America 1881: Legend of the West

Chapter 390 I Hate Three Types of People the Most in My Life
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.

Pink passed 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?"

"No!"

Roosevelt began to arrange personnel:
"John, go inform the police officers and public security volunteers who are still in the town to gather at the public security station as soon as possible!"

"Once everyone is here, we'll go find them now! These damn circus bastards!"

Soon, about ten people gathered in the police station, holding various types of guns in their hands.

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

Chen Jianqiu also walked to the door.

It was already completely dark outside.

He turned his head and looked at Pink who was still standing there, and asked with a smile:
"Mr. Pink, aren't you going with us?"

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

Roosevelt and the police quickly rushed to the gate 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 still.

Only then did Chen Jianqiu see clearly that what they were busy doing 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.

The people staying in the tents also came out one after another.

They basically each had a gun.

The bald guy is in there too.

The looks in these people's eyes were still as fierce as ever.

A one-armed old man walked out from behind the crowd and stood in front of Roosevelt:

"I am, what?"

He asked Roosevelt in a dignified manner.

Roosevelt's eyes were blazing with anger. 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-mannered Roosevelt was, he couldn't help it.

He raised his gun and pointed it at the bald man.

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

The two sides were on the verge of a gunfight.

"You'd better explain yourself! Do you think it's fun to mock me at this time? I tell you, if my daughter loses even a hair, you will all send me to the gallows!"

Roosevelt shouted at the other side without showing any weakness.

As a man, what he can't tolerate the most is someone attacking his family!
Pink stood behind his superior.

Roosevelt was speaking, and he basically couldn't speak.

The gun in his hand was pointed at the bald man opposite him.

"If I tell you that we didn't kidnap your daughter, would you believe me?" The one-armed old man said coldly, "We don't even bother to kidnap a little girl."

"Oh?"

Chen Jianqiu came out.

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

He paced back and forth between the people on both sides, his eyes wandering across their faces, seemingly not taking the guns and cannons in their hands seriously.

"I have always believed that the West is a place for men, and robbers should just be robbers and not do anything fancy all the time."

“So unprofessional!”

“There are three kinds of people I despise the most in my life.”

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

"The second type is the one who attacks women."

“The third type is people who prey on 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 all your previous efforts go to waste."

Chen Jianqiu stopped behind Pink.

Suddenly, Pink felt a gun pressed against his waist.

Chen Jianqiu's voice floated from behind his head and into his ears:
"So, Mr. Pink, please tell me why you kidnapped Mr. Roosevelt's daughter?"

(End of this chapter)