America's King of Poetry

Chapter 50

Windmills are spinning in the wilderness.

Matthew used a fork to eat the shrimp wanton noodles in the bowl. He swallowed the noodles into his stomach with big gulps, making a "chi-chi-chi-liu" sound. He was hungry, really hungry.He hadn't eaten anything at Jackie's party, in fact he hadn't had a good meal in years, and the stress and use of illicit drugs had left him shattered.The death of his sister was firmly in his heart, and he never got out of it for a day.And tonight, this is the most delicious and fragrant bowl of wanton noodles he has ever eaten.

Tears kept pouring out of Matthew's eyes. He cried while eating, and when he finished a bowl of noodles, the tears were almost gone.Arthur handed Matthew a tissue, and Matthew wiped away his tears, and when he looked up again, his eyes were full of light.This is the look he has lost for a long time, the look he had when he first came to New York.

"Thank you, thank you, I feel much better." Matthew looked at Arthur sitting in front of him, feeling extremely kind and grateful in his heart.He is like a solitary lamp in the dark, illuminating the way forward for him.Matthew didn't know why he felt this way, no why.Like Russell and Abramo, this seems to be a destined encounter and connection.

"I accept your thanks, but you won't even call me godfather." Arthur sat there with his hands folded, and he opened his hands as he spoke, and stretched out his right hand.

Matthew grabbed Arthur's hand, lowered his head and kissed lightly on the back of his hand, and said, "Thank you, godfather."

Then, Matthew told Arthur all about his experience.His parents died in an accident in high school. After graduation, he did not continue his studies. He took his younger sister to New York to join relatives and work in a car repair shop.The younger sister, Martha, was taken to a bar by some gangsters and cheated into taking prohibited drugs, and died accidentally because of excessive intake. No one was responsible for this, and the gangsters disappeared without a trace.As a result, Matthew met the investigators of the FDA-OIC office who were investigating the case. He has been tracking and investigating various criminal activities in the manufacture and sale of prohibited drugs in the New York area. They have been looking for a suitable informant.

After learning about Matthew's identity and background, the OIC office recruited Matthew and asked Matthew to save Wood during a capture.After that, Matthew did not contact Wood immediately. He continued to work in the garage while participating in secret training.It wasn't until the time was right that Matthew asked Wood for help, helped Wood do things, and finally successfully joined the peripheral organization of the Gandolfield family.

Unlike the FBI, the FDA does not have so many agents or undercover agents. The full name of their agency is the US Food and Drug Administration, not the police or secret agencies.But the establishment of the FDA itself originated from an undercover operation-in 1904, writer Upton Clay undercovered a Chicago meat processing plant, and wrote the novel "Slaughterhouse" based on this experience.The results shocked the United States after it was released in 1906 because of its disgusting shady revelations in food meat processing, which made then US President Theodore Roosevelt throw away the sausage on the table and become a vegetarian, and eventually promoted the establishment of the FDA.

It can be said that the FDA is an organization born out of undercover agents. Using undercover informants to collect evidence and track down prohibited foods and drugs is a common method for them.However, as Matthew's undercover investigation deepened, he gradually discovered that hidden behind many illegal drug sales lines was a gangster giant, the Gandolfield family, who had been entrenched in New York for decades.50.00% of the illegal drugs in the Greater New York area are controlled by this family.

As a result, Matthew was trapped in this undercover operation for longer and longer, from one year to three years, and three years to five years.He not only wants to keep an eye on Wood, but also collects criminal evidence of the Gandolfield family and gets Jackie Gandolfield's photo.He became the unknown deepthroat of the FDA.

"The camera is still in the trunk of the car, and Wood... is on the couch, and the roster is in the safe, which can be opened with Wood's fingerprints."

Matthew told Arthur everything, and he hadn't opened up to anyone for more than five years.The more a man's inner secrets suffocate, the heavier his heart becomes.The heavier the mind, the worse the body will be.The double blow from medicine and mind made him confused and no longer a normal person.After saying everything, his heart was emptied, and the feeling of rebirth filled his body.

Arthur tapped the table with his fingers, and said: "Go back to the pharmacy together, deal with Wood, and get the roster, I need it. Also, continue to maintain your identity, and I will contact you when needed."

