Chapter 46: Simultaneous Distress
Emma came to the town and walked half a street and felt that the atmosphere was different. When they went out, for safety reasons, they were all dressed very plainly, with no luggage, the horses were dusty, and all the servants had guns hanging from their waists. Poorer townspeople generally look at them evasively, curious but afraid to approach. It's a small town, some of the houses look like they're in disrepair, and people walking in the streets, although they consciously avoid them, don't look away from them, but look at them generously.
This is the edge of the mining area, and Emma knows that there may be some wanted criminals and villains mixed in the mining area in this era, but at this time, Britain has a strong government, and the underworld/evil forces are not strong, and the police officer in charge of this area is not stupid enough to offend an earl, even if they usually turn a blind eye to crime, it is impossible to let them go today. She didn't expect that the whole atmosphere in this town was obviously different.
Emma decided to make a detour to the mine, but it was getting late at night, and the next town was far away, so it was not safe to travel overnight or stay in the village, so she had to stay for the time being. Thirty hired servants plus two servants of the Kentra family also lived in the town with a false lady, and Emma had the two servants secretly told to visit the sheriff with the Crest of the Kentra family just in case.
Walking through the door of the inn, Emma noticed the innkeeper at first sight, not because of the scar on his face, but because of the look in his eyes. The look was not fierce, but it was very penetrating, and it lingered on Emma's chest for a while. Emma resisted the urge to bend over her chest to avoid the gaze, waved impatiently to the servant to hurry up, and strode in.
Emma had already specially instructed the group to go upstairs without ordering wine or touching soup, and after eating some black bread. Because of her vigilance, Emma did not sleep well even though the servants took turns keeping vigil at night. Half-asleep, a servant knocked on her door.
Emma opened the door in a neat manner, and the servant whispered, "Two people tried to sneak in and sneak that fake young lady away, and they were caught. You said that this town is special, and you still went to the sheriff as planned?"
Emma's eyes lit up: "Great." Of course, if we are held in our hands, we are likely to be attacked by their accomplices, and it is safe and secure to be locked up in the class room. Has anyone been hurt?"
"Nope. They swarmed up, and the two men were arrested before they could figure out who to target. Would you like to check on their inn?" because the inns in this town are relatively small, and Emma and the others were not able to stay in the same inn with those people.
Emma shook her head. "No, since no one is hurt, I won't go. And don't go there yet. "She still wants to use this man's identity in the future, and it's better not to expose her relationship with the Kentra family now.
Emma's decision saved herself, and as soon as the parish officers arrived, a team of gunmen attacked the inn. The attackers rescued the two men who had just been captured, as well as several hired servants. But they weren't much happier, for they found out that the protected Miss Kentler was just a rack of clothes and hats.
Emma didn't expect those people to dare to openly confront the official forces. According to their old style, they should try to avoid confrontation with police officers. Did the key people arrest them and made them have to take risks, or did the police officers here collude with them? The hired servants ran away without being caught, and the two servants of the Kentra family who were with the fake lady did not dare to come here in order to avoid disturbing Emma, and secretly ran out of town. Emma had no idea what was going on, so she couldn't tell.
The servant advised Emma to leave quickly, but Emma refused. She thought that she had hired thirty servants, and those people would not attack them head-on, and at most secretly send someone to kidnap the false lady. If Emma knew that those people would not have involved innocent people if they dared to do it openly, she feared that those who were ruthless would kill these innocent servants, and even if they didn't, they would definitely be beaten and questioned. Emma must find a way to get these people out.
The servant could not understand Emma's thoughts at all. Emma's remuneration was very generous, and when she hired the servants, she also said that someone would be unfavorable to the young lady so she hired them to protect them, and these servants came voluntarily, and even if they died, they would be considered unlucky. How could a noble lady be allowed to go into danger to save these people?
Emma had made a plan in the hard persuasion of the servants: she would secretly leave the town in her female clothes, and those people would surely send someone to chase them when they saw it, and the remaining servants would take the opportunity to rescue the captured servants, and it would be better if they could catch one or two of the men who remained behind the guards.
If it was a different clever servant, Emma would be knocked unconscious and taken away, but these servants didn't dare to do anything to Emma, so they had to reluctantly arrange it with a bitter face.
Emma's plan was good, but two things went wrong. One is that those people did collude with the police, and the police also had ties with local forces, so Emma was found when she found a place to restore women's clothes and was about to go out. Emma fled all the way into the abandoned attic of a dilapidated house, and swaggered out of the alley in the form of a young master after completing her disguise while they searched. Then the second problem arises: Mr. Darcy is here, and those people know Mr. Darcy because of the oolong incident and want to use Mr. Darcy to threaten Emma to come out.
At the same time, something happened on George's side.
George has been a little uneasy after Emma's departure, but Emma left secretly, and he is not easy to find out the news, so he has to pray that Emma will arrive safely and then send a letter.
