Although dazzled by the golden light, Wickham's face did not produce any strong emotional fluctuations, which made Colonel Brandon, who had been observing Wickham's expression, breathe a sigh of relief, and he was even more satisfied with his partner in his heart, after all, there are few people who can have this kind of determination.

Colonel Brandon, who was dazzled by a large number of riches, had seen too much, and when he led his troops into the treasury of the Indian princes, many soldiers were blinded by greed and finally did something irrational. He didn't want his partner to be the kind of person who wasn't strong-willed.

Wickham was naturally unaware of Colonel Brandon's thoughts, and he had seen more gold and silver treasures in King Moxitu's cellar than this, and now he would not be out of touch when he saw this ton of gold.

"Monsieur Maggie, which piece do you see as a fake adulterated with osmium?" Magnon didn't talk nonsense, and asked Wickham straight to the point.

Wickham bowed slightly, walked over to the pile of gold, and rummaged through it. Unbeknownst to Wickham, when he crouched down, a small slit opened in the collar that had covered his neck. And after Magnon inadvertently glanced at Wickham's neck, an alarm bell immediately sounded in his heart, the two people brought by De Rochefort were definitely not sent by the royal family!

The secret guards who worked for the Bourbon royal family had a tattoo of a warbler on their necks, and Wickham and Colonel Brandon, who knew nothing about it, naturally did not deliberately tattoo a warbler on their necks. Of course, Derochefort knew, but he wanted the two to be exposed, so naturally he wouldn't have reminded Wickham and Colonel Brandon.

Magnon looked coldly at Wickham, who was pretending to be looking at the gold bricks, but his right hand was quietly stretched out to the belt under his coat, and a latest-style revolver was pinned to it.

Colonel Brandon, who had been keeping an eye on Magnon, soon noticed the Frenchman's small movements. Years of battlefield experience have taught Colonel Brandon that the Viscount of Magnon in front of him has sensed something! Colonel Brandon also placed his hand lightly on his waist, making sure that he could quickly draw his weapon if the opponent moved.

When it was too late, Manion pulled out a revolver, shot Wickham in the head! Colonel Brandon, who had long been on his guard, screamed in his heart that it was not good, and in desperation, he had to fly up and kick Wickham away from the stone table.

Wickham instinctively felt that the hot bullet flew past his scalp, and a cold sweat broke out in his back. Wickham, knowing that he and Colonel Brandon had been exposed, rolled twice on the ground before pulling a handcuff from his waist that was already in firing condition. Wickham didn't bother to aim, but just pulled the trigger on the two of them at Manion behind him.

Magnon didn't expect the opponent to be able to fight back in this situation, so he had to give up the opportunity to shoot again, and leaned back to avoid the bullet fired by Wickham. Wickham hurriedly took advantage of this gap to crouch down, just using the stone table and the gold piled on it as cover.

De Rochefort didn't expect the two sides to turn their faces and draw their knives so quickly, and then he quickly realized that this was an opportunity to escape! At the thought of this, de Rochefort ran to the door of the chamber with an excited face, shouting as he ran: "Viscount of Magnon, get someone to kill these two Englishmen!" ”

However, Colonel Brandon did not give him a chance to escape, and he raised his handcuff and shot De Rochefort in the back. Such a close distance brought the power of the smoothbore guns of this era to the extreme, and De Rochefort, who was hit by the bullet, flew directly out of a distance of ten feet like a rag doll, and then fell to the ground.

Wickham hid behind the gold bricks and nervously reloaded, and said secretly in his heart: "In the era of damn breech guns, it was really troublesome to reload, if there was an automatic pistol, it would be cool, and it would be guaranteed to surprise this group of Frenchmen!" ”

Seeing that Wickham and Brandon were busy reloading, Magnon quickly got up and raised his revolver and fired two shots in succession. The forehead gun in his hand is the latest revolver, which can fire five bullets in a row!

The stone table was so smashed that Wickham and Brandon didn't dare show their heads. Seeing that the other party was completely suppressed, Manion took this opportunity to leave the secret room, apparently to call someone to help.

Colonel Brandon reloaded and shouted at Wickham, "Captain Wickham, hurry up and get out of here, don't be blocked!" ”

This little secret room is a dead place, and once the guards of the manor arrive, the two of them will really be shut down and beaten. Wickham nodded in agreement, but as soon as he got up, several bullets hit the stone table, and for a moment sparks flew everywhere.

“**！” Wickham burst into a foul mouth, and then he only lay behind the stone table, not daring to take risks easily. It turned out that the guards of the manor had already heard the gunshots and had already consciously rushed to the storage room on the first floor, just in time to block Wickham and Colonel Brandon in the secret room.

"Colonel Brandon, what do we do now?" Wickham yelled at Brandon that the situation had reached a critical moment! Wickham didn't expect his luck to be so bad, and he didn't expect that this time he wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

Colonel Brandon spat on the ground and shouted fiercely, "Damn French pigs! Now we just have to gamble. Captain Wickham, listen to my orders to shoot in a moment, then rush out after me! ”

Wickham knew that the middle-aged officer in his thirties in front of him had much more combat experience than himself, so he nodded heavily and agreed.

"Three, two, one, fire!" As soon as Colonel Brandon finished speaking, Wickham jerked to his feet and fired in unison at the door of the chamber. A scream suddenly came from outside the secret room, and I don't know which unlucky guy was shot.

Before the other could react, Colonel Brandon leaped from behind the stone table, jumped out of cover, and then rushed to de Rochefort's corpse with a cat's waist, and lifted the dead French captain in front of him.

Wickham looked at Colonel Brandon, who used De Rochefort's corpse as a meat shield, and suddenly a chill rose from the soles of his feet, who are these British ** officers stationed in India, even the corpses of others.

