Charles frowned at the behavior of the two servant women, but continued to ride his horse forward steadily, preparing to pass through the castle gate.
Sometimes you clearly don't want to look for trouble, but trouble often comes to you.
As Charles was riding his horse to the gate, the woman who had been pulled out was suddenly thrown by the two servant women, one black and one white, and pushed down near Charles.
The woman happened to look up and see Charles passing by on horseback, and immediately crawled to Charles' horse on her hands and feet, raising her hands to block the horse.
"Sir! sir! Please help me! This sir, please wait, they want to seize my family property and drive me out of my own home, please help me, sir..."
"Whoa..." Charles called to his beloved horse.
"Get out of the way! This is a distinguished Continental Congress Representatives, a Pennsylvania councilman! Get out of the way, don't block the gentleman's path." Tom, the black servant behind him, saw this and immediately rode his horse up and shouted at the woman.
"No! Please wait, sir! I know you, I saw you in Boston, don't you remember, I saw you at the harbor in Boston in April. sir, upright sir, please help me,..." The disheveled woman shouted excitedly to Charles.
What made Charles very strange was that the woman looked sloppy, but her voice was very young and sweet. Even such a hoarse shout sounded as clear and sweet as a lark singing.
But perhaps because she had no strength, or perhaps because she had no confidence, her voice was already very low at the end, and her tears were streaming down, and she almost staggered and bumped into Charles' horse.
Charles was in a hurry to go home to ask James about the yao product research, and also knew that the person who owned this castle must have an extraordinary status in America, so he was unwilling to get involved in their affairs. However, now that this woman was already in front of him, and there were other civilians watching around, he couldn't very well show that he didn't care.
"Young lady!" Charles took off his hat on horseback to show his politeness.
He said to the woman gently:
"Madam! Maybe you saw me in Boston, but I don't seem to have any impression of you, I didn't recognize you, I'm really sorry. If you have any grievances, you can appeal to the Pennsylvania Court, the court is the place to handle disputes. I am just a councilman and have no power to directly deal with the matter of seizing family property, it is useless for you to stop me."
While speaking, he had already carefully looked at the woman.
Compared to ordinary white women, this was a very thin woman, her height should not exceed one meter five, and her figure was even thinner, feeling that only the skeleton was left, coupled with small jujube-like pointed breasts, like a thin bamboo pole picking two spinning tops, without a trace of beauty.
Judging from the tender voice just now, this should be a young girl who has not yet reached adulthood. Charles looked at the way she walked, swaying back and forth, and even had the confidence to pick her up with one hand and throw her out.
However, Charles certainly wouldn't have such an idea, because her appearance at this time was really a mess. Not to mention her clothes and hair, even her face and hands were covered with black dirt, and now, after being washed by tears, she looked even worse.
However, perhaps because the two servant women had pulled her too hard just now, Charles noticed a corner of underwear faintly revealed in the chest of the woman's tattered clothes, and the material seemed not something an ordinary woman could have.
"Sir!" The girl wiped the corner of her eyes, making her face even more flowery, "I really saw you, I know you are a Continental Congress Representatives, you went to Boston to see Washington. I really saw you, please be sure to help me, those people in the Pennsylvania Court are unwilling to deal with it fairly because of my identity. I know you have also cooperated with those Boston merchants, you must be willing to help me."
Perhaps afraid that Charles would run away, the girl even took a step forward and grabbed the reins of Charles' mount.
Am I willing or not, I don't even know? Charles muttered inwardly.
After carefully savoring the girl's words, he tasted a little other meaning. What is called because of her identity? What is her identity? Why would he be willing to help her just because he traded with those Boston merchants?
"Madam, why don't you tell me what's going on."
The horse has already been caught, can't I not listen to you, no wonder they all say that only women and villains are difficult to raise. Charles simply jumped off his horse and prepared to listen carefully to what was going on.
