Since the conscience is lost, they indulge their lusts and covet all kinds of filthiness.

Ephesians 4:19

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The banquet of the Count of Monte Cristo ended with a dramatic unfolding.

When they came, the guests had wondered what kind of behavior this rich man from a foreign country would do to surprise people.

But no one guessed that at the end of the feast, they saw the bones of a baby.

What kind of bad taste makes people feel so funny?

Anyway, not many guests thought it was fun, and there were even many fragile ladies and ladies who fainted directly.

It didn't take long for the guests to take their leave, for all sorts of reasons, no one wanted to stay to see what was going on, and the Count of Monte Cristo didn't let them go.

However, although everyone was taken aback, it was strange that not many people hated the Count because of it.

After all, when the Count of Monte Cristo came to Paris, he created a character of "a mysterious rich man with a strange temper from a foreign country, extremely rich and eccentric." ”

Therefore, such a shocking banquet will only add another to the mystical legends surrounding him, which is completely in line with his character, and even if he is frightened at first, he finally has to admit that the Count has indeed fulfilled his task, so that the guests, who have been in and out of social places from time to time, and therefore well-informed, can see things they have never seen before, and satisfy their curiosity.

What's more worthy of people's attention is that the warp and weft of this matter will also spread with the guests who go home-

The Count of Monte Cristo dug up the bones of a baby in the garden when he was renovating his newly purchased villa, and he directly claimed after the banquet that he intended to report the case to the police so that the government could find out the truth.

And another gossip must have circulated quickly in the social circles at the same time - this villa was once owned by the father-in-law of the Attorney General of Villefort!

The combination of a high-powered prosecutor general and a baby's bones is enough for everyone to wonder what's going on.

In the midst of the crowd leaving, Charles also took his sister and prepared to leave the villa in a carriage.

The night was already deep, and there was a deep darkness all around, with only the sparkling lights illuminating the surrounding silhouette a little, and the Count's Court of Monte Cristo was now even more gloomy and gloomy, like a ghost lodge.

Charles was in no hurry to leave, his brow furrowed slightly, his vision wandering in the blurred distance.

Eventually, he found the Attorney General of Villefort, who was preparing to leave.

At this moment, he was walking to the carriage with his wife, and in the dim light he looked extremely pale, crying and mourning, and looking depressed.

There was no doubt that the baby's bones must have something to do with him, at least he certainly knew.

Charles narrowed his eyes slightly, then walked quickly in front of him, blocking the Attorney General's path.

After a few moment......s, the prosecutor general, who came to his senses, found the young man standing in his way.

He struggled to squeeze out a smile, but it was still quite ugly.

"Monsieur Villefort, would I like to speak with you so that I can take my carriage back to Paris?" Charles asked directly.

As he asked, he looked at the other with blazing eyes, and although he was asking a question, his tone was close to that of a command.

Inspector Villefort did not answer immediately, but hesitated, perhaps because he was worried that he was in a mess and did not know how to deal with it.

"My husband is not feeling well today, Charles." Seeing her husband's appearance, Madame de Villefort hurriedly helped her husband out of the siege, took his hand, and prepared to leave.

According to the general social understanding, it is up to Charles to give in to his wife—and Charles would certainly do the same.

But today is different.

"I'm afraid it's not up to you, ma'am." Charles's face was still tense, and he looked at the prosecutor general coldly, "Your husband, he really wants to talk to me. And you, please sit down with my sister, give us a little time to talk, and we will all go back to the city together, thank you. ”

The blonde young man was still as handsome as ever, but now he had a little more coldness and arrogance in his bones, and only then would people who saw him remember that he was still the heir to a high-ranking old marshal after all.

"You!" Madame de Villefort was a little annoyed by Charles' such rude treatment, and she looked at Charles viciously, "You don't really think you can do whatever you want, do you?" ”

"Then I'll have to ask your husband." Charles still replied coldly, and then directly reached out and grabbed the arm of the prosecutor who was still lost his soul, "Come with me, it's good for everyone, sir." ”

At this time, he no longer had the hypocrisy and politeness on the surface, but put forward the order directly.

He was very angry today and didn't want to be polite to the prosecutor's family; And more importantly, he doesn't have time to be polite to others anymore.

He didn't know what the Attorney General of Villefort had done back then, but he knew that the Count of Monte Cristo must have caught a huge flaw in Villefort, so he would embarrass him in front of everyone in public.

More importantly, what happens next? The Count of Monte Cristo was certainly not satisfied with that alone.

So he had to ask the Attorney General of Villefort about it.

What the hell happened back then?!

