Survival begins with Red Dead Redemption 2

Chapter 46 46, Armadillo, Blackwater, Baozhilin
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"His eyes?"

"What eyes?"

"Mayor Lacy's eyes, although he is always smiling, but there is no smile in his eyes, and people who look at them panic."

"Really? What about my eyes, what can you see?"

"Pain, your eyes tell me you are in pain."

"Painful? Silly boy."

Dai Pingan rubbed Archie's head vigorously, but didn't speak any more.

On the way back, Archie introduced to Dai Pingan that his father leased the land from the mayor of Lacy. It turned out that the land occupied by Downs Ranch was also owned by the mayor of Lacy.

Only then did Dai Pingan know that 90.00% of the land near Valentine, including many forests, belonged to Mayor Lacy, even the church in the town that was not burned down.It's no wonder Mayor Lacy can keep so many people in the town in line, and it's no wonder Cornwall pays a lot of money to buy Valentine from him.

In the evening, Arthur came back after a hard day and brought back some ginseng.It turned out that Strawberry Township in West Elizabeth, next door, also received news of Valentine's fire. In order to prevent the O'Driscots from fleeing, the police and Detective Pinkerton increased their patrol manpower.It was not easy for Arthur to dig a few roots of ginseng from under someone's nose.

Looking at the somewhat embarrassed Arthur, Dai Pingan handed over the telegram received during the day with a wry smile.

"Armadillo? Robinson? I know Armadillo. Who's Robinson?"

"That's an old friend I miss very much. It's not important. What's important is Armadillo. There's a hospital there that can cure Mrs. Killington. So we're going to Armadillo."

Arthur was silent.

Armadillo, a prosperous and affluent town, is located in New Austin, west of West Elizabeth.The climate there is dry and the desert is everywhere. It was originally inaccessible, but later the discovery of oil attracted the influx of people.Because it is far away from civilization, there are the most three kinds of people there, workers, policemen, and gangsters.

Before the Van der Lin gang robbed Blackwater Town, they were living in New Austin. They were naturally familiar with Arthur in Armadillo Town. He was silent, not because the journey to Armadillo Town was too far, but because It's about worrying about how to get there.

To go to Armadillo Town, you have to go through West Elizabeth. If Strawberry Town in the north of West Elizabeth is only heavily raided, then Blackwater Town, which is heavily guarded in the south, is simply a hell for gangsters and robbers like them.

As a transition from the wild west to modern civilization, Blackwater Town has not only accumulated a lot of wealth, but its local police have a more modern and powerful law enforcement system and more effective law enforcement capabilities.Unlike some other state towns, the Blackwater Police Department has the most modern weapons, a large number of guards and defensive tactics, and its law enforcement efficiency is second only to the Saint-Denis Police, which also means that any hostile attacker or criminal will be killed. Facing a severe blow, they, the Van der Lin Gang, have a deep understanding of this.

How hard it is to think about it, Daqi and the others only made a vote in Heishui Town in the first place.

The southern area of ​​West Elizabeth, represented by Blackwater Town, has become a forbidden area for members of the Van der Lin gang. Let alone passing by, as long as they set foot on that land for half a day, the police and detectives who heard the news will catch them all.

"What hospital would be in Armadillo?"

"In our Chinese hospital, your Western doctors say that there is no way to treat tuberculosis, so I can only consider our Chinese medicine."

"Chinese medicine?"

Arthur heard about this kind of medicine for the first time, but he knew that New Austin was undergoing large-scale railway construction. Many Chinese laborers made a living by building railways. It was normal for a Chinese hospital to be in Armadillo Town.But he was still a little curious about this Chinese hospital.

"What's the name of this hospital?"

"Baozhilin!"

The next day, Dai Ping'an and Arthur took Sadie and Mary and left Downs Ranch in a carriage regardless of Mrs. Downs's request.Everyone knew in their hearts that this trip to Armadillo Town to seek medical treatment would definitely encounter many problems along the way, but Arthur couldn't help but watch Mary die from hemoptysis, so he could only hold on to this last hope.

What's more, Dai Ping'an also said that he has a way to pass West Elizabeth, and this long journey begins.

Dai Pingan and the others left. The money he left behind this time was not much, but it was enough for Downs, mother and son to live carefree for two years.Mrs. Downs is going to raise some light animals, and while Archie is doing farm work, he also starts to study and practice shooting. Everything seems to be back on track, and Downs Ranch has once again restored its former tranquility.

Another two days passed, at night.

The lights in the mother and son's room were turned off, and the pasture also fell silent, except for a few newly bought Berkshire pigs and young spotted pigs in the pigsty who were still whimpering and whining.In their field of vision, two strange black figures were coming over the fence from the back of the pasture.

Out of the woods on the east side of Downs Ranch, on a piece of flat ground near the valley, several black figures also appeared, and a small freight wagon was parked there.They also wore black robes and black pointed masks. One of them was holding a lantern, and the rest were digging on the ground with shovels.

Soon, several sacks buried in the ground were dug out, and the man in black moved the heavy sacks to the carriage, and the man in black who was holding the lantern finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He took off his mask, the sweat of excitement dripping from the tip of his high hooked nose.He took out a bottle of red wine and several glasses from the carriage to express his desire to celebrate. The next moment, the scarlet wine was rippling in the goblet.

Everyone felt a little awkward, but the hooked nose that took the lead had already drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp, and the others had no choice but to take off their masks and drink.When everyone looked up to drink, no one noticed that the index finger with the hooked nose slowly slid along the rim of the goblet.

From scratch, from low to high, a strange but rhythmic sound sounded.On weekdays, this kind of sound is easy to be ignored, but in this silent night, it can be heard very clearly.

The four people who had just drank soon realized something was wrong, but it was too late, their whole bodies had already stiffened and lost control of their bodies.

Hooked Nose took out a dagger, and quickly slashed across the neck of one of them.The man's body immediately returned to normal, but his neck had been cut open, and fluid that could not be blocked by both hands gushed out from the wound, and his body twitched a few times before he stopped moving.

Facing the terrified gazes of the remaining three people, Hooked Nose walked towards the second target. Just as his dagger was already on the opponent's neck, a voice sounded from the woods behind him:
"What are you doing, Father Limpani?"

The immature voice made the hairs on the hooked nose stand on end in fright, but what was even more frightening was the voice of another person:
"Kids, don't be blind!"

(End of this chapter)