Chapter 320: What Pinkerton Can Do, Why Can't We Do It?
There was a long-awaited robbery in Lincolnshire, and the idle Sheriff Pyler and Miles rushed over as soon as possible.
"Mr. Chen, with all due respect, you don't have to. Well, there's no need to make such a big fuss, right? Pyler covered his nose and glanced at the scarlet floor and crumbling walls.
A Chinese worker was shoveling pieces of minced meat on the ground, and a large hole was broken in the wall.
For some reason, there was a smell of urine in the air.
Chen Jianqiu was a little disapproving: "Sergeant Paler, seven or eight robbers rushed into my bank and almost killed me here, I still have a hand, isn't it too much?" ”
Paylor is a procedural justice magistrate.
The use of force by citizens to protect their property from infringement, as long as there are no innocent casualties, is indeed not a problem.
But under normal circumstances, those gangsters who were killed would have left their entire corpses, so that they could confirm their identities.
It seems a bit extravagant to ask for these in this case.
Pyler walked over to the cloth-covered Maxim machine gun and asked:
"Is this the thing? Mind if I open it and take a look? ”
"Look." Chen Jianqiu didn't mind at all.
Pyler lifted one corner of the cloth.
Inside was a black lump that looked like a cannon, but it wasn't the same as Gatling.
"Do I need to take it to court as evidence?" Chen Jianqiu moved his arm, the recoil of the machine gun just now was still obvious, "I can find someone to carry it over." ”
"No need." Pyler looked at the rotten flesh again, "No one should sue you, and there are many witnesses. ”
At this time, Okafor accompanied Miles into the vault.
"The only bandit who escaped took a total of one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and forty-four cents." Miles reports to Pyler.
"I've seen the two bodies on the street, one of them I know, an old acquaintance, Ford, Jesse James' men." Okafor pointed to the small scar on his forehead, "That's what he left me. ”
"The guy who ran away could be Jesse James."
Pyler pulled out a notebook and a pen, and wrote it down with the notebook.
He closed the notebook and walked in front of Chen Jianqiu: "Mr. Chen, although the money that was robbed is not much, if you really want to claim it back, I suggest you put a reward on him." ”
Chen Jianqiu felt that this was a bit of black humor.
Reward? There are two sheriffs under him, three bounty hunters, and one of them is an ace in the industry, and he still needs to post a notice in Lincolnshire?
"I know you're very powerful, but I still suggest you leave this to someone who specializes in doing these things."
Pyler and Chen Jianqiu have fought together, and at the same time, they know each other well and know his abilities.
He looked at Chen Jianqiu, his tone was a little pleading, and there was a little bitterness:
"After all, you're a decent person now, and because of you, Lincolnshire is safer than ever, so I really don't want to see you step into muddy water again."
Chen Jianqiu smiled slightly: "Then who do you think is more suitable to deal with these things?" ”
"I don't know if you know Jesse James, he is a famous thief and very cunning." Pyler pulled out a piece of paper from his clothes.
"I think this agency is more suitable, to hunt down these thieves, they are more experienced, and they also have law enforcement qualifications."
Chen Jianqiu took the piece of paper and looked at it.
The badge of that eye stands out.
"You're taking it the other way around." Paylor reminded from the sidelines.
Chen Jianqiu flipped the card over, and the name of the card's owner was written on it: Harry Rivers, the head of the New Mexico section of the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
"They should keep on the hunt for Jesse James."
"So, chasing chase chased them into my bank?" Chen Jianqiu put the piece of paper in his pocket and glanced at Pyler. "You took Pinkerton's brokerage business?"
Pyler snorted, disdainful of retort.
"There's not much money anyway, no reward, thank you sheriff!" Chen Jianqiu shook Pyler's hand.
Chen Jianqiu and Okafor watched as Sheriff Pyler and Miles left.
"Boss, is that really it?" Okafor asked.
"The person who robbed me of my money and injured me, how can it be just like that." Chen Jianqiu looked at the big hole in the wall of the vault.
A few days later, in the afternoon, in the living room of Chen Jianqiu's villa.
