Andrew was right, we passed through a number of villages along the way, and although we were not wealthy, there would be enough bread to support us, probably because our chain mail looked fierce and vicious, which made the farmers jealous. This made the bread with salt a lot cheaper, (because the empire monopolized the production and sale of the whole salt, so the price of salt was very cheap, and it also brought a lot of wealth to the empire) I also spent a few Antoninian copper coins to buy two simple large leather water bags, so that the rest of the road would not have to go along the river.

When I came to the well in the village, I put a bucket of water to clean the blood stains on the chain mail, and filled two kettles by the way. This so-called "weird" behavior attracted a lot of onlookers from the children who were playing, and they stared at me up and down in amazement, and chattered like annoying sparrows.

"Look, this man's hoop clothes are so cool."

"What's the matter, let me tell you, my father's brother heard that my father didn't know my mother when he joined the army, he also has such a dress, really, I didn't lie, until now he is still pressed in the box, I only saw it once, much more handsome than this!"

"It's all nonsense, my dad is the most handsome, listen to my dad, that armor is stained with the blood of barbarians!"

"My dad is ....."

"My dad's brother is !!"

In order to argue about something that has nothing to do with him, but for the sake of the little vanity in his heart, a group of children actually quarreled about it, and they had the momentum to not stop without distinguishing between high and low. Seeing them fight, I could only shake my head with a wry smile and casually say "Is it worth it?" Then he put on the chain mail again, and walked away from the group of children who had not stopped arguing. In three or two steps they came to the head of the village, where Andrew held a large cloth bag full of bread in his left hand and the flag in his right hand. Judging by his impatient look, I had kept him waiting.

I walked up quickly and helped him pin the full water bag to the belt around his waist, and he didn't say anything, just hurried.

"How long will it be before we get to that place in Akway-Sexestya?"

"It won't be long," said Andrew, who was hurrying ahead of him, without looking back, "and it's almost stop-and-go." ”

It won't be long before I feel relieved, and thinking about it makes me relax a lot. But then I had to desperately understand that what I was thinking was destined to be what I thought, and the gap between it and reality was really not a star, it was stop-and-go, and it came to the dusk of the next day, and the dirt road under my feet became a paved road.

Just as I drank the last sip of water in the kettle, such a small sip of water could not solve the pain caused by my thirst now, and I was about to look up and ask Andrew in front of me if there was any water. But when I looked up, I saw Andrew standing on the dirt slope in front of him, and he pointed to me and said, "Luga, here we are!" ”

"It's here!"

I almost shouted, really, I have never walked such a long way since I was a child, two days and two nights of travel, my feeling is to sit down and sleep for a while, then get up and walk, when I am tired of walking, sit down to eat bread and drink water and then sleep for a while. This repetition is really in response to Andrew's stop-and-go. It wasn't until I heard Andrew say that we had arrived, that I really felt that the whole lost soul had returned to its original body again, and even the thirsty and smoking throat was not so uncomfortable at that time. I ran up the man-high dirt slope in two of three steps, and oh yes, yes, yes, Andrew was right.

In front of me was a city much larger than Narpon, with tall walls, typical Italian buildings with red tiled roofs clustered like a tropical rainforest, and a large number of horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians lined up in two long lines in front of the city gate (one out of the city and one into the city). It was not yet night, and the soldiers defending the city had not yet closed the huge wooden gates, and there was still a chance. I hurriedly urged Andrew to hurry up and get moving, because I didn't want to sleep outside anymore.

Relying on our own tall men and horses, and even more with the deterrence of armor, we were very arrogant into the ranks of the city. I didn't dare to look back, because I had heard the angry civilian behind me whispering curses that Andrew and I would not die well, ha, who would believe it, they are all people who have died once, what else is there to be afraid of? But then again, the city's security was more than a notch higher than that of Nalpin, and every civilian and carriage had to be searched.

"Attention, if you stop the two of us at that time, you will say that you are out on patrol at noon."

Andrew whispered to me, his expression very nervous, probably after the experience of being blocked outside of Narpont, he was starting to become cautious, especially when he saw such a tight guard.

"There's no need for that, Andrew."

Could it be that our news has already been made known to the defenders here? Looking at the tall soldiers, I couldn't help but swallow, thinking that this was much better than the group of baby soldiers in Nalpont, and if this was discovered, I think Andrew and I would be here to fold.

"Andrew, if we really don't have any certainty, then let's go, if we are caught, it will really be impossible to jump into the Yellow River."

"What river?"

"Oh, you see, I'm talking nonsense." I hurriedly covered myself, otherwise Andrew, this guy would say that I was evil, and take me to see the priest, I think that I will be greeted only by a cross and a place of firewood, I don't know if Rome at this time took burning at the stake as a religious fashion.

Dressed in Roman armor and uniforms, we came to the city guards with trepidation, and we were supposed to go through the search process, but when the guards saw that we were dressed and didn't say a word, they immediately made way for us, and there was a green light all the way behind. From time to time, soldiers whispered to us, "It's patrol. ”

Holy, what is this? Hongmen Banquet? My expression was not very natural, my palms were already covered with sweat, very different from Andrew's head holding high, I drooped my head all the way, for fear that the people around me would recognize me, and then shouted: "Come on, he is Luga, catch him!" "Oops, it hurts to think about it. My forehead was covered with beads of sweat, but I never thought that no one would look at me all the way in. Until I stood on the street of Akway Sextia with Andrew I thought it wasn't real, it was a dream!

"Hey!"

Andrew tapped me on the shoulder, and it scared me.

"Hey, Luga!"

Andrew looked at me and smiled and said, "I wonder if you're freaking out because you killed those robbers." ”

"No, it's not." I quickly wiped the sweat off my head and defended myself: "I'm just hungry, you don't know, when I'm hungry, I feel uncomfortable, and my forehead sweats." Let's find a place to eat! ”

Without waiting for Andrew to say anything, I patted the money bag on my waist, and took him and walked to the nearest hotel to the city gate. Scantily clad girls weave through the crowd, and wherever they go, they think of flirtatious whistles and smirks. But they didn't stay long, because they couldn't find a customer who could come up with the money, and it would be a waste of time to talk about more.

I casually gave more than a dozen Antones to the waiters who came to entertain, and I didn't count them carefully, but I always felt that it should be enough, so I took Andrew to find two vacant seats to sit down, and the table was full of food, and I was not polite, I grabbed it and ate it.

"Hey, did you hear that? Tomorrow Doge Martinius will pay a great deal of money to hire strong men to work for him! "The people around me were talking, but they didn't look like proper secret keepers, because Andrew and I could hear the music even loud and loud.

"Work? What works? ”

"Hey, it's a mercenary! I heard that Marshal Aetius ordered that a large number of soldiers should be sent to the front, and I heard that the Burgundians who were going south should be given a little color! ”

"Smack!"

Andrew slapped the table and stood up suddenly, I quickly covered my face, and said in despair: "It seems that I can't run away!" ”