Two more days passed.

Pinker made little progress there.

According to his report, the dozens of sheep seemed to have evaporated and disappeared without a trace.

And the other side.

Chen Jianqiu asked the bird to stay at the cow's side for two days, but he actually asked him to bring a letter to the cow.

Let these Indians be vigilant against a possible white attack on the reservation.

He dragged Roosevelt to squat in a stable at the entrance of the town.

Flies and insects flew in the stable, and the smell was extremely unpleasant.

But it's the best place to observe the circus camp without being spotted.

Here, they watch every move in the circus.

The work of stalking is very boring, and the two begin to talk about each other.

"Where's that black boy over there?" Roosevelt asked, leaning against the pillars of the stable.

"Oh, I told him to go around town, it's useless here anyway."

Chen Jianqiu chewed a piece of beef jerky in his mouth.

The first day was calm and there was no movement.

The members of the circus performed at night, stayed in tents during the day, and did not come out until late in the evening to prepare for the evening show.

However, by the next day.

Something happened.

Around the end of the evening, a small figure slipped out of the back door of the camp.

The ponytail is very recognizable, and it is the woman who performs the shooting of apples.

She ran to the back of a hill behind the camp, then drew a horse and headed into the depths of the Badlands.

"Here's the work."

Chen Jianqiu threw away the straw he was playing with and got on the horse with Roosevelt.

Roosevelt and Chen Jianqiu got on the horse.

In order to prevent being discovered by the woman, they did not rush to catch up with the woman.

Instead, he followed her out of sight, following her according to the horse's tracks.

But the more he followed, the more solemn Roosevelt's face became.

"Damn, this is the direction of Pinker's Ranch."

At a fork in the road, he stood up after observing the marks on the ground.

"Pinker has been busy looking for sheep outside for the past two days, and it is estimated that there are only a few cowboys in the ranch."

"The gang has their eye on him, and Pinker's ranch is in danger."

However, Chen Jianqiu was not in a hurry at all:

"It's okay, they just went to one person, it should just be to investigate."

He pulled the reins and turned the horse's head.

"It's easy to find her on this plain, let's not startle the snake, let's go back and call someone first."

Roosevelt thought about it and felt that Chen Jianqiu had some truth in what he said, so he followed him back to the town.

As they passed by the circus camp, they were surprised to find that the circus people were not as busy with the evening performances as they were yesterday.

They walked back and forth between the tents, as if they were preparing something.

On the gate of the camp, there is a sign that reads: "Closed today!" ”

Roosevelt felt something was wrong.

"Let's go back to the police station first." Chen Jianqiu suggested, "Let's see if we can gather people." ”

It was already evening.

The townspeople are returning to their homes to get ready for dinner and rest.

The circus is not performing today.

The night will be the same as before, boring and boring again.

"Hey, Hughes! Did you see Pinker? Roosevelt asked a young man who was repairing the guardrail in front of his house.

When the young man turned around, he saw that it was Roosevelt, and he was immediately shocked:

"Mr. Roosevelt, where have you been? Catherine is looking for you everywhere. ”

Catherine was the name of the Roosevelt family's nanny.

"Catherine looking for me? Can I help you? Does she not have to take care of Alice? ”

Roosevelt asked with a frown.

"I don't know, she was crying, and she couldn't tell her if she asked her, she should be waiting for you at the police station now."

Hearing the young man say this, Roosevelt's face changed instantly.

He knew something was wrong.

“Yah！”

He raised his whip and galloped towards the police station, regardless of the heeding.

After arriving at the gate of the police station, Roosevelt could not wait to stop his horse, so he jumped off his horse and rushed into the gate of the police office.

Catherine was sitting in a chair with her hands folded, and Pink was standing beside her.

"What happened?"

Roosevelt's face was pale, but his voice remained calm.

"Mr. Roosevelt, I, I'm sorry for you, I, I didn't protect Alice."

Catherine sobbed as she said something amazing.

"She, she's been kidnapped."

Roosevelt's horsewhip fell to the ground without even him noticing.

After his wife and mother left, his daughter became almost his only one.

takes good care of her on weekdays, for fear that she will be wronged.

But now, someone actually kidnapped his palm pearl.

"Who tied it?"

Roosevelt's voice was grim, and his eyes looked like they were about to kill.

"No, I don't know."

"I took Alice out to play in the afternoon, and when I passed by a hillside, several masked men rushed out from the back of the hillside, pinned me to the ground, and snatched Alice away!"

Catherine could barely control her emotions, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

"Did they say anything?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

Pink handed a note to him and Roosevelt.

"They gave Catherine."

The letters on it were cut out of newspaper and put together.

