America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 58 Open the door to welcome guests

In the next ten days, nothing seemed to change much.

Holmes is still studying the treasure map, but he has made some progress after synthesizing the information he brought and the content on the map.

The Aztecs were an Indian civilization that began to exist in south-central Mexico in the 14th century and was destroyed by the Spaniards in the 16th century.

However, according to Holmes' research, the age of this human skin is only 100 years at most.

In addition, this tribe is definitely not a descendant of the royal family, and their sacrifice standards are completely insufficient.

But regarding the treasure itself, Holmes brought Chen Jianqiu good news and bad news.

The good news is that the treasures are real, and there are plenty of them.

Regarding the origin of the treasure, the description on the human skin is very vague, it is only one sentence, "The evil gods and their sea servants robbed the treasure, but it fell into the holy lake."

Holmes speculates that this sea servant of the evil god is likely to refer to the Spaniards, and "falling in the holy lake" just matches the "miserable night" recorded by the Spanish explorer.

After the Aztec emperor, Montezuma II, was stoned to death by his people, a large number of Spaniards fled with looted gold and silver, and were finally besieged in Lake Texcoco. Many people and The treasure sank to the bottom of the lake together.

As for how these treasures were fished out and how they got into the hands of this tribe, it is unknown.

But the amount of wealth is still considerable, because the records use adjectives like "mountain-like".

The bad news is that he is still unable to judge the exact location of the treasure, and can only judge that it is roughly in the southeastern region of New Mexico through the landforms on the picture.

Another thing happened during this time.

That golden eagle was scared.

At this time, it was sitting obediently on Chen Jianqiu's shoulder, pecking at a piece of venison held in his palm.

It had only eaten half, and Chen Jianqiu withdrew his hand and threw the meat back into the pot.

The golden eagle fluttered its wings and was about to get angry, but when it saw Chen Jianqiu's staring stare, it didn't dare to do anything wrong.

Chen Jianqiu looked the golden eagle up and down, "regretfully" said:

"Corn, I still like your rebellious appearance before."

After waking up to find his feet and tail bound, the golden eagle landed alone on a horizontal stick in the corner of the house after several unsuccessful attempts to escape.

This horizontal wooden stick is made of a flying bird, and it is in a relatively balanced state. As long as the bird gets a little sleepy and moves its position, it will fall down.

As for Chen Jianqiu, he personally went into battle with a frying pan in his hand, and played a game of staring at the golden eagle.

During the period, whenever this silly bird felt sleepy, Chen Jianqiu would lightly feed him.

A week later, the golden eagle had completely lost the pride it had in looking down on all beings before, and looked like a frost-beaten eggplant.

When the poor bird was about to breathe in but not out, Chen Jianqiu finally put him down, and the golden eagle slept for three days and three nights.

When it woke up, it was already Chen Jianqiu's new partner: corn.

Chen Jianqiu walked to the door, put the corn out, turned around and walked to the table, and began to make the next plan.

He decided to set off after resting for a while, otherwise Colorado may be covered with heavy snow around October at the earliest, and then they can only stay in the mountains for one winter.

Until then, he was still waiting hopefully for the arrival of his guests.

No matter how slow the pursuers are, they should be able to find this place.

Chen Jianqiu didn't trust the villagers below at all. He wasn't stupid enough to think that his help to the village was worth their tempting bounty.

If this group of people found out with conscience, Malik would immediately run over and tell him the other party's whereabouts.

If this group of people were lured by the bounty or had a sense of justice, they would either point the other party in a vague direction, or they would find Malik.

Because only Malik knew the exact location of his hut.

The former, Chen Jianqiu, was not worried at all. Anyway, these people also knew that there were people in the mountain, while the latter, he really liked the attitude of this person who believed in God.

If he decides to turn his back on the water, then the good show that Chen Jianqiu expected will begin.

The first person to appear near this villa was Officer Fultz, the embodiment of justice in Colorado, the natural enemy of evil, the nemesis of bandits, and the founder of the Colorado Mounted Police.

These titles are the praises given to the police officer by Denver newspapers after the kidnapping case some time ago.And not long ago he caught the wanted criminal Hanif, "Denver Times" and "Western Pioneer" began to praise this star in the police circle with lengthy articles.

Fultz said in the interview that these are what he should do, and hope that the newspaper can focus more on other places.

But in private, he cut out the part of the newspaper where his photo was printed piece by piece, and put the one he thought was the most handsome in his wallet.

After studying Chen Jianqiu's previous case files, he determined that this person was a heinous fugitive, cunning, cruel, and insane.

When he decided to set off, it had been more than ten days. After fully analyzing Chen Jianqiu's trajectory and the surrounding geographical environment, he chose this place as the first step.

"Hey, buddy, do you know this person?" Fultz took out a reward order and asked the farmer who was logging on the side of the road.

The farmer took one look and shook his head.

"So, what about this one?" Fultz took out another one, and this one had an Indian bird on it.

The farmer didn't even want to take another look, and continued to shake his head.

"These people are all wanted criminals, and their highest bounty is worth more than 1000 U.S. dollars." Fultz increased his voice.

The farmer was a little dazed.

$1000, my God, what is that concept?You can buy a large piece of land, and you can buy a lot of sheep.

Fultz saw that the farmer was thinking about it, so he continued his efforts: "Sir, you can think about it more carefully."

He took out a lot of dollars from his pocket and started counting.

When the farmer saw the dollar, his eyes straightened, and he quickly said, "Yes, yes, this Indian came to the village before, and he even instructed us to pour gunpowder."

"So, where exactly is he now?" Fultz continued to count his dollars without looking up.

"Um, I don't know. They should be in the mountains. Only Malik in the village knows where they are." The farmer said while looking at the dollar in Fultz's hand.

Under his gaze, Fultz stuffed the money back into his clothes, and the farmers beside him were stunned.

"Um, sorry, I just want to place some money." Fultz said apologetically.

The farmer was anxious: "What about my salary?"

Fultz pulled another quarter from his pants pocket and tossed it to the farmer:
"Sorry, but your news is only worth so much."

After finishing speaking, he left the astonished farmer and headed towards the village together with other mounted policemen.

　I'm sorry everyone, I just woke up from the wine, so I made up the second watch, I'm sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)