Why is Emma here? That's a long story.

Time goes back in time.

George and Emma made it all the way back to Yorkshire two days later. As usual, the steward and his servants waited for his master to return at the gate of Manfil. George frowned after a glance from afar. "Why are there so many people?"

Emma pushed the carriage window open a little and squinted her eyes to take a closer look. "Probably Mr. Butler is a little worried. ”

George's brow furrowed even tighter. The housekeeper's approach is understandable, but at this time, it is easy to cause panic by bringing people to protect him with such fanfare. The butler was loyal, but timid and not clever enough. After the murder of old Mr. Kentera, he did not know whether George was the murderer or not, and hesitated whether to go in person or stay in Yorkshire and send someone, and who to send. It was only three days later that a few men were sent to Derbyshire to assist in the investigation. If Emma hadn't made a quick decision, George would have been killed a long time ago.

Emma has always behaved like a standard lady in public, and she has not made any comments on the housekeeper's practices. He just smiled comfortingly at George.

George was appeased, and now was not the time to be dissatisfied with the butler. This mentality made him not show an impatient look in the face of the housekeeper who was full of sorrow and sighing. "Where's John's body?"

The butler paused for a moment and sighed, and replied, "None of his other relatives are in Yorkshire and unmarried, and after the coroner has examined him, the police officer has asked us to keep his body at home for the time being." Alas, what an unfortunate man. John usually has no enemies, maybe the real target of the murderer is you, please be careful. ”

The butler was kind, and George nodded to indicate that he would pay attention, "Thank you." ”

George did not go out, but had all the information on the matter so far, and looked at it with Emma.

Emma carefully checked the examination report of John's body, and the wounds were concentrated in non-fatal places such as limbs, and there were no head injuries, only one fatal wound was the throat. Emma sighed, "Brother, things may be in trouble. "Why do you want to torture and kill again? It is probably because you want him to do something or force him to ask him something. However, John failed to meet the murderer's demands due to his own will or objective conditions, so he was brutally killed.

After listening to Emma's analysis, George's face was also difficult to look at. This is the worst-case scenario.

Emma muttered, "If you want him to do something, the most likely thing a family doctor can do is to hurt people." No, it shouldn't be for him to do things. John, the son of an old butler, was very loyal to the Kentras, and could not have promised to be unfavorable to us because of a beating. If you want to press the situation, and take the old butler's son instead of the current Mr. Butler to prove that the incident happened before the old butler died. It should be my father's enemy, and the Clark incident, the rumor incident, and this incident may have been committed by a group of people. ”

George and John's relationship is not very close, but after all, they grew up together, and George has been in a state of irritability since seeing John's corpse. "I will never let them go!"

Emma taps her right hand on the table like a piano. "If it's really a group of people who do these three things, some of their characteristics can already be inferred. They are good and well-trained, they may have ties to South America, they are ruthless and don't care about the lives of innocents, although there are some opportunities to get their hands on in London and Cozwold, but they never appear, their range of action seems to be limited, they can hide behind the scenes and never appear directly, and their identities may not be visible. ”

George imagined it based on Emma's description. "Sounds like a bandit. ”

Emma still feels that something is wrong, although the bandit meets most of the characteristics, but the revenge of the bandit should not be so technical. And what were they going to ask about kidnapping John? But she didn't have a better guess for a moment.

George had believed his own speculation, and he wondered, "What is my father's grudge against the bandits as an earl?"

The two glanced at each other and said in unison: "Mother's business back then." ”

Emma asked, "Brother, how much have you found out about the past?"

George was a little embarrassed, and although a long time had passed, there was still not much progress in the investigation on his side. "My father had a good relationship with our uncle, Mr. Brown, and even after Mr. Brown changed his surname, he had occasional contacts, and refusing to get rid of him was probably to leave a way back for the Kentra family. After you and your mother were kidnapped, your father actually promised not to leave Mr. Brown for the time being, but he couldn't let him go because of the Duke's face, and I don't know why my mother was killed later. ”

Emma suddenly had a flash of inspiration. "Were those people hired bandits or pretending to be bandits? Mr. Brown is an officer, how much money do you have to hire bandits? It is better to use his soldiers to pretend to be bandits. ”

George frowned: "It makes sense, but if it's a soldier, it's not a shame." ”

In addition to the identity of the group, Emma has another doubt. "If my father took revenge on the bandits immediately after my mother was killed, why didn't the fish that slipped through the net come to seek revenge immediately?

