Chapter 45: Four Surrounds Seven
The University of Denver is located at the foot of the beautiful Rocky Mountains. Looking out from the campus, you can see the towering snow-capped mountains that are covered with snow all year round.
The campus is not close to the city, but the scenery along the way is pleasant.
But Chen Jianqiu was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery along the way. He quickly rode his horse and galloped towards the University of Denver.
When Lockhart died, Holmes, who had close contact with Lockhart, became a loser. Even if Pinkton's people did not kill him, he would be a hot commodity in the eyes of other people who covet treasures.
And if you lose this person who is likely to solve the puzzle, it will be really troublesome.
Asuka and Sean followed closely behind, fully armed. With them, the young man sent to inquire about Holmes.
Zhang Danian and the others originally wanted to follow him, but according to Chen Jianqiu's intention, firstly, they did not have enough weapons, and secondly, their horses could not keep up with Chen Jianqiu.
So Chen Jianqiu only brought this young man with him.
The young man's name is He Hongsheng. He was originally a helper in a laundry shop in Chinatown. During the riot last year, the laundry shop he worked in was smashed to pieces. The man was knocked to the ground with a stick. Zhang Danian dragged him out of the ruins and saved his life.
After they arrived near the Denver school, He Hongsheng trotted and ran into the school alone to find out Holmes' whereabouts.
After a while, he ran out.
"Someone saw him not long ago and came out of the library. Later, he seemed to follow the two of them to the forest in the south."
"Quick!" Chen Jianqiu pulled He Hongsheng onto the horse.
They soon saw the small cabin, and also saw the horses parked outside the cabin, and heard Hernandez's roaring in the house.
He got off the horse and shouted into the room, sounding like a bell.
Hearing the sound outside the door, Hernandez waved his hand and his men responded quickly.
Two people were lying behind the bar, three people hid in the corner of the room, one of them leaned behind the door, ready to shoot the person who rushed into the door at any time.
The remaining person stood close to the window and observed the situation outside the window.
"Boss, there are only four people, three of them have weapons on their hands, and it seems that they are the three who are newly promoted to the reward list."
"How are their weapons?" Hernandez sat firmly at the table, "Is Adam the God of Death?"
Before his subordinates could answer, Holmes, who was sitting opposite him, spoke first.
"Er, Mr. Hernandez, can I change my seat if I don't mind?"
The place where he sat was leaning against the door, located within the shooting angle of each person in the room, especially the one at the door, who could make him bloom with a slight deviation.
He also knew the style of work of the three people outside the door. If he really rushed in later, he would not even have time to hide under the table.
"Shut up!" The moody Hernandez gave him a mouth directly.
Holmes was so dizzy that he was gyroscope-like.
The subordinate who was observing by the window could no longer help, so he quietly stretched out the barrel of the gun, hoping to give the leading Chinese outside an unexpected surprise.
"Bang!"
With a gunshot, the man by the window fell backwards, and a gun hole was added to his head.
For a moment, gunfire sounded inside and outside the house and bullets flew around.
After a while, the gunshots outside the house stopped.
"Boss, they seem to be silent." A subordinate said to Hernandez.
"Stop, stop me." He gestured to his subordinates and signaled him to observe.
His subordinates hid behind the window and carefully observed outside.
"Old, boss, they seem to be gone." His face turned to Hernandez, looking in disbelief.
The old Mexicans didn't believe that the people outside would retreat, and they were probably hiding.
Chen Jianqiu and the others really hid.
They retreated into the woods outside the wooden house and found bunkers.
Chen Jianqiu blew the cigarette from Colt's gun. The one at the window just now died under his gun. It seems that the training during this period is still effective. After all, the man's head is much larger than Adam's bottle.
He quietly pulled He Hongsheng to his side and whispered something in his ear. He Hongsheng looked disbelief, and Chen Jianqiu patted his shoulder and helped him on the black radish.
The black radish shook his hooves and left.
"Boss, let's rush out and kill them. We have a lot of people." The man hiding in front of the door gently opened the door.
A bullet immediately followed in, passed through the crack in the door, and hit the wall of the wooden house.
"Run, they only had three guns, seven of us rushed out and killed them directly." Hernandez yelled.
Everyone was more fierce when they shouted, but when they were about to go out, they were all looking at each other. They were good at bandits, but the guns on the opposite side were a little accurate, and the first one rushed out was probably going to lie down.
No one wants to die, right?
Hernandez was a little irritable for no reason. There were obviously seven people on his side, but three people surrounded him.
"Friends outside, we don't know each other, we have no grudges, why do you kill us when you do it?" he squatted under the window and shouted outside.
No response.
The old man simply spread it out and said, "The person you want is in my hands now. If you don't mind, we can talk. You have pictures and we have someone, so everyone can cooperate. If you force me to kill him, everyone will get nothing."
"Then you do it. We don't want more people to share the money." Chen Jianqiu's voice floated in from outside.
Holmes had just woken up from dizziness and almost fainted when he heard this.
While speaking, Hernandez directed his men to move to the window and door respectively. He planned to come out of the door and window at the same time, and people behind him would cover him. As soon as the opposite side showed up, he would directly kill him.
Three people surrounded seven people, why? He was also a person who had lived a life of blood licking at the edge of a knife for decades, and he couldn't afford to lose this person if he said it.
Just as he was about to lead and jump out of the window first, another voice sounded.
"Old guy, you forgot how the injury on your chest came about? Do you want me to remember it for you?"
Hernandez heard the low voice and his body shook.
Five years ago, he and his brothers intercepted a carriage on Highway 66. At that time, Highway 66 was a dirt road with carriages. Countless people followed this road to California.
But when they opened the carriage door, the man in the carriage killed six of them in an instant, and himself, when he ran away, the bullet passed through his chest.
Although he later saved his life, the scar remained there forever.
That man was the famous "Death God Adam" who later became famous.
Chen Jianqiu turned his head and saw Adam leaning behind a tree. His old horse lowered his head and gnawed on the grass on the ground in the forest.
"Aren't you lying on the table?" Chen Jianqiu was a little confused.
Every time this person looks drunk, why does he follow him soon?
Adam held his hands in front of his chest, and the "peacemaker" in his hand patted his arm.
"Do I want me to go in and help you with these trash?" he asked in a low voice, not like a hangover person at all.
"If you go in like this, there may be casualties." Chen Jianqiu shook his head. It was not that he did not believe in the combat effectiveness of the man in front of him. After all, he was still very reliable when he was awake.
"I was talking and playing, they blocked the door, and I had no choice." The next second, Adam's squat fell all over the floor.
"It's okay." Chen Jianqiu checked his gun, looking confident.
"I called the police."
Chapter completed!