America 1881: They Call Me Legend

The matter in Shepherd Dog Town came to an end.

The circus detectives are ready to withdraw.

When Chen Jianqiu passed by the camp, they were dismantling the gallows and transporting the dismantled materials to the caravan.

Chen Jianqiu got off his horse and walked into the camp with Xiao En.

"crash"

Bald threw the pile of logs on his shoulders onto the caravan.

He clapped his hands and turned to see Chen Jianqiu.

"Oh, it's you guys." The bald head seemed to be smiling.

Chen Jianqiu was a little strange.

The bald head was obviously smiling, but how I looked at it, I felt a little uncomfortable, as if it was purely a physical discomfort.

"Why, want to fight another boxing match?" He glanced at his bald head.

The bald head shook his head: "Don't fight now, you have figured out my boxing style. I will practice a new set when I go back, and then I will fight with you."

Chen Jianqiu became interested:

"Why did Pinkerton fire you in the first place?"

"He killed a witness." The one-armed old man came out of the tent.

He came in front of Chen Jianqiu and stretched out a hand to the Chinese: "Seth Brown, just call me Brown."

Chen Jianqiu shook his hand:
"Where's the little girl with the twin tails? Why haven't I seen her?"

"Yo, I never thought that the famous Mr. Chen would miss me too." Twintails jumped out of nowhere and said with a playful smile.

In good conscience, the appearance of the double ponytails is not too ugly. At first glance, it is hard to imagine that this baby-faced woman is already in her 30s.

"I want to eat an apple, can't I?" Chen Jianqiu smiled.

"Where is her man?" He stretched his neck and shouted towards the camp, "Come out and take care of your woman, she is seducing a man!"

Twintails pouted and left.

"Anne Oakley." Brown looked at the back of the pair of ponytails, and said her name, "Nicknamed 'Babyface'."

He pointed to the bald head again: "His name is Jaylen Durren, nicknamed 'The Executioner', and sometimes he strikes indiscriminately."

"Talent." Chen Jianqiu said with emotion, "To make a long story short, are you interested in joining the Border Detective Agency?"

"Well, I thought you didn't appreciate our level." Brown smiled awkwardly.

"The company will pay your case-handling expenses and wages on a regular basis. Except for the tasks issued by the headquarters, you can take up the tasks yourself at other times."

Chen Jianqiu made a condition that Brown could not refuse.

"Then what other requirements?" asked the old man.

"Your team is called the 'Circus Division'. Continue to tour the country as a circus, and send a telegram every other week to tell the headquarters your exact location."

"no problem."

After accepting the detectives from the circus, Chen Jianqiu returned to Roosevelt's ranch.

He was about to bid farewell to Roosevelt.

However, when he walked into the house, he found boxes in the living room.

Roosevelt was packing his bags.

"Are you going to go home?" Chen Jianqiu asked, looking at the box on the ground.

"Yes, Alice was frightened, I will take her back to New York first."

"This place should be too bad for her."

Roosevelt took the picture frame off the mantelpiece, wiped it with a cloth, folded it, and put it in a box.

"The case of the ranch has been solved, and I have an answer to the people in this town."

"Here, I will gradually transfer out the client. The mayoral election in New York City is about to begin, and I will go back and prepare."

"Well, I came here to tell you that we are also preparing to withdraw." Chen Jianqiu leaned against the door and said.

"Oh? Then let's set off together tomorrow." Roosevelt straightened up and laughed.

The nearest railway station is in Bismarck, more than 200 kilometers away.

They still have to travel some distance.

The next morning, a carriage had pulled up outside the ranch house.

The groom is a seemingly honest and reliable person.

The lessons learned by Pink and Catherine made Roosevelt more wary of the people here.

But with Chen Jianqiu here, Roosevelt thought there would be no problem.

This carriage was for Alice to ride and pack her luggage in.

Roosevelt and Chen Jianqiu rode together.

Asuka also came back from the reserve to join them.

