"Alright! Naturally, I met when I came, and I didn't have to worry about it from now on! How many of you would like to walk with me? ”

With a deep sigh, I stood up calmly from my desk.

It is not surprising that Amika is married, but in our East, if a girl in the family is over 15 years old and has not yet married, she will be regarded as a burden to her parents.

This Roman beauty is the same age as me, and she is already over twenty years old, and it is not an exaggeration to marry another woman three years ago.

"Young master, what Madame Antonio means is that all of us in the caravan have gone over and played in the Knight's Fort for a while, and she has even settled down in our living quarters!"

Hesrul suggested from the sidelines, not discerning whether it was the general's wife's suggestion or his own.

"No need, let's go back quickly! Qin Chong, Liu Zhen'er, you two come with me! Langton, old man, Grandot! The three of you stay in the store to do some shopping, and we'll be back and going in five days! I'm homesick too! Ha ha! Why don't you go back! ”

Seeing that everyone was not very active, I could only personally order the troops, and my mood was much better than at the beginning.

When Brother Ruhl saw that I had arranged it like this, he no longer insisted on it.

No one noticed the change in his mood at the time, but when I think back to the scene, I can feel that Hessrul was obviously much more agitated than he was at the beginning.

No one would have thought that the old Hesrul, who had served faithfully in my family's Qingfengze caravan for decades, would be able to do things that betrayed his lord for glory, and besides, my grandfather had saved his life.

It's really like a sea of people, it's hard to guess!

Gulando wrapped the five Wu Di thin feather cicadas I had given to Yamika in cotton cloth and placed them in the bag he carried with him.

Then, together with Langton and Shamihan, they sent us out of the southern gate of the city-state of Antioch, and the group waved goodbye.

The four of us were speechless all the way, and we galloped along the southward gallop of the Roman kingdom in the direction of the holy city of Jerusalem.

Fifty miles away, on the side of a long bridge, as usual, is a checkpoint for customs clearance and tax payment.

On the other side of the long bridge, the steward of the knight's castle and a dozen or so soldiers had been waiting there for a long time.

However, there were not many courtesies and welcome gifts, and there was a hint of murder in them, because these people were all Roman swordsmen wearing light armor, carrying short swords at their waists, and finger shields.

But until this time, I had not been wary of Brother Hesrul in the slightest, believing that this was just a special etiquette prepared for us by General Antonio.

The further south we went, the scenery became more and more barren and desolate, and after a brief meal at a stone hill castle in the afternoon, we changed to the fast horses provided by the post station, and our own mounts were temporarily housed in the post station, and we came here to pick them up again when we returned.

Behind the Stone Mountain Castle, there is an endless Gobi Sand Sea as far as the eye can see, which is very similar to our Western Desert, and even the sea on the side has become the color of black ink, not as blue as Antioch Beach.

In this way, we ran down the journey of more than 500 miles in just one day.

It was a moonless night when the waves crashed against the shore and roared.

There was a glimmer of lights ahead, and a few ghostly castles, and Hessrul told me that the Knights' Fort had arrived.

"Brother Ruhr, how does Lady Antonio live in such a secluded place?"

Saddle and dismount in the square in front of the castle, and a sergeant came to pick up our horses.

"Knight's Fort is a checkpoint fortress, similar to Yumen Pass and Yangguan in your eastern soil, only the garrison has no people! But the view here during the day is not bad! Young master, please come with me! ”

Hesrul explained enthusiastically, and in the dark, Qin Chong cautiously pulled my arm, and the cold hairs on my body almost stood up.

This old Ruhr isn't going to take us to the Ghost Gate! Together with his hometown, he laid a big trap for us.

There were faint figures of Roman soldiers all around, and now it was impossible to retreat, so they could only stand by and move.

Maybe I'm too sensitive, and it's like this everywhere in the dark.

"Young master, we are almost here, and the General's Mansion is in front!" Hesrul still walked in front and led the way, and was very enthusiastic to introduce me.

At this moment, an iron net suddenly fell from the sky, firmly encasing me, Qin Chong, and Liu Zhen'er inside, unable to move.

"Ruhl! Old Ruhr! What's going on! I have not done you any wrong. Why do you treat us like this? ”

The humiliation of being deceived instantly took me almost out of breath, and no matter how much I cursed, Hesrul was long gone.

The three of us were instantly trapped by a dozen or so Roman sergeants swarming up, and we had no power to parry in the net.

