Count of Monte Cristo

A man in his fifties walked into the villa of the Count of Monte Cristo.He looks dusty, but he is full of energy, his eyes are piercing, and his steps are very big.

The Count of Monte Cristo was waiting in the drawing room for this man's arrival.

He took out four letters and respectfully handed them to the Count of Monte Cristo. The Count of Monte Cristo opened the first letter, read it for about 10 minutes, then invited him to sit down and said: "Bertuccio, Hello, I have worked hard for you for many days."

Bertuccio quickly stood up and shook his head, "Master Earl, you are too polite, thank you for saving me and giving me a job."

"You're welcome. Father Busoni and I are good friends. He strongly recommends you. I have always trusted him." The Count of Monte Cristo said, "Is this the second letter of recommendation from you?" After Bertuccio nodded, the Count He showed a strange smile, and then opened the second letter. He browsed through this letter very quickly and read it in less than 2 minutes.

"Very well, Mr. Bertuccio, I have already understood your general situation. So have you done the things I arranged for you?"

"It's ready, my lord."

"These two letters in my hand?"

"Yes." Bertuccio nodded, with a flattering smile, "As soon as I received the letter from the priest, I began to follow your instructions, and I promise to satisfy you. The priest said that as long as I do this well, you will provide me with a job."

"You can rest assured." The Count of Monte Cristo began to open the third letter, and asked as he read it: "Then what do you think of the matter I ask you to do? Do you find it strange? Don't you?" Didn't you ask Father Busoni what kind of person your new employer is?"

Bertuccio showed his unique cunning, "You are a big man, and big men always have their own reasons for doing things. We little people don't have such a smart mind to judge and be curious. Father Busoni told me that you are very generous. Monopoly."

"Haha..." The Count of Monte Cristo laughed. He had already read the entire content of the letter at a glance, "Did you handle this matter yourself? Can you guarantee that the person you are looking for is what I need? If There are serious consequences for mistakes, Mr. Bertuccio." Monte Cristo's face became serious, and his tone was cold.

Bertuccio was a little uneasy, but he quickly calmed down, "I promise, Your Excellency, this person is definitely what you need. And the other person, I promise, he will also be very professional."

"Oh?" The Count of Monte Cristo seemed suspicious, "Are you so sure?"

"Yes." Bertuccio said convincingly, "You can open the fourth letter, which contains all the evidence that can prove the identities of the two."

"Don't get excited, Mr. Bertuccio, I'm just a little worried." The Count of Monte Cristo said reassuringly, "Then you are the only one who knows about this matter? The two of them can't understand what they are doing here Right? How did you tell them?"

"My lord, I just need to tell them that there is money to be made. After all, money is what everyone likes. I can guarantee that only I know about this matter, not even my dear Father Busoni. Your lord." order."

"Mr. Bertuccio, I believe in your ability. You have successfully completed my task. Now you have been officially hired by me. I hope you will be satisfied with your work in the future."

"Thank you very much, Lord Earl, I will definitely serve you well." Bertuccio bent down to thank him, wishing he could kiss the back of Monte Cristo's hand.

"You are my housekeeper now, Mr. Bertuccio. Your first task is to help me buy a villa, and I hope you can decorate it well. Oh. You don't need to rush to ask first, Mr. Jacob will tell you the details later. The address of the villa is 28 Rue Fontaine, Villa Auteuil, and I will hold a banquet there in a week. "

Bertuccio's face became ugly, and his body moved, "This... the count?"

"Why, Bertuccio," the Count of Monte Cristo saw Bertuccio's big reaction, "what difficulties do you have? Could it be that my request is too difficult for others? This should be an easy task for you. Your expression tells me that you don't want to do this. Or are you hiding something? "

"No, no, my lord, I am willing to do this."

"Then please don't put on such a painful expression." The Count of Monte Cristo said coldly, "I don't want others to think that I am harsh on my servant."

Bertuccio panicked and said loudly, "Master Earl, I will do well!"

"Well, you are really a capable housekeeper." Monte Cristo smiled with satisfaction, "Now you can bring your letter of recommendation to Mr. Jacob, and he will arrange it for you."

"Before you go out again, help me bring that young man in. I want to talk to him first."

