After Wickham climbed the wall, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to Colonel Brandon, who was still under the wall, and shouted: "Colonel Brandon, Colonel Brandon, grab my hand, I'll pull you up!" Colonel Brandon bent his legs slightly, kicked down hard, and grabbed Wickham's hand steadily. Wickham didn't dare to delay, and used his strength to pull up.

Seeing that the two of them were about to climb out of the wall, Manion was very anxious, if the two Englishmen were allowed to escape, then the British army in Calcutta would soon find this estate, and then the Bourbon royal family would not be able to keep a ton of gold!

In desperation, Manion raised his wheel and fired his handcuffs, firing three shots at the wall where the two men were, and then shouted at the manor guards: "Fools, shoot with your guns, don't let those two people run away!" ”

When the guards of the manor heard Manion's angry rebuke, they hurriedly raised their guns and opened fire on the walled Colonels Wickham and Colonel Brandon.

Wickham felt that his ears were full of "whooshing" sounds, but luckily he was lucky enough not to be hit by a bullet. However, Wickham didn't dare to gamble with his life, and urged repeatedly: "Hurry up! Colonel Brandon. ”

Fortunately, Colonel Brandon had strong arms, and then kicked the wall with both feet, and with a sharp pull of his hands, he jumped onto the wall. Just as the two were about to jump off the wall, an accident happened! I saw Colonel Brandon suddenly froze, and then fell to the outside of the wall.

Wickham chuckled in his heart, Colonel Brandon, who had fallen under the wall, had obviously been shot! Wickham jumped off the wall, hurriedly helped Colonel Brandon to the ground, and hurriedly asked, "Colonel, where did you get shot, is it serious?" ”

Colonel Brandon staggered to his feet and said weakly, "No...... Things, just ...... Just the back...... It's just a shot, and you can't die! As he spoke, a stream of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Wickham reached out and touched Colonel Brandon's back, his hands suddenly stained with warm liquid. Grass! The wound was obviously severe, and the blood was still pouring out. Wickham picked up Colonel Brandon and said firmly: "Colonel, you have to hold on, I will definitely take you out of here!" ”

Major Henry Sario, who was not far away, indignantly lowered the binoculars in his hand and said to the second lieutenant officer on the side: "Order the troops, all attack!" It turned out that Henry Sario had seen through the telescope that the two men had escaped from the manor, and that there was no point in continuing to stand still.

The junior officer received the order and hurriedly pulled his horse to convey the commander's order to the cavalry behind. After more than ten seconds, hundreds of cavalrymen with carbines in their hands poured out of the flax field with the sound of the earth trembling.

Soon, Major Henry Sario was surrounded by several cavalrymen in front of Wickham, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful for Wickham's unscathed, but on the surface he still said with a false feeling: "Captain Wickham, we meet again." ”

Although Wickham was fine, Henry Sario was in a better mood after Colonel Brandon was seriously injured. He was unconvinced from the bottom of his heart that the Marquis of Cornwallis trusted and valued Colonel Brandon, he was just the youngest son of a broken gentleman in the country, how could he compare with these officers from the nobility?

How can Brandon rise to the top of the ranks? If Colonel Brandon could go with God today, it would be a great thing for them, a group of aristocratic officers who were holding their breath in their hearts.

After seeing Henry Sario again, Wickham had already guessed the reason why the friendly forces were so late! It's just that he didn't expect that Miss Cornwallis's cousin would be so narrow-minded, and he wanted to kill himself for the sake of jealousy at the ball!

To tell the truth, Wickham only had the mentality of admiring the beautiful woman for that Miss Cornwallis, and had no other thoughts in his mind for the time being, and the Major Henry Sario must have mistaken him for a rival in love.

When Wickham thought of Colonel Brandon, who was seriously wounded, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart and asked, "Major Henry Sario, why your people are so slow to appear, I need an explanation!" ”

Wickham still has a good impression of Colonel Brandon, if Colonel Brandon hadn't let him go first just now, I'm afraid that the person lying down would be him, and all this was caused by Major Henry Sario in front of him!

