Chapter Eighty-Seven: Characteristics of the Times

For the city at the end of the 18th century, Zhang Zicheng has a different feeling.

It was a bit of a disappointment at first, and while it was to be expected to be dirty and dusty, there weren't many of the features I imagined.

Rail-rail cars and horse-drawn carriages are new, but other than that, they are just white versions of backward counties.

But immediately, Zhang Zicheng shook his head and denied his idea.

As an industrial city in the west, it is trying to eliminate the wild atmosphere further west, and maintain the superficial civilization construction and law and order. So things like the vengeful cowboy duels, the gang fights of all races, and the racial conflicts between black and white people, if any, are not everywhere on the streets.

This is not a tourist city, there is no supporting facilities for outsiders, and as a 'future' tourist, without a guide, the understanding of the city is already superficial, and naturally you can only go to see some cheap and inferior bricks and tiles.

So in order to have a deeper understanding of the customs of this world, Zhang Zicheng planned to live in this city for a few days.

It's just that he doesn't have any money on him, so he still has to find a job first.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zicheng turned around and asked Ti Lulu: "By the way, the Joseph who wanted to rob us just now, do you see what he did before?" ”

At this time, Tilulu had already changed positions, sat on the horse's buttocks, leaned back against her father, took a deep breath of enjoyment, and said lazily, "Well, although I don't really understand what he does. But at least I saw a few scenes of him shooting people with his face covered, and there were a group of people like him around him. ”

Ah, the western characteristics, the people who walk in the city may be a gangster on the grassland.

Zhang Zicheng shook his head and said, "That's okay, let him continue to do what you say." ”

Tilulu nodded, stretched out her hand, gestured like a gun, aimed with one eye, and let out a "biu~" sound from her mouth.

On the outskirts of the city, a man with blank eyes suddenly raised the gun in his hand and aimed it at his throat.

"Joseph! What are you doing?! The two companions of Joseph came across on the road and were shocked when they saw this.

They are companions who came to the city with Joseph, responsible for purchasing the materials needed by the gang, and by the way, they are looking for information to see if the limelight has been tight recently, whether there are any low-risk good deals, and then to find out the movements of the hostile gangs, whether they coincide with the scope of their own gang's activities.

Unexpectedly, less than half an hour after they split up, they saw Joseph walking on the street in a daze, and he didn't even respond to his greetings.

Even though one of them slapped Joseph a few times, the other party still looked stupid and walked unswervingly towards the outskirts of the city.

Even when the two of them tried to forcibly control Joseph, they were shocked to find that the other party's actions seemed to be unstoppable. Stretching out his hand around his neck, he will drag himself with him. stretched out his foot and stumbled his leg, trying to trip it first, but his leg was kicked and turned purple.

So the two companions of the gang looked at each other, and they couldn't help but feel a chill down their backs. Even though they had already killed people, it was the first time they had encountered such a strange situation, and they didn't know what to do at the moment except for following Joseph.

But who knows, when Joseph seems to have finally arrived at his destination, the river outside the city of Annis, he will pull out a gun and kill himself!

The reaction of the two was not unpleasant, and one of them quickly reached out and grabbed Joseph's wrist with all his might. However, it felt like he was wrestling with a steam engine in a factory, as if he was facing unshakable steel.

And the other person was even more decisive, he directly pulled out the matching gun, aimed it at Joseph's hand holding the gun and pulled the trigger!

"Bang!" With a bang, the birds in the forest on the outskirts of the city were startled, the pedestrians passing by in the distance turned their heads and ran, the ducks on the surface of the water flapped their wings and flapped their wings and crawled away, and even the fish ventilated on the surface of the water flicked their tails and returned to the murky bottom of the river.

And the two were even more shocked.

Because Joseph, even though his palm was pierced by a bullet, he still did not react, his eyes were blank, and he let the blood flow, and in a logical attitude, he aimed the barrel of the gun at his jaw and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

Gunshots rang out in the same way.

Against the backdrop of the previous gunshot, the world's reaction to the second gunfire was so silent.

"Plop."

The silence was so loud that the sound of Joseph's body falling to the ground was as clear as the sound of gunfire.

The two looked at each other in silence, chilling all over their bodies.

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"Sir, did you come to the police station to report the crime?"

When the sound of pushing the door sounded, the police officer who was showing his head at the wooden reception window looked up, saw the comer, and immediately greeted him.

The reason why the police officer who accepted the report was so polite was, of course, because of Zhang Zicheng's dress and temperament.

