Pyler rode alongside Chen Jianqiu, keeping some distance from Maxwin in front of them, making it difficult for the lawyer to hear the two of them clearly.

"You know I'm investigating Leonard, why are you letting me eat with him?" Pyler whispered.

According to his investigation, during this time, Chen Jianqiu and Leonard had a close relationship, and it was even rumored that the two wore a pair of pants.

Nine times out of ten, the two of them discussed targeting him, corrupting him, and bribing him.

In this way, the meal is even more inedible.

Since he chose to work as a sheriff, he has not collected a penny of black money, which is the principle he adheres to.

"It's because I know you're investigating him that I asked you to dinner." Chen Jianqiu tilted his head and looked at him innocently,

"If you want to know someone, it's best to have a meal with him (her), you don't know Leonard, what are you investigating every day?"

Paylor was dumbfounded by Chen Jianqiu's words.

He always felt that Chen Jianqiu's words were unreasonable, but he couldn't say what was unreasonable for a while.

"Alright, it's all here, Anla." Chen Jianqiu comforted Pyler, who was shocked in his heart.

They came to Leonard's mansion,

At this time, the largest house in Lincolnshire was brightly lit, and both at the entrance to the yard and around the house, there were heavily armed cowboys.

Chen Jianqiu pretended not to see it, got off the horse, and followed the lawyer into the door of the house with Pealer.

Like last time, Leonard was already sitting at the table waiting for him.

It was still the ill-fitting formal dress, and at this moment, he was sitting at the top, his fingers kept tapping lightly on the tabletop, looking a little restless.

However, when Leonard saw Chen Jianqiu at the door and Pele beside him, his anxiety turned into cramped and uneasy.

According to the original plan, Chen Jianqiu should be the only one, how could there be an extra Lincolnshire sheriff?

His gaze turned to the lawyer eagerly and inquiringly.

However, the lawyer's face was no better than his.

Obviously, all this was not within his expectation either.

Out of fear of the infamous Pealer, Leonard involuntarily stood up, and began to rub the corners of his clothes again, repeatedly trying to control his expression.

Paylor, on the other hand, also seemed a little uncomfortable, and he tried to keep his attention focused on Leonard.

The atmosphere in the room was delicate for a moment because of Pyler's unexpected arrival,

Only one person seems to be the most relaxed.

Chen Jianqiu looked at the three people around him who looked like wax figures, and spoke:

"I met Sergeant Pyler at the gate of the police station, and he didn't have dinner, so we came together."

He said with a smile, then paused and looked at Leonard, who was speechless, "You don't know Sheriff Peal, do you?" ”

"It's a great honor to know, to know." Leonard, who was still stunned just now, seemed to come to life all of a sudden, and quickly pulled away the chair in front of him for Peal.

Pyler, however, didn't give any face, and still stood there with a stinky face.

"There aren't many people, let's change the round table." Chen Jianqiu proposed.

"Alright, alright, then change the round table." Leonard hurriedly commanded the servant.

Several servants came in through the door and carried the square table out and replaced it with a round table.

Their movements were swift, and the tablecloths and cutlery were quickly replaced.

And in the process, Leonard has always seemed at a loss.

Reality was at odds with the plan, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

After the four of them were seated, the Mexican chef began to put his craft to work.

Dishes, one after another, were served in front of everyone.

But it seems that except for Chen Jianqiu, no one cares about the delicious dishes in front of him, just absentmindedly eats a few bites.

Only Chen Jianqiu's appetite is particularly good, and he eats every dish, and while eating, he also beckons to several other people at the table, as if he is the master here.

"Eh, you eat, Leonard, has your cook changed, and it tastes much better than last time."

Leonard finally couldn't help it, he finally spoke, and said what he had just thought about for a long time:

"Mr. Chen, can you give me a few more days of grace for those arrears, it will take some time for me to sell those farms and recover the arrears."

The rich man who made his fortune by loan sharking didn't know what it meant to beat around the bush, so he said it directly, and he pointed to Pealer next to him with a serious expression:

"It just so happens that Sheriff Pyler is here, so I can be a witness, and I will definitely find a way to repay it."

"Smack."

Sergeant Pyler's knife and fork slammed on the table.

How could a dignified Lincolnshire sheriff bear witness for someone like Leonard?

