America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 390 The three types of people I hate the most in my life

Two more days passed.

Pinker made 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 go to Sitting Bull and stay for two days. In fact, he asked him to bring a message to Sitting Bull.

Let these Indians be more vigilant 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 for a walk in the town. This thing is of no use here anyway."

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

The first day was calm and there was no 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.

About evening, a short figure slipped out of the back door of the camp.

The pair of ponytails are very 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 towards the depths of the bad land.

"Here comes the work."

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 women, they did not rush to catch up with women.

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

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

"Damn, this is the direction of Pink Ranch."

At a fork in the road, he stood up after observing the marks 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 left 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 they were 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's already evening.

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

The circus is not performing today.

The night will once again become 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."

Katherine is the name of the Roosevelt nanny.

"Catherine is looking for me? What's wrong? She doesn't have to take care of Alice anymore?"

Roosevelt frowned and asked.

"I don't know. She was crying. If I ask her, she can't explain clearly. 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 ran 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 into the door of the police station.

Catherine was sitting on a chair with her face covered in her hands, and Pink was standing next to 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 failed to protect Alice."

Catherine sobbed and said an amazing thing.

"She, she was kidnapped."

Roosevelt's riding crop fell to the ground, and he didn't even notice it.

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

He always takes great care of her and is afraid 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 looked like he wanted to kill someone.

"No, I don't know."

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

Catherine could hardly control her emotions, and tears burst out of 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 from newspapers and put together.

front:

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

After receiving the money, we will release your daughter back 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 worry about things you shouldn't worry about.

Moore Ranch, the ranch that was recently 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 had tears on her face and choked with sobs.

"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?"

"No!"

Roosevelt began arranging personnel:

"John, go and notify the police officers and security management volunteers who are still in the town, and gather at the police station as soon as possible!"

"When everyone is here, let's go find them now! These damn circus bastards!"

After a while, a dozen people gathered in the police station, holding various guns in their hands.

Roosevelt briefly explained the situation and rushed out of the door first.

Chen Jianqiu also walked to the door.

At this time, it was completely dark outside.

He turned his head and looked at Pink, who was still standing in the same place, and asked with a smile:

"Mr. Pinker, won't you come with us?"

Pink looked at the nanny, then at Chen Jianqiu, then followed him out silently.

Roosevelt and the police quickly rushed to the entrance of the circus camp and surrounded the camp.

"Who is the leader? Come out immediately!"

Roosevelt pulled out his gun and shouted into the camp.

At this time, torches and braziers were already lit in the camp.

The people outside the tent stopped and stood there.

Only then did Chen Jianqiu see clearly that what they had been busy with before was maintaining their guns.

At this moment, they did not choose to raise their hands, but picked up the guns on the table and held them in their hands.

And the people staying in the tent also got out one after another.

Basically, each of them has a gun.

The bald man is also in there.

The eyes of these people were still as fierce as ever.

A one-armed old man walked out from behind those people and stood in front of everyone, in front of Roosevelt:

"I am, what?"

He asked Roosevelt calmly.

Roosevelt's eyes were burning. He stared into the old man's eyes and said word by word:

"My daughter has been kidnapped!"

Before the one-armed old man could speak, the bald man spoke first:

"Mr. Roosevelt, I warned you to be careful."

"What did you say?"

No matter how well-educated Roosevelt was, he couldn't help it.

He raised the gun and pointed it at the bald head.

There was only a "crash" sound, and everyone at the scene, except Chen Jianqiu, raised their guns and pointed them towards the opposite side.

The two sides are at war with each other, and a gun battle is about to break out.

"You'd better make it clear! Do you think it's interesting to mock me at this time? I tell you, if my daughter is missing a hair, I will be sent to the gallows by all of you!"

Roosevelt shouted at the other side without showing any signs of weakness.

As a man, the most intolerable thing for him is to attack his family!

Pink stood behind his commander.

When Roosevelt was talking, he basically didn't say anything.

The gun in his hand was pointing at each other with the bald man opposite.

"If I said that we didn't kidnap your daughter, would you believe it?" the one-armed old man said coldly, "We don't even bother to kidnap little girls."

"oh?"

Chen Jianqiu walked out.

The deadlock at the scene made him the only person still walking around.

He paced back and forth around the people on both sides, his eyes wandering on each person's face, as if he didn't pay attention to the long guns and short cannons in their hands.

"I have always believed that the West is a place that belongs to men. Robbers should just be robbers and not do anything fancy all day long."

“So unprofessional!”

"There are three types of people I despise the most in my life."

"The first type is those who attack other people's family members."

"The second type is those who attack women."

"The third type is those who attack children."

"First of all, I don't think this behavior is a good choice. On the contrary, it will become a failure in all your actions and make your previous efforts in vain."

Chen Jianqiu stopped behind Pink.

Suddenly, Pink felt a gun pressed against his waist.

Chen Jianqiu's voice floated from the back of his head and penetrated into his ears:

"So, Mr. Pinker, please tell me, why did you kidnap Mr. Roosevelt's daughter?"

(End of chapter)