However, George soon regretted it, as he got the news that Emma had appeared in the neighboring county. Emma was obviously quietly disguised and left, how could anyone know that she appeared in the neighboring county? After being a brother and sister for so long, George immediately reacted to Emma's intentions. She was going fishing! When he heard the details again, George dropped the pen in his hand, and the news was two days ago, because he didn't deliberately investigate, and now it has come here.
George stood up and was about to go out, but the butler hurried to stop him. "It's dangerous for you to go out now, so let the servants chase after you. โ
George's eyes were red. "What's the use of chasing after me now! Emma, they're on horseback, and it's too late to catch up, and I'm going out to investigate John's affairs, and they're going to come to me with their main target. โ
The butler was startled by George's eyes, but insisted on standing in front of him. "Mademoiselle has always been very cautious, and will certainly not use herself as bait, nor will the servants who protect her. โ
George calmed down a little. The housekeeper was right, Emma had always been cautious, and even if she wanted to fish, she would definitely not use her own fishing, and she could have found someone to pretend to be her. But even if she doesn't go into battle by herself, she will definitely stay not too far from the fake lady, in case she gets hurt in the chaos
George was still very determined to go out. He's not stupid either, he didn't go far and just circled the edge of Yorkshire. On this day, he meets an unexpected person on the road: Miss Emily.
George doesn't remember much of Miss Emily, but he is very impressed with Miss Emily. One is the other party's strange temper, and the other is the eyes of this young lady who sticks to him every time she sees him. These two things made him remember this special young lady deeply. He didn't want to meet Miss Emily, though. Fortunately, Miss Emily's eyes were much more constricted this time, which made George feel a little more comfortable.
Miss Emily and Mr. Smith's family went on holiday from London to the country, and the route to the country passed through Yorkshire, where Mrs. Smith and Miss Emily's mother were sisters, and they both wanted to go home and see Emma, and Daisy wanted to see Emma too. Miss Emily didn't want to go back to her mother's house, so she lied that she was not feeling well, so she asked everyone to go first so as not to delay the trip. She thought that her mother and aunt would not stay at her mother's house for long, and that if she left in two days, her mother should have already left her mother's house, just in time to meet at Manfil. I didn't expect to meet George.
Miss Emily failed to try last time, and she was very disappointed and took her leave. After she calmed down, she felt a little silly, maybe the other party was British before the crossing, or maybe not necessarily from the 21st century. She remembers that cowpox could prevent smallpox was discovered by a doctor, and not so early. George invested in the development of the cowpox vaccine in advance, even if he is not a traverser himself, he should have a connection with the traverser. Emily really wished she could have a fellow timetraveler, and she would never let go of a clue.
Although George did not want to see Miss Emily, Miss Emily sent a servant to greet him, and as a gentleman, he could not turn around and leave, could he? George had to jump off his horse and greet Miss Emily, "Nice to meet you." โ
"It's a coincidence that I'm glad to meet you too. Miss Emily smiled and explained why she was here.
George showed a regretful expression: "I'm really sorry, I have very important and urgent matters to deal with, I'm afraid I can't go back to meet the guests." โ
Miss Emily didn't have many chances to see George, and she didn't want him to leave in a hurry, but she had no reason to stop George, so she had to helplessly watch George get on his horse and leave.
Neither of them expected the reunion to come so quickly.
As it grew dark, George instructed his servants to speed up and try to get to the next town before dark.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted from behind: "George Kentera, your sweetheart is in our hands!
George tightened his grip on the whip, and the group of guys who had been trying to do something to the Kentra family finally appeared. But this excuse was so clumsy, how did he not know that he still had a sweetheart?George ignored the man's shouts, and threw himself on the horse's back, whipped the horse hard, and told the servant to follow him quickly. The people who came out with him โกโก had a good way, but I don't know how many people there are on the other side, so it's safer to lure these people to the edge of the town and shoot with the police officers.
The man saw that George ran away without looking back, and his speed was a little faster, and he grabbed Emily's hair angrily: "Didn't you say that you were her sweetheart?"
Emily was placed sideways on the horse, and the jolt made her stomach churn, but she could only endure vomiting at the moment of life and death* to continue acting: "George loves me more than his life, he must have run away because he didn't believe that I was caught by you." โ
George suddenly heard a woman's scream behind him, although it was terrible and deformed, it was still a little familiar: "George, I am Emily you love, I was caught by these three people, come and save me!"
George's heart tightened. Miss Emily?How could she be caught?Why did the people say Miss Emily was his sweetheart, and threaten him with her?These questions popped up first, and then George found out about the message in Miss Emily's words: three people.
George and his party were ten people, and it was not a problem to deal with three people. If it weren't for the fact that the three of them decided that Emily was George's sweetheart, neither George nor the servant would have acted rashly, and they would certainly not have done it head-on.
