After Baldwin and the merchant rode away from the scene of the private fight, the flag guard turned his head to the side as he galloped down the road, and glared anxiously at the merchant, "Sir, where does Mr. Hawkins live?" ”

When the merchant saw a stone courtyard wall about two people high on the left side of the road ahead, he pointed to Baldwin with his finger at the courtyard wall, "Squire, look there, inside that stone courtyard wall is the private domain of the Hawkins family. ”

Baldwin immediately turned his gaze straight ahead at the other man's gesture, and sure enough, he saw a small section of the courtyard wall and a white three-story building built into the courtyard wall. Then, he nodded at the merchant with a serious expression, "I see it, let's go." ”

In fact, there is only one street long from where Isabel is located to the location of the Hawkins family home. A dozen or so men who had come all the way from the north could walk up a street to meet the person they wanted, only to be pestered by two drunken sailors unreasonably.

At this moment, the patriarch of the Hawkins family is out on errands, and only the second son of the family, Richard Hawkins, is negotiating some business and trade matters with some merchants in the family domain. As the crowd sat in the leafy back garden and tasted wines from the Spanish plantations, the housekeeper of the family walked calmly into the garden.

Richard was holding a glass of wine from Venice and sipping wine elegantly when he saw the butler walk up to him. He put down his glass and calmly looked at the butler who nodded to him, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The butler saluted and straightened his upper body and looked at Richard politely, "Sir, the captain's two sailors have blocked a procession of noble squires from the north on that street to the north. ”

"Northern nobles?" Richard was very surprised, put the wine glass on the small table beside him, and looked at the butler hesitantly, "Who reported it to you?" ”

"Mr. Dodd. Now, he was waiting outside the door with one of the attendants of the northern nobles. ”

Richard stood up and glanced at the businessmen beside him, "I'll take care of some business." With that, with a gloomy face, he walked straight from the northeast side of the family house to the west entrance with his hands behind his back.

As Richard's valet and housekeeper followed him through the family domain, Richard looked at the butler beside him, "Did George Dodd say why the elder sailor stopped this noble team?" ”

The butler did not show the slightest joy or sorrow on his face, and replied to him very calmly, "The squire said that it was probably the captain's sailors who wanted to plunder their ranks. ”

"What? Bastards, these two bastards! Richard scolded fiercely, "When my brother returns, he must throw these two bastards into the sea." ”

"Sir, the squire also said... The captain's sailors were already drunk. ”

"Well, even if you're drunk, you can't come around in Plymouth, and I'll have to teach my brother a lesson about these sailors."

As he spoke, Richard led the two of them to the iron fence gate set up on the side of the street on the west side of the territory. Baldwin, who was standing with the merchant in the door, saw a young man with a slight beard walking towards him, whom he presumably was Captain Hawkins. He was anxious, but he couldn't see a trace of anxiety on his face and looked at the person who came, "Sir, are you Captain Hawkins?" ”

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The bearded sailor squinted his eyes, craned his neck to look at his companion, and opened his mouth wide for a long time before he could spit out a word, "We... We... Treasure Chest. ”

The bearded sailor staggered, holding on to not falling, and responded, "What... What treasure chest? ”

Isabel really didn't want to get entangled with the two drunks, so she looked back at the closest guard to Fast, and nodded at the other party. As Fast strode to her with her saber in hand, Isabel pointed her handguard at the two drunks with her handguard pointed her head to the left and whispered, "Go around behind them, and I'll stun them as soon as I whistle." ”

Fast, who was holding back a wave of anger in his chest, also pointed his sword at the other party, and replied with obvious anger in his tone, "Your Excellency, these two bastards dare to rob us, let me kill them with a sword!" ”

"No, we came to Plymouth to plunder the treasures of the Spaniards. Go ahead and execute the order. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Fast glared fiercely at the two drunks two or three paces away, then retracted his sword and walked out of the encirclement. Soon, when he appeared behind the two drunks with a gloomy face, Isabel quietly pulled out the short sword at her right waist. Then, defiantly, he pointed the sword in his right hand at the bearded sailor, "You want to plunder our cargo, very well, come here." ”

The two sailors, who were standing in place, swaying back and forth, looked at each other at her words, and then glared at Isabel with straight eyes. Suddenly, he took two steps forward with the saber in his hand, aimed at Isabel's upper body, and stabbed him fiercely......

In an instant, Isabel used her short sword in her left hand to block a saber that was stabbing at her on her left. At the same time, when he slammed the sword on his right hand into the saber that was stabbing at him outward, he suddenly pursed his mouth to form a small circle, and a crisp, sharp whistle of "......" pierced the eardrums of those present......

Her whistle was heard not only by those present, but also by several men galloping on horseback. When Baldwin heard the whistle, he was startled and hurriedly looked at Richard Hawkins, who was galloping on his left side, "Sir, this whistle was blown by Your Excellency, I think it is probably a code to do it." ”

"Hands-on? Your commander is going to kill my brother's sailors? Richard's eyes were full of confusion. Perhaps, he would have liked to meet Baldwin's commander earlier, to see what kind of aristocratic lady the other party was.

At this time, many passers-by had gathered on both sides of the street to watch the armed dispute caused by drunkenness. Standing in the encirclement, Isabel put down her two swords, looked at the two sailors who had been knocked unconscious by Fast, and then looked at the other guards, "Alright, Fast, find a few people to carry these two guys to the side of the road." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Fast picked up his sword upside down, pointed it down, and commanded the guards closest to him, "You, you, and a few of you to carry these two men to the side of the road." ”

"Hoo ......" Baldwin, who had come from the horse, stopped outside the encirclement and stepped off his horse, and looked at Richard who had already dismounted as he jumped off the horse, "Sir, follow me, Your Excellency is inside." ”

As Isabel retracted her sword from its scabbard, she looked up to see a young man dressed as a merchant striding after Baldwin toward her.