"What do they want my father to do?" Wendy could not wait to ask.
"Help them find a group of people." Zhang Heng's expression became a little strange when he said that.
"Who?"
"More than a month ago, there was a robbery in Bright Silver Town. A group of masked men ransacked the town's bank and stole 40 kilograms of gold. However, few people know that in addition to the gold, they also robbed something that didn't belong to them. It was something that belonged to Cook.
"Cook wants your father to help him find that thing, but he seems to have other plans," Zhang Heng said.
"But … the timing doesn't match. As far as I know, the one-armed man came to Lincoln County a long time ago, and he lived next door to our house …" Wendy frowned. "Wait, do you mean Cook has been monitoring my father all these years?"
"I'm afraid so."
"When Cook's thing went missing, they contacted my father and asked him to come to Bliss. My father is half Native American, and he is indeed a good tracker. After that, they threatened my father with the lives of the farmers in the town, forcing him to help them find the person." Wendy finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter.
"Twelve days ago, Cook left ten men to guard the farmers, and he left with the remaining thirty men and your father."
"So, as long as my father helps them find the person they are looking for, the Cook Gang will release him?" Wendy asked.
"It's not that simple." Zhang Heng shook his head. "Cook's order to the men who stayed behind was to kill everyone in half a month, leave Bliss, and meet up in Lincoln County."
"Huh?" Wendy's eyes widened. "Why are they going to Lincoln County?"
"Haven't you seen it yet? Cook doesn't actually care about the thing he lost," Zhang Heng said. "His goal from the beginning to the end is your father. They plan to go to Lincoln County to avenge the one-armed man who was hanged. Your father, who is accompanying them, will be dragged into this mess. He has no other choice but to stay in the Cook Gang."
"Then what should we do?" Wendy's reaction was much calmer than Zhang Heng expected. Although she was worried, she did not panic. "If you can solve this problem for me, I can make the decision to give you half of the ranch's land and the cows on it."
"Now that things have come to this, there is only one way. We need to stop them before they reach Lincoln County, but even I can't handle more than 30 people. We have to find more help."
…
Two days later, Zhang Heng and Wendy rushed back to Glen Town in a hurry.
"Hahaha, look who's here." The sheriff stood outside the police station and sneered, "I've been waiting for this day for a long time. Well, it hasn't been long since we last met. I didn't expect to avenge my horse so soon."
"You know the leader of the Cook Gang, don't you?" asked Zhang Heng.
"Hmm, how did you know?" The sheriff's expression changed drastically when he heard Zhang Heng's words. He quickly looked around, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to them, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your secret really surprised me," said Zhang Heng. "The sheriff of Glen Town is actually related to the notorious Cook Gang."
"You don't know anything, boy. Don't comment on other people's past. You weren't there at that time," the sheriff snorted and said coldly.
"Then tell me. Tell me everything that happened so that we can save Matthew," said Zhang Heng.
"I think I made it very clear last time. I will take the past with me to my grave." The sheriff shook his head.
"You are so stubborn and unwilling to cooperate. Are you sure that Cook won't kill Matthew? There are worse things in this world than killing a person, and that is ruining his life. I don't know what the relationship between Cook and Matthew is, but I do know that Cook is ruining Matthew's life. While we are talking now, Cook is taking his men and Matthew to Lincoln County to avenge a dead gang member. I don't need to tell you. You should know what this means."
"What? Cook intends to attack Lincoln County? The county seat of Lincoln County is not a small town like Glen. The Cook Gang won't be able to conquer it. "
"They're not here to take over the place. They just want to loot it and leave before the armed forces in town can react. Considering Matthew's tense relationship with the town, what do you think the people in town will think when he shows up with the Cook Gang?"
The sheriff fell silent when he heard this.
After waiting for a while, just when Zhang Heng was about to give up, the sheriff suddenly spoke again, "I know that Cook has always wanted Matthew to be his successor. He trained Matthew in this direction before this."
"My father used to be a member of the Cook Gang?" Wendy was shocked.
"Not only that. Matthew, Cook, and I were the original members of the Cook Gang. No, at that time, we were not called the Cook Gang, but the Lucky Horseshoe. We formed the Lucky Horseshoe not to burn, kill, and loot, but for revenge."
"Revenge?"
The sheriff looked at Wendy, "Your father rarely mentioned the past to you and your mother, right? Before he met your mother, he worked on Cook's ranch. It was also there that he met the love of his life, Mary. They got married, and soon after, Mary was pregnant. At that time, Matthew was like the happiest man in the world. Matthew and I were good friends, and they were going to let me be the godfather of their first child. But no one expected misfortune to befall them so soon." "Once, Cook and Matthew drove cattle to a town five hundred miles away to sell them.
"One time, Cook and Matthew drove cattle to a town five hundred miles away to sell. When they returned home, they found that their house had been ransacked, and Mary was missing. At first, they thought it was the work of robbers, but later, they found out that things were not so simple. All the signs pointed to the only son of a director of the Pacific Union Railroad, Reuben. That guy was a playboy. Nominally, he came to supervise and inspect the railway project, but in reality, he was just out hunting with a group of scoundrels. When they saw Mary in town, Reuben immediately couldn't take his eyes off her. They flirted with Mary several times, but they were stopped by Matthew.
"However, what Matthew and Cook didn't expect was that as soon as they left the town, Mary was kidnapped by Reuben and his men. They later found Reuben and asked him to release Mary first, but Reuben denied it. That bastard was worried that his good deed would be discovered, so he killed Mary. It wasn't until a week later that we found Mary's body in the woods. However, the body had been gnawed by wild dogs. The poor child in her belly was only three months old, and she couldn't keep it either."
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