On the grassland, the old cowboy, Zhang Heng, Wendy and the deputy sheriff were sitting on the ground around the campfire.
On both sides of them are miners and farmers in Bliss Town. Although the two sides decided to act together, there is a clear distinction between them, there is no communication at all, each doing their own things, and looking at each other. full of hatred.
A worried look crossed the old cowboy's face.
"What?" Zhang Heng asked.
"Our manpower is still a little too small, and we don't have enough combat experience, and there are internal conflicts. If we face the Cook Gang in this state, I'm afraid it will be more or less dangerous."
Zhang Heng didn't answer the old cowboy's question, but instead asked, "Do you know a lot about Cook?"
"No, most of it is my impression of him when we lived in the town. He seems to be a very easy-going person. Like his wife and daughter, his family is devout Puritans. We are the first to come to the town. I was only six years old at the time, and it is probably hard for people today to imagine the difficulties and dangers we encountered along the way. There were robbers, Indians, and malicious guys everywhere. We've been through a lot of tough battles, and Cook is the best marksman among us, and it's hard to imagine a gentle man like him fighting so bravely.
"He was the best of us, a natural leader, a great shot, and caring about everyone. We wouldn't have gotten to the settlement without him. We had unanimously voted him sheriff when the town was first formed." , but was rejected by him, he is a person who puts family first, and after he opened his own ranch, he wanted to spend the rest of the time with his wife, so we chose old Thompson as the sheriff.
"He was also a good man worthy of respect, but unfortunately he did not sit in this position for even a year. He went to help the widow in the town to collect what he owed, and was ambushed by the debtor and his two brothers. They shot Killed him, one of them was later caught and hanged in the next town, and the other two are still missing. Some say they fled to Japan, some say they ran into robbers and were killed, others say They joined the army under a different name, but they couldn't find it.
"And then Morris, who worked for four years, was shot blind in one eye during a firefight with a group of robbers who came to the town, but he survived miraculously, but two years later he was still alive. Retired from the Sheriff's position. Then came Thompson Jr., son of Thompson Sr.. During this time Cook had two children, the first was a boy, which unfortunately didn't last, and then a girl , Mary, I think the Cooks have given their love for their first child to this daughter.
"Cook originally wanted a third child, but in the end her wife died of dystocia, and neither the adults nor the child could be kept. Cook was depressed for a while, but fortunately he still had his daughter, and Mary made him succeed. Matthew came out from the haze, embraced life again, and then Matthew appeared. Matthew's father is an Apache Indian, and his mother is a British immigrant. His birth was an accident, because of his body He was of Indian blood, and the townspeople didn't like him.
"I had a fight with him when he first came. At that time, I was just a young man, and I couldn't tell right from wrong. I beat him just because I didn't like him, but I didn't expect that after this fight, we would fight. Became friends, and Matthew said he came to town looking for a job, but I was just a poor kid at the time, so I recommended him to Cook, because I knew that if there was someone in town who had the heart to take him, That must be Cook.
"Sure enough, although Matthew didn't know anything at that time, he was diligent and eager to learn. It can be seen that Cook liked him very much. He not only taught him to ride horses and shoot, but also kept him at home for dinner from time to time. My own son, the vast majority of people in this world are idiots with blind eyes. Only a very few people can see the shining points in a person's heart through his gender, race, and appearance. Cook has such an ability.
"You all know what happened later, so I won't say more. Cook married Mary, and then that unfortunate incident happened. Until now, I don't know whether what we did that night was right or wrong. "The old cowboy paused, "But I thought about it later, and I don't think it was accidental that things got out of control that night. At that time, most of us decided to avenge Mary in a flash of our heads, but with Cook's cleverness, And meticulous, it is impossible for him not to know the situation we face after killing Ruben's people, so he should have made up his mind from the very beginning to kill everyone in the town.
"At that time, he was probably full of disappointment with the people in the town. Considering that he had done so much for the town, the people in the town should have supported him. However, when Mary was killed, few people would stand up. By his side, it gave him a taste of betrayal.
"I heard what happened later. After the three of us broke up, he should have gone to the East Coast alone, killed the director of the Union Pacific Railway Company, and then he came back and founded the Cook Gang. Ten of them For many years, the Cook Gang has been the most powerful and feared gang in the West. They robbed trains, ransacked towns, and even fought head-on with the Rangers. Of course, they also suffered heavy losses. For a time it was thought they were gone, but it didn't take long for them to reappear, more vicious and powerful.
"Except for those larger towns, small towns like Glenn live in fear of the Cook Gang." The old cowboy looked into Zhang Heng's eyes, "I tell you these past events to let you know The scary thing about Cook is that once a person with all kinds of excellent qualities like him decides to do evil, the damage he can cause will definitely be much greater than that of ordinary robbers. I don’t know what happened to him after the three of us separated What, finally pushed him out of this step, but we have to stop him.
"If he was only obsessed with revenge at the beginning, then everything he did after that has long been out of the scope of revenge. His hands are stained with the blood of innocent people, not just those of the big shots, but more of the common people. Civilian, because he doesn't know how many children lost their fathers, wives lost their husbands, and even the whole family was slaughtered by him. What happened in Bliss is not accidental. If he is allowed to go on like this, I don't know how many crazy things he will do." The old cowboy said solemnly.