aristocratic engagement

Anne has complicated feelings about Allen.

He is an ambitious and capable person, but he is the second son of the Duke's family who has no right of inheritance.His elder brother Edward grew up beside the old Duke, spoiled by all, but had no idea about running a business.

Allen's father has always lived in the shadow of the old Duke, and the eldest son was taken away from him to Manchester when he was very young, and he spent all his efforts on Allen.

All kinds of reasons were mixed together, which gradually made Allen feel uneasy.

So what if Edward is loved and valued by his grandfather?Once the grandfather died and the father became the Duke in charge, even Edward had to make way for him!

Perhaps before that Christmas Eve, Allen was at most just the second son of a duke who wanted to compete with his elder brother and tried his best to fight for himself.

However, Edward, who hated his younger brother for "taking away" his father's attention, broke this delicate balance.

His "buy/murder/kill/person" failed to kill his younger brother, but instead created an enemy.

You die and I die.

What Annie once valued most was Allen's ruthlessness.

Such a person is worthy of fear as an enemy, but as an ally, it is a good choice.

However, her arrogance made her suffer, and allies can become enemies.

After Annie discovered that the gate was locked from the outside, she knew that she would not be able to escape today.

She turned her head to look at Alan who came out of the back room behind her, and saw an ambiguous smile on his face, and she made up her mind that it would be good to beat him up today with a bruised nose and a swollen face!

Considering that her small physique would not be his opponent at all in a head-to-head encounter, Annie used all the things that could be picked up in this office as weapons.

Glass and porcelain shattered to the ground, and Aniko showed no mercy, and all smashed towards his key parts.

Occasionally hitting one or two is enough for him to eat a pot!

After all, Allen is a strong and strong man. After a few back and forth, he figured out Annie's strategy, and rushed towards Annie enduring the pain.

Annie stumbled and was slammed onto the sofa by him.

Allen used both hands and feet, pressing her hands and legs firmly on the sofa.He tried to control her with one free hand, and led her back into the room, but Annie bit his wrist cruelly.

A deep mark was bitten on Alan's wrist. He wanted to throw her away, but he didn't expect this woman to be so fierce, and she bit even harder.

Annie and his eyes met, and neither would let the other.

Suddenly, she felt a faint smell of rust in her mouth—she bit Alan's wrist.

Allen paused, and suddenly laughed lowly.

He seemed to be unable to feel the pain in his wrist all of a sudden, and his whole body was pressed down.Annie was blocked by the heavy pressure for a moment, and her jaw loosened.

Annie was pressed down by him, and the cold button on his chest was printed on her cheek.Annie's vision was completely blocked by Allen, and she tried to struggle, but was powerless.

"I just like your cruelty." Allen gritted his teeth from above his head, "Annie, the more you resist me, the more excited I am."

"Are you a pervert?!" Annie couldn't help cursing.

"Ha, maybe it is." Alan sneered, "Those 'noble' ladies used to avoid me, but now, one by one shamelessly, they want to take off their clothes and climb onto my bed—— Annie, only you, always."

"Consistently? Consistently hate you?!"

"...We used to be best partners."

"But all of that was ruined by you, Alan. If you hadn't strangled my neck, I... could pretend nothing happened..."

"No, you won't. You can't see me, look down on me, even if I humbly beg you, your hard heart will not show mercy to me, and you will even retreat."

Allen's tone was mocking, but he was mocking himself.

Annie opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Indeed, before she pierced through the window paper, she could use his affection for her to work together without any qualms; but when he pierced through, Annie would not be able to maintain such an ambiguous state.

"Honey, we've been together for so many years, don't you really...don't have a little affection for me? Just a little?"

Allen's voice trembled a little.

Annie swallowed, and said firmly: "I used to regard you as my best friend."

"...Best friend?" Allen's voice became blurred.

Annie sensed something was wrong: "What's wrong with you?"

The hands that restrained her were loosened, but the weight on her body became heavier.Annie pushed hard, but couldn't push him away at all.

"Don't move." A strange voice suddenly sounded.

Annie was startled and her movements were stiff.

Allen was knocked down under the sofa by himself.

There was a piece of paper in the man's hand—Anne recognized that it was the packaging of the pills—he folded the waste paper and stuffed it in his pocket. He waved his hand, and several masked people walked in from the gate. , and worked together to lift Allen out.

Annie sat up vigilantly and asked, "Who are you?"

The man showed a familiar smile: "It's not a good habit to ask questions knowingly, Miss de Bourgh."

This man's face is five points similar to Allen's.

"The Duke of Bridgewater?"

Darcy flinched in Alan Edgerton's office, and almost lost his mind after seeing the chaos and blood in the room.

