Chapter 67: Rackfield Farm
A group of people were thrown over the edge of the campfire and pointed at several guns.
Sean's face also appeared in the light of the bonfire, Chen Jianqiu pointed at him, and said to the horse thief in front of him: "This is half of your seniors, as soon as you pout your buttocks, he will know what shit you are going to shit." ”
Although most of the people present did not understand the meaning of this Chinese proverb, they generally understood that it was not a good word.
"Slaughter it, it's useless to keep it." Adam prepares to pull the trigger.
"Don't! Other! The horse thief begged, "We are also the devil who took away the soul of your horse." ”
"And you're going to give me a reason to keep you?" Chen Jianqiu squatted down and slapped the face of the horse thief leader with a dagger.
"Well, we can give some money, we can provide you with information about nearby horses, we can ......"
"Let's slaughter it." Chen Jianqiu stood up and turned around, Adam and Asuka preparing to shoot.
"I, I can help you get these horses out!" The leader of the horse thieves shuddered with fright, "There's a black market for horses nearby that specializes in dealing with these!" ”
Chen Jianqiu raised his hand and motioned for the others to put down the gun first.
"It's on a farm not far from Pitkin, which is the territory of the Rackfield Gang, where their people collect horses and transport them out of the state, where we deal with stolen horses." The horse thief spoke quickly, for fear that the impatient Chinese cowboy in front of him would shoot him.
Sean leaned over and said with a smile, "Do you think we look like three-year-olds?" Do you want to wait for you to ambush in that kind of place? Or are you waiting for the local sheriff to come and arrest us? ”
"No, it's not! No! I don't have to lie to you at all, Pitkin's county, which was just established this year, doesn't have enough police to take care of this. The Rackfield Gang has been doing well here for the past two years, and his black market is very famous underground. ”
Chen Jianqiu's gaze turned to Adam, and Adam nodded unprecedentedly:
"What he said is true, I've heard a little about it before, but I don't know the specific address, it seems that it has changed places several times, and it is said that only those with a bounty on their heads are eligible to enter."
"What if we look at each other inside? For example, if you fancy the bounty on the other party's head? A question popped into Sean's head.
"Like the rules of most taverns in the west, you are not allowed to do anything inside, and you can do whatever you want when you go out."
Chen Jianqiu snorted: "I thought that Colorado's 'Messenger of Justice' Fultz had eliminated the big bandits in his territory. ”
He took out a rope from his saddle bag, threw it to the bird, and said to the leader of the horse thieves with a "pleasant face," "Then I can only aggrieve you to accompany us." ”
Then his voice suddenly raised, and he shouted: "Others, get out!" ”
The other horse thieves crawled on the ground and scurried with their heads in their hands.
"Why don't you go back first, Malik." Chen Jianqiu turned to Malik and said.
Malik was numb the whole time, he had been through so much during this time.
But when Chen Jianqiu really planned to say goodbye to him, he didn't know why he felt a little lost in his heart, and even a little reluctant.
"Why, do you really want to wander the world with us?" Chen Jianqiu seemed to see what Malik was thinking, "Don't worry, Fultz won't embarrass you, you are now the hero of your village." ”
"Well, then, what else can I do to help you?" Malik rubbed his hands together crampedly.
"I haven't thought about it yet, I'll look for you when I need to." Chen Jianqiu is never polite about these things.
The next morning the crowd and Malik were separated, one to the south and one to the north.
The horse thief leader's heart was a little broken, he thought that Chen Jianqiu would let a quart horse sit for him,
As a result, Chen Jianqiu said that he had been working hard recently, and there was no good forage to feed, which led to a lot of fat loss, and it was even more impossible to carry people.
Therefore, the horse had nothing to ride, so Chen Jianqiu tied his hands, led him with a rope, and followed behind the black radish.
As long as the horse thief had the slightest intention of running away or the situation was not right, Chen Jianqiu didn't mind letting him challenge the speed and strength of the black radish with his legs.
Along the way, in addition to pointing the way, the leader of the horse thieves will occasionally aim at the black radish.
It's really a BMW, and if it really sells, it will definitely sell for a lot of money.
I don't know if he felt the gaze from behind his buttocks, and the black radish gave him a tail intentionally or unintentionally.
The horse thief's face suddenly felt as if he had been whipped by a steel brush, and he was in a hot pain, and he almost passed out.
Since then, the horse thieves have been honest all the way and have never made any mistakes.
The group walked unhurriedly for half a day, and arrived at a farm about in the afternoon.
From a distance, the farm looks not much different from other western farms, the sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low.
Chen Jianqiu was even in a trance for a while, as if he had returned to Montrose, where they set a fire and made Adam and his old friend break with him completely.
But as he got closer, he noticed something different about the farm.
The gate of the farm is a tattered arch, and the wooden letters on the lintel are missing, and the rest hangs there crookedly, and the name of the farm cannot be combined.
Two men dressed as cowboys, armed with rifles, stood guard on either side of the gate.
They saw Chen Jianqiu and his party from a distance, glanced at each other, and raised the gun in their hands:
"Hey, the one up front, stop, I haven't seen you guys."
Chen Jianqiu got off the horse and pulled the rope in his hand, and the horse thief stumbled over, with a look of resentment.
Chen Jianqiu untied the rope for him, and said very politely: "I'm sorry for you." ”
The horse thief's heart rushed through with 10,000 words starting with F, but he didn't dare to show it on his face.
"Horse sellers." The horse thief pointed to the seven or eight quart horses behind Chen Jianqiu and said to the guards.
Seeing that it was an acquaintance, the guards put down the gun in their hands, and when Chen Jianqiu and they approached, one of the guards saw Chen Jianqiu's face clearly and narrowed his eyes.
"Are you the Chinese who just recently got on Denver's bounty list?"
Sean and Asuka suddenly became alert, and their hands involuntarily reached for the rifles on their horses.
"Huh?" Chen Jianqiu had walked around the market before, but he didn't see anyone reacting to him in particular, and he thought that his "notoriety" had not yet spread here.
"Well, welcome to Rackfield Farm." The expression on the guard's face didn't change much, although it was still the same stinky face that a white man saw a person of color, but his body had moved out of the way.
There weren't too many people working on the farm, but there were some horses parked outside the barn. The barn door was closed, and a small door opened next to it.
On either side of the door, there are still two cowboys with guns guarding the door.
They saw Chen Jianqiu and his party and the horses behind them, and one of them opened the door a crack and whistled inside.
After a while, several cowboys came out of the small door.
"They'll help you get the horses to the stables next door, and we'll have someone to watch the horses in a moment, and you, please hand over your weapons before you can go in." Said the cowboy who was guarding the door.
Chen Jianqiu looked directly into his eyes, and his gaze was fierce:
"What if I don't?"
The two gatekeepers and a couple of cowboys pulled out their guns in one fell swoop.
Sean, Asuka and Adam all stood on both sides of Chen Jianqiu, especially Adam, leaning slightly and ready to draw his gun.
Tension outside the barn.
At this moment, a deep voice came from inside the barn:
"Let them in, I'm in business, and I don't like to fight and kill."