America 1881: Legend of the West

"Chen, you"

In the firelight of the brazier, Roosevelt looked at this scene, dumbfounded.

He originally wanted to say something, but soon discovered something fishy and his expression returned to calm.

Chen Jianqiu turned to the side, holding a gun against Pink's heart with one hand, and removed the rifle from his hand with the other hand.

He skillfully touched Pink's waist, took out a revolver from the holster, and emptied the bullets in the cylinder in a blink of an eye.

Chen Jianqiu's hand did not stop, but moved upstream skillfully.

He put his hand into Pink's coat and took out a revolver.

"Stop touching it, there's no gun left."

Pink raised his hands and looked at Chen Jianqiu who was searching him with his peripheral vision.

"Take off your shoes."

The golden revolver in Chen Jianqiu's hand sparkled under the firelight, so bright that Pink couldn't even open his eyes.

But he knew that the direction of the revolver's muzzle had never deviated from his heart.

Pink bent down to untie his shoelaces.

"No hands allowed."

Chen Jianqiu's voice sounded again.

Pink had to step on his heel and take off one boot.

Chen Jianqiu kicked the boot over.

Another revolver fell from the boot.

Likewise, there is a handful in the other boot.

At this time, five guns, one long gun, and four revolvers had fallen on the ground, as if they were setting up a street stall.

"The firepower is quite strong." Chen Jianqiu glanced at the gun on the ground.

At this time, there were already people among the police behind Pink who were ready to make a move.

"If anyone dares to make a move, I can guarantee that you and your boss will die at the same time."

Chen Jianqiu's left hand was placed on his other gun that was still in the holster.

He wasn't talking big.

In the words of an old gunslinger like Holiday, Chen Jianqiu's current "American style of living" has reached a point where even he can't understand it.

"Chen, what exactly is going on? Can you explain it?"

Roosevelt asked calmly.

"Didn't you keep asking me where that nigga went? He really went around, but not in the town."

Chen Jianqiu leaned close to Pink's ear, with a smile on his lips.

"According to him, there is a locked box in the attic of your ranch's warehouse, and there are a lot of valuable things in it."

Pink's expression froze for a moment.

The veins on his temples bulged.

It can be seen that he is trying his best to control his anger.

Next, Chen Jianqiu told what Sean told him last night.

last night.

Sean followed Chen Jianqiu's instructions and sneaked into Pink's ranch when it was dark.

He bypassed the vision of several cowboys, searched several houses in the ranch, and finally found a large locked box in the corner of the attic of the warehouse.

This kind of lock is not a problem at all for black people.

He felt in the dark and quickly opened the lock.

The black man took out a candle, lit it, covered it with his hand, and looked into the box with the weak candlelight.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

It was filled with all kinds of valuable things.

There are cash banknotes, broken gold, and various gold and silver thimbles, rings, necklaces, etc.

He also saw several gold teeth shining in the corners of the box.

"Hey, I found it."

Sean knew that this should be the "stolen items" that Chen Jianqiu told him.

He took out a silver pocket watch and opened the cover.

A black and white photo on the watch cover caught Sean's eyes.

A man and a woman were smiling happily at him.

The black man suddenly realized that these two people should have been burned to charcoal, and suddenly a chill ran down his spine and he felt a little horrified.

He put the pocket watch back into the box and rummaged through it again to see if there was anything more valuable.

However, at this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

Sean hurriedly blew out the candle and gently closed the lid of the box again.

He took out the dagger Chen Jianqiu gave him from his boots, hid in a corner of the attic, and looked across the attic floor to the wooden door of the warehouse.

The door was opened.

A lantern appeared at the door.

The man carrying the lantern came in and hung the lantern on a pillar in the warehouse.

He moved a box and sat under the pillar.

By the light of the lantern, Sean could clearly see the face of the visitor.

It's Pink.

He didn't seem to have any intention of climbing up to the attic, but was sitting there with his head down, wondering what he was thinking about.

Sean was relieved.

But if this person doesn't leave, he can't leave now.

So he continued to squat in the corner and observe what was going on below.

About an hour passed.

There was another sound of soft footsteps outside the door.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk."

