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Recently, there has been a cloud over everyone's mind over Terrance Manor.
Leah went to the kitchen to fetch breakfast for Malcolm, and subconsciously glanced at the empty corner. Just three weeks ago, there was a familiar face there. However, after Nadia was reported, he was directly dragged away by the supervisor. out of the kitchen.
When Lia saw him again, he had already been whipped so badly that the overseers hurried past the house with the bloody Nadia. Lia was full of fear, but she still tried her best to put on a look. Come calmly.
However, the fact is that she has nightmares almost every night these days, dreaming that those supervisors are also coming towards her.
In fact, everyone who had contact with Nadia during this period was called out for interrogation, and many of them did not even come back. However, she who served Malcolm breakfast every day unexpectedly escaped unharmed. No one has come to her so far.
Malcolm has been treating her differently since she was sold to Terrance Manor, and even other people including the housekeeper are very polite to her.
However, Leah is very clear that this is not because of how important she is. Once she loses this "different perspective", she is no different from other slaves in this manor. After all, their life and death still depend on Malcolm. The joy and anger of the master.
And during this special time, her experience was particularly obvious.
But just when she was panicking, she got another message from Laeli.
After Nadia was arrested, the contact channels between the black gladiators and the people in the manor were cut off, making it much more difficult, especially now that there is a tense atmosphere everywhere, and the black slaves in the manor are strictly prohibited from contacting outsiders. Even the people who went to buy vegetables were replaced by two supervisors.
It took a lot of effort for Laeli to find a new messenger. The latter was not a black slave, but a Gentile Evangelical Society (approved by the British royal family in 1701 and established by Thomas Bray, aiming at the Indians in North America. Black and white preaching, with limited success in history), the little pastor would come to preach to the black slaves in the manor every day.
Laeli bought the little pastor with the gold coins sponsored by Zhang Heng, and asked the little pastor to help him bring in the words, but this time in order to protect Leah, he didn't let the little pastor bring the words to Leah directly, but let him Find another girl in the tribe first, and then have that girl tell Leah and the others.
Laeli set the time of escape two days later, which is also the time when Leah usually organizes Malcolm's study, but this time she will use this opportunity to put all the letters related to Normand and Raymond in it. bring out.
The reason why this day was chosen was also to reduce the risk of Liya stealing the letter. She could leave the manor as long as she persisted until the evening without being discovered.
Later, Laeli also asked the little priest to bring weapons such as daggers and short muskets into Terrance Manor the day before, but this time he was rejected by the little priest, who originally only wanted to make some extra money by looking at the pity of the black slaves. , but I didn't expect Laieri to make things so big, he was immediately scared when he saw those weapons.
But it's too late to quit, because I don't know how long Nadia can last, and Laeli doesn't plan to wait any longer. He doesn't have time to find new contacts. If he misses this week, he can only wait. a week.
Therefore, after apologizing to the little pastor, Laeli kidnapped the latter's younger brother to threaten the little pastor's cooperation. The little pastor never expected that because of his momentary sympathy, he would lead the wolf into the house.
Only then did he realize that what he was facing was not some trustworthy man and a good woman, but a beast that exuded a dangerous aura, and the other party had a natural hostility towards the white people who enslaved his people. In order to rescue his people from the fire pit Even if there is hell in front of him, he will not hesitate, and he doesn't care about the so-called revenge.
It was too late for the little pastor to regret it now, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and board the pirate ship for the sake of his younger brother.
He returned to Terence Manor with a carriage of bread in the name of distributing food to black slaves. The steward felt puzzled. It is not that the church has never helped the poor, but generally it did not help the black slaves, because Black slaves are the private property of their masters, and the church’s doing so is tantamount to silently protesting that the masters of the black slaves did not feed the black slaves.
However, the little pastor said that everyone is a citizen of the Creator, and there is no distinction between rich and poor, which makes it difficult for the housekeeper to refute. In any case, the people from Malcolm to the following are still very polite to these priests.
In particular, it is admirable that these people are willing to give up their lives in England or the colonies and run to this barren and backward barbaric world.
In addition, the little pastor was also a frequent visitor to the manor, so the steward let him go without checking the bread in the carriage.
At this time, the little pastor was actually so nervous that he was about to bite his own tongue.
He drove the carriage to the open space where he usually preached, and the overseer cooperated to drive the black people over. At this time, it was almost time to eat. In order not to delay the work of these black slaves, the sermons were usually held during this time ongoing.
But the little pastor was probably too nervous today, and he was a little incoherent when he spoke.
Fortunately, those overseers are not interested in this kind of thing, they all gathered on the other side to play cards, they didn't notice the abnormality of the little pastor, and those black slaves were the best listeners, even if they found that the little pastor's words were not expressive today, they just kept silent Listen, don't complain about anything.
In fact, the vast majority of people looked blank, neither understanding nor caring about what the little pastor said.
It took about ten minutes, and the little pastor finally finished what he was going to say, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and began to distribute bread to the black slaves.
After making sure that everyone had bread in their hands, he carried the four bread baskets at the bottom of the carriage and walked towards the house. As a result, he was stopped by the guard as soon as he reached the door.
The little pastor knew that at the most critical moment, success or failure depended on one move, so he said without waiting for the other person to ask, "I'm here to deliver bread, and there must be many slave girls here."
"Sorry, you can't come in without an invitation."
"I have the Queen's permission to preach in this land, and there is actually no place I cannot go." The little pastor tried his best to sound reasonable.
However, the two guards on the opposite side were still indifferent when they heard the words. Just when the little pastor was worried about how to continue, the butler Wallace's laughter came from the hall.
"You can't stop him. Father Tim is the bravest person I have ever added. I heard that he once hiked in North Carolina for three days and three nights in order to preach. Let him in."