[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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This time, the two people who walked into the hall were dressed differently from the others. They wore black Arabic-style hoods, covering their faces tightly, leaving only a slit for their eyes.

Plum Tess poked Edmund lightly with her finger, and asked in a low voice, "Who are they?"

"They were the owners of the Miraham, and they traded with their faces covered," explains Edmund.

Plum Tess felt relieved and stopped paying attention to them.Edmund, on the other hand, concentrated on the newcomers.The smuggling ship conference was huge and there were too many new faces, which made him vigilant instinctively.

Two Macaulay sailors played the mandolin and sang the Venetian boat song loudly, and the banquet was full of laughter.When Anjelica walked forward with the wine for the old captain, she was bumped by someone, she cursed casually, and then handed the glass of wine that was almost spilled to her father.

The captain of the Macaulay took a sip of rum and cleared his throat, "Now that everyone is almost here, let's start. This mission is different from the past. We are going to face Turkish warships instead of taxes." Police. But you already know the rules. We will share a sum of money as a deposit first. Everyone is at their own risk. Those who successfully complete the mission and come back here alive will share the remaining dividends equally. If you are willing to join, sign up now, we At least three more ships are needed."

After a short silence, Edmund was the first to stand up. He knew that someone would take the lead.

"Girl Amelie is willing to join!"

"Very good..." The captain of the Macaulay showed a satisfied expression, but before he finished speaking, he suddenly coughed violently.

The smugglers present didn't pay much attention at first, seeing the old captain take another sip of rum, which only provoked a more violent cough.

Anjelica hurried forward and patted the old captain on the back, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

Things seemed to be getting more and more wrong, I saw that the old captain's face was getting bluer and greener, he accidentally knocked over the wine glass, and then scratched his throat in pain, his nails dug bloodstains on the neck covered with fine folds.

Mei Tess suddenly realized that the old captain had been poisoned.Just as she was about to speak, Edmund stopped her. He lowered his voice and whispered in her ear, "We can't help him."

He was right, they couldn't help him.The expression on the old captain's face became more and more terrifying. He let out an ugly and hoarse voice, and then fell to the ground.

When Angelica burst into tears, everyone realized that the old captain was dead.

After witnessing this tragic scene, there was an instant chaos in the hall.

"Who?" Angelica immediately drew her gun and said angrily, "Who killed him?"

"Maybe it's the wine," said the sailor nearest the old captain.

"It was Angelica who poured the wine," the first mate of the Macaulay said immediately.The moment the old captain fell to the ground, he immediately realized that he was only one step away from being the captain of the Macaulay, and the only obstacle was his daughter who was in the way.

"No, he is my father, how could I harm him," Anjelica immediately argued.

"Yes, maybe it was poisoned by the people who came to the ship, and they wanted to take the cargo for themselves," said another sailor on the ship.

This time all eyes were on Edmund, because so far, he was the only one who stood up to take on this task.Then Maisette realized how wise he had been to stop himself from telling the truth.

"Catch them," Angelica ordered to the sailors of the Macaulay, "they killed the captain."

The sailors of the Macaulay raised their guns one after another, and the other smuggling ship owners immediately took out their weapons and aimed at the two of them.After all, they had a good relationship with the old ship owner, and by expressing their attitude at this time, they could clear up their suspicions.

"Wait," Edmund's expression was surprisingly calm, "I think I know who the real murderer is."

"Who is it?" Angeli frowned.

He immediately yelled something Mei Se Tess could not understand, and then the owner and crew of another smuggling ship beside him yelled similar words.

Mei Tess quickly guessed the slang terms of the smuggling ship trade they shouted.This is indeed a good idea. There are many strange faces in this meeting. If there is someone pretending to be a smuggler, he must be like her, and he has no idea what the ship owners are talking about.

While people's attention was focused on those who shouted, she quietly took out a dagger and waited and watched.

The shouting stopped abruptly when it reached the two masked people.Those two people also realized that they had been exposed, and just as one raised his gun, he was stabbed in the throat by a flying dagger from Mei Tess.But the other took advantage of the chaos and grabbed Angelica, holding a knife to her neck.

"Now that the old captain is dead, I am the acting captain," the first mate of the Macaulay ordered to the sailors, "I order you to kill the murderer and avenge the old captain!"

"But Angelica is still in their hands," Mei Tess stopped her.

"It was this woman who insisted on boarding the ship that brought bad luck to the old captain and everyone," said the first mate of the Macaulay dissatisfied. "If she gets hurt, she will bring it on herself..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Edmund punched him in the eye socket.Immediately afterwards Edmund grabbed the gun from his hand and pointed at the murderer.

"Don't..." Anjelica struggled.

But Edmund didn't listen to her. "Trust me."

His firm eyes made Angelica no longer afraid, but the murderer became frightened and desperately shrank his head behind Angelica.

However, at the moment of shooting, Edmund's gun barrel, which was originally aimed at the murderer's head, moved down slightly, and precisely hit his hand holding Angelica's shoulder.

"Ah!" With the murderer's cry of pain, Angelica struggled to escape.Before Edmund could stop it, the owner of the other boat shot and killed the murderer.

An Arab sailor stepped forward and lifted the murderer's mask, "They are not from the Mirahan!"

Edmund also realized the seriousness of the matter, "Where is the Mirahan parked now?"

"It's near us," Angelica said.

"Is there a telescope?" asked Edmund.

Angelica immediately directed the sailor to hand him a telescope.

Plum Tess noticed that Edmund's expression was getting serious.

After a while, Edmund said in an extremely stern tone, "The people on the Mirahan were either hijacked or all died. Now, they are aiming their cannons at us!"