He was just about to speak, but Chen Jianqiu wiped his mouth and waved his hand:

"Eat today, don't talk about the money you owe."

As soon as Leonard said something, he was blocked back, and the scene became more embarrassing for a while.

"Mr. Chen, I heard that you have been in the grain business recently?" Or the lawyer digressed the topic, "Standard Oil has built an oil refinery in Roswell, and the town is said to be getting bigger and bigger, and Mr. Chen has a unique vision. ”

"Yes, it's in high demand and it's profitable." Chen Jianqiu picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip of wine, "It's just a pity." ”

"What a pity?" The lawyer asked.

"It's a pity that the prices of agricultural products in and around Lincolnshire have been unstable, and profits are uncontrollable, so I can only make a hard money." Chen Jianqiu looked regretful.

"However, the supply should soon become stable and cheap." He added, seemingly casually.

However, this sentence hit Leonard and the lawyer's hearts like a hammer.

Most of the farms and ranches around Lincolnshire now belong to Leonard, who is the largest supplier to the agricultural market.

Chen Jianqiu's words can be regarded as a poor dagger.

He didn't want the arrears at all, but the farms and ranches that Leonard wanted, and he wanted them to die.

Leonard's breathing was a little short, his eyes were fixed on Chen Jianqiu, and he asked word by word:

"Mr. Chen, the Albuquerque to Lincolnshire railroad can't be built, do you know?"

Chen Jianqiu replied casually while cutting the beef on his plate: "Yes, I already knew, what's wrong?" Scott wouldn't let them build it, and he told me there were some things he didn't figure out. ”

Leonard's chest was heaving violently, his breath was short, his hands were shaking.

"What's wrong? Are you okay? Mr. Leonard? Chen Jianqiu stopped what he was doing and glanced at the owner of the mansion.

Leonard's face was gloomy, but his eyes kept wandering between Chen Jianqiu and Payler.

The lawyer's heart was beating fast.

He knew very well that the person in front of him was different from his previous master, Fred.

This benevolent brother is now at war with heaven and man, and he is thinking of killing in front of the sheriff's eyes, and his former master dares to do it even the sheriff himself.

However, the grass on Fred's grave was already several meters high.

"Two gentlemen, I have some business, you wait for me." Leonard seemed to have made up his mind, and glanced at the lawyer, "Maxen, you come with me." ”

Two people went up to the second floor one after the other.

Leonard whispered to Maxn, "What to do when you go out the back door, you know, I've already explained to those cowboys in advance." ”

"You're on a dead end." The lawyer was a little desperate.

Why is it he who performs this kind of task every time?

"Do I have a way to go? You also heard it just now, that Chinese wants me to die! Leonard's eyes were grim.

Maxn sighed and exited the back door through another staircase.

Leonard, on the other hand, returned to the edge of the table.

The three of them stopped talking, and there was silence in the dining room, and the needles could be heard when they fell to the floor.

Leonard looked up and looked at the two men in front of him with the same gaze as if they were dead.

However, ten minutes passed, and nothing happened.

And Leonard, his face is getting worse and worse.

Chen Jianqiu looked at Leonard with a smile, stood up, and said to him, "Why don't we go to the window and smoke a cigar?" ”

The two of them came to the window.

"Do you want to look outside?" Chen Jianqiu lit a cigar for himself, leaned against the window, and said to Leonard.

Leonard stuck his head out of the window, looked out, and his heart was half cold.

The cowboys he had arranged disappeared without a trace.

He took a few steps backwards and stared blankly at the window, all lost.

"I'll give you another chance."

Chen Jianqiu suddenly pulled out a revolver from his waist, handed it to him, and said in his ear:

"Use this gun, shoot me, and then go and kill that policeman in the restaurant, and then you'll be alive."

With that, Chen Jianqiu turned around again, leaned over on the windowsill, and continued to smoke his cigar.

Leonard held the revolver in both hands and pointed at Chen Jianqiu's back tremblingly, the muzzle of the gun shaking non-stop.

Chen Jianqiu's words seemed to be a magic sound ringing in his ears:

"Kill him! Kill him. ”

Leonard's sweat was running down his forehead, and he made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out.

Leonard fell to the ground, his gun on the side, his heart bleeding.

Pyler stood at the door of the room with his gun in his hand, his muzzle, smoking.

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(End of chapter)