Time flickered, and two days passed.

"Cheer up, boys, you're no longer ordinary residents, and as the sheriff of the town, don't let yourself look downcast."

Lin Yao and Jack rode horses, wearing sheriff's badges on their chests, reviewing the newly recruited vigilantes.

After urgent recruitment, the number of guards in the town rose to thirty.

Most of these people, cowboys who had lived on horseback since childhood, and most of them brought horses from home, enough to form a cavalry squad of twenty men.

Don't underestimate the word cavalry, even in the western region, which is famous for producing horses, most people don't have their own horses.

The most rubbish Kentucky riding horse is priced at $55 to $70 as standard, and it would take three months to afford it without eating or drinking at the current wage.

It's a well-known fact that cowboys usually can't save money, and their savings are often drained by bars and prostitutes.

So, the most intuitive way to understand the cowboy is to see what gear he has.

Garbage cowboy, a revolver in the world.

An ordinary cowboy has a horse in addition to a revolver.

Elite cowboys, a revolver, a good horse, and a rifle are standard.

Legendary cowboys, customized versions of exclusive firearms, famous horses, and a stylish outfit are all essential.

"I now announce the mission, and everyone is divided into two groups, the inner group is responsible for staying in the town and standby, and the outer group is responsible for patrolling and guarding."

"The internal resistance is tentatively set at 12 people, and I personally lead everyone, and the duty is to patrol the town and maintain law and order."

"The team is tentatively set at 18 people, and it will be headed by our deputy sergeant, Mr. Stephen, and will be responsible for patrolling the surrounding farms, train stations, and mines."

"As you already know, there was some trouble in the town, and we killed a robber named Hart, who is the brother of Hanon the wanted man."

"We may face some challenges, but I'm sure we'll get through it because we have the whole town to back us up!"

Jack read from the script and gave a speech with a written speech.

The effect is not bad, the old team members lead the new team members to send applause, making Jack smile like a flower.

When old Billy was there, he was just an ordinary security officer, at most he was a little older, how could he have the current scenery.

He is now the sheriff of Stone Town, and he is in charge of twenty or thirty people, thanks to Hannon's threat, if it were not for Hanon and the gold bars, there would be no Sheriff Jack today.

"Sheriff, Sheriff Jack, the guys from Morgan Bank have arrived!"

Halfway through the mobilization meeting, a guard from the train station came to inform everyone.

Hearing this, Sheriff Jack was unmoved.

He didn't take the gold bars from Morgan Bank, and the people from Morgan Bank came when they came, so could it be possible to put a basin on his head?

"I'll go take a look."

Compared to Jack's indifference, Lin Yao couldn't help but care.

He was the beneficiary of the train robbery, and now that the 24 gold bars were still lying on his family's farm, he had to know who the Morgan Bank had sent and what their purpose was.

"Go ahead, those rich people are not easy to deal with." Jack agreed to Lin Yao's request, and if he could, he didn't want someone from Morgan Bank to bother him.

Lin Yao nodded and rode towards the train station.

The train station is on the outskirts of the town, three streets and a cargo station.

When Lin Yao arrived, three cold-faced men in suits were waiting here, all of them wearing small round hats, tuxedo suits, and suitcases in their hands.

There were no rifles or anything like that, and they probably had revolvers hidden under their suits, but they weren't equipped with long guns.

The group of people who were supposed to be there to investigate the problem were most likely not even JPMorgan employees, but agents hired by JPMorgan Bank from some detective agency.

"Good morning, everyone, I'm the town's deputy sheriff, Stephen Lin, and you're supposed to be here for the train robbery, right?"

Lin Yao turned over and dismounted, shaking hands with the middle-aged man who looked like the boss.

The middle-aged man with a mustache looked at Lin Yao twice, and said, "I am Sokoto from the New York Detective Agency, and my employer, Morgan Bank, authorized me to come to investigate the train robbery, as well as the 48 gold bars that are missing. ”

"Come on, let's go to the tavern and sit down, I know all your questions, and I will definitely cooperate with you as much as possible."

Under the leadership of Lin Yao, the four of them came to the tavern in the town.

After ordering a bottle of whiskey, some fruit and dessert, the four of them sat by the window and talked.

"Mr. Stephen, can you tell us a little bit about the day?"

Sokoto paused at this point, and then said, "We also want to know about the situation in the town. ”

"Of course, the train robbery happened the night before, around nine o'clock in the evening."

"I had just come out of the bar when I saw the train guard coming for help, and he said that the train carrying the gold had been attacked twenty miles from the town."

"Our sheriff, Mr. Billy, led us to the support, and I was one of 25 people."

"The battle went well, the robbers didn't expect the reinforcements to come so quickly, and we caught them off guard."

"After a short exchange of fire, the robbers were defeated, the leader of the bandits, Hart, was killed on the spot, and the others scattered and fled."

"Later, we counted that the bodies of a total of 15 robbers were found, and the rest of the robbers were missing."

"Only 24 gold bars were found on Hart's body, and the rest are missing, so we lost eight people to this."

Lin Yao first recounted the battle, and then introduced the situation of the town: "Our town is called Stone Town, with a population of more than 6,000, mainly animal husbandry and minerals. ”

"Before the big robbery, there were twelve guards in the town, the sheriff was old Billy, and the deputy sheriff was James."

"After the robbery, Deputy Sergeant James was killed in battle, and Billy Sr. was also seriously injured and had to be sent to the city overnight for treatment."

"Now, the new sheriff of the sheriff is Jack, and the deputy sheriff is me, and that's the basic situation in the town."

Sokoto listened as he recorded something in his notebook.

Upon learning that Billy Sr. had left overnight, the recorded movements paused for a moment, apparently interested in the news.

"There were twenty-five people who took part in the hunt that night, and eight were killed in battle, which means that seventeen were still alive. Mr. Stephen, is there anyone other than Sheriff Billy who has left town and never returned? ”

Hearing Sokoto's question, Lin Yao nodded: "Yes, I ran three on the first day, and two more on the second day." You may not know that Hart who was killed by us also has an older brother, his brother is Hanon, the most wanted criminal in the West, and many people are worried about reprisals. ”

"In response to Hanon's retaliation, we increased the number of guards to thirty and sent a telegram to the state legislature asking for help."

"To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that my family was in Stone Town, I wouldn't have been able to move away for a while, and I'm afraid I would have chosen to leave."

"Now the people in the town are impetuous, and many people have gone to the countryside to take refuge, I don't think these people who escaped must have something to do with the gold bars, after all, we have not been able to wipe out all the robbers, maybe the gold bars have been taken away by the escaped robbers."

Sokoto was noncommittal and continued to ask, "When did Sheriff Billy leave, in what way, do you know where he went?" ”

"In the second half of the night, I took a freight train, and it is said that he went to the city to recuperate, and it is not clear which city."

Lin Yao's answer was very simple, at this time, there is no so-called real-name system for buying tickets, you don't need an ID card to take the train at all, you give money, and the train can send you anywhere you want to go.

Sokoto is afraid that it will take a lot of time to investigate the whereabouts of Billy Sr., and if he can't find Billy Sr., the gold bar robbery may end hastily.

After all, all the evidence points to old Billy, he is the person behind the case, and this run is not a real crime.

Of course, it was impossible for him not to run.

Lin Yao was seventy percent sure that the remaining 24 missing gold bars were likely to be in Old Billy's hands.

Deputy Sergeant James was also killed by him, and he did not dare to stay for investigation at all.