He's in the west, he's a cowboy

Arthur and Hosea opened the door of the big house. The atmosphere inside was very lively. When they saw the two coming in, everyone said hello. Charles and others also moved away from the positions closest to the fire.

"Arthur, wait Arthur..." Stopped Arthur who wanted to sit by the fire, Abigail looked anxious and grabbed Arthur: "I'm sorry, Arthur, John He was sent out by Dutch to explore the road, but it's been two days and he still hasn't come back. Micah has come back... I'm afraid of him..."

"John will be fine. He is as inexperienced as a stone and as useless as scrap metal." Arthur's tone was very mean, which made Zhou Zheng on the side more curious. Who is the man of this beautiful girl in front of him? What kind of person.

"At least we should go take a look." It was Hosea who spoke. He walked to the fire and rubbed his hands to warm himself up. He was the oldest in the gang, and this weather was really a test for him: "Javier? Can you go out with Arthur to find John?"

"This weather? Damn it, I'm not going." Arthur decisively rejected the proposal.

"We are all very worried about him, Arthur. If the situation were reversed, he would also come to us." Javier said as he handed Arthur a sawed-off shotgun. "Come on, let's take it." Bring back Dutch’s golden boy.”

At this time Zhou Zheng stood up and said, "Can you take me with you? I'll go too."

It's a bit boring to always stay in the camp. There are no entertainment activities in this era. When Bangli escaped, he was in a hurry and didn't even have a playing card. What's more, Zhou Zheng also wanted to help. If you eat someone else's meal, you have to help.

Javier looked at Zhou Zheng, whose clothes were in tatters, and took out a black coat from his luggage and handed it over. "Put it on, kid. If you don't wear more clothes, you won't be able to bear it."

Zhou Zheng put on his coat and asked Ms. Grimshaw for some bullets. A gun without bullets was worse than a fire stick.

Ms. Grimshaw generously gave Zhou Zheng a whole box of bullets. After a cursory look, there were about 3 to 40 rounds. Zhou Zheng took out his pistol and loaded the bullets one by one. After loading the sixth round, At that moment, Hosea, who was standing beside him, stretched out his hand to stop him. "Kid, remember, don't load your bullets unless you're in combat."

"Thank you." Zhou Zheng loaded the gun, but found that there was no place to put it. He couldn't keep it in his hand, why not put it in his pocket? When he was in trouble, Lenny handed another gun belt to Zhou Zheng, "Hey, brother, this is the one I used before. Here it is for you. Just remember to treat me to a drink later." As he spoke, he helped Zhou Zheng tie the belt. Okay, put the gun in the holster and stuff the extra bullets one by one into the bullet belt on your belt.

Seeing Zhou Zheng hurriedly packing the equipment, Arthur couldn't help but complain, "Damn, I'm almost a nanny. I really got myself into trouble."

Javier put his arm around Zhou Zheng's shoulders and went out together: "You don't have your own horse yet, so you should ride a horse with me first."

Javier's horse was a gray Tovio American pinto horse. He got on the horse first, stretched out his hand, grabbed Zhou Zheng's hand, lifted it hard, and made Zhou Zheng sit behind him: "Sit tight, drive."

Javier rushed out at the lead, followed by Arthur, and the three of them left the camp on horseback.

"Here, as far as I know, John should have gone north in the end."

The ride was very bumpy, and Zhou Zheng could only hold on tightly to the hem of Javier's clothes: "I remember that I seemed to be coming from the north, where the wind and snow seemed to be heavier."

"Yes, the mountains there are completely covered with snow, hopefully we can find him before then."

"Who knows, who knows where he went." Arthur still looked impatient.

"He won't leave, for sure." Javier looked firm, he didn't believe this.

"Um, Arthur, do you have any conflicts with this John? I feel like you hate him."

"Haha, there's no contradiction, it's just some small things." Javier tried to smooth things over with a smile, "Don't blame Zhou, Arthur is just like this. You will know it later."

Zhou Zheng shrugged his shoulders and didn't take it seriously. He was a talkative person and he saw many people like this. An aunt in the orphanage used to be like this. While saying that they were all unwanted children, she worked from dawn to dusk to mend their clothes.

The three of them rode horses slowly. The road became more and more rugged, and the horses were panting heavily. Such weather was also a test for the horses, not to mention that Javier was carrying two people on his horse.

Seeing this, Arthur clamped his horse's belly and walked in front to clear the way. This could save Javier's horse some energy.

"Hey, there's smoke ahead, I hope it's not the O'Drisco gang." Arthur suddenly shouted.

"Come on, let's go over and see if it's John."

The three of them walked slowly along the mountain road, and soon saw a camp on the edge of a cliff. Zhou Zheng dismounted and walked to the camp, looking at the still smoking bonfire, "The person should still be nearby, and he is alone. , I don’t know if this is John you are talking about, but the snow was too heavy and the traces were buried.”

"It doesn't matter, let's go. I can track him, but we have to hurry up." Javier seemed to be very good at tracking, which made Zhou Zheng very envious.

