"Damn, hateful, hateful George. Palarogus, whose family was nothing more than a fisherman from Tirasium! Macaulinus's face was contorted, and he angrily pushed all the scrolls, wax boards, stationery, and seals on the table to the ground, and then nervously raised his feet and trampled on them, but soon twisted his waist because of the violent movements, and he could only hold on to the chair and gnash his teeth.

"I think that Your Excellency Caesar ought to appeal this matter to Constantinople as soon as possible, and if you contact the courtiers and magistrates of the court who are loyal to the great Ducasses, you should impeach George before the emperor. Pararogus's tyrannical murder will surely bring him to the ground, and we can do whatever we want with him. At this time, a rhetorician who was trained by Macaulayus suggested that the man had not yet left Caesar's mansion - for he did not know what he could do by defecting to the Warden of George, and that he himself was terribly afraid of going into battle.

For this suggestion, Macaulinus said yes, yes, I am the eldest brother of the queen, the brother-in-law of the emperor, and the "four Caesars" who competed for the throne back then also have my share, and now I have given face to the Komnenos family by condescending to my subordinates, and there is no reason to be afraid of George, who was born in the army. Para Rogus.

As a result, just as Caesar's servants were collecting ink and pen to rewrite the impeachment petition for their master, Myculinus found a man in the shadow of an embroidered cloak standing in the shadow by the pillar in the far corner of the temple.

Just now, when all the staff and generals ran away, this guy just stood there motionless; Caesar and the rest of his staff discussed things fiercely, but the guy still stood still, like a clay puppet in a church.

"Hey, you!" Caesar stood at the table and summoned him with great majesty.

The voice came over the empty hall, and the officer first heard the voice, looked up stupidly, and then realized that it was Caesar calling him, and turned hastily to salute Caesar.

As a result, Caesar McAulinus saw the appearance of this officer clearly, it was actually a guy with a severed nose, a big scar between his lips and eyes, and two of Sensen's nostril bones were exposed, and he couldn't help but be frightened and disgusted, and the officer also seemed to understand Caesar's feelings, so he hurriedly covered his dignity with a cloak, and then introduced himself, "I am the commander of the Turkic cavalry under your command, named Tetisius. ”

"Tetisius? It turned out to be the son of that Turkic slave, and it is rare that you can still stand here and remain loyal to me. Caesar sighed, "Do your men remain in the camp at Gallipoli?" ”

This Tetisius, whose father was a Turkic slave, originally lived in Nicaea, was killed for rebelling against his master, Tetisius was still very young, and his nose was cut off, and later fled to the land of Byzantine Rome, because of his cleverness and bravery, he became the commander of the Turkic mercenaries under Caesar.

"Still, my master, seven hundred Turkmen cavalrymen, remain in the camp in the city." Tetisius replied.

Caesar was puzzled, "Why?" Many of the generals and troops I have reused have abandoned me at this moment, and you have not only stayed, but you were able to leave seven hundred foreign mercenaries in the camp, how did you do it? ”

"It's nothing, I personally led them to practice in the first three months, and all the generals' salaries were distributed." Tetisius replied very blandly.

"It's as simple as that?" Caesar was even more confused.

But Tetisius's expression showed that he was not lying in the slightest.

"That's right, my military salaries were all embezzled by the generals and tax collectors, who did not restrain military discipline and did not explain the importance of order to the soldiers, which led to an unstoppable rout." Caesar propped his fist on the table in frustration and frustration, and from Tetisius's simple reply, he seemed to understand the essence of the matter, but it was undoubtedly too late to say it again, and then Mycaulinus raised his finger again, tilted his head, and said to Tetisius, "Tell me, should I do what I just proposed?" ”

As a result, Tetisius shook his head, "Send George. It was His Majesty the Emperor who was in Pararogus, and it was all said that His Majesty would rather transfer George and all the Italian veterans to Gallipoli at the expense of the only remaining viceroyalty of Italy. ”

"What's the problem?"

"That is, His Majesty the Emperor is extremely dissatisfied with you, and it is extremely unwise for you to impeach George at this time." Tetisius's words were very straightforward.

"I'm the Emperor's brother-in-law!" Caesar roared.

"So what, our Lord Majesty has eight brothers and sisters, why did he win the throne in the end, so as the Emperor, he still values this?"

This sentence caused Caesar McAulinus to collapse completely on the chair, staring at the green ink in the glass bottle, and then broke the barrel of the pen and threw it on the table like a javelin, and the broken barrel bounced up again, and flew far away before falling.

After a moment, McAulinus gasped, "Then tell me what to do, Tetisius." ”

"Your Excellency, go to the imperial capital, whether in the court or in your own mansion, and live in hiding. I took all the Turkmen cavalry with me and followed George out to Asia. There is a Turkic saying that trees attract many birds. Caesar was very sad when Tetisius said this, but then he seemed to understand something, and began to laugh, saying that Tetisius's proposal was very good, and I gave it my permission.

Hearing this, Tetisius untied his cloak again with a blank expression, revealing his shocking countenance

In the evening, Caesar's attendants and heralds happily handed over to George all the seals and ribbons that had belonged to the commander-in-chief of Asia. The Warden of Pararogus, the Warden of the Stables, in the midst of the camp humbly and proudly, took the food, a symbol of military power, and then asked, "Where is the noble Imperial Caesar?" ”

"Caesar has been summoned by the Lord to return to the court of the empire to discuss matters relating to the recapture of Asia Minor by uniting the Franks, Germanlands, and Norman knights, so the Gallipoli Fortress has been handed over to His Excellency the Warden to guard. In addition, Caesar gifted you seven hundred Turkmen cavalry of Tetisius to fight with you. ”

"Returning to His Excellency Caesar, and I will also send someone to report to His Majesty, and the matter may be discussed again, for in three years I will be George. Pararogus will surely destroy the forces of Zahaas and recover the land of Abydos, Prussa, Nicaea, Sinop and Trabizon. At that time, the emperor would not need to fake the group of scheming barbarians at all, and he would be able to re-dye the territory of Asia Minor into a noble purple. "The warden is ambitious.