Recently, Zhang Heng has also had a rare vacation of a few days.

Maybe it was because the news of the previous Theater had spread, and when the rest of the people on the island went to trouble the crew of the Jackdaw, they had to weigh whether they could withstand the money offensive of a certain captain, so there were many fewer jealousies and fights.

Zhang Heng didn't have to take time to deal with these messy troubles, and spent most of his extra time every day practicing knife skills with Annie, in addition to tidying up the vegetable garden he had set up.

It must be admitted that the tropical climate has a natural advantage in planting, and the tomatoes, carrots, and cabbage seeds he sprinkled casually before did not take much care of them, and even often went out for a month or two, but after coming back, he could still see a lot of them thriving, and now some of them can be harvested directly.

However, compared to the sparring battle, the red-haired girl is not interested in this kind of thing, and often just slumps on the chair outside the door and watches Zhang Heng do it in the vegetable garden.

What happened that night was like a pebble that fell into the surface of the lake and caused a ripple, but soon calm returned.

After dawn, the two returned to their previous lives, and Anne's attitude towards Zhang Heng didn't seem to have changed much, and there was no feeling that ordinary little girls were immersed in love.

But since then, she often can't help but find Zhang Heng to fight alone, if this can be regarded as a way to express love.

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The time quickly came five days later, Zhang Heng came to Terence Manor as agreed.

He was joined by Anne and Billy, and while the dinner should not be dangerous, as the captain of the Jackdaw, it would be a bit unpleasant if there was only one Commander Glare.

Malcolm's banquet was not in Nassau, but closer to the center of the island, where he owned a plantation and where he usually lived.

Unlike the humble wooden cottages on the North Shore, the main building of the manor house is made of stone, in the Baroque style, which is now the most popular in Europe. However, there was no suitable stone on New Providence, so it had to be shipped from somewhere else, and the price of each rock was very high, and Malcolm also specially invited two famous designers from Italy, and it took three years to complete the estate, and tonight was the first time it opened the veil of mystery to outsiders.

"Looks like that guy has made a lot of money over the years." Anne sighed as she looked at a statue of Apollo and Daphne in front of the door.

"That's why he's setting up his dinner here tonight, to tell all the guests who come here that they can make money by cooperating with him." Zhang Heng could guess some of Malcolm's thoughts.

"Now it seems that his purpose should have been achieved." Billy sighed, and he turned his head to look around, there had been a number of people who had arrived, most of them with a look of surprise on their faces when they saw the intricately carved statue.

Outside the door, a person wearing a dress who looked like a housekeeper checked the invitation in Zhang Heng's hand and nodded to the three of them, "Welcome to Terence Manor, I wish the three VIPs a happy meal tonight." ”

After saying that, he shook his head and shook the bell in his hand, and immediately three black maids came over, all of whom looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, and one of them, a little shorter, walked up to Anne, and said, in a somewhat broken English, "Hello, I'm Daisy, and I'll entertain you tonight, and I'll do everything I can to meet all your needs." ”

As a result, the red-haired girl raised her eyebrows, "I don't need it, I don't like people to follow me." ”

The black maid in front of her showed a look of embarrassment when she heard this, and she still had a smile on her face, but the smile had become a little reluctant.

The housekeeper on the side noticed the situation here, and after checking the invitation of another guest and arranging the maid to entertain him, he looked at Daisy, who was a little at a loss in front of An, and said politely, "A few VIPs, what happened, are you dissatisfied with Daisy?" I can replace you with a new maid in no time. ”

Anne was about to say something, but Zhang Heng spoke first, "It's nothing, we just wanted to ask Daisy to take us on a tour of the manor." ”

The housekeeper smiled, "I believe you will like it here, but the area here is very large, I am afraid it will be difficult to finish the tour for a while, and tonight's special program is about to start, you had better go to the banquet hall first, there will be free time after the dinner, if you like it, you can also stay here, just tell the maids around you." ”

Zhang Heng nodded in thanks, and then took a step towards the brightly lit building not far away.

Anne is not stupid, she immediately thought of something when Zhang Heng interrupted, and after leaving the door, she asked the black maid beside her, "What will happen if I refuse you just now, will they punish you?" ”

The latter was silent, and Anne reached out and pulled away Daisy's dress, and sure enough, she saw a lot of whip marks on her back, and then the grumpy hairmaiden tried to pull out the dagger from her waist.

Billy on the side hurriedly stopped, "Don't mess around, although I don't like this kind of thing either, but they are sold here, it is equivalent to goods, theoretically no matter what Malcolm wants to do to them, no one else can blame them, and you stand up for her, it's not a good thing for her, we're just guests, we'll leave after tonight, but they still have to continue living here." ”

Daisy heard Billy's words with a look of gratitude on her face, and Anne cut off, and withdrew the dagger a little unwillingly.

The three of them soon arrived in front of the banquet hall, and Daisy, who was at the front, pushed open the door.

In the center of the dome is a huge chandelier with more than a hundred candles, illuminating the hall as bright as daylight, with reliefs and ribbons on the walls and soft Persian carpets underfoot.

"It's a feeling like I'm back in England after a long time." A large landowner who came in behind the three couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, there were many people in the banquet hall, but they were divided into two obvious factions, among which the merchants were mostly more reserved, although they were full of praise for the decoration and carvings in the room, but they just stood aside and quietly admired, while the pirates did not care so much, and many saw the valuable things and touched them directly, and still estimated the price of this thing in their hearts, thinking about how much they could sell if they were to leave.