[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

chapter144

If anyone had previously believed that the series of unfortunate events at the Villeforts was pure coincidence, they would no longer think so.That very night, the accursed house of the prosecutor suddenly burst into flames, and the whole rue Saint-Honor could see the flames soaring into the sky.The fire continued to burn throughout the night, and it was not gradually extinguished until dawn, leaving only a ruin buried in ashes.

People found Mrs. Villefort, who had gone mad, near the fire, but her son Edward, the paralyzed Mr. Noirtier, and the owner of the house, Villefort, were all missing.

The Count of Monte Cristo saw the news in the next day's newspaper.He read the last line with mixed feelings. Mr. Noirtier and little Edward had already settled in the old man's old house on the Rue de la Hayron, but what about Villefort?Was he the one who started the fire, trying to wash away all evil?

For some reason, the earl has no desire for revenge.Although there is still the last enemy's grievance waiting for him to settle in Paris, but after that?

He just wanted to leave this sad place with his beloved Mei Tess.

However, Plum Tess has been reluctant to see him during this time, and they all rely on Haiidee to pass the news, which makes the earl feel extremely distressed.

He put down the newspaper and sighed softly.It was already late at night, and he blew out the candle, and the room was suddenly enveloped in darkness.The earl did not return to the bedroom, but leaned on the armchair, murmured the name of Mei Tess, and gradually fell asleep.

In the dream, he returned to his long-lost hometown Marseille.That's when it all started, and he was the young and happy sailor Edmund.He just commanded the Queen of Egypt to return from the voyage, and was about to hold a wedding with his beloved girl Mei Tess, but three shameless people framed him and jointly threw him into the Chateau d'If.

A day, a week, a month, a year passed by, but no one ever came to see him.Just when he lost hope, he met Father Faria who treated him like a father.The priest taught him the wisdom of his life, but he was killed by a sudden illness in the 14th year when he was imprisoned in the Château d'If.

Edmund was deeply saddened by the death of the priest, but when the jailer left, he suddenly had a bold idea.He moved the priest to his room, and then got into the body bag in the priest's room.The jailer found no abnormality, transported him to a steep cliff, and threw him into the sea, which was the "cemetery" of the prisoners of Chateau d'If.

After surviving that stormy night, Edmund, who escaped from death, was rescued by the sailor Jacob on the maiden Amelie, and found the treasure of Monte Cristo Island according to the priest's last words.But when he returned to Marseille, he found that everything had changed.His father died in hunger and terror, and his lover Mei Tess married his enemy Fernand.

Edmund swore the oath of revenge. After ten years of careful preparation, he came to Paris as the Count of Monte Cristo and made the three enemies pay their due price, but he and his former lover could never return to the past.In the end, Mei Tess, who became a widow, entered a monastery in Marseille, while he sailed to the distance alone...

When the Count awoke, he hardly knew where he was.He stood up suddenly, gasping for breath, and his body was soaked in cold sweat.It was the first time he felt so oppressed in the dark, so he flung open the curtains to let in the starlight.

The pendulum was still swinging, like his heartbeat.The count suddenly realized that it was just a dream, Maisette did not marry Fernand, nor did he leave Paris lonely after taking revenge.But he didn't feel comforted. He just felt that the sad emotion was lingering in his heart. The dream was so real, as if he had personally experienced those 20 years.

Maybe that dream was reminding him?Or maybe... the count seemed to have thought of something, and walked downstairs quickly.When he came to the living room, he met Maximilian who was also unable to sleep.

The young officer's complexion didn't look very good, because he had no drug resistance in his body at all, and was completely maintained by the earl's antidote, so his recovery was much slower than Valentine's.

In fact, the Count was not at home when Maximilian woke up for the first time.He saw the news of Valentine's funeral in the newspaper, and rushed out crazily despite the servant's obstruction.Fortunately, the butler Bertuccio notified the earl in time, otherwise a tragedy would have happened.

The count had found him in the cemetery of Father Shiraz.At that time, Maximilian was about to use the gun he got from his brother-in-law's house to die for his beloved girl.The count told him that Valentine was alive, but he did not believe it, and became more and more agitated.In the end, the count had no choice but to reveal his identity, and Maximilian realized that the person in front of him was the benefactor who secretly helped his family through the difficulties.So he no longer wanted to die, and followed the earl back home obediently.