Zhang Zicheng's temperament is naturally not the so-called majesty of the superior, but the calmness and casualness that most modern people show when they have the most sense of security.

To put it simply, it is a sense of freedom that has never suffered a loss and does not care whether there are risk factors around it.

It's like a noble kid who treats everything like a game......

This kind of temperament, coupled with the neat coat on the other party's body, and the cute little girl around him, almost instantly, the police officer regarded him as a big man.

As for Zhang Zicheng's golden appearance, it is not a problem...... In fact, the officer didn't put the other party's appearance closer to the Asian at all.

During this period, Asians who can come to the United States must lose at least three layers of skin first. After experiencing various problems such as wind and sun, water and soil adaptation, and language barriers, no matter whether they are poor or poor in China, whether they are ordinary farmers or businessmen, they will be tossed and embarrassed in the end. In this case, you can't pay attention to the so-called appearance at all, and it's not easy to toss yourself neatly.

And most Asians do not have the habit of wearing brimmed sunhats, unlike white people who either wear gentleman's hats or cowboy hats, and often squint when they are not used to the scorching sun of the West, which forms stereotypes and racial discrimination against Asians.

Therefore, in fact, the Chinese Americans in the United States during this period are just haggard caused by poverty, and when they become rich, they can still have the top appearance of Zunlong.

These things are naturally impossible for an ordinary police officer in a western city to understand, and he just guesses with a hazy sixth sense based on the experience of the first half of his life that he is a big man who is either rich or noble.

Zhang Zicheng smiled and shook his head gently, looked at the several reward orders that had been nailed up on the bounty bar next to him, and looked closer.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be interested in the criminal, the police officer couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, the west is too big, and the government's jurisdiction can't penetrate deep into the towns." It is only the creation of so many outlaws, this gentleman, you should be optimistic about the appearance of these people, and be careful if you encounter them. ”

As he spoke, he looked down at the pink-haired little girl holding Zhang Zicheng's hand, revealing an expression of amazement: "Oh my God, what a cute child...... Seriously, sir, if I were you, I would take my little angel with me and buy a train to the east now and go back to the safe civilized world. ”

Of course, this police officer did not think of the other party as a bounty hunter, the bounty hunter just said it nicely, but in fact he was a bounty hunter when he took off his mask, and he was a robber and robber when he put on his mask. However, some unlucky, with witnesses, were hung on the bounty column.

For the most part, bounty hunters and bounty criminals are little more than a dog-eat-dog relationship, and the police and the government are happy to do the same.

And this gentleman with his daughter as if he was on an outing was obviously not a jackal-like bounty hunter, so he was naturally just curious.

Zhang Zicheng didn't say anything, and said with a slight smile: "Thank you for your suggestion." ”

With that, he left with Tilulu.

Before arresting the criminal, of course, Zhang Zicheng didn't need to talk about being a bounty hunter, after all, he was also self-aware, knowing that he definitely didn't have the tempered temperament of a real bounty hunter, so there was no need to explain anything.

Moreover, he did not convince others to believe in his needs in advance, as long as the criminal was brought back in the end, the police department could give money.

After going out, Zhang Zicheng immediately found that there were many people around his black horse.

Even one of them was lying on the ground not far away, with more air coming out and less air in, and there was a pit in his chest, and he was not alive.

Good guy, just came to the west for a tour, and in the blink of an eye, they killed two people.

Zhang Ziwei wanted to touch his hat helplessly, but he started with a VR headset, and then he remembered that he was still wearing a helmet.

It's really a strong sense of substitution, and it really feels like a crossing.

Realizing that his equipment was so immersive, Zhang Zicheng suddenly felt a lot better.

Even after getting on the horse, he didn't feel angry when he was stopped.

I saw a bald rough man with a big belly, wearing suspender jeans, and revealing two hairy forearms, and said viciously to himself: "This is your horse?" It kicked my friend to death! Money! ”

Zhang Zicheng shook his head and smiled, the black stalk he condensed naturally had a setting.

It will only be stopped by the extremely rough and inordinate attitude, or the desire to forcibly get on the horse and steal. And he will not come up and resist violently, only when he repeatedly prohibits it, will he further escalate his attitude. Other than that, an ordinary stroke, or even a slight attack, it won't be taken seriously.

So he didn't even have to ask what was going on, he knew that the man must have unclean hands and feet, and very unclean kind.

Zhang Zicheng couldn't help but sigh, some people even took out guns and wanted to rob their horses before, and now some people want to steal their horses, but they still want compensation after being kicked to death by Wu Qi. I had only been in the 18th century for half a day, and I encountered two and a half troubles...... Isn't there a feature of this era?

