Wilderness Redemption Tour

After Lin Yan and other stable owners put on the saddle chosen by Sadie, the two of them got on their horses and left the stable together.

Sadie had been trying to hold back her laughter after learning from the stable owner that Lin Yan spent 50 dollars on this horse, which did not come with any equipment.

"Mrs. Adler! Don't be like this! At least the boss gave me a brush." ​​Lin Yan defended himself.

Hearing that the boss gave Lin Yan a brush as a gift, Sadie couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed, covering her mouth and stomach. "Hahaha, I spent 50 yuan and only gave you a brush. The equipment was charged separately. Hahaha. Sorry, I'm not laughing at you, I'm just laughing at this. Hahaha..."

Lin Yan looked speechlessly at the woman beside him who had suddenly fallen ill. He decided not to tell her about Arthur's involvement, so as to avoid making Arthur the object of her ridicule.

The streets were still crowded with people, but some strangers began to appear with scrutinizing eyes. Sadie's smile attracted their attention at the first moment, and after focusing on the two people who were obviously together for a while, these people looked away one after another.

Walking to the end of the main street and turning right onto the street leading to the station, Lin Yan saw the disabled man in tattered military uniform at a glance.

"Give me anything you want!" "I just want a drink, I'm dying of thirst!" "Please give me 5 cents, kind person!"

Lin Yan rode his horse to the man who had lost his left arm and stopped.

Sadie saw Lin Yan stop and asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

Lin Yan laughed at himself and said, "Do something good."

The disabled man who was sitting on the grass by the wall saw someone stop in front of him, and he stood up and said, "Hey, sir. I'm too old to find a job. Even if there is a job suitable for my age, they won't hire me with only one arm. Please be kind and pity me, a homeless person."

Lin Yan got off his horse and stuffed all the remaining money in his pocket into the man's hand, saying, "Here, all this change is for you."

The man held the handful of money Lin Yan stuffed into his hand and said excitedly: "Sir, kind sir, you are such a good person. How can I thank you? Can I...can I be your friend?"

Lin Yan originally thought that the other party would just thank him, but after hearing the other party's request to make friends, he was not good at refusing and reluctantly nodded and said, "Of course."

The other party seemed to have not expected Lin Yan to say this, and his voice began to choke: "Is this true, sir? I'm so happy. You may not know, but I haven't had any friends for a long time, a long... a long time. All my friends died in the war, and since I became like this, no one is willing to be friends with me anymore."

"Can I give you a hug, kind sir? Can I?" the other party made another request.

Sadie, who was sitting on the horse, saw that the other party's demands were getting more and more excessive, and couldn't help but scolded: "Hey! Don't be too much, you old man! We are just kind enough to give you alms once, and we have no intention of making friends with you."

Seeing that his behavior angered a lady, the disabled old man in old military uniform hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, ma'am, I'm just too lonely and want to talk to someone. If my behavior offends you or this gentleman, then I apologize for my rudeness."

Lin Yan tried to mediate: "Forget it, you didn't do anything wrong. It's just a hug, come on, hug me and I'll leave, we have something urgent to do."

After hearing this, the other party excitedly lay on Lin Yan. After two or three seconds, he stood up and said happily: "This feels so good. It feels so wonderful to be hugged. When we were fighting before, we would hug each other and encourage each other. Thank you for letting me experience this feeling again. Thank you, sir."

Lin Yan also smiled at the other party, without saying anything else, and rode his horse again and walked towards the station with Sadie.

Before the two of them reached the station, Lin Yan saw Arthur from afar sitting on a bench at the station, leisurely enjoying the sunbath.

Seeing that the two were late, Arthur stood up and complained, "Why did it take so long? Is there no horse that can catch the lady's eye?"

You'd better not ask this, or you'll be laughed at by Sadie like me. Lin Yan muttered in his heart, and before Sadie could speak, he quickly changed the subject and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. How did you get the news?"

