Chapter 26: keep your word
Back in the house, John dragged the comatose guy up and put it on a stool.
John pinched the guy's face and carefully identified it. The guy looked fierce, probably in his thirties. John recognized this guy as another fugitive. sidney.
John picked up a spoonful of cold water and poured it on his face, and he woke up at once.
"Sidney, I want to ask you some questions." John found a stool and sat not far in front of him and said to him.
Sidney looked at the expressionless John's eyes, and then sarcastically said, "What about that idiot Robin? Oh, he must be dead. My rifle pierced his internal organs. Is he still lying outside?"
John didn't answer him but continued to say, "The first question, you and another guy robbed and killed several townspeople in Strawberry Town three years ago. Do you know where he is now?"
Seeing that John was not stirred by his own mockery, Sidney gave up mocking the dead Robin, but he stared at John and did not answer.
Looking at his uncooperative expression, John persuaded, "I advise you to answer honestly, I know many ways to deal with people like you."
"Then you can use it to see, little white face, so that you can see what a man is." Sidney taunted John uncooperatively.
"Okay." After saying that, he walked out of the house and found two long wooden boards from the yard. John nailed it into a big target and then entered the house.
Sidney watched John fiddling in the house, not knowing what John was doing when he fell to the ground. But John's expressionless face gave him a flash of panic.
"Little white face, go get me a glass of wine, maybe I can tell you something about three years ago when I'm happy to eat and drink."
But his words were not answered by John. After John fixed the formwork, he placed Sidney upside down on the board. The board was tilted a little so that Sidney's feet were higher than his head.
"What are you doing?" Sidney didn't understand the point of doing this.
"Have you ever felt death?" John asked, taking out a thick towel.
Then John put the towel on his face, then picked up the bucket full of water around him and slowly poured it towards the towel.
Waterboarding is a torture method that makes the prisoner think that he is about to drown. This torture can make the prisoner feel like he is about to suffocate and drown.
The water keeps pouring in, and the towel prevents the water from being spit out, so you can only exhale once. Even if you hold your breath, it feels like the air is being sucked out, like a vacuum cleaner. Since its inception, 'waterboarding' has been recognized as a form of torture. Eighty percent of those who have experienced waterboarding will tell the executioner anything they need to know, and the remaining 20 percent will be in waterboarding. A slow and painful death of torture.
In the first ten seconds, Sidney just shook his head and tried to shake off the towel from his face, but after twenty seconds, Sidney's body kept shaking and swaying.
After more than 30 seconds, the water in the bucket ran out, and John lifted the towel.
Sidney's face was full of horror for the rest of his life, panting to look at John's expressionless face, he wanted to say something, but John put the wet towel over his face again, Continue to fill with water, then keep pouring.
After doing this three or four times, John lifted the towel again and asked Sidney, who was gasping for breath. "Can we talk now?"
Sidney nodded continuously in horror, for fear that John would torture him again.
John pulled him up and sat on the ground.
"The guy who robbed and murdered you in Strawberry Town three years ago, Entor, maybe he gave you another name, he had pale blond hair, and a scar on his arm that was burnt by iron, you now Are you still in touch with him?"
"We fled to Valentine together two years ago, and then we were separated for a while, but we still drank a lot together, and then he met a woman and settled down near Fort Hill in Valentine, and then a We haven't had much contact for more than a few years, he's **** by a woman, he's not going out to grab money with me, and he's not drinking with me anymore." Sidney gasped and told John what he needed information.
"Very good." John took out a cigarette and lit it for Sidney, then continued to ask, "Do you have any money?"
"what?"
"Your reward in Strawberry Town is $120. If you have more than this amount of cash, I may be able to let you go." John continued to Sidney, smoking a cigarette.
"Are you sure?" Sidney asked in disbelief.
"The main thing I'm looking for is Entor, not you. You can go to the east to find a new life, provided you have enough money to buy your own life, I'll keep my word." John nodded.
"Well, there's enough money in the box under my bed." Sidney thought about it, and then said to John.
