America's King of Poetry

Chapter 18 The Cellar

The slightly warm barrel was pressed against Tony Luciano's temple, and Arthur's revolver was warmed in his pocket for a long time.

Tony was panting, the sudden change made him flustered, and when he caught a glimpse of Arthur out of the corner of his eye, his heart was even more flustered, knowing that something was wrong.Tony didn't speak, he tried to calm himself down and figured out what was going on.As the boss of the Luciano family, he still has this psychological quality.

But Arthur didn't give Tony a chance to calm down, he punched Tony in the stomach first.The punch came without warning, Tony snorted and curled up.Arthur was angry, I just wanted to kill me when I arrived in this time and space.It's fine if you kill my father, you don't even want to let my nephew go.If he hadn't traveled through time and had a poker body, he would either go to the sea to feed the fish like Casey, or be killed by Abramo or the person who killed Abramo.

After punching, Arthur didn't stop, another punch!

This punch was heavier than the one just now. Tony has been the boss for more than ten years, and he hasn't been beaten for a long time.Coupled with his age, how could he stand the fist of the young and strong Arthur.He wailed again and again, shouting: "Don't hit Arthur, don't hit Arthur, I am your uncle, Arthur."

Do you know now that you are my uncle?Arthur didn't say a word, and the third punch landed on Tony's ribs. This punch was heavy enough, and Tony shrank like a lobster.Montoro, who was sitting on the other side supporting Tony, broke out in cold sweat. Arthur's hands were really hard and black.When he thought of being kicked into the sea to be caught as a fish on the boat before, he knew that Arthur really had the style of being a father.

After punching three times, Tony couldn't think anymore, he just felt the pain, and muttered "don't hit again".Arthur didn't do anything anymore, the effect he wanted had already been achieved.In many film and television dramas, villains die because of talking too much, and they want to beep beep when the gun is pointed at the opponent's head.If you beep beep, just beep beep, if you can't beep beep, the other party will be fooled by the other party with a few words.

In fact, when the situation has an advantage, you must completely expand the advantage, and use violence to make the other party unable to think at all, and can only be at your mercy.This is the thinking of real violent crimes, and it is also the scary place of real gangsters. Don’t think that they will be fooled by your witty words, because they will beat you without any brainstorming before you speak.

After a while, Tony recovered and looked up to see Russell driving silently in the front row, without any reaction to being beaten.He knew that Russell had rebelled, but he thought Russell was the mastermind, and Arthur was just a tool that Russell rescued and used to plot rebellion.So he swallowed hard, still arched, and asked Russell in a hoarse voice, "Why?"

Russell didn't look back, didn't speak, still stared at the front and drove seriously, and the destination was almost there, Oyster Bay.

Oyster Bay is located on the north shore of Long Island. It is one of many small coastal bays. Surrounded by green trees, rich vegetation, gurgling streams and white sand everywhere, it is a good place for leisure and vacation.Arthur remembers when he was very young, his father brought him over for picnics and fishing.Of course, he was still very young then, and his memory is already blurred.But there was one thing that he remembered very clearly.

"Right here, right here, Russell."

When the car came to an unoccupied creek, Arthur asked Russell to stop, and Russell drove the car into a grassy bush, turned off the engine and got out.Arthur and Montoro dragged Tony out of the car, Tony did not resist, he knew resistance would be futile.The huge Jacoli District has a population of more than 1. It is ten o'clock in the evening, and there is no one outside.

The four of them came to the creek, which flowed to the bay, and the sound of running water made the quiet night even quieter.There were no lights nearby, only the bright moon in the sky, and the light of lighthouses and ships on the bay in the distance.In the northeast direction, a luxurious villa can be seen far away. They live by the bay, with lights on, there must be some lively party going on.

Arthur thought of Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". Gatsby, who became rich, entertained guests in a mansion on Long Island just to win the heart of his first love. In the end, his dreams were shattered and his fortune was lost.

"In the future, you must not live on Long Island." Arthur said to himself.

He turned around and looked at his Uncle Tony by the moonlight. His face was pale and his head was drooping. He was held by Russell and Montolo from left to right, unable to escape.Only then did Tony understand that Russell had indeed betrayed him, but the mastermind was not him, but his humble nephew Arthur.

"Arthur..." Tony wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it.beg for mercyIn the Mafia, begging for mercy means nothing.If you want the other party not to kill you, there are only two ways, kill the other party, or give the other party a sufficient reason not to kill yourself.Tony can't do both.