After that, the Earl has been patiently explaining him.However, at this moment, the person who needed enlightenment became the earl.He confides in Maximilian, who is obviously a good listener.

"Your Excellency, I don't know what Mei Tess thinks, but if you are willing to listen, I can tell you about my experience," Maximilian said with a smile.

The Count of Monte Cristo nodded.

"Before I met Valentine, I had loved another girl. I remember that in the year before Charles X's downfall, the Morels and Sons were in trouble, and she suddenly asked not Date with me again. At that time, I thought she broke up because she concluded that my family was going to go bankrupt, so the meeting broke up badly, and we completely cut off communication." Maximilian pondered for a while, "but I found out later , the reason she made that choice at the time was because her younger brother was seriously ill and couldn't pay for medical treatment, and she knew the situation of my family very well and didn't want to embarrass me. In the end, she had to wrong herself and married a man she didn't love. businessman."

"And then?" asked the Count.

"Actually, you know what happened afterwards. You let a brand-new Egyptian Queen sail into the port of Marseilles, and the Morels and sons were thus preserved. Now think about it, if she could tell the truth at that time, or I don't want to get carried away by anger, the result may be very different. But we can't go back to the past, sometimes love is vulnerable to cruel life, she chooses to compromise with the latter, I don't blame her."

The count suddenly thought of Mei Tess in his dream, who married Fernand after eighteen months of hopeless waiting.

"Did you see that girl afterward?" he asked curiously.

"Later she went to Lyon, and we never met again," Maximilian said after a pause, "Three years later, I met Valentine, and she made me realize that life can have a second time." Love."

"Second love..." repeated the Count of Monte Cristo in a murmur.

"Yes, we have gone through a lot of ups and downs together, and even when I went to West Africa and had to be separated from her for a long time, our love did not shake at all. Now I can't live without her, believe Valentine It's the same. Thinking about it back then, maybe I didn't love that Marseille girl deeply enough." Maximilian looked at the count and asked in a more relaxed tone, "Your Excellency, has Mei Tess also always loved you?" ?”

"I can feel that she loves me, but for some reason, she keeps avoiding me," the earl spread his hands helplessly.

"Your Excellency, the reason I told you about that painful past is to tell you that if you love someone, you must tell her. Maybe she didn't dare to approach you because of some concerns, but that doesn't mean she doesn't love you, you You must tell her how you feel in your heart, and let her know that you are willing to share everything with her, so that you will not leave any regrets."

The count patted Maximilian's shoulder lightly, "Thank you, maybe I understand what to do."

The count spent the rest of the night brooding over the dream.Early the next morning, he arrived at Villa Auteuil.

After Haidee and Valentine led him into the living room, they exchanged glances and left the room.There was no one in the living room. After wandering around for a week, the count suddenly noticed a shadow moving behind the marble statue of Aphrodite, and he realized that Mei Tess was hiding there.

The count opened his mouth. He knew that Maisette was unwilling to face their feelings, so he didn't reveal his real purpose at first.

"Maise Tess, I am here to confess to you. Because I wanted revenge, I almost caused the tragedy of Maximilian and Valentine." After a while of silence, the count continued, "Actually, you have been You're right, maybe I should have stopped earlier."

"No, that was before I didn't know your real identity," Mei Tess finally said, "but now I know. Edmund, no one has more reason to take revenge on them than you, as long as they don't hurt the innocent I will always be your supporter."

"That's good," the earl suppressed the surging emotion in his heart, "I have another reason for coming here, and I hope you can come back to me. Mei Tess, I have been waiting for this moment for many years. I have already Give up, but that day in the Vincennes woods, when I saw you galloping towards me..."

"Edmund...I'm not the plum Tess you love," said plum Tess sadly.

"I remember you said the same thing at the wedding," the count recalled that dream again. The plum Tess who married Fernand in the dream was more like the girl he met in Marseilles. For some reason, he I suddenly felt that this should be the original appearance of the development of the matter. "Perhaps from then on, you are not the Mai Tess I knew in Marseilles."

