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"You are Mr. Doragon?"

Captain Kerim first opened his eyes at Chini Carbonella's beauty, but then he fixed his gaze on this decadent and absent-minded oriental boy: That's right, besides the Earl of the North Sea, there are Which yellow-skinned person would dress like this and appear here again?

"Are you the murderer?"

Don't look at Long Hao's 'downcast' makeup, but he is not polite to Kerim at all, I saw his eyelids rolled, and the words in his mouth revealed a strong contempt.

"Speaking of killing people, the Earl has killed quite a few people."

The more Long Hao was contemptuous, the more certain Kerim became in his heart: Haha, this Earl of Beihai is stern, he is afraid!

"Why did I kill someone? Tell me..." Long Hao let go of Chini Caponera and walked straight onto the trial platform.

There were still many vacancies there, so Long Hao picked a seat next to Leland Stanford. After sitting down, he looked down at Kerim.

"You bombarded three European merchant ships outside the harbor. You can't deny that?"

Kerim waved his hand, and the cowering surviving crew members moved and walked to the dock, as if they were standing with the captain.

"It was you, it was your gunboat that first smashed our ship and dragged us to the open sea. Then, you forced us to abandon the ship and escape. Finally, you sank our ship with countless shells..." These survivors The crew members cried out in grief and indignation, with a look of bitterness and hatred, needless to say, they murdered a lot of films.

"How about it, Earl of Beihai, so many people have unanimously identified you. You have nothing to say?" Kerim said triumphantly.

"childish!"

Long Hao spat out a word: "It's true that I bombarded the merchant ship, but I obtained the consent of the ship owner. It was written in black and white, and the statement clearly stated that they voluntarily donated the merchant ship for me to salvage the sunken ship." Experiment! It’s you. Are you sent by the U.S. Navy? Your gunboat suddenly appeared and destroyed my experiment, and I haven’t asked you for compensation yet!”

A... experiment to salvage a sunken ship?

Kerim's expression froze, and he turned to look at the surviving crew members, as well as Viscount Bendtner hiding among them.

What kind of experiment is this?

I do not know how?

Also, why didn't you explain it beforehand?

The owner agrees?Also signed the donation statement?

Hey, do you want to be so cheating? !

Kerim was still dizzy from the sudden news. Long Hao on the trial bench had already taken out the statement signed by Bendtner and the others and handed it to old Stevenson.

The mayor lowered his head.After reading these declarations carefully, he nodded and said, "Yes, this is a valid declaration, with the signatures of several sea merchants on it, indicating that they voluntarily provided the merchant ship to the Earl of Beihai for salvage experiments."

"Why did you sign the donation letter? How come I don't know?"

Kerim turned his head, gritted his teeth and looked at Bendtner.The Viscount of Denmark was so frightened that his head almost retracted into his neck.

"He forced it. I was on his boat at the time, and he pointed a gun at me. Can I not sign?" Viscount Bendtner was extremely aggrieved. He pointed at Long Hao and said angrily.

"I forced you? Don't talk nonsense like that. You are a nobleman. I am also a nobleman. I have the right to be dissatisfied with your slander and to challenge you to a duel! Fatty, you have figured it out..."

Long Hao rubbed his wrists, and a pair of white gloves appeared on his palms at some point.

"Ah... woo!"

Viscount Bendtner immediately fell silent.Only then did he think of the ancient one-on-one ritual in Europe, and he was terrified in his heart, as far as he could go!

"See, Captain Kerim, the bombardment you mentioned does exist, but it was authorized by these ship owners. Excuse me, what's wrong with this approach?" Long Hao's face trembled, and the powder on it Rusting non-stop, like an arrogant dandy: "It's your navy that suddenly appeared outside the San Francisco harbor. Have you informed the San Francisco city government? As far as I know, you are from the north of Seattle. Naval base, you have come all the way here, what is your intention and intention?"

"Yes, I did not receive a telegram from the Admiralty."

Old Stevenson nodded at the right time, and said: "Krim, please explain your intentions for coming to San Francisco, um, stop using the Earl's bombardment of merchant ships as an excuse, to be honest, your sudden appearance, Disturbing us!"

As if to echo old Stevenson's words, the big figures beside him, including Leland Stanford, nodded frequently and looked at Kerim below with a hostile expression.

"me……"

Unexpectedly, such a turning point occurred in the situation, and Kerim, who was not prepared enough, was speechless for a while.

"Hmph, since you don't want to reveal the navy's intentions, I won't force you. After all, your actions are classified as military secrets, and we civilians certainly have no right to know."

At this time, Long Hao snorted again: "Then, let's proceed to the trial of the last shooting case. Captain Kerim, it is always true that you shot and killed a reporter after you landed?"

"I, I... Humph, Earl of the North Sea, on behalf of the U.S. Navy, I officially suspect that you are related to... the disappearance of five U.S. warships!" Kerim, who was in a hurry, kept his mouth shut in order to save his life. Zheyan couldn't wait to turn over the last hole card: "Our fleet came to San Francisco. To put it bluntly, we want to arrest you and go back to investigate!"

what? What?

