Guidebook for the Dark Duke

Chapter 32 The Greedy Man

This man didn't know what kind of person he was, and the Duke suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing by his side, with a hint of coldness and mournful chill.

"Yes, is it?" The Duke couldn't laugh anymore. Subconsciously, he had always paid great attention to the image in front of Evan. He covered himself with layers of illusions, but he couldn't imagine that if Evan knew What will happen to his truly dark heart.

Duke Wilson felt a suffocation, and he wanted to flee this place immediately.

"Have a good rest. I'm going out first. A servant will come in to serve you later." After Duke Wilson finished speaking, he didn't dare to look into Evan's eyes, turned around and rushed out as if fleeing. .

Seeing the slightly embarrassed figure of Duke Wilson, Evan frowned slightly. Is there something wrong with what he just said?

After that, a servant from the Cornwall Manor came in. This person should be a senior servant of the Duke. Evan had seen him by the Duke's side.

"Mr. Pastor." The servant basically showed no expression on his face, nodded slightly, and stood in front of Evan: "I am Thomas, the servant of the Duke, and I will serve you these few days."

Evan nodded, but his heart sank. What exactly does the Duke mean?Could it be that what he said just now made the Duke misunderstand something?

Evan felt a little regretful in his heart. What he said was just to make fun of it, but he didn't expect it to have the opposite effect.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Duke, for your kindness. Please tell Your Excellency Duke, I want to ask him to tell my servant about my injury, and let him take care of me. Don't bother Your Excellency Duke."

Evan didn't like a stranger acting on his left or right. It took a lot of effort to accept Tom before, and now he didn't want to, and there was no need to adapt to another person.

Thomas frowned as if offended, with disapproval in his eyes, but still bowed respectfully: "Yes, Mr. Pastor."

Thomas turned and left the room.

The Duke was also very quick to do things. Half an hour later, Evan's servant Tom came to the Cornwall manor. He walked in with a look of excitement, and saw Evan lying on the bed covered in bandages, and his eyes were full of tears. A little bit of panic.

"Oh my God, Reverend Bruce, what's the matter with you? They say you're hurt, and it's so bad!"

Tom was like a kid, hurried to Evan's side, trying to see something from him.

The servant who led Tom in next to him curled his lips slightly, as if he looked down on such an unprofessional servant, but his attitude towards Evan was still respectful.

"Sir, if you need anything else, please ring the bell, we will meet all your needs."

After hearing this, Evan still felt a little strange in his heart. He frowned and asked, "Where is the Duke?"

The Duke would rather send a manservant to pass the message than come to see him himself, which made Evan feel very uncomfortable.

"My lord duke is dealing with official business right now, so I can't come to visit you. He asked me to apologize to you." The servant continued to deliver the message meticulously.

Evan's eyebrows eased a little, it turned out that he didn't come here on purpose.

"So that's it." Evan nodded: "If that's the case, then I don't know if I have the honor to meet the Duke tonight?"

Even so, Evan still hopes to have an excuse to see the Duke again, otherwise if there is a misunderstanding, he will not have time to cry.

The servant frowned and said in a low voice: "The Duke is currently meeting with Mr. Johnson. I will report back to you after it is over."

Mr. Johnson?Evan's heart moved, Mr. Johnson and Duke Wilson are meeting?In this case, he must talk to Duke Wilson.

After the servant left, Evan fell into deep thought. He knew that Mr. Johnson was Duke Wilson's lawyer, but he had never thought about it before. Since Mr. Johnson concealed the church's finances, would he There are also problems with this.

Tom didn't know Evan's worries. He still looked at Evan with a very exaggerated expression, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Pastor, do you want to tell Mrs. Sanders what to do for tomorrow's mass?"

Hearing Tom talking about this, Evan also came back to his senses. In his current state, not to mention mass, it is very difficult to get up. It seems that the church needs an acting pastor to preside over it.

"Let the assistant pastor hold mass for me first, and someone from the diocese will come over in a few days."

Evan's assistant pastor is a kid who just graduated, named Rooney, who looks very simple and honest, and usually runs behind Evan.

Tom also had an impression of the assistant pastor, but it wasn't a good one. He grinned in surprise, and finally agreed.

After the matter was settled, Evan sent Tom out. He needed to be alone and think about how to talk to the Duke about this matter.

When it was almost time for dinner, the Duke finally came to Evan's ward again. Looking at Evan who was about to prepare the meal, the Duke's face was slightly embarrassed.

"I'm really sorry to disturb your meal." The Duke's tone was still polite and reserved, but his expression was different from before.

