Blackstone Code

It was close to ten o'clock when Ms. Tracy returned home from outside. To her surprise, there was a strange guy at home.

"This is the guy I often tell you about..." Ms. Tracy's father introduced her.

Ms. Tracy put her backpack on the coffee table. She looked at the gentleman up and down, then reached out and shook her hand gently, "He often told me that he punched you in the nose."

When Ms. Tracey's father was young, he would tell her some interesting stories about his time in the army, such as some short stories between him and this visitor.

For example, they once fought over the pursuit of the same female nurse. In the role of Ms. Tracy's father, he defeated his good friend through a duel.

And he had a wonderful relationship with that lovely nurse. In this discussion, he always emphasized, "I aimed at his nose and punched him, and then he fell to the ground. I stepped on his butt and walked towards him." That lady..."

The visitor couldn't help but look back at Ms. Tracey's father, "Is this how you tell others what happened between us?"

Ms. Tracy's father smiled awkwardly, "It's just artistic processing."

But the visitor didn't seem to want to end the topic, "Artistic processing is okay, but you have become me. This is obviously beyond the scope of artistic processing!"

He said and looked back at Ms. Tracy, "Actually, I was the winner of that duel. If you pay attention, you will find that your father's nose is crooked to this day."

Ms. Tracy glanced at her father. The bridge of his nose was indeed a bit... sunken. She had not noticed it before, but now it did look like it was a little crooked.

"Okay, if you want to laugh, just laugh. I admit, I over-processed it!"

The three of them laughed a few times in a "performative" manner, and Ms. Tracy planned to leave the living room. She thought the visitor was here to see her father.

But what she didn't expect was that her father kept her behind, "My friend came not for me this time, but for you. He wants to talk to you."

Ms. Tracy frowned slightly, but soon realized the purpose of this visitor, "Is it because of Congress?"

The visitor looked at Ms. Tracey's father, who quickly stood up and said, "I'm going to get some drinks and food. What do you want?"

"Tea……"

"coffee!"

Ms. Tracey's father quickly left the living room, leaving the space to the two of them.

The visitor smiled and looked at Ms. Tracy, "Your father is a very proud man. You may not remember that I was also present when you were born."

This news surprised Ms. Tracy, because when she was growing up, she had never really seen the visitor except from her father's mouth.

And on such a special occasion!

In the federal society, family is a very important thing. It is not just a few people in a family, but also a quite complex social symbol.

The birth of a child is a very important event and only those closest to you are notified, and this is after the child is born.

According to the visitors, he might have been in the hospital before she was born.

The visitor was satisfied with the surprised expression on Ms. Tracey's face, and he continued to try to use his special relationship with the family to increase his chances of persuasion.

"You are the pride of your father. He always tells me how good you are. I have a photo album at home with photos of you at every stage from college to college."

"There is one every year. He can't help but show it off to me and send me your photo."

"I treat you and your father like family!"

Ms. Tracy looked at him, silent.

"You may have guessed my purpose, Tracy, this matter... is quite complicated."

"I don't know if you were promised something or if you have any particular views on these things, but listen to me, it's dangerous."

"What you are doing is challenging the highest governing body of the federation that has a history of three hundred years, and in such a tough way."

"You have caused a headache for Congress. They will seriously consider your appeal. It is time for this matter to come to an end."

"You, Congress, step back."

After the visitor finished speaking, he looked at Ms. Tracy expectantly, "I swear to God, I will not try to deceive or hurt you. You are really in danger now."

Ms. Tracy looked at the sincere expression on the visitor's face, and then shook her head, "If you just want to tell me this..."

"I'm sorry, I can't agree to any of your requests."

"You know, I have paid a lot for this. If I give in, I will lose even more!"

Ms. Tracy has stirred up the media, public opinion, and even the emotions of some people.

It's like igniting the fuse of a bomb. The bomb will either kill the enemy or yourself. There will be no other consequences.

In fact, she herself knew very well what it meant to launch such a strong "offensive", but she had never admitted defeat in her life.

No matter how bad the conditions are, she will be the winner in the end!

So she couldn't help but didn't want to do it in a gentle way, but chose what she was best at and the most intense.

Of course, she was not completely defenseless. At least in her heart, Lynch would be her last source of safety.

Now that the situation has developed to this point, in fact, even if she is willing to give up, she cannot give up.

Once she gives up continuing to challenge Congress on this issue, the people who have been inspired by her will question why she suddenly chose to give up.

Is there any more conspiracy or behind-the-scenes deal behind this, such as whether she and Congress have reached any compromise.

This will make her even more passive, because in the eyes of the people, this result will undoubtedly mean that she has betrayed everyone!

As for Ms. Tracey, she no longer has any stronger political capital besides "public opinion." Once she loses these, Congress can completely turn against her, but she has no recourse.

Her current thoughts are very tough and her methods are very drastic, but from another perspective, this is precisely her greatest guarantee.

If something unexpected happened to her, people would first think that Congress or some people in Congress were angry and angry behind all this.

So now the louder the noise, the safer she is.

The opposite is also true. If she chooses to compromise now, she may face danger.

The visitor moved his butt forward and leaned forward, but the elbows of his hands were pressed on his knees. This made him not look aggressive, but rather sincere.

"I talked to some big figures in Congress before I came here, and they promised to consider opening some conditions to allow more female faces in Congress, but not now."

"Isn't this your idea and purpose?"

"As long as you're willing to step back, I promise that if I have the opportunity, I will mention this to them. This deal gives you a greater chance of entering Congress than others."

