Good-looking, not allowed to farm

In the early years, duels were very popular among nobles.

There is also a special group of people who like to show off their bravery, and they come to a duel from time to time, and there are various reasons for the duel.

For example, one eye is not right; a sentence is not speculative; when we meet on a narrow path, we are not willing to give in to each other;

Anyway, no matter what the reason is, the duel is enough.

However, this trend has gradually weakened in King Richard's generation, and it is not very popular anymore.

It's just because the aristocrats are used to eating, drinking and having fun, and they no longer have the martial arts style of the past.

Although they may still be required to learn how to use swords and swords since they were young, most of them don't pay much attention to it, and gradually it becomes less lethal.

Zhu An belongs to this category. He has learned everything that should be learned, but he has only learned one ostentation.

So, when he was challenged, his face turned pale immediately.

"Uh, um..."

For a moment, he couldn't think of whether to refuse or agree, so he quickly scanned Jamie's whole body up and down, seeing that the other party was not tall, he felt a little relieved.

But when he was about to say a few words... Suddenly, he thought about it, and remembered that the illegitimate son of Mr. Dressel's family seemed to be raised in the countryside before, and there was a kind of mud-legged people in the countryside with a very rough temperament. He also often wants to fight desperately with others for no reason, who knows if this illegitimate child is also in this category.

"Damn it, why the hell am I taking this risk?"

Zhu Dian kept muttering in his heart, and he was a little timid before the battle.

In contrast, Jamie was furious, with fire in his eyes.

Compared with resenting others, he hated himself more deeply for his inability to help Mrs. Helena get justice, so he held the idea of ​​"Even if he loses, he must take a sigh of relief", thinking that he should deal with this instigating accomplice first, Therefore, it looks very aggressive, and still has a vicious look that will not give up.

Therefore, the more Judian looked at him, the more guilty he felt.

In addition, there is another layer of psychological shadow-Duke Henry also beat him in public once because he spoke ill of Mrs. Lauris behind his back.

Some people become more courageous with frustration;

But some people will become more and more frustrated.

Judian is the latter.

Ever since he had the bad experience of being beaten in public by Duke Henry, he wanted to refuse all such public fighting behaviors, feeling very uneasy and lacking confidence.

"Do you want to do it again? To be watched by others again? I won't do it!"

This mean-spirited coward cherishes himself too much. He has already suffered from low force value once, so he doesn't want to suffer a second time.So much so that he didn't even have the courage to compete with Jamie or try it out, so he just gave in.

Facing Jamie's provocation, he put on a look of helplessness, and shouted injustice: "Gods, what are you talking about? What do you mean subdue a woman? I have never done this before." What a thing! Dear Louis, my friend, I do not understand you at all... If I have offended you, believe me, it was not on purpose."

"You don't need to say such nonsense, you scoundrel, you just need to tell me if you want to fight..."

"Well, Louis!"

King Richard interrupted suddenly: "You can't be justified in anything you do? Even a prisoner must have a sophistry... No, a chance to plead."

"That's right, that's right!" Judian glanced at His Majesty the King gratefully, and continued to talk nonsense: "Louis, I have always respected women the most, and I am willing to serve them. You need to know that things are only on the surface. , is often unreliable, and everything has to be dug deeper. As far as Mrs. Helena is concerned, I may have offended a little in terms of words and deeds, but that is only because I can't bear to look at such a beautiful and talented woman, Being in such an unknown environment, I only want to help her meet better people."

Hearing this, a subtle smile appeared on King Richard's face.

He was obviously the one who initiated the crime, but he seemed to find the scene in front of him very interesting, and even his eyes lit up.

However, watching a play belongs to watching a play.

In order to prevent Judian from being beaten to death, he finally didn't forget to help smooth things over, so he said leisurely from the side: "My dear, my attitude towards Mrs. Helena may have caused you to doubt, I'm really sorry But don't get me wrong, I only want to see her out of curiosity and a little care for you. As for Judian..."

"He may have made a mistake or done something wrong in the process, but it was unintentional after all. I hope you will believe me and forgive him."

Jamie certainly wanted to beat Judian to vent his anger, but more importantly, he wanted to show his protection for Mrs. Helena, so that when he didn't notice in the future, someone as short-sighted as Judian would appear , do something bad to Mrs.

Therefore, after getting the king's explanation, he planned to accept it as soon as it was good.

He was still a little annoyed with Judian, so he pretended to be unwilling, and deliberately said embarrassingly: "Of course I believe you, but I just want me to forgive Judian, you should know that if a person does something wrong, he must apologize first, right? "

Unexpectedly, the voice on his side just fell...

But Judian seemed very happy, as if he had received an amnesty order, he didn't care about the embarrassment at all, and bowed when he stepped forward: "My dear friend, if my careless wrong behavior has caused your dissatisfaction, I would like to extend my best wishes. Sincere apologies and I hope you will believe that I did not mean to."

Jamie stared at him for a long moment in surprise.

