America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 16 The Uninvited Guest Maurice
The curtain of the tent was opened, and a gust of wind blew in, making the kerosene lamps in the tent shake wildly, and what floated in with the wind was a voice that Chen Jianqiu could never forget:

"Edward, long time no see. I heard that you are receiving guests?"

The person speaking is standing at the door, this person is wearing a yellow hat, with a silver police badge on the right chest, and a cigarette in his mouth, making people a little worried about whether his white beard will be smoked Lighted, when he raised his head, Chen Jianqiu saw his face clearly.

Isn't that Sergeant Morris?

Seven or eight heavily armed men followed behind him, but they were all stopped outside the camp.

The adjutant rushed in hastily: "Lieutenant, Captain Morris, uh, Sergeant Morris said he wanted to see you, I can't stop..."

The lieutenant's face was uncertain, and he waved his hand to make the adjutant retreat.

Morris was familiar with it, walked to the coffee stove, and poured himself a cup of hot coffee.

He directly ignored Chen Jianqiu's existence.

"Sheriff, I heard you set a price of 120 dollars for my head?" Chen Jianqiu looked old-fashioned.

"Edward, you can leave this person to me." Morris took a sip of coffee and frowned. "This coffee is not very good. I'll get you some from your luggage later. It's produced in Jamaica."

The lieutenant was noncommittal, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Morris felt the strange atmosphere behind him. He picked up the coffee cup and turned around, and began to look at the furnishings in the tent.

When his gaze fell on the notebook on the lieutenant's desk, he immediately understood what had happened.

I was traveling all the way, rushing non-stop, just because I was afraid that this would happen.

According to his original judgment, these three people are by no means good people. The lieutenant's troops must either hold on to these three people tightly, or surround them. It will be a week or two away.

However, the Chinese actually hooked up with the lieutenant directly, God knows what he said.

"Sorry, Morris, I can't give you this person yet, my son is still in their hands." The lieutenant noticed the sheriff's gaze, and he subconsciously moved the notebook into his hand, "When I rescue My son, catch that Indian and that Negro, and give them to you together."

"You don't believe this murderer?" Morris suddenly said.

The lieutenant fell silent again.

"Sheriff, I've just arrived too, so let's sit down and talk about something." Chen Jianqiu looked like a philistine who could trade anything.

"Talk to you? What are you? The person who killed me and robbed me, can you be considered a person with me?" Morris could no longer suppress his anger.

"I'm very sincere. If you have money, let's make it together. Sheriff, I will keep your secret for you. I will take the responsibility for this. I will not get involved in the matter of the treasure. You can talk about it. This is not something I can get my hands on." Son, just let me live." Chen Jianqiu felt confident and began to stir the water, the muddier the better.

Morris' fingers were trembling slightly, and he subconsciously had the urge to draw a gun.

"Enough!" The lieutenant, who was still silent just now, slapped the table, glaring at the two people in front of him, "This is my territory, my, my, land, land! Do you understand?"

The people outside the camp didn't know what was going on inside, and they didn't dare to look inside. The seven or eight people brought by Morris looked at the dozens of people around them, feeling a little nervous.

Morris took a deep breath and said to the lieutenant: "Then you continue to talk, but lieutenant, you should return the notebook and the human skin drawing to me. You have seen it too. They are evidence, and the originals must be returned to me." .”

Now that his face was torn, he simply spoke directly.

"I didn't see any human skin painting, this person didn't give it to me." The lieutenant looked down at the notebook and pointed at Chen Jianqiu without looking up.

He doesn't really want to see that old boss who doesn't give him face at all now. From the moment this person walked into the camp, he felt offended.

Chen Jianqiu's expression was wonderful, unbelievable.

Morris snorted coldly, turned and walked out of the tent.

When the seven or eight people saw him coming out, they breathed a sigh of relief. They were private armed forces hired by Morris. If it was really a conflict with dozens of federal soldiers in the barracks, should they fight or not? What about playing?

hit?It's not worth losing your life for this little money.Do not hit?The follow-up final payment has not been received yet. If the employer burps, he will go to someone to ask for money.

A man with a Spencer lever-action rifle on his back followed Morris as he hurried out. At this time, the sheriff looked a little out of breath, he hesitated for a while, leaned over and asked, "Sheriff, what should we do now? "

As if he didn't hear what he said, Morris cursed in his mouth: "This idiot would rather believe a murderer who tied up his son than his old boss. I knew this man was a fool! Idiot!"

When he reached the gate of the camp, he realized that someone had just spoken to him.He turned his head and asked angrily, "What did you just say?"

"I mean, what do we do next?" the man asked cautiously.

"Find a place to camp first, not too close or too far from here." Morris threw away the cigarette that was about to burn out in his mouth, lit another one and continued, "This idiot has a very good chance tomorrow. To take the Chinese to retrieve his son, we follow them and play by ear."

"Yes, but there are dozens of them." The man looked back at the few people behind him, feeling guilty.

"Don't worry, I won't let you die. I used to be his boss, and I brought him out. He won't do anything to you. After this incident is over, I will pay you an extra sum." Morris glanced He glanced at the person next to him and said.

If the treasure map hidden in human skin is on the Chinese, then I will follow it and find a chance to snatch it back.

But if something is dedicated to the lieutenant by the Chinese, it will be a bit troublesome, but you can still find a way in the follow-up.

The only thing he regrets now is that he doesn't have a photographic memory, and the things were stolen shortly after he got them, so he didn't leave a copy.

He recalled the first time he saw the human skin treasure map at Robert's. At that time, the human skin was displayed on the shelf behind the old mine owner's office, but it was put away for unknown reasons.

Morris at first thought it was just an ordinary antique, but later heard from Robert's entourage that he had gone to Lockhart and heard about the treasure map.

The entourage told him about it as a fun thing, but the speaker didn't mean it, but the listener meant it. In addition, he never saw this human skin with Robert again.

After sneaking into the old mine manager's house and seeing the diary, he was sure that it was correct, and finally moved to kill.

Thinking of this, Morris' complexion gradually became vicious.

If it is really a treasure map, how can there be a second person to know.Therefore, everyone who knows must die.

Yes, all must die.

(End of this chapter)