[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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When he heard the news of his release, Edmund almost thought it was another dream.

It had been a long time since he had such a dream.

He was not as happy as he imagined, all he did was calmly begged the jailer to give him a moment to pray to God to express his gratitude to him.

The jailer was even a little moved by Edmund's piety, "I'll give you a quarter of an hour, the gendarmes don't have much patience."

As soon as the jailer left, Edmund hastily removed the wooden bed and burrowed into the hole hidden under the bed.

Madame de Villefort had not been in since that time, and Edmund was not surprised; she seemed to be on her husband's side.For some reason, he did not hate Mrs. Villefort, but had some sympathy for her. In his opinion, any woman who became Villefort's wife was worthy of sympathy.

After that, he and the priest continued to dig the tunnel.They plan to dig the tunnel under the corridor where the sentry stands guard, and then loosen the stones on the corridor so that the sentry's feet will collapse when they step on it. Shut his mouth and tie him up.Then they can use the priest's rope ladder to escape through the corridor window.

However, when they were only one step away from the corridor, the stones laid on the corridor had already loosened, so that a sentry fell ahead of time.Their plans fell through when the warden ordered the guards to fill up the tunnel with stones.

At that time Edmund thought he was doomed to die in the Château d'If.In order to get him out of the quagmire of despair, Father Faria comforted him and said, "When a person's situation is on the verge of despair, God will always give him a way out."

Unexpectedly, what the priest said now has come true.But when he thought that Father Faria, who treated him like a son, would stay here and continue to suffer, Edmund suddenly felt a sense of sadness in his heart, which also made the fifty-foot tunnel extremely long.

After finally climbing to cell 27, Edmund told Father Faria the shocking news.

The priest seemed even more shocked than Edmund, "My child, I don't know what to say..."

His eyes became a little sad, but he still didn't show any emotion when facing Edmund.On the one hand, he was sincerely happy that Edmund could be released.On the other hand, he also deeply grieved for himself, because he knew that he was about to lose the child God had given him.

However, when Edmund said that the letter was signed by Count Artois, Father Faria frowned tightly.He knew that the Duke of Artois was forced into exile like his elder brother Louis XVIII during Napoleon's reign, and the count was an ambitious man who hated all Napoleon's followers, so how could he agree to release Edmund?

He asked carefully, but Edmund couldn't give any more information.

The priest didn't express his doubts in his heart. He was afraid that Edmund might misunderstand him because he was afraid of being alone and selfishly wanted to keep him here with him. He couldn't stand that kind of misunderstanding.

He just said in a different stern tone than before, "Edmond, you must be careful after leaving the Chateau d'If, remember my words, you must be careful before you land on land and separate from those gendarmes!"

"I will," Edmund hugged the priest tightly, "my father."

At that moment, the priest felt that the soft place in his heart was touched again, he tremblingly took out two halves of the drawing from his arms, "My child, this is the biggest secret I have buried in my heart, and now I want to give it to you. Don't worry, I'm not crazy, the treasure of the Spada family is real..."

Edmund knew what the priest was talking about. He was talking about the unreal treasure that the jailer had been laughing at. "I believe in you. But this treasure belongs to you, Father." He shook his head lightly. "I have no rights. I am not your relative."

"You are my son, Edmund!" cried Father Faria. "You are my son in captivity. I am bound by my profession to celibacy. God sent you to comfort me, come Soothe me who cannot be a father and a prisoner who cannot be free."

As he spoke he hugged Edmund tightly and began to cry.

If there was one thing Edmund had learned from the priest, it was the honor that belonged to true nobility.This kind of honor made Edmund not allow himself to enjoy the glory and wealth brought by the treasure, but left the real owner of the treasure to suffer in this dark prison.

"No, my father, in fact you have given me the real treasure, your priceless wisdom. And this treasure belongs to you and only you forever. I will never use your treasure for pleasure, but Leave you here alone, then I am not worthy to be your son," Edmund said with a sob, "My father, I swear I will rescue you, and then we will talk about the treasure. "

Edmund knew that his time was running out, and he couldn't let the jailer find out that he was colluding with Father Faria to escape. "My father, please...be sure to wait for me."

Father Faria was too excited to speak. He already knew Edmund's determination, so he could only wave his hands with tears in his eyes.

