[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

chapter127

A solemn funeral procession started from the gate of Villefort's house and headed for the cemetery of Père Lachaise.

The one walking in the front is not a common hearse, but a black covered cart.Someone asked what was going on, and the result of the inquiry was surprisingly coincidental. It turned out that not long after the Marquis of Saint-Méran passed away, his wife followed closely.People thought they were just here to send a funeral for one person, but they suddenly turned into two.

The Marquis de Saint-Mérand and his wife are old-fashioned nobles of the Bourbon dynasty. Naturally, they have many friends. In addition, a group of people who came here due to Villefort’s social prestige, there are dozens of carriages that finally arrived at the cemetery. Not many mourned.Mei Tess knew how the Saint-Meran couple persecuted the Saturn family, and the result now seems to be God's will.

At this moment, she was standing at the back of the crowd, watching the two coffins being carried into the tomb from afar.Poor Renee had been waiting there, reunited with her parents after ten years of separation.

When the tomb was closed, a young girl cried and threw herself on the tombstone. It was Valentine, the granddaughter of the Saint-Meran couple.

"Poor thing," said a young man in the front row, "Mademoiselle de Villefort is so pale this morning that I hardly recognize her."

"No, I say, she's a lucky girl," put in his companion. "As far as I know, Madame de Saint-Méran left her all her property in her will when she died."

Mei Tess wanted to get closer, but the people standing in front of her were too crowded. She would soon lose sight of Valentine, and could only hear the heartbreaking cry accompanied by the priest. The depressed and monotonous chanting came intermittently.In the end, she had to give up the idea of ​​comforting Valentine. After all, with her current status, she couldn't rashly appear in front of Valentine.

Plum Tess glanced casually and noticed a familiar figure.She tacitly stopped looking there, and only occasionally peeped at him from under the brim of her hat.When the funeral was over, the crowd dispersed and the man disappeared.But out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure moving quietly and slowly in the yew forest, and followed.

At the end of the path, the Count of Monte Cristo is waiting.

"I didn't expect you to come here too," the count said first, "It seems that you and M. de Villefort have successfully become friends."

The corners of Mei Tess's mouth were slightly raised, she certainly knew what kind of friend he was referring to. "That's right, just like you and Danglars."

"Mel, I have read the pamphlet you asked Vampa to send over. It should be used by Villefort to record the information of the enemy." It recorded a name that I am very familiar with——Giovanni Berduccio, which is the real name of my housekeeper Bertuccio. About ten years ago, Bertuccio had assassinated Will in Villa Auteuil Fau, though unsuccessful, kept Villefort in bed for months."

Mei Tess was not surprised by this result, what she really cared about was the earl's reaction after he got the pamphlet.During this period of time, she had a very strong intuition that the count did not simply regard Villefort as an opponent, but had great hatred for Villefort.

Why?

If the count had had a previous grievance with Villefort, then his information should also appear in this pamphlet.But in fact, she found nothing, which really confused her.That was why she had sent Vampa to hand him the pamphlet, to test his attitude.

However, the Count's performance was strangely calm. Perhaps he simply hated Villefort's actions.Among the three people they had to deal with, regardless of how serious crimes Fernand committed in Greece, and what a despicable and shameless villain Danglars was, these two people were essentially opportunists, but Borrowed a moment of luck to start a family.

Only Villefort, regardless of the changes of the times, regardless of whether the king in power is new or old, his position at court remains unchanged.This fully shows that compared with the previous two, he is the most terrifying poisonous snake. Just look at the names in the booklet that were once prominent, but were eventually trampled by Villefort.

"Among Vail's enemies, your capable butler is the only one who has actually caused him actual harm," Maisette said jokingly, blinking her eyes.

However, the count's answer was more indifferent than she expected. "Yes," he folded his hands, "but he won't be the last!"

Mei Tess met the Earl's cold gaze, and suddenly felt both strange and familiar.She remembered that when they first met on the Maiden Amelie, he was like this now, with a layer of hatred wrapped in his heart.

"I heard a rumor that before Madame Saint-Meran's death, a line of blood appeared on the wall of Villefort," Maisette said after a pause, "People say that misfortune befell the prosecutor's house."

Noticing that she was looking at him suspiciously, the Count looked back at her for a moment, and then said in a more relaxed tone, "As far as I know, the hands of the Saint-Meran couple are not clean, it can be said to be stained with blood, but They all lived into their 70s and died...if that's unfortunate, what about the people they persecuted?"

It was a cruel joke, as she had heard at the funeral.

Mei Tess couldn't help asking, "Can you tell me that the deaths of the Saint-Meran couple...have something to do with you?"

The count looked at the dark sky between the trees, and of course he knew what was going on.It has to be said that Madame de Villefort was smarter than he expected, and chose the first target to be the Marquis of Saint-Méran in Marseille.Although he didn't know exactly how she operated it, no one would suspect Madame de Villefort when the Marquis de Saint-Meran died on his way to Paris.And the reason he knew it wasn't an accident was because the Saint-Merans had both died of strokes, and that was what the medicine had done.

He turned his head and met Plum Tess' gaze, "I didn't do it." This was true, but he also deliberately avoided Plum Tess' real problem.

In fact, he didn't know why he said that. If it was Bussoni or Jacob, he could admit it directly. After all, he was the one who had the most right to avenge Villefort.But now he was facing Mel, maybe it was the scorching gaze that made him suddenly change his mind.

"That's good," Mei Tess forced a smile.The dark star's experience is the deepest shadow in her heart, and she has been trying to get rid of the influence of that past on her. Therefore, she hopes that the count will not be stained with innocent blood, because there is no turning back on that road.

Perhaps the atmosphere was a little depressing, the count changed the subject, "By the way, Danglars came to see me again yesterday."

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