As the male protagonist of the book Sense and Sensibility, Colonel Brandon clearly has the aura of a protagonist, and after some treatment by the doctors of the Doge's Palace, he woke up from a coma the next morning. Regardless, Wickham was grateful to Colonel Brandon for giving him the first chance to leave, so that he could return to the Governor's Palace unscathed.

"Thank God, Christopher, I'm so glad you're finally awake." Wickham looked at Colonel Brandon, who was pale from blood loss, and said in a good mood.

Christopher is Colonel Brandon's Christian name, and after this time of living and dying together, the relationship between the two has become very close, and Wickham naturally changed his name to Colonel Brandon's Christian name, which is also a kind of Western social etiquette.

Colonel Brandon lay on the bed and glanced at Wickham weakly, "Really? I didn't see how happy you looked. Despite being sick, Colonel Brandon was still cheerfully joking about Wickham.

Not to be outdone, Wickham smiled: "Of course I'm happy, my friend. If you go to God, I'll have to take care of your adopted daughter studying at St. Margaret's! Oh my God, if I suddenly have a teenage daughter, what other lady in London would want to marry me. I'm glad you're okay, this annoying errand won't be my turn, haha......"

Colonel Brandon knew that Wickham was joking, so he didn't take this guy's words to heart, and squinted his eyes and said, "Is Eliza so unwelcome?" I tell you George, if I die, you, as Eliza's guardian, will have nearly two hundred and fifty thousand pounds of my fortune in your custody, which is a lot of money! ”

Although he was the second son in the family, Colonel Brandon had served in Calcutta, India, for many years, and he had no shortage of good things, and he did not leave a single heir in addition to his deceased brother, and the family estate was passed on to him. So the current Colonel Brandon is definitely worthy of the title of "idle class", although he has no property, he definitely has a lot of cash in his hands.

Wickham pretended to be unhappy and said, "I'm a dignified king** official, like the kind of little white face who relies on women to eat?" Christopher, the Chinese have a saying called 'a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way', which means that everyone likes money, but a true gentleman will take the right path to earn wealth. I naturally like shiny gold coins, but I believe I can make a huge fortune on my own. ”

After hearing Wickham's words, Colonel Brandon's eyes suddenly darkened, and he just muttered, "Very interesting Chinese proverb." ”

Colonel Brandon's father, in order to get his cousin Elizabeth's property, forcibly broke up him and Elizabeth, and used his guardianship to force her to marry his eldest brother. The marriage of Colonel Brandon's eldest brother to Elizabeth was a tragedy, and Elizabeth died tragically in a workhouse in London after leaving behind a daughter. If his father hadn't gone to plot his cousin's property, this tragedy wouldn't have happened!

Wickham saw Colonel Brandon's frustration and knew that he had accidentally touched his sad past, so he tried to change the subject: "We almost died in that hellish place that day, and we were robbed of the credit by Henry Sario!" That's a whole ton of gold, and not a single grain of gold will give us our turn. ”

For this mission, Wickham is very complaining, whether it is on the Gold Coast or in the Xhosa tribe of South Africa for half a year, Wickham has made a small fortune. But after being born and dying this time, he took all the gold and was directly pulled back to the Doge's Mansion by Henry Sario, and the two of them didn't even catch a single hair, which was really embarrassing.

Hearing Wickham talk about this mission, Colonel Brandon also came back to his senses and comforted: "Don't worry, George, the Marquis of Cornwallis has always been a man of rewards and punishments, and he will never let us go home empty-handed." Look, the Marquis of Cornwallis will compensate us, both in terms of official position and money. ”

Wickham, the Marquis of Cornwallis's character, did not doubt it, but Wickham felt uncomfortable when he thought of the old fox of Lord Margarny. The old guy always let himself take risks, and there didn't seem to be much to gain other than a promotion.

Just as the two were chatting happily, a girl in a pink dress walked in with a bouquet of flowers, and Wickham looked up to see that it was Miss Cornwallis, who had fled yesterday. Remembering the white calves under the girl's skirt yesterday, Wickham's expression became strange.