However, if you don't do something about it, there will definitely be no less trouble like this.

Generally speaking, for an ordinary person, if you want to solve similar things quietly, you need connections or deterrence. Zhang Zicheng naturally has no connections, so he can only simply deter.

So he lowered the brim of his hat and smiled: "I'm sorry, but I didn't see the process of the incident, who knows if your friend deliberately lay on the ground and touched porcelain?" ”

Although it is a Chinese word, in the translation of the system with 0 delay, it is still smoothly translated into an English word with the same meaning.

When the bald man heard this, he was furious and scolded: "Shameless! How could a dead man come and touch porcelain? Come down and see for yourself! ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and wanted to pull Zicheng's leg, but Wu Xiao took a step forward and raised his left hind leg alone like a sword master, "Bang! There was a bang on the bald man's chest.

The other party suddenly flew out of nearly seven or eight meters, drew a blood line in mid-air, and landed beside the first person with a thud, and immediately couldn't move.

The onlookers around were suddenly surprised and excitedly discussed.

This kind of Yangmadang Street kicking dead people is not uncommon, but it is basically an accident, and there are no two kicks in a row. This is the first time that the city's residents have seen such a conflict.

In the police station behind him, two policemen finally came out because of the movement outside, and one of them was the person who had just accosted Zhang Zicheng.

After the two of them simply asked someone about the situation, they suddenly showed a look of surprise.

The previous police officer, looking at Zhang Zicheng, also looked helpless and complicated.

He walked towards Zhang Zicheng and frowned, "Sir, you shouldn't hurt people." The first person is someone who wants to steal your horse, and he is kicked to death by your horse, and according to the laws of the city of Anis, you are not responsible. Can the second person ...... Even if he does it first, you face a hefty fine and jail time. ”

Zhang Zicheng smiled and said, "Really? But I don't think the two of them have anything to do with it? ”

The police officer was helpless, and wanted to say that your subjective opinion had no effect on the result, but he heard a burst of exclamations from behind him.

He looked back in amazement and found ...... The person who was lying on the ground before, like two pools of rotten meat, sat up from the ground with a blank face at this time.

And on their chests, although their clothes were still stained with blood and there was a hole in it, it could be clearly seen from the hole that the skin was unscathed and there were no signs of injury.

Zhang Zicheng laughed: "Look, I said that the two of them touched porcelain." ”

As he spoke, he bent down, took Tillulu's hand, picked one of the handfuls, put it on the horse's back, shook the reins, and said, "Drive." ”

Then he paced steadily.

The two police officers wanted to stop him, but because of the identity of the other party, they did not have the impulse, and instead carefully examined the bodies of the two 'victims' first.

If they really don't have the slightest problem, then there is no need to offend the gentleman who is not easy to look at.

After careful examination and compression, there was no injury at all, and the blood was obviously forged later, and the faces of the two police officers suddenly became unkind.

The two people who wanted to steal horses and blackmail were even more dazed, touched their chests, and said in a loud voice: "Impossible...... What's the matter, I almost thought I was dead......"

"Me ...... too"

And as Zhang Zicheng's figure on horseback left the sight, a sharp pain that pierced the heart diffused from the chest position again.

The two couldn't help but wail in unison: "Ahhhh It hurts! ”

"Ahh Help me! I'm going to die! I'm going to die! ”

In this scene, the two policemen who watched it had black lines on their faces.

I checked it just now, and even pressed their chests hard, obviously nothing happened, and suddenly started pretending again? What kind of good men and women do you really think can be policemen in western cities?

They stood up, drew their batons from their waists, and struck them at them, scolding, "Damn bastards! Still loading! Are you taking us for fools? Get up and fuck me off! ”

So in the countless people who saw the unreasonable scene just now, in the dazed and frightened silent eyes of the people around them, the two screamed louder and louder under the wielding of the baton.

So when the time came to the next day, almost the entire city knew that there was a mysterious man in Annis City, riding an extraordinary black horse and carrying a beautiful daughter.

On the first day he came to this city, he used unknown means to kill a person, and let the screams of the two people resound throughout the city all night.

There have been many people talking about it, and there have been countless eyewitnesses, but even so, in this era of civilization and ignorance, there are so many similar rumors that it is impossible to distinguish.

Therefore, many people have lost their awe of the unknown and mystery in the roar of gunpowder and gunpowder.

(End of chapter)