Approaching the tall, closed gate of the manor, Helena's body trembled slightly, and the palm of her hand holding Catherine's arm tightened.
Catherine understood her mood and reached out to gently pat the back of Helena's hand, telling her to relax. On the side, Zhang Yanling, who was pretending to be a coachman, handed Helena a basket containing drinks and food next to the car seat, and also gently shook it.
He touched Helena's hand and gave her encouragement and comfort.
"Open the door, Lord Governor, come to see Lord Almeida." A servant came forward and called.
The lights inside the door flashed, and with a clang, the small iron door hole on the door opened, revealing the face of a French soldier.
"Governor Goya, Lord Alfonso has an order. No one is allowed to see Almeida without his permission. Please go back, Lord Governor," the soldier said.
Goya was stunned, then stepped forward and said: "Captain Kaka, are you mistaken? You can't even see me? I've been here every day to persuade Mr. Almeida these days."
"That's right, I'm talking about Lord Alfonso's order. He specifically said that even the Governor of Goya can't go in casually. He said that even though Governor Goya tried his best, he might not be able to convince Almeida, an old stubborn man.
Therefore, there is no need to go see him. Almeida has been sent to the water prison this morning. Since he refuses to cooperate, he will rot in the water prison. These are the original words of Mr. Alfonso. "That name.
The captain named Kaka said in a deep voice.
Goya was stunned, with a look of anger on his face. Alfonso didn't take him seriously at all. Even he was restricted from entering, which showed that he was still worried about himself and wary of him. During this time, he was really
She tried to persuade Almeida to no avail, but she couldn't ignore him so much. At least she had to say hello to herself.
"Catherine, it seems that you can't see me anymore. As you heard, it's not that I don't want you to visit Helena's father. It's that Mr. Alfonso doesn't allow it." Goya turned to Catherine and said.
Catherine didn't know what to do for a moment, so she stood there in silence. Her plan was to take Zhang Yanling and Helena and sneak into the manor during a visit. With her father accompanying her, she would definitely be able to get in.
But he didn't expect that Alfonso actually gave the order. Even his father could not enter.
Helena's body began to tremble again, and she could no longer control herself. She heard that her father was being put into a water prison to die, and he must be dying now. How could she control her emotions?
Although Zhang Yanling didn't understand what they were saying, he guessed that something unexpected had happened. At this time, he had no good solution. He couldn't reveal his identity, couldn't speak, or move. He could only watch. It couldn't be done, so he had to give up.
The plan is to sneak into the castle after late night. But it will be very troublesome to take Helena with me. It will be even more troublesome not to take her. The castle is so big, with so many houses, and maybe underground parts. It will be very difficult to find Almeida.
It was difficult to find Almeida and difficult to communicate with.
At this moment, Catherine stepped forward slowly and said in a deep voice to the captain in the doorway: "Captain Kaka, do you know who I am?"
The captain saw Catherine's face clearly through the light, and said with a smile: "Miss Catherine, how could I not recognize her?"
Catherine said: "It's good to know each other. Do you know what the relationship between me and Mr. Alfonso is?"
Captain Kaka said: "I heard... you are Lord Alfonso's fiancée, right?"
"It's not hearsay, this is a fact. Mr. Alfonso is about to become my husband, so can my words represent his words?" Catherine gritted her teeth.
Captain Kaka smiled and said: "What do you want Miss Catherine to do? I will help you."
Catherine said: "Open the door and let us in. I want to visit Lady Almeida."
Kaka said in astonishment: "This... Lord Alfonso said..."
"I will go to Alfonso and explain it clearly to him. If he has anything to do, he can come to me. Don't I even have the right to see a person? I just want to visit Mr. Almeida and meet him.
Say a few words and leave. I am good friends with his daughter, Miss Helena, and I came to visit because Helena is my good sister. We are friends, so I have no other intention in coming to visit her father.
Don't worry." Catherine said.
"But, Miss Catherine..."
"You are just afraid that Alfonso will blame you. But do you know the consequences of rejecting me? I will go to Alfonso now, make a big fuss with him, and demand the termination of the engagement. Because one of his subordinates is a little
The captain can ignore me. Captain Kaka, just wait for Alfonso to come to you." Catherine said coldly.