George motioned for the servant to stop. When the three chasing men saw that George had stopped, they were very proud, and took Miss Emily to the front of George and the ten, and put a knife on Miss Emily's neck. "Dismount. โ
George waved his hand: "Dismount." โ
"The man who called you has thrown all the guns away, you," the tallest and strongest man pointed at George, "come here." โ
"Wait a minute. Miss Emily cried, "Please let us go, George and I can give you a lot of money, a lot of money, a lot of money." She winked at George as she spoke, and gestured with her hand to a gun, and then to three. Then with a hand that seemed to hold something hammered the horse's belly. One pointed at George, then a gesture with a gun, and then at the horse.
None of the three paid any attention to Miss Emily, and neither did the servants who followed George notice Miss Emily. Thanks to the time he spent with Emma, George did not ignore Miss Emily's gestures, and he understood what Miss Emily meant after a little thought. But he didn't understand Miss Emily's movement of holding the hammer on the horse's belly.
The man who was holding the knife to Miss Emily slapped her impatiently: "Shut up, you guys hurry up and put the gun down, or I'll do it!"
George made a furious look: "What did you do to her, did you hammer her?"
None of the three understood what George meant: "What are you talking about? โ
Emily understood what George was saying, "They didn't do anything to me, or I would have killed myself with a hairpin." โ
It dawned on George that Miss Emily meant to tie the horse's belly with a hairpin. George squeezed out a voice from the corner of his mouth: "Shoot the horse for a while." The servants around him were very close to him, and they all heard the order and were ready.
At that moment Emily โกโก the horse's flank with the hairpin she had held in her hand, and the horse neighed in pain and raised its hooves high. The man on the horse was almost thrown off, and subconsciously held the reins to keep his balance, Miss Emily thought she could throw the man off, but she didn't expect to be thrown down, but she also found an opportunity to jump off. She had no experience and tried to get up first after falling to the ground. Had it not been for George's quick hand and quick shot, she would have been trampled on by a horse. At the same time, the other servants also shot the other two horses.
Miss Emily crawled to George's side, and after George shot the horse to death, the man on the horse jumped down in time and grabbed Miss Emily by the hair. Miss Emily, who was an ordinary weak woman, lifted her hind leg and kicked it between the man's legs. The man's face turned white with pain, and Miss Emily was afraid that he would still be able to move, so she kicked him three or four times in a row, and the man could not scream, and fell to the ground with his hands on the wound.
George saw it clearly, gasped, and subconsciously clamped his legs.
The remaining two were also quickly shot.
Miss Emily, covered in mud and grass and with messy hair, finally ran up to George. "There's a lot of them and a lot of them, let's go. โ
There were no horses to spare, and Miss Emily could not ride, so George had to take her with him, and let the servants take the three men. Miss Emily didn't wait for George to ask, and said, "I have better hearing than the average person, and in the restaurant I heard your name mentioned at the next table, and they don't look like good people with guns, and when they came out after eating, I said I wanted to go to the toilet and sneak out after them, but I didn't expect to be discovered by them." In order not to be killed, I had to say that I am your sweetheart, I'm sorry. They seem to be your enemies, and these three are in charge of tracking, and they were going to wait for others to come and kill you together, but they felt that they were sure to threaten you with me, so these three people chased after you without waiting for others. โ
George's face was stern: "Do you know how many people there are?" Although I was tempted to ask Miss Emily why she didn't go to the police officer or let the servants follow her, it was better to solve the problem at hand first.
Miss Emily shook her head, her messy hair smearing George's face, "I don't know." I knew those people were coming tonight. โ
As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of gunshots behind me.
Miss Emily shuddered, although she had come from time in time, and had never seen such a scene in the twenty-first century, but it was not her style to hide in a gentleman's arms and ask for comfort.
George shook his horse's head and ran to the left. Since the other party is prepared, maybe there is someone in front of him waiting for an ambush, so it is better to change directions.
George changed directions three or four times in a row, and the advantage was that he did not encounter an ambush in front of him, and the disadvantage was that he was lost. However, this area is still quite densely populated, and you can definitely see the town in three hours if you have been running in one direction.
At this moment, a forest suddenly appeared in front of it.
The moonlight was dim tonight, George didn't see anyone in the woods, and when he saw it, it was too late to change direction, and there were people chasing and killing behind him, so he couldn't stop and not run, so he had to shout: "The people in front of you run away!
The horses galloped very fast, and in the blink of an eye George was in front of several men in the woods. Guarded in the middle by the servants on both sides was Mr. Brown.
George has mixed feelings, Mr. Brown may be the enemy who killed his parents, but there is no conclusive evidence yet, and George can't watch Mr. Brown get involved in the matter and get hurt without psychological burden. "Run!"
Although I don't know what happened, Mr. Brown has been on the battlefield for many years, and his first reaction when he heard the gunfire was to turn his horse's head, then pull out his gun and turn around in a defensive motion. However, he did not flee on horseback, because the gunfire stopped.
George's face changed. "It's really you. โ