Chapter 328: Dodge City is a bit complicated
Soon after, Wyatt and Holiday also rode back to the door of the hotel.
By the light of the moon, they saw the corpse at the door.
Wyatt habitually flipped open the corpse and glanced at the corpse's face.
"'Bison' Leonard?"
Despite the bloodied face, the former sheriff identified the deceased, who had been in a cell for stealing cattle at least three times.
Wyatt stood up.
It was found at the entrance of the hotel, around the corpse, there were still sections of black stuff scattered around, which looked like dog shit.
It's not uncommon for dead people to be near the red light district of Dodge City, and this shit is probably that of wild dogs.
They are the city's most dutiful scavengers.
But why didn't the dingos just drag the carcass away?
The two walked through the door of the hotel.
The innkeeper hadn't rested yet, wiping down his double-barreled shotgun.
"Boss, how did the 'Bison' die outside?" Wyatt asked, "What just happened at the door?" ”
The boss looked up and saw that it was Wyatt, and let out an "oh", and replied as he wiped his gun, "There were a few of your 'old friends' who came looking for you, but your new friends helped you send them away." ”
"There should have been one dead, and a few hands wounded."
Wyatt and Holiday glanced at each other.
They now know what those shit-like things at the door are.
Suddenly, from the corner of the stairs, a slight cough sounded.
Wyatt and Holiday looked in the direction of the sound.
Chen Jianqiu stood there.
He nodded at this side, and motioned for the two to follow him.
The two followed Chen Jianqiu into the room and found that Camilla, Hanif and Sean were also in the room.
"Jesse James has a ranch here." Chen Jianqiu walked to the window and closed the window, "White has an undercover agent or an informant inside. ”
"They may be in the livestock trading center tomorrow." Sean added.
"So, my advice is that we can continue to track White tomorrow, and then there is a good chance that we can find Jesse James's hideout." Hanif gave his own advice.
"As for whether to attack directly at that time, or watch them merge with fire, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman, you can do it."
Camilla also agreed with Hanif.
In the entire room, only Wyatt and Holiday did not say a word.
Chen Jianqiu leaned his butt on the table, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and looked at Wyatt.
"Wyatt, you're familiar here, what do you think?"
Wyatt took a deep breath and said:
"Chen, do you know where I just went?"
"The innkeeper told me that the judge of Dodge was looking for you, and if I remember correctly, your name seems to be 'Hapless Brown.'" Chen Jianqiu thought for a moment and said.
"Yes, he is both the judge of the Dodges and the top leader of the Dodge gang." "When I was at Dodger, I was trying my best to fight crime, so I didn't get along well with him. ”
"But because they were still restrained at that time, I was useful to him, and I didn't completely ruthlessly attack him, so I didn't completely tear each other's faces."
"Then what is he looking for you for?" Hanif asked, confused.
"He heard about what happened to me in Arizona and thought I had figured it out, so he wanted to bring me back into the gang."
I don't know if I think this reason sounds ridiculous, or if it touches something inside, Wyatt pauses.
He went from sheriff to wanted man in just a few days, and he took the lives of his two older brothers.
"He dragged you into the gang? And what about Carson? You know, he almost died at your hands. Holiday snorted.
Wyatt woke up from his memories.
"I wasn't going to say yes to him."
This sentence was said to Holiday and Chen Jianqiu. ”
"I just want to say that there's a reason why Brown's 'Dodgers' have been able to do so much lawlessness in Dodge City for so many years."
Chen Jianqiu looked at the sheriff intently, expressing his willingness to hear about it.
"The first is that I cleaned up some of the criminals for him, and firmly guarded the bottom line of separating the residential area by the railway, which ensured the security on the other side of the railway. So those local residents thanked him, and it won him votes. ”
"The second is that they have more control over Dodger City than most people think, and he is full of his eyeliner here, and he will not easily allow Pinkerton to take Jesse James on his turf."
"And Jesse James won't necessarily come back to his farm, and even if he does, he won't show up so easily."
Hanif added that he has a lot of experience.
"If you miss once, not only will the thief run away again. The complexity of Dodge City as you describe it, and the consequences are unpredictable. ”
Wyatt nodded, agreeing with the former bounty hunter.
Chen Jianqiu thought about the meeting between White and Carson tonight, and said, "So, this is why White secretly ran out to meet with the tavern owner by himself. ”
"He can't trust me and his colleagues, and the risk of arresting people here is too great, and the slightest carelessness will be very costly."
"I won't follow tomorrow for the time being, just wait and see what happens." Chen Jianqiu finally made a decision.
White returned to his hotel.
He didn't care about his colleagues who were looking for flowers and asking if Liu had returned, but sat alone in the room and thought about it for a long time.
The next morning.
The sun had just risen, the sun was rising in the east, and the sun was shining into Dodge City.
With the sound of a steam whistle, the first train of the day has entered Dodge City.
The residential area is busy, with a lot of pedestrians, and the residents have already started their new day.
Today is the day of the month when Dodge City trades in livestock.
Cowboys began to drive their cattle into the city, and they came out of the pastures early to sell them for a good price for their owners.
On the other side of the track, the red-light district was silent, in stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of last night.
White appeared at the back door of the hotel.
He glanced left and right, lowered the brim of his hat, and walked over to the other side of the railway.
White eventually decided to meet up with Jeffries.
Because the next time he had to meet again, he would have to risk having the tavern keeper deliver the news.
Only he knew that the tavernkeeper and Jeffries were actually Pinkerton's detectives.
White was careful and walked out of the hotel after making sure no one was following outside.
But he didn't know that no one was watching him outside, but inside the tavern, someone was watching his whereabouts.
This person is none other than his colleague Donovan, whom he regarded as a waste.
When he returned last night, he had already noticed that White was not in the room.
"That guy went out early in the morning again." Donovan knocked on Tom's door, "This thing is going to eat alone again." ”
"You wait for me a moment." Tom stuck in the crack in the door, shirtless, sleepy-eyed.
Donovan knew that he hadn't had enough of the last night and brought the woman back.
"Stop fucking playing with women, if he catches Jesse James alone, then in the New Mexico Division, we never want to lead the team alone!" Donovan wanted to get this guy out of the room right away.
Tom had to put on a dress and follow Donovan out of the hotel.
The two men began to follow White, who had just left.
can be a small boss in the Pinkerton Detective Agency, more or less have a little ability, and the skill points of these two people are focused on tracking.
These two men were so skilled at stalking that even the seasoned White didn't notice them.
They followed White into the livestock exchange.
Although it is still early, it is already bustling with people coming and going.
Livestock traders are constantly communicating with ranchers or cowboys, including but not limited to the state of the cattle themselves, and the quality of the beef can be judged from the state.
They stole each other's information and bargained.
White walked between them, occasionally chatting casually with some of them.
Then, he stopped in front of a cowboy wearing a yellow cowboy hat.
The cowboy was bending over, checking the leg of the cow next to him.
Then, he saw White.
A smile appeared on his face:
"Sir, do you want to buy a cow?"
(End of chapter)