Captain Kaka exclaimed in astonishment: "Miss Catherine, how could you do this? We are just obeying Lord Alfonso's orders. If you do this, aren't you making things difficult for us?"
Catherine reached over and held a few gold coins in her hand, which shone in the light.
"So, we just went to visit, why bother to make everyone unhappy. For these few gold coins, I invite you and the soldiers here to have a drink at your leisure. It is my thanks. Give me a little while, and we will go in and take a look.
Come out." Catherine said solemnly.
No matter how ignorant Captain Kaka is, he knows better than to offend this Miss Catherine. He is Lord Alfonso’s fiancée. Offending her is the same as offending Lord Alfonso. Besides, Governor Goya and his daughter came to visit Alme
Da, it won't cause anything to happen.
"Well, thank you Miss Catherine for your generosity. I would like to thank Miss Catherine on behalf of all the brothers. However, don't stay too long. Go in and take a look and then come out. The underground dungeon is dark, damp and stuffy. If you stay too long, you will go crazy.
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"Don't worry, I'll say a few words to express my concerns and then come out." Catherine said.
Kaka took the gold coin, weighed it and put it into his arms. He waved his hand and ordered someone to open the door.
When Governor Goya walked into the door, he thought to himself: I didn't expect Catherine to be so eloquent. She usually doesn't talk much and is taciturn. I never knew she had such eloquence. A few words left Captain Kaka with no way out.
No one agreed to open the door, and even knew how to give them some benefits to shut their mouths. I really knew too little about her. As her father, I really cared too little about her.
Everyone entered the manor compound and came to the castle gate. There were soldiers patrolling in the darkness at the door. Catherine walked inside, and Captain Kaka hurriedly said: "Miss Catherine, do you know the location of the underground dungeon? Or should I lead the way for you?
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Catherine nodded and said: "Then there is Mr. Captain Lao."
Kaka bowed and said: "It is my honor to serve Miss Catherine. Please come with me."
Kaka walked in, and Catherine followed two steps behind. Seeing Governor Goya standing motionless at the door, she asked: "Father, don't you plan to meet your old friend?"
Governor Goya said in a deep voice: "I won't go. Just take a look, give him something and then come out. Don't stay too long."
Catherine sneered and said: "It seems that father cannot bear to see your old friend in such miserable condition."
Governor Goya frowned and said nothing. Catherine's words were sarcastic, but he couldn't hear it. But he really didn't want to follow, or he didn't have the courage to see Almeida. Almeida was imprisoned in the underground prison, and it must have been a very serious situation.
It's miserable. I'm an accomplice in his harm, so how can I go see him? It's better not to see him.
Catherine sneered and turned around, beckoning to Zhang Yanling and Helena: "You two come with me, I'm really a little scared."
Helena and Zhang Yanling bowed their heads and bowed, then silently followed her in. No one doubted the identity of these two people, and they all thought they were the maid and coachman beside Catherine. Little did they know that they had already been swapped.
The castle hall was in chaos. The magnificent castle seemed to have been robbed by robbers. Tables and chairs were overturned, and all the portraits and tapestries on the walls were torn off and piled in a mess at the base of the wall. The wine cabinets above had already been looted.
, the empty bottle was overturned and shattered all over the floor. All the silver cups, gold cups, porcelain and other items that had been placed inside were gone.
The handrails on the stairs were mottled with bullet marks and broken. Those were the marks left during the gunfight that day. Helena thought of what happened that day and how her father took the initiative to attract attention outside the side door in order to allow her to escape.
, she was able to escape from the window on the second floor. She was even more excited, her body trembled slightly, and she even fell when she went up the stairs. Kaka, who was leading the way, and the two soldiers who followed looked at her in amazement.
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"Be careful. You have to take care of me. Do you want me to take care of you? If you are so careless, just go out and come in with other hands and feet." Catherine said angrily.
This may seem like a reproach, but it actually reminds Helena not to get excited and to be more cautious. At this time, Catherine appeared extremely calm, showing her good psychological quality and adaptability.
"I'm sorry, miss, I will be careful." Helena apologized hurriedly.
"Let the coachman carry the basket, he will be more efficient," Catherine said.
Helena agreed and handed the basket to Zhang Yanling.