Ms. Tracy was thinking seriously, and the visitors did not rush her. They both seemed to have forgotten that the old guy who was preparing drinks and snacks for them had not come back for a long time.

Does it take so long to prepare a cup of tea, a cup of coffee and a snack?

Ms. Tracey's father was actually sitting in the restaurant, lighting a cigarette. There was no light in the restaurant. There was only a spark in the darkness that would occasionally light up as he smoked, but it would soon dim again.

As an old mayor who has worked all his life, many people may think that his political wisdom is limited to "one city", but in fact his understanding of federal politics is no less than that of high-level politicians.

What his daughter was doing was dangerous, but it also had an equally amazing rate of return, and Lynch's support could be seen as a backstop for her, so he never said he wanted to stop her.

The old man's visit today changed his mind slightly.

After a while, Ms. Tracy shook her head and rejected the "deal" proposed by the visitor, "I have thought about it for a long time, but I'm sorry, but I still have to reject your proposal."

"Even though I know the end result won't be good for me."

"I have my reasons for insisting on doing this."

The visitor sighed deeply, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"Do you know what you're dealing with?"

A smile appeared on Ms. Tracy's lips, "How could I not know?"

Seeing that he could not convince Ms. Tracy, the visitor stood up regretfully, "It seems that you have really made your own decision. I can only wish you the best to achieve your ideas and goals."

"It's getting late, I should go..."

Ms. Tracy's father came in at exactly this time, carrying coffee and tea. He looked at the old man who had already stood up and picked up his hat to leave, showing a somewhat surprised expression.

"Are you leaving now?"

"Won't you stay one night?"

"We have extra room!"

The visitor shook his head, then hugged Ms. Tracey's father, "No, I have to rush back. Everyone is waiting for the results."

"If possible, counsel your daughter."

He then said hello to Ms. Tracey and left the house.

After bidding farewell to her old friend, Ms. Tracy's father returned to the living room.

Ms. Tracy was holding the coffee and tasting it slowly, "The coffee beans this time were roasted for too short a time and are a bit astringent."

Her father smiled and sat down at the previous visitor's seat, picked up the tea prepared for the visitor and took a big sip.

After he breathed a sigh of relief, he straightened his expression and said, "Have you seriously considered his proposal?"

"I've known him for a long time. I don't know what he is like to others, but to me, he never lies."

"He told me you were in danger now."

Ms. Tracey still kept the slightly raised expression on her lips. She put the coffee back on the coffee table, "How dangerous is it?"

A rhetorical question that her father didn't know how to answer.

Having served as governor for six years, she also had a certain understanding of the workings of parliament, and of course thought she had a good understanding of federal high society.

She shook her head as she said, "They're going to assassinate me?"

"Or do something more horrific?"

"Kidnapping, poisoning, trying to make me disappear?"

"No, they won't do that."

"I am not an ordinary person without any influence. To make me disappear or to shut up my mouth, the price they have to pay is far higher than the result of compromise."

"They wouldn't do that, they're not stupid!"

"At most, they would use some small means to make me look bad, or divert the attention of the media and public opinion."

Unable to convince his daughter, Ms. Tracey's father stopped talking, "Just make sure you know what's going on. Remember, your uncle and I will always be on your side."

He paused as he said, "I'm going back tomorrow, and there's still a lot of work that needs me."

His workplace is not in Payne, but in an area a little further south.

It only takes half a day to get to Penn from there by train, but it's faster if you take a plane, an hour is enough.

"Do you want me to see you off tomorrow?"

"No, no, I'm not old enough to need someone to follow me when I go home!"

The visitor soon conveyed the result of being unable to convince Ms. Tracy to those who asked him, and this result was something that no one wanted to see.

"Would you like to try it with someone else?"

Someone came up with a new idea. He thought that there was no way to convince Ms. Tracy that she might not have chosen the right person.

However, another person vetoed his proposal, "This has nothing to do with whether to change people or not. That lunatic just wants to join Congress now."

"As long as you allow her to enter Congress, she will stop, but you know, this is simply impossible, especially now!"

Conflicts heated up and became public.

One is the representative of the new women, and the other is the highest governing body of the federation. No one can make concessions.

They must face each other.

"That……"

"Let's go with what we thought before. Fortunately, Senator Langdon brought back good news, and Lynch will not interfere too much in this matter."

"Then...just do it!"

That afternoon, Congress and the FBI formed an investigation team to go to the area where Ms. Tracey once served as governor to conduct secret investigations and collect evidence.

Now that Ms. Tracey is no longer a federal official, the investigation against her does not require requesting instructions from the Presidential Palace.

At the same time, there were several investigation teams to investigate Ms. Tracy's father, her uncle, and other members of her family.

If you can't solve the problem, then solve the people who created the problem. This is the simplest way.

Of course, the methods of the congressmen are different from those of the gangs. The gangs may send strong opponents, but the congressmen are not willing to make decisions that break the rules for such a small role.

However, they still have ways and means to deal with this troublemaker.

As long as Ms. Tracey is convicted and imprisoned, all problems will be gone.

As for discrimination against women in Congress?

This is not a problem at all. They will elect female MPs next time or the next time or the next time or the next time, but not now!

The impact of public opinion continued. Ms. Tracey's public speeches came one after another. Even Gianna was invited to the scene by her.

After Gianna's scandal was exposed, she already had considerable influence in society, and she finally chose to give up plastic surgery and devote herself to the cause of safeguarding women's rights!

Ms. Tracey took advantage of this very cleverly. In her latest speech, she regarded women's lack of political power as a kind of "abuse" of women by society as a whole!

I have to say that her point of view was very clever, and it immediately aroused the recognition of many audience members!