Evan was puzzled, but he didn't show any expression on his face. He just smiled and said: "Your Excellency is too polite, I am very happy that you can come here."

Evan decided to change his previous indifferent strategy a little bit, the current Duke still needs some encouragement.

Sure enough, the Duke's expression immediately brightened when he heard these words. He clenched his fists a little excitedly, and looked at Evan, his pale cheeks were slightly flushed.

"Really? Do you really think so?" His tone was a little hasty.

Evan nodded with a smile, and said warmly: "Thanks to your care this time, my injury can only get better little by little. My gratitude to you cannot be described in words."

Hearing this sentence, the Duke's originally excited expression eased up, but he still looked at Evan with some joy, as if he was looking at some treasure.

Evan pretended not to see the strange expression on the duke's face, and continued: "My lord duke, I want to talk to you about the property of the church."

As soon as he mentioned this, the Duke's expression immediately became solemn. He frowned and said, "Have you found out the culprit?"

Evan sighed and nodded: "To tell you the truth, I am really heartbroken about this matter."

Hearing Evan talk about this, the Duke looked at him with a softer look.

"A benevolent person like you naturally cannot understand the thoughts of a greedy person, but please don't forgive him easily. A person who dares to steal the church's money has fallen to the point of incorrigibility."

Duke Wilson's words were sonorous and powerful, but Evan felt a little uncomfortable. Duke Wilson looked up to him so highly, but he didn't know that he was actually the most greedy person in this place.

"Alas..." Evan sighed helplessly: "This matter is beyond my control. I wrote to the church the day before yesterday, and I believe the bishop will respond in a few days. "

Duke Wilson nodded in agreement, and said again: "You are doing the right thing, but you don't know who this person is?"

Evan hesitated for a moment, but Duke Wilson immediately said: "I know you are an upright person, and you don't want to speak ill of others, and you don't want to damage the reputation of the church, but you can trust me, I will never spread the word."

Hearing what he said, Evan nodded hesitantly, paused for a moment, and then said: "That person is Mr. Johnson."

As soon as Evan said this, Duke Wilson's entire face changed. He was a little surprised at first, and then his face darkened.

"Is what you said true?" Duke Wilson's tone was very severe.

Evan couldn't help being taken aback: "My lord, what's the problem?"

Duke Wilson bit his lip and didn't say it immediately.

Evan couldn't help but smiled when he saw it: "Master Duke, I can also tell you the reverse of what you said just now. In this case, you can also trust me. I guarantee with my reputation that I will never spread the matter to you." out."

"No, it's not that I don't trust you." Hearing what Evan said, Duke Wilson immediately argued: "I'm just afraid of making you more worried."

"My lord, you are worrying too much." Evan looked at Duke Wilson with a smile: "I am not so timid."

Seeing that he insisted on this, Duke Wilson couldn't help sighing: "Since you want to know, let me tell you that I just gave Mr. Johnson a large sum of money and asked him to help me settle the legal issues concerning my textile factory. problem."

"What?" Evan looked at the Duke in surprise: "Did Mr. Johnson ask you for it?"

Duke Wilson nodded, thinking about Johnson, but he had already been sent to death row.

He didn't really trust what he said at first, but what Evan said today disturbed his mind, and Johnson kept talking about it in his ears. In order to get rid of this trouble, he rashly wrote a check.

Duke Wilson's eyes tightened. Although he didn't care about such a small amount of money, letting Johnson cheat him made him feel deeply ashamed. He would never let this person go.

"I really didn't expect it." Evan didn't know what Duke Wilson was thinking, but still sighed from the side: "Mr. Johnson is so bold that he even dares to deceive you."

He has already startled the snake, and Johnson still dared to deceive the Duke. Does that mean that Johnson still has a backup?

Evan was three-point certain about his guess, and immediately said: "My lord, please go and restrain Mr. Johnson immediately, I'm afraid he will jump over the wall in a hurry."

Duke Wilson frowned: "What do you mean?"

Evan smiled a little embarrassedly: "I had confronted him before, and he tried to deceive me into buying and selling the land of the church. Only then did I realize his bad intentions, but my reaction was a bit extreme at that time. He was afraid You know my guess."

Hearing this, the Duke immediately stood up, went to the door and called a servant over, and ordered: "Go and find Mr. Johnson immediately."

The servant looked at the anxious Duke in surprise, and said in a low voice, "My lord, Mr. Johnson has just left."

Duke Wilson's face immediately turned ugly.

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