Hernandez hadn't figured out how to contact the Astor family to demand a ransom.

Astor III was already furious in his office.

The news of his precious son's disappearance reached New York the same day.

The news was sent to him by the housekeeper by urgent telegram.

The butler was barricaded in the scholar's room, and then wrapped up in a regular car by a group of "unarmed" Pinkerton detectives.

"Where's the young master?" Butlers, these Pinkerton "elites".

"He's still in the room, isn't he?" Bispin, who had just become the leader, replied in a daze, that he knew nothing about Astor's safety work had been arranged by Russell before.

When the train stopped, the butler ran to the back carriage as soon as possible, but it was empty.

The butler immediately told Colonel Crook the news, and asked his cavalry team to help him find his young master.

Colonel Crook said righteously:

"Mr. Astor was most likely taken away by those Indians, don't worry, I will do my best to hunt them down, and at the same time, I will try my best to rescue Mr. Astor."

If it were someone else, the heir of the Astor family would disappear in his own jurisdiction, it would be a big deal.

But Crook is different, as a top student who graduated from West Point, he has his pride.

Because of this, he is the worst mixed in the same class.

He is more concerned about the whereabouts of his old rival, Jeronimo, than Astor.

If you catch up with that Indian, you will definitely kill him, as for the life and death of that young master, it has something to do with him.

How could the old butler, who was skilled in personnel, not see what Crook was thinking, and he was so anxious that after the train arrived in Santa Fe, he immediately photographed the telegram to the Astor family's home camp in New York State.

"Rubbish, it's all rubbish!" Astor III was furious, and his precious son was the sole heir of the family designated by his own son.

To put it mildly, if it weren't for his son, he might not have been able to sit in the position of head of the family.

The son must find a way to find it, immediately! Right away!

Pinkerton's bunch of shitty themselves can't be trusted now; Pressure through one's own connections in politics? But the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the person in charge of the Arizona Military Region has this attitude, which is obviously unreliable.

Astor III searched his mind for someone who could help, and he took up his pen and wrote a telegram to the butler.

I can only let the housekeeper in New Mexico figure it out first.

He wrote hard.

"John! John! ”

The secretary outside the door was called in, and Astor tore off the paper from the notebook in front of him, then turned around and took out a check from the safe, filled in a number on it, stamped it, and handed it to the secretary.

"Send the five thousand dollars to the butler, and send him a telegram according to the contents."

The butler, who had remained at the train station waiting for news, received a telegram from Astor III, which was surprisingly simple:

Find a reliable person in the local area to act cheaply, the fee has been remitted, and it is not enough to contact again.

The butler's face was desperate.

Reliable people? Where did this unfamiliar ghost come from?

If their young master is really in the hands of that Indian God of War, the U.S. Army can't do anything about them, and the Pinkerton Detective Agency, known as the No. 1 Security Company, is collectively disarmed by them, what can they do?

He shuffled his heavy steps toward the platform.

As he passed by the platform, he passed by two men, one with an upturned beard and the other who looked like he was underage.

Hanif and Downey were also on the terrace, and after they brought the yellow cowboy hat to the nearest town, they saw the man's bounty notice on the bulletin board at the entrance of the sheriff's office.

So, when they walked out of the gate of the police station, they were in a very happy mood.

Because Hanif has an extra $249 in his hand.

"Boss, what do we do now?" Downey asked the bounty hunter who was still counting the bills beside him.

"Shut up! I'm not your boss, our boss is on that train right now! Hanif seriously corrected Donnie's statement,

"What to do? Continue to follow him, of course! ”

I've never seen such a good deal, I just shot a few shots, and I charged one or two hundred dollars for running errands.

Follow this Chinese must have meat to eat, and having meat to eat is the boss.

They were going to go straight to the next stop of the train, which is Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico: and wait.

However, when they finally saw the train enter the station, they were dumbfounded.

For special reasons, Santa Fe became the terminal of this train, but until the passengers above finished getting off, Hanif did not see the shadow of Chen Jianqiu and the others.

A curly-haired middle-aged man stepped out of the luxury car, and Hanif looked familiar.

Isn't this the writer who was in the same carriage with Chen Jianqiu and sat next to him before? How did he run to the back car?

Hanif was about to stop him, but the butler's voice came from behind him:

"Mr. Mark Twain, I'm really sorry that something like this happened, and I'm here to deal with these tricky things, and I can't take care of your side anymore."

After the incident, Mark Twain became the first object of Crook's questioning, because Chen Jianqiu, who disappeared with the Indians, was nominally his bodyguard.

But they soon figured out that this was a misunderstanding, and the writer would not know Chen Jianqiu better than they did.

"Do you want to try to call the police?" The writer carries the box in his hand and gives ideas for the housekeeper with a sad face.

"It's useless, if it's those Indians, Colonel Crook has already said that he will help solve it, and the police can't help at all; If it's someone who is pretending to be your bodyguard, the police will only offer them a reward for doing them a favor, and it's better not to make a big deal about this kind of thing. ”

The butler sighed.

"I can only find a reliable local person to solve this kind of thing, and I am ready to try my luck at the local chamber of commerce."

Hanif turned and stood in front of the butler.

He had already used the money Chen Jianqiu gave him to buy a brand new hat and a cool leather coat, and before coming to the train station, he also stopped by to fix his hairstyle and beard.

The butler was talking to Mark Twain, and he didn't notice a person nearby, he ignored Hanif and continued to talk to the writer.

"Hey, sir, I just heard you say there's a kidnapping case to deal with?" Hanif gave up using his charm to attract the butler, and said directly to him, "Do you want to think about me, I am an expert in this regard." ”

The butler noticed Hanif and gave him a suspicious look.

Donnie took out the crossed-out bounty in his arms and showed it to the butler: "We just caught a group of robbers on the train. ”

Mark Twain also finally saw Hanif, he only knew that this person listened to Chen Jianqiu's words, so he also nodded: "Well, yes, this person is reliable." ”

The butler was overjoyed and held Hanif's hand tightly: "Then I have to ask you." ”

"So, who is the person who is being kidnapped?"

"My young master, I was in the same car as you before."

"Well, does his kidnapper have any clues?"

"Probably a group of Indians and a team of skin-changing Asians."

“emmmmm……”

Hanif was lost in thought, his mind spinning, and then he said yes.

The housekeeper asked Hanif to discuss the follow-up at the Chamber of Commerce in Santa Fe later, and he was going to the bank.

Hanif watched him away with satisfaction.

"Hey, it's still Chen's ruthlessness, this guy is very rich at first glance, let's be a middleman, go back and talk to Chen, it's not a crime."

Donnie's voice came from the side:

"But, we don't know where the boss is now."

Thank you Mengda, Xiaotianxuan master, a kimchi fish, joy with zero emotional intelligence, dance ethereal, kcman monthly pass, thank you for your subscription and recommendation ticket, thank you very much.

The first and second shifts will follow

(End of chapter)