America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 3 When They Say What You Are, You Better Be
"Name?"

"Chen Jianqiu."

"Profession?"

"miner."

"Motivation?"

Chen Jianqiu didn't intend to answer this question. The two people sitting at the interrogation table in front of him seemed to have no patience like him. He knew that according to the usual practice, no matter what he said, they would make up something and then put him Send to the gallows.

"Judging from your knife skills in the tavern, you are a habitual offender, right? Let's hear it?" Johnny asked.

Chen Jianqiu still didn't answer, his expression was as usual, but he looked at the window behind Johnny with interest.

"Is your injured hand okay?" His eyes fell on Johnny's injured hand, which was now wrapped in cotton gauze and looked a little ridiculous.

Johnny was a little annoyed, he stood up and walked to the prisoner in front of him.

"Boy, aren't you moving fast? Let me see if your head is as hard as your mouth." Johnny turned his head and said to the person who recorded, "Come here, hold him down for me."

The young man who is still recording is a bit reluctant. As one of the few people who can read in the town's security station, he is really unwilling to help this rough cowboy in front of him.

The young man went around behind Chen Jianqiu, covered his head with one hand, and framed his neck with the other.

"Brother, be careful, your officer's punches are not reliable." Chen Jianqiu spoke suddenly.

The young man was still pondering what he meant when a fist hit him, and he suddenly felt that the head of the person under him shook, but he didn't seem to shake, but he was punched firmly in the stomach.

"Sir, I..." The young man held back the pain and shouted, but just as he finished speaking, he felt a punch in his arm again, the punch was so powerful that the young man felt that his arm was about to break.This time it seemed that the shoulders of the person in front moved.But I obviously held him down.

"Johnny!" The boy was so angry that he no longer cared about the honorific title, "You're fucking hitting me!"

Johnny was also stunned, he obviously aimed at Chen Jianqiu's face and chest.

"Let me tell you, your chief's boxing skills are poor." Chen Jianqiu smiled playfully.

Johnny stopped, and the boy let go of his hand.

"Damn it, this yellow man is a wizard, throw him in jail quickly, and hang him together tomorrow." Johnny murmured.

"It's best to crucify him or something at that time. I'll go to the pastor to find some holy water." The young man added.

The security office is not big, with an office on the first floor, an interrogation room on the second floor, and a small cell in the basement on the first floor.

Chen Jianqiu was taken down and pushed into one of the cells.He observed the surrounding environment, only the top of the basement had a small daylight window.And his "neighbor" is the black man, and he is only standing by an iron fence.Opposite him, the Indian was imprisoned.

The nigger was lying comfortably on the bench in the cell, as if he was used to this kind of place.

"Hey, brother, what did you tell them?" The black buddies saw Chen Jianqiu being pushed in, immediately turned over and got up, leaning against the iron fence, "My name is Xiao En, what's your name?"

"My surname is Chen." Chen Jianqiu did not look at this talkative black man, but repeatedly observed the environment in the cell.

If tomorrow is the execution on the gallows in the center of town, then I have to find a way to cause some chaos.With my own skills, it shouldn't be difficult to get away, but there is a risk of being shot, and then how do I leave this town?Pick up the train?
"Hey, Chen, what do you think they will do with us?" Xiao En didn't care about Chen Jianqiu's attitude at all, and was still rambling.

"They plan to hang us tomorrow." The response was as calm as water, but it was no less than a thunderbolt to the blacks. Sean hugged his head and wailed, and sat back on the chair.

"If you don't believe me, just listen." Chen Jianqiu pointed to their heads.

The floor was so thin that they could hear the voices from the office on the first floor clearly.

"Sir, what are the charges against those three people?"

"Burglary, homicide, arson, any combination would be enough to hang them." It was clearly Johnny's voice.

"Then how do you write the identities of these three people?"

"Edit, the worse the better, the Indian, the murderer, the Chinese, uh, the gangster, as for the nigger, the thief, look at his sly eyebrows." Johnny replied again, " Compiled today, ah bah, no, sorted out. Tried in public tomorrow and hanged them."

Sean's face became even uglier, and he felt like he was about to cry.

But Chen Jianqiu thought for a while, then suddenly lowered his voice, and asked Xiao En: "You are a thief, right?"

The black buddy smiled awkwardly, which was uglier than crying: "Well, I, just, occasionally..."

"Let me tell you, although I have not been in the United States for a long time, I can conclude a truth." Chen Jianqiu continued to whisper to Xiao En, "If these Lord Bai say you have weapons, you'd better have them; they say you are a villain. You better be."

He pointed to the lock on the door of the black cell, "This lock should not be difficult for you to open."

Sean nodded, but then shook his head: "I need something pointed, and we can't handle the guards outside."

"You don't have to worry about these, I said, what they say you are, you'd better be."

"If you can take me out, I have a way to avoid their pursuit." The Indian who had been silent since he came in suddenly spoke, in his poor English, "My name is Asuka, and I am from the Sioux tribe. fighter."

Chen Jianqiu didn't speak, just stared into the eyes of the Indian youth.

"Why are you going to kill the coal mine boss?" He asked suddenly.

"The man's original name was Robert. He was a colonel in the U.S. Army. After the Civil War ended, he had been chasing and killing my people. Five years ago, he killed my father from behind, the greatest soldier of the Sioux—— Crazy Horse." When mentioning his father, Asuka's eyes glistened with tears.

Chen Jianqiu nodded, pointed to his eyes with two fingers, and said to Asuka: "Don't let revenge blind your eyes, he can bring you strength, but you need more decisive decisions and more careful plans. "

He saw courage in the young man's eyes, but he was still easily influenced by emotions and needed to practice.

He even forgot for a moment that he was also a young man in his 20s. Whether it was before or after crossing, although he could not recall the earlier memory of this body for the time being, subconsciously, he could feel that this body once Been through a lot.

Asuka nodded and sat back down again.

Chen Jianqiu looked back at the wooden bench in the prison, took a deep breath, and slapped the bench hard.The wooden side of the stool sank an inch, exposing the slender iron nails embedded in it.

"What's the noise?" The basement door was opened, and a head poked in. It was the young man who was interrogating him just now.

However, he only saw the Chinese man holding the black man by the collar through the iron fence. The two seemed to have some dispute and glared at each other.

"Can you two be quiet, you can go to hell together by this time tomorrow." The young man rolled his eyes and closed the door again.

Hearing the sound of the door closing behind him, Chen Jianqiu let go of the black man's collar, and handed him the slender iron nail held in his right hand.

"Is this okay?"

Sean gestured to the keyhole and nodded.

"Let's do it later that night, let's rest for a while." After Chen Jianqiu finished speaking, he lay back on the slightly crooked bench that was photographed.

He looked at the ceiling and began to recall everything that happened last night.

(End of this chapter)