Edmund held back tears that were about to collapse.He hurried through the tunnel and returned to cell No. 34, and then he seized the time to block the opening with gravel and cover it with soil to prevent Father Faria's secret from being discovered.

It's not that he doesn't want a new inmate to accompany the priest, but several years of prison experience have made him unable to trust any stranger, and he is afraid that that person will hurt the priest.

Just as he had finished all this, the jailer returned with two gendarmes.They led Edmund slowly out of the dungeon.

Years passed, and Edmund smelled the sea for the first time, and saw the blue sky for the first time.

He gently fiddled with the cast iron ring on his hand that had been polished extremely smooth.He knew that his lover had been looking forward to it, and that his real father in Marseilles must be waiting for him at the window sill in Lane de Merlin.

Now, he is coming back.

Edmund boarded the boat with the military police, and for a moment, he seemed to hear someone calling himself.

An inner voice told him that it was Mai Tess, so he looked in the direction of Marseilles, and he had a strong feeling that his lover must be waiting for him at the intersection.

"Plum Tess, I'm coming back, wait for me," Edmund murmured.

Far away from them, there was a beautiful big ship.It was a foreign ship that Edmund had never seen before, and it was slowly leaving the port of Marseilles.

However, the dark sky made Edmund worry about the strange guests on board. Judging from his years of sailor experience, it would be a huge storm.

After the big ship went far away, their small boat patrolled around, and it seemed that instead of following the route he imagined, it sailed away from Marseille port.

"Where are you taking me?" Edmund couldn't help asking, "Didn't you take me out of Chateau d'If?"

"Yes, but the release order doesn't say we have to land in the port of Marseille," said a gendarme with a smile.

Edmund became alert, and he remembered Father Faria's words, "My child, before you actually reach land, before you actually leave those gendarmes, be careful!"

He quickly determined that the place the boat was heading for was Toulon, where there was another state prison for convicts.

A bad thought gradually rose in Edmund's mind. They took him away from the Chateau d'If, just to transfer him to prison, not to really release him.

But the truth is even scarier than that.When they were far away from land, one of the gendarmes quietly produced a gun, because the real meaning of the release order was to send Edmond out of the Château d'If, but not to let him go ashore alive.

The long-term prison life made Edmund extremely sensitive. He noticed this subtle movement, and the moment the jailer pointed the gun at him, he slammed into the jailer, and at the same time grabbed the barrel of the gun with his bound hands, It twists upwards towards the sky.For an instant the muzzle of the gun flashed past his eyes, and then the shot went empty.

Another gendarme came up to help with a bayonet, and Edmund dodged deftly, which allowed the gendarme to stab one of his own people with the bayonet.Edmund then slammed the panicked gendarme into the sea.

He did not expect that the gendarme could not swim.The kind nature made Edmund feel an impulse to save him.But thinking of the hideous face he was going to kill himself just now, Edmund suppressed the sympathy in his heart, clamped the bayonet between his legs, and began to cut the rope on his wrist.

The wind and waves were already strong, so he cut the wrong place several times, and his hands were bloody.At this moment, the gendarme who was not dead on the boat quietly picked up the gun, skillfully loaded gunpowder and another bullet, and aimed at Edmund.

At the moment of life and death, another big wave hit and completely capsized the boat.

At this time, the rope around Edmund's wrist had not been completely cut, but he broke free with all his strength in the water.The wind and waves were getting bigger and bigger. Holding a broken keel, he swam towards the nearby Diburon Island, hugged a protruding rock, and survived the storm.

When the weather was calm, he was exhausted.

At this moment, Genoese dhows were slowly approaching him.It was a smuggling ship called the Maiden Amelie, which had just come from the port of Marseilles.

This is an opportunity.

Edmund let go of his hands and fell into the sea.He took off his clothes, and the resistance of the sea water helped him take off his prison pants. After confirming that there was nothing on his body that could reveal his identity, he swam to the boat naked, holding the broken keel, and shouted.

The smuggling boat seemed to have spotted him and slowly approached him.In order to speed up, he dropped the keel.However, he overestimated his own strength, and within a few strokes, he lost his strength and gradually sank.

Fortunately, a strong hand grabbed his hair tightly.