"You are willing to listen... Oh! I'll say it right away! sir, I am the daughter of Earl Penn, that is, the princess (daughter of the lord) of this castle, my father, Earl Penn and I were separated in the Boston war, my father seems to have gone to Great Britain, I have no choice but to return to my home in Philadelphia. But when I returned to the castle, I found that the butler had already defected to the Independence Party, and also forged my father's documents while our whole family went to Boston to take refuge, occupied this castle, and prepared to sell it.
This time, after I came back, they even refused to admit that I was the owner of the castle and wanted to drive me out, and those Independence Party members in the Pennsylvania Court also refused to recognize my identity as a countess. sir! I know you have a noble status and are an upright gentleman, please be sure to help me." The girl no longer cried when she spoke, and told Charles the matter very clearly, word by word.
If the girl in front of him was not telling the story with a painful face, Charles would have almost burst out laughing, this was a classic case of a family slave seizing property, but unfortunately it was mixed with the grievances between the Independence Party and the royalist Party, this matter was not easy for him to intervene in.
No wonder he felt a little strange when he heard the girl speak just now, now that he understood her identity, he remembered that ordinary America people or Independence Party members respectfully call Washington as General or Mr., but this girl, although she did not call him by a derogatory term, directly called Washington's name without any honorifics.
It turned out that she was a royalist Party member, even the daughter of a British earl, a countess. As for saying that he would help her because he did business with Boston merchants, it might be foolish to think that as long as he still buys tea at this time, he is a royalist Party member, which is really absurd, although there may be spies of the royalist Party in the Continental Congress, but it is definitely not him.
And when he thought that this was a countess, Charles didn't know why, but the girl, who originally looked very ordinary, even could be said to have a very bad image, now looked a bit like a young lady. Her thin figure, maybe it was a delicate figure; her pointed small breasts, also became petite breasts; her reckless actions, maybe it was a wise behavior.
Although she was still a dirty and unbearable girl in his eyes, he had already unconsciously had a little expectation that the other party would definitely be a beauty after washing up.
Such a thing as a family slave seizing property, in fact, you can guess who is right and who is wrong just by listening to it, but Charles really can't accept this matter. If he is not careful, he will get involved in the struggle between the Independence Party and the royalist Party, and it seems that the agency sale of this castle is also related to his ally, the Biddle family. Before contacting them, his blind handling may damage the alliance between them.
For the sake of his commercial alliance and political future, an evil thought even flashed through Charles' mind, but he immediately rejected it. This was not his business in the first place, there was no need to get involved, he should take this woman away first, and then contact the Biddle family to decide.
"Oh! So you are still a noble countess, I am really rude. I was also once a noble of Great Britain, I greet you again, Miss Rogers!" Charles took off his hat again and performed an informal etiquette.
The main reason is that this countess' little hands are too terrifying in "color", he doesn't have the courage to perform a hand-kissing ceremony.
"It's really a pleasure to hear you say that!" This countess returned a curtsy.
"Miss Rogers, although I believe you very much, Pennsylvania has now established its own state government, it is better to go through legal channels for this matter. How about this, why don't you go to my house to rest first, and then tell the court to recover your property. As long as you have suitable evidence, I can testify for you." Charles suggested.
Hearing this suggestion, the woman, who was full of expectations, immediately looked at Charles vigilantly, and even let go of the hand holding the horse's reins, and quietly took a step back.
Just when Charles thought the woman was about to run away, he suddenly heard two "gugu" sounds.
Before Charles could look at the "Countess'" stomach, she suddenly said urgently:
"Okay! I can go with you temporarily, upright gentleman, and you don't have to use honorifics, you can just call me Rogers."
Although this countess' face was covered with dirt, Charles believed, just by intuition, that she must be blushing when she said this.
He was embarrassed to laugh, just turned his head and looked at the castle.
At this time, the castle gate was tightly closed, it was so lively outside, but no one inside came out to take a look. Charles was even more certain that this was a case of a family slave seizing property.
Then he turned his head and asked Tom and the others to give up a horse for this countess, and turned back to his home.