Until Colm Odrysco was away for a long time, neither woman reacted to what had happened.

Ten minutes ago, they were elegantly drinking expensive coffee in a richly decorated and heavily guarded carriage when they were suddenly hijacked by the Odrisco gang; A few minutes earlier, the leader of the Odrysco gang had greeted his trophies with the appearance of victors, that is, they were scared away by a few shots from a strange gunman who was like a god soldier. I have to say that the ups and downs of life are really exciting.

"Miss, are we safe now?" Amandina, the maid who had not spoken before, spoke. Although her expression was still one of pampering and not shocked, in fact, she was about to faint with fright just now.

Lily was excited and expectant: "It doesn't matter if Ann is safe now, eh, the person who shot us just now, do you see what he looks like?" ”

Amandina had a bitter look on her face, she had just spent all her energy on controlling herself not to faint, how could she have the energy to see what the person who shot looked like? What's more, she didn't even know which direction the bullets were fired from, and in her impression, suddenly there were gunshots in all directions, and then the bandits were all running away.

Lily didn't care about the maid's reaction, but probed her head into the hill excitedly: "I really didn't expect that the Wild West could really be so exciting, first a large number of bandits robbed the road, then a large-scale shootout, and finally a sharpshooter hero saves the beauty, oh my God, I thought this kind of bridge could only be seen in dramas, movies and cheap novels." ”

"Alone?" Amandina was a little puzzled, "Did you say that it was one person, not a team, that saved us just now?" ”

"Of course not," Lily proudly pointed to her ear with a ruby earring, "I can hear that the shots all belong to the same gun, the Spencer lever rifle, which is the most common carbine repeating rifle, and unlike the standard one, the rifling has been finely improved, and the barrel has been lengthened to a reasonable extent, so that this modification can effectively enhance the power of the gun, and extend the range, if nothing else, this gun is also equipped with an optical sight, Because the distance from the top of that mountain to this side is too far, it is difficult to ensure such a high accuracy without the help of an optical sight, but it is also possible that he is a sharpshooter after all. ”

Although Amandina often bluntly said that her young lady was not good at what she had learned, she had always trusted and admired her young lady's extraordinary hearing.

Lily had a very special sense of voice from an early age, so she was sent to France at a young age to be trained by a master musician to learn vocal music and musical instruments, and Amandina has been serving Lily since then. It wasn't until she was first introduced to firearms at the age of 12 that she realized that her most sensitive sounds didn't come from songs and instruments, but from firearms. So, after she returned to the United States at the age of 13, she began to learn about firearms almost like crazy, experimenting with various types of firearms until today. Amandina could even confidently say that even an officer with a lot of combat experience would not be more accurate in judging the sound of gunfire than her own lady.

Amandina looked around, surrounded by green grasslands, where deer and hares were running or foraging. She cautiously asked, "Miss, what should we do now?" ”

"Waiting for the warrior who saved us, of course," Lily's smile was innocent, "I guess he'll be here soon, and it would be nice if I could ask him to escort us." ”

"I thought he was gone." Amandina was a little surprised.

There seemed to be some mockery in Lily's words: "Amandina, you always say that I am naïve, but in fact, you are the most naïve, how can there be that kind of person in this place who does good deeds but does not want anything?" This kind of person is rare even in this world. And, I have a feeling. ”

"What does it feel?"

"The person who saved us is also coming for us." Lily said firmly.

Amandina immediately became nervous. If it is true that Miss said, then they are not actually out of danger, in a sense, even more dangerous than before.

Compared to Amandina's nervousness, Lily seemed much lighter, and she even maintained her initial state of excitement, although she knew in her heart that the ultimate goal of the mysterious sharpshooter was also herself, but instead of feeling dangerous, she had a trace of anticipation.

Sure enough, as Lily said, after a while, a huge horse with a pitch-black body went around the main road from the mountain, the man on the horse was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, his posture was straight, and his face was handsome, even in a civilized society, it was rare to see that kind of handsome guy, very much in line with the image of a Peugeot gentleman, if you really want to say where the fly in the ointment is, then it should be his cheeks because of the wind and sun, the skin is a little chapped and rough, however, it doesn't hurt that this way, the men in the west, rougher is more attractive.