Hearing Lin Yan's question, Arthur no longer worried about why the two were so slow. He got on his horse and said, "Oh, I asked the conductor here. There is indeed a train coming from the capital, first to Saint Denis, and finally to Scarlett Meadows, where passengers will take a ship to travel abroad. But according to the conductor, the train just left New York, and it will take at least another week to get here. We will worry about this next week. Now let's go to the place Hosea provided me."

Did you just leave New York? On the way to Emerald Ranch, Lin Yan silently estimated that with the speed of the steam train at that time, the distance of several thousand kilometers, plus the time for passengers to play, it would take at least a week.

Emerald Ranch, as the name suggests, is a ranch with large green areas. It is located in the heart of the New Hanover Earth Heart, with fertile land and large areas of lush grass, which is particularly suitable for the development of animal husbandry. Many ranchers choose to develop breeding here, so they hire a large number of local residents of Valentine to help them raise livestock here.

Lin Yan and Sadie were led by Arthur to a warehouse at the edge of Emerald Ranch. In front of the warehouse, a man in a black apron was sitting on a stool smoking. Arthur dismounted not far from him, walked up to him and asked, "Are you Seamus?"

The man looked up at Arthur and said, "It's me, who are you?"

Arthur did not answer his question. He said to himself, "Hosea asked me to find you."

"Why doesn't he come by himself?"

"Well, you saw this too." Arthur pointed at Lin Yan and Shadi who were still riding on their horses and said, "Hosea had something urgent to do, and it just so happened that two new members joined the gang, so we will use this mission as a test for them."

"Test?" The other party pondered for a while, as if he didn't understand the meaning of the word. After a while, he slowly said word by word: "You mean, you regard my errand as a test for them? Do you think you are humorous? You think I would give the job to a few people who know nothing, including two novices."

Seeing the other party's angry look, Arthur comforted him: "Oh, don't be angry. Although they are amateurs, I am a professional. Don't worry, I will keep an eye on them the whole time and will not let them get into any trouble. I can prove to you that our gang is a good partner and it is the right choice to cooperate with us."

"Everyone says this about themselves. I've never seen a fool say that he is stupid."

Then, Seamus put out the cigarette in his hand and said, "Forget it, since you are all here, why not give it a try."

Arthur heard the other party agree, waved to the two people in the distance, and called out: "Jamie, Sadie, come here."

After the four of them formed a circle, Seamus then said, "Old Bob Crawford and his kids just bought a stolen stagecoach from the north. It's now parked in their warehouse, and you have to help me get that carriage back. Once I see what you're capable of, I'll work with you."

"And who is this Bob Crawford you're talking about?" asked Arthur.

"He is an acquaintance of mine, or rather, not an acquaintance. He is my cousin, but a relative by marriage."

"We don't care who he is to you, where he is, or where his home is?" Sadie asked in a rough voice.

Seamus pointed in a direction and said, "He lives in a farmhouse in the northwest, which we call Carmody Valley. It's right next to the railway tracks leading to Wallaceburg. There's a lot of money hidden in his room, but that's your business, not mine. I just want the carriage. But you can't kill anyone. Everyone knows that we don't have a good relationship. If you kill someone, others will definitely guess that it was me who ordered it."

"We can rob your cousin, but we can't kill him? Wouldn't robbing him bring you trouble?" Lin Yan was a little confused about the other party's thinking, so he asked.

Seamus seemed to not want to hear the word cousin. He emphasized loudly, "It's in-laws! In-laws! Anyway, my relationship with him is like that. Even if you robbed him, my relationship with him won't be much worse. As long as he is still alive, others will not say those things that I think are excessive. Without evidence, even if he calls the police, the detective can't do anything to me."

Arthur patted the two men on the back and turned around first and said, "You all heard it. Let's go rob this guy's cousin...in-law, in-law."

The three of them mounted their horses and, still led by Arthur, headed for the Carmody Valley that Seamus had mentioned.