Madame de Villefort's face turned pale at being treated so rudely by Charles, and she gritted her teeth, and was about to publicly scold for everyone present to see, when her husband suddenly pulled her hand.

"Emma, let me talk to Charles." The Attorney General of Villefort let out a sigh of relief.

"Gerald?" Madame Villefort was surprised, she looked at her husband, and the inspector general of Villefort nodded again in her will.

Madame de Villefort also took a breath to calm herself, and then, as if she had changed her face, she looked at Charles with a smile on her face.

"Charles, I'll go back with your sister, she's lovely, and as for my husband, I'll leave it to you first."

At this time, she appeared to be like a noble lady who had returned merrily after a banquet, and Charles finally gave face, saluted her very politely, and then led her husband to his carriage.

With a smile on her face, the lady looked gloomily at the back of her husband and the young man leaving.

Of course, she could see that her husband was in a state of distress today.

Moreover, she more or less knew why her husband was so devastated - after all, she had been married to the prosecutor general for more than ten years, and she knew a little more about her husband's past.

She has no interest in pursuing her husband or sulking for those past, so she never asks or says much, for her, it is enough to run the current family and take care of her own son Edward.

But she didn't expect her husband to believe in this young man so much.

In this chaotic situation, he actually went to ask the other party for help.

Why is he? Is it because of the last name Treville? Or is it something else?

She thought to herself, but she couldn't find a clue.

In this way, Charles took the dejected Inspector General of Villefort into the carriage, while his sister followed Madame de Villefort back to the city, and Charles bought himself at least half an hour to figure out what had happened.

There was plenty of time, so after the carriage started, Charles didn't rush to ask, and the two of them sat on the cushions and followed the carriage all the way.

It wasn't until the road began to thin out of vehicles and pedestrians, and only the dim lights loomed in the distance, that Charles spoke again.

"Tell me, what is your black history? What the hell is going on with that baby? ”

The Attorney-General of Villefort remained silent, as if he was still digesting the blow he had just received.

And Charles wasn't going to be polite anymore.

"It's all this time...... You're still playing tricks on me? The young man shouted angrily, then raised his hand and grabbed the other man by the collar, and unceremoniously pushed him against the inner wall of the carriage, making a clanging sound.

The blow was so hard that the Inspector General of Villefort had a bag bulging out on the right side of his head, and he bared his teeth and cried out in pain, but Charles showed little mercy.

He definitely wouldn't pity this guy.

The Attorney General of Villefort did not resist, but, perhaps because of the severe pain, he seemed much more sober.

"It's all my sins......" he groaned as he sighed, "God, why did this happen?!" ”

"That baby is yours?" Charles let go of his hand, then asked with a cold look at the other.

"I ...... I did bury a child there back then. Attorney General Villefort nodded, then replied with difficulty, "It was an illegitimate child." ”

"I guess so...... If you have a child out of wedlock, you don't need to bury it in a box. Charles sneered, and then asked, "Who is that you with?" ”

The corners of the Attorney General's mouth twitched again, apparently the terrible question that disturbed him.

Charles reached out and grabbed the other man by the collar again.

"Do you want me to remind you one more time before you know that now you are in big trouble, and only I can help you get out of these big troubles!?"

Charles's vicious and angry rebuke finally broke the prosecutor's psychological defense.

He covered his face in pain and had to face the sins he had committed.

"I ...... Me and Emily's. ”

Before Charles could ask again, he took the initiative to explain, "It's the current Lady Tangral." ”

"Don ...... Mrs. Tangral! Charles was dumbfounded by the unexpected news.

That is to say, at that time, the two men were married separately, and then they mixed together and gave birth to an illegitimate child, and then this illegitimate child was buried by the Attorney General of Villefort just after birth.

No wonder Madame Tangral reacted so much just now!

If you think about it, Madame Tangral is still so beautiful now, and she must have been even more beautiful when she was young, and it was quite normal to charm the Attorney General of Villefort at that time.

With all this in mind, Charles looked up again at the dejected Attorney General.

He had no intention of morally condemning the other party, and there were many such things in aristocratic society, and there will still be many in the past.

But the point is that this matter was actually turned out by the Count of Monte Cristo, and then spread to the public in a grand manner.

It's okay now, everyone just suspects that this matter has something to do with the prosecutor general, so what about the future? The revenge of the Count of Monte Cristo will not end here......

Is this guy still worth protecting? Charles thought to himself.

"Charles, however, that child is not buried in the garden......" Just as Charles was still thinking, the prosecutor general said something that surprised him, "When I buried him, he was snatched away." ”

"What?" Charles was taken aback again. "What the hell is going on?"

