[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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Hearing the captain's question, Mei Tess was stunned for a moment, never expecting to miss such an important link in the process of adapting the story.

In fact, it is not surprising that Edmund would have such doubts. After all, Greece and Ottoman Turkey belong to the East, and apart from the sultan and princes, the only men in the court of Ottoman Turkey are eunuchs.

Fortunately, Yanina's royal court is indeed somewhat different.

Many visitors from Western countries, including the famous poet Baron Byron and Lord North, who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain, talked about the fact that there were a large group of men in Ali's harem, the number of which was even comparable to the number of women in the palace.

Selim, Ali's favorite, has been serving in the royal court of Yanina, accompanying the governor.Governor Ali trusted Selim very much.Therefore, when the Turkish army besieged Yanina, Ali entrusted him with his wife, daughter, and an arquebus.

She still remembers Selim saying to her in the cellar, "My mission is to guard the arquebus. If Governor Ali fails to come back, I will light the contents of the wooden barrel and blow up the water village, women and Jinyang. , will not be left to our enemies!"

However, after she and Haidee's mother and daughter fled, Governor Ali retreated to the monastery.But then I don't know what happened. In short, the monastery was not bombed.Ali's head was chopped off by the Turkish soldiers and dedicated to the Turkish general Gauchit, and Selim, together with the woman and Jin Yang hidden in the cellar, disappeared.

She could probably guess where they were going.

And when Mei Tess explained, Edmund deeply felt that his understanding of the East was only limited to imagination.But why did Governor Ali raise a group of beautiful young people in the palace, which aroused his greater curiosity.However, he held back and did not ask any more questions.

When Masertes finally talked about the betrayal of Governor Ali by Earl Morcerf, Edmund's eyes seemed to be ignited with flames, which were flames of hatred.He had already found out through the network of smugglers that the so-called Earl of Morcerf was the Catalan Fernand who framed him back then.

He clenched his fists unconsciously, and this scene was noticed by the careful Mei Tess, who asked worriedly, "Captain, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm just outraged by the shameless crime this man has committed," Edmund explained.

In fact, he had already woven a web of revenge in his heart.It's just that in reality, the net is less than one-tenth complete.

Through the network of smugglers, Edmund can grasp a lot of information.He had learned from a smuggler who had served in Napoleon's army that Fernand had stood guard at a general's door the night the battle of Rini ended.The general, who had been smuggling with the enemy and was going to join the British army, proposed that Fernand go with him, and Fernand agreed.After the Hundred Days Dynasty ended, the deserter Fernand returned to France wearing the epaulets of a second lieutenant. Under the care of the general, he was promoted to captain soon.

And another Spanish ship owner told Edmund that after Fernand was promoted to captain, he was sent to Spain, which was originally the hometown of the Catalans.There, Fernand met Danglars, another enemy of Edmund. The former escort of the Queen of Egypt was employed by the French army's ration department and made a fortune.The two worked hand in hand and fought fiercely. With Fernand's Catalan face and standard Spanish, he quickly won the general support of the Spanish capital and provincial preservation parties.At the ensuing battle of Rocadello, Fernand led his troops through a valley held by the royalists, by a devious path he had learned by deceiving shepherds.After the capture of Drocadello, he was promoted to colonel, and not only received the title of count, but also received the cross of an officer of the Legion of Honor.

Later, Fernand's promotion was hindered by peace, so he turned his attention to Greece.He drilled around everywhere, and finally got his wish, and served under the account of Governor Ali as a nominal identity in the French Army.The next thing Edmund and Mei Tess knew was that unjust betrayal.

After a brief silence, Edmund noticed that Mel was staring at his iron ring.Thinking of the lies he made up, he shook his head helplessly. Mel must have thought that he was grieving for his wife who died in the Greek war.

"I should have given her a gold ring," Edmund sighed slightly.

For some reason, Plum Tess always felt that this sentence sounded inexplicably familiar.

Edmund continued, "Mel, I didn't expect our experiences to be surprisingly similar. Now that you've told your story, let me tell mine."

In Edmund's version of the story, Simba the Sailor meets a Maltese nobleman. "I was born in a big milky-white sandstone house in Valletta. My father often taught me to read and write under a big olive tree in the yard."

"He must have been a very wise man," said Mei Tess.

Edmund nodded without denying, "Later, he went to neighboring Italy in order to make achievements in politics. But he mistook a fool wearing a crown for his Caesar Buccia, and that person pretended to adopt My opinion, but actually betrayed him. Later he was secretly imprisoned in a foreign country, and I had to flee to a foreign country."

"and after?"

"I once lost confidence and hope for my future life," Edmund's blue eyes sparkled, "but just when I made up my mind to end my life, she appeared."

"She is your wife?" Mei Tess guessed.

"Yes." Edmund nodded, "At that time, my life was like a lost boat on the vast ocean, unable to find my direction. But she was like a ray of light at dawn, illuminating and waking me up."

Mei Tess did not know that what Edmund had told was a true lie.If she hadn't broken into the Château d'If alone and brought Edmund the hope of life, he would have sunk into the cemetery at the bottom of the Château d'If just like other prisoners who died in prison.

"In order to find out the whereabouts of my father, we had to separate," Edmund continued, "You know what happened afterwards."

"Have you found your father, then?" asked Mei Tess.

"I have been searching for many years, and finally traced the clues." Edmund pondered for a while. "Now, my father is locked in the Château d'If in Marseille, France. One day, I will rescue him!"