On the way, Lin Yan asked, "I think this place is quite big. Why don't they build a town here? When we passed by just now, I saw a tavern and a grocery store, but they were both closed, as if they had been abandoned for a long time."

"Emerald Ranch is a bit weird. It seems like trouble tends to happen when there are too many people. I think this is why they moved the town to Valentine." Sadie explained.

Arthur joked, "Our 'Goddess of Vengeance' seems to know a lot about this place?"

"It's just this legend, and most people nearby know about it. In short, this is an ominous place, but the target is limited to humans, and livestock are fine."

"Ah, I've heard that too. It's better if we don't talk about this topic." Arthur spoke up to stop the topic.

What on earth happened? Seeing you guys being so secretive has aroused my curiosity. You don’t want to scare me, right? You two are so “nice”! Lin Yan felt that these two people definitely did it on purpose.

Crossing a railway, Lin Yan vaguely saw a house among the trees in the distance. Arthur gave the order to slow down and led his horse to a low oak tree.

"The house in front should be where cousin Seamus lives. Let's dismount here and walk over." Arthur said as he dismounted.

The few of them walked forward for a while, and Arthur took out a pair of binoculars from his bag, observed the house in the distance and said, "I saw a warehouse behind the house, the carriage must be there. It seems that someone is home, but this can't be a problem for me. Let's act now. I'll go over and use some tricks to attract their attention, and you two will take the opportunity to sneak into the house and see if you can find anything valuable. Finally, we will steal the carriage together."

When Lin Yan heard that they were going to break into the house to steal something, he asked, "It's not safe to break into the house to steal something during the day, right?"

"Is it safe at night? In fact, there are still risks, but I will attract their attention in a while. As long as you don't make too much noise to let them notice, it should be fine." Arthur gave Lin Yan a reassuring look to let him rest assured.

"Any more questions? If not, I'll be there. You don't have to follow me. Wait for me to lead them out, and then you can go around the side." After Arthur finished speaking and seeing that no one spoke, he walked straight to the front door of the house.

Lin Yan and Sadie walked around the hillside and came to the back door of the house. Lin Yan quietly approached and pushed the door. It was open, and he breathed a sigh of relief. This way he didn't have to look for other entrances.

Lin Yan and Sadie tiptoed into the house from the back door. Lin Yan faintly heard Arthur seemed to be chatting with the owner of the house at the front door.

There were many boxes of different sizes in the room. Lin Yan whispered to Sadie, "Let's split up, each taking one side. I'll go upstairs and take a look. I'll leave this place to you." When he saw Sadie nod, he tiptoed upstairs.

The space upstairs was much smaller than downstairs. It was more like a loft with a bed. Lin Yan observed that there should be no one here. He crouched down and touched the boxes and cabinets beside the bed, opened the lids and drawers, and put all the valuable things he saw: gold and silver products, wallets, rings, necklaces into his pocket.

Back on the first floor, Lin Yan asked Sadie, who was still rummaging through boxes and cabinets, "How's it going? Have you finished searching?"

Sadie said softly, "It's almost time. Go and feel around in the fireplace to see if there's anything."

What else could be in the fireplace except ashes? Could it be that someone hid money here? Aren't they afraid of burning a fire to keep warm in the cold weather? Lin Yan muttered, but still walked to the fireplace and reached in to touch it. With just this touch, the expression on his face changed instantly. Looking at the thick stack of banknotes in his hand, Lin Yan sighed: There really are stubborn foreigners who put money here!

After putting the stack of bills into his pocket, Lin Yan saw Sadie making a gesture to him to leave. The two of them went back to the house and found the warehouse behind the house that Arthur mentioned.

Arthur, who was still talking at the door, probably estimated that the time was about up, so he ended his "speech" about men's stamina, and made an appointment with the other party to come again next week, and he would bring the other party some "gadgets" that he was interested in.