Although the Marquis of Novatier was not a good man, he was a hero for a while, how could he give birth to such a son?

The groveling performance of the Attorney General of Villefort not only did not make Charles happy, but rather disgusted him.

Although he has experienced the world, he has seen too much deceit in the court, and he often plays tricks himself, but in essence, he still admires the hero's heroism, so when he sees others flattering without dignity, he can't help but feel disgusted in his heart.

But disgust is disgust, since the other party is like this, it can be regarded as an expression of surrender, so it is not good for Charles to attack directly.

He lowered his eyelids, then waved his hand.

"No, it can't be like this, after all, Valentina is still in mourning, if she stays with me, what will happen outside? I'm just letting her rest here tonight, and you'll take her home tomorrow." ”

"Is that so...... Well, do as you say. The Prosecutor of Villefort was slightly disappointed, but had more doubts in his mind.

Indeed, he couldn't figure out why Charles was interfering so deeply in their family's family affairs.

As far as he understood, the Tréville family were selfish and pretentious guys, and they had no love in their hearts, so he didn't believe that the Tréville family would come and interfere with him just to protect their father and daughter.

They must have had another purpose.

But when you ask yourself, Villefort can't find any reason for the other party to interfere with his own house.

He was a member of the legal profession and would not stand in the way of Marshal Trevill at all, so he would not be suppressed as a political enemy; He also doesn't have a particularly large family fortune, so it's not worth the family's concern at all.

So in any way, there was no reason for him to have anything to do with the Trévilles, who had indeed ignored him for the previous twenty years.

Thinking about it, the only reason he could find was Valentina.

Although there are some suspicions of boasting, he thinks that his daughter Valentina is indeed a beauty, although she is thin and weak, and her personality is a little withdrawn, but there are also many princes who like the type of weak and can't help the wind, right?

It is very likely that it was because of Valentina that the young man of the Tréville family would encourage his grandfather to come to him for trouble—and it is even possible that Valentina deliberately seduced the young master in order to take revenge on herself, so she caused such a big scourge.

As soon as he thought of this, he was a little more annoyed with his rebellious and disobedient daughter.

However, when you think about it, the situation does not seem to be very bad - if Valentina is made the future Marquise of Treville, doesn't it mean that he can become a close relative of the Treville family in the future, and then his future will be one more assistant? The disaster he encountered today is not a big deal, the Tréville family will help him cover it up, and nothing will happen.

Perhaps the young master is amorous and will soon lose interest in Valentina, so he must hurry up and push their relationship further forward.

Therefore, after he regained his senses, he weighed the pros and cons, and immediately made a 180-degree turn, groveling to Charles, and even deliberately created an opportunity for him to get along with the two of them.

To his surprise, however, Charles immediately rejected his offer without hesitation.

Don't you like Valentina enough? Or is he concerned about the influence of public opinion from the outside world?

Whatever the reason, it shows that he is not paying enough attention to Valentina now, which is not good news.

For a moment, the prosecutor general hung his head, thinking about how to change the current difficult situation.

Charles didn't know that this middle-aged man had so many thoughts in his heart now, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with the other party now, he just felt that this person was too disgusting.

He beckoned the old servant and ordered him to take him over to rest, and to send him and Valentina off again to-morrow.

After arranging these things, he himself was very tired, so he went up to the second floor and prepared to go back to his bedroom to sleep.

However, just as he was about to undress and go to bed, there was a sudden soft knock at the door.

"Sir......" There was a whispered call from outside the door.

Although the voice is a little out of tune because of the door, there is no doubt that it is a female voice.

Who is it? Charles had some doubts in his heart.

He had already gotten a little dizzy from today's events, and was now full of tiredness.

"Who? What's up? He asked aloud.

There was no response, but there was still a knock at the door, as if the people outside the door were stubbornly trying to pull him out of bed.

"What?!" Charles cursed, then stepped out of bed and pulled the door open. "You'd better give me a good reason......"

His angry words soon became unspeakable, as he had already seen the visitor on the other side.

It was a woman dressed as a maid, looking at him with a smirk, her blue eyes full of mockery and teasing.

Charlotte, dressed plainly, looks particularly charming under this dim candlelight. She smiled, then folded her hands in a strange gesture.

"Young master, how are you doing? I've been worrying about you every day lately......"

"Why did you use my house as a hotel...... Run over at every turn! Charles felt very powerless for a moment.

"Ah, don't say that, don't ordinary people often visit relatives? It shouldn't be rude for me to come and visit you, right? Charlotte looked at him with a smile still on her face, "Besides, haven't you been entertaining guests lately?" It shouldn't be too difficult to entertain me with one more, right? I can see it clearly, you hid a little sister in...... I really didn't expect our Charles to learn the way of the fun scene so quickly! ”

"Uh......" Charles blushed with embarrassment for a moment, and he quickly explained to himself, "The situation is not what you imagined! ”

"Okay, don't explain, I'm kidding you...... I've just seen you arguing with the Attorney-General, and although I don't know the young lady, I know the Attorney-General of Paris. Charlotte shrugged, the smile on her face slowly fading, "Okay, are you going to let me stand in the hallway all night?" ”

Charles hesitated, but moved out of the way and beckoned the other to come in.

