gentleman's manor

After listening to Edward's statement, before I had any reaction, Anna, whose face was covered in tears, suddenly stood up and rushed out the door.

"Anna, where are you going?" I hurriedly chased out, but found that Anna ran to the room where Sarah was placed.

Immediately afterwards, Anna's angry voice came: "Speak! How did brother William die! You have only been with him these days, what did you do, and why did he drive you out!"

"I don't know, I really don't know, I haven't done anything..." Sara cried.

"Tell me the truth! Or I'll throw you out into the street, and I'll do what I say!"

"Miss, don't be like this, please be kind, I am pregnant with William's child."

When I chased after her, I found Sarah was kneeling on the ground and crying, seeing me coming in, she hurriedly looked at me: "Master Adam, please say something nice for me, Miss Anna suddenly wants to drive me into the street. "

"William himself said that you colluded with Mrs. Jenny, how dare you argue!" Anna cried and pushed her: "Why did you do this! Why did you collude with our enemies! Did you help them kill William!"

Anna looked like she was about to collapse, so I hugged her hastily and helped her to the bed beside her.

I stared at Sarah and said, "Tell me everything you know, don't hide a word, or I'll send you to the sheriff. I'll tell the sheriff that you stole my money, and you know you stole more than seven shillings." Will there be any consequences? The judge will hang you. It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. The sheriff and the judge will only listen to me, and you are just a bitch. When you have a baby, they will hang you Died on the gallows."

Sarah cried with tears and snot: "No, no, please look at the child's face... I didn't lie, I didn't do anything, Master William just misunderstood me."

"Don't threaten us with the child. William is dead. No one can prove that this child belongs to William. Tell me honestly, maybe I will let you live." I threatened.

"I have never done anything to offend William. This child is my own and his own. How could I hurt my child's father!" Sarah cried and said, "What do you want me to admit? If you want to execute me, I will kill you." Go ahead, I won't admit to anything I haven't done."

Sarah was crying so hard that she would rather die than admit it, and I began to wonder if William had really made a mistake.

"It's fine if you don't admit it. Anyway, we have already determined that she is the murderer, so she can be escorted directly to the Public Security Bureau." Edward appeared at the door, and he ordered the servant: "Tell the public security officer that we have caught the thief. Not only did we steal a large amount of property, He also framed his master and should be sentenced to death."

"No, no." Sara grabbed my trouser legs in panic and said, "Master Adam, don't, I have the flesh and blood of Master William in my stomach. Do you have the heart to let this child lose his mother as soon as he is born? I am innocent, I am truly innocent."

"A murderer deserves to be a mother? Why are you standing still, drag this woman out!" Edward commanded his servant.

Edward's servants were of a completely different type from Hughes. They didn't look like servants at all, but rather like hooligans on the street, they carried out Edward's orders without saying a word.

Sarah was trembling with fright, and was dragged out of the door before bursting into tears: "I really didn't kill Master William... I just followed Mrs. Jenny's words and framed Mrs. Helena..."

"Wait..." Edward waved to the servant, "Pull in."

"Don't think you can lie in front of me. I have already sent someone to find out about you. I will give you a chance to explain everything you know. If you dare to tell a lie, you will be sent to the Public Security Bureau immediately."

Sara sat on the ground, knowing that she had been exposed, and had no choice but to honestly admit what she had done: "...I love William, but he married another woman. Mrs. Jenny said to me, Only by getting rid of Helena, William will belong to me. So I did a stupid thing, obeyed Madam Jenny's arrangement, and helped her frame Madam Helena. Later, Madam Jenny used this to threaten me and asked me to do something for her. But after William found out, he kicked me out. I haven't seen William at all during this period, how could I kill him? This child is innocent, he is really William's own flesh and blood, please look at it For his sake, don't send me to the police station..."

"Do you know who killed William?" I asked.

Sarah stared blankly at the floor: "William changed his mind after going back to college, and never smoked opium again. He told me that he had found evidence of the master's smuggling, and that he wanted to blackmail him... I don't know if it's from the master. Someone killed William, I dare not say, I am afraid that the master will send someone to kill me..."

After settling down Anna who had passed out from crying, Edward and I came to the study.

"What are you going to do?" Edward asked me.

"Can we find evidence of murder?"

Edward shook his head: "The corpse is too decomposed, and there are no clues at all. What's more, your father is a gentleman with a decent reputation and status. No one can easily sue him in court."

It was nearly midnight at this time, the newborn moon was hanging in front of the window, and the pale clouds were lingering on it, making the moonlight hazy.In the silence, the sultry air was suffocating, and I suddenly had the feeling of being covered by huge rocks.

"I thought about ending all the fights by giving up the right of inheritance, but now I can't." I said.

Edward came over, sat on the armrest of the sofa, put his arm around me and said, "Too many things happened today, you are tired, go and rest. With me here, no one can hurt you."

I leaned my head against him, smelling his body odor, but it wasn't enough, I stood up again, wrapped my arms around him, and let his body heat warm me.I feel extremely cold, my limbs are cold, and I can't warm them anyway.

Edward hugged me tightly, stroked my back and said, "Don't be afraid, I will be by your side no matter what. Their tricks will not succeed, and I will make them pay for plotting against you."

"William is dead, and it's all my fault."