Someone was knocking on the door continuously, gently but urgently.

Pink stood up, walked to the door and opened it.

A man in a cloak walked in.

"You came out without being discovered, right?" Pink turned around and sat back on the box and asked.

"Both the master and the lady have gone to bed. Two of the new guests have not come back, and the other one has also gone to bed. I only got on the horse after being far away from the pasture."

A female voice came from under the hood.

"Why did you come out to me so late?"

The woman took off her hood, and at the same time, the black man saw the woman's face clearly.

In fact, the black people knew who was coming without even looking.

The Roosevelts' nanny, Catherine.

How did these two people get together?

"Roosevelt is tracking down the sheep that disappeared from Moore Ranch." Pinker said, sitting on the box with his head lowered.

"Did he find it?" Catherine asked eagerly.

"No, those sheep are in my sheepfold. I took Parker and the others to check. How could they find it?"

Ping Kexu pointed in the direction of the sheep pen in the pasture.

"Then quickly find a way to sneak out these sheep." Catherine frowned.

"The dozens of branded sheep were too conspicuous, so I had to deal with them immediately. Most importantly, I always felt like someone was watching this ranch. This feeling is very bad."

Pink stood up and began pacing back and forth in the warehouse.

Sean shrank his neck subconsciously.

"It's been more than a year, hasn't the master found us out? He will definitely not be able to find us out this time." The nanny began to pray.

Pink shook his head and sighed.

"This time is different. Here comes a Chinese named Chen Jianqiu. This man is bottomless."

"I originally wanted to put the blame on the Indians, but I don't know what he did to resolve it."

Catherine panicked and grabbed Pink's sleeve:

"Pink, let's go before the master notices us!"

"We have so much money that we can buy a ranch in a new place and start a new life. The West is so big, we can definitely start over, right?"

Pink was so irritated that he threw Catherine away:

"What about Parker? What should Parker and the others do?"

"We can give them the money, yes"

"No! As soon as we leave, it means admitting that we did it! Have you forgotten how we got here? I'm tired of being hunted and hiding here and there!"

Pink declined Catherine's offer and continued walking back and forth.

Suddenly, he stopped and looked at the nanny:

"Katherine, is there any way you can get Roosevelt's daughter out alone?"

Hearing Pink's words, Caitlin took two steps back, like a frightened rabbit:

"No, you can't hurt Alice, and you can't hurt the master. I will never allow you to do this!"

One of her hands had been clenched into a fist, leaning on her chest, biting her lip and shaking her head desperately.

Pink walked forward quickly and held Catherine in his arms.

He comforted the woman in his arms:

"No, no, no, Catherine, I won't hurt them. I just want them to go back to the East as soon as possible."

Catherine still refused, and she broke away from Pink's arms:

"No, I won't agree with you doing this. It's impossible. Alice is still young, and the master is so good to us."

Pink chased after her, grabbed the nanny's shoulders and shook her hard, shouting to her:

"Katherine, don't you understand? There's no fire in the paper! If Roosevelt doesn't leave, we won't have a good life!"

"If he leaves, no one will pursue this matter anymore, and I will naturally become the Sheriff, and we can live quietly!"

Did he push the nanny's messy hair away with his hands, wipe the tears from her cheeks, look directly into her eyes, and said softly:

"Catherine, you love me, right? I swear, after this thing is over, I will wash my hands and never do it again! We will get married and have many, many children."

With Pink's comfort, Catherine gradually calmed down.

The two started talking to each other, the sound was so low that Sean couldn't hear it.

They hugged each other and entered the shadows where the light from the horse lights could not be found.

For the next time, Sean in the attic was in great pain.

His hearing was greatly affected, but there was no visual or tactile information input.

So black people can only rely on their imagination.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long.

After a while, two disheveled people reappeared under the lantern and walked out of the warehouse together.

Sean was a little resentful.

One of the reasons for this dissatisfaction is the moral criticism of the two men. Roosevelt treated them well, but he was betrayed.

The second reason is why we have to hide in the dark when communicating with each other in a warehouse where we know there is no one there.

He quietly walked out of the pasture and spat in the direction of the warehouse:

"Bah, what a couple!"