"Smack!"

The crisp crash was unusually loud in the silence of the night, but the musket that pressed straight into Alexander's chest did not come with a deafening and terrible roar.

Jossa looked at Alexander in a daze, she was still holding the musket, and behind her Beleri had pulled out a thick heavy sword.

"Be careful," I don't know when, Uliu, who also took out a musket, held his gun in both hands and pointed it at Beleri, "this can be fired." ”

"You did something to the gun?" Asha finally understood, and she glared at Alexander angrily, "What you gave me was a gun that didn't fire at all." ”

"That's because you're in too much of a hurry, I've just replaced a little thing, you're so anxious to get my gun, and you're so anxious to prepare for an escape, so that I will find out your secret. But I didn't expect you to actually shoot me. ”

Boleri walked over and stood in front of him, he raised his heavy sword vigilantly, although the musket in Ulliu's hand made him dare not move lightly, but he still used his body to protect him: "Do you want to take the young lady back, if that you kill me first." ”

"You're very loyal," Alexander said, looking at Bellery, "but you're stupid enough, where are you going, don't you know how dangerous it is to go out at this time?" ”

"That's better than marrying that Hawson," said Josha in a low voice, gritting her teeth, "Keisel says I'm his favorite sister, but he still wants me to marry that Hawsen, and my mother doesn't care about anything but fooling around with her lovers." Only Bellery knew I was going to get out of here to support me. ”

"But now you're looking for death by running out like this," Alexander looked into Josha's eyes, "and how do you know I'm not going to help you, but it's a little sad that you didn't hesitate to shoot me." ”

"What are you going to do?" Jisha raised her hand to stop Bellery who was about to speak, she knew that this escape had failed, although she didn't know Alexander's purpose yet, but seeing that he neither shot at the two of himself nor did he hold himself accountable for shooting at him, Jisha was a little secretly lucky in her heart that this person just wanted to put forward some conditions, "Say what you want, if it's jewelry, we don't bring too much, if you want it, you can take it." ”

Assemo licked his lips, although he didn't know how many things they could bring, but thinking about how they were also Miss Count, if they could take the opportunity to knock on a stroke, it would be a good gain, but looking at Alexander, he sighed in disappointment, although he didn't know what Alexander was thinking, he could guess that he wouldn't be tempted by that bit of jewelry.

"I don't want your jewels, but I want you to go back," Alexander whispered to see what seemed to be a strange face in the night, "Do you think I'll be like Keisel, sacrificing my sister for my own benefit?" ”

"What did you say?" Tsusha looked at Alexander in amazement.

"I mean, I'm your brother," Alexander slowly reached out and stroked his cheek to the side of Josa's cheek, "You can send someone to Naples and ask your mother if she had given birth to a boy many years ago and then sent away just after birth. ”

Alexander's words stunned several people, and they all looked at him in disbelief.

Uliu was puzzled, Massimo was completely dazed by the sudden change, and Belleri, who was about to say something, moved his lips for a long time and still did not speak.

But the most surprising thing was Josha, who looked at Alexander like a madman.

"Your mother gave birth to a boy at the age of sixteen, but as soon as the child was born, your Uncle Modillo sent someone to a monastery in Sicily, and the boy's name was Qiao Er." Alexander cautiously walked up to Tsusha and brought her musket.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you're saying you're also my mother's child, and we're half-brothers and sisters?" Jisha looked at Alexander in astonishment, "Then you didn't go to Uncle Modillo's house unintentionally?" ”

Alexander admired and was pleased with the shrewdness of Josha, and although it seemed not a good thing to have such a shrewd sister, she inadvertently helped him to say what was still in the works.

"Yes, it wasn't unintentional, I was going to see your mother, because that's my mother too," Alexander tried to make his expression look serious, though he knew that maybe it was more of an embarrassment than excitement about everyone, "I told her at the time that I was from Sicily, and that I had a name called Qiao Er, and that she should know what that meant." ”

"I see, Mother asked me to inquire about you, I thought she was interested in you......" At this point, she also sensed that something was wrong, and she stopped, just looked at Alexander with a pair of lake blue eyes, and then her expression slowly cooled down, "So what are you going to do with me now, don't tell me that you are willing to help or forgive me because you are a half-brother and sister with me, after all, if that shot can be fired, you are now dead." ”

Alexander nodded secretly, in fact, he did take a big risk, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is dying, because although this musket that has just undergone improvements and is not even the prototype of the flintlock pistol has been made by him to ensure that it will not be fired, but after all, it is facing a firearm, and before wearing a thick enough armor, in the face of the most powerful weapon of this era, as long as you think about it, you feel that your scalp is exploding.

