America 1881: Legend of the West

Two more days passed.

There was basically no progress there.

According to what he reported, the dozens of sheep seemed to have evaporated and disappeared without a trace.

And the other side.

Chen Jianqiu asked Feiniao to stay with Sitting Bull for two days. In fact, he asked him to bring a message to Sitting Bull.

Let these Indians be more alert to prevent possible attacks by white people on the reservation area.

He took Roosevelt and squatted in a stable at the entrance of the town.

There were flies flying around in the stable and the smell was extremely unpleasant.

But this is the best place to observe the movements of the circus camp without being discovered.

Here they monitor every move in the circus.

The job of stalking was very boring, and the two began to chat with each other.

"Where's that black guy over there?" Roosevelt asked, leaning against the pillar of the stable.

"Oh, I asked him to go wander around the town. This guy is of no use here anyway."

Chen Jianqiu chewed a piece of beef jerky in his mouth.

The first day was uneventful, without any movement.

The circus members perform at night, stay in tents during the day, and don't come out until dusk to prepare for the evening performance.

However, on the second day.

Something happened.

It was around dusk when a short figure slipped out of the back door of the camp.

The pair of ponytails are highly recognizable, they are the woman performing the show of shooting apples with a gun.

She ran to a hill behind the camp, then took out a horse and headed deeper into the bad land.

"Here comes the job."

Chen Jianqiu threw away the straw he was playing with and got on the horse with Roosevelt.

Roosevelt and Chen Jianqiu got on the horse.

In order to prevent being discovered by the woman, they did not rush to catch up with the woman.

Instead, he followed her out of sight, following the horse's tracks.

But the more he followed, the more solemn Roosevelt's face became.

"Damn, that's the direction of Pink Ranch."

At a fork in the road, he stood up after observing the traces on the ground.

"Pink has been busy looking for sheep outside for the past two days. I guess there are only a few cowboys in the pasture."

"These people are targeting him, and Pink's ranch is in danger."

However, Chen Jianqiu didn't look anxious at all:

"It's okay, they just went to one person, probably just for reconnaissance."

He pulled the reins and turned the horse's head.

"It's easy to be spotted following her on this plain. Let's not alert others. Let's go back and call for help first."

Roosevelt thought for a while and felt that what Chen Jianqiu said made sense, so he followed him back to the town.

When passing by the circus camp, they suddenly discovered that the circus people were not as busy with the evening performance as they were yesterday.

They were walking back and forth between the tents, as if preparing something.

On the gate of the camp, a sign hung: "Closed today!"

Roosevelt felt something was wrong.

"Let's go back to the police station first." Chen Jianqiu suggested, "See if we can summon someone."

It was already evening.

The residents of the town are returning to their homes one after another to have dinner and rest.

The circus is not performing today.

The night will once again be the same as before, dull and boring.

"Hey, Hughes! Have you seen Pinky?" Roosevelt asked a young man who was repairing the guardrail in front of his house.

When the young man turned around and saw that it was Roosevelt, he was shocked:

"Mr. Roosevelt, where have you been? Catherine is looking for you everywhere."

Catherine was the name of the Roosevelt nanny.

"Catherine is looking for me? What's wrong? Doesn't she need to take care of Alice anymore?"

Roosevelt frowned and asked.

"I don't know. She was crying. She couldn't explain clearly if I asked her. She should be waiting for you at the police station now."

Hearing what the young man said, Roosevelt's expression changed instantly.

He knew something was wrong.

"Yah!"

He raised his riding whip and galloped towards the security station without hesitation.

After arriving at the door of the police station, Roosevelt couldn't wait to stop his horse, so he jumped off his horse and rushed through the door of the police station.

Catherine was sitting on a chair with her face in her hands, and Pink was standing beside her.

"what's going on?"

Roosevelt's face was ashen, but his voice remained calm.

"Mr. Roosevelt, I, I'm sorry for you, I, I didn't protect Alice."

Catherine sobbed and said something astonishing.

"She, she was kidnapped."

Roosevelt's riding crop fell to the ground without him even noticing.

After his wife and mother left, his daughter almost became his only one.

He takes great care of her on weekdays, fearing that she will suffer any injustice.

But now, someone actually kidnapped the apple of his eye.

"Who tied it?"

Roosevelt's voice was sharp and his eyes were murderous.

"No, I don't know."

"I took Alice out to play in the afternoon. When we were passing by a hillside, several masked men rushed out from the back of the hillside, pushed me to the ground, and then snatched Alice away!"

Catherine could barely control her emotions, tears bursting from her eyes again.

"Did they say anything?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

Pinker handed a note to him and Roosevelt.

"They gave it to Catherine."

The letters above were cut out of newspapers and put together.

front:

Five thousand dollars, Moore Ranch, and you alone by noon tomorrow.

After receiving the money, we will release your daughter safely.

But if a second person appears, your daughter will die and you will both die.

Chen Jianqiu turned over the note.

back:

Don't do things that shouldn't be done.

Moore Ranch, the most recent ranch to be looted, is now in ruins.

The so-called "don't mind the things you shouldn't mind" naturally refers to the series of farm robberies that occurred.

"Master, if we can rescue the young lady this time, we'd better go back. It's too dangerous here."

The nanny choked with tears on her face.

"Let's think about how to save people first." Chen Jianqiu looked at the nanny and asked, "Among those masked people, is there a bald head?"

Catherine was stunned for a moment:

"Yes, uh, no, no, no, it seems there is, I'm sorry, I can't remember clearly, I don't know."

"Damn, their attention has been diverted!" Roosevelt rarely slapped the table.

"We call this a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain." Chen Jianqiu touched his chin and looked at Roosevelt with an unpredictable expression. "Are we waiting for tomorrow? Or?"