Count of Monte Cristo

Everything at the engagement banquet on Sunday spread quickly, and the streets and alleys of Paris were talking about it. The military police and the court had sent personnel to arrest Cavalcanti, and they were the most concerned about this matter. The victim, Miss Tanglars, expressed sympathy.Lord Danglars hated the impostor for hurting his daughter's feelings so much that he had said several times that he would beat him badly if he were caught.

When the Count of Monte Cristo returned home, the door was closed.His neighbor, the Viscountess Komont, wanted to visit him and inquire about what happened that night by the way. Because she had dysentery, she was unable to attend the engagement banquet of Miss Eugenie Danglars, so she didn't know what happened.The viscountess wanted to know the inside story of all this very much, but when she went to visit, the servant who opened the door told her that the count would drive out in a carriage after he came back.When he left, he said that he might be away for a while, and that he would forgive me if anyone came to visit him.

The lady asked the servant what the destination of Monte Cristo was, but the servant shook his head and said he did not know.

Viscountess Kemont had no choice but to go home.Unexpectedly, when she went back, she happened to meet a servant who sent her a letter. It was from her nephew Franz, saying that she was going out to play for a while, so don't worry about him, and Marquis George will go with him.

The matter of Andre and Eugenie was discussed for four full days before it was covered up by another big event.Four days later, Andrea was caught. His real name was Benedetto, an escaped torturer and now a murderer!

The court decided to try him publicly!The presiding judge was originally appointed Prosecutor Villefort, but because his family suffered a series of tragedies, the court chose another judge as the chief justice, and Prosecutor Villefort as the clerk.

A public trial takes place a week later.

On the day before the court session, the Count of Monte Cristo returned.The Viscountess of Kemont was the first to find out about this, because her nephew also came back and brought back two people, one of whom she knew was the Marquess George of England, and the other was a stranger, even his face was unknown. Nope - he's wearing a mask.The Marquis George gave her a big gift—a huge ruby.The Viscountess of Kemont once saw the princess with such a gem at the royal banquet, and this one was even more beautiful and huge than the princess's.The Viscountess found it strange, because Franz once said that Steven George only inherited the title, but his property is sad, but this time, the Marquis George is obviously different from before. What is the difference? The Viscountess Kemont could not speak clearly either.Her servants also received a lot of gifts, Viscountess Kemont happily accepted the gift of sapphire, and swallowed everything she wanted to ask.She smiled, entertained them hospitablely, and stopped asking what they were looking for.

The Viscountess of Kemont focused on the Count of Monte Cristo again. She paid attention to the motives in the villa of Monte Cristo. At eight o'clock in the evening, a carriage drove out of the villa and rushed eastward.The Viscountess de Kemont's small telescope only saw clearly that the person driving the carriage was Bertuccio, the new butler of the Count of Monte Cristo.She had dealt with him before.Is he alone?Is there anyone in the carriage?Where is he going?What are you doing?By whom?The Viscountess Kemont thought.

Ten minutes later, before the Viscountess of Kemont could think about anything, the second carriage also came out of the villa. This carriage was traveling faster than the previous carriage, because the Viscountess hadn't had time to take out the telescope to look at it. The situation, the carriage has disappeared at the end of the road.

There was a trace of remorse on the face of the Viscountess of Kemont. She was standing in front of the window on the second floor, holding a telescope to the villa of Monte Cristo. This time, she wanted to see clearly.She wasn't doing it for anything else, it was just a boring woman's curiosity. She intuitively felt that the Count of Monte Cristo was not simple, and something might happen tonight.If she can know in advance, then she will have something to talk about in the social world.

The Viscountess' intuition was right. Three carriages drove out of the Earl's villa tonight.The last carriage came out of the back door of the villa half an hour later, and the Viscountess evidently seized the opportunity, and when the wind raised the curtain, the man she sent to guard the door returned to tell her that she had heard the woman's voice. Sound, the moonlight is also very bright, so she also saw a white arm.

This is Heidi - she guessed instinctively.

The Viscountess waited for a long time that night, but she didn't see a carriage coming back. When she fell asleep, she was still thinking about what the Count of Monte Cristo was going to do, whether she would go to Monte Cristo's mansion tomorrow to inquire about news, etc. question.