Plum Tess was stunned, "Edmund..."

"Yes, I should have thought of it earlier," Edmund's blue eyes sparkled. "Since then, you have behaved differently from the Catalan girls I know. Especially when you pretended to be The queen's female officer broke into the Château d'If to visit me in the dark cell, such a thing is definitely not something that kind and cowardly girl can do."

"I don't know how to explain this, but maybe what you said is the truth," Mei Tess said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry, I'm not her..."

"No, Mei Tess, I am the one who should say sorry," the Count of Monte Cristo said slowly, "I should have told you my feelings earlier. I wanted to recall the sweet past in Marseilles, but found that those memories were already in the The torment in the dark prison of Chateau d'If is gradually blurred. All I can think of is the years you spent with me on the boat, only the scene where you walked out of the ruins of Rome desperately to protect me, and only us in Monte Cristo It was a night of mutual confession. I have to admit that the relationship forged by everything we have experienced together is much deeper than the short year of love in Marseille."

"But..."

"I hope you understand that I love you not because you are my fiancée. In fact, I discovered that you are a woman in the ruins of Rome. At that time, I didn't recognize your identity, but I was already moved. Gradually, I found that what I have been looking for all my life has been found." The Count of Monte Cristo continued, "I wanted to know all the grievances after the revenge in Paris, and I am telling you this, now it seems..."

Plum Tess had tears in her eyes, "Please continue..."

"Mei Tess, what I want to say is that no matter who you are, Venus from the Dark Star, Mel from the Nemesis, or Salome from the Roman Theater, maybe from the moment we exchanged the rings, there will be no death. There is a kind of power in the dark that connects us closely. The person who sold me the ring told me that only people who truly love each other can wear this pair of rings, and you are my destined lover!"

"But what about the real Plum Tess?" Plum Tess couldn't help asking.

"I think I know where she is," the count evoked a bitter smile, "a world similar to ours but not quite the same."

"Is she doing well?"

"I'd love to tell you that she's doing well, but that's not the case. She's having a bad life, and it's not her fault, but sometimes when people make a choice, they have to bear the consequences. But the world She has a son that she is proud of, he is also named Albert, but he is better and kinder. She will carry her blessings to him and live bravely."

"What about you in that world?"

"Perhaps he will die alone..."

"Do not..."

"Mei Tess, because of that, I am very glad that I can meet you in this world. It is you who melted the ice of hatred in my body and made me understand that the meaning of life is not only revenge." The earl smiled And said, "And love."

"Edmund..." Mei Tess called his name softly, but found that she couldn't make a sound because of her sobs.

"I hope we can cherish each other's feelings, but I will give you time to think about it," the Count of Monte Cristo continued, "I just want you to know that no matter what you are worried about, whatever you are afraid of, I will face it with you. From our You have been by my side since the reunion on Maiden Amelie. Now, it's time for me to protect you...Plum Tess, I will wait for you!"

Plum Tess's tears finally burst.

She thought a lot at this moment.She remembered the past events that the count mentioned, and also remembered when she fell in love with him.She suddenly realized that the problem between them did not come from the count, but from herself.She is not as brave and strong as the earl said. After discovering the truth that he is Edmund, she has been afraid to face this relationship.

Mei Tess suddenly remembered Eugenie's poem to Vampa, there should be no obstacle to the union of two true hearts.At this moment she should keep him and hug him.At this moment all she wanted was to kiss him and have him.

However, when Mei Tess came out from behind the statue, the earl had already left.

Mei Tess' eyes became a little dim, but after seeing the ring he left behind, they brightened up again.It was not the gold-plated ring that she asked Ali to return to the earl, but the iron ring that had been worn out of gold by his rough fingers in prison.

She treasured the ring with the earl's remaining warmth, and put it in her heart tremblingly.She was going to find a chance to tell him the whole truth, and she was going to stand before him wearing it.

The author has something to say: Thank you Cave King for the grenade. It was a waste of money, okay~

Thank you Xiaoweijiang and Polar Bear Baby for mines, it’s a waste of money, okay~

Thank you for the nutrient solution of Asarum Erliang, Helix Shengtian Wan, Taylor Niss, Qin Lie, and Ji Miao~