at the same time.

Outside the restaurant.

Four carriages drove slowly into Chinatown.

The Hongmen children guarding the entrance to Chinatown didn't pay much attention after confirming that the car was not a Mexican.

The police officers standing outside the Gadron restaurant were smoking cigarettes and telling jokes about the yellow guys with long braids on the other side of the road. They also did not notice the approaching carriage.

"Arthur, it's already 10 minutes late." Hosea said, closing the pocket watch in his hand.

Arthur, who was getting more and more irritable, wanted to smoke a cigarette, but found that his cigarette case was empty. Seeing this, the police sergeant took out his cigarette case, but Arthur waved his hand and refused.

"No, I'm going out for a walk and buying a pack of cigarettes."

Hosea could clearly feel that something was not right about Arthur, so he followed him.

Seeing that Arthur and Hosea had left, although Zheng Shixiong didn't know what they were doing, he didn't think much about it. He just guessed that the hearing was not going well.

(End of this chapter)