"Yes." Bertuccio withdrew, and a young man walked in.The young man has yellow hair, a brown beard, black eyes, and fair skin.

He greeted him loudly as soon as he entered, and with a very casual gesture, he handed the Count of Monte Cristo a letter.The Count of Monte Cristo opened it casually, and then glanced at it.

When Lin Ke entered, Edmond's expression was already very impatient, but the young man named Andre was still chattering, his voice was loud and flattering.Lin Ke said in French: "My lord, you have a guest here."

The Count of Monte Cristo immediately got up and said: "Got it." Then he said to Andre, "I already know your general situation, and I also sympathize with your experience. Your father came to visit me earlier, and now he Waiting outside. I will not disturb your father and son meeting."

Andre was a little uneasy, "my father? Is he outside?"

"Yes, don't you want to see him?" asked Monte Cristo. "He misses you very much."

"No, my lord, I'm too excited!"

"So," said Monte Cristo, "so I will not delay this rare meeting of yours. Are you ready to embrace your dear father?"

"I hope you will not doubt that."

"Then I wish you, father and son, a happy relationship." Monte Cristo finished speaking and was about to leave.

"Ah, yes!" Andre asked suddenly, "When can I see you again, my lord count?"

"Saturday. On Saturday night, I will treat guests to dinner at the villa at 28 Rue Fontaine in the village of Auteuil. Come, father and son, and introduce some people to you." Monte Cristo left after speaking, walking very fast. big.

"Thank you so much, I will never forget your kindness." Andre thanked loudly from behind.

"It's disgusting like a catfish." Edmund cursed in a low voice.

Lin Ke smiled, "You want to see it yourself, and now you are complaining about being disgusting." Lin Kezi originally planned to meet Bertuccio and the pretend father-son duo, get to know their details, and give them a little by the way Warning, but Edmund intends to play himself.

"Okay." Edmund shrugged, looking at Lin Ke's smiling face, he felt a little better, "You woke up early today, what did Heidi ask you about last night?"

"Children's matter." Lin Ke replied casually.

"She's not a child anymore." Edmund said in a complicated tone.

Lin Ke was puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

Edmund shook his head, obviously unwilling to say more, but changed the subject, "Has Jacob arranged for Bertuccio?"

"Did you get any new news? Heidi is in danger?" Lin Ke was obviously still thinking about the last question.

Edmund's face darkened again. "Heidi's temperament is becoming more and more bold. She went to Albert's house alone a while ago." Walking to the door of the study, Edmund continued: "Don't you think she has become strange recently?" He always clings to Lin Ke, and treats himself with some faint hostility.Since they came to Paris, Heidi seemed to consciously want to be alone with Lin Ke, and she was not as afraid of him as before.Now Edmund could even see Heidi's hostility and dissatisfaction with himself from the depths of Heidi's eyes, even though she hid it well.

In the past, Heidi liked staying with Lin Ke very much. When they were not traveling around the world, Heidi would pester Lin Ke.During their trip around the world, Heidi always had twice as many letters as the others, and most of them were addressed to Lin Ke.So Edmond instinctively cut off the time Heidi spent with Lin Ke. They often went out and spent seven years on the road, so the time Heidi spent with them was really not that much.

It cannot be denied that a large part of the reason for adopting Heidi was because of her background, but after getting along for so many years, the few of them have developed feelings like family members.Heidi's temperament looks lively, but in fact she is extremely obstinate and has a deep sense of security.Edmund wasn't worried that she would do anything unfavorable to them, but he was just afraid that she would get into the wrong things and hurt others and himself.And as she grew up and became more and more beautiful, her eyes also fell on Lin Ke intentionally or unintentionally. She often acted like a spoiled child to Lin Ke and was very intimate.The funny thing is that Edmond actually felt threatened.Yes.It is a threat.This feeling is actually ridiculous and ridiculous.But Edmund could not deny the subtle disgust in his heart.

"Edmond?" Linke grabbed his arm, and the man stood there the whole time after he opened the door, his brows were tightly frowned, and his eyes were inexplicably gloomy.

Edmund shook off his inexplicable thoughts and said with a smile, "What did you just say?"

"Heidi's temperament is becoming more and more unpredictable."

