Chapter 16: The Uninvited Guest, Maurice

The curtain of the camp tent was opened, and a gust of wind swept in, blowing the kerosene lamps in the camp tent to shake, and floating in with the wind was a voice that Chen Jianqiu couldn't forget:

"Edward, long time no see, I heard you're entertaining?"

The person who spoke stood at the door, this person was wearing a yellow hat, a silver police badge on his right chest, and a cigarette in his mouth, which made people a little worried about whether his white beard would be lit by the cigarette, and when he raised his head, Chen Jianqiu saw his face clearly.

Isn't that Sheriff Morris?

He was followed by seven or eight heavily armed men, but they were all stopped outside the tent.

The adjutant hurried in: "Lieutenant, Captain Morris, uh, Sheriff Morris said he wanted to see you, I can't stop ......"

The lieutenant's face was cloudy and he waved his hand for the adjutant to step back.

Morris, on the other hand, walked over to the stove where the coffee was made and poured himself a hot cup of coffee.

He directly ignored Chen Jianqiu's existence.

"Sheriff, I heard you set a price of one hundred and twenty dollars for my head?" Chen Jianqiu looked like an old fritter.

"Edward, you can leave this person to me." Morris took a sip of coffee and frowned, "You can't do this coffee, I'll go to the luggage to get some for you later, Jamaica is from the region." ”

The lieutenant was noncommittal, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Maurice sensed something strange behind him, picked up his coffee cup and turned around, and began to look at the furnishings in the tent.

When his eyes fell on the notebook on the lieutenant's desk, he suddenly understood what was happening.

I have been in the dust all the way, and I am afraid that this will happen.

According to his original judgment, these three men were by no means good, and the lieutenant's troops either clung to them or surrounded them until they were exhausted and exhausted, and then they fell into the hands of the lieutenant, which would be a week or two later.

However, this Chinese actually hooked up with the lieutenant directly, and God knows what he said.

"I'm sorry, Maurice, I can't give you this person yet, my son is still in their hands." The lieutenant noticed the sheriff's gaze, and he subconsciously moved the notebook into his hand, "When I rescue my son, catch the Indian and the black man, and give them to you together." ”

"You're not going to believe this murderer, are you?" Morris burst into a sentence.

The lieutenant fell silent again.

"Sheriff, I've just arrived, so let's sit down and talk about something." Chen Jianqiu looked like a philistine who could trade anything.

"Talking to you? What are you? The person who killed me and robbed me of my things, you can be considered a person in me? Morris could no longer suppress his anger.

"I'm very sincere, if you have money, let's make money together, sheriff, I'll keep your secrets for you, I'll carry this pot, I won't intervene in the treasure matter, you talk. It's not something I can do, just let me live. Chen Jianqiu had no fear, and began to stir up the water, the more muddy the better.

Morris's fingers trembled slightly, and he subconsciously felt the urge to draw his gun.

"Enough!" The lieutenant, who was still silent just now, slapped the table, and he glared at the two people in front of him, "This is in my territory, I, the, land, plate!" Got it? ”

The people outside the tent didn't know what was going on inside, and they didn't dare to look inside, and the seven or eight people brought by Morris looked at the dozens of people around them, a little nervous.

Morris took a deep breath and said to the lieutenant: "Then you can continue to talk, but lieutenant, the notebook and the human skin painting should be returned to me, you have also seen it, it is evidence, and the original must be returned to me." ”

Since he tore his face, he simply said it directly.

"I didn't see any human skin paintings, this man didn't give it to me." The lieutenant looked down at the notebook and pointed at Chen Jianqiu without raising his head.

He didn't really want to look at the old boss who didn't give him face at all, and he felt offended from the moment the man walked into the tent.

Chen Jianqiu's expression was wonderful, and his expression was incredulous.

Morris snorted coldly, turned and walked out of the tent.

The seven or eight people breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him come out, they were the private armed forces that Morris paid for, if this was really a conflict with dozens of Federation soldiers in the barracks, would they fight or not?

Beat? It's not worth losing your life for this money. Don't fight? The follow-up balance has not been received, and the main thing for hiring is burping, and I will go to someone to ask for money.

A man with a Spencer lever rifle on his back followed Morris, who was hurrying out, and the sheriff looked a little angry, he hesitated, leaned over and asked, "Sheriff, what do we do now?" ”

As if he hadn't heard him, Morris muttered a curse in his mouth: "This idiot would rather believe a murderer who kidnapped his son than his old boss, I knew this man was an idiot when I first attacked him!" Idiot! ”

It wasn't until he reached the camp gate that he realized that someone had just spoken to him. He turned his head and asked angrily, "What did you just say?" ”

"I mean, what are we going to do next?" The man asked cautiously.

"Find a place to camp first, not too close to here, not too far away." Morris threw away the cigarette that was about to burn out in his mouth and lit another one, "This fool will take that Chinese to find his son tomorrow, and we will follow them and act at the opportunity." ”

"But, there are dozens of them." The man looked back at the few people behind him, a little weak.

"Don't worry, I won't let you die. I used to be his boss, and he was brought out by me, so I won't do anything to you. I'll pay you an extra sum of money after this is over. Morris glanced at the person next to him and said.

If that human skin treasure map is on the Chinese, then follow it yourself and find a chance to grab it back.

But if something is given to the lieutenant by the Chinese, it will be a bit troublesome, but the follow-up can still be figured out.

The only thing he regrets now is that he doesn't have the ability to memorize, plus the thing was stolen shortly after it arrived, and he didn't leave a copy.

He remembered the first time he had seen the treasure map of human skins at Robert's, when it was on display on a shelf behind the old mine owner's office, and then put away for some unknown reason.

Morris at first thought it was just an ordinary antique, but later heard from Robert's entourage that he had gone to find Lockhart and heard about the treasure map.

The attendant told him as a matter of amusement, but the speaker did not intend to hear it, and he never saw the human skin again at Robert's.

After sneaking into the old mine manager's house and seeing the diary, he was sure that it was correct, and finally moved to kill.

Thinking of this, Morris's face gradually became vicious.

If it's really a treasure map, how can there be a second person who knows. Therefore, everyone who knows must die.

Yes, they all have to die.