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In recent times, there has been a dark cloud over Terence Manor that weighs on everyone's heart.

Leah went to the kitchen to fetch breakfast for Malcolm, and subconsciously looked at the empty corner, where there was a familiar face just three weeks ago, but as Nadia was denounced, he was dragged out of the kitchen by the overseer.

By the time Leah saw him again, he had been whipped out of his body, and the overseers hurried outside the house carrying the bloody Nadia, Leah's heart was full of fear, but she tried to make a composure appearance.

However, the reality is that she has nightmares almost every night these days, dreaming that the overseers are coming at her as well.

In fact, everyone who had contact with Nadia during this time was called out for interrogation, and many did not even return, but she accidentally escaped by serving Malcolm breakfast every day, and no one has come to look for her until now.

Malcolm had been treating her differently since she was sold to Terence Manor, and even others, including the housekeeper, had been very polite to her.

However, Leah knew very well that this was not because of how important she was, and that once she lost this "other eye", she was no different from the other slaves on the estate, and in the end, their life and death still depended only on the joy and anger of Malcolm, the master.

And during this special time, her experience is particularly obvious.

But just when she was panicking, she got news from Laeri again.

After Nadia was arrested, the communication channels between the black gladiators and the people in the manor were cut off, and it became much more difficult, especially now that there is a tense atmosphere everywhere, the black slaves in the manor are strictly forbidden to contact outsiders, and even the people who go to buy vegetables have been replaced by two overseers.

Lajery struggled to find a new messenger, who was not a black slave, but a small priest of a Gentile Evangelical Society (approved by the British crown in 1701 and founded by Thomas Bray to preach to Indians, blacks, and whites in North America, with limited historical success), who would come daily to preach to the black slaves on the estate.

Laeri used the gold coins sponsored by Zhang Heng to bribe the little priest and asked the little priest to help him bring the message in, but this time in order to protect Leah, he did not let the little priest bring the message directly to Leah, but asked him to find another girl in the tribe first, and then let the girl tell Leah and the others.

Laeri had set the time for her escape to be two days later, the same time Leah usually tidied up Malcolm's study, but this time she was going to use the opportunity to bring out all the letters related to Normand and Raymond.

The reason why this day was chosen was also to reduce the risk of Leah's stealing letters, and she only had to hold out until the evening without being found before leaving the manor.

Later, Laeri also asked the little priest to bring weapons such as daggers and short muskets into the Terence manor the day before, but this time it was rejected by the little priest, who originally just watched those black slaves pitifully and make some extra money by the way, but he didn't expect Laeri to make such a big deal about it, and he immediately coaxed when he saw those weapons.

But it was too late to quit, because he didn't know how long Nadia would be able to carry it, and Laeri didn't plan to wait any longer, he didn't have time to find new contacts, and if he missed this week, he had to wait another week.

Therefore, after apologizing to the priest, Laeri kidnaps the latter's brother to threaten the priest with cooperation, and the priest has no idea that he will lead the wolf into the house because of his momentary sympathy.

Only then did he realize that he was not facing a good man or a woman, but a beast with a dangerous aura, and the other party had a natural hostility to the white people who enslaved his people, and in order to save his people from the fire pit, even if it was hell in front of him, he did not care about the so-called revenge.

The little priest regretted it too late now, and he had to go on the thief ship for the sake of his younger brother.

He returned to Terance Manor with a cart of bread in the name of distributing food to the black slaves, and the steward felt inexplicable, the church did not help the poor, but under normal circumstances, it did not receive help to the black slaves, because the black slaves were the private property of the masters, and the church was silently protesting against the black slaves' owners not feeding the black slaves.

However, the little priest said that everyone is a citizen of the Creator, and that there is no distinction between rich and poor, which makes it difficult for the steward to refute it, and in any case, the people from Malcolm to the following are still very polite to these clergy.

In particular, it is admirable that these people are willing to give up their lives in England or the colonies and run to this barren and backward barbaric world.

In addition, the little priest was also a frequent visitor to the manor, and the butler did not check the bread of the carriage before letting it go.

At this time, the little priest was actually so nervous that he was about to bite his tongue.

He drove the wagon to the open space where the sermon was usually carried out, and the overseer cooperated in driving the black men over, and it was almost time to eat, and in order not to delay the work of the black slaves, the sermon was usually carried out during this time.

However, the little priest is probably too nervous today, and his speech is a little incoherent.

Fortunately, those overseers were not interested in this kind of thing, and they all gathered on the other side to play cards, and did not notice the abnormality of the little priest, and those black slaves were the best listeners, even if they found that the little priest did not understand the words today, they just listened silently, and did not complain about anything.

In fact, the vast majority of people were blank and did not understand or care at all what the little priest was saying.

It took about ten minutes for the little priest to finish what he was going to say, wipe the sweat from his forehead, and begin to distribute bread to the slaves.

After making sure that everyone had bread in their hands, he carried the four bread baskets at the bottom of the carriage and walked in the direction of the house, but he was stopped by the guards as soon as he reached the door.

The little priest knew that success or failure was at the most critical time, and he said without waiting for the other side to ask, "I'm here to deliver bread, and there are a lot of slave girls here." ”

"Sorry, you can't be in without an invitation."

"I have the Queen's permission to preach in this land, and there is really no place I can't go." The little priest tried to make his voice sound as straightforward as possible.

However, the two guards on the opposite side were still indifferent when they heard this, and just as the little priest was worried about how to continue, the laughter of Wallace, the butler, came from the hall.

"You can't stop him, Father Tim is the bravest man I've ever joined, and I've heard that he once walked three days and three nights in North Carolina to preach, let him in."