I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

Pei Xiang and Aldridge led people to follow Mrs. Betty. The group first went to a cramped and dark stone house, but found that there was no Rhodes inside.

After that, Mrs. Betty, who was emptied, turned the carriage around and galloped along the secluded and dilapidated street.

She found several hidden places one after another, and woke up some old friends from their sleep, and asked some strange questions to these people.Finally, when the first rays of light appeared in the sky, Mrs. Betty found Rhodes, a wanted criminal reeking of alcohol, in a pile of stones at a construction site.

"Betty, you're here, how did you find this place?"

The sudden sound of footsteps alerted the half-drunk and half-awake Rhodes, and after he saw Mrs. Betty's face clearly in the faint morning light, he became relaxed again.

Mrs. Betty ignored Rhode's question, she frowned and asked him:

"Rod, someone told me...Flora was killed, do you know what happened?"

"Ha, Flora is dead? Yes, my Flora is dead, woo-hoo-how could my Flora be dead? That must be my nightmare, woo-hoo-"

Mrs. Betty stepped forward and kicked Rhodes who was sitting on the ground fiercely, and asked through gritted teeth:

"Don't pretend to be crazy in front of me, say, did you kill Flora and Red-browed Locke?"

Hearing Mrs. Betty's question, the drunken Rhodes suddenly became emotional, and he shouted loudly:

"Yes! It was me! It was I who killed the pair of dogs and men, hahahahaha, happy! That soft bastard, Locke, only dared to seduce my woman behind my back, and then I smashed his head to pieces. Oh, really Hurry up, with a thud, he will go soft, hahaha!"

Hearing that Rhodes admitted to killing the red-browed Locke, Betty trembled with anger:

"Why are you willing to hurt Flora, huh? You also killed the red-browed Locke, because you don't think there are too many troubles on your body? You are simply a devil! Get the hell out of me, get up, bastard!"

Rhodes hiccupped while crying and laughing. He first laughed a few times with a hoarse voice, as if he was very proud. Suddenly, he burst into tears again, which sounded heartbroken.

The person's mood changed so quickly that Mrs. Betty, who was surprised and angry, was stunned.

At the same time, the deputy Eric and others called by Pei Xiang also heard the conversation between Rhodes and Mrs. Betty, and confirmed the murderer of their boss.At this moment, these people all stared at the man and woman in the dispute with hatred on their faces.

Not far away, Pei Xiang and Aldridge looked at each other, and silently reached a tacit understanding.

As soon as Aldrich beckoned, the well-trained subordinates immediately gathered to Rhodes' position, and quietly blocked all his escape routes.

At the center of the siege, Mrs. Betty asked coldly:

"I'm not surprised that you killed Red-browed Locke, because it's not the first time you've done such a stupid and poisonous thing. But, how did Flora die? Rhodes, tell me, Flora How did Lola die? Did you really kill her heartlessly?"

Rhode's howling and crying gradually weakened. He squatted on the ground with his head in his arms, and was kicked a few times by Mrs. Betty's pointy shoes.

"I regret it, Betty, I regret it, I shouldn't be so impulsive. Huh, I thought that after I killed Locke, Flora would run away with me again, just like killing that arrogant noble That’s how the master. Flora didn’t care about the lives of those men at all. She was worried about me, so she was willing to run away with me. But, but, why did Flora change her mind? Not only did she not leave there with me, she even hugged Locke and cried Ah, why did she cry for Locke? I didn't want her to cry, I didn't want her to hold Locke, so I pushed her..."

"You pushed Flora? If it was just a push, how did she die?"

"I don't know, I don't know, when I realized it, it was full of blood...ah, it was full of blood! Betty, why did Flora fight with me? She is so good, why did you hug her?" Are you crying with Locke? Why do you hate me? Obviously, obviously, when Deville died, Flora didn't blame me..."

Mrs. Betty clenched her fists and mocked Rhodes sharply:

"How can that William Deville be like Locke? Rhodes, you have only seen Flora these years, have you forgotten the experience of struggling and struggling together as fellow villagers? You have forgotten the days when you and Locke were brothers and sisters." Did you forget the days when you fought and drank together? You actually killed Locke, ha, you are already a complete bastard! Rhodes, you have no heart, no wonder Flora left you... Now, Get the hell out of London and never appear in front of me again!"

Rhodes, who was scolded by Mrs. Betty, finally stood up unsteadily. He threw the wine bottle in his hand and muttered:

"Okay, I'm going, I'm going now. But I can't just leave, I'm going to get my Flora out, yes, get out, I can't let her lie with Locke..."

At this time, Red-browed Locke's deputy Eric and others couldn't bear it anymore. They walked out from the shadow corner and stared coldly at the drunken Rhodes.

