The short sword was a rare prismatic sword, and the moment it pierced the heart, the guard had already lost his life, and the companion next to him didn't even know what was happening.

It wasn't until another dagger crossed his neck from behind, and then quickly swiped a deep groove of blood across his throat, that the other guard let out a muffled moan and slipped to the ground.

"Hurry up." The young man who began to provoke was undoubtedly the leader of these men, and he shook the prismatic sword in his hand, and a string of blood splashed on the marble steps, and he led a group of people to quickly pounce from the shadows down the wide steps towards the gates of the Marino Palace, under the cover of night.

Like ghosts in the middle of the night, they quickly approached the palace, then pressed against the walls and bypassed the windows that let in the light, and when they came to the palace gate, they took out of their bosoms and put strange masks on their heads.

For a moment these people looked strange and terrifying, and when they looked at each other, they saw a pair of eyes that were exposed and shining with a faint light, revealing greed.

The faint sound of people in the palace, the people inside didn't know what was going on outside, listening carefully to the movement inside, the man who took the lead raised the bloodstained short sword in his hand and waved his hand slightly to his companion.

The side door next to the gate was gently pushed open, and with a flash of light, the leader saw the scene inside.

Although Cardinal Monteiro's men took good care of the house, Joanna apparently intended to stay in the Marino Palace for a long time, so that as soon as she moved in, she ordered that the house, which had been without an owner for some time, be kept in order, and that her servants were immediately busy as soon as they entered.

Except for the queen's own quarters, everything seemed to be in a hurry, and the servants unloaded the carriages from the carriages, as well as the sculptures, paintings, curtains, draperies, and carpets, in the open space in the middle of the palace hall, and the people were too busy to raise their heads.

So no one noticed what was going on outside, and no one noticed that a group of uninvited guests had sneaked into the Marino Palace through a small door that had been opened from the inside.

When the guards were killed, Alexander was watching from the shadows of a street not too far from the Marino Palace, and when the men infiltrated the palace, Alexander made a gesture in the direction of a corner of the Marino Palace across the street.

Hiding in the shadows, Carlo nodded, his eyes showing excitement, compared to the other Agri, Carlo knew and was more enthusiastic about how to survive and pursue wealth in such chaotic times, and when he decided to come out of the farm and follow Alexander on an adventure, he had already made up his mind to get ahead.

So he was more enthusiastic about Nathan's plans than anyone else, and because he had fought for the Cosenza family, Carlo knew better when to become ruthless and cruel.

So he calmly watched them kill the two guards who had traveled together and even drunk before, and then led the people up the steps carefully, stepping on the wet blood under his feet and quietly following behind, seeing the last person disappear into the door, Carlo immediately motioned for his men to follow.

Joanna sat in her room drinking hot ginger wine before going to bed, reminiscing about the previous meeting with Cardinal Monteiro, when she heard the sudden shouts and terrible screams outside, the queen was stunned at first, and then walked towards the door in a somewhat dazed way.

But before she could get to the door, the door was slammed open!

The frightened maid staggered in, shouting, "Robber, a robber has broken in!" ”

Joanna looked at the frightened maid at a loss, not even bothering to say hello. He ran past her and rushed into the inner room, and locked the door from the inside.

At the same time, screams and terrifying roars were already ringing out in the hallway outside the room.

Only then did Joanna realize that the situation was not good, she turned and ran to the inner room but could not open the door, and when she slammed the door in horror, she heard the maid inside shouting: "Go away! Go somewhere else! ”

"I'm your queen, open the door!" Joanna had changed her tune because of the fear shouting.

But there was no sound in the room.

Just as Joanna turned to find another place to hide, a bloodied servant suddenly stumbled to the door.

Under Joanna's horrified gaze, the servant staggered two steps towards her, and then fell headlong to the floor not far from her.

Joanna stared at the servant who had fallen to the ground with her hands over her mouth in fear, and then she saw a pair of booted feet suddenly appear in front of her, and those feet stepped over the servant's corpse and came to her in a few steps.

Joanna looked up and saw a masked face and a pair of eyes staring at her behind the mask's face.

"This woman is the queen of Naples," said a man who walked up to the chief and whispered, looking at Joanna with unconcealed greed in his eyes, "she can bring us a mountain of gold." ”

"Maybe more."

The leader lowered his voice, hesitated for a moment, and then raised his hand to Joanna.

"Don't touch me, I'm the Queen of Naples!"

Joanna gritted her teeth and tried to maintain the last bit of dignity, but her jaw was immediately pinched rudely, and the leader looked at her with a playful eye.

"Of course, my majesty, but you must listen to me before you can enjoy your dignity again."

The man grabbed Joanna by the arm and forced her to follow him outside, while he instructed his men: "Hurry up, take only what you can take with you anything valuable, and beware of the French patrol finding out." ”

At his command, the robbers immediately began to search in all directions, and those who were still resisting gave up their resistance when they saw that the queen had been captured, and they were immediately disarmed and driven to a corner of the house with a group of maids and servants.

"I will not harm your queen, but if you are not honest, the queen will be harmed by your crime." The leader dragged Joanna down the stairs, looking at the guards who had given up resistance, he nodded, "Now everyone be well-behaved, maybe things will pass soon." ”

"What are you going to do with Your Majesty?" A young guard took a step forward and was immediately kicked in the stomach and fell to his knees.

"Very brave young man." The leader walked over to the guard, his prismatic dagger in his hand suddenly arcing, and the blade slammed into the back of the guard's neck from top to bottom.