"Then thank you, young master." Charlotte saluted lightly and floated straight into his bedroom.

As soon as she entered, she looked left and right with great interest, as if she had come to a spot that she had not visited for a long time.

Before Charles could greet her, she walked to Charles's desk on her own, then picked up a few pages on the table and skimmed through them cursorely.

"Wow, after so many years, your habit still hasn't changed, you have to write a few ghost drawing talismans every night...... she flipped through it, and then threw it aside, "Although I don't know what was written, it must be very valuable information, after all, you go in and out of the palace twice in three days......"

"It's all unrelated trivial matters, so don't try to get information from me, Charlotte, I won't say anything." Charles looked at the other party solemnly, "I've never asked you any questions about the royal party, and in return, I hope you can follow this code as well, otherwise we won't even be able to do it." ”

"Okay, okay, don't be so serious, I'm just kidding." Charlotte shook her head, and then sat down in the chair that Charles used to make, "Don't worry, I didn't come here at night to ask you for any information. ”

Charles sat down on the other side of the chair, and then looked at the maid uncertainly, he really couldn't understand why the other party suddenly ran in front of him, of course, before that, there were more important questions to be clarified.

"When did you come here?" After a few moments, Charles asked.

"It was a long time ago, to be exact, from the shouting of the prosecutor...... Charlotte returned with a big smile.

"So did you hear anything?" Charles hurriedly asked.

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't hear anything?" Charlotte asked with a smile.

Charles's face suddenly turned ugly.

That's the problem.

Just now he had a big quarrel with the Attorney General of Villefort, revealing too many old things, too many secrets that could not be revealed to the outside world, even Charlotte, it would be a big trouble to hear it.

"Then you heard ......"

"Come on, don't put on such a sad face, I don't want to see it—I don't want to play a game of temptation with you, so I'll just tell you about it—I've heard about your parents, but it doesn't really mean anything, because I've heard about it." Charlotte interrupted Charles unhurriedly, "The prosecutor is right, your mother did die because of your father, and her difficult birth was caused by your father, and it can even be said that she was killed by mistake." This matter was very popular at the time, but it was suppressed by your grandfather using his power, and no one mentioned it for so many years, so it was almost forgotten, and I thought no one had mentioned it for a long time......"

"You already knew? How do you know? Charles looked at each other in surprise. Then why didn't you tell me? ”

"Your grandfather wrote to tell me about it, and the two of them talked about everything. Later, my grandfather told me, but what's the point of me telling you? What, do you want to avenge your mother? How to take revenge, hand slash father? Or grandpa? It's impossible, right? Charlotte pursed her lips, as if mocking Charles, "So, what's the point of telling you, I don't see any help in your lives other than adding trouble to you for no reason, do I?" ”

Charlotte's mockery with a gun and a stick made Charles sober up all of a sudden.

Yes, what's the point of knowing such an old thing?

He has no feelings for his parents in this life, although his mother died unjustly, but more than ten years have passed, he has no feelings, and it is impossible for him to go to his father for revenge.

In a sense, Charlotte's silence helped him reduce his unnecessary troubles.

"Okay, let's not talk about these old things, let's talk about something else." Charles simply changed the subject, "Did you hear that part of Edmond Dantès, too?" ”

"Of course, I can't hear it completely, but I can still hear a rough idea." Charlotte nodded dryly, "I have to say, this is a very wonderful story." ”

"It's a great story, but it's a story that belongs only to me." Charles also nodded coldly, and then looked at the other party seriously, "Charlotte, I hope that there is everything about this story, you don't want to spread it, this is my very serious request, please agree to me." This story has nothing to do with your organization, and it doesn't bother you in any way, so I don't think you will be embarrassed by this request. You know what I mean – in this matter, I want to have complete freedom of action, without interference. ”

"I can promise you not to pass on this, but I don't agree with the other thing......" Charlotte spread her hands, "you said that this story has nothing to do with me at all, I don't think so. ”

"What do you mean?" Charles frowned.

"Although I don't know what poor Edmond Dantès is, and I don't care if he died unjustly, you don't care if I know you, do you?" Charlotte's eyes narrowed slightly, and her gaze became extremely sharp, "So, I guess, you are so interested in this story to deal with the Count of Monte Cristo?" ”

When the last word was uttered by Charlotte, Chardon could not maintain his original composure, and he stared at Charlotte closely, and suddenly the air in the room became cold.

"Don't be so nervous, Charles." Charlotte suddenly stretched out her hand and patted Charles' shoulder, "Actually, it's not hard to guess, right?" We don't know the Count of Monte Cristo, but we know a little about him, and we know that this gentleman had been active in Marseille in his early years - so it is obvious that you are so interested in the old things of Marseille, is there any other reason? ”

Charles just listened quietly to Charlotte's explanation, his expression still unmoved.

But the turmoil in his heart slowly calmed down. Charlotte is really good.