"Yeah." Edmund didn't want to dwell on this topic, he went to the wall of the study and rang the bell, calling for a servant to come up. "Jacob should come up soon, and things about Steven should start to appear."

Jacob voluntarily asked Ying to investigate Steven's matter. After returning from the Viscountess's dinner that night, Linke and Edmund summed up everything that happened at the ball. When Jacob appeared, his expression was agitated, and his teeth were itching. If it weren't for Steven, their maiden would not have been attacked by pirates. I really regretted saving him.The companions on the ship were killed and injured a lot, so Jacob didn't have a good mood towards Steven at all, and immediately set off to investigate his origin and purpose after speaking, so as not to be harmed by him again.

But Lin Ke and Edmond were worried about another thing: Denglars and Fernand were going to investigate Edmond's details, and this matter must be arranged in advance.Immediately, the two discussed a countermeasure, and this matter was jointly implemented by Edmund and Jacob.Edmund came back three days later. His make-up skills have always been invincible. Lin Ke remembered that he had to rely on Edmond's superb make-up skills to save himself from danger during several encounters during the trip.Judging from the news that they spent money to inquire about, Danglars and Morcerf had no doubts about the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and this person at all.In particular, Danglars was eager to visit Monte Cristo, a rich man, three times a day.As for the Countess of Morcerf, Lin Ke decided to keep silent about it, and believed that Edmund would have his own judgment.

Jacob soon arrived, but he did not bring any good news.

"Steven's father is a well-known Marquis. He doesn't seem to have grown up in England. I heard that he followed his mother in Sweden and didn't come to his father until he became an adult. And the old Marquis George is very low-key. His son Little George also followed him, and there were very few rumors about him. However, it was heard that he seemed to have disappeared seven years ago. It seemed that he was taken away by pirates when he was out at sea. The old Marquis was furious and used his power and status to appeal to the British Navy Come forward to eliminate the pirates and find your son. It was then that Steven became known, and everyone knew that he was the heir to the old Marquess title, and the British social world was open to him. About this maritime rescue operation The final result was officially kept secret. It is only known that the son of the old Marquis was rescued, but Steven did not fully appear in public until after the old Marquis became seriously ill a year ago. The old Marquis died of illness three months ago, and George inherited his title , it’s just that the royal family has not officially recognized it.” Jacob sighed as he spoke, obviously dissatisfied with finding out such little news.

After listening to Jacob's narration, Lin Ke had a vague guess in his heart.

"Leave it alone, maybe Steven just came to France to relax?"

"It seems that he has nothing to do with our plan." Edmund also agreed with Lin Ke.Jacob was still a little brooding, "I don't worry, this person has evil spirits in him, and I always feel that there will be no good results if he gets involved with him. Fuck his grandma, I have to figure out his purpose."

"Then you have to keep it secret." Lin Ke urged.

Jacob is very confident, "You can rest assured."

Edmond asked: "Has the list of invitations to Villa Auteuil been finalized on Saturday? Has the invitation letter been written?"

"I have already handed over these matters to that Bertuccio. To be honest, his ability is really good."

"Well, he is strongly recommended by Father Busoni." The three of them laughed as soon as the words came out, and the atmosphere warmed up.

"You didn't invite Steven, did you?"

"I added him to the list." Edmund said, "In order to better understand people we are not familiar with, the best way is to keep him by our side."

Jacob nodded, and Lin Ke didn't object.

"By the way, Auteuil is about to start setting up. Bertuccio won't have any psychological shadows, right? Don't mess up the restoration of the scene I carefully arranged." Lin Ke was a little worried, he was for this good show You have been preparing for a long time, and you even wrote a script yourself and are planning to invite some artists to perform?Guaranteed to restore the original taste of the bloody storm that night, and give Prosecutor Villefort and Baroness Danglars an unforgettable party.

"I'm going to beat him." Jacob said, "By the way, where is our little Heidi?"

"She said that there was a new clothing store opened on Fanghua Street in Paris, so she asked Yuli to see it." Yuli is the younger sister of Meng Lien, the daughter of the old ship owner Meng Lien.Heidi was taken by Edmund to Yuli's house, and became good friends with Yuli, and the two often went out to play together.

"Alright, alright, then I'll go down first." Jacob got up quickly and walked out of the study.