Chapter 9: Hanif the Bounty Hunter

"By the way, look at it. Do you know what this stuff is? Chen Jianqiu took out the human skin in his arms, and he didn't tell the bird about the treasure map.

Asuka looked at it carefully and shook his head: "I don't understand it." ”

At this time, Sean also woke up, and the three of them ate some dry food, drank water, and continued on the road.

Huey carried the birds and the black man, and Chen Jianqiu rode a black horse without a saddle and bridles.

Along the way, the mountains are getting higher and the vegetation is getting denser.

The dark horse has gradually regained its pride yesterday, it is reluctant to walk side by side with Huey, and wants to pull away from the front, but the man on the horseback gently tuggs his mane, and he is instantly honest.

"What did you do with it yesterday?" Asuka was curious.

"Not much, just a friendly exchange." Chen Jianqiu grinned and stroked the black horse's head, and the black horse didn't even dare to breathe.

"Or call you Black Radish, right?" He leaned into the dark horse's ear, as if to ask the dark horse's opinion, "Okay, that's it." ”

Dark Horse didn't know if he understood, but Sean did: "I think its name should be a little more powerful." ”

Chen Jianqiu ignored him and began to talk to the birds.

The three of them walked along the mountain road, passing through several hills, and soon heard the sound of running water. They quickened their march and rode forward, passing through a pass, and the scenery before them suddenly opened up.

It's time to the Green River.

The river, a tributary of the Colorado River, is located within a canyon and is flanked by lush coniferous forests, no longer a desolate scene outside.

"Let's go south of the river, and we're out of Wyoming." Sean asked, "The state police shouldn't care about us." ”

"It's good that they can manage their own one-third of an acre." Chen Jianqiu replied.

"Does that mean we're safe?"

"Not necessarily, nine times out of ten we will be bountyed. As for how long we will be chased and how many people will be chased, it depends on how much the three of us are worth. ”

"Who is more dangerous than the bounty hunter or the state sheriff?"

"I don't know, I haven't sinned."

……

Just as the two were still discussing fiercely, Asuka suddenly spoke:

"Look at the car on the other side."

There was a carriage drawn by two horses, like a large tin box, sprayed with dark green paint. The coachman also saw the three people coming in front of him.

"Hey, the one in front, please don't go near this car!" The driver shouted loudly, and at the same time he had already pulled out the gun on his waist, and in the car behind him, there was also a black barrel sticking out.

For this unique way of greeting in the west, Chen Jianqiu is now accustomed to it.

"It's a bounty hunter's carriage." Asuka whispered to him, "Otherwise, let's do it, one coachman, and two at most in the carriage." ”

Chen Jianqiu's face was calm and calm: "Don't be nervous, they are from the south, and even if our bounty is issued now, it will be in the town in the north." ”

He raised his hands. At the same time, he motioned for Asuka to put away his weapon as well.

"Take it easy, buddy, we're just passing by, no malice." He shouted to the other side.

"What do you guys do?" The groom did not lay down his weapon.

"We are gold diggers into the mountains, and this Indian is our guide."

The coachman turned around and lowered his head and reported to the people in the carriage: "Boss, it's a gold digger, a black, an Indian, and a Chinese." ”

A hated head poked out of the carriage, a pipe hanging from its mouth, and a mustache cocked upwards above its lips.

"Please put the weapon behind the horse."

Chen Jianqiu took off the shotgun behind his back, threw it to Asuka along with the revolver on his waist, and hung it on the back of Huey's buttocks.

The three dismounted and gradually approached the carriage.

"Hey, brother, you're on a good horse." The mustache looked at the black radish behind Chen Jianqiu, "But why don't you have a saddle?" ”

"Hey, don't mention it, at a previous intersection, this stupid horse lost its hoof, and the saddle rolled down, but fortunately the man and the horse were fine." Chen Jianqiu's nonsense came as soon as he opened his mouth.

"But, your bridle ......," the groom had just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by a mustache.

"My name is Hanif and I'm a bounty hunter." The muzzle of the gun in the carriage was withdrawn, "Forgive me for not being able to greet you guys because my hands are locked to this mongrel." ”

Chen Jianqiu looked into the carriage, and a man with a scarred face was tied to the carriage with one hand, and the other hand was handcoled with Hanif. The man saw someone approaching and tried to put his head close to the window, but he was slapped in the face by Hanif again.

"You bastard, be honest with me." Hanif yelled at the man covering his face, and then turned to Chen Jianqiu, "I have a ready-made saddle in my car, do you want it?" ”

"It's this bastard." He was blunt, pouting, and pointed at the man in the car.

"Well, how much do we have to pay?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

"Ah, it's only $45."

Chen Jianqiu turned his head and left.

"Wait, wait, brother, listen to me, you have to reach the next town, at least a hundred kilometers, besides, in this wilderness, are you really not afraid of your ass upside down?"

"Ten dollars."

"Thirty-five dollars!"

"Fifteen."

"Twenty-five!"

"Twenty."

"Deal." The mustache's hand with the gun gestured to the coachman, who dismounted, took a worn-out saddle from behind, and threw it in front of him.

"It's fucking black." Chen Jianqiu said to the mustache in Chinese with a grin on his face. The mustache also responded with a smile.

He turned his head and held out his hand to Sean.

"What? How can I have twenty dollars, I can only pay ten dollars at most. ”

"Just give me ten dollars." Chen Jianqiu said that Sean had to go and take out the money in his pocket.

"Hey, hey, that, put your hands up!" The coachman suddenly raised his gun, "Let me see your hand, don't move, or I'll shoot you in the head." ”

Sean raised his hands as if electrocuted, looking innocent.

"His ten dollars are in his pocket, and the rest is in my clothes, why don't you take it yourself?" Chen Jianqiu interrupted, a murderous look in his eyes.

The mustachioed Hanif sensed his displeasure and smiled: "Brother, we don't mean anything else, it's always good to be careful when we go out." ”

Chen Jianqiu first counted ten dollars from Sean's pocket, and then took out the ten-dollar bill from his clothes, folded them together and handed them to Hanif.

"May your American dream come true!" Hanif happily stuffed the money into his pocket, and when he noticed that the man he was locked was looking at the money, he gave him a backhand slap, "Your American dream will soon be over, mongrel!" ”

"What has happened to this man?" Chen Jianqiu asked as he put the saddle on the back of the black radish.

"Murder, tax evasion."

"How many people did you kill?"

"One, the hapless guy who taxed him."

"And how much is he worth?"

"Seventy-five dollars, dead or alive." Hanif raised his eyebrows and took a puff of the cigarette from his pipe, "By the way, remind you, the direction we came from, met several Federation soldiers. ”

"Thank you." Chen Jianqiu couldn't see any expression on his face.

The three of them mounted their horses, and Hanif did not stop, and each left in opposite directions.

"Boss, those three people have a problem, it's definitely not as simple as a gold digger, that dark horse is not an ordinary horse, nine times out of ten it is stolen,"

Hanif smiled and didn't speak, just took a puff on his pipe.

As the oldest bounty hunter in the area, how could he not see that there was something wrong with these three people, but the recent bounty notices in the surrounding towns showed that they knew all about these three people.

There is no bounty to have anything to do with himself, it is better to sell a saddle, as for the price, it is a little higher, and he didn't come with a message of "there is danger ahead", this message has not been paid to them.