[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

chapter124

Under the leadership of Danglars, Mei Tess walked into the reception room of Morcerf's house.It was quiet here as the other guests were either feasting and drinking at the banquet or dancing wildly on the dance floor.

This reception room is filled with the works of modern painters, including the landscape paintings of Dupere, the Arabian knights painted by Delacro, and the oil paintings of Bien Yaz.However, the Count of Morcerf did not understand art. These paintings are hung here, not so much for the appreciation of the host and the guests, but rather for some rich families, such as those precious books that will never be opened in the study of Danglars. Like classics, it is used to flaunt the so-called social status and cultural accomplishment that does not exist.

There are still many knowledgeable aristocrats in the Parisian social circle who can see the clues. Although the works of art here are expensive, they are all modern works. As a real aristocrat, how can it be possible not to have a long-standing family heirloom?It's just that no one is going to tell the truth at the risk of offending a count who is in full swing.

One of the portraits, however, in a gilt and openwork frame, attracted the attention of Plum Tess.It depicts a young girl in a red and black blouse with blonde pins in her hair.She stared at the sea with those watery eyes, and her black jade-like hair fluttered in the wind.

Plum Tess was stunned for a while, until Danglars broke the silence.

"She's beautiful, isn't she?"

Plum Tess did not answer, for she was the one in the picture.She just wondered why Morcerf would hang such a painting here.He was married, he should have forgotten her long ago.

"You haven't seen her, Lord Weimar," Danglars said with a smile, "she is the famous Countess of Morcerf."

"What...it's impossible..." Mei Tess said subconsciously. "I mean, it's a Catalan fisher girl. How could the Count de Morcerf have married a fisher girl?"

"It seems that you have been to Marseille and know the local customs very well." Danglars raised his eyebrows. "Otherwise, how could you recognize her as a Catalan at a glance?"

"I did go to Marseilles a few times, but it was just for business, and I didn't have the spare time to learn about the city," Maisettes explained. "The reason why I can recognize the nationality of the people in the painting is that Because I’ve lived in Spain for a long time, and that’s where the Catalans really come from. You see the blouse that the girl is wearing in the painting, it’s their traditional dress.”

"It seems that we have more common languages ​​than I thought." Danglars blinked. "I have also stayed in Spain for a long time."

Mei Tess had never really been to Spain, so she immediately changed the topic, "Baron Danglars, you haven't answered my question just now."

Danglars laughed. As an "old friend" of Morcerf, of course he knew who the person in the painting was, but he would not reveal his old background to outsiders.

"Of course the noble Count Marcerf would not marry a humble fisherwoman. The Countess is a nobleman from Luxembourg. The reason why she is dressed like this in the painting is probably to fulfill a beautiful dream of the Count Marcerf when he was young. Danglars said in a sarcastic tone, "A nobleman like him, who has been accustomed to delicacies from mountains and seas since he was a child, and wears silk and satin all over, will always feel bored. Maybe it was when he was eating a small butterfly shark, or While stroking a blue silk robe, I suddenly fantasized that I became a Catalan fisherman, spending an ordinary and happy life with the woman I love. Unfortunately, dreams can only be dreams and will never come true Reality."

Mei Tess did not continue to ask, because she finally figured out one thing, Morcerf married a woman who looked very similar to her.

At the moment she only felt sad, but she couldn't tell whether it was for her cousin Fernand or for the woman.

Mei Tess suddenly wanted to see the Countess of Morcerf.At this time, the business between her and Danglars had been negotiated, but the other party had no intention of leaving.So she had to take out her trump card again and began to comment on the famous paintings in Morcerf's living room.

This trick was very effective, and within 2 minutes, Danglars, who knew nothing about art, hurriedly left, and Mei Tess was finally relieved.

She walked slowly towards the hall. If she guessed correctly, the countess should be on the dance floor at this moment.However, when she did find it, she did not see Mrs. Morcerf.

The hall was a bit stuffy, so she followed the path just now and walked towards the garden.

In fact, Mei Tess's judgment is not wrong at all, the countess loves to show off very much.The reason why she did not appear on the dance-floor was that at this time she was talking with the count of Monte Cristo, the guest of honor.

In fact, the Count of Monte Cristo was no less surprised when he saw this woman for the first time than when Mei Tess saw the painting.But when she approached slowly enough for him to see her face clearly, the count almost immediately judged that she was not his Mai Tess.

She did have a face very similar to Plum Tess, but their temperaments were completely opposite.The lady's charming eyebrows, frivolous behavior, and charming voice can't be connected with the pure and beautiful plum Tess deep in his heart.

Because the earl didn't pay attention to what she said, just perfunctory.He squinted at Morcerf, who was talking to several congressmen not far away, and felt that the other party was a complete and pitiful person.He couldn't get Plum Tess, so he had to find a substitute.

However, it could be seen that Morcerf doted on this woman very much. Her body was covered with bright gemstones, especially those rubies on the necklace, each of which was as big as a hazelnut, which made the ladies present envious.However, the earl could tell at a glance that those rubies were all worthless Rubin stones.In this way, either the lady is ignorant, or she is trying to secretly transfer the property of Count Morcerf.Judging from her conversation, the latter is more likely.

Perhaps because of his recent popularity in Parisian society, the lady, who had just returned from a trip abroad, kept pestering him.She didn't change her target until a very powerful general also came towards this side.

The count just wanted to escape in a hurry, and everything he saw here made him suffocate, but he knew very well that he couldn't just leave like this, because many people were paying attention to him.

So he went down the steps lined with the azaleas and camellias, and walked into the garden.He only felt that the air outside was extremely fresh, at least he didn't have to face that impostor whose behavior made him extremely uncomfortable.

The count noticed a glass greenhouse at the other end of the garden.He walked in through the arch formed by the intertwined branches and leaves.The greenhouse is filled with a sweet fragrance, because there are many fruits that are baked by artificially controlling the temperature.

However, his heart could not be calm for a long time, with a kind of complicated emotion surging, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.The happy thing is that his plum Tess did not betray him from the beginning to the end, but the sad thing is that the housekeeper Bertuccio admitted the wrong person after all, and plum Tess had left many years ago.

However, for some reason, the earl always had the illusion that Maisette was by his side.

Maybe it was because I missed her too much.

The count walked slowly along the path.

At the end of the grape trellis full of crystal-clear fruits, he saw a familiar figure looking up at the bright night sky of Paris through the transparent roof of the greenhouse.

It's Mel.

The author has something to say: Thank you Cave King for the bazooka, it cost a lot, okay~

Thank you Ah’Ban for the mine*2, thank you Wenchen for the mine, it’s worth the money, okay~

Thank you Huo Zhi Xing Xing, Yun Xi for the nutrient solution, okay~

The four noble ladies of Paris correspond to the four gemstones in Mucha's paintings

Madame Danglars - Topaz

Madame de Morcerf - Rubin Stone

Renee - Amethyst

Heloise - Beryl

At present, the latter three gemstones and their corresponding plots have appeared, and the bright and bright Rubin stone implies that Mrs. Morcerf is a counterfeit.