Miss Cornwallis casually found a vase and inserted the colorful wildflowers into it, ignoring Wickham on the side. Colonel Brandon did not perceive anything wrong between Wickham and Miss Cornwallis, but said to Miss Cornwallis gratefully, "Thank you very much for coming to see me, Miss Cornwallis. Wickham had already told me what happened after I fell into a coma yesterday, and if it weren't for you, maybe I would have died on the side of the road. ”

Colonel Brandon was referring to Miss Cornwallis's loan of the carriage to them, and Wickham did not say a word about the petticoat's disrepute of Miss Cornwallis.

After hearing Colonel Brandon's thanks, Miss Cornwallis thought that Colonel Brandon knew that she had torn off the cloth from her petticoat to stop the bleeding, and she was immediately embarrassed. Especially at the thought of her calf being exposed in front of Wickham, her heart jumped uncontrollably.

Wickham, of course, knew why the young and beautiful girl in front of him was blushing, and interjected decisively: "Okay, okay, Colonel Brandon." Under the circumstances, any sympathetic lady would have come to our aid and let us ride in her carriage. As Wickham said this, his eyes casually glanced at Miss Cornwallis, and his expression was meaningful.

From Wickham's words, the clever Miss Cornwallis soon learned that Colonel Brandon did not know about petticoats, and her heart was immediately relieved, and said: "Mr. Wickham is right, anyone will help in that situation, Colonel Brandon, you need not worry. By the way, Colonel Brandon, I'm relieved to see that you're okay, and I still have some things, so I won't accompany you. ”

With that, Miss Cornwallis gave Wickham a fierce glance with her eyes, and then walked out of the room with a light gait.

Colonel Brandon looked at the distant shadow with some confusion, and said to Wickham: "George, why do I think Miss Cornwallis is a little weird, did something happen after I fell unconscious that day?" ”

Wickham screamed in his heart, but replied vaguely, "Miss Cornwallis is fine, there is nothing wrong with it." You're still very weak, so I won't bother you, just rest well. With that, Wickham soon fled in disarray.

How could Wickham not know Miss Cornwallis's affection for him? If Miss Cornwallis were an ordinary lady, Wickham would not hesitate to accept this affection and develop something fragrant, because he is a normal man.

But Miss Cornwallis is not an ordinary girl, she is a member of a noble family, and her grandfather is the Marquis of Cornwallis, whom His Majesty George III trusts! He didn't dare to provoke such a woman, because once he provoked, he would have to be responsible to the end! But he already had Georgian, and in his heart Georgia was the most suitable person for Mrs. Wickham, and he didn't want to do anything to make her sad. Therefore, in the face of this ambiguous feeling, Wickham chose to retreat.

No sooner had he left Colonel Brandon's room where he was recuperating from his injuries, and Wickham met Stanton Jr. in the hallway. Little Stanton ran over with a look of surprise: "Brother Wickham, you haven't come to teach me Chinese for a long time." As he spoke, he rubbed wickham on his clothes aggrievedly.

Wickham was happy, forgetting those troublesome things for the time being, touched little Standon's face, and said: "Isn't my brother busy lately, and when you get on the boat, your brother will teach you every day, okay?" ”

Xiao Stanton said with some dissatisfaction: "There is also a story every day. The kid finally showed his fox tail, and Wickham thought that the little guy was very enthusiastic about learning, and it turned out that he was waiting for his story.

"No problem, one a day." Because Stanton Jr. is very precocious, Wickham and he tell not all childish fairy tales, most of them are customs around the world, and of course, Chinese culture and history are indispensable. Because Wickham hopes to let more Westerners understand China, instead of looking at that ancient country with malicious prejudice after the cult is broken, as later generations did.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, little Standon said, "By the way, Brother Wickham, Lord Magalny asked me to come to you." "Wickham is not surprised at all by this, and it is customary in any country to report back to his superiors after completing his mission.

"Well, where is Lord Magalny?" It only then did Wickham remember that little Stendon was still Lord Margarny's apprentice squire.

"In the Governor's Reception Room, the Marquis of Cornwallis is there." Little Stendon said honestly.