I just feel that his behavior is no different from that on the battlefield. Before the fight, he has already raised the white flag and surrendered.

So, the anger finally subsided a little.

In its place is contempt.

"……It's my fault."

Jamie thought to himself: "This kind of thing that is used to being a turtle is not worthy of being my opponent in a duel."

So, about a week after this happened...

When Judian's carriage passed through an alley, there was an accident suddenly, and the guards were blocked behind, only the carriage he was riding in was ahead...

At this time, a group of people rushed out from the shadows.

Before Judian could figure out what was going on, the coachman was knocked to the ground, and the horse pulling the cart neighed in fright.

The car door opened, and the team dragged Judian out, put a bag on his head, then punched him hard, then turned around and ran away.

At this time, the guards rushed over.

But Judian was already lying on the ground with a bruised nose and a swollen face, unconscious.

These are not mentioned for now.

It only said that after Jamie came out of the palace, out of worry, he turned to find Mrs. Helena.

Before that, because he pretended to be a nobleman and had an unclear relationship with the rebels, etc., he always deliberately avoided this lady. In fact, he was afraid that if something happened to him, he would hurt the other party.

But after the turmoil between the king and Judian, he suddenly realized: "I have been involved with her since we came to the king's city together. Unless we don't have any contact with each other in the future, otherwise, there are so many things. In between, how could everything be cleared up?"

"What's more, even if I have nothing to do with her, in today's world, sooner or later she will meet those nobles who bully others, or those shameless and pimps like Judian, or those who are as lustful as the king people……"

"So, where can there be a truly safe place?"

"Instead of worrying about her having an accident in an unknown place, it is better to directly include people in the scope of protection. After all... I can protect her for a day when I am there."

Therefore, he made up his mind to simply learn from those dandies in Wangcheng, and set up a foreign house for himself.

However, even if Mrs. Helena didn't care about her reputation, she wouldn't just agree to move there for no reason...

Jamie can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Coincidentally...

The owner of the troupe was already planning to leave the royal city and go back to his hometown because of threats from Mrs. Lauris and several other lovers of the king.

But Mrs. Helena couldn't get away for a while because of the Rescue Society, so she chose to stay.

Jamie took the opportunity to offer an invitation.

It was just that this invitation, which seemed to be supporting the other party, was really like looking for a mistress, so he frowned, like a child, and said with some embarrassment: "...I didn't mean to take advantage of you, please don't misunderstand, madam. I'm just a friend, I want to provide you with a place to stay, and to protect you from other people's harassment, maybe the name is not very nice, but... I don't mean anything else..."

Mrs. Helena understood very well, but she still refused gently: "I don't care about the name, but I can't just rely on you just because I'm a friend."

Then, she said very frankly: "After the troupe leaves, I won't have much work for the time being. Although I have saved some savings over the years, I have to make new plans for food, clothing, housing and transportation. I can't just because it is My friend, I will go to eat yours, live in yours, and use yours, how can there be such an unreasonable thing in the world?"

Jamie couldn't help but bow his head in thought.

Then, he had another thought, and asked cautiously and with some hesitation: "Madam, what do you think of this? You give me a job, and I will pay you."

Mrs. Helena looked at him suspiciously, and said jokingly: "If it's the kind of job that chats with you, talks, and drinks tea, then don't talk about it."

Jamie couldn't help smiling, and hurriedly defended: "Why? It's really a troublesome job..."

"Oh?" Madam Helena looked at him dubiously.

Jamie immediately said seriously: "Do you remember when I wrote "Marianne"? The first few versions were written in a hurry, and there were some typos and paragraphs that were not smooth. You even corrected them for me. Better?"

"That's not worth mentioning, it's just a trivial matter."

"But I'm usually too busy to deal with these minutiae."

"So, what do you mean?"

"To tell you the truth, I have a lot of things to write, and I need someone to help revise and act as a reader."

"Sounds like a serious job." Mrs. Helena thought about it, but finally sighed.

She laughed and said helplessly: "But I still think that you just created a job that doesn't need people..."

But Jamie interrupted her without waiting for her to finish, and asked abruptly: "Ma'am, can I trust you?"

Mrs. Helena replied slightly startled: "Of course!"

But immediately, she may feel that such an answer is too hasty and casual, and hurriedly added: "I think it should be possible."

"Okay, it's finally time to talk about this step."

Jamie said in a relaxed tone: "The talk just now is a bit superficial, and the next thing I want to say is the main point..."

As he spoke, he took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over: "Well, I'm sorry, I've been in a complicated mood recently, and I only wrote half of it, and I haven't had time to finish it... But, the general situation is that Like this, alas, maybe you will want to reject me after reading it... I often don’t have much confidence in myself, but I always feel that I should do something.”

Mrs. Helena took the ball of paper in bewilderment, stretched it out patiently, and looked at it intently. She was a little horrified at one glance, and saw the words written on the paper:

Main title: How to Eat a Man.

Subtitle: From scratch.