Count of Monte Cristo

Seven years later.

Château d'If.

Since the July Revolution, the Château d'If has no longer held prisoners. Now the Château d'If is like a place forgotten by God, dilapidated and depressed.A pair of gendarmes are stationed here, the anti-smuggling squad that checks passing ships.Today at the Château d'If there are two unusual people, a handsome pale Italian and an oriental youth.The two looked calm, and the guard opened the dungeon door for them. He heard that they were here to visit the dungeon.

As the guard led them down the long dark stairs and through the gray cells, the guard asked, "This is the place you are coming from, this dungeon. What are you doing here?"

After hearing what the guard said, the young man from the East turned his eyes to the man's face and said in a low voice, "Edmond, is this it?" The language he spoke seemed to be Chinese, and the guard didn't understand it.

Edmund's eyes were fixed on the narrow window, and the faint light had been his only hope.The entire cell was small, with a few rocks in the corner and a bench next to it.

"My lord, my lord?" The guard called again, "Is there anything else you need?"

Edmund came back to his senses. He pulled the bench and sat down. He asked in Italian, "Apart from the politician who was poisoned to death, is there any story in this prison? Are there any terrible legends?"

The guard thought for a while, "Yes, my lord. A strange thing happened in this prison, and it was in this dungeon."

Lin Ke shivered. The dungeon was gloomy, and the air-conditioning had penetrated into his bones.

Edmund got up and pulled him to his side, and Lin Ke felt better.

"Then say it, and let us hear it."

The guard looked around, piled a few stones together, and sat down too. "Here, this dungeon once lived in a very terrible prisoner. There is another prisoner next door, a poor crazy elder."

"Ah, are you crazy?" Lin Ke asked.

"Yes," said the guard, "he always said that he would give a lot of louis to anyone who let him out, and that he had a treasure, which he would give to others if he was let out."

"Nobody believed him, did they?"

"Yes, my lord. Everyone thinks he's crazy."

"The prisoner in this dungeon, how terrible is he?"

"He, oh, my lord, look here," the guard stood up, and pointed to the corner of the wall for Edmund, where there was a black hole.

Edmund stood up, "This is?"

"This is a tunnel, which was dug by the person in this cell. He dug through here and the cell of the crazy elder next door. I thought he probably wanted to escape, but unexpectedly he dug in the wrong direction, so he dug through the cell. Went to the mad elder. The two of them came and went quietly, and no one knew what he had to talk to a madman, but one day, the elder died, died of illness. The young man remembered his plan again... ..."

"what's the plan?"

"Run away!" said the guard, "he removed the elder's body, put him on his own bed, and then he got into the cloth bag containing the body, thinking they would bury the elder's body, so that he could He had a chance to escape, but he didn't know that the prisoners who died in the Château d'If would not be buried, they would just tie a big iron ball to the dead man's foot, and then throw the body into the sea!"

"Ah?!" Lin Ke said loudly, "That young man..."

"Yes! The young man was thrown from the cliff and drowned in the sea."

Edmund's face was pale, and his breathing became short of breath, "The prisoner, is he dead?"

"Oh, God! You know, he's bound to meet one of these two things--he'll either fall flat or vertically, and if he falls flat from fifty feet, he'll die instantly. If he falls straight down, the iron balls on his feet will pull him to the bottom of the sea, and he will stay there forever, poor man!"

Lin Ke took a deep breath and looked at the dark hole.

"You pity him?" asked Edmund.

The guard sighed, "They are all poor people. It is said that he was imprisoned because he joined the Napoleonic Party."

"Napoleon," Edmond said the name slowly, his body trembling, he held Lin Ke's hand, and raised his voice again, "Do you know the young man's name?"

The guard shook his head, and Edmund grew even paler.

Lin Ke whispered, "Are you okay?"

"Haha..." Edmund laughed mockingly, the laughter was full of hatred and pain.

"Oh, Villefort, Villefort!" said Edmond softly, "my soul must have often reminded you of this when you cannot sleep!" He turned to the guard again and said, Shall we go and see the elder's room?"

"Okay." The guard stood up and walked outside.

"Please wait a moment." Lin Ke stopped the guard, he got up and walked to the dark wall with many scratches on it.He stroked it and whispered, Edmund approached him, his voice was low and almost whispered, "This is the trace I carved, these numbers, I remember clearly, this is what I used to record time, I want to know when When I can leave this dungeon, will his father still be alive, will my friends remember me, and will I be able to return to them?" He said with a wry smile, "God, these Memories are so painful!"

"It's all over, Edmond." Linke said in a low voice. The guard looked at them strangely, so Edmond withdrew his expression, "Let's go."