"When I was 5 years old, my dad used to drive me here, this creek. Few people came here. Most people would go to the seaside instead of the creek, but he would come here to fish. A few times he brought his friends here. They fished, had picnics, smoked, and drank together by the stream. I was very young and didn't understand anything. I didn't understand before. Boss, but a father. A father is always reassuring. Then one day he stoned that friend, by this creek. I was there."

The brook came back to Arthur's mind, and the murderous memory about the brook.At this moment, he finally understood why Luther brought himself and his friends to fish by the stream, just to create a chance to kill him.No one thought a father would kill in front of his son, but Luthor did.

"Three months later, my dad died too, in a car accident. You were in the car, wasn't that Tony. You drove into a tree, right into the passenger seat, and you got minor injuries, and my dad died. You're the head of the family."

In Arthur's heart, it didn't matter whether he wanted to avenge Luther or not. After all, there was really nothing to sympathize with a father who would kill someone in front of his son.But in front of Montolo, he needs to clarify things and make it clear, so that Montolo's seat can be secured and his control over Montolo can be more secure.

To put it bluntly, gang members are only pursuing two things all their lives, money and face.Everything else revolves around these two things.Therefore, as Luther's son, Arthur must understand his father's death.This is a matter of face, and sometimes it is more important than life for gang members.

Tony knew that he was doomed, and he would have to pay it back when he came out to mess around, so he said, "Arthur, I hope you... take care of Dorothy, and my two lovers, they are innocent."

Dorothy was Tony's only daughter, and besides her, Tony had no one to care about.

Arthur nodded, and Tony continued: "The man Luther killed was the boss of the Gandolfield family, Klado, who disappeared that year. The Gandolfield family suspected that Luther did it, but there was no evidence, but they were sure of it, because Luthor was very close to him during that time. Afterwards, the Gandolfield family fell into civil strife, and we got a lot of benefits from it. But...they found me later, hoping that I would get rid of Luther. So I drove him to Philadelphia. A tree, he didn’t die at the time, I covered his mouth and smothered him to death. Because I don’t want to be subordinate to my younger brother forever, I am the elder brother, and I am the heir of the family! Not to mention he married a Chinese woman! I gave birth to you, a little bastard! You..."

Tony suddenly became agitated, trying to break free from Russell and Montolo, but only heard a muffled "boom", and Montolo picked up a pebble on the ground and hit Tony on the back of the head, Tony's body went limp and fell to the ground.

Arthur shook his head. He found that most gang members were like this. On the one hand, they were cruel and impulsive. It seemed that all the men in the Luciano family had this characteristic?

After knocking Tony unconscious, Montolo and Russell dragged him to a nearby bush, took out two shovels from the trunk of the car, and started digging a hole in a clearing in the bush.In a place like Oyster Bay where there are few people and the development period has long passed, digging a hole in the woods to bury a person may not be found for decades or even 100 years.By the time it is discovered, the murderer may have already died.

Arthur sat in the car, started the car and turned on the lights to illuminate the two of them. Montolo hadn't done physical work for many years, and he was sweating profusely from digging holes.But thinking that he will be the head of the family after tonight, he is particularly motivated to work.Arthur turned on the stereo, and Led zeppelin's Black dog, from their 1971 album Led zeppelin IV, was playing in the car.

"Hey, girl, the way you move makes you sweat and makes you so happy. Hey, baby, the way you shake makes you soar and thrills you. Hey, baby, when you walk around, staring at that sweet place keeps my eyes on you..."

The lyrics are wild and uninhibited, but it's a pity that Arthur is sweating profusely in front of a middle-aged short, fat man, and he can't keep his eyes on him.

After all the tapes were played, the hole was almost dug. Arthur got out of the car and watched the two throw Tony into the hole.

Tony wasn't dead yet, but he was hit by a stone in the back of his brainstem, and he couldn't move anymore. He was not far from death.Arthur looked at Tony lying in the pit, already numb and dazed, and there was still a trace of guilt and pity in his heart.After all, he is not exactly Russell and Abramo, and it is Arthur who occupies his main body.But there are things he has to do, Tony and him, only one can live.

At this time, Arthur noticed that Tony's mouth was still trembling, as if he was muttering something.What was this old guy still thinking about before he died?

So he crouched by the pit, leaned over, and listened to what Tony was saying.

"The cellar...the cellar...the cellar..."

(End of this chapter)