Chapter 245 New Contact

Recently, there has been a dark cloud over Terrence Manor that has been weighing on everyone's mind.

Leah went to the kitchen to get breakfast for Malcolm and subconsciously glanced at the empty corner. Just three weeks ago, there was a familiar face there. However, as Nadia was reported, he was dragged directly by the supervisor. Out of the kitchen.

When Leah saw him again, he had been whipped to a state of disgrace. The overseers carried the bloody Nadia and hurried past the house. Leah was filled with fear, but she still tried her best to behave Come calmly.

However, the fact is that she has nightmares almost every night these days, dreaming that the overseers are coming towards her.

In fact, everyone who had been in contact with Nadia during this period was called out for interrogation. Many people did not even come back. However, she who served Malcolm breakfast every day unexpectedly escaped. Until So far no one has come to see her.

Malcolm has always looked at her differently since she was sold to Terrence Manor, and others, including the housekeeper, are also very polite to her.

However, Leah knows very well that this is not because of how important she is. Once she loses this "different regard", she is no different from other slaves in this manor. In the end, their life and death still only 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 news from Laeri again.

After Nadia was captured, the communication channels between the black gladiators and the people in the manor were cut off, which made it much more difficult, especially now that there is a tense atmosphere everywhere. The black slaves in the manor are strictly prohibited from contacting outsiders. Even the people who went to buy groceries were replaced by two supervisors.

Laeri spent a lot of effort 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 to target the Indians and Indians in North America). A small priest who preached to both black and white people (with limited success in history) would come to preach to the black slaves in the manor every day.

Laeri used the gold coins sponsored by Zhang Heng to bribe the little priest and asked the little priest to help him bring the message in. However, in order to protect Leah this time, he did not ask the little priest to bring the message to Leah directly, but asked him to bring the message to Leah. Find another girl in the tribe first, and then ask that girl to tell Leah and others.

Laeri set the time for her escape two days later. That day was also the time when Leah usually tidied up Malcolm's study, but this time she wanted to use this opportunity to compile all the letters related to Normand and Raymond. Bring it out.

The reason why this day was chosen was to reduce the risk of Leah stealing letters. She could leave the manor as long as she persisted until night without being discovered.

Later, Laeri also asked the young priest to bring daggers, short muskets and other weapons into Terrence Manor the day before, but this time he was rejected by the young priest. The latter was just looking at the pity of the black slaves and making some extra money. , but he didn’t expect that Laeri would make the matter so big, and he was immediately frightened when he saw those weapons.

But it's too late to quit, because he doesn't know how long Nadia can carry it, and Laeri 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 again. One week.

Therefore, after Laeri apologized to the young pastor, he kidnapped the latter's younger brother to threaten the young pastor's cooperation. The young pastor had no idea that his temporary sympathy would lead to the wolf entering the house.

Only then did he realize that what he was facing was not a man of faith, but a beast that exuded a dangerous aura, and that the other party was naturally hostile to the white people who enslaved his people. In order to save his people from the pit of fire, Even if there is hell in front of him, he will not hesitate and does not care about the so-called revenge.

It was too late for the young 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 Terrence Manor with a carriage of bread in the name of distributing food to the black slaves. The housekeeper felt puzzled. It was not that the church had never helped the poor, but it generally did not help the black slaves, because Black slaves were the private property of their masters, so the church was silently protesting that their masters did not feed them.

However, the young priest said that everyone is a citizen of the Creator, and there is no distinction between rich and poor, which makes it difficult for the steward to refute. In any case, 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 go to this barren and backward barbaric world.

In addition, the young priest was also a frequent visitor to the manor, so the steward did not check the bread in the carriage before letting it go.

At this time, the little pastor was actually so nervous that he almost bit his tongue.

He drove the carriage to the open space where he usually preached, and the supervisors cooperated to drive the black people over. It was almost time to eat. In order not to delay the work of these black slaves, sermons were usually held during this time. ongoing.

But the little pastor was probably too nervous today, and his words were a little incoherent.

Fortunately, the supervisors were not interested in this kind of thing. They all gathered on the other side to play cards and did not notice anything unusual about the little priest. The black slaves were the best listeners. Even if they found that the little priest did not understand what he said today, they would just keep silent. Listen and won't complain.

In fact, the vast majority of people looked blank and neither understood nor cared about what the young pastor was saying.

It took about ten minutes, but the little pastor finally finished what he was going to say. He 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 guards as soon as he reached the door.

The little priest knew that at the most critical moment, success or failure depended on this, so he said without waiting for the other party to ask questions, "I'm here to deliver bread. There must be many female slaves here."

"Sorry, you are not allowed in without invitation."

"I have the queen's permission to preach in this land. There is actually no place I can't go." The young pastor tried his best to sound confident.

However, the two guards on the opposite side remained indifferent after hearing this. Just when the young priest was worried about how to continue, the laughter of Butler Wallace came from the hall.

"You can't stop him. Father Tim is the bravest man I have ever met. I heard that he once hiked for three days and three nights in North Carolina to preach. Let him in."