Chapter 42: Murray's invitation
When they came to the cemetery, the three saw a man with a hood digging a grave not far away.
And behind the mule cart lay several corpses that were not needed by the hospital.
Seemingly unaware of the arrival of the three, the man in the hood kept digging the grave.
The three looked at each other and dismounted.
"Still working so late?" John walked over and said directly.
The hooded man with a bit of a hunchback was obviously taken aback when he saw John, and then looked at Lambert and Kane next to him.
Then the hooded man said nervously.
"What do you have? If you have anything, you can go to the priest."
"Can you take off your hat? I want to see what you look like." John said, looking at his hood, he could only see that he was a little hunched, but he couldn't see his face.
"If you have anything you can go to the priest, don't come to me." The hooded man immediately threw his **** at the three of them, and then ran towards the deep forest in the north. Pretty funny, but not slow.
The three looked at each other and then Lambert took out the rope and chased after him.
John and Kane stood where they were, not worried that Lambert couldn't catch up or something happened, because as far as the hooded man's voice was concerned, he was really only a seventeen- or eight-year-old boy.
If he couldn't even deal with this kid, then Lambert couldn't have been a guard for the rancher at the trading post for more than three years.
John took out a cigarette and handed it to Kane beside him.
"He doesn't look healthy, is it really him?" Kane reached out and took the cigarette from John.
"There is no second person." Looking at the hooded man who was thrown not far away, John nodded and lit a cigarette.
"He's still a child." Kane was still a little surprised.
"Yeah, who would have thought of that," said Lambert John, who came back with the hooded man on his back.
"What does our mysterious murderer look like?" Kane asked aloud.
"It's not very good, it looks a little weird." Lambert said, and then threw out a knife.
John reached out to take it.
"He's really big. He still carries this thing with him. He was thinking of attacking me just now." Naturally, he was knocked out by a few punches from Lambert.
John took a look at it. It was a scalpel. It was used to cut the skin. It was very sharp.
Then John pinched the man in the hood again and looked at his face. He was very young and a little weird, like a face that was slightly contaminated by radiation. It was a little disgusting. No wonder he wears a hood all the year round.
"He looks really unpleasant." Kane looked at this face with a disgusted expression unconsciously.
"If he looked likeable, this case probably wouldn't exist." John looked at him and covered him with his hood again.
"Take him back to the police station, Kane, and by the way, ask the police to come and find the first scene under the church." John ordered and said with a festive expression on his face. "Detectives, the case is finally solved."
Because it was late at night, there were not many people on the street, and it was impossible for someone on the dock to give up his job because some police officers were dispatched to run to see what it was, unless he didn't want to do it tomorrow.
After more than ten police officers searched, they found the basement under the church, which looked like a execution platform. There are many dried bloodstains on it. and two missing organs in glass jars.
The police officers who came were all shocked, but the work was still proceeding in an orderly manner. John gave an order not to disturb the sleeping priest, who was too old to be tossed.
"Hahaha!" Chief Leiter's voice even laughed with his own majesty.
Seeing that the tall Chief Leit came over, he gave John a hug with great strength. It could be seen that he was very happy.
Beside him is his secretary, Pasik.
"Nice job, John, I knew you could do it. Hahahaha!" Leiter stared at John, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this young subordinate was very satisfied. He had never had such a satisfied attitude.
"Have you seen it, Pasik, I read it right, hahaha!" The happy Chief Leit turned his head and said to his secretary, Pasik.
"Yes, Chief, you have a unique vision, Sergeant John. I apologize for my previous judgment. I tried to prevent you from taking office here that day." Pasik turned his head and said to John.
"Well, it's okay, I'm indeed a little younger, it's normal." John just nodded to show that he didn't mind.
"John, who are these two?" Leiter said when he saw the two who had never met.
"This is the partner I recruited. The two of them have put a lot of effort into this matter. Without the two of them, the case would not have been solved so quickly, and Sheriff Rich's investigation these days has also saved us a lot of time." John finished introducing The two of Kane then turned to Lambert and said.
"This is Chief Leiter of Blackwater Town."
"Hello, Chief Leiter." The two immediately greeted Leiter.
"Well, yes, they are both young and capable. Yes, yes." Leiter looked at the two of them and nodded.
"Congratulations, congratulations, Sheriff John hahaha. I didn't expect you to find the murderer as soon as you took over. As expected of someone who can arrest four criminals across the state in 27 days." Sheriff Richie's voice came from the side .
It's just that he followed behind a fat figure.
"Hmph~ Isn't this Deputy Director Morrie? Aren't you at a party, why are you so free to check on this case?" Leiter saw that the fat man's tone became unpleasant.
