From Corsica to the Fourth Rome

It has been a full week since Lawrence moved into his apartment in the North City. This is also a rare day of leisure for him after traveling through time.

Every morning, Lawrence changed into his uniform on time, waved to the citizens who respected him on the street, and then walked to the patrol station to supervise the work.

With the impact of the last public execution, and Lawrence's personal supervision every day these days, the patrol team's style has indeed improved a lot to the naked eye.

This also caused more and more citizens to start secretly talking about the rising star of Laurence Bonaparte.

However, as the saying goes, carrots and sticks can be used both with kindness and power. Lawrence also understood very well that now that his prestige had been established, but if he wanted to truly win over the hearts and minds of the patrols, he had to find opportunities to show favors.

At home, Anna, a smart and hard-working girl, also took care of everything in the house in order. Although Lawrence did not really regard her as a servant, he had to admit that having Anna made him less worried.

After thoroughly cleaning the dirty girl, Lawrence discovered that Anna was also impeccably beautiful in appearance, with regular facial features, a slender figure, and especially a pair of breathtaking blue eyes. Lawrence couldn't help but look in a daze at times.

Mrs. Dora was even more happy when she saw her. She called her the little princess of Austria. She generously gave several sets of dresses to Anna and invited her to drink tea and chat in the shop every afternoon.

That evening, Lawrence returned home after a day's work. Anna had already prepared dinner: a simple beef stew with potatoes and two pieces of soft wheat bread with jam.

"Sir, you are back." Anna stood up from the table happily and greeted with a smile.

Lawrence nodded, whistled, took off his uniform, and sat down at the dining table in his shirt.

Anna's personality has become much more cheerful during these few days of living together. Every day she tells Lawrence a lot of interesting things she heard from Mrs. Dora:

"Sir, Madame Dora gave me this."

Anna stood up and lifted her long skirt slightly, revealing her slender calves, which were wrapped in a layer of smooth white silk.

"Mrs. Dora said these are called stockings. All the ladies wear them. She said you might like them."

"Ahem. Eat, eat!"

Lawrence glanced twice, coughed twice and quickly changed the subject.

Anna chuckled and spread jam on Lawrence's bread thoughtfully.

"By the way, sir," Anna suddenly said during the middle of dinner:

"I have a small request."

"What is it?" Lawrence asked as he swallowed a large piece of beef stew.

Anna said carefully: "I want to go back home. My parents don't know that I work for you yet. They will be very worried."

"Your home? Xicheng District? Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow morning."

Lawrence hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement. He also wanted to take this opportunity to inquire about the situation in Xicheng District, especially the information about the dockworkers union.

Governor Pauli's solemn reminder made Lawrence very worried about possible revenge. Instead of worriedly guarding against enemy attacks every day, it was better to take the initiative and find out the true and false status of the other party.

"Thank you, sir." Anna happily forked a piece of potato and put it in her mouth, smiling brightly.

The next morning, Lawrence and Anna got up early and started washing and dressing.

Considering that Xicheng District may be full of labor union spies, Lawrence did not wear a patrol uniform, but wore a gray coat. However, Lawrence still carried the dagger and pistol, hidden under his coat, in case of possible conflict.

As for Anna, she chose a pure black robe with a hood to cover her appearance.

After all, Anna is no longer the little dirt-covered briquette. Even Mrs. Dora, who has come into contact with countless noble ladies, is very fond of her.

Before setting off, Lawrence first went to the patrol station and explained some things to Old Sean. After all, if you are going to Xicheng District, you still need to have some backup.

There are no strict dividing lines between the various districts of Ajaccio, but for the Xicheng District, as soon as your nose starts to pour into the pungent stench, you are already standing in this poor area with poor security. place.

"Oh my God, Anna, this is where you grew up."

Lawrence covered his nose and stood there for a while to recover from his dizziness. The smell reminded Lawrence of the smell of ammonia in the university laboratory in his previous life.

In fact, the air here does contain a small amount of ammonia, because there are almost no toilets in the poor people's homes here, and they basically defecate outdoors. The ammonia in the urine volatilizes and mixes with various odors to form this kind of stench.

There are very few high-rise buildings in Xicheng District. There are shacks built with wooden pillars and iron sheets everywhere. Most of the passers-by wear tattered linen clothes, and many are even half-clothed.

"Sorry sir, actually once you get used to it, it won't be that uncomfortable." Anna said apologetically.

The slums are not divided into streets like other urban areas. Because these simple shacks are easy to collapse and build, the residence of each poor person is often changed. This also made Anna wander around for a long time without finding her own shack. Room.

As the two continued to search, Anna suddenly turned her head back slightly and glanced sideways, then quietly tugged on Lawrence's clothes and quickened her pace.

Lawrence also understood and followed Anna into a hidden alley.

Anna leaned against Lawrence, leaned into his ear, and whispered:

"Someone is following us, sir."

"Did you notice? Do you know who it is?" Lawrence was a little surprised. He didn't realize that he was being followed at all.

Anna said calmly: "There was a burly man just behind us on the right. He has a tattoo on his arm and a knife on his waist. He should be a member of a gang."

Lawrence frowned slightly. Considering the close relationship between the gang and the dockworkers union, this stalker might have bad intentions.

"Are you sure you're following?" Lawrence carefully drew out his flintlock pistol and began loading lead bullets and gunpowder.

"That's right." Anna nodded and said, "I noticed it ten minutes ago. I made a few turns in the middle and he was always behind us."

Lawrence nodded, and couldn't help feeling that recruiting Anna was indeed the right choice. Such intuition can only be developed in such a harsh environment.

Lawrence made a shushing gesture to Anna, then hid behind the wall, quietly waiting for the stalker to catch up.

Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Lawrence counted three numbers silently in his mind and jumped out from behind the wall. The stalker obviously didn't expect Lawrence to find him and didn't react for a moment.

Lawrence swung his pistol and hit the man's head hard. The gun handle made of bronze hit his forehead hard. Stars flashed in the burly man's eyes. Lawrence had quick hands and quick eyes. He immediately punched the man in the abdomen, and then he collapsed. The man on the ground was dragged into the alley.

"Tell me, who asked you to come?" Lawrence asked in a cold voice, putting the muzzle of the gun on the man's head.

Seeing that he had been spotted by Lawrence, the man simply tore off his disguise and said with a sinister smile:

"Laurence Bonaparte, I didn't expect you to dare to step into Xicheng District after killing the union members. Let me tell you, our people are already on the way, and you can't fly! If you let me go, I will still be able to I beg you for mercy!”

"Tsk, it turns out he is from the union."

Lawrence smacked his lips. He didn't expect that the union's eyes were so dense. He was recognized as soon as he arrived in Xicheng District.

"Anna, close your eyes." Lawrence said lightly.

"Okay sir." Anna closed her eyes obediently.

boom!

The loud gunshots echoed in the alley, and the man's bloody face could still be seen with a look of death. Unexpectedly, Lawrence chose to shoot without any nonsense.

Gently blowing away the smoke from the gun, Lawrence grabbed Anna's little hand and left quickly. The union members are already on the way, and it is no longer suitable to stay here for long.