Henry turned over and dismounted unhurriedly, and sneered: "Captain Wickham, I am also thinking about the overall situation, if I rush in too early and don't get the whereabouts of the gold, you are responsible?" Now that I'm not going to talk about that, tell me where the gold is. ”

Wickham was choked by Henry Sario's tone, but seeing Colonel Brandon's increasingly pale face, he had to suppress the anger in his heart: "The gold is hidden in the secret room behind a delicate closet in the storeroom. Ask the Major to give us a horse so I can take Colonel Brandon to the city to find a doctor. ”

After seeing that Wickham was deflated, Major Henry was in a good mood, but he didn't feel embarrassed any longer, turned his head and said to an officer behind him: "Second Lieutenant Haidel, give your horse to Captain Wickham!" When the officer heard this, he glared at Wickham fiercely, and finally gave his horse to Wickham.

Wickham didn't want to be angry with the villains, so he asked the soldiers to help Colonel Brandon get on his horse, and then turned over and walked away. For Colonel Brandon, who had already lost a lot of blood, time was of the essence, and he could not afford to delay!

After a wild run, the city of Calcutta was close at hand, and Wickham's nerves relaxed, and he said to Colonel Brandon, who was leaning on his chest: "Colonel, hold on for a while, and we will be almost in the city." ”

Colonel Brandon opened his eyes vigorously, but his vision was blurry, and even the side of Wickham's face was a little unclear. He forced himself to say, "I...... I'm afraid it won't work...... Matthew Bump...... Blood loss will be faster. Captain Wickham...... You let me down first. ”

When Wickham heard this, he felt quite uncomfortable, he didn't know that a seriously injured person could not withstand the bumps of a horse at all, but there was no carriage on Major Henry's side, and Colonel Brandon's injury could not afford to delay, so he had to gamble and rush to the city.

Wickham helped Colonel Brandon to the grass on the side of the road, took off his linen shirt and folded it into a triangular pressurized hemostatic bag, and pressed it Colonel Brandon's wound: "Colonel, you saved my life, and I will definitely not leave you alone." ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Colonel Brandon's mouth: "As early as the moment I joined the army...... I knew it...... Sooner or later, there will be such a day. Since you say...... Your life is ...... I saved, that ...... It's what you owe...... It's mine. ”

Wickham struggled to push the tears back into his eyes and nodded vigorously: "Colonel, I owe you all my life." ”

Colonel Brandon smiled in relief that was more ugly than crying, and whispered, "If I ...... Returning to the arms of God, please Captain Wickham...... Take care of my adopted daughter on my behalf. Her name is ...... Eliza, is a student at St. Margaret's College. ”

Adopted daughter Eliza? Colonel Brandon who served in India? Rub, isn't this a character of reason and emotion! Wickham reacted at this time, and suddenly a thousand grass and mud horses galloped past in his heart, but he didn't expect that after he became the playboy Wickham in the novel Pride and Prejudice, he was accidentally involved in the book of Reason and Emotion, is this thief going to play me to death!

Remembering that the background of the two books is the same, Wickham's heart is also relieved, and he now has a vague sense that he has come to a parallel world mixed with the content of this novel, but this parallel world is exactly the same as the end of the eighteenth century in history.

Seeing that Wickham was stunned, Colonel Brandon thought he was unwilling, so he had to endure the pain and said, "Captain Wickham, I have ...... There are no relatives left, if you will...... Take care of Eliza's words, I am willing to ...... All the property is given to you, which is considered ...... Your fees as a guardian. ”

Wickham hurriedly shook his head and said firmly: "Colonel, where do you want to go, I promise you." But I will never ask for your property, which I will leave to that poor girl without a penny. Listening to Wickham's promise, Colonel Brandon nodded with relief, and then fainted.

What he said just now had consumed what little energy he had, and he couldn't support it at this time. Wickham was in a hurry, and if Colonel Brandon didn't treat him, he would really go to heaven to serve God and his old man.