The Viscountess of Kemont got up early in the morning the next day. After dressing up, she had breakfast. Franz told her that she could not visit the Count of Monte Cristo today because he and the Marquis George were going to attend today's hearing.Today is the day of Benedetto's trial.

The Viscountess also remembered that she thought that the Count of Monte Cristo might also go to the public trial. After all, the dead person had stolen from his house, and the criminal was also someone he knew.Thinking of this, the Viscountess also decided to go to the court with Franz.

When they went out, they happened to meet the count of Monte Cristo, but the count did not see them, but was talking to his steward Bertuccio, and the other person was obviously known to them, that is, the young Oriental. Franz and his party greeted politely.

Marquis George also responded with a smile.Then the young oriental man walked into Marquis George and said something in his ear. The Marquis' face changed again and again, and finally he regained his composure and turned into a smile.

The Viscountess only heard a few words, what treasure, pirate, agreement, you should be satisfied, etc.The Count of Monte Cristo nodded to them indifferently, without saying a word at all.The Viscountess looked at the cold look of the Count of Monte Cristo, and her intuition told herself that something big or something that would surprise everyone would happen today.I don't know if it was his own illusion, Monte Cristo looked at George and Franz very coldly, with boredom and mockery.

Marquis George smiled very happily. It was not a fake, but the atmosphere between them was very intriguing.The Viscountess was sure that Marquis George had relations with these people, and the masked man did not see him when he had dinner this morning.Marquis George and Franz did not explain to her, and Franz even changed the topic when she asked.

After saying hello, several people got into their carriages one after another, and the driver drove the carriage to the court.

The weather in the morning was terribly overcast.

When the Viscountess arrived at the court, the court was already full of people.

The first thing she noticed was Prosecutor Villefort sitting on the stage.His spirit is not very good, his hair is gray and his eyes are cloudy. In front of him are paper and pen, and a cup filled with water.Villefort gazed for a moment gloomily at the glass, then, suddenly taking it up nervously, drank it in one gulp.His appearance gave the impression that he hoped that the drink would kill him, that he was using death to excuse him from fulfilling a responsibility worse than death.Then he stood up with a frightening smile.But his back was straight and straight, as if he was supporting his last breath.Not only the Viscountess paid attention to Villefort, but other people also looked at him from time to time.Everyone looked at that serious and stern face in amazement, and his private sadness could not be expressed from his face. Everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of terror when they saw a person who was not moved by human emotions.

It's ten o'clock.

The court is in session.

The presiding judge just sat down.

Villefort stood up first, and said coldly and loudly: "Today, as long as there is a crime, the person who holds the knife of the law must attack all criminals."

The justice nodded and said in a very dignified tone: "The court is in session. Bring Benedetto up!"

Hearing these words, everyone's attention became more concentrated, and all eyes were fixed on the door through which Benedetto was about to enter.There was talk in the courtroom.

Andre walked in, and everyone couldn't help but be surprised to find that not only was there no fear, fear or remorse on his face, he didn't even have a trace of worry. He was very calm.Calm seems as simple as just coming for a cup of coffee.

The presiding judge announced the reading of the indictment. The indictment took up a long time. At that time, everyone's attention was almost on Andre, and Andre ignored everyone with the indifference of a Spartan. attention.Villefort's words were more concise and eloquent than ever.He described the whole story of the crime vividly and vividly: the prisoner's previous experience, his changes, and the crimes he committed since childhood, all of which were written by the prosecutor with great effort.

After hearing the indictment, everyone decided that Andre was going to be sentenced to death and go to the guillotine!

But what surprised everyone was that Andre was still very calm. It seemed that the person mentioned in the indictment was not him, and he did not do those things.The audience was upset, how cold-blooded and terrible it must have been for this person to commit so many murders and commit crimes before the law!

The presiding judge asked: "Defendant, do you dispute these charges?"

Andre replied calmly, "No." He looked around, then at someone in the courtroom, "I made poison, stole, killed. I did it all!"

Angry commotion broke out in the courtroom.The faces of the judges and jurors were disgusted, and there was such audacity and unforgivable utterance of such a sinful thing in such a calm voice.