A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 109
"We're here, it's just ahead." Archibald said, pointing to a wooden house in the swamp in the distance.

Before the two of them came forward, they were discovered by Lenny who was hiding in a tree nearby. Lenny sat on the tree and greeted them:
"Hey Arthur, here."

Under the cover of the night, even though Lenny spoke, Arthur and Archibald still couldn't see where the others were for a while.

This really startled Archibald. Fortunately, Arthur stopped him in time as he was about to draw his gun. After following the direction of the sound and watching carefully for a while, Arthur asked Lenny:

"Why are you up here? Where are Charles and the Bills?"

Lenny pointed to the wooden house and said:
"Charles and the others are guarding inside. We have captured this moonshine workshop, but we have captured more people alive than we planned, so we cannot take them back, so we have to wait for you here."

Good guy, listen, what Lenny said is really embarrassing to Arthur.

Arthur secretly caught a glimpse of Archibald's mouth hanging open after hearing what Lenny said.

"Hey, good job, Lenny, you continue to watch here, I'll take the deputy chief to take a look inside." Arthur said happily.

Arthur didn't pretend to be calm or anything like that. Is there anything wrong with his own people, doing things well, and being happy?
no problem.

Arthur took Archibald, who had not yet reacted, to the wine making point. Bottles used to hold wine could be seen everywhere outside the wooden house, and there were several large boxes piled around.

Archibald on the side was about to open the door of the cabin and go in. After Arthur saw it, he quickly reached out to stop him.

This guy is a bit naughty. Is he really not afraid of pushing the door open like this and having his big head turned into a troll?

Arthur pulled Archibald back and stood back, and then called Charles' name outside the house. It was not until Charles took a gun and opened the door from the inside that Arthur took another look at Archibald and almost missed it. head, and then smiled and introduced to Charles:
"Charles, this is Archibald MacGregor, the deputy chief constable of Rhodes."

"Hello, Charles, just call me Archibald, very good, I am really shocked by your skills, you actually took down this bootlegging workshop with only such a small number of people, and you still captured it alive Criminals, so how many people did you catch?" Archibald asked with a smile.

Charles moved away, Arthur and Archibald looked in from the door, and saw five living people tied up next to Bill inside the house.

Seeing this, Archibald was really surprised again.

According to Archibald's past experience, this kind of stronghold is guarded by at least ten people. In other words, Charles, the black boy just now, and the man in the house, three people, killed at least five enemies and captured them alive. Five.

What kind of skill is this!

Arthur saw Archibald who was shocked and speechless. He quickly winked at Charles and asked Charles to say a few more words.

Charles, who understood deeply, continued to speak:
"Deputy Sheriff, please take a look at how to deal with these people. We originally wanted to go deeper, but it seems that it would not be good to just leave these captured people here."

Hearing Charles ask what to do, Archibald came back to his senses. He nodded excitedly and said:
"Okay, leave these people to me. I'll drive the prison van over in a moment and take them all back."

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to trouble you with. Please take all these drinks with you, otherwise I'm worried about Chief Gray..." Archibald looked embarrassed and did not continue.

Arthur was naturally happy to agree. After a simple visual inspection, there must be at least two carriages here.

A ready-made carriage was found on one side.

Arthur and the others hitched the horses to the carriage on the spot, and then a few people began to carry the private wine.

Among them, the most regrettable thing was the distillation equipment. Arthur probably couldn't take it away directly. Although it was a private liquor workshop, the distillation equipment used here was not the kind of earthen equipment commonly found in the woods.

However, this did not prevent Arthur from giving it a try. He asked Archibald:

"Deputy Sheriff, these devices don't look like the ones used by ordinary bootleggers." Archibald was in a good mood at this time, and he said with a smile:

"Didn't you say that? These people all serve the Bravest family. This is actually the Brevest family's private liquor workshop. A historic and wealthy cotton-growing family like them, even if they are making private wine, The wine is also much more generous than the average person, and the wine produced here is no worse than the wine sold seriously outside."

Arthur nodded and continued to ask:

"Then how do you usually deal with these devices?"

"Destroy it on the spot." Archibald answered directly without thinking too much.

ah?Like this?Originally, Arthur thought they would confiscate these devices and sell them again, but he didn't expect to destroy them directly on the spot. This is too wasteful, Arthur asked:

"Isn't this a waste?"

Archibald smiled and answered the question:
"Arthur, you may not understand, but this is just one of the larger of the Bravest family's many moonshine strongholds. We can find their hidden stills everywhere in Lemoyne, and destroyed one. Soon another one appeared. If we don't destroy it on the spot, then I'm afraid the entire police station won't be able to store these things."

This is where Arthur doesn't understand the inside story. In fact, it's not that they have any advantage. Although the Gray family runs the largest tavern in the town, which is even nicknamed the 'Pleasure Palace' by the townspeople, they do not No moonshine is used.

Although some states briefly implemented alcohol prohibition policies in the past few years, with the needs of the war, the authorities finally chose to raise alcohol taxes and abolished alcohol prohibition.

As we have said, the Gray family has close ties with the authorities, and their support for alcohol taxation is also a hidden economic connection between them.

"Okay, so that's what it looks like. Then you can go back and bring the people and the car back here. My people and I will stay here waiting for you." Arthur said.

Archibald nodded and left.

Charles looked at Archibald leaving and asked Arthur:

"This shouldn't be from the Gray family, right?"

Arthur understood why Charles asked, so he smiled and explained to him:
"Our alcoholic Sheriff drank too much, and Archibald is the same. He has a son at home. I guess the reason why Old Gray placed him next to Leigh Gray is to be able to watch him."

Although Charles didn't quite understand what Arthur meant by 'family birth', he could guess a rough idea. He said:
"I have asked these people. They are all members of the Lemoyne Raiders. Bravest and the Lemoyne Raiders are in the same group, Arthur."

Now, the card in the Bravest family's hand was determined.

"Then it's a little troublesome. The Brewster family, it seems, is not as easy to handle as it seems."

Charles nodded and said:

"These people are not bad, but we attacked them one by one. There are still a few inside. They obviously came down from the battlefield. They reacted very quickly. We can't take them down alive, so we can only..."

Arthur's original plan was to capture them all alive. After all, he didn't know how many people there would be. Prisoners captured alive can show their abilities better than dead corpses.

"It's okay. After this time, I think Old Gray will invite me to the manor to have a look at our background. For the time being, we will not attack Bravest or the Lemoyne Raiders again. You guys You can have a good rest in the next period of time. What happened when we moved the camp before, don’t let it happen again. I hope you will be more careful in the camp, because now we not only have to worry about Pinkerton, but also Watch out Cornwall.”

After hearing this, Charles silently kept what Arthur said in his heart, and finally he asked hesitantly:
"Arthur, are you really not going back to the camp? Dutch's recent state is really not right..."

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(End of this chapter)