The first rays of the morning sun bring the Grand Palace of Constantinople back to life, with golden glazed tiles shining in the sun, and a garden in the backyard full of roses and green grass and giant trees.

Alexios was pruning flowers and plants, and the cruelty of the long war tempered his will, but the barren material and entertainment life of this era made him extremely boring, and finally he could only choose gardening and cultivation in his spare time.

The footsteps of "Deng Deng Deng" echoed in the palace corridors, gradually slowing down and becoming lighter, and finally there was silence behind Alexios, and Bertak, holding a book, stood with his head slightly bowed, and at this time there was probably no one better than him to know the emperor's mood now.

"Your Majesty."

Bertak's soft call caused Alexios to pause with his pincer hand in his hands, and then the Emperor continued to trim the branches and forks of the tree.

"Wash your shoes before you come in next time!" The emperor frowned slightly, and said softly.

Betak looked at his shoes, and the blood stains on the bottom left red footprints all the way, probably accidentally stained when he walked in from the gate of the palace, and the night was really bloody, and countless rebel soldiers died in the streets.

The Second Legion went on a killing spree on the night of the rebellion, killing people and strewn corpses from the gates of San Romanus to the Grand Palace.

Even though it has been cleaned all night, there are still many places stained with blood red, and the court servants are washing and vomiting at the same time, what a mess, the glory of Rome is disgraced at this moment!

"Your Majesty! In return from the Captain of Khayyam, Patriarch Theodosius is safe and sound! And captured the patriarchs of the family, including Ducasse, Laskalis, Palaioleg, etc.! ”

Emperor Alexios raised his eyebrows at what Bertak said, and he put aside his gardening tongs, and then took the post-war report from Bertak and read it cursoryly.

"Except for Old Ducasse, the rest of the people will be killed on the spot, and there is no need to send them to me again, and a letter to Laliza, telling my general Harald to let them come back!"

The Emperor lay quietly beside a pillar in the corridor, closed his eyes, and had to rush back to Constantinople after days of great battle, and even the iron man was exhausted.

The emperor was physically and mentally exhausted by two sleepless nights of running for two consecutive days, and when the dust settled when he heard the news of Beta, Alexios's heart fell, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, probably nothing more comfortable than this.

Seeing the king's tired figure leaning against the pillar of the court and falling asleep, Betak couldn't help but smile bitterly, untied his robe and put it on Alexios, and quietly withdrew.

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In front of Hagia Sophia, four gray-haired old men kneeling in the doorway, their hands tied with back-cut scissors, their heads hanging low and eager to bury themselves in the ground, so that no one could find themselves.

There were countless guards inside and outside the church, and two of them stood guard at the door, standing tall and vigorous.

But they looked at the once high nobles kneeling on the ground with contemptuous eyes, and the appearance of wagging their tails and begging for pity was disgusting.

"I still have to thank the general for the help of the general for the chaos last night, I think if you hadn't come early, some heretics who don't believe in God might have come to storm the church, and God's servants would inevitably suffer!"

The atmosphere in the church was harmonious, and the Patriarch Theodosius was talking cordially with the commander of the Second Legion, Khayyam, who had come to the rescue, and he had previously expressed his condolences to the soldiers who had followed him, and he was worthy of being God's chosen people.

"Your Majesty, you are gracious, the soldiers of Rome are the strongest backing of the empire, you walk on the earth on behalf of God, you protect the Lamb of God, who can invade this holy church!"

Khayyam hurriedly clasped his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply, and the Patriarch Theodosius smiled and gently helped this general from a foreign race to his feet.

The door of the church was pushed open, and the new red man next to the emperor, Bertak, walked in, with a noble and calm temperament, and if it were not for a priest's clerical robe, the patriarch would almost be a little suspicious of who was the Pope of the Orthodox Church.

"I'm here to convey His Majesty's order to behead the Emperor on the spot except for Old Ducasse!"

Betak read the emperor's order to the Turkic Khayyam neatly, and the atmosphere froze all at once, and the intimacy that Khayyam had just created with the Patriarch was instantly broken, and he stood there embarrassed.

"Your Majesty ordered these people to be executed directly on the spot? In this sacred Hagia Sophia? ”

Khayyam looked at Betak with a little disbelief, he has always been cruel and ruthless to his enemies, but the majesty of the gods is also the center of the belief of the barbarian warriors, and he is naturally reluctant to carry out such an ungodly act.

"Your Majesty's order! Except for the old Ducasse, all the rest were summarily executed! ”

Betak repeated it again, looking at Hayyam with an unusually determined look, and after looking at him for a moment, Hayyam's attitude softened.

No one could disobey the emperor's commands, and if the patriarch was the Lord's agent on earth, then in the hearts of the Romans, the emperor was God's chosen people.

"Yes! By Your Majesty's will! "Khayyam did not disobey the emperor's order after all, unless he is willing to give up the splendid future in the empire, this broad road has not been completed with great difficulty, he has not reached the apex, how can he be willing!

"Pass my orders! Decapitate a few people on the spot, except for Old Ducasse! ”

Khayyam gritted his teeth, since he wanted to do it, he would simply do it, and looked back at the pale-faced patriarch, he knew that this time he would definitely tear his face with the church, but the emperor's will must be carried out!

"Please! I have a lot of treasures to give you! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! I also have a lot of gold, and you want as much as you want! ”

"Spare your life! I don't want to die! ”

The three people who were dragged away wailed and begged for mercy, but the heavens bypassed whom, the laws of Rome were so cruel and merciless! The three expressionless Roman legionnaires pressed their heads to the ground, preventing them from moving.

Old Ducasse looked at the three people who were still struggling, his face was sluggish, although he didn't understand the reason why he avoided death, but he thought that since the emperor had spared his life, he must have other uses, from the moment he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, he was just a coward.

"Thorn!"

Khayyam's shouts shook the church, and the Patriarch heard only a few screams inside the temple, and then there was no sound outside, and he walked out the door to look at the puddle of blood on the ground, the body had been dragged away by the soldiers, was this a demonstration?

Old! Old! Old! The emperor's mind really can't be understood!

But this world is a world of young people after all, no matter how strong the church is in Rome, it can't fight the emperor, I hope this Augustus won't be too divided!