Guidebook for the Dark Duke

When Evan followed Duke Wilson into Edward's room, Edward was sitting by the window, a small person, curled up on the window sill, his curly hair looked very soft in the sun.

He heard someone come in, but he didn't look up, but his arms shook slightly, and he continued to bury his head in his arms.

"Edward?" the Duke called to him.

Little Edward raised his head, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

Duke Wilson couldn't help but sighed: "Pastor Bruce has come to see you, don't you want to say hello to him?"

Edward shifted his gaze to Evan, looking at her as if he didn't know him, and Evan felt a little embarrassed for a while.

"Hello, Lord Edward." Evan nodded slightly.

Edward nodded indifferently, but did not speak.

Duke Wilson's complexion suddenly became a little bad: "Edward, how can you be so rude, Pastor Bruce saved you last time, do you treat him like this?"

Hearing this, Edward turned his face to look at Evan, with some warmth in his eyes: "Hello." His voice was very weak.

Evan just smiled: "Your Excellency is serious, I just did it with a little effort, I feel ashamed that you keep saying that."

Duke Wilson's face improved a little: "Mr. Pastor, you are the bravest person I have ever seen. Edward is suffering from a spiritual blow these days. I hope you can teach him well with your fearless heart, so that He strengthened."

When Duke Wilson said these words, Evan has been observing Edward's reaction. Although he has been looking at the scenery outside the window indifferently, when Wilson said the question of bravery, he obviously saw Edward tremble. , like a sensitive little rabbit, trembling slightly.

Evan knew immediately.

After receiving Evan's affirmation, Duke Wilson left the house. He looked at Evan with obvious gratitude, which also made Evan sure that his decision was not wrong.

After the Duke went out, Evan approached Edward cautiously, but Edward shrank even tighter, almost shrinking himself into a ball.

Evan walked to his side, half knelt down, stroked the top of his head, and said softly: "Master, are you cold?"

Edward's arms were gently separated, and he glanced at Evan: "I'm not cold." There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes, but he tried hard to look indifferent.

Evan couldn't help smiling: "It's a little dangerous here, you'd better come and sit on the chair first." He stretched out his hand as an invitation gesture.

Edward gave Evan a fixed look, and finally stretched out his hand.

Evan helped Edward down from the window sill, let him sit on the sofa, and said again: "I heard from the Duke that you are not happy recently?"

Edward pursed his lips, with a stubborn look on his face.

Evan gently stroked the top of his hair, and said softly: "I know Mr. Lawrence's death is a huge blow to you, but your current state makes the Duke very worried."

Edward lowered his head and clenched his small hands into fists: "I don't like John!" His voice was not high, but he was extremely firm.

Evan looked at Edward in surprise: "You don't like him? But I heard that you have a very close relationship with him..."

Edward didn't respond to Evan's question at all, and still kept his head down without saying a word, but his shoulders trembled slightly, as if he was holding back something.

Evan felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked again: "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

As soon as Evan finished speaking, he saw big drops of tears falling on little Edward's lapel.

"The servants say that John is not good." Edward's tone was a little choked: "But my father has not been around, and I only have John with me. He is always boasting, saying how much his father likes him, but I am my father's child. Why don't you like me! Is it because I'm not brave enough?" Edward suddenly raised his head to look at Evan, his big eyes were filled with crystal tears, and he had a kind of innocence unique to children.

"Pastor Bruce, my father praised you as a brave person. Can you tell me how to become a brave person?" At this moment, he finally grasped Evan's cuff tightly like a child.

Evan was at a loss for words for a while. When he looked at this really innocent child, he realized that all his previous despicable calculations were useless at this moment.

Evan stretched out his hand, gently wiped away the tears on his cheeks, and finally peeled off the pretense of gentleness in his words, and whispered: "You are a good boy, the Duke really cares about you. You, it's just that he is not good at expressing that's all, you have to believe in his love for you, Mr. John's death is a tragedy, both for you and his family, you say you don't like him, but in my opinion, you It's just being angry, no matter what's wrong with him, but he has been with you for so long, and his hard-hearted heart also has a moment of softness, but even so, you can't be depressed like this."

Evan gently lifted Edward's chin, and looked straight at the little Edward who was already crying: "You are the son of the duke, and you are a noble lord. You should be an example for the whole Delan Lille, not Cry alone in the corner, because there are more people out there living a life that is a hundred times more painful than you, as a nobleman, you have no right to choose to be weak, please remember this!"

Evan's expression was not as gentle and tolerant as usual, he looked at little Edward almost sternly, his tone was low and dignified, Edward was stunned for a moment, he almost forgot to cry, and stared at Evan in a daze .

Evan couldn't help but smiled wryly when he saw him like this: "It's my fault, you are still young, and you certainly won't understand these things, well, Lord Edward, you have to be strong quickly, what happened has already happened, No matter what we do, it is impossible to go against God’s will, this is the Lord’s test of life, and if you grow under the glory of the Lord, you don’t have to be afraid of these troubles.”

Evan gently hugged Edward into his arms, and patted him on the back lightly.

After a long time, he heard Edward whisper: "I understand, I will definitely remember your teaching."

