[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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The corporal pursed his lips and answered Edmund with a look of contempt.

"Answer the captain's question!" The pirate on the side immediately raised his fist, but Edmund stopped him.

"Don't hit this man," Edmund stared at the corporal for two seconds, "take him aboard."

In fact, he had some admiration for the corporal's tough attitude in front of a group of pirates, but they captured the Château d'If without the warden, so if the authorities wanted someone to take the blame, this corporal was the one. candidates.Rather than doing this, it would be better to get people on the Nemesis, even if the corporal doesn't want to join them, there are other ways to choose.He didn't want to catch an innocent person because of his actions to save Father Faria.

Edmund turned his attention to the jailers who were now locked in the cell. He didn't believe that everyone was as brave as the corporal.He drew out a gun and threatened, "Say, where is that prisoner named Busani?"

No one responded.

Edmund recalled that Busani's name was not on the list of prisoners.After a moment's thought, he said, "He's an Englishman, with blond hair and blue eyes."

At this time, a jailer finally said, "My lord, I know where that person is."

Edmund nodded, and the pirates immediately pulled the man out of the prison.Edmund recognized him, the jailer named Adoni.But Adoni didn't even dare to raise his head in front of Edmund. He led them up the spiral staircase, and he almost lost his balance a few times, but Edmund caught him just in time.

"My lord, this is the way, here we are," said Adoni, walking towards the cell on the top floor.It seemed that because he was getting closer to the destination, Adoni's footsteps finally became brisk. He only hoped that this move would please the pirate chiefs, and maybe this group of vicious pirates would spare his own life.

As Adoni opened the cell door, Edmund saw a man with light blond curly hair lying weakly on the bed.His skin was so pale that there was no trace of blood, as if he had died. Only the eyes that were opened, burst into radiance the moment he saw Edmund.

Edmund went into the cell and lifted him gently from the bed.

"Lead the way ahead," Edmund ordered to the timid jailer, and then he and the pirates who came with him supported Busani and walked out of the cell slowly.

At this time, the corporal leader had been escorted to the bow by the pirates, and the pirates tied his hands. "Our captain said, either join us or die," the leader of the one-eyed pirates threatened, obviously deliberately misinterpreting the captain's meaning.

"Delusion!"

The pirate punched the corporal in the face angrily. The corporal licked the blood from the corner of his mouth and glared back angrily, which drew another heavy punch from the pirate.

Mei Tess is currently in a spacious cabin, taking care of Father Faria together with Bess.Fascinated by the uproar, she walked out of the room just in time to see this scene.

A pirate drew out his long sword and gestured in front of the corporal.Mei Tess stopped him, she took the sword and held it in her hand, "Let me do it."

The pirates dared not disobey Mei Tess's order.

The corporal tightly closed his eyes as she swung the sword, but the death he expected did not come.He narrowed his eyes slightly, and found that the sword had broken the rope tied to his hand just now.

"You are the captain of the Chateau d'If. Now that the warden is away, you let a group of pirates break into the Chateau d'If and took away nearly half of the prisoners. If you stay here, what will happen?" Mei Se Tess folded her arms, as if waiting for his answer.

"I will not join you even if I die," the corporal gritted his teeth and said.

"You want to die as a hero?" Mei Tess raised her eyebrows, "Is this your choice?"

The corporal pursed his lips as a tacit consent, but the fear in his eyes was keenly captured by Plum Tess.

"What if I gave you a third choice?"

"What?" the corporal asked subconsciously.

"Actually, when you are taken on the pirate ship, in the eyes of others, you are already a dead person." Mei Tess pondered for a while, "I will release you at the next port and give you a sum of travel expenses , take it, and leave France with your family, where no one knows you. That way, at least here you are still a hero... This is my third option for you."

The corporal hesitated for two seconds, as if he wanted to judge whether Mei Tess was lying to him, "Okay, I agree..."

The matter finally satisfactorily resolved.When Mei Tess turned her head, she saw the captain looking at her appreciatively.

She smiled at the captain.I don't know when, she began to like this kind of gaze, but when she noticed the man behind the captain, her blood seemed to freeze.

Duke of Buckingham!

At that moment, all the memories about the Dark Star, all the killings and bloodshed flooded into her mind, and it wasn't until Edmund supported her that she realized that she was almost fainted.

"What's the matter with you, Mel?" Edmund said with concern.

"It's nothing, just a headache," Mei Tess prevaricated.She continued to look at the "Duke of Buckingham" with her eyes, but she only caught confusion in the eyes of the other party, "Captain, who is that man?"

"He is a prisoner we rescued from the Château d'If," explained Edmund.

"But he doesn't look like a prisoner," said Maisy Tess.

Edmund followed her gaze. Busani really didn't look like a prisoner, and he realized that from the first time he saw him.

Busoni is undoubtedly a nobleman, and the aura exuding from him cannot be concealed even by the tattered prison uniform and ten years of prison torture.

Edmund didn't know why Mel felt uneasy because of this man, so he could only comfort him, "His name is Busani, and the jailer said he has been in prison for more than ten years, so we don't have to worry about him." A spy."

That word hit Mai Tess's mind again. Even though she was already half convinced that it was not the Duke of Buckingham, she still couldn't calm down, "Captain, I feel a little uncomfortable. I'm going back to my room first."

Edmund's expression immediately became tense, "I'll see you off."

This time she showed a forced smile, "No need."

When walking towards the cabin, she looked at that Busani again.This time she finally noticed that his hair seemed to be lighter than that of the Duke of Buckingham. If the Duke's hair was as dazzling as the sun, then his hair was as gentle as the moonlight.And his skin was much paler than the Duke's, as if he had really spent many years in prison.

Plum Tess wasn't sure if that was the cause of the light.She really can't believe that there are two people so similar in the world, even if there are, then they must be...

The thought made Plum Tess's eyes widen.Yes, twins!

Although she had never heard the Duke of Buckingham mention that he had a twin brother, with the character of the Duke, if he really had such a brother and this brother violated his interests, it was not difficult for her to imagine what he would do.

Château d'If, a prison in a foreign country, a forgotten and cursed place, even if someone wanted to find Busoni, who would think of it?

But all of this is her guess, and in the next trip, she must find a way to test him.