All of this was seen from Lily's point of view, but Amandina's was completely different, and she only noticed the repeating rifle that the comer had been carrying on her shoulder, which was enough for her to conclude that the other party was not good.

"Miss, be careful, eh? Miss! Where are you going? Amandina was about to warn Lily, but found that Lily had already urged her horse to meet her, and she was shocked, and she had lost her usual good manners. There is no way, since the young lady has made this decision, even if there is a fire pit in front of her, she, who is a servant, can only jump with her, thinking like this, she also rode a horse to follow.

The two sides stopped their horses at a distance of about five meters.

"Thank you for your rescue, sir," Lily began, "I am Lily Cornwall, daughter of Levitix Cornwall, and now I want you to escort us to the Cornish Coal Tar Factory, and I will pay you handsomely if you can escort us as you have done to you." ”

The man seemed a little surprised, his bright green eyes looked Lily up and down, and asked, "What did you just say?" ”

"I mean, I wish I could hire you to escort us ......"

"No, it's not that," the man interrupted Lily with a wave of his hand. ”

Lily was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "I'm Lily Cornwall, the daughter of Levitix Cornwall. ”

"You're Lewittix Cornwall's daughter?" The man unceremoniously pointed a gun at Lily, his tone full of disbelief.

"Is there anything wrong with that?" Lily was slightly annoyed by the man's rudeness, and she thought that this life-saving benefactor should be a rare gentleman.

"No, I've just never heard of Mr. Cornwall and such a Peugeot daughter," the man apologized by gently tugging at the brim of his hat, "no offense, Miss Cornwall, but I was only passing by and attracted by the sound of gunfire to save the two by chance, and as for myself, I really have no interest in escorting missions, so let me refuse." ”

"Sir, can you bear to let our two helpless and weak women cross the grassland and walk dozens of miles?" Amandina on the side was very skillful in dressing up pitiful.

"Not only do the women of this land often ride alone across the prairie, but many of them are even with the one who just kidnapped you," the man's tone did not show the slightest respect for the woman, "So, this young lady from a foreign land, welcome to the American West, though it is not exactly the West." ”

"So, I wish you both a smooth journey and enjoy the atmosphere of the Heart of the Earth." The man lifted the brim of his hat again and turned to leave.

"This, what kind of person is this," Amandina, stunned and a little embarrassed, looked at her young lady and asked, "Miss, what shall we do next?" ”

"What's next? Leave it to me," Lily smiled slightly, and suddenly shouted loudly into the place where the man left, "Hey! Aren't you afraid that we will go to the police station to report the case and let the police arrest you? ”

When the man heard this, he didn't look back, but just responded, "Did I do anything illegal?" ”

"Robbing our convoy." Lily replied.

"You can go and tell the sheriff that he'll just think you're out of the blue, and then in a little while, I might be able to see the news that you've been put in a mental hospital, Miss Cornwall." The man's tone was full of banter.

"You're right, that's usually the case," Lily nodded as if she had just reacted, "but what if I set a $10,000 bounty?" ”

"Ahem! Cough! Cough! The man seemed to be stimulated by this sentence and coughed wildly, and Lily couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker when she saw this.

Finally, the man adjusted his breath and said, "Miss Cornwall, do you think that if you have money, you can do whatever you want?" ”

"I'm sorry, sir, but you can do whatever you want with money," said Lily, smiling mischievously, "and, besides, my father seems to have hired Detective Pinkerton lately, and I don't think he would mind assigning me two agents to find the robber I identified, right?" ”

The man nodded, and said, "You have a point, Miss Cornwall, but ......"

At this point, he suddenly drew his carbine repeating rifle hanging from the saddle, aimed it at Lily and Amandina, and said, "If I kill two of them here, it doesn't seem like there are so many worries, does it?" ”

"Miss!" Amandina pushed her horses to get in front of Lily.