"Can you teach me how you can tell? I only see white in my eyes."

"Experience, young man, this is experience. I can teach you later, but for now, let's go find John first."

"Javier, um..." Arthur hesitated to speak.

"What's wrong? This isn't like you. Just tell me what you have to say." Javier was very surprised.

"What happened on that ferry in Blackwater? I asked Dutch, but he refused to tell."

"I don't know the specifics. We got the money and everything was going smoothly, but suddenly there were gunshots everywhere. It was Pinkerton. It was crazy. I couldn't believe we could escape." said Thinking of this, Javier was still a little frightened, "Fortunately you showed up at that time, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to hold on."

Zhou Zheng was listening to the two of them chatting. He couldn't say anything, so he had to look down at the ground. After walking for so long, he could see some clear traces. "Damn it, the wind and snow are getting stronger. If we keep searching like this, when will it be over?" Arthur complained while covering his face with his hands: "I hope John is not hiding in a warm place daydreaming now, Otherwise, I definitely want him to look good."

"Come on, look, what's that in front of you?" Javier has a good eye, "It's the body of a horse. It's the horse that John was riding when he came out of Blackwater Town. Yes, that's it. We found the right one. "It can be heard that Javier is very excited, but also a little worried.

The three people hurriedly rode their horses to the corpse. The horses had been almost eaten. "It should be a pack of wolves. In this weather, only wolves will come out to hunt. Hold the gun, those damn beasts are not easy to mess with." ." Javier reminded Zhou Zheng while taking out the pistol from the horse. Zhou Zheng was also a little panicked. He hurriedly pulled out the pistol from his waist, opened the bullet chamber, saw the yellow bullets inside, and saw Arthur pulling out the Xia bullet gun. , and then I felt relieved.

"Let's fire two shots to see if John can hear it." With that, Javier shot two "bang, bang" shots in the sky. A huge echo echoed in the valley. The three of them waited for a while, and the howling wind brought them back. information from afar.

"I heard someone shouting, over there, over the cliff! Zhou Zheng shouted excitedly.

"Really? Why didn't I hear anything?" Arthur looked confused. He didn't hear anything, and so did Javier. He only felt the wind in his ears.

"Really, I heard it very clearly." Zhou Zheng said firmly.

"Then let's go, let's go over and have a look." Arthur tucked his horse's belly and walked in the direction pointed by Zhou Zheng.

I don't know if it's because of time travel or because this body's hearing is very good. Zhou Zheng feels that as his body recovers, his hearing is becoming more and more sensitive, and he can hear many sounds that he couldn't hear before.

The three of them walked for a while, and the road became narrower and narrower, making it difficult for the horses to walk. When they came to a cliff, Zhou Zheng listened carefully and said, "It's a man with a hoarse voice. He's on the other side of the cliff, but the road here is too small and we can't ride across."

"Tie the horse up and let's walk over. Are you sure you're right, Zhou?" Javier dismounted and moved the horse to a sheltered place from the wind, looking back at Zhou Zheng.

"Don't worry, it won't go wrong."

Walking forward slowly along the cliff, the mountain wall is very steep. The three of them cling to the wall tightly and move forward little by little.

Javier took out a bottle of whiskey from his bag, took a big sip himself, and handed it to Arthur, "Drink some, it's too cold." Arthur was not polite, took the bottle and drank.

"Give me some, too." Zhou Zheng rubbed his hands, took the wine bottle from Arthur's hand, and took a sip. The wine looked very strong, but he didn't have the courage to take a sip. He used to drink a lot. Not bad, in this weather, if you get drunk, you will be finished.

The three of them slowed down and continued walking forward, shouting John's name from time to time, hoping that he could hear it.

"This way! Help me, I'm here!" It became clearer and clearer. Needless to say Zhou Zheng, even Arthur and Javier heard the cry for help. The three of them accelerated and came to a cliff.

"Marston, you're really good at making a mess of yourself."

Zhou Zheng looked at the man in front of him who was covered in blood and had scars everywhere. This image had to be said that he didn't even need makeup to act in a ghost movie.

"I never thought I would say this, but it's nice to see you, Arthur." John finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the person coming.

Arthur and Javier brought John up and let him lie on Arthur's back. Seeing that he was considered safe, Arthur couldn't help but sarcastically said: "It's really good. I just picked up a frozen salted fish last night, a lost widow, and today I picked up a piece of sliced ​​bacon. It seems that I Have a nice winter.”

Only then did John realize that there was a strange face around him: "Who are you?"

"I am the salted fish in Arthur's mouth, my name is Zhou Zheng, hello." Zhou Zheng greeted John: "You are injured too seriously, you have to go back quickly. Fortunately, the weather is cold and the wound is not inflamed. That’s the only good news.”

John grinned, but then he hurt the wound on his face, grinning in pain, which made people look a little funny.

Javier looked at the road in front of him carefully and found a smoother path, "Let's go this way and go around. We can't go back the way we came."

Arthur carried John, and Zhou Zheng supported him to prevent him from falling. The group followed Javier's footsteps and set foot on the road home.