"You want to leave? Heh, after killing our boss, you just want to leave completely like this. It's a beautiful idea!"

"Eric! You?" Mrs. Betty was startled by the sudden appearance of a few people, and after seeing the appearance of the people, she panicked, "This, this, you have been here all this time? No, you followed I'm here?"

Eric glanced mockingly at Mrs. Betty, who was pretending to be calm, and ignored her question.

The man who was loyal to Locke with the red eyebrows stared at the tall and strong Rhodes, thinking about how to make the murderer pay with his blood.

Although Rhodes was drunk, he wasn't really drunk, otherwise, he wouldn't have articulated those words just now.

Surrounded by enemies at this time, Rhodes' drunkenness quickly receded by five points.He squinted his eyes and looked at the four people headed by Eric, showing a slightly twisted mocking smile.

"You are from Locke. For the sake of your boss, leave now. I will pretend that I have never seen you. Otherwise, be careful that I will open your heads."

Such an arrogant attitude made Eric and others furious. They stopped talking nonsense with Rhodes, but rushed up with weapons.

Four against one, on the surface, Rhodes will undoubtedly lose.

However, Rhodes, who was able to escape the hunt with his lover after killing an heir to an earl, was no ordinary person.

While still drunk, Rhodes fought with bare hands.

In a short while, the four people who attacked Rhodes were defeated one after another, and one of them was thrown out by Rhodes' legs, directly hit the pile of stones not far away, and immediately passed out.

Unable to avenge the red-bearded Locke, Eric and the others turned red-eyed. They stared fiercely at Rhodes' tower-like body, hating themselves for being incompetent.

At this moment, Pei Xiang came out from the shadows.

"Is that Rhodes?"

"Oh, here comes another little bug who is not afraid of death, who are you?"

The powerful Rhodes looked at the new dwarf with contempt, as if looking at an overwhelmed ant.

"You also want to avenge the red-browed Locke? Just with your body? Boy, maybe you bring a musket, maybe you can make me pay more attention."

Pei Xiang ignored Rhode's provocation and sarcasm, and said directly:

"I am a friend and collaborator of Redbrow Locke. You killed him, not only costing me a good friend, but also adding a lot of trouble to my work plan. You need to give me a good beating."

"Mr. Paddington?!"

Amidst Rhode's arrogant and arrogant sneer, Mrs. Betty saw Pei Xiang's appearance clearly at this time, and exclaimed in disbelief.

Immediately, Mrs. Betty seemed to realize something, and her eyes became extremely complicated:

"Brown Paddington, what you said to me in the theater box before, were you testing me?"

Pei Xiang smiled at Mrs. Betty and didn't say much.

At this time, Rhodes, who was still disdainful just now, was surprised, and he finally began to observe Pei Xiang seriously.

"Are you that glib Paddington? Ha, I still wanted to trouble you, but I didn't expect you to bump into it yourself. Just right, I'm going to beat you to the ground today."

These words made Pei Xiang stunned for a moment.

Mrs. Betty asked hesitantly: "When did you become enemies with Paddington?"

"All the men that Flora has praised are not good things..."

"But Paddington doesn't know Flora."

"This little boy is amazing. Flora didn't even talk to him, but just kept praising this guy in front of me. What kind of gentle and considerate, respectful and caring, heh, he's just a coward who can only draw pictures Chicken, you're playful and hypocritical. Betty, those silly girls under your command have praised Paddington a lot, Flora has only lived with you for a few days, and she was confused by those rumors."

Even Mrs. Betty hated Pei Xiang for plotting against her, so she couldn't help but say:

"It's just a few compliments, and you're taking revenge? Rhodes, you lunatic!"

Pei Xiang blinked, and subconsciously looked back at Aldrich.

Although she couldn't see the black-haired colonel's expression clearly because of the light, she could be sure that the man's expression should be colder.

——This is another "evidence" of me attracting others behind Miss Marianne's back.

Feeling a little aggrieved, Pei Xiang didn't say any more nonsense, she kicked up a slender stone on the ground, and held it in her palm as a sword-like weapon.

Immediately after turning his wrist, he stabbed directly at Rhode's vitals.

Rhode didn't even bother to hide when Pei Xiang came to attack.He stood upright not far away, with contemptuous and mocking eyes, as if he was looking down on Fuyou who was trying to shake the big tree.

Even Eric and the others, who were seriously injured on the side, were not optimistic about Pei Xiang's attack, and only felt that one more person would be injured today.Still, they are grateful.

Aldrich is ready to rescue quickly.

Of course, unlike others, the young colonel did not think that Paddington would lose quickly.

