[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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Plum Tess stands alone on the top of the tall tower of Chateau d'If.

The sea fog keeps pouring towards Marseille with the wind, turning into low clouds that circle around, gradually dissipating, and new sea fog keeps coming up, like a fairyland.But now is not the time to enjoy the scenery.Plum Tess narrowed her eyes slightly, and finally saw the looming flag in the mist, it was the Nemesis, and she was coming!

Now, at her feet, the jailer in charge of guarding the fort was tied tightly with a rope and could not move.

Accomplishing this task was much easier than she imagined.After the Hundred Days Dynasty and the Franco-Spanish War ended, France entered a long period of peace. Although there are still countless undercurrents surging in this oppressive and distorted peace, there are still countless conflicts waiting to erupt, but for Yves For a national prison like Fort, its status is far less important than it used to be.More people were transferred to Toulon Prison nearby, where the hard labor was held. Therefore, this seemingly impregnable fortress was already strong on the outside but on the inside.

Mei Tess heard gunshots from a distance. It was the detachment led by Jacob feigning to attack the main gate of Chateau d'If, with the purpose of attracting the jailers and soldiers.

She counted down silently in her heart, "One, two, three..." Just when she counted to thirty, the first cannon rang.She clearly felt the masonry under her feet start to tremble, that was the real iron fist of the Nemesis!After blasting the wall, the captain will bring another group of troops into the Château d'If.

Thinking of this, Mei Tess quickened her pace, she had to reconcile with them immediately.Taking advantage of the darkness, she ran down the spiral staircase of the tower, but she stopped suddenly because she saw a little light in the distance.Two more jailers, holding torches, rushed to the top of the tower, trying to sound the alarm.

Plum Tess wouldn't give them a chance.The torch in the jailer's hand went out in an instant, and before he could realize what was going on, he collided with his companions violently.

Plum Tess tied them quickly, tied a sailor knot that couldn't be untied, and went on.The sound of cannon fire was getting closer and closer, like thunder.The loudest one was accompanied by a lot of dust shaking off her head.

But then, the Nemesis stopped firing, and Noda's fortress seemed to fall silent for a moment.She realized at once that they had successfully penetrated the walls of the Château d'If.

When she finally reached the prison downstairs, it was already overrun by pirates.The captain ordered not to hurt the jailers. Although they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to disobey. They just drove all the jailers into the prison, except for the corporal, who was the leader here when the warden was not there.

Next, the pirates found out the list of prisoners, and released all the petty criminals, some tramps, some thief who had been sentenced for several years for stealing a piece of bread, and a certain pirate's cousin.

And the captain went to the darkest dungeon to find Father Faria who treated him like a father.Plum Tess followed quietly, but walked in another direction.

She knew that at the end of the dark corridor was where Edmund was being held.Holding a torch, she approached slowly, expecting a miracle in her heart.Many years ago, she talked to Edmund for the last time in this place. He stuffed the ring with his body temperature into her hand, and said in an almost desperate tone, "It was originally a symbol of love. It should be the shackles of freedom. Throw it into the sea, I don't need it anymore, let the once love sink into the sea, even if everyone forgets, but the eternal waves will still remember."

Instead of doing what Edmund said, she gave him her ring and told him that she would wait for him.She saw the brilliance in his eyes bloom again.

And now...

Every time Plum Tess took a step, the uneasiness in her heart increased. How much she wanted to see Edmund again.But when she came to the end, what greeted her was an empty cell.

At that moment, the last hope was also disillusioned.

Plum Tess was so distraught on the way back to the landing that Jacob called her several times before she realized it.

"Hey Mel, are you okay?" Jacob asked concerned.

"I...I'm fine."

"Have you gone to see the captain?"

"Yes..." Plum Tess lied, "but I didn't find it."

"Come with me, he's over here," Jacob said.

He led Mei Tess through another corridor, and not far away came the captain's desperate cry, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

They ran forward quickly, only to see a gray-haired old man lying under the bed beside the captain, his whole body was violently convulsed and trembling, his eyes protruded outwards, his mouth was crooked, foaming at the mouth and making a piercing moan. cry.At this time, even the captain, who has always had nothing to solve, became at a loss.

Mei Tess took a quick look around, and she noticed that the bed had been moved, and the old man seemed to be looking for something when he fell ill.She touched the feet of several beds one by one, and found a hole under one of them.She carefully put her hand in, and took out a small bottle, which contained half a bottle of red liquid.

"Is this his medicine?"

Her question also reminded Edmund.He watched Father Faria twitch one last time, and then fade away, paler than a piece of rotten wood, colder and whiter than marble, weaker than a reed underfoot.

No, no, it can't go on like this.

"Give me that bottle," he said in a firm tone. "Pharmaceutical or not, it's better than nothing."

Mei Tess immediately handed over the bottle, and she prayed silently in her heart, even if she couldn't see the miracle that belonged to her, it would be a comforting thing to witness another miracle here.She didn't want the captain to lose his father, and she didn't want to see him in pain.

Edmund glanced at her gratefully, and immediately threw himself into the intense rescue, but he soon discovered that even if he and Jacob worked together, they couldn't pry Father Faria's teeth open. He took out the small knife sharpened by Father Faria. If the two companions around him hadn't focused on the old man, they would have doubted him because of this action.

However, he couldn't care less about it anymore. After successfully prying open the old man's teeth, he poured all the half bottle of medicine into it.After the longest 2 minutes passed, the old man let out a slight sigh.

"Father!" Edmund hugged him excitedly.

The old man seemed to have absolutely no strength to speak.They carried him out of the dark prison where he had been trapped for nearly 20 years. When they reached the gate of the Chateau d'If, two pirates got a stretcher from the doctor's room in the Chateau d'If and carefully carried the old man to the gate. on board.

At this time, Edmund seemed to have remembered something, and turned to Mai Se Tess and said, "Mel, my father is asking you, I must go back now, I still have one thing to do."

Plum Tess nodded silently.She gently held the old man's cold hand. Although the old man was not like her captain at all, his gentle and melancholy temperament was exactly the same as the captain.

She looked towards the Chateau d'If, which was fading away, but she could no longer see the figure of the captain.At this time Edmund had already returned to the prison. He found that the person he was looking for was not in the list of prisoners, so he asked the corporal, "There is another prisoner named Busani here. Where is he?"