Chapter 22: Reversal
Hearing the sound, Ai Wen looked up into the distance, a playful smile crossed the corner of his mouth, what is not good, he actually called the nobles to deal with this matter......
So he straightened his clothes, held the stick in both hands, and looked into the distance with a calm face. When the man of the Chamber of Commerce saw this scene, his palms were only clenched into fists, and he felt that he was being despised by Ai Wen.
Soon, the person who spoke before came to the scene of the incident. Ai Wen looked carefully, and the people who came were five big and three thick, wearing chain mail and sword blades around their waists, and there were more than a dozen unarmored soldiers with spears behind them.
Seeing a few thugs lying on the ground, the person who came was furious and scolded sharply, "What are you doing, gathering crowds to fight? Do you know what time it is?"
The face of the chamber of commerce man changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words in the ear of the visitor. Seeing that the man looked at him with an unkind face, Ai Wen's heart was also slightly tightened.
The man in front of him was not a gangster on the street, and his subordinates were not ruffians, and if he really wanted to fight, he had neither weapons nor armor, but he was not very sure of winning.
"My name is Ford, captain of the City of London Patrol. Your name, young man." Ford said in a stiff tone.
"Aven, Knight Racis. Captain Ford, these people are making trouble in front of my shop, should I, as the owner, beat them up so as not to interfere with my business."
Evan pointed at the thugs lying on the ground with a stick, his expression was extremely serious, "This group of people wanted to buy and sell by force, and after I refused, they tried to intimidate me with force. Captain Ford, do you think that's okay?"
The chamber of commerce man's face froze, he originally thought that he was arrogant enough, but the young man in front of him actually dared to question the patrol leader.
Ford's face sank, and before he could ask, he was preempted by Aven, and the latter kicked the ball directly to his side, digging a hole by the way.
"I don't count, our chief is in a meeting with Lord Earl right now. You come with me first, and when the chief has time, he will judge." Ford didn't follow Aven's words, but looked like he was doing business.
"These ruffians deserve to be locked up, but why should I be locked up too?" Evan stared straight at Ford, he'd seen this kind of scene a lot.
Officials are afraid of taking responsibility, of accidents, and of affecting their future, so they have pushed thorny things to others. As a result, it was a very simple thing, but it couldn't be done for a long time, and after being scolded, he looked for reasons to prevaricate.
"Didn't you say that you have to wait for the chief to have time? What do you do when you ask so much?" Ford was getting a little impatient.
"I refuse to accept this outcome. What happened here can be solved by yourself, but you don't want to solve it justly, and you want to favor the Chamber of Commerce." Evan showed no mercy and directly exposed Ford's true thoughts.
"My lord, this is Chiguoguo's frame. We just met for the first time today, and this person actually said that you are partial to the Chamber of Commerce, what is the reason."
The Chamber of Commerce man shouted for Ford as he shoved the money bag into Ford's arms. Ai Wen glanced at the money bag, which was bulging, and it should have contained a lot of money.
Ford glared at the chamber of commerce man, pushed the money bag back, turned his head to look at Aven, and his voice turned cold.
"I have come to quell the riots in the market at the orders of the governor, as long as it can be quelled, it is a good way, why don't I use it? Now what I see is that you are armed with sticks, and you have injured many people, and you are the source of the riots, shouldn't you be arrested?"
"What a command. As a patrol leader, you can only deal with people, not problems, so what use do you want." Evan said disdainfully.
Ford felt his head buzz and his veins throbbing. If this was an ordinary civilian in front of him, he would have let his men rush up and hack this guy to death.
However, this young man is gorgeously dressed, full of energy, and his weapons are magnificent, he can't be an ordinary person, and he rashly arrests him, if something happens, he will be unlucky.
Thinking about it, he looked at the man in the chamber of commerce with some hatred, this waste usually comes to the door to give money and gifts, and it is okay to help him himself. This young man looked unusual, and he pulled himself onto the thief ship, and he did not help him in the future, lest he be dragged into the water in the future.
In the shop, Deloris had already finished drinking the broth, looking at the scene outside, listening to the conversation outside, and feeling a little angry in her heart, when did her father's subordinates have such a group of people? Just as she was about to make a move, a crowd came on the street again.
When she saw the visitor, Delores' serious expression softened, and she took out a piece of silk embroidered with the family logo, and asked the owner of the shop to pass it on to the nobleman who had come. The old man was a little confused, but he still walked out of the shop with the cloth silk as Deloris said.
"What's going on, Ford. Why hasn't it been dealt with for so long?" A Mediterranean balding, pot-bellied man walked over.
When Ford saw this person, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain the situation without caring about being scolded.
The man glanced at Evan and continued to listen to Ford's report, and after a while he seemed to remember something, and he didn't care about Ford, so he hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look at Evan 's appearance.
I don't know if I don't see it, I was startled when I saw it, the man's face gradually frightened, he hesitated for a moment, and he asked cautiously, "Are you Knight Aven?"
Evan was a little surprised, "I'm Evan . Who are you? I don't remember we met."
Hearing Evan admit it himself, the man hurriedly introduced himself, "Hello Knight Evan Ie, I'm Potter, the sheriff of the City of London. In peacetime, he helps the Earl deal with the law and order problems in the city of London. I have seen you from afar at your canonization ceremony before, so I know you."
Evan nodded, then sighed a little, "Master Potter, I can be found in my own store, if I can't fight, I guess I will just lie on the ground."
Potter's face collapsed, and he quickly defended himself, "Don't worry, my lord, I will punish these wicked people severely, and return the people of London City to the good and good."
"This lady, a young lady in my shop, asked me to give this to you." The old man trembled and presented the cloth in his hand to Potter.