"How can you take the blame on yourself? What does it have to do with you? If the bad guys want to do evil, you can't prevent it." Edward said softly.

I shook my head, Edward wouldn't understand.

I looked at him and said, "Do you believe in gods?"

Edward smiled: "I believe, it should be, but no one has seen it, right?"

"God will be merciful to the world, and will also punish sin." I stared at the candle on the table and said, "But God's punishment is always realized in a unique way. It's a pity that I didn't realize it earlier."

"If they hadn't killed William, I probably wouldn't have fought them at all, because I didn't care what they wanted. But now that they've got it, I decided to fight them and see what they wanted. It's not really worth it..."

Edward stared at me blankly for a while, then asked anxiously, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to... get married," I said.

"What!" Edward frowned in surprise.

"First, I want to borrow something from you."

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At the same time, in the bedroom of Master Dean Constantine in Quint Manor, Mrs. Jenny was feeding her husband medicine.

Dean frowned and swallowed a big mouthful of the medicine, but before he swallowed it, he coughed it out again, sprinkling saliva mixed with thick phlegm on his chest.Mrs. Jenny didn't dislike being dirty, she carefully wiped him with a handkerchief, and then patted his back lightly.

"Do you feel better, sir?" Madame Jenny whimpered.

"I don't think it's going to work." Dean sighed. He stroked his wife's hand and said, "Don't feel sorry for me. People are born, old, sick and die."

Madam Jenny felt sad, and said sadly: "No, don't say that, what should I do with the children after you leave? If you want to get better, you must get better."

Dean stared blankly at the ceiling and said, "Jenny, I feel very scared."

"What are you afraid of?" asked Mrs. Jenny.

"I'm afraid of William," said Dean.

"He, he's already dead..." Mrs. Jenny murmured.

"Yes, he is dead. He was killed by my biological father. If I hadn't kicked him out, he wouldn't have fallen and died. Do you think I will go to hell?" Dean was full of fear. said.

"William's death has nothing to do with you. It's because he took too much opium. You must not take the blame on yourself." Mrs. Jenny said softly.

"Although I hate him, I never thought of letting him die... Now that he's dead, I don't even have an heir." Dean said weakly, "What I never expected was that Adam didn't want to inherit. The manor, why would anyone not want to inherit the manor? Even when I humbly begged him, he refused to come back, why on earth?" Mrs. Jenny also showed worry on the Scholarly Family Forum, she couldn't figure it out more than her husband.

"I only left you four thousand pounds in property, but how can this money be enough for the future life of the three of you? Elizabeth is going to get married, and Joseph will spend more money. It would be great if I could live a few more years, Then I can save you money for a few more years. But I am dying now, and I can’t think of any other way to get money for you except this way.” Dean gasped and said, “Adam must come back to inherit the manor , and then marry Miss Catherine. Even if I have to kneel down and beg him, let him agree, and you all beg him, he is your hope now."

"I know, we will all beg him, you should have a good rest." Mrs. Jenny said, wiping her tears.

Dean muttered a few more words, then fell into a deep sleep, and Mrs. Jenny left the room with the tray.

Outside the door, Elizabeth waited anxiously: "Mom, how is Dad?"

Mrs. Jenny shook her head and said, "No sign of getting better."

Elizabeth cried sadly: "Then what should we do? Once Dad dies, we will all be kicked out of the manor."

"All calculations have been disrupted. Why doesn't that kid want to inherit the manor? This is something that so many people dream of, why doesn't he want it!" Mrs. Jenny said tangled.

"Does he dislike Catherine? Or does he know what we're up to?"

Mrs. Jenny shook her head: "He has never met Catherine at all, so he said whether he likes it or not. As for our plan, only the three of us, mother and son, know, not even your father."

"Then what else can we do to get him to agree? Once we are expelled from the manor, we will have nothing. How can £4000 be enough for us? My dowry alone costs £3000." Elizabeth said anxiously.

Mrs. Jenny secretly sighed, this daughter is really brainless, she is still worried about her dowry.

"Catherine has a dowry of [-] pounds, plus the entire Quint Manor. This kind of wealth, even a prince would be jealous, and it is [-] times better than being a poor priest in the country. Why didn't he agree?" Mrs. Jenny frowned. Brows said: "Notify Joseph, find a way to arrange for Catherine to meet Adam, and then let Catherine seduce him. Money, status, women, I don't believe any man can resist such a temptation. After they get married and have children, we will Get rid of Adam directly, and Quint Manor still belongs to us, together with all the money."

"Will Catherine follow our instructions?" Elizabeth asked anxiously.

"If you don't listen, you have to listen." Mrs. Jenny said with a smile: "Because she has no choice, she is pregnant."

"I always feel uneasy, why didn't we tell father? Maybe father will support us." Elizabeth said.

Mrs. Jenny shook her head: "You can't tell your father, he only intends to get us five thousand pounds through this marriage, but he won't promise us to get rid of Adam."

"But...William is not..."

Mrs. Jenny hurriedly covered Elizabeth's mouth, shook her head and said, "Your father doesn't know, don't mention William anymore, he poisoned himself to death, and has nothing to do with us..."

The author has something to say: the hero's father didn't kill William, nor did he intend to kill the hero. He just wanted to sell Adam's marriage and get [-] pounds for Xiao Baihua.But Xiao Baihua did it by herself, and wanted to plot against the manor.