Chapter 24: The situation takes a sharp turn
The door of the tavern was slammed open, and dozens of menacing Chinese gunmen poured in, shouting loudly in a stack;
"The agreement hall is in charge, irrelevant personnel please leave, and we will help the master to entertain guests in the wine account, and please bear with me if I don't get it."
This statement is soft and hard, and it cannot be refuted.
There were a few tables left in the tavern where the reluctant white cowboy could only stand up, kick the stool down, and leave with a curse in his mouth.
A group of Chinese gunmen surrounded Liu Wu and six others from all directions, staring at them tightly with the excitement and cruelty of the prey being caught.
"Wait a minute, there's something you guys can go out and settle with, this is my tavern."
Old Barr finally pulled out the double-barreled shotgun from the counter, and the muzzle of the black hole was pointed directly at the Chinese gunman who poured in, and his face was bloodied with anger, and he was extremely angry.
"Good, good, good, really good."
A calm voice came from outside the tavern, and upon hearing this voice, the Chinese gunmen who poured in immediately divided into two sides, making way for a narrow road in between.
Lin Zhanyuan, who was dressed in a silk robe, slapped his face lightly a few times, and then walked in leisurely.
Behind him was Lin Zhengde, a thin white paper fan, who also looked arrogant as the eldest and my second, and he was still holding a folding fan in his hand, looking like he was underbeaten.
"I don't know if you are smart or stupid, are you impatient with the hardships in the ravine, knowing that Datang will be a rabbit tail that can't grow, and now you regret it?"
Lin Zhanyuan spoke in a tone and walked in with square steps, just in time to see Old Barr holding a double-barreled shotgun with an angry face, and the muzzle of the black hole was pointed at him.
This made him pause, and then he said with a warm smile on his face; "Dear old Mr. Barr, you don't need to point a gun at me, I pay for the loss of the tavern today, how about 10 ounces of gold? Or just 15 ounces of gold, rest assured, we'll be away with someone soon, and nothing will be lost here. ”
Hearing the other party's generous offer, Old Barr's face was so gloomy that it looked better, and he slowly put down the gun in his hand and said; "Don't kill people in my tavern, that's the bottom line."
"OK, no problem." Lin Zhanyuan got rid of the threat of the muzzle, his courage became strong again, he walked in front of Liu Wu and the others, and said with a grim smile on his face;
"These guys used to be members of the Protocol Hall, and when they entered the door of my Protocol Hall, they were born as members of the Protocol Hall, and died as ghosts of the Protocol Hall.
If you want to get out of the mountain gate, you can't help but give up your life.
Don't think that if you find a backer, you won't be able to put the gang in your eyes, this is the territory of the foreign adult, and it is not the turn of the milky man surnamed Li to call the shots.
Jianghu affairs, rivers and lakes.
I, Lin someone, asked myself to treat you well, and brought you all the way to North America to make a fortune, but you turned out to be an anti-bone boy that everyone spit on.
For the sake of my former brothers, I have the heart to let you go.
However, there is a master of heaven and earth, and there are gang rules and precepts, and it is difficult for me to do it, brother!
What do you think?
Do you want to be escorted back with broken hands and feet, or obediently disarm and surrender, follow the young gang leader back to the rudder, and ask the second master to open the incense hall? ”
Lin Zhanyuan thinks that he has the chance to win, and he doesn't mind showing his generosity, anyway, these 6 anti-bone boys are already caged birds, surrounded by dozens of gunmen, are you still afraid that he will fly into the sky?
Liu Wu and the others just stood up, put their right hand on the revolver musket on their waists, glared angrily at the crowd of comers, and did not open their mouths to refute.
Lin Zhengde, the white paper fan next to him, looked impatient, closed the fan in his hand, and said fiercely; "What nonsense are you talking about with them? Where does this gang of Ziqiu Ba know what benevolence and righteousness are, they directly broke their legs and dragged them back, opened the Xiangtang with three knives and six holes, and beat them to death with sticks, why do they need to be so troublesome? ”
His words made the people around him nervous, and the conflict was on the verge of breaking out.
At this time
A cold voice came from outside the house; "What do you mean by fighting, killing, killing? Liu Wu is my person, without me Richard nodding, I think who dares to touch him a single hair? ”
Hear the voice
Lin Zhanyuan and the rest of the group turned back suddenly, some of them had already pulled out their guns in a panic, only to hear the sound of "pop papa" 4 shots, and a tall and slender figure walked in from outside the door, holding a smoking revolver musket in his hand.
Hearing the sound of gunshots, more than 20 Chinese gunmen suddenly rushed out of the room on the second floor, all of the long and short guns in their hands pointed at the people, shouting loudly; "Don't move, put your hands up, or I'll shoot you in the head."
This situation took a sharp turn, which caught Lin Zhanyuan off guard and stood on the spot.
In the crowd
The four Protocol Hall gunmen who had just reached out for their guns had already been shot and fell to the ground, letting out a howl of pain after being shot, and the strong smell of blood permeated the air, shocking the others.
