Chen Jianqiu led the team out of the stone fortress and headed straight in the direction of the oil well camp.

By this time, the tornado had dissipated, leaving only a mess behind.

Chen Jianqiu didn't have the heart to go into the town to comfort the victims for the time being, after all, he was now empty-handed and had nothing.

He didn't even have a Bible in his hand.

It can neither provide them with material encouragement nor provide them with spiritual comfort.

Therefore, Chen Jianqiu still focused on the matter in front of him: get Holmes back first, this person is a treasure.

He didn't expect the sudden appearance of the Pinkerton detectives, and Chen Jianqiu knew that Lynch would not give up after the last Lincolnshire time.

However, I didn't expect it to appear at this juncture, and it would not be easy for these thieves to return to the drilling camp and kidnap the geologists.

Thinking of this, Chen Jianqiu patted the black radish.

The black horse drank in the stone fortress, nibbled on a few mouthfuls of oatcakes, and then became energetic again, and when he felt his master pat him, he raised his hooves again, and tirelessly increased his speed.

Dozens of minutes later, they came to the camp where the well was drilled.

There was silence in the camp, the campfire was still burning, but the bodies on the ground were gone.

Chen Jianqiu had a sense of foreboding.

The crowd stopped.

"Holmes!" Chen Jianqiu shouted loudly.

No one answered.

Chen Jianqiu dismounted, took out his gun and walked into the camp, and the other people followed him into the camp.

They also drew their weapons and were on full alert.

There seemed to be some kind of whisper coming from the ground in the camp.

"Holmes!" Chen Jianqiu shouted again.

Half of his head peeked out of the ground not far away, and a pair of eyes blinked.

Then, an arm reached out from the ground and waved at them: "Here it is!" ”

This voice is not who Holmes is.

Chen Jianqiu put away the gun and walked over.

In front of him was a large pit full of soldiers' corpses, and the geologist was holding a shovel and covering the corpses with earth.

Next to him, there were two soldiers doing the same thing, neither of them had guns by their side, and they were still discussing some non-trivial topics while working.

"Mr. Holmes, don't work too hard, the two of us can do it, you can take a break." One of the soldiers straightened up and said in the direction of Holmes.

Then he was stunned, because he saw Chen Jianqiu.

Didn't this man run away, and why did he suddenly come back? And with so many people?

Chen Jianqiu smiled at him and waved his hand, looking harmless to humans and animals, that soldier really couldn't connect him with the murderous demon just now.

You know, what is lying in the pit now is done by him.

Chen Jianqiu squatted down, looked at the sweaty Holmes, snorted in the direction of the two soldiers, and said in a low voice:

"Who are these two?"

The geologist wiped the sweat from his head: "Oh, these two? It turned out that one was a boilermaker and the other was a metalworking master, and the two of them couldn't even hold their guns steadily, so they were left behind to guard the camp. ”

"Oh~" Chen Jianqiu nodded thoughtfully.

It turned out that Vaughn's soldiers really had skilled jobs, and he thought that these people were all self-taught by flipping through manuals

"Why are the two of them so polite to you, and what didn't happen to you?" Chen Jianqiu continued to ask him.

"Oh, they have a lot of respect for intellectuals, yes, like me." Holmes straightened up as well, straightening his back.

"What about me?" Chen Jianqiu said with a grin.

Holmes looked up and saw him squatting on the edge of the pit pinching the soil, and a smile quickly appeared on his face: "You're not bad, you're not bad, but if only you could add some more raw shares to me." ”

Chen Jianqiu ignored him and shouted directly at the two soldiers opposite, "Hey, what's your name?" ”

The two soldiers glanced at each other:

"Tom."

"Jerry."

"Where is your home?"

"We have no home, sir, and after the Great Depression of 1873 we have nothing."

"Okay, it's just the two of you." Chen Jianqiu jumped down from the pit, he took out the stack of dollars he had given him before from the pocket of Holmes's clothes, divided it into two stacks and stuffed them into the hands of the two, "Mess with me in the future." ”

"I'll give you your share." Chen Jianqiu turned around and smiled at Holmes and said, "It's in your share of the original stock." ”

Holmes sighed, this was not the first time that this goods had been rewarded with money from him.

In Chen Jianqiu's words, who made him the one who owns the original shares.

The birds also found a few shovels from the tent and joined the ranks of the pit with Chen Jianqiu.

Chen Jianqiu covered Vaughn's face with the last handful of soil, then added another layer of soil, and then stepped on it with two feet.

Dust to dust, soil to earth, born in nature, and returned to nature.

After burying the people, they dismantled the rig and steam boiler with the help of boilermen and metalworkers and reloaded them onto the wagon.

It took them a long time, and by the time everything was loaded onto the wagon, it was getting dark.

"Go seal the borehole." Chen Jianqiu commanded.

After the two workers finished handling the hole, they looked back: "Don't we really need to leave a mark or something?" ”

Holmes pointed to his eyes, and then to the map in his hand, "Don't worry, you have to trust my eyes." ”

Everyone set off from the village, and because the carriage was carrying a lot of big guys, the speed of the return trip was not as fast as when they went.

By the time we got back to the stone fortress, it was already completely dark.

"If you don't come back, I'm afraid we'll have to send another group of people to find you." Geronimo opened the gates of the fortress and welcomed the party in.

"Did you find the Nahuas?" Chen Jianqiu asked as he walked into the house in the dust.

"No, except for the mountains in the south, there are plains in all directions, and there is no view of them, if they are really in the mountains, I'm afraid we can't find them if we want to." As a native Indian, Geronimo is well aware of the habits of these tribes.

"Then wait for them to come to us." Chen Jianqiu drank it, picked up the water on the table, and drank it.

"What about the surrendered soldiers?" Jerónimo pointed to the room opposite, where the guys who had been squatting in the corner had been locked up.

"Shut them up for now, there's no time to clean them up now." Chen Jianqiu continued to drink water, "First judge the two cooks to come out, take care of their food, and deduct the grain from their inventory." ”

He needed to rest now, and neither did Holmes, sleeping by the steam boiler was indeed not a wonderful experience.

This night, there was no incident, the years were quiet, there were no Nahuas, no prison escapes, no gunshots.

In Vaughn's previous office, Chen Jianqiu sat in a chair, rummaging through the materials in his desk and cabinets, such as letters and authorization documents.

He wanted to see who the owner of the place really was.

Vaughan's immediate boss was a man named Joseph Calloway Leah, who was well-known in New Mexico, and Vaughn referred to him as Captain in his letter.

But judging by other documents and the Freemasonry letter, it is clear that this man was just a white glove.

And among all the information, another name that is mentioned a lot, Chen Jianqiu has seen.

This man had a relationship with him, at the previous Santa Fe ball.

Senator of New Mexico, Scott.

It seems that this man has also helped a lot here, whether it is about the legality of land acquisition or whatever.

"This guy is really hand-eyed in New Mexico."

Chen Jianqiu's mind brought up the image of the old man, and he muttered to himself.

He sat back in his chair, playing with Vaughn's seal in his hand: "These guys have such a long hand? ”

Just as he was still thinking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door.

Asuka suddenly appeared at the door of the room:

"Boss, there's a situation."

Chen Jianqiu raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?" ”

"Outside the fortress, a few people came."

Could it be the Nahuas?

Chen Jianqiu dropped the seal in his hand and walked towards the stone wall.

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