Wilderness Redemption Tour

"You only have one chance. If you can't save John this time, you can just wait to find another father for Jamie!" Sadie said bluntly in front of everyone. It's more like she was teaching Abigail a lesson than persuading her.

Lin Yan covered his face. Sadie's words really showed no mercy to Abigail, just like an elder lecturing a younger generation. If Abigail hadn't been eager to save her husband, she would have definitely quarreled with her.

One thing is one thing. Although Sadie's attitude was not very good, her words were undoubtedly effective. Abigail shrank her neck awkwardly and whispered, "Okay... Then I'll leave John to you... I sincerely thank you for everything you have done for our family."

"Okay, we understand what you said." Arthur said in a deep voice: "Abigail, just wait in the camp with Jack. I promised you that I would bring John back, and I will keep my word."

After saying that, seeing that everyone was present, Arthur turned around, mounted his horse and called out to the others: "Charles, Jamie, Sadie, let's go, our destination is SISICA Prison!"

The people who were called walked to the hitching post one after another, untied the reins of their horses, climbed on the horses, and left the camp under the leadership of Arthur.

Looking at the backs of the four riders leaving, Abigail placed her hands on her chest, made a prayer gesture, and whispered: "Thank you, Arthur. And thank you all, Charles, Jamie, Sadie, thank you..."

After walking out of the camp, Lin Yancai asked Arthur: "Isn't Sisica Prison on an island on the Lanahechie River? How do we get there? Do you have any plans?"

Arthur replied in a relaxed tone, "Two days ago, Charles and I met a hot air balloon pilot near Hagen Orchard. We first helped him fight off the wolves that surrounded him, and then helped him find some fuel for flying. In the past two days, with his help, we took a hot air balloon to fly over Sisica Prison several times, determined the place and time where John and Josiah worked during the day, and also found out the duty range of the guards on the island. There are only two watchtowers on the entire island. Due to the angle problem, we only need to pass between the two towers, and the guards on duty on the towers will not notice us at all. The place where John and Josiah work is not too far from the shore, and there are only two people guarding or supervising their work. The place we are going to now is the copperhead territory at the easternmost end of the Blue Water Swamp. There is a small pier for fishermen to fish. I have rented a small boat from the people there in advance, and the route has been planned. As long as we can successfully land on the island, this rescue mission will be more than half successful."

Lin Yan listened carefully for a long time, but he didn't hear Arthur mention the most important point, so he frowned and asked: "What about the island's defense? Will there be an ambush? Even if we can sneak into the place where John and his men are working without being noticed, it will inevitably alert the guards on the island. If there are too many guards on the island, then we will be no different from walking into a trap."

"You don't have to worry about that," Charles said, taking over Lin Yan's words and answering, "Yesterday morning, when Arthur and I took a hot air balloon to scout over the prison for the first time, Arthur noticed that the guards below were not defending well. At that time, we wanted to use the hot air balloon to rescue John and the others directly, but we were discovered by the people below before we had descended much. However, the police did not make it too difficult for us, and just ordered us to leave quickly. Seeing that there was no hope of saving people in this way, we had to withdraw. Then we went there again yesterday afternoon and found that the guards did not take our actions in the morning seriously. Whether it was the people guarding the prisoners or the guards patrolling the island, they were still the same few. We were afraid that descending further would alert them, so we discussed the method of taking a boat to the island to rescue people."

"Wait." After Charles finished speaking, Sadie frowned like Lin Yan and asked in confusion, "So you have been riding a hot air balloon over the prison for the past two days, but the guards below don't take your actions seriously at all. They only reacted when you planned to descend to rescue people, and they responded in a rather 'gentle' way. Haven't you ever suspected that this is a trap? Pinkerton detectives went to so much trouble but only caught two insignificant people. Could it be that they are using this method to lure us into rescuing people and prepare to take the opportunity to catch a few big fish?"

Lin Yan also nodded and agreed: "Shadi is right, we can't rule out this possibility."

Arthur looked at the two suspicious people calmly. From his calm expression, he was not surprised by Sadie's trap hypothesis, as if he had thought of it a long time ago.

"But we don't have any other choice, do we?" He shrugged, closed his eyes and rubbed his slightly red eyeballs.

Just as Arthur was about to explain, his right hand, which was originally pressing his eyeballs gently, quickly moved to his mouth, and then a violent cough came out of his mouth.

Looking at Arthur, who was riding on his horse and bending his body into the shape of a shrimp due to severe coughing, Lin Yan's heart slowly lifted up. It was only then that he paid attention to some changes that had taken place in the other's body.

When I first met Arthur and lived in Horseshoe Lookout and Cape Clemons, Arthur's face didn't look very energetic, but it was always ruddy, and it looked very healthy. At the same time, his cheeks and cheekbones were quite plump, which was the iconic image of a western cowboy in the movie. But since moving to Shady Belle, Arthur began to cough when he spoke, but the coughs were not frequent and severe at that time, so no one took it seriously. Then, after the St. Denis Bank incident, when Lin Yan returned to the camp and saw Arthur again, he noticed that Arthur seemed to have lost a lot of weight, not only was his face a little pale, but his spirit was not very good. At that time, he simply thought that Arthur had been too tired these days and would recover after a good rest. But until today, at this moment, looking at this man who was coughing violently on horseback, Lin Yan realized that Arthur's body did not seem to be as simple as overwork, because since moving to Lakai, Arthur's work and rest were quite regular. Logically speaking, with such a regular schedule, Arthur's health should have improved quickly. However, not only did Arthur not recover, but his condition got worse. Could it be that he was sick?

Charles, who was walking on Arthur's right and half a body length behind him, had a trace of worry in his eyes. Arthur had been with him these days, and he knew best whether Arthur was in good health or not.