Five US warships are missing?

The Navy's gunboats blocked San Francisco, and they came here for the Earl of the North Sea?

For a while, except for Long Hao and a few others, the rest of the people really changed their colors: This, this is very different from the nature of bombarding merchant ships. Bombing merchant ships can only be regarded as international disputes, but the disappearance of warships will cause war!

Old Stevenson and the others, who understood well, all changed their complexions...

Didi, Didi, Didi, Didi!

After a brief vacuum, several telegraphs rang first, and the reporters, red-eyed and panting, spread the terrible news out of San Francisco first!

Just kidding, these reporters don't care about wars!

As long as it can increase the sales rate of newspapers, they would like to have another Revolutionary War, or another American Civil War! !

war.It is not only a catalyst for arms and weapons, but also a booster for the vigorous development of the media!

"Ha, catch me... go back and investigate?"

Long Hao's eyes flashed, he said haha, and looked around: "Everyone, it's so late. Is this Captain Kerim asking us to listen to such a funny and boring joke?"

Long Hao smiled easily, but Kerim caught the flash of fear in his eyes, so the captain immediately said loudly: "This is not a joke, Earl of Beihai, you set up a navy and buy warships on your own... The five destroyers at the base disappeared while tracking your fleet! You, dare you say that it has nothing to do with you?"

"My fleet?"

Long Hao narrowed his eyes again, and said, "That's the warship I bought for the Spanish Viscount Savy, and the Spanish flag is also flying. What's wrong with this? Captain Kerim? I want to ask you, what you call Why did the destroyer follow me? Did I commit something so great that it was worth your money to follow me?"

"This is our navy's secret, you don't need to know!"

Kerim was really sure that Long Hao was guilty and flustered, and his voice couldn't help but be more high-pitched: "You just need to go back with me and accept our navy's investigation!"

"Joke, I, Long Hao, is the Earl of Beihai conferred by Queen Ying. You can't produce any evidence. Do you want me to go back with you to investigate?"

Long Hao laughed angrily, and powder scum fell like rain.His face was frighteningly pale: "I won't go back with you, want to investigate me? Your navy sent someone to San Francisco, and I will wait for you here, and prove my innocence, Long Hao, under the witness of friends from the media!"

As Long Hao talked, his buttocks had already left the chair on the trial bench.He wanted to go down, as if trying to avoid Kerim's questioning.

"Is the Earl going to run away?"

Seeing this, Kerim laughed louder and louder: "I am here to solemnly announce on behalf of my fleet that the Earl of the North Sea will not be on board to accept our investigation for a day, and the San Francisco harbor will not be unsealed for a day!"

Raise your eyebrows!

Start from the moment you go ashore.Kerim, who had been suppressed all the time, was so proud of himself: this Earl of Beihai is too young. First, he colluded with the chief of the police station to frame me with a clumsy trap, and then he showed up and was not good at hiding his emotions. Now I have With a 90.00% probability of five, it is certain that the disappearance of our five destroyers is definitely related to those warships of his!Hmph, you dare to be an enemy of me, the United States, a yellow-skinned pig, I really think that if you have a little money, you will know the heights of the sky and the earth, and you will be tired of working!What about the count?So what if the Queen of England allows you to build a country?Hahaha, under the deterrence of the powerful firepower of my six battleships, shouldn't he obediently catch him without a fight?

"Crazy, what does it matter to me if the harbor is not unblocked..." Long Hao muttered, his pace became faster and faster, and he was about to step off the trial platform.

"Wait a minute, Earl of Beihai, you can't leave!" Unexpectedly, Long Hao was stopped by someone stretching out his hand, and this person... was the mayor: Old Stevenson!

"Stevenson, what do you want to do?"

Leland Stanford's countenance changed suddenly, and he slapped the table to stand up.

"Father, you, you..."

Under the high platform, little Stevenson also seemed to have swallowed a lump of dog shit, with a face full of disbelief: dazzled?crazy?How dare my own father stop Young Master Long? !

"Oh?"

Long Hao stopped, glanced, raised his nose, and said, "The feet are growing on me, why can't I walk?"

"Because... San Francisco's harbor cannot be blocked!"

Old Stevenson apologized, but he still did not retract his outstretched hand, and his eyes were unusually firm: "There are too many foreign merchant ships here. If they are blocked... I can't bear the responsibility!"

"You, can't afford it?"

Long Hao seemed to be amused, his fingers were like swords, and he sneered and said, "Mayor, you have to make it clear that it is the U.S. Navy and the U.S. warship that blocked the San Francisco harbor. If you have a grievance, go talk to their fleet commander." Say it! Stop me, what's the matter? Am I easy to bully?"

"No, I dare not..."

Old Stevenson also seemed to feel that what he did was not very authentic, he lowered his head, and said without changing his original intention: "But, I just invite the Earl to accept an investigation, and the clearer will clear himself, I think there should be no serious problem! "

Good guy.The eyes of the reporters below were all lit up: the mayor has expressed his attitude, he is going to hand over the Earl of Beihai to the navy!Tsk tsk, completely regardless of the other party's contribution to San Francisco... You know, the "stock listing right" provided by the Earl of Beihai is the key to the establishment of the San Francisco Exchange! !