After getting along with each other for a period of time, Aldrich knew very well that this man had plans in his mind, and he liked to make decisions before acting.Since he dared to choose to compete head-on with Rhodes, he must have an unexpected hole card.

However, Aldrich also understands Rhodes' brutal combat power.During the hunt a few years ago, the Deville family had discovered the traces of Rhodes and Flora.But it's a pity that none of the masters sent was Rhode's opponent, and in the end he was allowed to flee with his lover.

Aldridge thought that the best outcome of this battle would be to exchange injuries for injuries, and then, using Rhodes' injury and weakness, let the subordinates lurking around rush forward together, thus successfully capturing the fugitive.

During this period, as the hero who injured Rhodes head-on, Brown Paddington would naturally be grateful and recognized by Eric and others.

Everyone's thoughts were formed in an instant, and then they were quickly shocked by the battle in front of them, causing some deep-rooted thoughts to be completely shattered.

None of the onlookers expected that the short, literary and artistic Mr. Painter not only did not lose the wind, but miraculously forced Rhodes to stagger back, and made him show a painful expression.

Daozu and Yurou had reversed their positions at this time.

When Rhode roared and waved his fist, and slammed into Paddington like a hill, the gentleman not only didn't dodge, but raised the stone stick in his hand seemingly casually, and hit Rhode directly in the abdomen.

Rhodes exhaled in pain, bent over and curled up to retreat.

Pei Xiang could choose to fight quickly, but she didn't intend to win lightly and leave the impression that the battle was easy for the spectators.Because, the more tenacious and fearless she is at this time, the more she can arouse the favor of Eric and others.

So, Rhodes punched, Pei Xiang escaped and hit back fiercely; Rhodes kicked horizontally, Pei Xiang bent sideways and beat his joints; Rhodes stepped forward to fight, Pei Xiang dodged flexibly and gave Rhodes a stone stick A deep wound was drawn on his chest...

After that, Rhodes was overturned to the ground, his body was covered with scars, and with a few crisp sounds, the big man's limbs suddenly became weak.

After another round of whirling, Rhode's throat was pressed against a piece of blood-stained stone.This crude weapon picked up at random easily threatened the strong man Rhodes, bringing him deadly trembling and intimidation.

"Who's the boy, huh?"

Rhodes felt a tingling pain in his neck, and he immediately widened his eyes in horror, and there was a giggling sound in his throat.

Normally, he felt that it was easy to take other people's lives, and he was complacent and arrogant about it.

Now, he finally felt the fear of death, and his whole body trembled and twitched.

Pei Xiang couldn't wait for Rhode's answer, and didn't care.She snorted and handed the frightened wanted criminal to Aldrich's subordinates.

Then, Pei Xiang looked at Eric and other gang members...

—Brown Paddington fought to fame.

Rhodes was taken away, and Eric and others obeyed Pei Xiang's instructions and left first.A few days later was the funeral of Red-browed Locke, and after that, there was a new round of power division.

—Brown Paddington won't show up, and won't be the apparent gang leader.But anyone with a heart knows that he must occupy a place in this area where dragons and snakes are mixed.

Aldrich held the bayonet at his waist from beginning to end.When Pei Xiang first started fighting, he was ready to protect her at any time. After Pei Xiang's battle, he was full of vigilance against this mysterious painter.

"Mr. Deville, I have always tended to live in light and warmth, so you don't need to worry too much."

Pei Xiang walked across from Aldrich, stood still at a distance where he didn't need to look up, and smiled.

Aldridge looked at Pei Xiang heavily, and nodded slowly:

"I'm willing to believe Mr. Paddington's words. Extraordinary talent is really not a reason to be wary."

As he spoke, Aldrich let go of the weapon in his hand:

"Not only that, I should thank Mr. Paddington from the bottom of my heart. If you hadn't made the move, some of the subordinates I brought today would definitely be injured. This favor has been remembered by the Deville family."

Pei Xiang smiled and shook his head: "As far as I know, some of Mr. Deville's subordinates came with muskets. So, even if I didn't subdue Rhodes, he wouldn't be arrogant for too long. "

Aldridge looked at the surrounding environment and said frankly:

"On the construction site on the eve of dawn, it is not suitable to use firearms to attack. Moreover, Rhodes has a very keen fighting instinct. It is not like no one has hunted him down with a gun before, but unfortunately, all of them failed."

Hearing Aldridge mention the dawning sky, Pei Xiang suddenly woke up from the exhilaration of the battle.

She quickly took out her pocket watch to check the time, calculated the distance, and found that she had to go back to 16 Condit Street immediately.Otherwise, the fact that she didn't return all night will be exposed.

Aldrich noticed Pei Xiang's movement of checking the time, and thought of this person's strange habit that never appeared in the daytime, and doubts arose in his heart again.