He came one step too late!He almost brought her back!

Darcy glanced around, countless pictures flashed in his mind one by one.The debris and debris all over the floor all indicate that a fierce struggle has taken place here.

Not long after Annie recovered from a coma, she encountered such violence.

Darcy chopped Allen to pieces in his heart, hating himself for not getting rid of him that night in Pemberley to avoid future troubles.

But where are they now?

"Police/officer, since there is a 'murder case' here, please take care of me." Darcy turned and said to the police/officer who just rushed in from the door, "I really didn't expect that the 'violent production' behind Don't worry about hiding such a shocking case, no one else will interfere with this case until you solve it satisfactorily..."

Darcy didn't continue to speak, the police/officer understood what he meant, patted his chest and promised to deal with it with all his heart.

——This is related to his promotion!

Darcy took off his police cap and walked towards the door of the office.

"It seems that another group of people has come here!" The cry of a small police officer attracted his attention, "Look, the footprints here are very confusing, and they don't seem to be left by the same person!"

Annie's head was covered with a black sack, her mouth and nose were covered by the group of people, her hands and feet were bound, and she was taken from Allen's office to a carriage.

The group of people didn't say a word the whole time, and Anne found that Alan and she were not taken into the same carriage.

Faintly, she heard another carriage driving in another direction.

'The Duke of Bridgewater must have gone to treat Alan's wound. ' thought Anne, 'but are the Duke and Ellen on the same side?Or, the oriole is behind? '

There was darkness in front of her eyes and silence in her ears. Anne kept recalling the scene when she met the Duke of Bridgewater face to face just now in her mind.

Mr. Edgerton, who has just become the duke, has never had a strong sense of existence.

Before today, Anne would rarely give him attention—even if he could be regarded as one of the culprits who cultivated Alan's ambition.

What did he call himself just now.

"Miss de Bourgh?"

Anne frowned.

She has always acquiesced that Egerton is clear about her identity.However, just now he did not call himself Mr. Richter - a more weighty title.

This made Annie suddenly feel that everything was going in a strange direction.

Is it Miss de Bauer or Mr. Richter who they want to kidnap?

Although both of these identities are hers, the sayings here are quite different.

Miss de Bourgh is only the daughter of a viscount. She is rich and the only heir to Rosings Manor. She is the coveted target of almost all young gentlemen.

But, that's all.

Mr. Richter, however, is different.

Mr. Richter is the most mysterious upstart in the city of London, involving countless interests.

When Anne was kidnapped by Allen and heard that he was still making money for his business under the name of Mr. Richter, she subconsciously thought that he did these things for "Mr. Richter".

However, when she and Alan broke faces, fought back mercilessly, and bit his tongue and wrist, Alan was still telling her "love" for her.

This confused Annie.

What exactly does he want?

The appearance of the Duke of Bridgewater made this suspicion snowball, but it also made her vaguely seem to have caught the clue.

Maybe their purpose is not unified!

Annie's eyes lit up.

Suddenly, the speed of the carriage under her gradually slowed down.There is no longer the sound of water in her ears, and the peculiar smell of dust in the factory is no longer on the tip of her nose.

Annie, who was blindfolded, felt her senses of hearing and smell were extremely sensitive. She heard the singing of birds and smelled the fragrance of flowers.

The air here is very clean, not like being in a dirty factory area on the edge of the city, but judging by the distance, it is not like a place far from London.

She should be in London, then, by now.

The carriage door was opened and Anne was dragged from the carriage.Her shoes didn't even touch the ground, she was "carried" up and her mouth was tightly covered.

She was brought indoors.

After a lot of tossing, Anne guessed that she was locked in a basement—full of damp smell and the peculiar decaying smell of hoarding items.

Those people didn't say anything, and after pushing her to the ground, they slammed the door shut.

They didn't even bind her limbs!

'It seems that they are really not worried that I will escape. After Anne sat on the cold ground for a while, she took off the black hood covering her face.

There was darkness in front of him, only a faint light came from the crack of the door.Annie squinted her eyes and saw a pair of feet walking back and forth at the door.

"Miss de Bourgh, don't worry, I won't do anything to you." The Duke's voice suddenly came from the door.

"Your words are really classic lines for bad guys." Annie mocked.

The Duke laughed loudly: "You are my son's sweetheart, even if I look at him for his sake, I will treat you well, as long as...you cooperate with me."

"What do you do with me?"

"Mr. Richter!"

Anne's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly forced herself to calm down, and asked pretending to be puzzled: "I don't understand what you mean, Duke. Who is Mr. Richter?"