Potter looked at Aven, took the cloth from the old man's hand in confusion, and unfolded it casually. However, the next moment, his eyes suddenly widened, as if he had been immobilized by Sun Wukong, and his huge body remained motionless.
Evan looked at the cloth silk and immediately understood Delores's attitude. Anyway, he didn't think about what to do, since she said it, just do what she wanted.
After a while, Potter finally came to his senses, crying and mourning, "Lord Aven, Miss Deloris is also with you?"
The corners of Aven's mouth twitched, "Of course, Deloris is with me in the search for a suitable store. I'm going to open a store in the London market in the future, but today's events make me a little hesitant. It would be better to discuss it with Delores later."
As soon as Potter heard it, he knew something was wrong. Who Evan is, all Middlesex knows, he is a celebrity next to Earl Morol, and even Lord Count will seriously consider what he says.
What's more important is that they also married Delores. It is said that the two are very affectionate now, and Evan also painted his love for his wife on his banner, which became a good story for Middlesex.
If Evan or Deloris had told Count Morol about this, they would have to be replaced by the angry Earl, and maybe they would lose their heads.
I think about how much energy and money I spent and how many relationships I have climbed for my current position, how can I lose it.
Potter's head raced and he did everything he could to salvage the current situation. His gaze drifted over Ford and the Chamber of Commerce man, and he immediately thought of a good idea.
"Lord Aven, I'm actually distressed too." Potter pointed to his subordinate and whispered to Aven.
"Adults don't know. The group of people in the Chamber of Commerce is flying and domineering, and the people suffer a lot, and I want to take care of it, but other nobles and the Chamber of Commerce are always inextricably linked. I'm under a lot of pressure here."
"Besides, these subordinates are greedy for money, although I have replaced them many times, but the effect is not good. Originally, I wanted to resign from this position, but when I thought that after I left, no one would dare to provoke the Chamber of Commerce, so I sat down honestly."
When Ai Wen heard the back, he laughed directly. Good fellow, if it weren't for the fact that he was in England, Evan would have thought that he was back in the late Ming Dynasty.
In his impression, there seems to be a female author who writes Da Ming novels, and she often appears similar words in the book, but unfortunately after a long time, the name has been forgotten.
"In that case, I'll leave it to Master Potter to dispose of. I will also ask Deloris to convey to the Earl about the difficulties of Lord Potter, and I think it will be much better for you in the future." Evan had no interest in playing Tai Chi with Potter, and it wasn't his own territory anyway, so he left it to Count Morol to worry about.
"Okay, okay." Seeing that Evan was no longer pursuing the matter, Potter was overjoyed, thanked him again and again, and vowed to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Evan reached out and pulled Delores' silk back, ignoring the rest of the story, and turned to walk towards the store.
Potter wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly left with his subordinates and the men of the Chamber of Commerce, as for the thugs on the ground, they were taken away by the soldiers, saying that they were pressed into the dungeon and waited for their fate.
After returning to the store, Evan jokingly asked, "How, isn't the way I just hit someone handsome?"
Deloris glared at him angrily, a little hesitant, "Should I tell my father about this?"
Evan shook his head, "Tell the Earl, at most, you can only cut this one in exchange for the next one, but what's the difference between the next one and this one?"
Evan reached out and smoothed Delores' tightly tightened forehead, "The ancient Roman Empire is gone, but their methods are worth trying. It might be helpful to set up a law and rely on the law to deal with ordinary things."
"But we're ......," Deloris thought was a little ridiculous when she heard that for the first time. If there is no lord, who will enforce and make the law?
"It can't be done overnight, it will inevitably be implemented slowly, and there is still a long way to ......go" Ai Wen glanced behind him, and the old man in the shop had slowly walked back, so he immediately stopped talking.
"Two adults, I am grateful for today's events." When the old man entered the store, he knelt down and thanked him.
Evan took a half step back to the side, avoiding the old man's bow, "I didn't do anything. If you want to thank Delores, she is the one who really helped you."
Deloris looked at Evan angrily, and hurriedly asked the old man to stand up, "Grandpa, don't you really do this shop?"
Delores's question stopped the old man at once, he had to leave because the Chamber of Commerce often came to make trouble. After today's incident, he also understood that no one should come to make trouble after that.
After a long time, the old man sighed and said with some nostalgia, "If the two adults take a fancy to this shop, just buy it."
"Old man, Delores didn't mean to ask you to leave this shop." The old man looked at Ai Wen on the side in surprise, the latter's words were a little unexpected to him, they bought it, didn't they just leave?
"We want to buy this store, but we're not usually here. You are still in charge of the business here, and we will send some people to help you at most, help you do some manual work, and teach the troublemakers by the way. Of course, this store means a lot to us, so we will add new products to the store in the future."
The old man's eyes widened, as if he had heard something incredible.
"Of course, we won't let you do it for nothing, and you can get paid a lot of money every once in a while. There are people and things you are familiar with, and it seems that you are very old, so you should have been here for a long time, and it would be a shame to let you go directly."
"Yes, that's what I thought. We are the nominal shopkeepers, and we don't have to worry about anyone daring to make trouble." Deloris said with a smile.
The old man immediately agreed, agreeing to Evan and Delores' request, and promising that he would do his best to earn more money to repay the favor today.
"Miss, Knight Aven. The Earl has ordered me to take them to the proceedings." Outside the store, a guard soldier walked in.
"How did Father know we were here?" Deloris asked curiously.
"Miss, this is what Sheriff Potter told the Earl, so the Earl sent us to pick them up at once." The soldier said truthfully.
"Delores can't walk on her feet, so you have horses."
"Yes. My horses can be ridden by the young lady."
"Let's go......