America 1881: Legend of the West

"Have a meal?"

Chen Jianqiu put his hands in his sleeves and sat with his legs crossed at the door of his food store, basking in the sun.

Maxine stood in front of him, holding an elegantly framed invitation in his hand.

People were coming and going on the street behind him, but everyone passing by would stop for a moment and respectfully salute the young owner of the food store in front of him:

"Hello Mr. Chen!"

"Mr. Chen!"

……

Chen Jianqiu would also smile and nod to each of them, but he would not look at the lawyer in the eyes.

"Well, yes, Mr. Leonard would like to have a dinner with you." Maxine explained while suppressing his anger.

He rode for four days through the barren Chihuahuan Desert before arriving here. If he hadn't been on a boat with Leonard, he would have smashed the invitation on the face of the man in front of him.

"Oh, I won't go." Chen Jianqiu replied simply, "I ate from him last time and his cooking skills were average."

He had no intention of accepting the invitation.

The hand handing out the invitation was hovering in mid-air. He couldn't take it back, and he couldn't take it back either. He was extremely embarrassed.

"I still hope that Mr. Chen will give you a chance. He wants to discuss the debt with you." The lawyer felt that his patience had reached the limit.

"There's nothing to discuss. Just ask him to prepare the money on time." Chen Jianqiu stretched out, "It's not worthwhile to ride a Pegasus for four or five days just for a meal."

This was said with no mercy at all, and Max's face turned red.

"We are already raising funds, sir, but we have many creditors, so we still have to discuss it with you in advance." The lawyer looked like he was about to break the pot.

Chen Jianqiu looked the lawyer up and down, touched his chin thoughtfully, and then said to him:

"Okay, I will consider it."

Before the lawyer could react, he found that the invitation in his hand had already reached Chen Jianqiu's hand. ;

Seeing that Chen Jianqiu had no intention of leaving him to eat, Max En got on his horse and left towards the entrance of the town.

Chen Jianqiu watched the lawyer leave, picked up the invitation next to him, stood up, and turned into the room.

"Sifu, go and call everyone over." Chen Jianqiu said to Li Sifu who was cleaning the room.

After a while, the core members of Chen Jianqiu's team gathered in the back room of the food store.

Zhang Danian happened to be here these two days, and he brought another group of Chinese people over, so he also followed them.

"What do you think?"

Chen Jianqiu threw the invitation on the table and everyone circulated it to watch.

"Hongmen Banquet!" Zhang Danian smacked his lips and shook his head, "The person who came here is not kind and has no good intentions."

"I'm afraid he wants to default on the bill, or he's thinking of other unreliable ways to delay it." Abiot also holds a similar view.

"Kidnapping, fighting, threats of force... are all possible." Hanif rarely got angry with Abiot. He was quite familiar with the tricks of people like Leonard.

Others also expressed their opinions. Although the details are different, there is consensus on the general direction.

Leonard's meal had no good intentions.

"Boss, ignore him. There is no need to go." Feiniao stood at the edge of the table with his arms folded. "Either we meet in court in two months, or we send people to masturbate them directly."

"Two months?" Chen Jianqiu turned to lawyer Dylan next to him.

Dylan nodded: "It will take two months to make the final decision. The formal verdict may not be until more than half a year later, and the transfer of the mortgage property rights is estimated to take several months."

Chen Jianqiu touched his chin, thought about it, and made his decision:

"Go, Hongmen Banquet? What kind of Hongmen Banquet? Does Xiang Yu owe Liu Bang any money? He is at best a ruffian."

Zhang Danian didn't know what to say for a while.

"But this meal is not interesting if I just eat it with him. I have to call someone else." Chen Jianqiu picked up the invitation on the table and looked at it while saying,

"If you cause trouble on other people's territory, you still have to say something."

More than a week later, Chen Jianqiu's figure appeared in front of the door of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.

Unlike the last time when only Miles was promoted to Deputy Sheriff, this time, Pyle should also be in the police station.

Because Chen Jianqiu saw his horse at the door.

He knocked on the door of the police station.

"Come in." A man's voice came from the house: "The door is not closed."

Chen Jianqiu opened the door inward and looked from the door. As expected, Pile was indeed there.

He was looking down at his previous notes and did not notice Chen Jianqiu's arrival.

"If it's theft, extortion, harassment, etc., please wait for Chief Miles to come back; if it's more serious, please briefly state the situation." Pile still didn't look up.

"Pale, Leonard's dirty information can't be kept in a notebook." Chen Jianqiu spoke.

Pilot was startled. He seemed to have heard this voice somewhere.

He raised his head and saw Chen Jianqiu's face. His mouth was slightly open, but he didn't speak. His expression was a little complicated.

He didn't like the person in front of him, but this person actually saved his life.

"It seems that your injury is almost healed." Chen Jianqiu said with a smile, breaking the awkwardness.

"Well, fortunately, I was able to save the arm in time." Pailer stretched out his right arm and rolled up his sleeve.

There, except for leaving a gun mark, it can expand and contract freely.

"That's good." Chen Jianqiu picked up a chair at the door of the police station, placed it opposite Pile, and sat down.

"I heard that you sell grain between Lincoln County and Roswell?" Pile couldn't find any suitable words to say, so he simply asked directly.

"Well, I just opened a small shop to make a living." Chen Jianqiu replied.

No unnecessary information, no pain or irritation.

"What's the matter with you coming to me?" Pile finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked.

"Reminiscing about old times, having a meal or a drink with you." Chen Jianqiu's expression was still so calm.

"Really just have a meal and drink some wine?" Peller looked suspicious, "Are you sure you don't have anything to ask me for?"

Different road non-phase plan.

His and Chen Jianqiu's ideas were very different, so Pailer really didn't believe that the two of them could talk about anything while eating.

"Don't worry, Mr. Sheriff, I won't make any demands on you." Chen Jianqiu said helplessly, "Besides, if I ask, will you agree?"

Pyler was relieved.

He was worried just now that if Chen Jianqiu really asked him to use his authority to do something for this savior.

This will make it difficult for him.

Now that such a thing has not happened, this makes him feel extremely comfortable.

"Okay, wait for me for a while, I have one hour to get off work." Pailer smiled at Chen Jianqiu.

In small towns in the west, Chen Jianqiu has seen or heard of two police chiefs who go to get off work on time. One is Danny and the other is Pilot.

He sat across from Pile, quietly waiting for the sergeant to get off work.

After locking the door of the security station, Pailer also cleaned up the fruit peels and other garbage at the door, then mounted his horse and followed Chen Jianqiu.

The two of them chatted about things around Lincoln County along the way.

However, as the road got further and further, Peller gradually realized that this did not seem to be the way to the town tavern.

"Where are we going?" Pile asked alertly.

"Eat." Chen Jianqiu said.

"Where to eat?" Peller frowned.

"Leonard's house."

Pile's face changed color, he pulled the reins and prepared to turn the horse's head.

However, not far ahead, two or three people appeared.

As Leonard's chief staff member, lawyer McSween, had already brought people to greet them.

"Welcome, Mr. Chen!" The lawyer saw Chen Jianqiu, but he also saw an unexpected person behind Chen Jianqiu, "And... uh, Chief Pilot?"

"Let's go, Sheriff, we're here." Chen Jianqiu looked at Pile lightly.

Pile had no choice but to turn his horse's head again.

The two of them followed Meswein towards Leonard's mansion.

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