"Don't play with me, Miss de Bourgh."

Annie bit her lip, pinching her palm with her nails involuntarily, waiting for him to continue.

"I used to think that Mr. Richter was Earl Fitzwilliam, but I didn't expect him to hide it so deeply." The Duke sighed, "Old Fitzwilliam died unjustly, and saved his nephew from disaster." .”

Nephew, not niece?

"...I don't understand what you mean." Annie's voice trembled.

"Fitzwilliam Darcy, he is your cousin and your lover.

That silly son of mine did so many things for his rival in love? !I can't believe that my son is such an infatuated species. "

After Darcy left the shipyard, he frowned and went straight to Louis Garden.

Mrs. Catherine had already learned about Anne and almost fainted.However, maybe it's because being a mother is strong, maybe it's because she had experienced a shock a few months ago, but she still didn't fall down in the end.

Not knowing what Du Li had said to her, Mrs. Catherine quickly recovered from her panic, and the two stopped a carriage and left in a hurry.

When Darcy arrived in Lewis Garden, the servants fell into an anxious silence.

As witnesses to the "kidnapping case", the Bennet sisters did not choose to go back to their uncle's house to wait for news, but offered to go to Lewis Garden to meet them—what if they could provide any clues?

When Darcy stepped into the drawing room, Georgiana and the Bennet sisters immediately went up to meet him, looking at him expectantly.

Darcy shook his head expressionlessly.

Elizabeth and Jane's eyes turned red.

Darcy looked at his sister: "Where is Lady Catherine?"

"Auntie is out! She went out with Du Li, and I wanted to follow, but she refused to take me." Georgiana was in a panic. Who would have thought that she was fine when she went out in the morning, but she was lost most of the day. What?

"Brother, where have you been? Your hands are bleeding!" cried Georgiana.

Only then did Darcy realize that bright red blood was dripping from the fingertips hanging beside him.

Darcy said in a daze, "Maybe I came across shards of glass and porcelain just now... I went to Alan Edgerton's factory, but it was a step too late, and Annie was no longer there."

Georgiana's eyes widened: "Have you found Anne? Did Mr. Alan Edgerton kidnap her?"

"I'm sure it's him." Darcy's heart ached, and he took out the handkerchief from his pocket, which contained Annie's hair.

"Damn Alan Egerton! God, I actually believed his deep affection for Annie. He obviously looks so... What on earth does he want to do?! Could it be that if Annie is kidnapped, Annie can fall in love with him mom?"

Even Georgiana understood this simple truth.

"...Alan Egerton?!" Elizabeth and Jane looked at each other.

Jane said in a low voice, "Why is this name so familiar?"

Darcy noticed the whispering between the two, and suddenly raised his head and stared at them: "Do you know him? Do you know this person?"

Elizabeth frowned, making a recalled expression.

When Darcy couldn't help urging her, Elizabeth yelled: "Alan Edgerton! Yes, it's him! Jane, isn't that the name of Uncle Gardner's neighbor?"

Jane also opened her eyes wide: "That's right! It's him! I still remember that many years ago, not long after Uncle Gardner moved in, his neighbor moved in."

"That time Mr. Bennet invited Anne to his uncle's house for dinner, and we met him at the door!" Elizabeth added.

"That's right, they knew each other then!" Jane nodded repeatedly.

After hearing this, Darcy rushed out amidst the screams of the girls. Georgiana quickly chased after her, and said as she ran, "Brother, your hand! Your hand is still dripping blood!"

Darcy's footsteps stopped, Georgiana felt relieved, and was about to tell the servants to rush to get the bandages, but saw her brother turn his head and walk directly towards the Bennet sisters.

"Can you show me the way, Miss Bennet."

"Of course!"

"When Jane and I came to my uncle's last summer, Mr. Edgerton lived next door. But this year, we haven't seen him again."

Elizabeth sat in the carriage and said to Darcy outside the window.

Darcy said blankly: "Of course! He brought down his elder brother, and of course he couldn't wait to live in the Duke's Mansion!"

"In this case, why don't you go to the Duke's Mansion..." Jane asked in a low voice.

Elizabeth shook her head: "We don't have evidence, how can we break into the Duke's mansion directly?"

Jane’s face blushed, and she realized her stupidity.

No matter what they think, a Duke is a Duke.

Even Anne's once greatest backer - her uncle, the Earl of Fitzwilliam, could not be rude to the Duke.

After turning the intersection and arriving at the block where Mr. Gardner lived, the group of people stopped talking at the same time.

"That's where Mr. Allen Edgerton used to live! Look, there's a carriage in front of the house!" Elizabeth pointed, and suddenly her eyes widened, "Someone came out!"