Front:

By noon tomorrow, five thousand dollars, Moore Ranch, you're alone.

After receiving the money, we will let your daughter come back safely.

But if a second person appears, your daughter will die, and you will both die.

Chen Jianqiu flipped the note over.

Back:

Don't worry about what you shouldn't.

Moore's Ranch, the most recently looted ranch, is now in ruins.

And the so-called "don't worry about what shouldn't be done" naturally refers to a series of farm robberies that have occurred.

"Master, if we can save the young lady this time, let's go back, it's too dangerous here."

The nanny choked up with tears on her face.

"Let's think about how to save people first." Chen Jianqiu glanced at the nanny, "Among those masked people, is there a bald head?" ”

Catherine was stunned for a moment:

"Yes, uh, no, no, no, no, it seems to be, sorry, I don't remember exactly, I don't know."

"Damn, they're distracted!" Roosevelt slapped the table in a rare way.

"In our opinion, this is called a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain." Chen Jianqiu touched his chin and looked at Roosevelt, his expression was unpredictable, "Are we waiting for tomorrow?" Still is? ”

"No!"

Roosevelt began to arrange personnel:

"John, you go and inform the police officers and security management volunteers who are still in the town, and quickly come to the police station to assemble!"

"When everyone is ready, we'll go find them now! These goddamn circus bastards!"

In a short time, a dozen or so people gathered in the police station, and they were holding all kinds of guns in their hands.

Roosevelt briefly explained the situation and rushed out the door first.

Chen Jianqiu also walked to the door.

Outside, it was already dark.

He turned his head to look at Pinker, who was still standing in the same place, and asked with a smile:

"Mr. Pinker, aren't you going with you?"

Pinker looked at the nanny, then at Chen Jianqiu, and then followed out silently.

Roosevelt and the police quickly rushed to the door of the circus camp and surrounded the camp.

"Whoever is the head of the regiment, come out immediately!"

Roosevelt pulled out his gun and shouted into the camp.

At this time, torches and braziers were already lit in the camp.

The people outside the tent stopped and stood where they were.

Only then did Chen Jianqiu see clearly that what they were busy with before was maintaining their guns.

At this moment, they did not choose to raise their hands, but picked up all the guns on the table and held them in their hands.

And the people who stayed in the tent also came out one after another.

They're basically one person with one gun.

That bald head is also in there.

The eyes of these people are still as fierce as ever.

A one-armed old man came out from behind the men and stood in front of the crowd, in front of Roosevelt:

"I just, what?"

He asked Roosevelt without humility or arrogance.

Roosevelt's eyes were on fire, and he stared into the old man's eyes and said word by word:

"My daughter has been kidnapped!"

Before the one-armed old man could speak, the bald head spoke first:

"Mr. Roosevelt, I warned you to be careful."

"What did you say?"

No matter how good Roosevelt was, he couldn't help it.

He raised his gun and pointed it at the bald head.

I could only hear a "bang", and everyone at the scene, except for Chen Jianqiu, raised the guns in their hands and faced the opposite side.

There is tension on both sides, and a shootout is about to break out.

"You'd better be clear! Do you think it's funny to taunt me at this time? I'm telling you, if my daughter loses a single hair, I'll be sent to the gallows by all of you!" ”

Roosevelt yelled at the other side without showing any weakness.

As a man, the last thing he can bear is to do it to his family!

Pink stood behind his chief.

Roosevelt was talking, and he basically didn't speak.

The gun in his hand was pointed at the bald head opposite.

"If I say that it wasn't us who kidnapped your daughter, would you believe it?" The one-armed old man said coldly, "We don't bother to kidnap the little girl yet. ”

"Oh?"

Chen Jianqiu walked out.

The stalemate at the scene made him the only person here who was still moving.

He paced back and forth beside the men on either side, his gaze wandering over their faces, as if he did not pay attention to the spears and cannons in their hands.

"I have always believed that the west is a place for men, and robbers should be honest robbers, and don't engage in bells and whistles all day long."

"Too unprofessional!"

"There are three kinds of people I despise the most in my life."

"The first type is the person who preys on someone else's family."

"The second type is the one who preys on women."

"The third type is the one who preys on the child."

"First of all, I don't think this behavior is a good choice, but on the contrary, it will become a failure in all your actions and make your previous efforts go to waste."

Chen Jianqiu stopped behind Pinker.

Suddenly, Pinker felt his waist be pressed against a gun.

Chen Jianqiu's voice floated from the back of his head and drilled into his ears:

"So, Mr. Pinker, tell me, why did you kidnap Mr. Roosevelt's daughter?"

(End of chapter)