Chapter 11: Trouble Again
Over the next few days, Raymond had Dereya ship a batch of Heddington's backlog of valuables to Manas Island in Reed, as agreed, and bought back some of the town's much-needed supplies.
According to the nautical charts, if it goes well, it will take about a week to go back and forth.
When it was time to set off, Raymond, Charlotte and others personally went to the dock to see off the Cangyun. Although this is just a very ordinary business activity, firstly, it is the first time that Headington has done business with the outside world in nearly a year, and secondly, it is related to whether they can establish a trade relationship with Reed, so it is very important.
In addition to Raymond and them, many residents of Headington also came spontaneously. Looking at the cargo that had been backlogged for months, being moved into the cabin, everyone's eyes flashed with hope.
However, in the same way, Raymond's favoritism towards his subordinates that day also showed the sequelae this time. Although facilitating this deal gave him a lot of points in the hearts of the residents of Headington, there were still many people who looked at him with dissatisfaction in their expressions, and it was obvious that in the eyes of those people, although Raymond was very capable, he was not very morally good.
Although Raymond doesn't care, Charlotte still can't look at it. She said apologetically: "I'm sorry, the boss of 'Rainbow Flying Fish' Potter is very popular, so the events of that day spread quickly, and I believe everyone will forget about it after a while." ”
"Hmph, I wish they had such a good memory for the things they had been helped with. Freddie sneered, anyway, whether he was wrong or not, he never wanted to forgive people.
Hearing such mean words, Lambert and the others' faces changed greatly. Depero's eyes flashed with anger, and he was about to speak, but was stopped by Charlotte with a wave of his hand.
"It's over what happened last time, and I don't want to keep talking about it. Charlotte stared at Raymond and said slowly, "I just hope that the same thing doesn't happen again." ”
"Of course. Raymond scratched his head: "I told you, if those guys dare to cause trouble again, I will never spare them." ”
"Then I'm relieved. I'm sorry, but I still have some things to attend to, so I'll take my leave. Charlotte saluted Raymond and turned to leave.
Looking at her departing back, Baster snorted angrily and grimaced: "Hmph, be careful." ”
"Young master, please let me do some necessary training for those guys. At least before fighting the bandits, let them know the basic discipline. At this point, Lutz pleaded again.
"It's okay, it's not time yet. Raymond still refused.
"By the way, when are you going to do what you want to do about the robbers out there?" asked Rickett.
Raymond touched his chin: "When Dreya comes back, it's almost there." ”
"Why?" said Rickett.
"Because, I'm waiting for him to help me bring back some necessary things. Besides, I'm going to use the news of his return to get those robbers together, so we can do it." Raymond smiled.
"Okay, let's do whatever you need to do next, we can talk leisurely, I guess it's only a few days. Raymond said and stretched deeply, turning to leave.
Looking at the back of Raymond leaving, several people couldn't help but shake their heads, God willing, I hope that his strange decisions will not cause anything to happen again.
Leaving the docks, Charlotte walked towards the town hall. All the way, her mind was thinking about the dock just now.
Now she is becoming more and more incomprehensible to Raymond, who is obviously very shrewd in convincing Lambert and the others, and using the Cangyun to inspire the residents. However, it seemed very short-sighted to shield his subordinates that day, and it was hard to imagine that this was a decision made by the same person.
What will his arrival bring to Headington?
As she thought so, she suddenly noticed something flash in front of her eyes, and Charlotte hurriedly stopped. As soon as she looked up, a look of surprise appeared on her face: "It's you!?"
Suddenly stopped in front of her, it was Harlot.
It can be seen that this guy has obviously been carefully dressed up today, not only has he changed into clean clothes, but the proud beard on his face is also neatly combed, with a good appearance, the whole person is standing there, and he really has a little posture.
Not understanding what this guy was doing, Charlotte said vigilantly, "What do you want to do?"
"Ah, please don't be afraid, Miss Charlotte. Harlot hurriedly said, "I just want to apologize for what happened that day." ”
“...... You're hurting the tavern owner and the customer, if you want to apologize, go find them. Charlotte said, going around him.
Harlot hurriedly took a step back, still standing in front of her: "Uh... I mean, I'm here to apologize for Mistress Raymond, who didn't deserve to cover up our crimes that day. ”
Seeing that he convicted Raymond without hesitation, Charlotte was a little surprised: "Did he let you come?"
Harlot said proudly: "How is it possible, knowing how to reflect has always been my strength." ”
“...... Then you call him himself. "Charlotte really didn't want to get involved with this weird guy.
"Stop!" Harlott was a little anxious, and he shouted loudly, and involuntarily used his housekeeping skills as a robber.
He jumped backwards and spread his hands out, blocking Charlotte's path. This action is done smoothly and skillfully, which shows that it has been practiced countless times before.
"What the hell do you want to do?" said Charlotte's eyes flashed with anger.
"Actually... I've been holding it for a long time. ”
Harlot was gasping for air, his eyes were a little red, and he had an overexcited expression.
Charlotte:......
"Let's get it straight, I'm here to block you. Just now that there's no one, I want you—" Harlott rubbed his hands together, approaching step by step.
"You want me?" Charlotte's eyes flashed.
Without waiting for Harlot to answer, Charlotte stomped on Harlot's toes, and then took advantage of his pain to kick him between his legs, and the action was also very skillful.
"Wow~~!"
Caught off guard, I heard the low pant in Harlot's throat suddenly turn into a high-pitched pitch changer, I didn't expect this woman to "get down" so ruthlessly, the poor robber covered his crotch with his hands, and slowly fell to the ground with a distorted face.
