Mr. Howlett ordered the carriage to be driven back to the manor overnight. When he arrived, it was already dawn, and it was very cold in Canada in late autumn, and he needed to put on leather clothes to keep warm in the morning and evening, and he was a little shivering in a thick blanket and was lifted out of the carriage.

The old man's body was really full of holes, and it was really exhausting to travel for a day and a night. James had finished his morning work at this time, and saw the family's carriage slowly galloping towards him, and walked quickly to meet him.

"Grandfather!" When James saw Mr. Howlett, who could barely stand, he picked him up and hugged him in his arms, and took a few steps upstairs to Mr. Howlett's bedroom.

"It's okay, it's okay"

Old Howlett looked at his tall and handsome grandson, and his eyes were a little swollen.

The old man lay down, and the personal physician of the estate, who was dedicated to Mr. Howlett, quickly came in to check on him. James stood quietly to the side, the light in his eyes looking a little terrifying.

"How?"

"Mr. Howlett is just too tired, and his age and body cannot withstand such exertion. These days of quiet recuperation, you can slowly recover. However, Master James ...... "The doctor was a little reluctant to speak.

"Dr. Roddy, please tell the truth." James looked at the middle-aged doctor with a hesitant face.

"You know the situation of Mr. Howlett, a man in his seventies, who had some problems when he was young, but who was too old to recuperate, so it is getting worse and worse now. But the most terrible thing is that the pressure accumulated in his heart is too heavy, and the whole person's spirit is about to be boiled down...... If possible...... Be prepared. ”

James understood Dr. Roddy's cryptic words, and with his knowledge, he knew that the old man's time was short, but the way his grandfather returned from the Governor's Palace this time, things must not be simple.

Staying with Mr. Howlett until he fell asleep, James gently closed the door and went downstairs to the maid O'Hara, saying, "Go and ask Wayne the butler, and let him come to his grandfather's study to meet me." O'Hara didn't seem to recognize the young master in front of him for a moment, and James' calm but unquestionable demeanor at this moment was more like Mr. Howlett.

James turned around and went to the study, and O'Hara stayed for two or three seconds, then lifted the hem of his skirt and trotted to find the butler.

Mr. Howlett's study was large, with his back to a bright and wide outer platform, and there were not many books, and the old man had not read many books, nor had he learned from other manor owners to pile up books and decorate the façade. More often than not, there is a variety of old or elaborate muskets. There are also Western swords, Persian scimitars, daggers and other weapons.

The red-copper floor and furniture of this study are gilded with a hint of copper and iron. James sat loosely in Mr. Howlett's high-backed wide chair, with one hand on his forehead, the other casually resting on the armrest, his eyes quietly closed.

To tell the truth, Mr. Vane was shocked at a certain moment after knocking on the door and signaling his way in, the solemn atmosphere in the room was like a soldier standing with loaded guns, and James in front of him had a special calm and tranquility, but it was inviolable. He didn't know if he should speak, and he broke the silence in the space.

"Uncle Vane, what happened to grandfather at the Doge's Palace." James's words made the butler breathe a deep sigh of relief, and he opened his eyes after he finished speaking, and looked softly at Mr. Vane.

"Actually, the governor did not embarrass us or have a bad attitude, he let us take the detained herdsmen intact and have dinner with the lord." James didn't say anything, waiting for Vane Steward to continue. "It's just that Smith asked the master one thing and made a request."

The butler's face turned a little blue, and he said a little stiffly: "He asked you if you were the only heir of the master, and wanted you to marry his niece." ”

What the steward of Vane could not understand was that James, a young man in his early twenties, did not hear the slightest joy of marrying the Governor on his face, let alone doubt, uneasiness, or even anger. He seems to think it's very, ordinary?

"Is that all?" James finally picked up the conversation and asked in a slightly tone.

"Master James! You may not know how excessive this is! The butler said a little anxiously: "Smith wants to completely annex the Howlett family through marriage, the lord is old, and he doesn't have the energy to resist, once he leaves, you marry the governor's niece, and the family is equal to ......" James waved his hand to stop the butler's somewhat gaffe words, and asked quietly: "Is that all?" ”

"That's all." Steward Vane was a little discouraged, he felt that the James he saw at the moment he entered the door, who was a little more oppressive than Mr. Howlett, was purely a hallucination, or simply a young man's pretended deep childishness, and this young master had no idea how troublesome things were.

"Very good, thank you Mr. Wayne, please take care of your grandfather with all your strength in the coming days, don't let him worry about family affairs, and recuperate in peace." James instructed Vane Butler easily, he thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, it will pass." Then he walked outside to the huge terrace, as if the wind was blowing.

Steward Vane really didn't know what else he could say, and left the study without thinking about James's last meaningful look.

With eagle-like eyesight, James could clearly see that a horned deer was pounced on by a cougar on a distant hillside, and the neck of the deer was bitten by a sharp mouth, and the cougar shook its body and head, making the final struggle of the horned deer even more powerless. James curled the corners of his mouth a little happily, enjoying the comfort of the autumn breeze blowing on his body.

"This is still a time of barbarism and disorder, and many problems are too simple for me."

His Excellency Governor Kevin Smith wasted a lot of saliva to convince his wayward and squeamish niece, in fact, this so-called niece was only the daughter of a distant cousin in the Smith family, and when he was promoted to governor, this cousin brought his daughter to the door to congratulate him, and claimed that he was an uncompetitive child who had not seen the world and lacked experience, and hoped that His Excellency the Governor would take it with him to "discipline".

On weekdays, I can also take care of some trivial things in life, and my own family always knows how to take care of people than the subordinates in the barbaric colony. After seeing the girl's good mind and face named Cinille, the Governor readily agreed and secretly brought her to Canada. Considering that the Governor's wife could not go with her for the first few years, this niece was her only "relative".

"Madame is moving here next year, you will always be angry when you stay, and that James Howlett is very young, and I heard that he is tall and handsome, and he will not lose you. I'd like to try that Sinille, who has a husband, doesn't take care of people like she used to......"

The Governor smiled evilly and "disciplined" his niece who was lying on his lap, and the young girl said that she must tell her uncle more about how wronged she was today, and gasped and hugged Governor Smith back to her bedroom.

James wanted to come out at night to eliminate food, and tonight's dark clouds were very thick, and the stars and moon were missing, which was just right for errands. He ran to Yellowknife, where the Governor's Palace was located, avoiding people and avenues along the way, running between the forests and mountains, enjoying the thrill of speed and power as he ran with all his might.

A pounce, a jump, whether it is a mountain stream, a boulder, a cliff and a crosswood, they are all like walking on the ground. Mr. Howlett had to travel the whole day by carriage, and James arrived in less than two hours. Looking at the huge brightly lit manor not far away and the soldiers patrolling from time to time, he slowed down and slowly leaned over, calming his breath a little, observing the environment of the governor's manor.

He has considered going directly to the door, and by the way, he can also do a good job of activities that have only been practiced for many years but have not been in actual combat, and at the same time, he can feel his strength more intuitively. But there is really no need for unprovoked killing, and it is enough to solve the problem.

Taking advantage of the gap in the patrol, James jumped over the fence more than two meters high, and landed on the ground as lightly as a tanuki without making a single movement. Touched the corner of the manor, jumped and climbed to the roof, and searched for the governor's room according to the location structure of the manor.

James twitched his nose a few times, smelled something peculiar fishy, and vaguely heard the woman's gasp. He jumped onto the balcony and looked through the window at the room where the short, fat middle-aged man was entangled with a young girl, and he knew roughly that he had found it.