John turned around to find the box, and opened it. Inside, there were a volcanic revolver, a box of bullets, a gold pocket watch, a small gold bar, about 100 grams, and some women's jewelry.
"You've got it, can you let me go?" Sidney asked, watching John put everything into the small bag.
"No, no," John turned around after finishing everything, looked at Sidney with an expectation on his face, shook his head and refused.
"You promised! You said you would let me go!" Sidney snarled at John, the oily and floury guy who had sworn before
"I'm sorry, I'm not very trustworthy." John said to Sidney with the same expression.
"You liar! You bastard! You will go to hell!" Sidney sat on the stool and cursed John continuously.
John ignored him and covered his mouth with a cloth, then dragged him outside the house, then wrapped a rope around his neck, dropped him on a big tree and stepped on a chair under his feet.
Looking at Sidney, who was tiptoeing on the stool under the tree, John walked into the house again, took out the kerosene lamp, poured the kerosene on the table, and lit the stool with a match. Then John picked up Robin's body, put him on his horse, and walked towards Robin's ranch.
Behind him, Sidney stepped on the burning stool and kept making a whimpering sound.
It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon when we returned to the ranch.
"My God, what did you do to him?" Markle asked loudly when he saw Robin behind John.
"I'm sorry, I'm the sheriff of Blackwater Town. He and I were accidentally shot when we were chasing a criminal." John dismounted Robin's body and said to Michael, who looked annoyed with grief, He also took out the nameplate given to him by the head of Heishui Town.
"Damn it." Michael greeted several workers and took Robin together. Then he said to John who was still standing there. "What are you still doing here?"
"Robin told me that he also has a father and sister in Saint Denis, and asked me to visit them when I had time. But he didn't come and told me the address in a hurry, you know?"
"There is a letter from his family in his room. Where can there be an address? I'll get one for you." Michael said after seeing John's eyes.
"We will send his belongings to his family. This is the latest letter. Come on, you are not welcome here. I hope you will never come back." Michael handed John a letter and rushed John to save pasture.
John took the envelope and left here.
At six o'clock in the evening, John followed the information given by Sidney and found the wooden house near Fort Hill. There was a cultivated pasture in front of it, and the lights were still on in the house.
John tied the horse in the distance, and then went straight into the house.
Pushing the door open, he saw a man in his thirties eating at the dining table. He was wearing overalls and his coat was hanging on a chair. There was an obvious scar on his bare left arm, and there was a scar on his left arm. this bible.
"Entor.
Rollsrick? ' John asked aloud.
The man looked at the gun in John's waist with a clear look.
"Who are you?" Another soft voice sounded from the other side.
The person who asked the question was a fairly young woman, about twenty-five or six years old, with a beautiful body and appearance. She looked at Entor with tenderness in her eyes.
John looked at Entor.
"He's a friend of mine. He passed by here tonight to see me." Entor explained to the woman.
"My name is John, nice to meet you." John walked over and shook hands with the woman.
"My name is Mary. Nice to meet you, John. Have you eaten? Let's go together." Mary happily invited John to dinner.
"Oh, thank you so much, I haven't eaten anything today." John smiled and sat opposite Entor.
"I'll get you the cutlery." Mary took out a set of cutlery from the kitchen and gave it to John.
"Thank you." John said looking at Mary.
The three of them finished this dinner in a fairly harmonious atmosphere.
Seeing Mary finishing the dishes, John said to Entor, "Going for a walk?"
Entor glanced at Mary who was washing the dishes and nodded.
"Mary, John and I are going out for a walk, you should rest first." Then he and John left the house.
"Okay, remember to come back early." Mary didn't look back.
John and Entor came outside the house.
"Can you let me go? I've rehabilitated, I just want to live with Mary now." Entor asked aloud, trying to get John to let him go.
"Do you remember what you did?" John asked softly.
"I remember thinking about everything I did every night before going to sleep, and I regret what I did."
"Regret can't change what you've done."
"I have been a good person for more than a year, and I will spend the rest of my life repenting. You have also seen that Mary is a good woman, and I don't want to let her down."