"Chief Leiter's words are serious. I happened to be not busy tonight, so I followed them to see our new sheriff in Blackwater Town." Morrie didn't care about Leiter's cynicism. After responding to Leiter, he turned to look at the three Johns beside him.
"This is our sheriff. He is really young and promising. Since you have solved the case that has plagued us for so many days, it is really fortunate for us in Heishui Town to have a sheriff like you in Heishui Town. "Murray smiled very warmly, and there was no unpleasant look on his face.
"It is also my personal honor to be the sheriff of Blackwater Town." John returned in a humble tone.
"Yes, yes, it's really a talent, congratulations to Commissioner Leiter for having another soldier after losing Sheriff Brandt, congratulations, congratulations." Morrie looked John up and down and said to Leiter.
"Hmph~" Chief Leiter put on a high posture.
"Well, well, I've seen people too, so I won't disturb everyone's work. Richie, let's go back." Morrie said to Sheriff Richie with a smile, and then turned back to John. .
"Sheriff John, I'm free to have dinner tomorrow. I really like chatting with a young man like you."
John glanced at Leiter, and seeing that Leiter had no emotion, he nodded and said ok.
"Chief Reiter, Sheriff John, goodbye." Richie said to Reiter and John and followed Morrie away.
After Morrie boarded the carriage and left the place, Leiter turned around and said to John, "It's okay to meet him, but I just want you to be more relaxed about his boat. There are a lot of contraband on the family boat."
"Then do I want to target him?" John asked uncertainly. In fact, if he could, John would definitely not want to provoke the deputy director who had family power in Blackwater Town.
"No, it's all something that doesn't hurt or itches. It doesn't matter to him if he catches it. At most, he will be fined a little bit. It's better to just let him go and get a decent extra income every month. Don't worry about anything. , this matter won't have any impact on you. Their family doesn't dare to overdo it, and many people are staring at their business." Leiter made a few words to John.
"I heard that you bought a manor? In the Quaker Bay?" Leiter mentioned another matter.
"Well, because I have a good relationship with Mr. Edwin, and the place is not easy to sell, I gave it to me at a very low price." John directly stated Steve's external rhetoric.
"Well, it's really good, but it's far away. But the manor has a lot of expenses. It happens that this guy Morrie will send you a sum of money tomorrow, which is enough for your expenses." Leiter obviously also knew John and the black water. The town's tycoon knows.
"Okay, the three of you have also been busy for a day. Go back to rest after this matter, but don't be exhausted." Leiter patted the three of them on the shoulders.
"Yes." The three said in unison.
"Yeah." Reiter nodded, then took Pasik into the carriage and left.
"John, the director said that the fat man will give you money tomorrow?" Kane said to John as he looked at the leaving director.
"Probably, haven't I heard that most of his business is purchased and shipped here." John nodded and looked at Kane and said with a little air, "Anyway, I am also the sheriff of this district, of course he will talk to me about it. Talk, then send money, and it will be sent every month.”
"Is that our share?" Kane wanted to take a share.
"Okay~ I can't do without you." John slapped Kane on the shoulder.
"I finally know why people of your level are not short of money. It turned out that someone gave it to you." Kane said enviously.
Then Kane rubbed his eyes.
"Don't tell me, I drank a lot of inferior wine with that fool. I'm really sleepy now." Kane yawned several times.
"It's almost time, you two should go back first, remember to be careful on the road." John's Mickey's purple sapphire pocket watch looked at the time and said to the two of them.
"Okay, then I'll go back first. I really miss the room in my manor. It's bigger than the house I rented at the trading post. It's great." Kane was also polite, and after yawning twice Mounted.
Lambert looked John both ways.
"It's alright, go back, it's so late, your wife should be in a hurry. If you don't go back, she thinks you have an accident." John patted Lambert on the shoulder just as Leiter patted him just now.
"Let's go Lambert, it's okay, what can he do, don't forget how amazing what he did on the abandoned ranch at the trading post. He's okay when we have an accident." Kane yawned and reminded Lambert, John's horror record.
"Yeah." Lambert thought back and thought the same. So after a reply, he and Kane went directly to the outside of Heishui Town.
Looking at the two who left, John looked at the police officers who had entered the finishing touches. He took out a cigarette in his pocket, lit one, and smoked it.
After half an hour, the place returned to calm. John looked at the time again. It was almost one o'clock. It might be almost one and a half past when he returned to the manor, but John still planned to go back. After all, today was the first night to rest in his manor. The first property in the world, John felt very necessary.
After thinking about it, John got on his horse and left Blackwater Town.