Knowing that the Governor's reception room was there, Wickham made his way to the first floor, while little Stendon went out into the garden.

"Lord Margarny, Marquis of Cornwallis, Captain Wickham report to you." Arriving in the reception room, Wickham shouted loudly.

The Marquis of Cornwallis took the pipe from his mouth and walked over with a smile: "George, you see, our great hero is here. Captain Wickham, is Colonel Brandon okay? This guy was also unlucky, he didn't even get a single scrape in several major battles with the princely states of Hyderabad, and almost capsized in a small manor. ”

Lord Magalny smiled at Wickham and said hello.

The Marquis de Cornwallis was not at all polite, and would have been embarrassed to death if Colonel Brandon had been present. If it weren't for the fact that he had an objective understanding of the old marquis's straightforwardness, Wickham would have thought that the Marquis of Cornwallis was sarcastically mocking Colonel Brandon: "Thank you, Your Excellency, Marquis, for your concern for Colonel Brandon, he has now woken up and is no longer in danger of his life." ”

Hearing this, the Marquis of Cornwallis was also relieved, Colonel Brandon was one of his most favored subordinates, not only thoughtful but also brave in battle, and frequently made military achievements in many battles with the Indians, and was promoted to the rank of colonel before the age of thirty-two.

Although the Marquis of Cornwallis became the colonel in his twenties, it was more of a family help, and it was not easy for Colonel Brandon, an ordinary officer with no background, to do this. It was for this reason that the Marquis of Cornwallis reported to the War Office in London and elected Colonel Brandon as the commander of the Royal 5th Grenadier Battalion, the elite unit of the kingdom.

"This time the French secretly hidden in Calcutta were basically swept away by Major Henry, and a ton of gold was brought back safely, and you and Colonel Brandon were very successful in this operation, which is a pity that the cunning Manion ran away." The old Marquis laughed and patted Wickham on the shoulder, and could see that he was in a good mood.

Wickham frowned when he heard that Magnon had run away, that old French soldier with considerable skill and quick thinking was a difficult opponent, and he hoped that he would not cause other troubles in the future.

"You guy, do you want to send away the heroes when you have a lot of merit? You'll have to come up with something real and reward Captain Wickham well. Magalny also said to Cornwallis, half-jokingly, half-seriously.

This operation originally had nothing to do with the visiting mission, but the French captain Drochefort was caught by them, so they sent Wickham to mix it up, and now with such a big credit, his boss naturally wants to fight for his subordinates.

The Marquis of Cornwallis immediately blew his beard and glared, pretending to be angry: "George, you guy, am I a stingy person?" Don't think about the gold, this thing will be shipped back to London in two days. But the estate in Manion was worth a lot of money, about 30,000 pounds. What do you think of you, Colonel Brandon, and Henry, five thousand pounds each, and the rest of the land for the Doge's Palace? ”

Five thousand pounds is indeed not too little, and a middle-class landowner family in England has almost this income for a year's rent. You must know that in this era, a first-class battleship with 100 guns cost only 100,000 pounds. However, the last time Wickham did it on the Gold Coast, he divided the spoils of 30,000 pounds, and he also got 100,000 pounds of diamonds from the Xhosa, and the 5,000 pounds he had long since lost sight.

But the Marquis of Cornwallis still had to give face, after all, such a reward is rare, so Wickham said: "Your Excellency, Marquis, you are really generous. ”

After the three of them chatted for a while about the customs of India, Lord Magalny said to Wickham: "Captain Wickham, the fleet will continue to set off the day after tomorrow, and today you will take your officers to the barracks outside the city and arrange for the marines to board the ship." "Finally leaving, Wickham had long wanted to go to China as soon as possible, so he agreed.

ps:Book friends complain that the update of this book is not strong.,The author can't help it.,Recently, a bunch of broken things are waiting to be solved near graduation.,Busy like a dog.,It's not easy to update every day.。 But in order to thank everyone for their support to the author, there will be two more tomorrow without a break, and everyone will give a monthly ticket to reward the author.