Liu Wu and the other six took the opportunity to take out their revolvers and rushed forward to disarm the overwhelmed gunmen of the Agreement Hall.
It's not good
Lin Zhanyuan, who had just come back to his senses, suddenly dragged a gunman in front of him, picked up the bench and smashed it against the oil lamp, this action was very sudden, and it was completed almost instantly.
Richard reacted very quickly, and the two shots of the revolver musket in his hand "snapped" when there was no room for fire, and just hit the gunman in front of Lin Zhanyuan, and the two bewitching blood flowers immediately bloomed.
Lin Zhanyuan did not hesitate after reacting, kicked the two benches one by one, kicked the rest of the oil lamps, raised his hand and lifted the heavy wooden table and smashed it, causing chaos on the spot.
The bench smashed against the oil lamp, and the light in the tavern dimmed instantly, and the struggling gunmen of the Protocol Hall added to the confusion.
That's when it happened
Richard had already drawn another revolver, and several shots in succession hit the rebellious protocol gunner, and he shouted; "As I Richard said, if you dare to resist, you will die."
The gunmen on the second floor also rushed down to help control the situation, and in just a few minutes, the remaining 20 or so gunmen in the Protocol Hall were all disarmed and controlled.
The kerosene lamp was re-lit, but Lin Zhanyuan, Lin Zhengde and a gang backbone named Mo Lao Liu were missing, and the three of them had escaped by taking advantage of the chaos.
"Shiheng, you take 10 people to press them here, pay attention to the armed guard, to prevent the agreement hall from robbing people, the rest of the people come with me, let's go to Lin Zhanyuan's lair."
Richard hurriedly confessed, and then handed over the two revolvers that had been emptied of bullets to Gao Shiheng, and took the two revolvers that were full of bullets from him.
Time was of the essence, and he didn't have time to reload.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he hurried out of the Old Barr Tavern with 17 men, joined the more than 50 pikemen waiting outside, and hurried away in the direction of the rudder of the protocol hall.
Tonight, the purpose is to end the old nest of the Protocol Hall, so Richard brought most of the manpower, whether it is a strong attack or a hard fight, the territory of the Protocol Hall Richard is going to be decided.
The appearance of Liu Wu and others in the Old Barr Tavern was a trap in itself, that is, to wipe out all the Chinese gunmen who could be used by the Protocol Hall.
In the tavern
Richard killed nine people in a row, these were all Chinese gunmen who could sense the real killing intent in his spiritual sense, so he simply made a pot of stew, so as not to leave future troubles.
In the thick of the night
Richard led the men in the direction of the rudder, and when he passed a Victorian stone house, he looked at it with a sharp gaze, and left quickly without a pause.
In the houseyard
The sheriff, John, and more than a dozen of his policemen were all in the dimly lit room, heavily armed, but without a single kerosene lamp, like ghosts in the night.
"Oh Sell Gaga, he looked at me, God, he looked at me, do you feel it? I felt like he could see us, damn the hell. ”
"Did he find us?"
"It's impossible, I only recruited people after I found the Chinese gunman in the Old Barr Tavern, who will leak the news here?"
"So how do you explain that...... I swear he did look at it, and it was a warning, and I couldn't be mistaken. ”
"Damn the Orientals, they use this as a battlefield, but this is my territory." John also saw that terrible look, like a sharp knife into his heart.
It seems that if you act rashly, you will encounter great danger to your life, this is the instinct of an old gunslinger who has lived and died in the wilderness of western North America.
So John didn't blame the mounted officer Isambad Brunel for whispering, he himself was a little creepy.
In today's Western world
Superstition and belief in God are eternal themes, and theological education occupies more than half of the curriculum in secondary and tertiary schools, and both devout Catholics and Protestants have a deep belief in God and ghosts.
Atheists are rare in today's world, almost one in ten thousand.
"Perhaps...... These Orientals are devils from hell. ”
I don't know who suddenly said something, and the faces of all the white policemen present changed greatly, and they felt cold hairs on their backs.
The cold wind blowing from the open door exacerbated this terrifying feeling, some people were already weak in their legs, no matter how bold they were, no one dared to face the devil in hell!
"Sir, this is the infighting of those Orientals, we don't need to intervene, I see that there are at least hundreds of people in the Grape Valley, and the terrible gunman Richard, once the fire is up, we will not have enough people!"
"yes, it's none of our business."
"Damn it, I hate trouble, I've heard that these mysterious Orientals can do magic, it's best not to provoke them."
"I'm for it."
Hearing the words of these policemen under him, there was fear in his tone, and John's hard face, which was like a knife splitting an axe, quickly became iron and speechless.
Under the leadership of Liu Wu and others, Richard led nearly 70 gunmen to rush to the rudder and soon came to a nearby neighborhood.
Suddenly
In the night, there was a crisp sound of gunfire, "pop, pop, pop, ......", which spread far away in the silent night, and the Chinese gunmen who were surrounding them fell four or five bullets, letting out a scream.
"Queue up, get ready for battle!" Captain Dai Changfu shouted, and the running team quickly stopped, and began to line up in the night, checking firearms and preparing for battle.