A group of people went upstairs from the back side of the hall, but this staircase did not lead to the main second floor of the castle, but was just a passing passage. After going up to the second floor, they walked through a long outer corridor, and then down.
It is a small enclosed courtyard. A small house stands there alone.
Helena had been here before, but even she didn’t know what this small house was for. Once she walked here and the door of the house was locked. She glanced at it for a long time and couldn’t see what it was about. She felt that it was too depressing and the small courtyard was
It was like a prison and I never came back.
Only now did she know that this should be the entrance to the dungeon. Helena never thought that there was a dungeon underneath the castle where she lived.
As she walked down the dark and hot stone steps, Helena sighed secretly: her father built this dungeon to imprison and punish those who opposed him. But she never thought that one day he himself would be locked up in it.
In fact, my father has killed many people. He is tough and kills without blinking an eye. Over the years, countless people have died at his hands. Helena thought about these things, but she had deliberately ignored them before.
These things. The current situation, I don’t know if it is a kind of retribution.
The stone steps spiraled down, and although there were oil lamps on the wall illuminating the path, the dungeon was extremely eerie and terrifying. The footsteps of people walking around echoed in the small space, as if there were many people following them walking around in the walls.
Creepy.
Finally, the stone steps no longer went down, but entered a small space. The lights were on inside, and two soldiers were sitting on chairs and crawling on the table, drunk. Helena saw the table at a glance
The wine cup, which was a goblet carved from rhinoceros horn that my father gave me specifically for drinking, was snatched away by them at this moment.
"I asked you to be on duty, but you drank and slept?" Captain Kaka took out the riding crop from his waist and whipped the two guards who were sleeping soundly.
The two guards stood up in shock. When they saw it was Captain Kaka, they saluted quickly.
"Dear Captain Kaka, we have not neglected our duty. It is hot and gloomy here. We drink some wine to quench our thirst and strengthen our courage." A soldier quickly defended.
Kaka didn't go into details. Being on duty here was a hard job and no one wanted to come. These two people had lost a bet and had to come. There was no need to embarrass them.
"How is Lord Almeida? Have you seen him? Is he still alive?" Kaka said.
"She should still be alive. Not long ago, I heard some noises, shouting for water. There is so much water in the water prison. He can just drink it when he is thirsty. What water do you want?"
"Yes, this old guy can really hold on. We thought he wouldn't last more than half a day. He has gunshot wounds on his body and injuries from various punishments. If he were locked up in that stinking water prison, if it were me, he would be finished in a short time. He
I've been holding on for a whole day, but there's still movement. It's really amazing."
After Helena heard this, her heart was as sharp as a knife. She could hardly control herself. Zhang Yanling stood beside her, quietly holding her trembling wrist with his hand, and patted her gently to comfort her.
"Stop talking. Open the door. Miss Catherine wants to visit Lord Almeida." Kaka stopped the two soldiers from talking.
The two soldiers were a little surprised, but they didn't dare to ask any more questions. One of them walked to a door with a key, rattling the key and opened the door. As soon as the door was opened, there was a cold air mixed with a foul smell inside.
It came to my nose. It was dark, and there was a dungeon cell inside.
Kaka covered his nose and looked at Catherine and said: "Miss Catherine, are you sure you want to go in? I think it's better to forget it. You have done your best, and God will not blame you. As a good friend of his daughter, there is no need for you to see him.
That was an unbearable scene. The way Mr. Almeida looks now is not good-looking. Maybe he is already a corpse. Don’t let this kind of scene scare you."
Catherine endured the disgusting stench and said in a deep voice: "We are all here, we must meet each other. Captain Kaka probably won't follow him in. I will just go in with my servant. You guys wait here.
We are."
Captain Kaka nodded and said: "Okay, let's take it easy. But when you go in, we have to close this door. Because the smell is really unpleasant. When you want to come out, knock on the door and we will leave here. Hey, Catherine
Miss, why are you doing this?"
Catherine didn't answer and asked Helena and Zhang Yanling to light two lanterns. Zhang Yanling carried one and entered the small door first, followed by Catherine and Helena. The three of them had just stood on the stone platform inside the door when a bang came from behind.
With a sound, the small door closed tightly behind him.