Dear Mr. Darcy [Pride and Prejudice]

Emma and George originally planned to go directly to Lin County to find Earl Taylor. If they were lucky, Mr. Brown might not have left yet. If they had already left, they would search for him.Neither of them expected Mr. Brown to come to the door first.

The two looked at each other, and both saw a little surprise in the other's eyes.But it's normal to think about it carefully. With Mr. Brown's current status and strength, it shouldn't be wrong if he doesn't know anything about the Duke's secret plan.After he understands the current situation, it is the best choice to find two people to cooperate with.

There was not much rain outside, and Mr. Brown's hat brim was still dripping when he walked in, which showed that he had traveled for a while.

As soon as the two sides met, when they didn't speak, they could tell from their expressions that the other party had already understood the general situation.

Mr. Brown was slightly surprised.He knew that George was not as incompetent as he appeared on the surface, but after finding out who was behind the scenes so quickly, George was more powerful than he thought.He quickly adjusted his evaluation of George and the strategy of the conversation in his mind.

In fact, this is Emma's handwriting, but neither Emma nor George will ever tell this secret.

Now that both parties are well aware, Mr. Brown feels that they can directly discuss the matter of cooperation.He glanced at Emma, ​​which was a signal.Gentlemen are going to discuss business, please leave the lady.

Emma didn't turn away tactfully, she glanced at George.Emma had a good impression of Mr. Brown, but Mr. Brown was obviously not here to help as an uncle but to negotiate a deal. She was not at ease with George negotiating alone.George took his sister's hand, which expressed his consent to Emma's staying.He didn't want Emma to help him, but there was one thing he thought Emma had the right to know. "What happened back then?"

Mr. Brown also made preparations before he came, and many things will not be explained clearly without explaining this matter.Because the matter involved a little bit, the reason he didn't tell George originally was that he couldn't fully trust George, and it would be too stupid to tell a possible enemy about it.But now that the two parties have become a community of interests under the promotion of the Duke, it doesn't matter if they say it. "Since you must know." Mr. Brown's eyes were slightly empty, as if he was flipping through the pictures in his memory. "At that time, I was working under the command of a certain lord of the Whig party. Due to the failure of the internal struggle, my army was sent as a vanguard on the battlefield. It had consumed nearly one-third of the officers and was sent to attack a city. The general plan is that we will be used as bait to attract reinforcements and surround them. We have received news that they plan to use the excuse that they were ambushed on the road and come later than the planned time to provide support. They will surround us with the reinforcements and ask us to cooperate with each other. But The situation must be very bad when we are surrounded by reinforcements. The internal and external attack may cause heavy losses."

Emma blinked her eyes. This is a trick to kill with a knife. It can weaken the strength of Mr. Brown's faction without any effort, and at the same time gain military merit.

Mr. Brown continued: "The direct order we received was to preserve our strength. But our superiors have been urging us to withdraw from the ambush unit, merge them all into the siege force, and try our best to attack the city. I have received an order to secretly lobby the superiors to Lipai, try to delay the time. I was originally with the eldest brother." He paused and corrected the title: "There are rumors about your father's collusion. In order to verify his loyalty, your father was assigned by the Duke to perform this task. , Detain me. He told me that the Duke asked him to find a way to deal with me. He insisted that he would not do anything to me, but he could not let me go under surveillance. I did not set off alone, there was a group of people under him .” Having said this, Mr. Brown’s expression became more serious. "They mistakenly thought that your father was trying to harm me. After all, we have always been at odds in front of outsiders, and all cooperation was negotiated secretly. They kidnapped..." Mr. Brown glanced at Emma guiltily. Blurred the past. "Both sides had hostages in their hands. When there was a stalemate, it was suddenly reported that I had been shot dead. They lost control for a while, and the scene was very chaotic. I don't know who fired the shot. After calming down, I found out..."

Mrs Kentra is found dead.Emma was startled, her headache hit like a tsunami, and some pictures appeared indistinctly before her eyes, which matched every word Mr. Brown said.While Mr. Brown's attention was on George, Emma nodded quickly.

George understood what Emma meant.He felt a little sympathy for Mr. Brown.A loyal subordinate killed the elder brother's wife by mistake for him. No matter which side he helped, he would be ashamed of the other side.And soft feelings didn't make him lose sight of the point of the matter. "Who suddenly sent the news?"

"No evidence was found, but some signs point to your respected Lord Duke." Mr. Brown didn't mean any respect when he talked about the Duke. "We have been investigating this matter, but the whole thing was done too cleanly."

George's face turned cold. He didn't trust Mr. Brown very much. Maybe Mr. Brown put the blame on the Duke in order to strengthen the alliance.But the duke does have an incentive to do so.

Mr. Brown could sense George's hesitation. "Your father also thinks the same way, and I will prove later that he really has this kind of judgment." After speaking, he returned to the original narrative. "Because the scene was too chaotic, I don't know who fired the shots, and no one admitted afterwards, and the murderer couldn't be found. I want to hand over the person who organized the kidnapping to your father. He didn't make things difficult for me, but refused. He just let me I vowed never to participate in their grievances. Therefore, I knew your father's actions at that time, and I didn't warn you." That is to say, he watched his hand step by step towards death.This is the first time for Mr. Brown to speak out about this matter in these years. He has been suffering from conscience and being in a dilemma all these years, and he feels better when he speaks out. "Revenge also includes revenge on their family members, because your mother lost her life innocently, so I have no reason to stop it, but when it later spread to the family members of those who were not involved in the incident, I came forward to stop it."

