[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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"Captain, you'd better go back to the cabin, the wind is too strong," the first officer of the Matthew shouted loudly.

"No, this little wind is nothing," Mei Tess replied firmly.She has seen much bigger wind and waves than this, not to mention that only by staying on the deck, she can see the white sail looming in the wind and waves on the distant sea through the telescope.

It was the Maiden Amelie.

Just a few days ago, the people of Vampa finally found a clue about Captain Sinbad, whose ship Maiden Amelie was moored in the port of Civitavecchia, and Jacob the Corsican was still on board Served as first mate.Vampa said that the ship would set sail in a few days, and his men recognized Busani among the sailors according to Mei Tess's description, but they could not find the captain of the Maiden Amelie.

At this news, Plum Tess opened her mouth, but could not speak, as if this apprehension mingled with suspicion had stolen her voice too.

Where is her captain?

Is he okay?

She hurried up the steps and walked through the dark corridor. When she finally walked out of the gate of the mausoleum, she realized that her whole body was shaking and her heart was beating.

If there were still concerns before, but at that moment, there was only one thought in her heart, she wanted to find her captain.

So Mei Tess rushed to the port of Civitavecchia without stopping.But when she really got there, the Maiden Amelie just left the port.

It just so happened that a small yacht was sailing in the harbor. Melissa Tess bought it with the savings she earned at the Argentino Theater, and assigned a group of sailors, ordering them to head towards the harbor. The girl Amelie chased after her in the direction she left.

Besides Vampa and his two brigands, Haidee was with him.Despite Haidee's assurances that she would take care of herself, Mei Tess was still concerned about leaving her in St. Sebastian's tomb.

Vampa also endorsed the decision.It can be seen that after getting along these days, he also likes little Haidai very much, and even gave her his treasured "Memoirs of the History of Caesar".It's just that this kind of liking is not so much the attraction between a man and a woman, but a kind of brother's love for his sister.

But now, they were all in the cabin, and only Mei Tess stood on the deck alone, holding on to the railing.

The Matthew did live up to her expectations, and quickly caught up with the young girl Amelie.But after that, although the boat was always within their line of sight, it always kept a distance, as if on purpose.

This state of affairs continued until the passage of the island of Monte Cristo.The wind and waves gradually subsided, but when Plum Tess came back to her senses and raised her eyes to face the waves, she found that the Maiden Amelie had disappeared from their sight.

Vampa came out of the cabin at some point. He pointed to Monte Cristo not far away and suggested, "If we can climb to that mountain, maybe we can see them."

Mei Tess looked at the rocky mountain called Piron Second, nodded, and immediately ordered the sailors to moor the boat in a bay on Monte Cristo Island.

She and Vampa jumped out of the boat, followed closely by their two men.When they climbed to the top of a rock, they were about a thousand feet above the sea, but they still couldn't see the Maiden Amelie.In fact, the Maiden Amelie had sailed to the other side of Monte Cristo at this time.

Plum Tess faced the gentle sea breeze, but she was not as worried as before.She knew very well that only her captain had such abilities, and he had led them countless times at sea to evade the pursuit of the tax police.In terms of the ability to control the wind, no one in the hands of the water she knew could match him.

Vampa proposed to continue climbing.They walked up the rocky path washed by the torrent. At this time, the sun was scorching with the unique heat of midsummer. Both of Vampa's men were a little tired and fell behind them by a long distance.Thousands of cicadas hid in the grass and squeaked and squeaked, and the leaves of the myrtle and olive trees swayed and rustled in the wind.The familiar scene aroused more memories of Mei Tess.

Mei Tess suddenly recalled that when she and the captain first came here, it seemed hotter than now.But at that time, the captain insisted on cutting down the dense myrtle trees and opening a path, as if looking for an unknown treasure.

Of course they didn't find the treasure, however, she found another side of the captain.They confided to each other under the round boulder at the end of the road, and later found the hidden small inlet. She still remembered the scene when the captain broke through the water, and he splashed water on her. She seemed to feel that she really felt Arrived at that burst of coolness.

No, that's not a splash.

It's raining.

The surrounding sea was still sunny, but just in time for the clouds that passed over the island of Monte Cristo to shed a light rain.

At this moment, Plum Tess found some artificially chiseled marks on the rocks that lined the road.The crooked marks looked more like the footprints of some kind of three-fingered animal than arrows.

She suddenly remembered the song Father Faria taught her to sing, and couldn't help humming:

"On a little island, there was a merry brook,

It has not flowed since the dragon came.

Followed the dragon's footsteps, found her lair,

There was a round dragon egg that turned to stone in its sleep.

It's not dead, it's just waiting,

Only the last ray of sunlight on a midsummer night can wake it up.

It was a little dragon,

It had scales of gold, claws of silver, and eyes of jewels.

O ignorant one, be not deceived by its appearance,

It can only bring blood and fire, and only a noble heart can tame it..."

"Plum Tess, what song are you singing?" asked Vampa suddenly.

"I don't know what it is," explained Mei Tess, "it was taught to me by an elder who kept repeating it to his deathbed. Maybe it meant something to him. What special meaning."

"It sounds like a riddle," Vampa said casually.

Plum Tess frowned slightly, reminded of Vampa's words.At the beginning, she had a faint feeling that the song had some special meaning, but when she saw these strange marks, strong suspicion gripped her again.

The trail they were on was a dry creek, and the first line of the lyrics is, "On a little island, there was a merry brook that stopped flowing since the dragon came."

"Vampa, perhaps you are right, it is a riddle. Now, let us solve the riddle!"

So they searched all the way along the arrows that appeared on the rock, and finally came to the small bay with crystal clear water.

"There's nothing here," said Vampa angrily, "and it doesn't match the words that follow."

Plum Tess thought for a while, "If those marks are really the footprints in the lyrics, maybe we went wrong in the first place."

"You mean..."

Plum Tess narrowed her eyes slightly, "We should look in the direction of the footprints!"