Guidebook for the Dark Duke

Chapter 83 - The Duke of Rand

The Duke of Rand wants to see him, which is actually a bit unexpected to Lord Orlam. But the matter has developed to this point. Since the Duke of Rand can come to the door, it means that the Duke of Rand already knows. The matter was leaked, and since that is the case, the timing of Duke Rand’s desire to see him was a bit delicate.

“Lord Duke.” Orlam nodded at Duke Wilson, “What do you think about this?”

Duke Wilson had no expression on his face as he thought for a moment, and finally said, “I’m afraid he wants to test you.”

What Duke Wilson said is not wrong. Although Duke Rand knew that Orlam had already known that the king was dead, he did not know what happened to Orlam at this time, and whether the army in Duke Wilson’s hands had played a role, whether Orlam was safe, whether George was still in Wales, or whether there was any conspiracy. All of these are now a mystery to the Duke of Rand. Because the king died too suddenly, Duke Rand was not quite ready at this time.

Lord Orlam smiled, then turned to look at Evan who was frowning with a puzzled look, and suddenly said, “What do you think? Reverend Bruce?”

Evan was startled, paused slightly, and finally said, “I don’t fully know what Duke Rand is thinking, but at such a time, I think you still have to be a little more restrained, or I am afraid that Duke Rand will have other ideas.”

Lord Orlam, at this time, you must be a little restrained, otherwise, I am afraid that the Duke of Rand will see the flaws. If the Duke of Rand knows that Lord Orlam has a plan, I am afraid that he will be prepared and vigilant.

Lord Oram slightly raised the corners of his lips and said in a low voice, “You are right, but Duke Rand is a cautious person, and it is not good to be too reserved.”

Evan understood in his heart after thinking about it. The Duke of Rand has many ideas, and it is indeed more effective to do the opposite.

The communication between the two people made Duke Wilson’s face look ugly. He didn’t know when the relationship between the two people had become so good.

“Okay, stop talking so much. Anyway, now that Rand invites you out, what are you going to do?” Duke Wilson interrupted the conversation between Evan and Lord Orlam impatiently.

Lord Orlam smiled calmly, “I will meet him, but I will not meet him alone.”

Now it is still necessary to stabilize Duke Rand, otherwise if the Duke starts to go crazy, the whole city of London will be restless.

Lord Orlam stood up from the sofa, waved behind him and a housekeeper stepped forward immediately.

“Find some guards and bring them in. I’m going to see the Duke of Rand. You send him a letter. I will see him in front of the castle, and no soldiers can appear around.”

The butler looked a little hesitant, but he didn’t dare to refute it. As the master said, he was ordered to leave.

Duke Wilson looked at him and frowned slightly, “I’ll go with you.” Now is the time to help each other, Duke Rand’s character is uncertain, so Duke Wilson is still afraid of trouble.

Lord Orlam certainly knew what Duke Wilson meant, and nodded with a smile.

Evan watched from the side and pursed his lips slightly. This matter is very risky. He is very clear about this in his heart that they have nothing now. In the mouths of everyone, Duke Rand is not a reasonable gentleman. If something happens, he’s afraid it’ll be too late for tears.

But…Evan looked at Duke Wilson’s frown and suddenly stood up.

“I’ll go too.” He said solemnly.

“You?” Lord Orlam couldn’t help laughing when he heard Evan, “What are you going to do out there? Use the Bible to educate him? If so, I can tell you that even if God himself comes, it will never change the determination of the Duke of Rand.”

Looking at Lord Orlam’s slightly playful expression, Evan’s expression remained unchanged, “As your friend, I can’t see you in such a dangerous situation, so…”Evan looked at Duke Wilson, who was feeling flustered, and said word by word, “So, please let me go with you.”

Evan’s words were very calm, as if there were no ups and downs in his heart, but when the words fell into other people’s ears, they were extremely firm, without the slightest hesitation.

Duke Wilson looked at Evan with a dull expression, as if he had lost the ability to speak. He was silent for a long time, and finally said, “You…Aren’t you afraid?”

Of course Evan was afraid, and no one was more afraid of death than him.

“The length of my life is decided by the Lord, so no matter what the outcome is, I can accept it.” Evan looked at Duke Wilson very calmly and said calmly.

Duke Wilson looked at Evan, his eyes were calm, as if what he had just said was just the most basic truth in the world.

Lord Orlam was also stunned. He had guessed the relationship between the two people before, but at this moment, he finally confirmed his guess. There really is some kind of ambiguous entanglement between these two people.

Lord Orlam sighed. He could see that Duke Wilson cared about Evan but he couldn’t see through Evan’s thoughts. But at this moment, listening to what Evan said, he finally came to a conclusion.

“Are you really going?” Lord Orlam broke the awkward atmosphere between Evan and Duke Wilson.