"I'm just going to... To..."
"I misjudged you people. But I advise you, we are small in Headington, but don't try to do whatever we want here. ”
Coldly leaving these words, Charlotte bypassed the tearful Harlot and strode away.
"I'm just going to treat you to dinner," Harlott cried.
At this time, several robbers happened to come from the opposite side. They gave a strange look at Charlotte, who was walking past them angrily, and then saw Harlotte who was kneeling on the ground, and was shocked and hurriedly ran over.
"Boss, what's wrong with you, boss?"
The robbers scrambled to pick Harlot up.
"Did the woman do it?" said one of the robbers, rolling up his sleeves, "I'm going to chase her back." ”
"Wait... Wait a minute. How could Harrot be willing to lose face in front of his subordinates, and hurriedly stopped: "I just accidentally fell." ”
"Really?" the suspicious gazes of several robbers fell on his hands, which were still covering his nakedness.
"Nonsense, don't you think I can't even handle a girl?" said Harlott, grinning.
"......" saw that the corners of his mouth twitched in pain, and several robbers looked at each other, and they all closed their mouths in amusement.
"By the way, what are you doing here?" said Harlott curiously.
"The weather is nice today, and the brothers are ready to go and have fun. One of the robbers said, "By the way, boss, do you want to come with us?"
"Where are you going?"
"It's the same tavern as last time. One of the robbers said, "Yesterday a brother said that when they went, the boss didn't do their business." So today we're going to teach that guy a lesson. ”
"Wait, you're trying to cause trouble again?" Harlott was taken aback.
One of the robbers laughed, "Who said that, we just want to drink." But if the boss won't entertain us, that's a different story. ”
"Hey, are you stupid, have you forgotten what Boss Raymond said?" said Harlott hurriedly.
As soon as they heard this, the robbers looked at Harlot like fools: "Haha, boss, you don't really take that kind of warning seriously, do you?"
"Don't worry, that's just what he did to show those people in order to step down. ”
"We are not murder and arson, so how can he offend the brothers for such a trivial matter. Actually, that kid is quite good. ”
For a while, several robbers said one after another.
But Harlot didn't think so, until now, he clearly remembered how he reacted when he heard Raymond's words, that kid was definitely not joking.
"Hey, don't blame me for not warning you. It's different from last time, and you'd better settle down. Thinking of this, Harlot couldn't help but snap.
It was rare to see him have such an expression, and the robbers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. But Harlot's usual submissive behavior was well understood, so even if he said so, the robbers were not afraid.
Instead, they laughed and said, "Boss, I think you're really scared." ”
"Okay, it seems that the boss is determined to be a good citizen. Forget it, brethren, let's go on our own. So they ignored Harlott and the group swaggered away.
Being teased like this by his subordinates is really a shameless thing. So watching those people leave, Harlot couldn't help muttering: "Damn, am I really nervous?"
However, after hesitating for a long time, he still didn't dare to break the ban after all: "Forget it, that kid is very evil, I'd better not touch this brow." ”
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but cover his legs that were still hurting.
"Strange, what went wrong, why did I get kicked before I could finish my sentence?" he muttered to himself with a strange expression.
"Hmph... But if you think I'm going to give up, you're very wrong. ”
Harlot, who thought he was depressed by the blow, raised his head, but his eyes were full of fighting spirit.
"Sooner or later, Lao Tzu wants you to obediently throw yourself into your arms, wahahaha... No, it's not good, it's funny... Ahem, ahem!!"
When Raymond received the news that his men were making trouble again, it was already a few hours later.
After all, the robbers still had bad habits, maybe they didn't really mean to make trouble, but after being warned by Harlot, they had a bit of a gamble.
So, in order to prove that they are fearless pure masters, they deliberately used alcohol to make trouble, and this time it became even worse, and even injured people with weapons.
Raymond rushed to the scene of the incident, and Charlotte and others had already heard the news. Lambert and the others were all gloomy, but she seemed very calm and couldn't see joy or anger.
Seeing Raymond, the onlookers immediately burst into a buzzing discussion, but if you listen carefully, you will find that most of them are not good words, which shows the depth of the impact of the last incident.
"My lord, I have already offered to pay a high amount of compensation. Rickett, who had arrived first, walked over and whispered, "But Miss Charlotte insists on waiting to see your handling before talking about it." ”
Raymond nodded in understanding, and walked over to the robbers.
"My lord, we really know that we are wrong this time, please forgive us again. One of the robbers said apologetically.
"Yes, we are willing to accept any punishment. Several others also hurriedly said.
Compared with the last time they saw Raymond, they were much calmer this time, and even knew how to apologize. Maybe in their opinion, except for cutting a person, this time the incident is no different from the last time, at most they will be punished and get over it.
"Who hurt someone?" Raymond asked.
"It's... It's me. The robber who spoke first said cautiously.
Raymond snorted, and didn't say anything else, just looked at him calmly. Being stared at by Raymond, the robber gradually had a bad premonition.
"My lord, what are you going to do...", he couldn't help but ask.
Unexpectedly, Raymond suddenly asked, "By the way, have you drunk enough?"
As soon as they heard this, all the onlookers were in an uproar. Everyone could see that, just like last time, it was clear that Raymond was planning to protect them again.
And several robbers were all happy and relieved.
Fortunately, the robber was not too stupid, and hurriedly said: "Enough, I promise not to drink again in the future." ”
At this time, Harlot heard the news and hurried with several of his cronies' subordinates, just in time to see this scene.
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