Guidebook for the Dark Duke

The twists and turns of the Lawrence family made the whole town boil. Mr. Lawrence was sentenced to hang, but Mrs. Lawrence was the first to die. On the morning when Mr. Lawrence was executed, Mrs. Lawrence committed suicide by taking medicine alone at home.

Delan Leer suddenly went crazy. The headlines of the newspapers were all about the tragedy of the Lawrence family for more than ten days. Sheriff Chandler was chased and intercepted by tabloid reporters. In the end, he was so annoying that he had to go to Evan's The church came to hide from the quiet.

Evan was wearing a white priest's uniform and stood in front of the statue to salute with a solemn expression. Sheriff Chandler leaned lazily on his chair and said in a low tone, "Pastor, this is really a tragedy."

Evan looked at the statue of the crucifixion of Jesus, with a touch of compassion in his solemnity.

"Sheriff, this is all arranged by the Lord, don't blame yourself." Evan's tone was unusually gentle.

Sheriff Chandler buried his face in his hands, looking very tired.

"I don't blame myself, I just can't figure it out." Sheriff Chandler's voice was a bit muffled: "I can't figure out why such a good person as Mr. Lawrence would do such a terrible thing."

Evan sighed, he narrowed his eyes slightly with his back to Sheriff Chandler, and finally said nothing.

Sheriff Chandler didn't expect to get an answer from Evan. The only thing he thought about was that someone could listen to him.

In the end, Sheriff Chandler still left, and the DeLandrill Church was not his refuge, so he had to face this disaster by himself.

After Sheriff Chandler left, Evan finally stepped down from the altar, poured holy water into the Holy Grail, and made a sign of the cross in front of him. He didn't believe in ghosts and gods at first, but at this moment he eagerly hoped that God could really bless him.

There are too many changes in this world.

Mrs. Sanders came out from inside, and seeing Evan standing there, couldn't help but froze for a moment. His handsome side face looked a little psychedelic under the sunlight reflected by the colorful glass of the church, golden The curly hair shone with a strange light. Mrs. Sanders hadn't seen such a handsome young man for a long time.

"Ma'am?" Evan turned his head and looked at Mrs. Sanders in surprise.

"Oh." She suddenly came back to her senses: "Mr. Pastor, Duke Wilson just delivered a letter." Mrs. Sanders handed over the envelope in her hand.

Evan nodded and took the letter.

Since the last time he took the initiative to invite the Duke to the church, Duke Wilson has never missed a service, and the relationship between them has quickly become closer. Usually, Duke Wilson will take the initiative to invite Evan to the Cornwall Manor. Evan The Duke of Wilson will also be invited to visit his parsonage cottage.

With such a relationship, in the eyes of the townspeople of Delanle, the two undoubtedly became the closest friends, and because of this, Evan's status in Delanille was much higher.

Evan scanned the Duke's letter. It was written in elegant and beautiful cursive, with strict and gentle wording, but the ultimate goal was to invite Evan to participate in the autumn hunting at the Cornwall Manor.

Evan's finger holding the letter paused slightly, and Mrs. Sanders couldn't help but feel a little puzzled when she saw it: "Pastor, what's wrong?"

Evan looked at Mrs. Sanders hesitantly: "The Duke invited me to participate in the autumn hunting."

"What?" Mrs. Sanders was almost overjoyed: "The Duke actually invited you to participate in the autumn hunting! Oh! What a great honor! Pastor Bruce, you are really the Duke's closest friend!"

Evan looked at Mrs. Sanders inexplicably: "Does this have any special meaning?" He thought that religious believers would not encourage such behavior.

"Oh, look at my memory." Mrs. Sanders sighed with a smile: "I even forgot that you don't know yet."

Mrs. Sanders happily took the letter from Evan, and said with a smile: "The Duke's autumn hunt is held once a year, but the invitations are all celebrities from Delanele, and sometimes nobles from London , This is the annual grand event in Delanele, and Pastor Ross has served in Delanele for nearly 20 years, but he has only been invited once. You are really honored this time."

Evan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and it seemed that his efforts were not in vain.

"Really, then it seems that I must go there." Evan's tone was very calm, without any waves.

At this time, Mrs. Sanders finally realized that Evan's mood was wrong, and looked at Evan with some doubts: "Pastor, what's the matter? Don't you want to go over?"

Evan lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly: "Of course I am willing to go there, but I have no hunting experience before, I'm afraid I will make a fool of myself."

Mrs. Sanders couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this: "Don't worry, this kind of thing won't happen, you are a pastor, they won't force you to hunt, most of them just follow the team and pray for God's blessing. , Reverend Ross is like that."