Damn, it's so ruthless!

"What if I don't agree?"

Long Hao raised his brows (it wasn't misused. It's really this makeup...), with anger in his eyes, the finger has already pointed at old Stevenson!

He is a majestic British royal earl, if he is bluffed by an American mayor, it would be too unreasonable.

"Karvan, where's your police force?"

In the face of Long Hao's anger, the old Stevenson was surprisingly tough, and he even started calling his son, the chief of the San Francisco Police Department!

This is to call out the police force.Detain the Earl of Beihai by force?

"Father... Lord Mayor, think twice!"

Calvan was really stunned. He never imagined that his father would choose to side with the U.S. Navy that blocked the harbor. Could it be that he forgot: Master Long still holds the lives of our father and son?

"What a waste... Policemen, in the name of the mayor, I order you now to seal the warehouse and not allow the Earl of Beihai to go out! If anyone violates a word, I will strip his police skin and send him to jail! "do my best.Old Stevenson issued the 'mayor's order', and the police officers below looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing whether to listen to this old man or this son.

Mother, what kind of trouble is this going on?

The Earl of Beihai's reputation in our San Francisco is not bad, we are indebted to him.He has made a lot of money in the stock market recently, arrest him?That's too dishonest?

However, the mayor seems to be determined to side with the U.S. Navy, and it will be difficult for us to stay still for a while!

With this in mind.The two rows of police moved slowly, more or less sealing off several exits of the large warehouse.

Seeing this, Kerim stood in the dock, held his chin, and admired Long Hao's embarrassment more and more complacently.

Yes, Long Hao is indeed very embarrassed now, which can be seen from the trembling muscles on his face and the powder scum that is constantly falling, his tall body can't stop trembling, and his voice is also trembling: "Mayor, you , If you do this, don’t regret it! Don’t forget, Viscount Savy’s expeditionary force here is heading towards me!”

Old Stevenson had a stern face, and he said in a deep voice: "I know this, but I am more responsible for the international maritime merchants who came to San Francisco! My lord, I respect you, as long as you follow Captain Kerim Go there, the investigation will be clear, you will be cleared, and the naval blockade will be lifted, isn't that everyone's happy?"

"As you wish, you bastard!"

Just at this moment, Leland Stanford erupted. He rushed over, grabbed old Stevenson by the collar, and shouted with a ferocious face: "You coward, a few broken gunboats in the navy will kill your mouse!" Have you lost your guts? How much has the Earl contributed to us? How much tax has he paid for San Francisco? You actually want to push the Earl into the fire pit just because of the threat of a 'murderer' down there? Chick, Let him go to the naval gunboat for investigation? Hehe, if he goes there, the white can turn into black, can the Earl come back safely? Stupid, Stevenson, you big idiot!"

Hands-on!

A gentleman like a big man has done it!

The reporters below watched with enthusiasm, hated that they had not brought enough film, and their index fingers were almost cramp on pressing the shutter. They just wished that the heavy camera in their hands could respond faster and capture more explosive shots.

"I, I will let someone accompany the Earl, I, I will try my best to ensure the safety of the Earl!" Old Stevenson raised his head and said, but everyone could hear the weakness in his voice.

Just kidding, it doesn't matter how many people you bring to the navy's gunboat?In terms of unreasonableness, is there anything worse than the army?

What is an old Chinese saying called?When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't tell why he is justified!

Old Stevenson, you are not trying to plead for the Earl's innocence, but to force him to die! !

This time, even the reporters down there quit, and someone yelled: "Why do you want the Earl to go to the navy's gunboat for investigation? They don't have any evidence. They should submit evidence!"

"Yes, that's right! The Earl has already given in, haven't you heard? The Earl just expressed his willingness to stay in San Francisco and wait for the navy to come and investigate. Isn't that okay? Isn't this not sincere enough? He must go to the gunboat, the city My lord, is your heart too biased?"

"Hey, it's not that he's biased, it's just that he's so heartless! When he heard that the Navy's gunboats were outside the harbor, he was terrified! I'm a reporter born and raised in San Francisco. I've grown up and I've never met I have been to the navy of my own country to block my house, hehe, now that this kind of weird thing happened, if we want us to hand over people, it is too weak! Stevenson, you are not worthy to be mayor, we San Francisco is ashamed of you as the mayor!"

The public opinion was agitated, and old Stevenson's face became very ugly. His lips trembled a bit, and he said, "No, don't let the earl pass. What if they cannon... what if they cannon?"

"Afraid of a bird!"

Leland Stanford interrupted and shouted: "I know the virtue of the U.S. Navy best. What kind of gunboat can they have? Hahaha, it is probably a small destroyer equipped with a few bird-shooting cannons. If we really want to fight, we may not be able to." Afraid of them!"

Unexpectedly, after Leland Stanford finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the room. Even the reporter who was shouting happily just now stopped their voices. In the big warehouse, it became extremely quiet, and you could hear the tip of a needle falling to the ground... (unfinished to be continued..)