Liu Zhen'er, who had never seen such a formation, was so frightened that she cried "woo".

"Young master, what's going on? Young Lord! I don't want to die! ”

"Young master! This old Ruhl made up a story to lie to you, we were fooled! Qin was very calm when he fell, and the thief looked around in the hope of coming up with a way to escape.

I sat down on the cold stone bar, my hands tied behind my back in pain, and everything in front of me made me feel like I had fallen into a cave of ice, and every pore was filled with cold air.

In a short time, several Roman sergeants led us into a lighted room.

Hesrul had already changed his face and stood there, and the Roman general sitting on his side should be what he called Master Antonio.

"Ruhl! Why do you treat us like this? What have I done to you? Why! I roared in anger.

I can't wait to rush forward and split this demon into two pieces, but my hands and feet have been trapped by iron chains, and I can't move at all.

"Young Master Jincheng, I'm offended! Hehe! To tell you the truth, neither you nor my lord have treated me badly! But as a free citizen of the Roman kingdom, he could not report the matter to the general truthfully when he saw the Gentiles stealing and drawing secret maps in the empire! ”

Hesrul is bright and disgusting, is this still the big brother Ruhr that I have respected for months?

"Old Ruhl, why don't you tell us in Beloea, Antioch, you have to trick us into this place! For the sake of the old fellows who have lived and died together for many years, you are too inauthentic to do this, Ruhl! ”

Qin Chong's face was full of incomprehension, and he also thought to himself that he and Luer, an old fellow, had never had any grievances on the rivers and lakes, and they were going to kill us again.

Therefore, compared to me and Liu Zhen'er, Qin Chong is much calmer.

"I don't want to do that! But there is an old saying in your Middle Earth, which is called that the bustle of the world is all for profit, and people are not destroyed for themselves! Lord Antonio promised me that he would give me three thousand gold coins and appoint me lord of the Chak Mountains in the province of Canaan! And in Antioch or Beloea, I don't get a single copper! ”

Hesrul laughed and told the truth the main reason why he set up this trap to frame us.

It seems that since entering the territory of Rome, this old Ruhr has been treating me as a strange commodity to live in and sell for a price.

"Ruhl, you mean that as long as the young master can hand over the 10,000 gold coins, your Lord Antonio will let us go, right?"

Liu Zhen'er grabbed the straw that saved her life from Hesruer's words, and hurriedly asked flatteringly.

"I swear in the name of Jesus that if Mistress Antonio gets that bag of gold tomorrow, I will not only ask him to release you, but I will also give you enough to wrap around!"

Hesrul solemnly swore to the heavens, and I didn't doubt this bit of sincerity at that time.

After all, there is neither a hatred between us and him for killing our father, nor a hatred for taking my wife, and there is no need for him to kill them all and destroy his own virtues.

"Young master, give him all the money! Your family is not short of these few money, and it is important for us all to save our lives! "Hearing that there is still hope for life, Liu Zhen'er hurriedly begged me.

If the other party is just asking for money, it will be easy to do, and my desperate heart has slowly calmed down.

"The money bag is in the Gulando, you know that!"

Hesrul is such a despicable villain, I feel sick to even look at him now.

"This has been arranged by our generals! Tomorrow morning, Miss Gurandot and the three of them will arrive at the Knight's Castle to meet you, and after paying the ransom, we will be released immediately, and we will go our separate ways, and we will not owe each other! ”

Hesrul smiled fiercely, with a posture of ambition.

"Ruhl, aren't you afraid that this Antonio general will kill you all and swallow that bag of gold coins alone? After all, in the register of the Canaanite province, you are a man who has long since died. ”

General Antonio, who could not understand our language, stood by with his sword in his hand and watched our exchange, ready to draw his sword at any moment and slay us prey at his feet.

"Young Master Yi should ask for more blessings for himself! Pray that your Buddha will bless the Qulandos and them to arrive here on time tomorrow, hehe! I've wronged the three of you tonight! ”

With that, Hesrul bowed deeply to his new master and spoke something in Roman official language that we did not understand.

But when the general waved his hand at the sergeant below, one soldier immediately stepped forward and opened the shackles on our hands.

After a while, Hesrul accompanied his Roman general out of the room, and the soldiers removed the lights.

But there was a loud bang, and the door to the cell was locked, leaving only the three of us hungry to struggle in the dark.

I had a vague feeling that recruiting Gulando, Shamihan, and Langton to deliver money and ransom them was another trap set by Lord Antonio and Hesrul.