And as he said, Alexander never expected that Jisha would shoot him without hesitation.

Even if he didn't have any special feelings for this girl, Alexander felt awkward in his heart about her attitude of not caring about his life or death, and he once again re-examined this girl he thought was innocent and harmless, as long as he thought that she could pull the trigger so decisively, Alexander had to admit that he really underestimated her before, and even didn't know enough about her at all.

Obviously, she knew very well that the sound of the musket would definitely alarm the people in the castle, but if she was entangled with a few of her own people, then once she also alarmed others, she would probably be entangled and unable to escape, so at that time she decisively chose the simplest and most effective method, and decided to shoot him first, even if she alarmed the guards, and then fled immediately.

The point is that she didn't think about threatening with a musket at all, but chose to fire directly!

What a terrible girl, Alexander felt that even he could not have made a more advantageous choice in such a situation.

Alexander knew that he had to have a reason to convince her now, otherwise she would not have believed herself.

"I don't think it's a good idea for you to marry Count Hawsen, though I don't know him, but I can imagine it," Alexander said and nodded to Bellery, as if to remind him of what he had said about the Count of Taranto, and as he snorted, he continued, "As for Prince Alfred, I've already met that man, and to be honest I don't like him more than you. ”

Alexander's words made Josha's heart lighten, but she still stared at him vigilantly.

"You don't know who my father is, but I promise that if I can reclaim what belongs to me, then I will have enough strength to protect you," Alexander whispered, "You can give me this chance, Kaisel will not be back until a long time later, but believe me that it may not be long before things change, and then you may not need to run away or marry someone you don't like." ”

"Why do you say that?" Jisha looked at Alexander warily, "Are you trying to trick me back and then use me to achieve your goals, even if you are the illegitimate child of my mother and some big man as you said, you will force me to marry someone I don't like for your own benefit." ”

"No, no, no," Alexander gently reached out to take her face, looked at her carefully in the moonlight, and then said in a voice that only two people could hear, "I will not force you to marry a man you don't like, and I will not even tolerate you marrying anyone, you may think that I do not understand this, but this is indeed what I think." ”

She looked at Alexander with her lips slightly open, she didn't seem to understand the meaning of his words for a moment, and she didn't know how to answer.

A man who had just shot him in the chest, a man who had just told her that he was her half-brother, was utterly bewildered by the fact that she was surprised enough to say something that was almost ridiculous.

"Come back with me, I promise I won't bother you about this kind of thing again, and I need your help," Alexander knew that it was appropriate to make people feel that he was needed, and he would feel that his words were more reliable, because only in this way could he explain his motives for saying this, "You have to help me get in touch with my mother, you know that I had many opportunities to meet my mother in the Tuylan Palace, but I never told her about it, but chose to come to you." ”

"Are you afraid of letting Uncle Modillo know?" Jisha seemed to understand something, and a flash of intelligence flashed in her eyes, "It seems that your father must be a real big man, otherwise Uncle Modillo will only hand you over to an ordinary family to raise, and will not hide you so painstakingly." ”

Alexander looked at Zha in surprise, if he could know Modillo's mind very clearly by now, it was completely the result of many verifications, but the girl in front of him actually almost guessed from a few simple words, of course, because of her understanding of her mother and Count Mordillo, she couldn't help but admit that her cleverness also made Alexander feel faintly uneasy.

decided to take the opportunity to reveal the matter about his life experience to Jisha, whether he did the right thing or dug a big hole for himself, Alexander was a little confused.

"Let's go back."

Just like shooting at the slightest disagreement before, Jisha, who made the decision, did not drag the mud and water, but just made a gesture to Boleri and took the lead to walk back.

"What did you say to Miss?" Bellery's suppressed anger still sounded delicate, but Alexander knew that the big man could pounce on him at any moment.

However, he didn't care about this, but whispered: "I think you better find a way to solve your own troubles first, if I guessed correctly, you must have tied the deputy head of the horse farm to the bed and pretended to be you, so that others will not find out that your injuries are actually almost healed, and they will not find out that you stole two horses to stay here beforehand." ”

"How do you know ......?" was only half a question, and Bellery angrily searched for the Moor's shadow in the night, while whispering "I'm going to rip off that black boy's head, it's his fault that he spoiled us." ”

"Don't blame Ulliu, you were too careless," Alexander said, and stepped forward with Jisha, "You don't seem to doubt my words, don't you wonder that you suddenly have such a half-brother?" ”

Josha stopped to look at Alexander, then continued on his way.