Moreover, he still couldn't do anything with Charlotte after all.

"Now that you know that well, I don't have much to say, well, I'll admit it's true." Charles finally let out a sigh and looked at the other party helplessly, "I also made it clear to you, he is now my prey, I don't want anyone to interfere and interfere with my actions, whatever you want, I won't interfere, so I also want you not to interfere with me, okay?" ”

"Don't be nervous, young master, you always see me as an enemy, this is not good." Charlotte leaned her face closer to Charles, and then said mysteriously, "I'll tell you the truth, this time, I'm going to help you deal with him, and I promise to make you slash him!" ”

Charlotte, who came close to speak, blew the tip of his nose a little bit, and the fragrance also rushed into Charles's nose, making him a little dizzy for a moment.

But what really fascinated him was the content of the words.

Charlotte, want to help me deal with the Count of Monte Cristo?

Is there such a good thing in the world?

He certainly didn't believe it, so his first reaction was to look at the other party warily.

"Why would you want to do that?"

"Because the Count of Monte Cristo has offended me so badly lately, I don't like him very much, so I want to see him unlucky, and see you beat him up......," a cruel sneer escaped from Charlotte's lips, "I just want him to learn enough lessons, is this reason enough?" ”

In an instant, just the murderous aura that floated out of Charlotte's body, Charles judged that Charlotte was serious.

Great, he was worried that there wasn't much of a breakthrough right now, and if Charlotte could help, it would be a good opportunity from the sky.

"Okay, I see, then I promise you, I'll beat him up—as long as you give me a chance." He nodded again and again, forgetting the unhappiness just now for a moment, "Tell me, what are you going to do." ”

"I'm going to give you a completely solid piece of information—" Charlotte leaned into Charles' ear, and replied word for word, "the Count, who is ready to use the news to manipulate the market, intends to short those Spanish bonds in the near future." ”

"Really? What was he going to do? Charles was a little surprised at first, but immediately overjoyed.

Since Charlotte was able to spit out such news, it proved that she had the truth, not big words.

"The specific way to do it is a trade secret, so it is inconvenient for me to disclose it." Charlotte still whispered in Charles's ear, "However, he has prepared a huge negative news, and is now building a large number of positions, I think if his plan goes well, when this bad news is released, the whole market will shake, and then he can make a windfall." ”

Charlotte's words were not improvised, but carefully considered in advance, in order to let Charles know what was going on, but not to let him know the specific actions of the royal party, and she must now carefully grasp the scale.

Although her relationship with Charles is not bad, although Charles and Marshal Tréville secretly give her a lot of care, she is still measured in what should not be said, and she can keep her mouth shut when she should keep secrets.

All she needed to do was use the power of Charles to deliver a crushing blow to the Count of Monte Cristo at the time she needed to make him pay enough for his arrogance.

If there are too many other words, it will make both of them embarrassed, and she can't afford to leak the news to the emperor's government.

Seeing Charlotte behaving like this, Charles was of course also interested, and did not ask what this unprecedented bad news meant.

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what the message is, it's the exact time that matters, and as long as you have the time in hand, you have a way to operate from it.

"So, when will this bad news reach Paris at the earliest? At what price exactly is the Count of Monte Cristo's position placed? Charles immediately asked for details.

"I can't be sure of the exact time yet, but I'll figure it out and tell you next, as for other questions, I can't know if you ask me, you go and ask those experts in the market, they are much clearer than me." Charlotte calmly replied, "Well, that's all I have to say. ”

"Okay, thank you." Charles nodded.

Although Charlotte only brings him news now, it is enough to have news, and the most valuable thing is information.

Charles only felt like a spider hunting, calmly weaving a huge web, slowly entangling the prey, the web line was constantly approaching the prey, and he had nowhere to hide.

In an instant, his previous exhaustion was swept away, and he was even a little gearing up, just waiting for the day to show his skills as soon as possible.

And Charlotte next to her also looked at her cousin, this elegant and handsome beautiful boy.

His face was slightly red, and his turquoise eyes were shining with excitement, like a child who had snatched a toy.

How cute! How nice it would be if there wasn't a damn revolution, in which case they should have had the best time together in Versailles without any worries, right?

"Charles?" She called softly.

"Huh?" Charles was woken up from his excitement. "Hmm......"

His mouth was gagged.

Their tongues intertwined, and Charles looked at each other in disbelief.

I don't know how long it took for Charlotte to get back in place.

"It's just a gift, don't care." She bowed lightly to Charles again.

"......" Charles didn't know what to say.

"It's time to say goodbye!" Charlotte looked up at the window, then suddenly turned back and looked at Charles with a smile, "By the way, before leaving, there is more news for you." ”

"What?"

"Just now, outside the room, there wasn't just one audience." Charlotte's smile was still as bright as that, "Your sister is done listening to it too!" It's also thanks to this ghost elf that the servant has been separated, otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to listen to it for so long! Of course, she probably thought she was the only one. ”

"What?" Charles' eyes widened.

"Okay, that's all I have to say, if you know it." Charlotte turned around and left without any nostalgia, "Goodbye~"