[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

chapter138

Morcerf had such difficulty in uttering the name buried deep in his heart that he was so excited that he could not utter another word.

He reached out tremblingly, trying to touch Plum Tess's injured cheek, but she avoided it.Morcerf withdrew his hand embarrassingly. Every time he hit her just now, his heart hurt ten times and a hundred times.She was the love of his life, and after disappearing for 15 years, she suddenly appeared in front of him, and it was almost like a dream.

Mei Tess felt the blood spread between her lips and teeth, and she looked at Morcerf with cold eyes, "Yes, it's me." She expected that her identity might be exposed one day, but she didn't expect that it would be in the name of this way.

"Plum Tess..." After a long time, Morcerf finally recovered his voice, "I thought you already..."

"Think I'm dead?" Plum Tess raised her eyebrows.

"Yes, but I did look for you! After you fell into the sea, I searched along the coastline for a long time, day and night, until the advice of the Greek guide finally annihilated the hope in my heart and convinced me that you were dead Alright?" Morcerf pondered for a moment, "So, you came back to Paris to seek revenge from me?"

Plum Tess nodded without denying it.

"You should hate me. I didn't protect you well..." Morcerf shook his head and said painfully, "I failed my aunt's entrustment."

"No, Morcerf, don't you understand?" Maisette interrupted him, "You have never been responsible for me, you are responsible for Governor Ali and his wife, The crimes against Haidee, against Edmund!"

Speaking of which, Morcerf was her only blood relative in this world.She remembered the care he had shown her, whether in Marseilles or Greece.She didn't forget that he helped her fiancé, even though he was reluctant at that time.But when Morcerf committed those unforgivable crimes in Greece, and when she learned the truth about framing Edmund from Danglars in Rome, they were destined to break completely.

"It seems that you already know everything that happened in Marseille. Yes, I put the report letter into the prosecutor's mailbox and framed Edmund. I naively thought that as long as he went to prison, you would be my "My wife," Morcerf's eyes flickered, "I was the one who led the Turkish army into the city of Yanina and betrayed the governor of Ali. But Mei Tess, everything I do is because I love you!"

"Because of loving me?" Mei Tess said with a sneer, "a person who claimed to love me, shortly after I fell into the sea, was busy selling his benefactor's wife and daughter to Armenian slave traders for a large sum of money. , and then returned to France and married his current wife. Morcerf, you don't love me, you only love power!"

"Mei Tess, you said that I am passionate about power, and I don't deny it," Morcerf said to himself, looking out the window at the dark night sky at dawn, "Although you were just a poor fisher girl back then, in our In my eyes, you are nobler than the richest banker's lady in Marseilles, and more elegant than the proudest ship owner's daughter. At that time, you chose Edmund. Although I was heartbroken, I was not surprised. After all, he was young I became the first mate, and probably the captain of the Queen of Egypt, but I was just a penniless soldier. So I worked hard to climb up the ranks, from second lieutenant to major, and then from colonel to general, all because of me I hope I can be worthy of you!"

Mei Tess was about to refute, but was interrupted by Morcerf.He turned around, his eyes were red, his voice was hoarse with excitement, "But I can't admit to your other accusation against me! I swear, I never loved that woman!"

"What?" Plum Tess said subconsciously.

"You heard me right, Mei Tess. I did marry her. That's because when the Duke of Buckingham sent her to me, I thought it was God's favor for me. However, on the night of the wedding, I found that she was frivolous and slutty, far from the pure and flawless you in my mind. At that moment, all the fire of love in my heart was extinguished, and all * *All stripped away, all that remains is disappointment! Because the woman I love is Mei Tess, and that woman is nothing but a face that resembles yours!"

Seeing that Maise Tess remained silent, Morcerf thought she believed her, and continued, "I learned later that she was a young prostitute who was trafficked to Venice, not some noble lady. After that, I never Never touched her, not once! And as compensation, no matter what she wants, I try my best to satisfy her, the only request is that she not appear in my bedroom. Do you understand, facing that picture every day can evoke I remember the face, but know that her body does not belong to the woman I love, what kind of torture!"

