Chapter 114

Reef island is a coastal island more than ten kilometers away from the coast, covering an area of more than ten square kilometers. Before the establishment of a prison, it was once a dangerous area for fishermen to avoid. Reef island, as its name suggests, is surrounded by reefs. There are numerous open reefs and hidden reefs. If fishing boats are not careful, they will be in danger of sinking on the reefs. Moreover, because they are close to the coast, the turbulent tides will make them uncontrollable. After hundreds of fishing boats and merchant ships sank here, reef island is also known as Devil Island.

Because of the natural dangerous terrain, the kingdom of Baron built a prison here to hold dangerous and important prisoners of the kingdom. Only at a specific time of high tide can ships come along the special route to deliver goods. The name of the prison follows the fishermen's name for the island, "reef prison (demon Island)".

This isolated island seems to have a different atmosphere today.

The always stingy warden handed out new uniforms to all the guards. The poor prisoners who had been held here all the year round finally had enough food and clothing. Although there was only white bread and no sugar in it, it was much better than the batter that they usually didn't know what to use.

The prisoners noticed the guards' new suit and began to roar.

"Oh, is this the day when the warden is transferred from here? Finally, he is willing to give us a decent meal. God knows how dark his heart is. I can guarantee that he is more despicable than all the prisoners here. "

"Griffin, shut your beak, or do you want to get a whipping?" the waiter gave the criminal a stern look

"Oh, come on, I don't mind being whipped by little Charles. Hurry up. Oh, hurry up. I haven't been so excited for a long time."

"Ha ha ha ~" the prisoners laughed louder, clutching the iron door of the prison and shaking desperately, making a huge clang sound.

The guard was so angry that he couldn't help looking at the scene. He glared at the prisoner and turned to leave. The ferocious appearance of the prisoners here was chilling. No one wanted to deal with these dangerous people who licked blood at the edge of the knife all the year round, although most of them were prisoners waiting for death penalty or sentenced to life imprisonment.

Since the establishment of the reef prison, no prisoner has been released, but this does not include the release of prisoners through normal channels. Once, a notorious prisoner was released for unknown reasons, and the prisoner was abused by the guards in the reef prison. He returned here a few days after he was released. He was charged with multiple murders and was accused of killing three members of a civilian family, It may be a coincidence that the three members of the family were the relatives of the jailer who had abused him.

Another guard pushed the dining car in. Obviously, the guard was more experienced. Seeing the prisoners' noisy appearance, he complained: "don't make too much noise. Maybe he will report your words to the warden."

"The warden is not willing to come to this dirty corner to compete with a prisoner, unless a jailer is appointed to replace him. You can deal with it at will."

The veteran warden shook his head and said, "maybe Turner was on duty that day."

"Hey, you haven't told me what happened?" Asked the other prisoners, raising their hands.

The prison guard thought for a while and said, "it seems that some big man is coming here for some purpose. Although I don't know if it has anything to do with you, I'd better keep my attitude straight. It's said that the big man is a famous person in Norton society. It seems that he came here in the name of sightseeing. You also know what reef prison is, let alone sightseeing, Even the official purpose has to be vetted by the royal family. "

"The warden guy will be scared to pee his pants."

"Maybe he's pissed his pants. He's been looking forward to leaving this place for a long time."

"Sightseeing, what's good about a place named devil's Island? There's nothing in this bird's place but this prison. It's the only good place to visit prisoners. You can see murderers, rapists, political prisoners and pirates. I'm sure that guy will be scared to pee his pants."

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Scott, the warden of reef prison, is standing at the watchtower of the island, looking at the distant sea level with a telescope. That direction is the only way to enter the reef island. Since he received a letter from Norton last week, he has been waiting for this day almost all the time. A big man comes to reef island? No, it's not that easy for him.

He still remembered the surprise when he read the letter. At that moment, he felt as if he had been favored by the Lord. The author of the count of Monte Cristo, a talented and living legend of Norton's literary world, was coming to this place where there was only seabird excrement but a cold prison.

He came into contact with the novel the count of Monte Cristo more than a month ago. It was a gift from the captain of the supply ship at that time. It was not easy for him to survive on the reef island. The enemy was not the ferocious criminals, but the environment here. It was lonely and depressing, and the cold and humid air from the sea breeze was even more desperate.

There is a lack of entertainment here. Doing nothing can drive people crazy. There are many practical examples. The suicide rate of prisoners in reef prison is the highest among all prisons in the kingdom of Baren.

It is because of this that Scott developed his love for literature. The surging words can ripple his thoughts, awaken his long-standing passion, get rid of loneliness, travel in different worlds, and see different human feelings and historical legends.

When he opened count of Monte Cristo, he was attracted. He had never read such a strange and attractive novel. He could not finish it all night. His favorite story was the story of the count of Monte Cristo suffering in prison. He saw his own shadow. Like count of Monte Cristo, he suffered all the year round, And the sympathy for the count of Monte Cristo is stronger than anyone else. At the same time, the words of the count of Monte Cristo when he suffered inspired him.

At least he's the warden, not the prisoner.

Up to now, he could not count how many times he had read the count of Monte Cristo, and could clearly read out the names of any of the characters in it, even if they were irrelevant lines.

"There is no happiness or misfortune in the world. Only when one kind of situation is compared with another, and only those who have experienced the miserable wind and rain with a wooden board in the sea can realize how precious happiness is. Enjoy the happiness of life! Always remember that before the Lord reveals the future of mankind, human wisdom is contained in two words: waiting and hope. "

Every time I think about this sentence in the novel, Scott will be very excited. He is the man floating in the sea. This sentence is the plank he grasped, which has almost become his life creed, at least now.

Because of the coincidence of the story of the count of Monte Cristo and reef island, Scott also imagined that the story of the count of Monte Cristo took place here.

He used to laugh at his childish fantasy, but he did not expect that one day the count of Monte Cristo would come.

"Here it is! At last Scott looked excitedly through his telescope at the black spot on the horizon. It was a sailing boat.