They walked down the dark passage.

"The crazy elder is locked up here, my lord." Lin Ke looked at the dilapidated cell.Pointing to the bed, the guard said, "A learned expert has verified that the two prisoners have been in contact with each other for about ten years. These two people who are cursed by God must have had a hard time in those days... Lord! "

"That's right! The whole 14 years have been ruined like this..." Edmund said in a low voice.

"My lord, is there anything else you need?"

Edmund took out a few gold coins from his pocket and handed them to the guard, "Thank you, can we stay here for a while? We will leave on our own."

The guard was surprised when he got the gold coin. "My lord, you have given too much."

Lin Ke said: "This is what you deserve. Thank you for telling us this story."

"When I was a sailor, I often passed by Chateau d'If, which is also a fate."

The guard happily put the gold coin into his pocket. "For your generosity, let me give you something, something related to this story."

"What is it?"

"Ah, please wait for me a moment, and I'll get it to you."

As soon as the guard left, Edmond knelt down. He knelt by the bed, put his hands on his chest, and said in a trembling voice, "Father Faria, my father of rebirth! It was you who brought me out of the dark and gloomy hell." I was rescued from here, you gave me knowledge, wealth and freedom! You let me know the nobility of courage and personality! Can your noble soul guide me the way of revenge!" At the end, his voice became cold again .

"I will make those people pay the price, and put their souls to the torture of God."

The guard's footsteps came from behind, "This is a gift from me." Edmond stood up and took it, it was a roll of cloth.

"Here it is, sir." The guide's voice came from behind.Edmond looked at it carefully. This was the original manuscript of the article written by the Presbyterian Faria on the establishment of a unified Italian kingdom.Lin Ke looked at the piece of cloth in his hand, on which was written in Latin: "The Lord said: You will pull out the teeth of the dragon and trample the lion under your feet."

Edmund murmured, "Father, is this your answer to me? I will give blood for blood, and pave my way for an abyss of fire."

The guard was terrified, at this moment Edmond was like a demon crawling out of hell!

"My lord, you..."

Edmund suddenly turned his head and stared at the guard closely, his eyes were piercingly cold.

"Those people deserve to die!"

The guard was terrified and ran out.

"Edmond!" Lin Ke shouted!

"Ah!" He was trembling all over, holding the piece of cloth in both hands, his entire face was distorted, Lin Ke knew that he thought of his difficult years before, those days were like poison to the bone, invading his flesh and blood all the time , let him live in peace.

He walked over and hugged his waist, and said softly, "Edmond, Edmond, Edmond."

Edmund hugged him tightly.

"We'll make them pay, Edmond. Heidi has arrived in Florence, and your plans are well under way. And Jacob has been laid out in Paris, Edmond. Everything is in your It's planned. We've been preparing for seven years to get our revenge, Edmund!"

"God finally opened his eyes!"

"Let's get out of here." Edmund had already recovered, he looked around carefully again, and put the piece of cloth into his pocket.

Lin Ke nodded, and walked out of the dungeon with Edmund. When they reached the door, Lin Ke gave the guard a lot of gold coins, but the guard didn't dare to look at Edmond, and just bowed his head to thank him.When they boarded the yacht, Edmund looked back at the prison. He had spent all his best years in this dark and lightless place, and now he had left it completely.He looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance again. Under the sun, the surface of the sea was shimmering and glowing with golden light.Lin Ke stood side by side with him. He held Lin Ke's hand and called out, "Lin Ke. Thank you."

"Huh?" Lin Ke raised his head, and Edmund's kiss fell.

at the same time.

In a theater in Florence.

Theater audiences today are captivated not by the drama on stage, but by a teenage girl.

This young girl has a graceful appearance. Although her face is covered with a veil, her beautiful outline can still be seen.The clothes and jewelry on her body are all expensive, but her demeanor is not buried by those jewelry at all, on the contrary, she is even more beautiful.The girl is accompanied by two maids who are a butler, and her box is the best in the whole theater, and people are talking about her being a princess to visit here, because the Roman carnival is coming.

There are already many tourists coming from other places to participate in the Roman Carnival.

"Albert, have we been away eight days?"

"Yes. There have been three letters from your aunt."

"How long are you going to stay here, and when will you return to Paris?"

"So you won't come with me, Franz?"

"Yes, Albert, I am going to Naples to find Elsa."

"Hey... I see, I hope you can come before the carnival, so how should we pass the time during this time?"

"Let's go hunting. I heard that there are prey on many small islands here."

"Good proposal!" Albert had a pair of blue eyes, but now his eyes passed through Franz and arrived at the box. He saw the girl get up and walk out of the box.