Darcy immediately ordered the coachman to take the two Miss Bennets to their uncle's residence, and he controlled the horse back a few steps, hiding behind the corner.

In front of Alan Egerton's house, several burly men came out in a file. They did not communicate with each other. After getting into the carriage, they quickly left in another direction.

The Miss Bennets got out of the carriage in Mr. Gardner's garden, quietly observed the situation next door, and then waved their hands towards Darcy like "thieves", indicating that there was no one else.

Darcy observed the situation of the room carefully, and found that there was only one opening in the window on the second floor, so he guessed that it was Alan Edgerton's room.

He made a gesture.

The Bennet sisters struggled, and after a moment of hesitation, they had no choice but to return to Mr. Gardner's residence under his insistence.

Then Darcy got off his horse, left the horse where it was, and came to Alan Edgerton's house alone.

The cottage seemed to have been unoccupied for a long time, and the garden was overgrown with weeds, and various varieties of flowers grew randomly. Darcy recognized that Anne's favorite Bulgarian rose was the most abundant in the garden.

Darcy has experienced several wars and conspiracies in Europa. Although he has no room to play after returning to England, his previous skills are still not lost.

He slowed down his pace, which was so light that even the old cat could not match it.

Darcy walked around into the shadows behind the house, leaning against the wall and listening carefully.

nobody?

Darcy looked up and rested on the open window.

He climbed onto the window sill lightly, and the muscles of his arms and thighs exploded with amazing strength.

In just a few clicks, Darcy jumped onto the window sill on the second floor.

"Whoo-"

Allen on the bed was awakened by the slight sound. As soon as he opened his eyes, he was facing a dark gun/muzzle.

"Where is she?"

Darcy said so.

When Annie regained consciousness again, she found herself in a carriage again.

A sack was placed over her head, and her hands and feet were tied together.

Annie had a splitting headache, leaned on the backboard and took a deep breath for a long time before feeling a little more awake.

There are no vents in the basement, and the only source of all the air is the tiny crack in the door.Anne frowned tightly, gritted her teeth, and felt dizzy. She guessed that the Duke had someone send smoke in from the basement door.

She didn't know how many days had passed, but she only ate a few pieces of dry bread and some water, and her stomach no longer felt hungry.

The carriage was not moving, it was parked aside.The horse kicked its legs boredly and made a rattling sound.

In addition, there are chirping birdsong in the distance.

Annie groped for the wall of the carriage, found the window, and turned her face to the crack of the window, trying her best to breathe the fresh air outside.

A faint scent of oak crept into her nose.

oak?

Annie trembled suddenly.

Is it the Count's burial place?

The various adventures and tortures she had experienced in the past few days suddenly hit her, making Annie's heart feel like being stabbed by needles, painful and fragile.

Her nose felt sore and her eyes felt hot.

'No, Annie, are you going to break down like this?Where is this, how ambitious are you?What about your persistence? '

'Darcy, Mum, and Georgiana must be mad, they must be running around for you, Anne, calm down. '

'You don't want your own collapse when Darcy finds you? '

Annie silently read to herself from the bottom of her heart, and gradually calmed down.

She swallowed, sucked her nose, and slowly sat up straight.She twisted her body, and suddenly realized that something was wrong - the clothes on her body had obviously been changed, and the fluffy lace and petticoat clearly told her that this was the bride's clothes.

Annie's stomach turned upside down, but nothing came out.

After retching a few times, she forced herself to calm down, cleared her throat, and asked, "Is anyone there? Where is this?"

A moment of silence.

When no one answered her, Annie frowned.

After thinking for a moment, Annie raised her voice and shouted, "Help! Help! Is there anyone?"

Huh?Still no answer?

This is very strange.

Annie still couldn't believe that she was left alone in the carriage with no one guarding her?

How confident was the Duke of Bridgewater that she would not run away?

Annie stomped furiously, making a noise and screaming at the same time, exhausting herself.

——Still no one responded? !

Anne took a breath: how weird!

She rolled her eyes, screamed, kicked her legs, and "accidentally" kicked open the door of the carriage.

Annie blinked her eyes, unable to believe that there was really no one guarding her? !

Like a wriggling caterpillar, Annie scrambled and jumped out of the carriage.

The moment her feet touched the ground, there was a "bang", and there was a burst of gunshots in the distance.

The chilling sound of the flapping of birds' wings sounded from overhead.

The author has something to say: _(:зゝ∠)_

His "buy/murder/kill/person" has become his "mouth", which made me look silly (.

感谢在2021-01-1323:48:16~2021-01-1423:54:49期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 4 bottles of lean;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!