At this moment, a black carriage appeared on the road, and it was moving towards this direction without hurry. Wickham was overjoyed, and hurriedly jumped on the road to stop the carriage, shouting: "Listen up, the people inside, I am an officer of the Marine Corps, and now your carriage has been requisitioned!" ”

The coachman reined in his horse, and cried out with some anger, "Who do I care about you, do you dare to stop even the carriage of the governor's palace?" ”

A young lady sitting in the carriage frowned and asked the coachman, "What's the matter, why doesn't the carriage leave?" ”

The coachman hurriedly replied respectfully, "Miss, the person in front said that he was an officer and wanted to requisition our carriage. But I don't think he's an officer, he doesn't even have a uniform. ”

The young lady ignored the driver, but tilted her head and glanced through the window at the person blocking the road. Just at this glance, two red clouds rose on the girl's face, because Wickham had taken off his linen shirt as a hemostatic bag, and his upper body was not clothed, and the strong body he had cultivated in his career in the past six months was exposed to the girl's eyes.

I didn't expect Captain Wickham to be so manly, the girl thought cranky.

When the girl saw that Wickham was anxious, she said to the coachman, "Let him put on his clothes, and then come to the carriage." ”

The coachman did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly scolded: "You vulgar pariah, don't put on your clothes yet, don't frighten the young lady in the governor's palace." ”

Only then did Wickham realize that the passenger in the car was a woman, and hurriedly ran to the side of the road to put his coat on his body. When the girl saw that Wickham was dressed, she got out of the carriage and said to Wickham with a smile: "Captain Wickham, I didn't expect us to meet again." ”

Wickham turned around and immediately stood there, it turned out that this young lady was none other than Miss Cornwallis, who had danced with him at the ball that day!

Miss Cornwallis saw Wickham staring at her blankly, and her pink cheeks turned even redder: "Captain Wickham, why are you here?" ”

Wickham said anxiously, "Miss Cornwallis, what just happened can't be explained in a short time. What I can tell you is that Colonel Brandon has been seriously wounded and is now in a hurry to return to Calcutta for treatment. I hope that Miss will lend us the carriage, and I will definitely remember your kindness in the future. ”

When Miss Cornwallis heard that Colonel Brandon was wounded, she said anxiously, "No problem, please hurry up and help Colonel Brandon into the car." ”

Wickham smiled gratefully at Miss Cornwallis, and then helped Colonel Brandon, who was lying on the grass, into the carriage. Miss Cornwallis turned pale at the sight of Colonel Brandon, whose clothes were blood-red, but she commanded the coachman with no discomfort, and the carriage turned around and sped back to Calcutta.

In the carriage, Wickham flipped over Colonel Brandon's back and found that the linen shirt he had just taken off was soaked with blood, and it was no longer effective in stopping the bleeding. Wickham is in a hurry, this will Colonel Brandon can't stop the bleeding anymore, and he will really hang up. It's just that the fabric of his coat is too hard to make bandages at all.

Suddenly, Wickham spotted Miss Cornwallis's thick skirts, which were usually worn by European women of this era, with a soft petticoat underneath the overskirt, just right for bandages.

"Colonel Brandon's bleeding is almost unstoppable, and I ask Miss Cornwallis to tear off a piece of cloth from your petticoat to stop the Colonel's bleeding." Wickham stared at Miss Cornwallis with some nervousness, the petticoats of this era were the same as the corsets of later generations, they were all girls' intimate clothes, and they belonged to private things, and it was indeed difficult for Wickham to make such a request at this time.

But if the girl on the other side refused, he had to use force, and in his opinion, no matter what kind of etiquette was human life.

Sure enough, Miss Cornwallis's face was so red that she was about to drip blood, and her expression struggled for a while before she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, nothing matters to save people." After saying that, he lifted his overskirt, tore a piece of cloth from his petticoat with a "hiss", and handed it to Wickham with his head down.

Wickham thanked him, took the rags, and bandaged Colonel Brandon. After a while, Colonel Brandon's wound finally stopped bleeding, and Wickham breathed a sigh of relief.

Miss Cornwallis was now ashamed of herself, and the thought of lifting her skirt in front of a large man made her embarrassed desire to find a crack to get into. Wickham touched his nose with Miss Cornwallis bowed her head and not making a sound.

He also understood that the action just now was very inappropriate for an unmarried lady, and it was good that people didn't let him be responsible, so he simply didn't speak.

And so the carriage returned to the governor's palace in Calcutta in an eerie dreary atmosphere, and Miss Cornwallis did not even say goodbye, but took her skirt and went to call the doctor. Wickham rubbed his head wryly, thinking that he had offended this eldest lady miserably, and hoped that she would not let her grandfather give him little shoes to wear.