"Amandina! Back off! Lily's tone was unusually serious.

She hurried forward, and said, "You can try, but, sir, I think you need to think about the consequences of offending the Cornish family, if you kill me here today, my father will definitely send someone to hunt you down to the ends of the earth, and I believe that Detective Pinkerton will have a way of finding the murderer." ”

"What's more, the two of us are just weak women who are powerless, and if you shoot us like this without asking for a reason, won't your conscience hurt?" Lily said, opening her arms and revealing her heart, "Of course, if you don't have the conscience I say, then I have nothing to say, you can kill me, but please spare my maid, you can rest assured, I will make her swear a poisonous oath that she will never reveal your appearance information to the police and Detective Pinkerton." ”

The man smiled slightly, and said, "Miss Cornwall, you are a thoughtful lady, but are you naïve in your current behavior?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, there are so many unsolved cases where we can't find the murderer, at least with the means of solving them, and we have a lot of ways to make sure we don't leave a single piece of evidence," the man said, loading his gun, "or to put it bluntly, your tirade doesn't convince me, and if you don't value the time I've given you, I won't hesitate to let two more bodies here." ”

Lily finally understood that if she didn't come up with the chips that could impress the man in front of her, she would definitely be unable to escape today.

"Sir, if you can escort the two of us to the Cornish Coal Tar Factory, I will pay you three thousand dollars." Lily finally made up her mind.

The man tilted his head, and the muzzle of the gun seemed to be lowered slightly.

Lily continued, "In addition to that, you can also take all the jewelry I brought with me this time. With that, she moved out of the way a little, revealing the bulletproof carriage with only the carriage left behind her, and continued, "It's all inside, trust me, their value will definitely not disappoint you." ”

The corners of the man's mouth seemed to curl up a little, and he no longer held the gun in the standard position, but the muzzle of the gun was still aimed at Lily.

Lily was slightly annoyed and embarrassed, annoyed by the insatiable greed of the strange man in front of her, embarrassed that she couldn't think of anything else she could repay for a while, which was a shame for the pearl of the Cornish family.

"Is that all?" The man seemed slightly disappointed, and his posture with the gun became upright again, "I don't lack money like this, and as for the jewelry, I can take it from you as well, in that case, I'm sorry, Miss Cornwall, and this lady who is about to pass out, it's time for us to ......"

"Wait." Suddenly, Lily interrupted the man.

The man closed his mouth and waited for her response.

"I can also give you a promise."

"A promise?"

"A promise from the Cornish family," Lily was very serious at this time, "as long as it is what you ask for and what our family can do, no matter what you ask for, no matter what, we will spare no effort to help you, but there is only one chance." ”

"Can you represent the Cornish family?" The man was a little suspicious.

"At least my request, my father never refused to say yes."

The man pondered for a while, then finally nodded and said, "Finally got a truly valuable reward, congratulations, Miss Cornwall, you have convinced me that for the rest of your journey, you will be protected by a first-class gunslinger in the West." ”

Lily and Amandina glanced at each other, and both could clearly see the joy and fear in each other's eyes.

"Then I'll trouble you for the rest of the journey, sir." Lily and Amandina saluted on their horses.

"You're welcome, but then, ladies, I'd like you to give me some personal time." After the man finished speaking, he didn't wait for Lily and Amandina's response, and walked directly to the battlefield just now.

"Miss, what is he doing here?" Seeing the man dismount and walk towards a corpse next to him, Amandina was a little puzzled.

Lily watched the man grope around the corpse, thought for a while, and only shook her head: "I don't know, I don't understand, but I think at least we should listen to him and give him some personal time." ”

"If you can't wait, you can walk slowly in the direction your convoy was going," the man groped for a corpse, stood up, and turned back and shouted, "Just walk slowly along this road, and I'll catch up soon." ”

So, two inferior horses carried the two disgraced women slowly along the road, and in this land that had just been baptized by gunfire and explosions, a young man in a suit and leather shoes was groping for the corpses left behind