Evan nodded, his expression was a little stiff. Although his proposal had some ideas, he had to say that when he said it, he felt relieved. Such a strange feeling made Evan feel somewhat uncomfortable.

“If you insist, let’s go together. I dare say, you haven’t met Duke Rand before, have you?” Lord Orlam tried to ease the atmosphere.

Evan smiled reluctantly, “Yes.”

Orlam glanced at Duke Wilson, who was still unresponsive. His eyes kept chasing Evan’s figure, and there was a faint light in his eyes. Lord Orlam sighed in his heart, but still didn’t say anything and continued to chat with Evan.

The butler quickly prepared everything, Lord Orlam put on soft armor, and also prepared one for Evan and Duke Wilson. Evan didn’t know there was this thing at this time. He took a closer look. The material was very fine and it looked very strong. This was a good thing.

Several people quickly changed their clothes, and then led the five guards towards the outside of the castle.

As he got closer to the gate of the castle, the surrounding atmosphere became more and more solemn. Until he reached the gate of the castle, Evan could almost hear the sound of the soldiers’ weapons rubbing against their sheaths, and he trembled in his heart. He has never faced death in the true sense. Even when he came to this world, he came in his sleep. This is the first time he has faced the threat to his own life in this way.

The gate was slowly opened by the gatekeeper. The poor man was trembling with fear, but when he looked at Lord Orlam, he didn’t dare to retreat half a step.

Lord Orlam, like a proud nobleman, raised his chin slightly and walked towards the door without even looking at the outsiders.

When they came out of the castle gate, they saw a group of people standing on the lawn fifty meters away and when these people saw them coming out, they walked towards them.

Evan took the torch in the hand of the guard next to him and squinted at the person who came. Several people around looked like guards and looked very alert, while the man in the middle was not tall and didn’t seem to reach his chin, and his appearance is also very ordinary. If he is thrown into the crowd, one will not be able to find him at all, but his eyes are very keen, like a vulture, sharp and vicious.

Evan shivered, this person is definitely not easy to deal with.

“Charles?” Just as Evan was thinking about it, Duke Rand had already walked in front of them. He raised his chin slightly, looked arrogant and looked at Duke Wilson with a playful expression, “I never knew that you would be stupid like this.”

Duke Wilson looked at Duke Rand with a very ugly expression.

“I’m so sorry to disappoint you.” Duke Wilson said in a stiff tone.

The Duke of Rand smiled, with arrogance and contempt on his face.

“You will definitely regret being mixed up with this rubbish Orlam.” He almost gnashed his teeth and glanced at Lord Orlam, as if there was some kind of deep hatred between them.

Lord Orlam gave Duke Wilson a somewhat innocent look, as if he could not understand what Duke Rand meant, which made Duke Rand feel even more hatred.

“Humph!” He snorted coldly with contempt, “You should know about Richard, what did you decide to do? Are you still standing by my stupid nephew?”

Lord Orlam looked at Duke Rand, “What do you mean? The king died, isn’t Prince George, the crown prince, ascending the throne? Is there any other way?”

Orlam’s pretense disgusted Duke Rand, and he showed a vicious expression on his face, “Orlam! I tell you, my patience has limits, if you are still so stubborn, I will have my soldiers attack your castle immediately!”

Orlam looked at Duke Rand with a smile, but there was a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his lips, “You are so powerful, I was almost scared to death by you.”

His sarcasm completely irritated The Duke of Rand.

“Orlam!” He rushed towards Lord Orlam, but was stopped by the guards beside him, “You will regret your decision today!” After saying a few words, he broke free from the guard’s restraint on him, stroked the non-existent folds on his clothes, sneered at Lord Orlam and turned to leave.

But at this moment, Duke Wilson said, “What on earth are you planning? How did Richard die?”

His tone was very cold, without a trace of emotion, but the Duke of Rand who had turned around originally stopped and turned to look at Duke Wilson with a look of scrutiny in his eyes, “What’s wrong? Have you changed your mind?”

Duke Wilson looked at him coldly, “I don’t have any idea, you answer my question.”

“Humph!” He chuckled lightly, but his face softened a lot, “You should see my plan very clearly, as for Richard…” He dragged his voice, however, he found that Duke Wilson had no intention of being attracted to him, and he really felt a little annoyed, so he said viciously, “Richard died of illness! It has nothing to do with me!”

Duke Wilson nodded, his expression unchanged.

Looking at his half-dead appearance, the anger in Duke Rand’s heart was even greater, and he would really like to kill this man. This man had always been like this since his student days, indifferent and calm and his emotions hardly fluctuated.

Duke Rand gritted his teeth and wanted to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by a voice.

“Duke Rand, how did you arrange the funeral of His Majesty the King?”

The sudden question made Rand narrow his eyes. For the first time, he finally turned his attention to the fourth person present, Evan.