Plum Tess opened her mouth in surprise.In fact, she was not willing to believe Morcerf, but after all, Albert was not his blood, but the illegitimate son of Villefort and Madame Danglars.All these years, after he became the aloof earl, he never had a child of his own.This is another mystery about Morcerf. Why did he adopt Albert?

Mai Tess narrowed her eyes slightly. Although she knew the fact that Albert was an illegitimate child, Morcerf didn't know that she knew about it. Now he could use this incident as a breakthrough to find out the truth.So she slowed down her tone, "Then what about your son, Albert?"

"Albert is not my son, but the illegitimate son of our enemy Villefort," Morcerf immediately explained, "Maise Tess, you told me when you were in Greece that you were persecuted by Villefort. Return to After France, I thought about avenging you, but Villefort was in full swing. Even if I tried my best to fight him, it would only result in a loss for both sides. Besides, I thought you were dead at that time, and there was no point in doing that. Meaning...until that woman, my so-called wife, sent Villefort's illegitimate son to me. I raised him, taught him sword and spear, and one day, I will let him kill his own father in a duel. But now It seems that there is no chance..."

Mei Tess's eyes widened. She knew that the mastermind behind all this was the Duke of Buckingham. He arranged all this undoubtedly to make his several pawns in France check and balance each other.

"Maise Tess, now I have lost my reputation in France and got the punishment I deserve," Morcerf knelt in front of Maise Tess, begging with tears in his eyes, "but I believe that all of this is God's will. When I hit rock bottom, God brought you back to me. You know, I would trade my life for the chance to see you again. For the sake of my love for you, Mae Tess, Please give me another chance. I still have money, a lot of money, we can take this wealth and leave France and start a new life abroad, England, Italy, if you like it, I promise to make you the happiest woman!"

Plum Tess' eyes flickered, did he really love her?She couldn't help feeling chills all over her body, this love was too crazy, crazy enough to destroy everything!

"Morcerf, you know that's impossible," she met his gaze, "Besides, I'm not the plum Tess in your heart, I never belonged to you!"

"Why?" Masertes's words obviously angered Morcerf, he stood up and grabbed her neck, but he didn't really force it, "Could it be that in your heart, I am not as good as that dead sailor ?”

Plum Tess clearly felt the trembling of Morcerf's hands.

Edmund became a dead spot in his heart, an obsession.He has been comparing with Edmund all his life, even in Marseilles, even when he thought Edmund was dead all these years, he was still comparing with the dead in his heart.

So, if Mei Tess died, she could be with Edmund, which he never wanted to see.Plum Tess could only belong to him!

Morcerf finally let go.

Plum Tess coughed feignedly, while calmly trying to free herself from the rope.

"Plum Tess, I'm sorry...I just lost my mind..."

While speaking, Morcerf noticed a note falling from Maisette's body, so he picked it up and read the words on it, "At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, Vincennes Woods..."

He suddenly understood that this was the duel location that the Count of Monte Cristo had written to Mestes, and that Albert had told him last night. "Don't worry, Mei Tess, I will never let that damned Count of Monte Cristo hurt you!"

"What are you going to do?" Mei Tess suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Stay here and wait for me to come back! I will not let anyone who dares to hurt you!"

Before Mei Tess could stop him, Morcerf rushed out of the room.She began to struggle desperately, completely ignoring the bloodstains on her hands drawn by the rope.She must stop this duel, she must protect her count!

A veil-like mist billowed up in the Vincennes forest in the early morning.

The Count of Monte Cristo held his sword hilt and waited quietly.Three of the four witnesses from both sides arrived, except Albert.Just now, Vampa whispered to him about Mel not coming home overnight, which made the Earl feel a little worried.