The women let out a cry of terror, the men stepped back in fear, and the guards watched as he knelt motionless, but a pool of scarlet blood quickly spread out beneath him.

"If anyone is disobedient again, this is an example," the leader once again took Joanna's arm, who was shaking in fear, and dragged her forward, "Your Majesty, we have to have a little trip, I hope you won't mind." ”

Joanna was dragged forward by the man, her mind was blank at this time, even when her husband died and when she met the Frenchman on the road, she didn't even forget to make a sound, until the man who had just walked to the corner of the hall suddenly stopped and dragged her back, pulling her arm and hurting her, Joanna let out a moan.

Several figures suddenly appeared in front of the small door that these people had infiltrated into the Marino Palace, and when she saw the man in the front holding a strange sword, Joanna first felt a look, and then she finally recognized this person as one of Alexander's men.

"Hurry up and save me! I am the Queen! ”

Joanna screamed hysterically in desperation, but then she was carried by the leader, and in a burst of screaming struggles, she rushed towards the back door of the Marino Palace.

And before leaving, the chief shouted to his men:

"Block them!"

"Kill these bandits!" At the same time, Carlo gave orders to his men.

The robbers raised their weapons, they were not afraid, and the years of bloody life had already made them accustomed to killing and looking down on being killed.

But when they rushed in front of the enemy, they saw a row of black muzzles that suddenly appeared in front of them.

The musket that was almost close in front of him suddenly spewed out a large cloud of sparks and smoke, and the whole hall seemed to shake with the deafening sound of the musket, and before the bandits who were caught off guard could scream, Carlo was the first to break through the smoke and raise his weapon to rush towards the bandits who had been beaten to the hood.

The roar of muskets, the clashing of weapons, the screams of the wounded, and the frightened screams of women came and went high and low in Joanna's ears, but she was dizzy and overwhelmed by being carried upside down on her shoulder, and even the man seemed to have struck her in the stomach with his shoulder as he seemed to jump out of the window.

The ground in front of her kept stretching backwards, and the black branches of the trees on both sides cut through Joanna's neck from time to time, and her hair even brought a burning pain on her face.

"How did those people come out," the man next to the previous leader said to the leader as he ran, "what do we do now, we only catch this woman, and the money will not have time to be brought out." ”

"It's enough to have this woman," the chief gasped, "and someone will pay a large ransom for her, and that's enough money for the rest of our lives." ”

"That's good, or I'll lose ...... this time."

Before she could finish speaking, a scream reached Joanna's ears, and something hot splashed on her face, and then the masked face of the bandit with a sharp knife in his right eye appeared in front of Joanna with his head down.

"Let me see what good goods you've got," a figure stepped out of the dark shade, Nashan's saber resting on his shoulder, the blade tapping lightly on the shoulder as he walked, his gaze fixed on the bandit leader who stopped opposite, "Maybe you should put people down first, so it can't be my opponent." ”

"Maybe you should get out of the way," the leader put the diamond-shaped short sword in his hand and the sharp blade pressed against Joanna's ribs, and with a slight force, Joanna's body shook and then froze, "As long as you stab in from here, the royal family of Naples will have another funeral." ”

Nashan pouted: "That's true, but you probably don't know that I'm a bohemian, so do you think I care about the life or death of a Gajay woman, even if she is the queen, but for me, even if I can't save her, as long as I can kill you, I can still get a good pay." ”

Nashan's words made the leader stunned, he did not look at the man's outfit because it was dark, but now when he heard him say this, he noticed Nashan's strange clothes, which made him stunned for a moment because of the sudden appearance of the gypsy.

And this is the moment that Nashan is waiting for!

In the darkness, the leader seemed to see Nathan's left hand at his side flick suddenly, and although his eyes had been drawn to the saber that the gypsy had kept striking on his shoulder in his right hand, the sudden killing of his companion by the elusive throwing knife had already aroused his vigilance.

So as soon as Nashan's left hand shook, the leader almost didn't think about throwing Joanna forward on his shoulder, and at the same time, the prismatic dagger in his right hand stabbed Joanna who was thrown out in the night!

A bright flash of light flew out of Nashan's hand, and his saber swirled and grazed Joanna's side towards the bandit leader!

This forced the man to withdraw the short knife that had been trying to stab Joanna to death, and dodge to the side.

The saber flew into the grass with an arc, and Nashan had already rushed in front of Joanna.

"You're out of arms." The leader shook his prismatic sword, his gaze flickering on Nashan, and just as he decided to take the risk and pounced on Joanna, who had fallen to the ground and was screaming, he heard hurried footsteps and human voices from far and near.

"You don't have time." Nashan grabbed the queen's waist with one hand and touched her waist with the other, "And I can kill you." ”

The leader's eyes flashed slightly, and then he suddenly raised his hand and projected the diamond-shaped sword in his hand forward!

At the same time he turned and threw himself into the dark bushes beside him, and the figure of the leader had disappeared into the night just as Nashan took Joanna to dodge the dagger that shot at him.

When Carlo and his men followed Joanna's cry in terror, they saw that it was the new widow queen of Naples who was clinging to the gypsy's neck, crying hysterically, "Don't leave me, please don't leave me," while clinging her whole body to the gypsy's body, almost hanging on his spectacle.

Carlo looked at the scene in front of him with some astonishment, and he even saw Nashan put his arms around Joanna's waist and whispered in the queen's ear to comfort the little widow who had just been frightened, while winking at him slyly from the queen's trembling shoulder.