"Boss, Mr. Booth has been waiting for you in the reception room for a long time!" On this day, as soon as Lincoln returned to the office, his assistant came forward to report to him.
That's right, the "Mr. Booth" the assistant referred to was John Wilkes Booth. Ever since he returned to New York, this guy began to deliberately get close to Lincoln, because at this time, Lincoln was not even talking about the president.
There were no Republican candidates yet, and Booth himself was a well-known actor with a wide network of contacts, so he quickly became acquainted with Lincoln.
So when he heard that Booth was visiting, Lincoln casually replied: "Oh, let him in!"
Two minutes later, Lincoln saw Booth walking in and asked, "John, I'm sorry, I've been very busy at this time and kept you waiting for so long."
"Actually, it's me who should be embarrassed. I know that you are so busy during this time, Abraham, but I still bother you with something!" Booth replied with an embarrassed look.
"It's okay, what's the matter?" Lincoln asked.
"It's a legal issue!" At this point, Booth looked around, then took a step closer and whispered: "But it's not clear here. Abraham, do you have time to come to my place tonight?
, I’ll tell you in detail!”
Because he was a lawyer, Lincoln had long been accustomed to friends asking for advice on legal issues. However, after taking a look at the memo, he was still a little embarrassed and said: "Sorry, John, I have a very important cocktail party to go to tonight."
join......"
Before Lincoln could finish his words, Booth interrupted: "It doesn't matter, then tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow will be fine. Anyway, it won't take more than a day or two!"
Seeing that Booth had already said this, Lincoln felt that it was hard to shirk, so he thought about it and replied: "Okay, then I will go to your house tomorrow night."
Unexpectedly, Booth waved his hand and said: "Don't go to my house, come find me here!" As he said that, Booth handed over a note.
Lincoln glanced at it, then frowned and asked, "Why do you want to go to such a remote place?"
"Because this matter is related to an object in this house, so we can only explain it here!" Booth explained, and then added: "By the way, don't tell others about this matter."
As a lawyer, Lincoln had seen many mysterious things like this, so he didn't take it seriously and nodded in agreement.
The next night, Lincoln arrived at Booth's house in the suburbs on time. It happened to be a stormy night. As soon as Lincoln entered the house, before he could get used to the dim light of the kerosene lamp inside, he saw a flash of gunfire in front of him.
He was shot and fell to the ground, but his eyes were wide open!
Booth shot Lincoln two more times before squatting down, covering his eyes and sighing: "To be honest, Abraham, if you don't support the abolition of slavery or don't want to run for president, we can really be good friends."
Friends, but alas, alas!”
After talking about disposing of Lincoln's body and hiding it, Booth left New York overnight and rushed to Springfield!
When she learned that Booth shot Lincoln, Tangning was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time. Although he did have the intention of inducing Booth to do this while chatting with Booth, Tangning never dared to take it seriously.
, it is even more unbelievable to imagine that an important historical figure like Lincoln would die so indirectly by his own means. Of course, Booth would not think so, but based on this calculation, Lincoln has died in Booth's hands.
Twice...
Looking at Tangning's shocked expression, Douglas smiled and said, "Tony, when I first heard the news, my reaction was almost the same as yours. I didn't expect that Booth would actually shoot Lincoln, but in this case, there is a high probability that he would.
If Seward had become the Republican candidate, then it's very likely that the war you described in "Gone with the Wind" wouldn't have happened.
Speaking of "Gone with the Wind", this was probably the thing that shocked me the most before Booth shot Lincoln. I really didn't expect Tony that you could write novels and write them so well. What's even more rare is that you
So many sensitive guesses and deductions crammed into a romance novel."
"I can't help it, otherwise no one would listen to my guesses and deductions!" Tangning spread her hands and replied helplessly.
Then he asked: "By the way, did the New York police discover that Booth was the murderer?"
Douglas shook his head and replied: "Probably not yet, but to be cautious, it's safer for Booth to stay in Springfield."
Then he warned: "By the way, don't tell anyone else about this! Otherwise, I wouldn't have to call you here from New Orleans to tell you!"
Tangning assured, "Don't worry, there's no way I would tell others such a thing."
What surprised Tangning was that after returning from Springfield, Nicole actually came to him, pointed at a newspaper and asked him mysteriously: "Tony, did you find someone to kill Mr. Lincoln?"
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Tangning took it and saw that it was a piece of New York Post. It wrote about Lincoln's murder. However, since Lincoln's reputation was not that great now, the news was only about the size of a piece of tofu.
Although she was surprised by Nicole's sensitivity, Tangning still said with a straight face: "Don't talk nonsense, I haven't been to New York recently!"
Nicole replied disapprovingly: "But you can find someone to do it for you!"
"Hey, why do you think this matter has something to do with me?" Tang Ning said depressedly.
"Do you dare to say that this matter has nothing to do with you?" Nicole asked, staring at Tangning.
This question made Tangning speechless for a moment, because he really didn't dare to say that this matter had nothing to do with him. Seeing Tangning's expression, Nicole proudly said, "Look, I guessed it right!"
Then he reassured: "Tony, don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this, and it's also a good thing for me to avoid the war. I don't want to lose my manor like Scarlett Hao and be reduced to driving a bloody car."
Lumber mill!”
"I thought you would like a strong female protagonist like Scarlett Hao!" Tang Ning said in surprise.
Nicole sighed and said: "If it were possible, who would want to be a strong woman and spend all day dancing, drinking coffee, and doing what everyone loves with the man they like?
Is something bad?"
PS: Thanks to book friends "Sima Kuai Gong" and "My name is Dumb..." for their support! Also, I wrote a book, but it failed to pass review, but today when I was scanning the list, I saw a book called "Blind Date"