Colonel Brandon shouted to Wickham as he moved towards the door, "Don't stand stupid, follow me!" ”

Seeing that Colonel Brandon was already a little angry, Wickham quickly retracted his thoughts, threw the fire gun in his hand, and risked his waist to follow Brandon. At this time, the two of them had no time to reload, and the fire gun in their hands naturally became a burning stick, so it was better to throw it away.

At this time, Wickham was a little envious of the revolver in Manion's hand, although the gun was compared with the revolver gun invented by Colt later was the existence of scum, but at least the cumbersome loading process was omitted, and it had the function of continuous firing, which would undoubtedly have a great advantage on the battlefield.

In the flax field outside the estate.

"Major Henry, is there an order for the troops to rush in?" A junior officer, mounted on his horse, asked a major officer beside him.

Henry Saario looked at the manor in front of him, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "What's the hurry, if we rush in, Colonel Brandon and Captain Wickham haven't found the whereabouts of the gold, what can we explain to His Excellency the Governor?" ”

When Henri Sario heard the sound of gunshots coming from the manor, his heart first tightened, and then he was in ecstasy! He hadn't forgotten that it was the obnoxious Captain Wickham who was on duty on the manor! He hated the Frenchmen on the manor so much that he could beat the hated Captain Wickham into a hornet's nest.

Why did this Major Henry hold such a grudge against Wickham? It all started with the dance that night. Major Henry was Miss Cornwallis's cousin, and this cousin was not only the most beloved granddaughter of the Marquis of Cornwallis, but also had a rich dowry of over 100,000 pounds!

Such a noble and wealthy cousin naturally became the most suitable wife in Henri Sario's mind. If she marries her cousin, she will not only get help from the Cornwallis family in the army, but also a large fortune, so why not.

But to his chagrin, Miss Cornwallis did not accept his invitation to dance that night, but turned and walked onto the dance floor with Wakehan, which made him feel that his manly pride had been greatly insulted! Henri Sario was a man of revenge, so he decided to use the hands of the French to get rid of his "rival in love", and at the same time he could vent the evil anger in his heart.

The junior officer looked at the manor not far away with concern, and said with some anxiety: "But Colonel Brandon and there are only two of them, this is too risky!" Major Henry, let's let the troops rush in. ”

Henry Sario glared viciously at the much-talking officer in front of him, and said in a solemn tone: "Second Lieutenant! Are you the commander, or am I the commander? Such words do not want to hear a second time, carry out the order! The second lieutenant's face was a little unpleasant, and when he saw that his boss was angry, he had to keep his mouth shut.

Major Henry smiled darkly, and then said loudly to the soldiers behind him, "When the gunfire inside has stopped, we are going in!" ”

The doorway to the secret room of the manor mansion.

The Frenchmen seemed to have sensed the intentions of the two men and fired in this direction in an attempt to stop the slow-moving "human shield". At one point, more than a dozen buckshots struck de Rochefort's corpse with a dull "pop" sound that caused Wickham's stomach to tumble. Fortunately, the bullets fired by the smoothbore gun were not very penetrating, otherwise Colonel Brandon and Wickham would have been beaten into a hornet's nest.

In this way, the two slowly moved out of the secret room, and only then did they realize that in this small storage room, at least a dozen or so manor guards had gathered, all of whom were armed with swords and firearms.

Manion, who was standing behind the guards, shouted to the guards with a cold face: "If anyone catches these two Englishmen, I will reward him with fifty louis!" ”

As soon as those guards heard that there was such a high bounty to be taken, their morale immediately increased, and a few of them were so bold that they even threw away the pistols in their hands, drew their swords and were about to rush over! Nima, this is the rhythm of death, Wickham's body trembled, and he quickly pulled out the sword at his waist, ready to fight to the death with the other party.

At this critical moment, Wickham noticed a tall glass window on the left side, and his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly shouted: "Colonel Brandon, there is a window on the left, let's jump out of there!" ”

Colonel Brandon was also very upset at this time, and hurriedly shouted: "Damn it! For now, we're just going to crash into that way! With that, Colonel Brandon laid down De Rochefort's body and slammed it into the window with Wickham!

With a "bang", the expensive rococo glass window was smashed to pieces, and the two rolled on the grass outside the house, buffering off part of the momentum, and finally did not fall and eat.

Wickham endured the pain and pulled out the broken glass from his palm, pulled Colonel Brandon up, and said in a deep voice: "There must be their people at the door, let's go out from the wall!" ”

At this time, Brandon was embarrassed, and his originally tough face was cut by broken glass, oozing dark red blood. However, the gaffe was urgent, and Colonel Brandon didn't care whether he was broken or not, but just said "um" in agreement.

At this time, Magnon also jumped out of the window with a dozen or so guards and chased after Wickham. Wickham and Colonel Brandon were startled by this, and they raised their legs and ran wildly towards the walls of the manor.

In his previous life, when Wickham was a high school student, he was once chased by thugs outside the school for an entire street. But the difference is that if you are caught up by the gangsters, you will be beaten at most, and if you are caught up by the French this time, you will be chopped into meat scraps!

Human potential can be said to be unlimited under the idea of survival, and Wickham only feels that his lungs are "hula" like the bellows of the ironworks, as if they are about to explode in the next second. It only took half a minute for the two of them to run to the wall.

Looking at Manion, who was about to chase after him, Colonel Brandon gritted his teeth, crouched down and yelled at Wickham: "Step on my shoulder, I'll send you up first!" ”

The situation was urgent, and Wickham was not pretentious, and hurriedly stepped on Colonel Brandon's shoulder and climbed the wall.