Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Night Is Troubled
Caesar didn't know how he was rescued by his entourage.
Or he should be grateful to Sophia's horse, it is obvious that the horse did not reach a tacit understanding with Sophia, perhaps because Sophia's too rough treatment made it feel a little aggrieved, so when urged to rush forward, Sophia's mount paused slightly, and it was this brief moment that Caesar picked up a life.
Sophia's sword was heavy, at least much heavier than Caesar's sword, so Caesar was stunned when he saw Sophia cut the spear of one of the soldiers who rushed in front of her to try to stop her with a single blow.
"Stop it, you stupid woman!" Caesar had never spoken to women like this, and he was accustomed to touching the hearts of those women with all kinds of sweet words, and then disarming them with his charm, until he completely conquered them in the bedroom, but now in the face of a woman who dared to wave at him, and even wanted to kill him, Caesar felt that his previous view of women was really completely wrong.
"Who are you, do you know who you're offending against?"
Caesar stood at the back of the line and shouted at Sophia, who was trying to rush again, the surprise of seeing the girl for the first time had been replaced by anger, he felt that it was simply an insult, that he would be threatened by a woman, and that he knew that if it wasn't for the timely rescue of his entourage, maybe he might have been killed by this woman who suddenly went crazy.
To make matters worse, he saw that the Bohemians were actually starting to charge towards them, and at the same time a small group of Bohemian cavalry was running down the alley in the distance, and it was clear that the Bohemians were not just trying to rush over him to teach him a lesson, but wanted to surround his troops from the flank.
Caesar had to order the group to retreat, and by this time he had no time to determine whether the woman was of the same origin as he had suspected, and for him the chaotic scene that had taken place in front of him had completely disrupted him.
Sophia struck the horse's head hard with the hilt of her sword, and the mount neighed in pain while hovering under her feet, which gave Caesar time, and when Sophia finally urged her horse to rush forward again, she saw a dense forest of spears set up by the spearmen who had already prepared it.
Sophia let out a soft roar, staring angrily at Caesar looming in the distance behind the group, and then quickly led her horse back to her group along the edge of the street.
The bohemians let out a cheer, apparently cheering for Sophia, and whistling mockingly as they watched their opponents retreat for fear of being surrounded.
"Mad woman!"
Caesar scolded angrily, he was already sure that these bohemians were the team led by Nashan, and this girl should be the girl next to Alexander, who was said to be bohemian, but he never thought that the first time he saw this girl would be such a result.
"Your Excellency, are you alright?" An attendant asked uneasily.
"I'm fine," Caesar angrily pushed away his entourage, staring through the soldiers in front of him at the figure running back and forth with his mount on the other side, "I won't let this woman go, and one day I'll let her beg me under me." ”
After saying this, Caesar somehow actually felt that his body was slightly hot, and his eyes showed a touch of excitement and desire, this humiliation aroused his desire to conquer this woman, and at this moment he even felt that the embarrassment just now was not so unbearable for him.
"Go to that Nashan and let him take care of his daughter," Caesar ordered his hand, he knew that he could not get entangled with Sophia at this time, the chaos that was going on everywhere in the city of Rome made him have more important things to do, he once looked back in Sophia's direction, and after making sure that the Bohemians were not really rushing over, he immediately ordered "Let's get out of here first, and we will talk about it later." ”
Caesar began to retreat with his team, he had to leave the place, although the Bohemians were not many in number, but their whirlwind speed made Caesar feel terrified, especially in a place like Rome, where there were many connections everywhere, and he was not sure if the woman would really go crazy and fight him inexplicably.
Sophia struck the horse's head with the hilt of her sword again, but this time it was lighter, and she couldn't help laughing at the horse's indignant chirp.
Caesar didn't know it, but Sophia had already recognized him.
Sophia had known about this man since the first time she was outside the Carolingian Palace, and although she never showed up a few times, Sophia had seen Caesar secretly more than once.
