[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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The news that Countess G was torn up by the bandit Vampa soon spread in the city of Rome, and people panicked for a while.

However, the role played by the Duke of Buckingham is somewhat intriguing.He claimed that Countess G had been his secret lover for a period of time, so when she chose to ask him for help, he spared no expense to redeem her. Unfortunately, after getting the money, the robbers still mercilessly killed her up.

Edmund was standing at the hotel window when he got the news.

The room he was in was extremely secret, with only one narrow window, half covered by climbing wall plants, so looking from the vestibule, it was impossible to see clearly what was going on in the room.But he could draw back the red curtains with black trim and see the scenery outside the window clearly.

Although the magnificent arched roof of the Pantheon can be seen by looking up, Edmund prefers to observe all kinds of scenes on the street.

At the gates of Rome's banks, churches, ruins, museums and theaters, there are always professional idlers hanging around.And any one of those people could be an informant contacted by his partner.

After standing there for about an hour, Edmund left the window and returned to the living room.The living room was furnished like any other furnished living room, with no special features.There is a fireplace on the wall covered with gray wallpaper, and a pair of porcelain vases are placed on the mantelpiece: on the opposite side is a wall clock, and on the top of the wall clock is attached a statue of Cupid ready to go; , one side is engraved with a picture of Baileys begging, and the other side is a picture of Homer's blind walk.

After hearing the familiar footsteps, he went straight to the small door facing the living room, and opened the greased lock with the key.The visitor quickened his pace after hearing the noise, and quickly entered the room when Edmund opened the door.

It was Busani, clutching a newspaper tightly in his hand.

"Is it news from her?" asked Edmund.

Of course Busoni knew who the "she" Edmund was talking about, he shrugged, "No, but this news is related to her. It's Mera, the woman is dead."

Edmund locked the door again, entered the living room with Busani, and sat on two opposite sofa chairs.In the middle of the sofa chair is a round wooden table with a can of tobacco and a smoking set on it.

"Are you standing by the window again?" Busani sighed slightly, "Your injury hasn't healed yet, you should lie on the bed and rest."

"With a responsible nurse like you, I have recovered very quickly these few days." Edmund showed a tired smile, "Tell me, what is the news."

So Busani sat on the sofa and began to read the sensational news.When he had finished reading, he looked at Edmund and said firmly, "The Duke of Buckingham killed him."

"Why do you say that?" Edmund frowned, "Didn't you say that this Mera is yours..."

"It's our illegitimate sister," Busani took Edmund's words, "yes, but no one knows my brother better than me. In his eyes, what is blood relationship? He Enthusiastic about the Game of Thrones, he will not hesitate to get rid of anyone who gets in his way, not to mention Mera is an unworthy person."

"It's obviously that group of robbers who kidnapped her," Edmund asked in confusion. "How can you be sure that it was the Duke of Buckingham who did it?"

"Think about it, just a few days ago, the Duke of Buckingham had already met you, and he realized that he still had an enemy in Rome. Then Mera disappeared, and the Duke must be worried that she would fall into the hands of his enemies So when the Duke of Brassino handed him the letter from the thief Vampa, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, because the robbers who kidnapped Mera were only the robbers of this generation in Rome, and all they wanted was money. How much, he can satisfy them."

Edmund clasped his hands and signaled Busani to continue talking with his eyes.

"But Mera made a fatal mistake, which was to bite the Duke of Buckingham out after being kidnapped," Busani explained, "I know that the Duke of Buckingham has been in secret contact with Mera all along. Allowing the woman who tarnished his father's surname to have anything to do with him on the surface. And Mera's behavior has undoubtedly touched his bottom line."

"Just because of this, is he going to kill her?"

"No, in fact, the Duke of Buckingham has always regarded Mera as a tool that can be used. As long as she is still valuable, he will not kill her," Busani said with a sneer, "but he is a very suspicious person. What if Mera had told the robbers her name without hesitation after she was kidnapped? Once the seeds of doubt fell into the dark soil, they began to spread with impunity. "

"So Mera can't stay, but he can't do it, at least not on the surface, because the Duke of Brassino already knows about it." Edmund narrowed his eyes slightly, "He came up with a plan that kills two birds with one stone." way."

"Yes," Bushani nodded, "he asked his subordinates to take the money to trade with those robbers, while he hid in the dark, and while they were exchanging hostages and property, he shot Mera to death with one arrow. All the people They would all think that Mera was killed by those bandits, and the identities of those bandits are doomed for them not to come out to clarify. What's more, they got [-] piastres, and now the hostage is dead, even if Mera told them something, they I dare not come here to embarrass the Duke of Buckingham."

"In this way, the Duke of Buckingham did kill him," Edmund said with a stern smile, "We have met a difficult opponent."

Busani didn't speak. He opened a clay pot with cracks on the surface that the Dutch liked most, and skillfully took out the black tobacco from the Sinai Peninsula from it, and put it into a pipe.After lighting the shredded tobacco, he took a puff, then pressed the unlit shredded tobacco tightly with a tobacco knife, and then skillfully poured out the ash.

After lighting the fire again, he handed Edmund the pipe.

"Would you like a bite?"

Edmund nodded.

But he only took a puff, and Busani snatched the pipe away and put it in his mouth, "Smoking too much is not good for your wound."

Edmund couldn't help showing a smile.

Now, they can be regarded as tacit partners.

This also starts with the past at the Duga Bridge Inn.