"That's too long...... "Attorney General," the chief prosecutor sighed, "to put it simply, during the Bourbon Restoration, there was a man whose brother was killed by royalists for supporting the emperor, and he sued the court and asked me to avenge his brother...... And I was in the service of the King of Bourbon, how could I support his claim? He said he was going to kill me and avenge my brother, and in order to avoid him, I applied for a transfer and came to Paris, and it was then that I met Emily and had a affection for her, and she lived in the Villa d'Oteil, and we enjoyed a while, and finally ...... Eventually, she became pregnant. ”

The deepest secret in his mind, which had to be turned out and told to others at this time, made the prosecutor general's face pale, but he had to continue, "Bastard children are a serious blow to both of us, so after he is born, I am ready to send him directly back to the arms of the Lord." I put him in a box and was about to bury him in the garden of the villa, but just then, the man who was tracking me suddenly rushed over, gave me a hard knife, and snatched my box away! I was almost fatally wounded, it took me months to recover, and I still have the same scar on my stomach. ”

"I still remember what he shouted when he stabbed me—I am Kiofani Bedusiyue, give your life for my brother's life, and give your treasure to his widow! You see, my revenge this time is more complete than I hoped! The Attorney-General of Villefort shuddered, and then repeated the sentence with a sigh of relief, "and then the box was gone, and I searched several times but did not find it." ”

"So, the Count of Monte Cristo didn't dig up the remains of a baby from the garden at all?" Charles finally understood what Villefort meant.

"Yes, he couldn't have found it, the box was snatched from the beginning!" The Attorney General of Villefort cried out in pain, full of panic and pain, "God, why is this box still in front of me again?!" ”

Charles understood.

It is evident that the Count of Monte Cristo had heard of the secret scandal of the Attorney General of Villefort from some unknown source, and then deliberately took out the box again and displayed it in his banquet, in order to make this past public.

The authenticity of the box no longer mattered, and the Attorney General of Villefort had no way to argue with it—and to argue was tantamount to admitting that he had really had an illegitimate child with Madame Tangral.

However, for Charles, the truth or falsity of all this still makes sense, which means that Villefort is not actually caught in the hole.

On the contrary, through the Attorney General of Villefort, he not only mastered more of the handles belonging to Villefort, but also mastered one more handle of Madame Tangral.

The thought of that lady's mature and beautiful figure made him feel much better.

He looked back at the Attorney General of Villefort.

At this time, this high-ranking legal person lost his soul and turned pale, where is there still the shadow of his usual shrewdness and ability?

Hehe, on the surface, he is glamorous, upright, known as the embodiment of the law, but behind the scenes, men and women are prostitutes, and they have done so many unseemly deeds.

However, this kind of person is still a good mix in the world......

"Okay, don't cry this face!" He interrupted the Attorney General impatiently, "It is clear that you have been targeted by the Count of Monte Cristo, so he has made such a play against you. ”

"Why is he targeting me like this? I...... I don't have any grudges against him, do I? The Attorney General of Villefort asked, bewildered.

"Well...... You have been practicing law for so many years, and you have offended so many people, what's so strange about adding one? Charles didn't intend to reveal information about the Count of Monte Cristo to him, so he just fooled him, "You better think about how you want to get out!" ”

Obviously, it has been so many years since the incident happened, and the Count has no evidence even if he wants to charge the Attorney-General, but he makes such a fuss and shows the remains in an exaggerated way, everyone must be suspicious of the Attorney-General-the suspicions of the upper class society do not need any evidence, after all, the Attorney General of Villefort is too suspicious.

Therefore, no matter how you do it, at least for a while, Your Excellency the Prosecutor General will definitely be disgraced.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty's side will definitely know what happened today, and ...... What will happen? After a long silence, the prosecutor asked cautiously. Will he be angry about it? ”

"I don't know." Charles replied, "But I'll do good things for you." ”

"Thank you, Charles." After receiving Charles's assurance, the panicked prosecutor finally calmed down.

He barely raised his head and looked out the window at the darkness of the night, feeling only that he was facing the most gloomy malice.

He didn't know where this malice came from, but he knew that if he wasn't careful, it would be enough to consume him.

The continuous blows during this period of time made him, who was originally determined, unable to help but feel uneasy.

"I've been judging people all my life, but right now, I seem to smell a breath of being judged...... Maybe God will punish me for all my sins, I ...... Indeed, I am guilty of sin. After a long time, the Attorney General of Villefort finally turned his head and looked directly at Charles, "Charles, if everything goes to the worst...... Charles, I beg you to at least keep my daughter and son, no...... I plead with you! ”