And even Alexander didn't know that Sophia knew much more about Caesar.
She knew that it was this man who had forced Nathan to curry favor with that Joanna, and that it was he who had sent Alexander far away, which made her not only hate Caesar from the beginning, but also moved and disgusted with this man later.
Sophia was glad to be able to teach this arrogant guy a hard lesson, and she didn't even think about whether there would be any trouble in doing so.
The bohemians behind them were still shouting, they were really happy, the horse bags they hung behind them were already bulging after following Sophia all the way, and listening to the chaos that loomed in the distance of the city, they knew that there must be something richer to come for them tonight.
Sure enough, Sophia waved her arms again, and to the cheers of the bohemians, a crowd of Tatar-like fellows surrounded their leader and began to sweep towards another street.
A horse-drawn carriage was speeding down the street, its wheels bobbing back and forth on the rough streets, the driver of the carriage was obviously familiar with the city, and the two guards protecting the carriage were also experienced, and they always tried to pick up what seemed unsafe and quickly leave the dangerous places.
And because the most disturbing place was in the south of Rome, although it was already midnight, the travelers did not think it was too dangerous.
But this guess was obviously wrong, and when the carriage turned onto a section of the mountain road that led to the Quina Hill, several figures who had already been ambushed suddenly jumped out of the darkness.
Before the guard on the left could make a sound, a black shadow descending from a high place pounced on his horse, and with the flash of the knife, the dagger pierced directly through the guard's chest.
The screams of his companion before death alarmed another guard across the carriage, and he drew his sword, but when he saw several figures rushing towards him, the guard alertly urged the horse forward and stabbed the horse in the thigh, and in the painful neighing, the horse galloped forward wildly.
The men in the carriage screamed in amazement, and the carriage jolted and ran on the pavement paved with large slick stones.
The car kept swaying back and forth, and the squeaking sound indicated that the body was falling apart at any time.
The guard ran forward after the carriage, believing that he would be safe as long as he crossed the road.
But the horse that was rushing forward suddenly seemed to crash into an invisible wall, and the huge body of the horse slammed forward, and rolled on the ground with the carriage crookedly, and one wheel flew out and crashed into a stone wall, and half of the wheel bounced back and rolled into the middle of the road, and the guards behind had no time to stop the momentum of the forward rush, and the mount slammed into the broken axle, and with a brief cry of terror, the plank ran through the guard's body, and strung him high on it.
The carriage, which had lost one wheel, slid down the ramp rapidly, making a terrible noise from its body, and with the shouts of the people in the car, the broken carriage fragments flew and rolled down the slope.
"It seems to be a rich man," cried one of the thugs, and he beckoned his companions to follow the carriage all the way, until at last the carriage was stopped by a tree trunk that branched out horizontally, and the groom who was driving it had already been thrown off the carriage and disappeared, "I knew that I would be rich, and the people living on the Quina Hill were rich men, and behold, the carriage was so well decorated, it must be a rich man." ”
The rioters rushed to the side of the car with shouts, and when they saw a woman who had fainted in the broken carriage, several people couldn't help but let out a "haha" laugh.
"We're going to get rich, this woman's clothes look like a valuable thing," the leading thug beckoned to his companions to drag the fainted woman out of the car, and when they saw the woman's face in the moonlight, someone cried out, "It's a young woman, it's much better than an old woman, it seems that God really cares for us, and gives us a chance to taste the noble woman." ”
"Don't be here, fools, we've made enough trouble just now, someone will come." The leading thug did not stop at his companions, who were already a little impatient, "Take this woman away, and see that she still has guards in this carriage, maybe we can earn a large ransom." ”
"That's right, this woman can make us rich, but let's see what's in the car first." The thugs immediately began to get busy, and they hurriedly scavenged through the scattered items of the carriage, and when they saw the pile of gold coins pulled out of the secret compartment under the seat of the carriage, several people could not help but have a greedy look in their eyes.
