Chapter 41: The Old Ministry of the Crown

The old man led the group into a path.

Chen Jianqiu's hand kept pressing on the holster on his waist, and he looked back, Sean and Asuka were moving the same as him, only Adam still looked indifferent.

Anyway, he drew his gun quickly.

The old man led them through a grove of trees, and they found a small village behind the woods.

Chen Jianqiu felt a little dazed for a moment, the architectural style of this village was completely different from what he had seen in the western United States these days.

It's a familiar feeling, and unlike the wooden houses that are common in small American towns, these houses are also improvised, but they are scattered and have a strong Chinese style.

In the early morning, the village was peaceful, smoke was already wafting from the chimneys of the houses, a few women were already working in the vegetable patch in front of the houses, and from time to time a few dogs passed over the ridges, chasing and playing with each other.

If Chen Jianqiu didn't know exactly where he was in the suburbs of Denver, he would have thought that he was in a mountain village in China.

On the edge of the village, there is a large area of cultivated terraced fields, planted with corn and wheat, and a small patch of red plants, Chen Jianqiu took a closer look, and it was actually sorghum.

"Uncle, how can you grow sorghum here?" Chen Jianqiu asked, he remembered that in the 19th century the United States did not have the habit of growing this thing on a large scale.

"The seeds brought from my hometown, I didn't expect them to be quite adaptable and drought-tolerant in this place." The old man's words were meaningful.

He took Chen Jianqiu and the others to a house, tied their horses, and led the three of them into the house.

The furnishings in the room were very simple, and a woman was cooking something by the stove.

"Go and call Niu San and them." The old man whispered to the woman, who wiped her hands from her clothes and hurried out.

Chen Jianqiu became alert, and he narrowed the distance between him and the old man slightly, ready to control him at any time.

The old man didn't seem to notice his movements, just stared at the stove.

Soon, the woman hurried over with several burly middle-aged men.

The woman let them in, and the old man gently closed it.

This time, even Adam was awake, and the four of them were fully alerted and ready to fight.

The old man turned around, pounced, and knelt down in front of Chen Jianqiu, while the woman and several big men were stunned for a moment, and they also knelt down with a brush.

"Zhang Danian, the commander of the British king's flag, see the young master, and wait for the young master's dispatch."

This kneeling startled Chen Jianqiu, Rao is that he has experienced so many things, and he is also a little confused.

But he quickly stepped forward to hold the old man.

"Uncle, don't you recognize the wrong person?" Chen Jianqiu wanted to pick him up and be worshiped alive, which was a little uncomfortable.

Zhang Danian and several strong men looked at each other, but quickly replied firmly:

"At the beginning, I protected the young master out of the city, but I was separated later and failed to protect the master, although I couldn't escape the blame for death." The more Zhang Danian spoke, the more excited he became, and he burst into tears, "The young master grew up and was named 'Chen Jianqiu', although his appearance has changed slightly, I can still recognize it." ”

Chen Jianqiu wiped the tears from the old man's face and did not speak.

He had some impression of the dream he had before, but he still couldn't recall the other information, and it was a bit hasty for this old man to determine his identity based on his appearance alone.

I don't want to be swaggering, and I don't plan to rush to get rid of the relationship.

The former is bad, the latter stupid.

Seeing that Chen Jianqiu didn't speak, the old man glanced at the three people behind Chen Jianqiu, and looked like he suddenly realized.

It seems that the young master has acquiesced, but he is unwilling to let these three people know their identity.

Then don't mention it yet.

At this time, Sean was confused, what happened, what happened?

Asuka is emotional, the person he follows is really not simple, and when he meets a person of the same clan in the wilderness, he kneels and kneels.

Adam's gaze was drawn to a bottle of clear liquid on the table.

"Hurry up." Chen Jianqiu helped Zhang Danian up, and his gaze stopped on the strong men.

"Young master, rest assured, this village is full of your own people, and no one will expose your whereabouts, otherwise the military law will deal with it." Zhang Danian saw Chen Jianqiu's doubts.

"Then keep them busy." Chen Jianqiu said.

The old man dismissed everyone, happily moved a stool for Chen Jianqiu to sit down, and stood on his side.

"You can sit down too."

The old man hesitated for a moment, then sat down against the table.

Chen Jianqiu turned around and said to the three people behind him, "Do you want to go out and hang out." ”

Sean and Asuka nodded, but Adam sniffed, his eyes still fixed on the bottle.

"What is this?" He asked.

"Erguotou." Zhang Danian replied in English, but it seemed that he had said it and not said it.

"A kind of wine, a real man drinks, do you want to try it?" Chen Jianqiu explained that he quickly understood what the small patch of sorghum in the field was planted for.

Adam was not polite at all, and walked out the door with a big grin in his hand.

Chen Jianqiu told Zhang Danian about his experience during this time, but he didn't mention Shiquan Town's previous amnesia with himself.

Zhang Danian didn't ask much, and listened very carefully.

"Why are you here?" Chen Jianqiu was a little strange.

Zhang Danian sighed.

"After being swept away, we were chased all the way, dead and wounded, and the rest of the people followed me and secretly climbed onto a merchant ship, who knew that the leader of the merchant ship was a snake head who sold us as piglets to the United States."

"We started by building the railroad in California, but the conditions were so difficult that almost every kilometer we paved out, a few people died, and a few of our people died, and I and the rest of us escaped."

"We then walked all the way to Denver on and off the train."

"With the help of our Chinese fellow villagers, we settled down and made a living by doing some hard work."

"Then why don't you continue to live in Chinatown?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

Zhang Danian's face changed, and his eyes were on fire.

"Because a year ago."

"I had just returned from the cargo station that day, but I saw a mob rushing in with sticks, stones, and axes, and they attacked us indiscriminately, and many houses were smashed."

"Niu San and I knocked down a few people, but there were more and more of them, and many people were knocked to the ground."

"I wanted to fight with them, but they pounced on the women and children, we had to protect them, fighting and retreating, Niu Er said that he was the queen of the palace, and then he never came back."

Chen Jianqiu's brows were tightly locked, and his face was solemn.

Zhang Danian had a smile on his face and continued: "They said that they intervened in the investigation, but I have no way to believe them, eight hours!" The mob tortured the mob for eight hours, and there was not a single person at the scene! ”

"Later, some people went back, and they heard that almost the whole street was destroyed. I brought some people here, and it was originally owned by a farmer, but he gave up because he was too far away, so we pooled our money and rented it. As long as I have a breath left, I hope to protect them. ”

Chen Jianqiu took a deep breath, even though he was used to seeing these things these days, he still felt that there was something pressing on his chest.

"Who did it?" He asked.

"I don't know, it's said to be an Irishman."

"Okay, I got it."