George regretted it. "If only I hadn't burned down the study at that time. ”

Emma shook her head. "If my father really chose to take revenge later, there must be some reason. For example, if you can't find someone to attack your mother, or where their identity exists that makes him scruples, you need to plan carefully and retaliate by roundabout means. If it's the latter reason, there's nothing wrong with burning down the study in time. And I don't think my father left any traces of what he did, whether it was at Swoe Manor or Manfair. ”

Emma's words made sense, and George was relieved. "That's right. Then I'll start the investigation from the events of the year and the events of this time. Whether they are soldiers or bandits, they must look different from ordinary people, and no matter how careful they are, they will definitely leave clues. ”

This is the best thing to do at the moment, Emma agreed, and told George: "Don't go out and investigate yourself." ”

George readily agreed, and went to someone to arrange an investigation.

The matter had a direction to investigate, and Emma's nerves, which had been tense, relaxed slightly. Although she was not very confident about the ability of George's men, she could only wait.

Just when it was tea time, Emma came to the restaurant, leaned back on the chair lazily, and took a sip of black tea. So much has happened in the past few days, and I have been pressing it in my heart, and I don't have time to think about it until now.

Emma was amazed that Mr. Darcy liked her. Mr. Darcy was a very standard gentleman of his age, who would appreciate respect and tenderness towards his wife, but fundamentally his wife was not equal to his status, and he was the center of his whole life. Elizabeth is intelligent and humorous, but on the whole, her views on marriage and family are in line with the mainstream values of the era. There are only two problems that Mr. Darcy will face when he marries her: one is that people who cannot accept Elizabeth's identity will refuse to associate with Mr. Darcy, and his social circle may be lowered, and the other is that there are unworthy relatives who play in the autumn wind. The two have the same three views, and there is no great deviation in the planning of their future married life. Emma is different. No matter who she marries, she is an independent individual. Marriage is a choice of future lifestyle, and living together can be painful if the three views are not aligned. For example, Emma thinks it's normal for her to have a career of her own, and that giving up part of it for the sake of her family is a sacrifice, but Mr. Darcy doesn't recognize her dedication. Another example is that in Mr. Darcy's values, Emma asks her to make her own decisions because she does not trust him, and even does not respect him enough in some way, and he compromises out of love for her, but Emma does not recognize his dedication. In the long run, there will definitely be problems in the marriage.

Emma shook her head, shaking the analysis out of her mind. She didn't have to think about it anymore, Mr. Darcy had long said that marriage was a lifestyle choice, and that she should have given it up after she explained the situation. Mr. Darcy's pride does not come from his net worth, but from his morals and ideas. He is good is right, so he has the capital of pride. Alvin might also consider a change of mindset, but Mr. Darcy had a hard time making that choice.

By the way, Emma thought of another question, George had a strange attitude after coming out of Bloomberg, quietly observed her for two days, and every time he mentioned Mr. Darcy, George's attitude was very unnatural. Could it be that George knew about Mr. Darcy's confession?

"Miss. ”

Emma's mind was still immersed in George's affairs, and she didn't react for a while.

"Miss, Baker has brought back a man who says that he has done what you have commanded, and that he has found him. ”

Emma's eyes lit up. "Let them go to the drawing room. ”

As soon as Emma sat down on the sofa in the living room, Baker walked in with a man in a coarse cloth coat with a pigtail behind his head, and bent down to salute Emma: "Miss, this is the person you want." Then he said to the man in a half-baked Chinese dialect that he didn't know where: "Chen, this is Miss." ”

Emma didn't hear him at all, staring straight at the man.

The man bowed stiffly with his head down, not daring to look at Emma.

Baker hurriedly explained: "Miss, people in their country are like this, men and women can't meet and talk casually, please don't blame him for his faux pas." Baker didn't know much Chinese, so he found a missionary who had been to China to communicate with Chinese businessmen, and during this time he also learned a few words, but it was not enough to communicate at all. After finding Chen, in order to prevent Chen from being rude in front of Emma, he deliberately asked the missionary to tell the man about the etiquette of meeting the noble lady, but it was obvious that the man was so nervous that he forgot it.

Emma glanced at him. "I know. "Explain to her the habits of the Qing Dynasty people in China?

Baker remembered. "Chinese businessmen who come to our country will bring a few people with good skills, some of whom have special talents, and this is what you tell me. I'm sorry for me."

Emma cut off his apology. "You're doing a great job. I will do what I promised. And from today you will be given half a month off. ”

Baker thanked Emma with joy, but disagreed with Emma's order to let him go out first. "He doesn't know our language"

"I will. In the face of Baker's surprised eyes, Emma smiled and said, "The power of books is endless. ”

Just in case, there were two male servants left in the living room, but neither of them could speak Chinese. After Baker left, Emma said softly, "Master Chen." "Changed body and haven't spoken Chinese for a long time, Emma's voice tone is a little strange. Why is Emily able to speak Chinese fluently? But she has more important things to do now:"

I have one thing I want to ask you. ”