"Wait a minute, what is this?" The leading thug suddenly stopped, and he wiped a dust-stained coat of arms on the broken car body in the moonlight, and then looked back at the woman who had fallen to the ground, "Compared to this woman, this money may be nothing." ”
"Why is this woman rich?" A thug walked over and lifted the woman's limp body, "If that's the case, we can still make a good stroke." ”
"This woman can make us rich, but it's also a problem," the leader shook his head, "She's from the Rovere family." ”
The leader's words sent a look of surprise on the faces of several people, some of whom couldn't help but stop their busy searching, and some of them gurgled with thirst in their throats.
"She's from the Rovere family, so we're in big trouble." The guy with a small head swallowed, "Maybe we'd better leave quickly, leave this woman alone, we've grabbed enough things this time." ”
The leader also took a hard breath, originally just trying to take advantage of the chaos to make a profit, but now he unexpectedly ran into trouble.
No one knows what the Rovere family means in Rome, and the end of offending the family will definitely be bad, just looking at the piece of fat in front of him and giving up like this, but he can't bear it.
"Take this woman away," the leader finally decided, "this is an opportunity that God has given us, and maybe I can marry this woman." ”
The leader's words made several of the originally frightened thugs burst into laughter, and the initial fear of the Rovere family was immediately replaced by greed, and the confused darkness made them bolder than the day, and after looting everything in the carriage, several people disappeared into the darkness in a panic.
Only the wreckage of the broken carriage was left to continue sliding down the slope with a thud after a gust of wind blew.
A groan sounded from the grass not far away, and the coachman, who had been thrown off the car before, struggled to crawl to the side of the road on the slope, and he broke one of his legs, and he couldn't help but let out a cry of pain without fear.
When he finally struggled to get to the side of the mountain road, a louder and louder vibration from the ground made him stop.
The groom struggled to straighten up, and saw a group of cavalry running in his direction from a distance on the road, he was first worried that it was a thug who dodged, but saw a flag faintly fluttering in front of the team, although he could not see the pattern on the flag because of the night, but he still guessed that it could not be a thug, so the groom desperately shouted and began to call for help.
The cavalry was like a whirlwind, and the groom felt that almost as soon as he shouted, the horsemen had swept in, and when he looked up with great difficulty to see the outfits of the men who had broken in front of him and circled around him, the groom could not help but be in a daze.
He recognized it as bohemians.
"Hey, what's going on?" A bearded Bohemian horseman bent down and lifted up the half-kneeling groom, which made him cry out in pain, "Don't scream, tell me what's going on, we're busy." ”
"Help me for God's sake," cried the groom, who seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, "I am the groom of the Rovere family, please save my mistress, she has been captured by the robbers, please go to her quickly, believe me, the Roverley family will repay you!" ”
"Who are you talking about hostess?" A young voice asked with a little concern.
"Barende della Rovelle, she is my mistress," cried the groom, as if afraid that the other would not believe or care, and he simply continued desperately, "my mistress is the daughter of the Archbishop of Genoa, his favorite daughter, and the Archbishop's Church will grant you all your requests if you save her." ”
"Barentia della Rovere?" The young man who asked earlier couldn't help but be surprised, and then asked, "Do you know which direction those people took her?" ”
"I know," the groom pointed to the trail in the distance, "I just pretended to be unconscious and saw that they had taken her from there, and they should be able to catch up as soon as they left, so please hurry up and save her." ”
"Yes," said the young man, taking the reins and urging the horse away from the groom, "to tell Konstantin that today was his sister's lucky day. ”
In the groom's dazed and stunned stupe, the bohemians swept past him and ran after the young man down the path.
After ordering Carlo to return to Rome with the Agri musketeers, Alexander left all the infantry behind and led the remaining Bohemians on a night's journey, finally returning to Rome in 2 days!