Emma suddenly realized, no wonder this uncle refused to make a move when the Kentra family faced such a desperate situation when she came here through time travel.If he wants to be fair and treat everyone equally, he cannot interfere with these people's revenge on the Kentra family.On the one hand, he is a loyal subordinate, and on the other hand, he is a brother who owes money. He must have suffered a lot of inner torture.

George thought of that too.He was still a little upset at first, thinking that this uncle was too heartless when the family was facing a crisis, but he only found out the reason today.He softened his tone a little, and stopped entanglement on this issue. "Well, let me tell you what I know first."

It was very dark when Mr. Brown left.The two sides made a cooperation plan, and Emma felt a little more at ease.She sat alone in front of the window, outside the window was the deep night, the rain was falling, and the water droplets fell on the ground.A trace of coldness seeped in.

Emma clenched the warm teacup in her hand, suddenly missing Mr. Darcy.Maybe it's because we get along day and night, and we don't have time to think about it when we are busy and anxious about this matter. Now that we have calmed down a little, we feel that we are not used to being apart.At that time, I left in a hurry, my future was uncertain, and I didn't say goodbye properly.By the calculation of the time, Mr. Darcy should probably be in Derbyshire.So what is Mr. Darcy doing on such a rainy night?He has always disliked excessive noise, probably reading a book alone.

Emma's judgment is not wrong. Normally, Mr. Darcy would sit alone by the window and read a book on a rainy night. He likes to calm down in the sound of the rain. He has done so in the past twenty years.But it's not normal right now.

Mr. Darcy was thinking of Emma.Holding the spine of the book with one hand, his eyes did not fall on the book, but the night and rain outside.According to the speed at which George arrived, they should have returned to Yorkshire.Not sure if things are going well.Perhaps, now Emma is anxiously thinking about countermeasures.

Emma was absorbed in her thoughts, and when her thoughts finally came back, she wanted to take a sip of tea, only to find that the tea was already cold.Emma couldn't help laughing. She was always vigorous and decisive. Since she really wanted to know about Mr. Darcy's situation, she should contact him.It stands to reason that Mr. Darcy should also be told that he is safe.However, it is very indecent for men and women without marriage contracts to communicate privately at this time.Emma was not going to write to Mr. Darcy herself.She didn't want Georgiana to know about this matter for the time being, so she put her mind on George.

George was sitting on the sofa drowsy, nodding his head little by little, and suddenly he woke up when he heard Emma express his intention.What Emma said was right, Mr. Darcy was also involved in it, and now it is reasonable to tell him that the matter is tentatively reported to be safe.But he always felt that something was wrong.He couldn't help sneaking a suspicious look at Emma.

Emma allowed himself to be looked at generously.

Maybe he really thought too much?George murmured in his heart, and asked tentatively, "Is it enough to report that you are safe?"

Emma glanced at him with a half-smile. "I would also like to thank Mr. Darcy. By the way, I have been under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas during this time, and I want to send them some things." She was not going to tell George about it.After all, the crisis has not passed yet. If he confesses his feelings to Mr. Darcy at this time and tells George that if the crisis is bigger than expected and he needs to avoid other countries, how will this matter end?

George was not sure about Emma's attitude, but he knew something, and Emma didn't want to say it.And if Emma didn't want to say it, he couldn't get a word out of it no matter how insinuating.George had no choice but to sit at the table with 120 points of curiosity.It just so happens that he has some cooperation with Mr. Darcy, which can be written in this letter and sent together.He took out a piece of letter paper and brightened the candlelight a bit.

In Derbyshire, dozens of miles away, Mr. Darcy also took out a piece of letter paper.Brighten up the candlelight a little.He didn't intend to send these letters, but he really wanted to write to Emma, ​​so he wrote them and kept them temporarily.It may be given to Emma in person in the future.

Mr. Darcy wrote: Dear Emma.After a pause, he crossed out dear.The term may be too frivolous.Mr. Darcy drew out another sheet of paper.Dear Emma.No, Mr. Darcy denied Emma's title in his heart, and it seemed disrespectful to use this title without Emma's permission.Although he already naturally called Emma Emma in his heart.

Mr. Darcy spread out another sheet of paper.Dear Miss Kentra.No, it seemed too blunt and distant again.Mr. Darcy dismissed the beginning with chagrin.It looks as rigid and emotionless as the beginning of an official document.

After hesitating for a long time, Mr. Darcy had piled up more than a dozen pieces of letter paper, and finally, Mr. Darcy wrote: Dear Miss Kentra.Mr. Thomas had once solemnly warned him that no lady would like a gentleman who was stern and boring in the process of courtship.Appropriate boldness is conducive to closer feelings.

The candles in the Yorkshire drawing-room and in the Derbyshire drawing-room were kept burning long into the night.