He had a bow and arrow and a quiver on his shoulders, which seemed to be souvenirs left to him by the old Sitting Bull.

After everything was ready, they set off.

After walking eastward along the road for dozens of kilometers, the surrounding environment and landforms have undergone some changes.

The exposed ground and ravines became less, and the number of trees and grass increased. At the same time, some mountains appeared in front of them.

"Rough land ahead." Roosevelt said, pointing to the mountains.

The crowd walked forward for a while until they entered a valley.

It was evening now, Chen Jianqiu discussed with Roosevelt and decided to camp here for the night.

Because if you go any further, you will enter a deep mountain.

They were all right, but Alice in the carriage couldn't stand it any longer.

The journey was exhausting, and the little girl showed tiredness on her face.

After setting up the tent and lighting the bonfire, Chen Jianqiu took his pump-action shotgun and prepared to go out with Asuka to find water, and bring back some prey for dinner.

When Roosevelt learned that they were going hunting, he immediately grabbed his gun.

"How can hunting not call me?" He said enthusiastically.

So, the hunting team turned into Chen Jianqiu and Roosevelt, while Asuka and Xiao En stayed in the camp to take care of Alice, and at the same time looked after the groom.

The valley in the sunset is very beautiful.

It was spring at this time, and the trees in the mountains grew new green leaves, and all kinds of unnamed flowers bloomed in the mountains. Under the reflection of the setting sun, the whole valley was dressed up in colorful colors.

Roosevelt was an experienced hunter.

He led Chen Jianqiu while walking, while looking for the traces left by the prey.

Soon, he found a set of hoof prints on the ground.

It was left by a deer, from the imprint, not long after the game had left.

The two followed along the trail, and the pile of deer dung along the way also confirmed Roosevelt's thoughts.

They walked into a thick bush from which to walk.

Suddenly, Chen Jianqiu raised his head.

He seemed to hear the sound of gurgling water coming from the direction directly in front.

He pulled Roosevelt to squat down together, and then gently pushed aside the branches in front of him.

Sure enough, there was a small river ahead.

Downstream of the small river, there was a deer standing by the river, drinking the water with its head bowed.

There was a twinkle of excitement in Roosevelt's eyes behind his glasses.

He winked at Chen Jianqiu beside him.

However, Chen Jianqiu's attention didn't seem to be on his side, nor on the deer by the river.

He seemed to be listening intently, his eyes wandering in other directions.

Seeing that Chen Jianqiu didn't respond, Roosevelt stuck the barrel of the gun in his hand out of the bushes and pointed it at the deer by the river.

The deer, unaware that it had been targeted, lifted its nose, and water dripped from its wet nose into the water.

It turned its ears and looked around, as if it sensed something.

Just when Roosevelt was about to pull the trigger.

Sudden.

There was a rustling sound from the bushes, and then, a black figure rushed out suddenly.

It's a cougar.

It rushed over at a speed that ordinary people could not see clearly, leaped high only a few yards away from Roosevelt, showed its sharp claws and fangs, and rushed towards the prey.

"boom!"

A loud gunshot echoed in the valley.

The flock of birds in the forest soared into the sky and flew into the air; the deer by the river was frightened and ran away without a trace in an instant;

At the same time, various other animals were disturbed drinking water by the river.

As if a still picture had been instantly animated, hares and some squirrels were scurrying about.

The cougar fell from mid-air, Chen Jianqiu took a step forward and shot it in the head again to ensure that the big cat would not move.

Roosevelt came to his senses. He glanced at the puma corpse on the ground, and subconsciously touched his neck.

"My God, you saved my life again." Roosevelt gave Chen Jianqiu a thumbs up, "If I become the president of the United States, I will definitely hire you as my bodyguard."

Chen Jianqiu raised his eyebrows:

"It's a word."

Looking at Chen Jianqiu's expression, Roosevelt always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.

Chen Jianqiu put away the shotgun.

He walked up to the dead cougar, bent down, and lifted it up on his shoulders.

"Mr. Roosevelt, our dinner today is cougar meat!"