Matthew nodded, got up and went back to Russell's car.And Arthur came to the cash register and patted the bell. The boss came out from the kitchen with a smile on his face, and Arthur wanted to pay.

"Did you hear what I said to my friend just now?" Arthur asked suddenly as he took out a $20 card and handed it over.

Just as the boss was about to accept the money, he froze when he heard Arthur's words. He withdrew his hand and quickly shook his hand and said, "No, I didn't hear anything, I didn't hear anything... These two bowls of noodles are considered free, no money, no money."

Arthur looked around the store and saw a camera installed in a corner, so he pointed to the camera and asked, "Do you have CCTV in your store?"

The boss nodded, "Yes... yes, there is, but there are only pictures, no sound."

"Delete tonight's content, immediately."

"Uh...yes, yes!" The boss hurriedly turned his head and erased all the monitoring content of today on the monitor screen.

Arthur put the money on the counter, tapped it, and said, "The money is here, don't need to look for it. Your noodles are good, and I will come here again in the future."

After speaking, Arthur left the Xixi Tea Restaurant, got into Russell's car, and went to Wood's pharmacy on 22nd Street.The owner of the tea restaurant let out a long sigh of relief, wondering what the hell this young man came from, it was really frightening.Fortunately, based on the principle that more things are worse than less things, I hid in the kitchen and didn't listen to anything, otherwise... Forget it, close the door, it's closed.

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Two hours later, it was past midnight.

Arthur returned to the apartment in Little Italy, carefully opened the door, and took a look into the room. Gina was already lying on the bed and fell asleep peacefully.Arthur retreated into the living room, opened the safe under the TV cabinet again, and put in the playing cards and an old notebook wrapped in a handkerchief.This notebook contains the secrets of one-third of the illegal drug trade in Manhattan.Arthur wondered if he had to change to a fingerprint safe.

After getting the notebook, Russell and Matthew stuffed Wood's body into the trunk, transported it to the vicinity of Yonkers, found a deserted river beach and buried it deep.The blood stains, footprints, fingerprints, and surveillance cameras in the office have all been cleaned up. As long as they don't investigate carefully, they won't reveal their feet.Wood just disappeared into this world.

More than 1 people are murdered every year in the United States, and there are still statistics.Those who are not counted are missing persons like Wood and Tony.They may see the sun again in five, ten, 20, or even 50, or 100 years later because of an accidental reason.But their stories are no longer known, and their crimes were also buried under the loess.

Of course, the police may not investigate Wood's disappearance. He has no family and no one will call the police, but the Gandolfield family will definitely investigate.Matthew was the last person to see Wood. Fortunately, Arthur was in the car with him.The two stringed up the words, insisting that they would send Wood home first, and then Arthur.It is said that Wood crashed his head on the way, so he was sent to get medicine first, and then Arthur followed Matthew's car back to Little Italy.

People in the Gandolfield family must have never expected that Matthew was already Arthur's man.

The people at the FDA certainly couldn't think of it.

After hiding the notebook, Arthur sat on the sofa and thought.He knew that he was one step closer to eliminating the Gandolfil family.The blow to the Gandolfield family's drug line is already imminent.Balmond is also in this notebook, and Arthur is very clear about the scale, price, and sales channels of his drug purchases.The problem now is not Balmond, but Montoro.This guy has always had an ambiguous attitude towards competing with the Gandolfiel family. This time he participated in Jackie's party, he was extremely active, for fear that his position in the Luciano family would not be stable enough.

Arthur knew in his heart that Montoro was not a trustworthy gang leader, and he needed a new, suitable puppet.

And Montolo's brother-in-law, Fat Dior, was also a problem.

Arthur sat on the sofa and thought about it for a long time. As usual, he went through the events of the day in his mind, pulled out various joints and pondered them carefully.He recalled the technical details of making Italian desserts again, and finally a sense of sleepiness hit him. He yawned and went back to his room to sleep with Gina in his arms.

That night, Arthur had a dream. He dreamed that he was in a cloud that would reach his waist.He couldn't see the road clearly, so he got down to push through the clouds and mist, and poked out one eye to look down.He saw a toy-like car parked in front of a toy-like woods, and a small figure stood beside the car, looking up at Arthur.

Arthur blinked, looking at him too.

(End of this chapter)