[Masterpiece Les Miserables] Paris Sparks

The count single-handedly took over the job of appeasing Maximilian.He does have a convincing charm. The next time Coronne visited Morel's house, she heard from Julie that the count had made a one-month agreement with Maximilian: the count promised him that if one month passed, , he still couldn't let go of the pain of losing his lover, and wanted to die with all his heart, the Earl would help him achieve a pain-free death.

Even though this sounded like a terrible agreement, Corona felt relieved: based on her understanding of the count, she still had the strength to play tricks like this, which meant that the count must still have a lot of confidence in Valentine's life.However, the count was still secretive to Maximilian, so naturally he would not be honest with her.After several times of questioning and being bypassed by the count, Coronna had no choice but to put these things aside and return to school work: the school will start in September, and it is always the busiest period before new students enter school. Londina's affair had delayed a great deal of schoolwork, and now it was all to be made up.

Due to physical limitations, she couldn't stay up late to catch up with work. She honestly increased her daily working hours and made up for it slowly. She was busy for more than two weeks.However, the count seemed determined not to let her be safe.One night Courfeyrac strode into her office, followed angrily by Anne, the vice-principal. "You better have something important to break in like this." She heard her angry voice before the door opened, "Otherwise I'll add you to the list of rejections, and you won't even step into the school gate in the future!"

Courfeyrac didn't even pay attention to her, which shows the seriousness of the matter. "Albert will fight the Count of Monte Cristo," he said gravely.

"—what?" asked Corona, so absurd that she almost laughed. "Albert? A duel with the Count of Monte Cristo?"

"I know it's absurd. I was right there at the time—everyone was stunned. Seriously, even if you were going to duel with the Count of Monte Cristo, I wouldn't be so surprised." Courfeyrac shook his head : "If you go to duel with the Count of Monte Cristo, maybe it's not a complete suicide."

"You think highly of me too." Corona smiled and shook her head.This matter is so absurd that until now, she has always lacked a real sense of tension, "But, Courfeyrac, are you really joking?"

"Oh, I knew it! If I had heard this sentence two hours ago, I would probably have pulled my hair and told myself to sober myself up." Courfeyrac shook his head and slumped on the side to meet the guests "But it is true! The duel will be tomorrow morning, and myself, Morel, and Beauchamp are all witnesses. We tried to persuade Albert for half an hour, but we couldn't persuade him. He seems determined to seek death in such an earth-shattering manner."

"Persuade him? Was it Albert who proposed the duel? Why?"

"Probably because of the Count of Morcerf. For some reason, he insisted that it was the Count of Monte Cristo's fault."

"What about Count Morcerf?"

"You do not know?"

"I've been busy with school affairs for a long time! Please forgive me for not being idle all day like you. Tell me, what's going on?"

"You're not too busy to even read a newspaper!" said Courfeyrac, handing her a newspaper crumpled in her hand.Annie had already left at some point, and closed the door for them intimately.Corona unfolded the newspaper, and Courfeyrac pointed her to a piece of news.The newspaper prominently stated:

[Three weeks ago, the "Ta Kung Pao" satirized the news that a French officer serving under Ali, the Governor of Yanina, surrendered the Fort Yanina to the enemy and betrayed his benefactor to the Turks; Fernando, but he has since added a title of nobility and a surname to his Christian name.He now calls himself Count de Morcerf, and occupies a seat in the House of Peers. 】

"Oh, I've seen it. But it's just a rumor—"

"No, not now. Just yesterday, the House of Nobles ruled that Count Morcerf is Fernand, and there is conclusive evidence to prove that he had indeed betrayed Governor Ali."

This surprised Corona. "I don't think so!" she murmured to herself, "but what does it have to do with the Count?"

"Albert believes that the Count of Monte Cristo conspired and planned all this behind the scenes. Because when the Count of Morcerf was tried, the witness who appeared, Haidee, the daughter of the governor of Ali, was the slave of the Count of Monte Cristo."

"is her?!"

This really surprised Corona.She had already guessed that the Count of Monte Cristo must have other enemies besides the Villefort family.But in her mind, the Earl of Morcerf's family should be the most unlikely candidates.Could it be that the count took away his former fiancée because he hated Count Morcerf?But he shouldn't be a despicable villain who kills people for such a thing.

"So, I want to ask if you can persuade Albert. Or let the Countess of Morcerf persuade him-the Countess must not want to lose this son, right? We have all seen the count's skills, whether with a sword or With a gun, Albert will definitely die, and he can't win against the count. Count Morcerf's despicable behavior did happen back then, and no matter what, his life should not be taken for nothing for such a thing."

"I'll go find Countess Morcerf right away," Corona promised.

"Then I'm going to the Todoni Club now. Beauchamp and Chateau-Renoir should be there. Let's discuss and see what kind of weapon we can use to have a chance of saving Albert's life."

"Is there any chance of dissuading the Count of Monte Cristo?"

"In fact, the count did decline at that time, and repeated several times to ask Albert to think about it. He also expressed that he could ignore Albert's impoliteness. It was Albert who was determined to fight him, and his words were so serious. , anyone with a modicum of self-esteem will agree."

"Okay." Corona stood up, "Wish us good luck."

"Good luck to Albert," replied Courfeyrac, and they went to the gate of the school, boarded their carriages, and parted ways.Corona went to the house of Count Morcerf by car, but the count himself, his wife, and Albert were not at home—the father and son were missing, and the butler said that the countess had gone to visit His Excellency the Count of Monte Cristo.

Corona waited for a long time before the Countess of Morcerf returned home.She described her as extremely embarrassed, her temple hair was soaked with sweat, her face was pale, and her eyes were red.Since Corona knew her, she had never seen her in such a mess. "Madame! Has the Count of Monte Cristo insulted you?" she asked incredulously.

"No. Not at all." The countess replied with a smile, but her tone was relaxed, "I know what you are here for tonight, Corona. Thank you for your concern, but the matter has been resolved—I request Count Monte Cristo, don't kill my son."

"And did he agree?"

"He agreed."

"But it's a duel!" Corona said in surprise.Promising to let the other party survive in a duel is tantamount to giving up one's own life—she could hardly imagine that the Count of Monte Cristo would agree, and it was also hard for her to imagine that the Countess of Morcerf would make such an excessive request.

"I won't let Albert kill him either," said the countess, with a serene and mysterious smile on her lips, and she looked a little like the Count of Monte Cristo for a moment.

"How do you make him change his mind? As far as I have heard, Albert's attitude when he asked the earl for a duel was very firm."

"That's because he doesn't understand many things. Albert is a sensible boy, don't worry, I can persuade him. Thank you for coming so late."

Her words were full of meaning to end the topic, but Corona did not leave smoothly. "Ma'am." She asked with determination, "Is your family also one of the targets of revenge?"

Countess de Morcerf took a breath, but almost immediately covered up the momentary gaffe. "I don't understand what you're talking about," she replied.

"You understand very well," replied Corona, looking into the countess' eyes, and said the words she had never said to anyone: "The Count of Monte Cristo is Edmond Dantès. You and I You understand that too, don't you?"

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