Evan laughed silently. He glanced at the closed door again from the corner of his eyes, with a secret pleasure in his heart. Such a selfless and fraternal speech just hit the itchy spot in the Duke's heart. His plan is being realized step by step.

After Evan finished comforting Edward, he read a passage from the Bible to Edward again. The previous relationship made Edward's attitude towards Evan significantly closer. He almost always snuggled up to Evan, listening to him read with a submissive face. In the Bible, eyes are full of attachment.

In fact, Evan felt a little sigh in his heart. The child lost his mother at the age of three, and Duke Wilson was not a very good father, so he had an almost sensitive attachment to the friendliness of outsiders.

After he finally finished reading the Bible, Duke Wilson warmly invited him to stay for dinner. Edward also looked at him expectantly. Evan had no other choice but to stay.

The dinner at the Duke's Mansion was very rich. Although Mrs. Haydn had good craftsmanship, she lacked this delicacy. Evan lamented in his heart while eating. When will he be able to live such a life? God is really unfair.

After dinner, he rejected the duke's proposal to invite him to stay overnight, and left the Cornwall Manor extremely resolutely. Some things are too much, if they are too eager, they will be inferior. According to Evan's rich love history in his previous life In other words, indifferent is the best way to get along.

Evan didn't go back to the pastor's cottage, but went to the DeLandrill Church. Mrs. Sanders was sick and asked for leave these days, and he was the only one busy with the whole church.

In fact, it was a coincidence that on the afternoon of John's death, Mrs. Saunders fainted at home. After the diagnosis, Dr. Hester prescribed a lot of medicine for her and told her to stay in bed. It is said that It was a faint caused by overwork, and because of this, Evan also received many condemning looks from Dr. Hester, as if it was all his fault.

Evan had no choice but to manage the church more attentively. At the same time, he also asked someone to inquire about Jimmy in London. He had a strange premonition that this incident must have something to do with Jimmy's departure.

During this period, the murder of John began to ferment again. The police station was surrounded by reporters every day. Everyone wanted to get first-hand news, and the Lawrences also began to frequent Sheriff Chandler's house. At home, I hope to get the slightest bit of news.

Sergeant Chandler is at the center of the storm, surrounded by people, complaining on both sides, he sometimes comes back to Evan to complain, and Evan also wants to hear some useful news, but unfortunately, he It was all platitudes, and the police did not find any useful clues. Evan was very disappointed.

This afternoon, Evan was sorting out the church's ledgers. It had been two weeks since the problem was found out, but he didn't have time to check it out. Swept by the murder incident, this incident came in the back.

But at this moment, Dr. Hester suddenly came, and Evan felt a little strange. Dr. Hester was not a particularly devout believer. He had never seen Dr. Hester at other times except when he would appear during worship. Doctor Hester will appear in the church.

"Pastor Bruce, something has happened." Dr. Hester said anxiously.

Evan's heart suddenly raised: "What's wrong?"

"Sheriff Chandler has Arya under arrest." Dr. Hester almost cried.

"What?" Evan was startled. Although he didn't like this maverick heroine, he knew very well that Alia would never have the guts to kill someone.

"They said that Alia went to John that night, and there was a quarrel between them. They found Alia's handkerchief in John's house, so now they are sure that Alia is a suspect, and they still To interrogate her, oh my God! How can my little Alia bear such humiliation." Dr. Hester said almost in pain.

Evan frowned tightly. He knew the fact that Aliya didn't want to marry John, but killing someone for this was too ridiculous.

"Why did Aliya go to John that night?" Evan asked in a deep voice.

Hester suddenly felt a little ashamed: "Yes... She told me... She, she didn't want to be engaged to John, so she went to negotiate with John..."

These words were too difficult for Dr. Hester to utter, so almost his entire face flushed red after he finished speaking.

But Evan looked at Dr. Hester's performance, but he had doubts about his judgment in his heart. It seemed that this era was more closed than he imagined.

"If that's the case, then what's the use of you coming to me? I'm neither a policeman nor a detective, and I can't do anything if you tell me this." Evan sighed softly and said, "Sheriff Chandler is A shrewd detective, if Arya is not at fault, he will find out, don't worry."

After hearing this, Dr. Hester looked anxious: "Alia asked me to come to you. She told me that you can prove her innocence. She didn't mean to kill John."

Evan frowned slightly after hearing this: "To tell you the truth, Alia did talk to me about her marriage with John before, and she hoped that I could talk to you, and it would be best to cancel this mismatched marriage, but this It doesn't prove that he didn't do such a horrible thing."

A look of disappointment suddenly appeared on Dr. Hester's face, and he seemed to be a few years older in an instant. He sat down on the church chair and buried his face in his palms.

"It's all my fault. It's my fault that I insisted on going my own way without asking Aliya's opinion before, which made her do this kind of thing." Dr. Hester's tone was full of sadness.

Evan couldn't help but frowned: "Don't blame yourself, now Sheriff Chandler has no concrete evidence to prove Alicia's guilt, even if she went to John that night, she can't be sure It was she who killed John."

Dr. Hester was even more distressed at this time: "These evidences are enough for the court. The time of John's death was during the fireworks conference. At that time, almost the whole town went there, only Alia and John didn't go, they... they've now established that Arya did it."

Evan was slightly surprised: "Why didn't Alia go?"