He hopes to see her here, even if she hates him, even if she really wants to kill him.

Ten minutes after the appointed time, a masked figure appeared in the clearing, holding a sword in his hand.He stabbed the long sword fiercely without giving the count any time to prepare.

The earl barely blocked it, and at that moment the steel intersected and made a clanging sound.But then the Earl didn't put his heart into the fight. Even if the attacker successfully scratched his arm, he didn't care because he believed it was Mel.What happened to Maximilian and Valentine has already made him repent, so let's take it as her punishment for him.

But after several fights, the earl suddenly realized that it was not Mel's swordsmanship.He began to notice something was wrong. The other party's figure was obviously taller than Mei Tess's, and her hair was also gray.

No, it wasn't Mel, but he must have had something to do with her disappearance!

Thinking of this, the count suddenly became agile. He dodged the fatal blow beautifully, and then stabbed upwards with the sword in his hand.

Perhaps because he was too worried about Mel, the count couldn't hold back when he realized the weight of the sword. He saw that the sword pierced the attacker's chest, and the gushing blood quickly stained his coat.After he fell, the count stepped forward and took off the mask on his face, "Fernand?"

The witnesses Lenoir, Beauchamp and Vampa looked at each other, "How could it be Count Morcerf? Lord Weimar?"

At this moment, there was a rush of hoofbeats.Plum Tess flew off her horse and galloped over.Because she was worried about the safety of the Count of Monte Cristo, she didn't even care about makeup, and presented herself in front of the people present with her original appearance.

Luckily the count was all right, but Morcerf was lying in a pool of blood.

At this moment, she really wanted to hug the earl, but found that he stood there in a daze, as did the witnesses Lenaud and Beauchamp.Only Vampa looked normal. He knew that Lord Weimar was a woman.

"I can explain..." Mei Tess's eyes were full of tears, yes, she lied to him, his good brother is a woman... But before she finished speaking, the Count of Monte Cristo suddenly interrupted her words.He already recognized who she was, "Plum Tess?"

Plum Tess opened her mouth, but couldn't speak, as if she lost her voice at this moment.

Why did the Earl know her real name?

At last it was Morcerf who revealed the truth, struggling to say, "Mai Tess, I am dying, will you forgive me?"

At this moment, Plum Tess' eyes were filled with tears, and she didn't respond to him, because she was not the real Plum Tess, so how could she answer for her?

"Well, your tears are the best answer." Morcerf smiled bitterly, and looked at the Count of Monte Cristo. In fact, when the other party said his real name just now, he guessed his real identity, "Aye Demon, I didn't expect that I would lose to you in the end..."

After speaking, Count Morcerf, who was once powerful in Paris, took his last breath, leaving Monte Cristo and Maisette looking at each other.They all stand there, as if turned into sculptures, because of this astonishing fact.Time seemed to freeze once, and the book of lies was revealed in an almost cruel way, and the person they were looking for had always been by their side.

Mei Tess suddenly remembered the prophecy of the sea witch Beth about the "destined place", and everything was already doomed.She glanced at the dead Morcerf, and then at the Count of Monte Cristo. This tragic scene finally made her recall the trivial fragments of the revenge story in her mind—she was the heroine Maisette in the book, And he was her fiancé, Edmund!

No, no, why is the truth so...

"Maise Tess..." The Count of Monte Cristo called that name again, his voice surprisingly gentle.

But she hastily fled from him.

Was it not the saddest story that she loved him, but she was not his plum Tess?

The author has something to say: Thank you Xiaoweijiang, Chen Qiyu, and Galedi for the landmines, it’s a waste of money, okay~

Thank you Cave King, Yun Kong, Juice, Heju, and Chen Qiyu for the nutrient solution, okay~

Catch a bug, it was indeed updated on August 8~

Mei Tess finally recalled the plot in the movie "The Count of Monte Cristo" she had seen.Don't worry, the two will untie the knot as soon as possible~