"It's fine to ask such a thing if you hadn't seen our mother fooling around with men, but it's a little foolish for you to ask now," said Jossa who didn't seem to care at all about the embarrassing mention of Lady George Anne. ”

Alexander looked at the Josa walking in front wordlessly, he could understand Josha's almost rebellious behavior, as long as he thought about the absurd things that Lady George Anne and her mistress had seen with his own eyes, even Alexander felt a little headache when he thought of this old mother.

"Boleri, take this." Turning back to Bellery in the back, she whispered to him as she shoved a small purse into him, "Tell your deputy manager to stop talking." ”

Bellery muttered under his breath and accepted the money bag.

Standing at the corner gate leading to the castle, Shosha looked at Alexander.

"I've heard you're back, it's up to you what to do next," Jisha's expression was serious, and she noticed that Moonlight's eyes were surprisingly charming, "If you lie to us, I'll tell Uncle Mordillo who you are," she said with her head tilted forward slightly in front of Alexander's eyes, "Don't think he's also your uncle and think he'll be soft, since you don't want him to know about you, it means that you also know what kind of person he is, and if you dare to be untrustworthy, I'll tell him the secret." ”

Alexander nodded, knowing that when he told him the secret, his grip had already fallen into the girl's hands.

That's why he hadn't told the truth before, but when he found out that Jisha was about to escape, he knew it was a great opportunity for him.

Sure enough, now they both have each other's handles.

"I will help you get out of these marriages that you don't want," Alexander promised, "believe me, you helped me, and I will repay you." ”

Zhosa looked deeply at Alexander, and bowed her head into the dark corner door.

"I'll keep an eye on you," Bellery bent down and whispered in Alexander's ear before entering the corner gate, "if I find out that you are disloyal to Mademoiselle......"

"Your young lady has already threatened me, you can solve your own problems first."

Alexander didn't wait for Bellery to finish his sentence and pushed his back into the corner door, he had been out for too long and he was not sure if he would be discovered.

The only thing he could contain was the secret of her escape, and Alexander had discovered that it was actually himself who was afraid that this secret would be leaked out.

Although the aristocracy of this era was not shy about having lovers, and many people were even proud of it, they were all married women.

If an unmarried aristocratic lady is caught in a scandal of running away before marriage, then she and her family will face the fate that no one will ever marry her again.

The only place she could go was the monastery.

For Josa, she herself did not want to spend the rest of her life in the convent, and Alexander did not want to see such an ending.

For Alexander, the Countess of Cosenza has become a key figure in his journey to becoming the man of 'George Modillo'.

"Take Bellery," Shosha shoved a small bag into Bellery's hand in the shadows, "and gagged your deputy steward's mouth with it. ”

Bellery muttered and turned out the money bag.

"Let's all go back to our rooms," Tsusha looked at Alexander coldly, there was a hint of indifference in her blue eyes, it was obvious that she was still dissatisfied with the fact that he had ruined her escape plan, "There is still a lot of work to be done tomorrow," she whispered to Alexander again, "I will tell my mother about you, but you also have to remember what you promised me." ”

"Don't worry, you don't want to marry someone you don't like, and I don't want you to marry someone else."

Alexander regretted it casually, and he noticed a sudden change in the way he looked at him, and that look made him wonder if he had become a pervert in her eyes.

Alexander really wanted to give himself a mouth, she was a sister.

Who would be the one who would say such a thing to his sister, just look at the eyes of Jisha.

Although he wanted to explain, seeing that Zhisa had suddenly turned around and walked silently towards the castle, Alexander could only shut up helplessly.

Seeing the two people behind him who were looking at him with strange eyes, he couldn't help but worry about how to explain it to them.

As if to solve this problem for him, just as Alexander was about to beckon them to go back to their room first, and then explain something to them, a low, shocking bell suddenly rang from the watchtower high up in the castle!

The sound of the bell tore through the darkness of the night, and almost instantly awakened the silent castle!

The castle was lit up all over the place, and everyone seemed to wake up as the figures flickered.

"What's going on!" Alexander was taken aback, and the first thought that came to his mind was, "Was it discovered so soon?" ”

A figure appeared in the distance, still wearing the dress of the huntress, but she was now holding a sheathed sword in her hand.

Seeing the three masters and servants who were still standing in the courtyard at a loss, Ji Sha frowned and walked over.

"What happened?" Alexander asked in a low voice.

"It's a wake-up call," Tsusha looked up at the top of the hill, "there are enemies." ”

"Enemies?"

Surprised, Alexander also looked up at the watchtower at the top of the mountain.

War, just like that, came unexpectedly.