Evan nodded: "That's good."

Mrs. Sanders happily went out to prepare hunting things for Evan, but Evan sat in the front row of the church pews with a complicated expression.

It is good that Duke Wilson invited him to go hunting in autumn, but this matter is very difficult to deal with. This grand event will last for about a week. If Evan's memory is not wrong, there is a big event happening during this hunting.

Someone is going to assassinate the Duke.

This was not an impulsive act, but a long-planned conspiracy. Duke Wilson is the king's cousin. The relationship between the king and him is very close, and Duke Wilson has a great influence on the king. Now the king is seriously ill. However, no heir has been established yet. According to the law of succession to the throne, it should be inherited by Prince George. The relationship between Duke Wilson and Prince George is also very close, not to mention the army in the hands of the Duke, which plays a huge role in the entire kingdom. , so those who hide in the dark and covet the throne naturally can't sit still.

They planned this assassination, which was almost a perfect plan. The Duke loves hunting, and only when he is hunting, can he be alone. This is an opportunity for these people.

But it is a pity that this opportunity was broken by the heroine, the first halo character in this article. She blocked a shot for the Duke, but naturally, she survived, so the Duke became more and more devoted to the heroine.

Such a result made Evan clearly understand that if he wanted to completely grasp the Duke, he had to pay the price for this assassination.

Evan lowered his head, he shook hands, struggling in his heart, the heroine has a halo around her body, and can survive even blocking the gun, but he doesn't have such skills, he is just trying to catch the Duke's sight Despicable villain, if he really died for this matter, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss.

This letter is a big problem for Evan.

He thought over and over again, this book is written with the heroine and the duke as the protagonists, if he doesn't make trouble this time, things will definitely develop as described in the book, the heroine saves the duke, even if Now the Duke doesn't want to have a good impression of the heroine as in the book, this result is also a time bomb, he can't take the risk.

Evan thought about it again and again, and finally decided to put it all together this time. It was already unbelievable that he came to this place, so what if he took another risk.

There was a dangerous light in Evan's eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. This time, let him take a good look at how the gloomy but affectionate duke in the book will react.

When Mrs. Sanders came out, she saw that Evan was still standing there, and she couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"Mr. Pastor, why are you still here? The townspeople will be here in an hour, and you will be going to mass."

Evan came back to his senses suddenly, and he slowly stood up from his seat. He must plan carefully for this matter.

As in the past, people from the whole town came to this mass, and the believers in Delanele seemed to be very devout. Ever since Evan became a priest, almost none of them had missed a service.

Evan stood on the altar and saw that Duke Wilson was also coming. He was still wearing a black coat and suit, and a hat. What made it even more difficult for Evan to accept was that Alia sat beside Duke Wilson.

Seeing the blush on Alia's face, Evan's heart became more and more determined. This matter must not be let go, he must take risks.

After finishing the mass, Evan sent all the townspeople out one by one, and only the Duke stayed in the end. Evan watched the reluctant Alia follow Dr. Hester away, and then turned his head , looking at Duke Wilson with a slightly stiff face.

"My lord, thank you for your attendance today." Evan was so polite that he couldn't fault it.

There was something strange in Duke Wilson's eyes: "Is your feeling for Miss Alia still the same?" His answer was somewhat wrong.

Evan was first surprised and then happy, but his face pretended to be melancholy: "How can a person's feelings be controlled, Miss Alia is sincere and kind, I am just a priest, I am afraid I am not worthy her."

There was a bit of anger in Duke Wilson's eyes: "Where is it that you are not worthy of her! It's her..."

Under Evan's scorching gaze, Duke Wilson couldn't continue. He licked his dry lips and tongue, looked at Evan's blue eyes as clear as lake water, and just wanted to find a place to get in.

Evan just smiled slightly, as if he didn't care about Duke Wilson's gaffe, but said in a low voice: "I'm very honored for your high opinion of me, but it's a pity that I'm just an ordinary mortal, and even the Lord can't change it. One person's affection for another."

Duke Wilson pursed his lips tightly and looked at Evan, who was a little bit disappointed. For some reason, there seemed to be depression in his heart. He didn't like Alia very much, very, very much.

"Have you received the invitation I sent you?" Duke Wilson suddenly changed the subject.

Evan nodded with a smile: "Thank you for your invitation."

"Then will you come?" Duke Wilson chased after him.

Evan was a little surprised, he thought he had already answered this question in his previous words.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely go there." Evan silently made up his mind, this time he already had the consciousness to bet his life.

Duke Wilson's face suddenly softened a little.