[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

chapter114

"Hush, keep your voice down," Mei Tess reminded, "the jailer will hear."

"If my guess is correct, M. de Villefort had a private meeting with his lover in the hotel at that time." Amille narrowed his eyes slightly, and after Mei Tess reminded, those fragmented memories gradually pieced together.

The man's buttons were buttoned in the wrong place, apparently put on in a hurry.And his fuzzy face in his mind gradually overlapped with the prosecutor in court later.Thinking of his sanctimonious appearance, Amilai felt disgusted.

"I believe so, but I haven't found the evidence yet," Mae Tess replied.

"So, half of the blame for killing Madame de Villefort lies with her husband." Amélie's eyes flickered.

"That's right," Plum Tess folded her hands.

"Ma'am, do you still remember what you promised me?" Amilai pondered for a while, "Obviously, we have found the truth you want."

"As I said, I will keep my word," Mae Tess replied.

"I just want one thing," said Amilai in an extremely calm tone, "and that is mercy."

"Mercy?" Plum Tess frowned, and when she suddenly understood the meaning of the word, she couldn't help opening her eyes wide, "What kind of mercy do you want?"

"Yes, I can see that you have a very good relationship with Madame de Villefort, otherwise you wouldn't do these things for her. And if you have a way to come here to meet me, you must be able to help me," said Amille Insisted, "I don't want much, please give me a vial of poison, so that I can end all this suffering and avenge your friend."

"No, you shouldn't..."

"You said you would never break your word." Amile looked her directly in the eyes. "Promise me, ma'am, please..."

"Don't you want something else? Like freedom..." Mei Tess asked puzzled.

"I used to long for freedom." Amilai looked at a small piece of blue sky that could be seen outside the iron window, his eyes flickered, "but we all know that it is impossible."

"Or let me take care of your sister?" Mei Tess asked unwillingly.

"Rosie?" Amelie said sadly, "She was very young when I was imprisoned. At that time, my parents were gone, but I didn't fulfill the responsibility of an older brother. Rosie couldn't protect us at all. I don't even know where she is now, how can I ask you to take care of her..."

"Don't be so pessimistic!"

Mei Tess did not expect that she would say such a thing to the murderer who killed Renee, and she realized that she had moved her heart for him.And she knew that if Renee, who was as kind as an angel, could know all this, she would definitely forgive him, "Amilai, why did you think of death first after someone shared half of your guilt?"

"I've wanted to do this for a long time," Ami Lai smiled wryly.

"But you are a Christian," said Mei Tess.

"That's right, I'm going to hell to continue atonement." Amirai took a step back, her face completely submerged in the shadows.

"Mr. Amille, I can find a way to help you. If you are willing to help me testify against Mr. Villefort..."

"No," Amilai interrupted Mei Tess again, "Ma'am, there is only one thing I want, mercy, and this is my choice."

"Can you tell me why?" Mei Tess asked unwillingly.

"I shouldn't have said this to a lady, if my words offend you in any way, please forgive me for the sake of being a dying man and suffering for so many years", Aya Mi Lai held his head in pain, "Actually, to tell you the truth, I am not far from death. Just a year ago, a prisoner came to this prison. Although the money cannot make the jailers release him directly , but let them do their best to meet his demands. One night, two guards suddenly opened my cell door, took me to his cell, and then closed the door. At that time, I had no idea what was going to happen What, until... After that, I thought about dying, but I lost all courage after the first failed attempt at the wall. Just a while ago, I found out that the man gave me a disease, a A very dirty, incurable disease..."

Mei Tess knew what he was talking about.She looked at him with compassionate eyes, then took off the garnet ring on her hand for self-defense, and handed it over. "There is the mercy you want in the jewel cap, but if I were you... I would use it against those who persecute me!"

Amilai took the ring suspiciously. When he opened the lid of the gemstone, he found a poisonous needle hidden inside. "Madam, I will remember your kindness and will not cause you any trouble. I swear!"

Mei Tess wanted to say something more, but the footsteps of the jailer came from not far away.

"If my sister Rosie is still alive, this is the only thing I can do for her. Use my blood to wash away the shame I have brought to my family." Amilai sighed slightly, Muttered, "If you meet her one day, please be sure not to mention this to her."

"I promise you."

When Mei Tess finished speaking, the jailer stood not far away, and while taking down the torch from the ledge, he called to her, "Madam, the time is up."

Plum Tess made a false reply, but she was unwilling to move, because she was still doubting whether she was doing right or wrong. She didn't want to see him suffer, but if he really died, wouldn't she be an accomplice.

But when Mei Tess turned her head to look at Amirai one last time, she saw a smile on his pale face.

"Rosie," Amiley called her, and waved her, "Thank you..."

Plum Tess nodded to him, then turned to leave with the jailer.At this time she heard his final farewell, maybe the jailer didn't pay attention, but she did notice that Amelie used the word farewell.

After that, she asked Busani to help follow the news of the prison.Just two days ago, two prisoners died in the prison. One was the rich prisoner and the other was Amirai. The two guards on duty were severely punished. They were also the two accomplices who persecuted Amirai. .The police chief who came to investigate the case did not find the ring, because he did not expect that Amilai swallowed it before he died...

A sudden gust of cold wind blew from the cemetery, freeing Mei Tess from her thoughts.

She sighed softly, and put a lily in front of the tombstone.She still remembers Renee wearing that white Greek Schumitz dress, when Renee looked like this pure lily.But now, all she saw was the cold name on the tombstone.

Plum Tess suddenly remembered the dinner at Renee's house.At dusk that day, they shared the ripe pomegranate seeds in the garden. Later, she saw the girl holding wheat ears on the mural of the Greek gods in the restaurant. She knew it was Demeter, but at that time she remembered After falling into the Underworld, Persephone felt vaguely ominous.

Now it seems that everything has been foreshadowed.After she died, she traveled here, but Renee...

Plum Tess sighed slightly, turned and left the cemetery.When she returned to the carriage, she lowered her voice and said to the manservant who was driving, "Baptistine, the place I want you to inquire about..."

"My lord, I have already found out that a great nobleman from the East bought the Villa Auteuil. His name is... the Count of Monte Cristo."

The author has something to say: Rosie, Amile's sister, is one of the main supporting roles in the Paris line of the original novel, and she is also a close friend of Mademoiselle Danglars.