Hanif was lying on the couch and munching on an apple, and Abiot, who was sitting on the couch opposite him, was also nibbling on an apple in his mouth, and the two of them stared at each other;
With his hands in his pockets, Wyatt stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room with Holiday and Danny and his son, chatting about the bank robbery.
On the table next to them, there was a clutter of all sorts of materials, some about Jesse James, and some about the Pinkerton Detective Agency and their new head of New Mexico, Harry Rivers.
Sunlight shines through floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the living room.
They were all waiting for the owner of this house, Chen Jianqiu.
After a while, Chen Jianqiu and Camila appeared at the corner of the stairs.
Everyone put down what they were doing and turned their eyes to the two of them.
"It's just Sean and the lawyer." Chen Jianqiu looked around the living room.
"Are the two of them coming, too?" Hanif stuffed his mouth full of apples, "I didn't see them on the way here." ”
"Sean accompanies the lawyer to pick up a parcel and will come over in a moment." Chen Jianqiu looked out the window.
He walked to the edge of the table and flipped through the materials on the table: "What do you think? ”
"Well, I'll just leave this matter to me." Hanif chewed an apple in his mouth and said nonchalantly, "I'm familiar with this, that guy's gang is dead and he's the only one left, and I can take Donnie to him alone." ”
"It's like you're the only one who has caught someone." Abiot snorted angrily, "If you could have caught him, you would have caught him, and his bounty would be five thousand dollars." ”
"That's different! Didn't you let him run away at the time! Hanif originally wanted to spit out the apple peel in his mouth, but seeing Chen Jianqiu's gaze looking at the floor in front of him, he decided to swallow the skin.
The number one bounty hunter in the west has more or less tried to fight the idea of this big thief, but none of them, including Camilla, have succeeded.
"This man is as slippery as oil." Wyatt, who used to be a sheriff, shook his head, "I dealt with him in Dodge City, and I ended up letting him run away. ”
"Moreover, Jesse James's legendary experience has never had a shortage of fans, and he always has a way to recruit followers, and he quickly gives up on him, and then quickly makes a comeback." The blonde Hawley added from the side.
"So, you've all been deflated by him before?"
Chen Jianqiu suddenly interjected.
There was silence in the living room.
Everyone present looked a little embarrassed.
After all, they were all well-known figures in the west before, and it is really embarrassing to say this.
"Well, what about Pinkerton?" Chen Jianqiu decided to change the topic.
"The new person in charge is the apprentice of the former Pinkerton's 'Three Heroes of the West' Heilman, and he is also a person that William Pinkerton values very much, counting on him to reorganize Pinkerton's business in the West."
"They've been keeping track of Jesse James."
Hawley took out a few pieces of paper from the materials on the table and handed them to Chen Jianqiu.
In addition, we judged that their motives for returning to New Mexico were not so simple, probably because of the young man's words, and then at his father, and then at Chen Jianqiu, hesitating to continue.
"Coming at us?" Chen Jianqiu finished speaking for him.
Hawley nodded.
"After all, two of the three heroes in the west are folded here."
"Hehe, Western Sanjie, hehe." Hanif's face was full of mockery.
"Then leave them alone for now." Chen Jianqiu walked to the front of the fireplace.
New Mexico's weather doesn't need a fireplace yet, but it's the focal point of the living room, perfect for talking to everyone.
"I've called you here today, but there's one more thing."
"I know that you all have special skills, and you used to rely on technology to eat, and do some crime-fighting work, such as law enforcement, such as bounty hunters."
What Chen Jianqiu said was reasonable, and the people below listened to it with peace of mind.
"Still, you've all been on your own before."
"In my hometown, there is a proverb that says, 'Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high'."
"In order not to let everyone's technology go to waste, in order to have a chance for everyone to earn extra money in their spare time, after a lot of thinking (referring to two minutes), I decided"
Chen Jianqiu was about to continue when the door to the living room was opened.
Sean and the lawyer walked in from outside, holding a large package in their hands.
"Coincidentally." Chen Jianqiu took out the package from the lawyer's hand and opened it.
Inside is a license made of brown paper.
Everyone took a closer look, and a line of names was written on it
"Border Detective Agency".
"I wondered, that old man in Pinkerton was originally just a cooper from Sugoland, and he participated in one more Civil War than we did, so why can't we do it ourselves?"
(End of chapter)