America 1881: Legend of the West

"Didn't Johnny take your ten dollars when he caught you?" Sean asked on horseback while looking at the flowing Green River.

"I got it back that night. After all, he lost the money to me. I'm a fair person." Chen Jianqiu answered while dusting the old saddle with his hands.

"Then do we still want to go to the mountains now? The bounty hunter said there are federal soldiers ahead."

"Federal soldiers don't care about law and order. We have to join Feiniao's tribe as soon as possible, otherwise those bounty hunters will be enough for us to drink in a few days. Oh, by the way, Feiniao, you said Chief Morris will give us a shot." How much is the reward?"

When he didn't get a response from Feiniao, Chen Jianqiu turned his head. After meeting Hanif, Asuka was silent all the way.

"What's wrong? Asuka?"

"I'm a little worried. There shouldn't be federal troops here." Feiniao was worried.

Chen Jianqiu took out the pack of cigarettes he found in the police chief's drawer from his pocket, took out a match, lit it, and then threw the cigarette and the match to Feiniao.

This kind of cigarette has no filter and tastes very strong. He doesn't like it very much, but it's better than nothing.

He took the shotgun from his back, checked the condition of the gun, inserted it in front of the saddle, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, Black Carrot neighed, and ran towards the vaguely visible mountain peak in the distance.

Once you enter the wilderness, there are horses and guns, so why fear them?

The three of them traveled south along the Green River for two days. Along the way, the road along the river became narrower and narrower, making the journey more and more difficult.

"Flying bird, how far is it?" Chen Jianqiu took Heiluobo to drink water by the river. At the same time, he checked the dry food in the saddle bag and found that there was not much left.

"We're almost there. There's a pass behind the mountain ahead. Turn in and you can go up the mountain." Asuka stood in the shallows, washing and wiping their bodies with water. It is said that this can cleanse their souls.

But suddenly, Chen Jianqiu suddenly pulled out the shotgun on his horse and pointed it at the grass behind them.

"If you don't come out now, I can guarantee that you will have many more holes in your body." He opened the safety of the double-barreled gun.

Feiniao and Sean were both stunned. At some point, Chen Jianqiu had quietly loaded the bullet.

They don't know, but the people who have been observing the grass behind them for a long time know.

An Indian wearing a buffalo hide slowly walked out of the grass, holding a bow in his hand. This man looked about the same age as Asuka, but there was a terrible scar on his face that penetrated his left cheekbone.

"Scar Yu?" Feiniao was ecstatic when he saw the man in front of him, and rushed forward to hug him.

But Scar Yu remained motionless, his eyes fixed on Chen Jianqiu and the gun in his hand. His hand was still touching the bow subconsciously.

"Chen, don't be nervous. This is a brother from my tribe. He grew up with me." Feiniao quickly explained.

"Boss, let's put down the guns first. Don't hurt any of our own people. I'm really afraid that you might go off." Sean helped.

There was no expression on Chen Jianqiu's face. He slowly lowered the muzzle of the gun, opened the chamber, and ejected the two bullets inside.

"This is Chen, that one over there is Sean, they saved me." Feiniao pressed down Scar Yu's hand holding the bow.

"Did the two of them help you kill Robert?" Scar Yu's voice sounded a little hoarse. I wonder if that was the original voice.

Chen Jianqiu's eyebrows suddenly raised.

"Robert was not killed by us." Feiniao shook his head.

The four of them got on their horses, Scar Yu and Xiao Xiao were in front, but Chen Jianqiu fell behind on Black Carrot.

Along the way, only Scar Yu and Feiniao kept communicating, using their own language. Sean sat in the back seat and simply closed his eyes, while Chen Jianqiu was alone in the back, not knowing what to think.

"Scar Yu, is everyone okay?"

"Well, everything is fine. Everyone is thinking about you and is afraid that something will happen to you."

"Where's your gun? I heard on the way here that there are federal soldiers nearby and it's very dangerous."

"I have seen a few soldiers, but I just watched them from a distance. I didn't want to alarm them. Our place is very hidden and everyone doesn't come out at ordinary times. They can't find us. I came out and wanted to hunt some prey and go back, so I only brought Got the bow."

……

We chatted all the way across the pass and into the mountains. The sun shone through the coniferous forest, and the setting sun seemed a bit shaky. Scar Yu suggested finding a place to camp first.

So they found a flat place under the rock and lit a bonfire. When Chen Jianqiu was about to stuff the last few biscuits into his mouth, Feiniao spoke: "Stop eating dry food. On the way here just now, I saw Baiwei There are traces of deer, I will hunt one for dinner and bring the rest back to the tribe.”

Scar Yu nodded: "I'll go too, I've been hunting with Fei Niao for many years."

The two men walked into the forest with bows and arrows.

"Hey, boss, why didn't you talk much along the way?"

After the two disappeared into the forest, only Chen Jianqiu and Sean were left by the campfire. The restless black man was bored and asked while picking his fingers.

But no one responded to him. Chen Jianqiu was concentrating on roasting the dagger he had collected from Johnny.

He stood up.

"I'll go out for a while too."

Then he drew his shotgun from his horse and walked into the forest.

Sean was dumbfounded again.

"Why do you always leave me alone in the camp?"

……

The forest in North America is slightly dark in the evening. A white-tailed deer is lowering its head and eating moss on the ground. Her companions around her are also doing the same thing. From this point to nightfall, they have to beware of North American gray wolves and Mountain lion attack.

They have an extremely sensitive sense of smell, and almost no strange smell can escape their noses.

But experienced hunters will not give them such a chance. Just like the flying bird now, he has washed away the sour smell on himself with river water.

He disappeared among the trees and stared closely at the white-tailed deer. Scar Yu followed another trace for some reason.

Thinking of this, Feiniao couldn't help but smile. They both grew up in the same tribe. Scar Yu and he were both friends and competitors. Although Feiniao was the chief's son, Scar Yu always competed with him, competing for the glory of the Indian warriors. .

Even hunting has to be compared, really.

When the white-tailed deer looked around and then lowered its head to eat again, Asuka knew that his opportunity had come. He raised the bow in his hand, took the arrow from his back, and put it on the bow string.

The bowstring is fully drawn, and the arrow points directly at the deer's head.

However, what he didn't know was that in the forest not far behind him, in the shadow where the setting sun couldn't shine, there was also a sharp arrow aimed at his throat.

Scar Yu's face was expressionless, but his breathing was a little rapid. He tried to calm his breathing. The bow has been fully drawn, and the bowstring is trembling slightly. I don't know whether it's because it takes too long to draw the bow, or because of the uneasiness in my heart.

Just when he made up his mind to shoot the arrow, a cold dagger was pressed against his neck, and the blade sank three points into his skin.