"There are many paths to choose from in life. You chose the most arrogant one. When your hands are full of blood, do you think a single confession can cover up everything you have done?"
"I'm sorry, if I could do it all over again, I would never be such a person. I beg you to give me a chance." Entor's somewhat pleasing face was full of pleading and regret, looking at this man now, it's hard for you Imagine a few years ago he was a vicious gangster.
"I can't promise you, Mary will find a more suitable person after leaving you." John shook his head and rejected Entor's request.
"You won't understand." Entor shook his head and denied John's statement.
"Before I met her, she was being forced by her father to work as a prostitute, and he would punch and kick her if she didn't go along. I rescued her, and it was from then on that I vowed to be a Good man." Entor told of Mary's unfortunate past.
John pondered for a long time but shook his head, "I can't let you go, but I will try my best to help you find a way to survive, she will understand."
"No, I won't." The voice came from behind the two of them.
John and Entor turned around and saw Mary pointing at John with a cowboy revolver.
"What are you doing, Mary, put down the gun!" Entor said to her immediately when she saw Mary with the gun.
"No, he's going to take you away. I won't let this happen." The current Mary is completely different from the one she saw before. She is no longer tender and considerate, but rather hysterical.
"Look, I don't care if you're a bounty hunter or the sheriff there, I won't allow you to take David. Now you get out of my house immediately." Mary's face had the ferocity of a she-wolf, as if John It was all she had to take away.
"David! Come here!" Mary said to Entor.
"Put the gun down!" Entor yelled at Mary.
"Listen, John just wants me to go back and assist in the investigation, you put down the gun first." Entor explained.
"Can you give me some time?" Entor looked back at Mary, who still refused to put down the pistol, and said to John.
"Of course, I also think you need to have a good talk." John looked at Mary's hands that were holding the pistol firm and shaking. He certainly wouldn't doubt whether Mary dared to shoot, but he didn't have much to worry about. Because John was absolutely sure that he would hit her before he shot her. But there's no need for the two of them to talk better.
"I'll go have a cigarette over there, you can have a good talk." After John finished speaking, he walked towards his horse. Under the tree outside the house fence.
He took out the cigarettes exchanged by the system and started smoking. It was strange to say that at this time, cigarettes with cotton cores had not been invented in the west, so the smoking was much hotter than the cigarettes in the previous life.
Moyo took seven or eight strokes, and John saw Entor walking towards John alone.
"Have you dealt with it?" John asked aloud.
"No, but at least it can be appeased for a while." Entor smiled bitterly.
John looked beyond Entor to the woman standing at the door. Even from a long distance, John could see the helplessness and despair on her face.
John took out the remaining criminal information from the bag and handed it to Entor.
"Let's see if you know anyone. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"
Entor took it for unknown reasons, then checked it for a while, and after a while, Entor handed you the information, John, "I know them all."
Hearing this answer, John was a little surprised. Could it be that the outlaws really basically all knew each other?
"Do you know their address?"
"I know three, and one has lost contact many years ago. I don't know if he is still there." Entor said to John.
"Listen to my suggestion, if you help me catch these guys, I will give up the pursuit of you, and I will help you become a witness for the police, so that Heishui Town will give up the reward for you, of course, it is only Blackwater Town." John put away the information and said to Entor.
"Really? Are you sure?" Entor was very happy to hear that John let him go.
"I'll keep my word, but I can't guarantee you will survive during the pursuit." John thought of Robin today.
"I can protect myself." Entor said excitedly.
"Go and tell Mary about my new proposal, and let her wait quietly for your return for a while."
With John's assurance, Entor walked towards Mary happily.
After telling that they hugged each other for a while, Entor walked into the room for a while, and Entor walked towards John with his weapon.
"Come on, John. I'll take you to catch the nearest guy. He's near Valentine."
"very good."
The two of them rode their horses towards the nearest criminal.
In the next ten days, John, who was led by Entor, went very smoothly in chasing down the four criminals.
At the beginning of March, John finally returned to Blackwater Town with the last criminal after a ten-day pursuit.