Chapter 537: The Turtledove's Distress
Just as Old Marley crossed the border to ask for help, Asuka also set off with a search party.
At the same time, there was also Luozen.
She rode to Juarez with Chen Jianqiu's letter.
In the evening, both teams returned.
A piece of good news, a piece of bad news, and a piece of news that I don't know if it's good or bad.
The good news is that Juarez found out that his wife had disappeared with the turtledove, but the latter had left the child in the care of a female worker who knew him well in the factory.
With their understanding of turtle doves, he probably can't play any "outlaw mandarin ducks wandering the rivers and lakes".
His wife must have taken care of Jerónimo in the past, and the Great Chief should not have died, but he may have been seriously injured.
The bad news is that Asuka and they have searched around the valley, but they still can't find where Turtledove and Jerónimo are hiding.
It is still too difficult to find a hiding place in a valley that is more than 60 kilometers long, with many forks in the road, and the situation is complicated.
In the process of searching, they also met people from the old Malai tribe.
These people are also looking for turtledoves and Geronimo.
The two sides saw each other from a distance, and they knew each other tacitly, and they continued to look for each other without even saying hello.
And the news, which was not good or bad, was brought by a member of the Border Detective Agency in the evening.
The detective came from Juarez.
Less than half an hour after Wright Sr. left Wiltord's barracks, White knew the news, the head of the Border Detective Agency's southwest section in Santa Fe.
Because the journey from the barracks to the nearest telegraph station is half an hour.
The message passed through White's hand and then went to the Juarez branch of the detective agency.
During the day, the conversation between Old Wright and Wiltord was retold to Chen Jianqiu as it was, and even a few people in the room at that time could clearly say it.
Colonel Wiltord seems to have forgotten where the name of the Border Detective Agency came from, how could he let go of such an important place.
"It's bad news, it's still good news."
In the tent, the bird looked at Chen Jianqiu with some concern.
If the U.S. federal border guards intervene in this matter, I'm afraid things will get complicated.
"Good news." Chen Jianqiu said disappreciatively, "I'm thinking about beating them, but for the sake of the Federation's face, it's not good to clean them up in the United States." ”
"But the Mexican government doesn't dare to offend the U.S. federal for us, right?" Asuka thought for a moment and said, "It's too late to transfer troops from Roswell." ”
Chen Jianqiu looked at the bird with satisfaction.
The Indian man in front of him has matured, and when he thinks about things, he will consider all aspects, unlike more than ten years ago, when he only knew that he was thinking about revenge.
"Who said I only had Roswell soldiers?"
Chen Jianqiu slowly took out his seal and prepared to write a letter.
"We're in Juarez, and there's more than 2,000 people."
He smiled slyly at the birds.
"Remember, the titular rulers of this place are the Romero family."
Sometimes, the puppet still has its use.
Chen Jianqiu finished writing the troop transfer order, then stamped his own seal on it and handed it to Asukia.
The bird took the order and left.
The clock was fast approaching evening.
Chen Jianqiu stayed in his tent and ate dinner.
Dinner was boiled potatoes and roast beef.
Potatoes basically have no taste and can only be eaten with a plate of salt next to them.
Roast beef is even more "charred on the outside and tender on the inside".
Coke is real coke, black like a lump of charcoal; Tender is really tender, and blood is still oozing out.
This is not the same as the traditional sense of "medium ripeness".
The "blood water" oozing from the medium-rare steak is actually derived from myoglobin.
But the blood in this piece of beef is real blood.
However, on the march outside, these things can't be paid attention to, and he doesn't have time to handle them himself, so he can only let those big-headed generals come.
On this day, it seems that there is no gain, but in fact, the undercurrent is surging.
The cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods all came out.
Chen Jianqiu really didn't expect that there would be so many people in this small Indian town who were thinking carefully.
He now finally understood why it was so difficult to find any decent resistance other than Asuka's father, Crazy Horse, and the Big and Small Horn Battles of the Sitting Cow Organization.
The gap between science and technology, the economy, and the system is one thing, but the lack of unity is the more important reason.
Chen Jianqiu ate his dinner as if he were a date, and began to continue looking at the map on the table.
It's late at night.
In the tent, Chen Jianqiu no longer looked at the map, he was half-lying on the bed, holding his cheeks, looking at the villain book by the light.
Suddenly, he spoke:
"Come in! It's better to sneak outside the tent than to come in and sit down. ”
A pair of feet wearing moccasins appeared at the base of the tent curtain.
The so-called moccasins, in fact, are wrapped with a piece of animal skin, and then tied up with a straw rope, which is a unique shoe of the Indians.
And the owner of the shoes, opened the curtain and walked in.
"What, you finally remembered to look for me?"
Chen Jianqiu still lowered his head.
He glanced at the shoes, and naturally guessed the owner of the shoes.
It is a turtle dove.
Ordinary people do not have the ability to break into their barracks, and avoid the sentinels outside, and come to their tents.
"Mr. Chen, forgive me for not being honest with you before, because things are very complicated." Ikadove made an apologetic gesture, "I have a hard time. ”
Chen Jianqiu closed the villain book and sat up from the bed.
"You should explain your troubles to me."
"Someone has moved on the rope of the Great Chief." Turtledove said.
"I know, we've all seen that rope." Chen Jianqiu pointed to the chair in front of him and motioned for Turtledove to sit down, "You sit down and talk." ”
But the turtledove had no intention of sitting down.
He still maintained a very respectful posture.
"I was standing next to the Great Chief when he fell off the cliff, and I watched as the rope broke."
The turtledove seemed to be recalling the scene, and its expression was still painful.
"My heart was about to fall out of my chest!"
"I rushed to the edge of the cliff, but I didn't find any sign of the chief, so I immediately sent the armadillo back to town to ask for help."
"I lay on the edge of the cliff and searched everywhere along the edge, and finally I saw the big chief on the side."
"He was lying on a raised part of the cliff, already unconscious, and above him was a tree that he must have been hanging from when he fell, and then fell right on the raised platform."
Speaking of this, the turtledove's lips twitched unconsciously, and he looked like he was palpitating.
"So, how did you get him up?" Chen Jianqiu asked.
"I came up on his back." "I went down there with my own rope, and then tied the chief with the broken rope to me, and climbed up again. ”
"You mean, you carried an unconscious man on your back and climbed up that kind of cliff that is close to 90 degrees?" Chen Jianqiu was a little puzzled.
From normal logic, it seems a little too surreal.
"I don't know how I did it, I just wanted to bring the Great Chief with me." Turtledove doesn't explain anything.
"Okay, let's not talk about that." Chen Jianqiu didn't continue the topic, but changed it, "Then why don't you tell Luo Cen directly, or me?" When I came, you had the opportunity to speak to me. ”
The turtledove took a deep breath.
"Because I couldn't trust anyone, including you."
The first chapter is updated, and the second one is after 12 o'clock
(End of chapter)