"You don't need help, just follow me in during the meeting." After speaking, the old man took out a folded hat from his robe, and then unfolded it, and Gawain saw that the end of the hat was slightly protruding, with small triangular ears drooping, and gold and precious stones in the middle, he immediately stood in awe, and got up to salute the old man again-he did not expect that Venice had arranged for him to stay in the mansion of such a person when he had come to visit secretly.

"Fellaier. Mochenigo, Venetian consul, current husband of the Adriatic, welcome. The old man stretched out his slender and powerful fingers and said.

Then, Gawain's "short vacation" ended in a few airtight days, and sometimes Ingrid was with her, such as in Rialto, where she was more familiar with notary and credit than Gawain, but sometimes when Gawain sat in the chapel and watched the government of the Venetian city-state, she could only stay in Fellaier's mansion, leaning against the window and watching the clouds in the sky of the city of San Marco, thinking about something.

On the day of the farewell, Gawain and Ingrid paced in the small square in front of the consul's mansion, where they were waiting in a centipede-like Venetian rowing boat with colorful flags, and the group of Skiavonians had not yet left, and they adopted a shift system, while some of them sat in silence, others went to buy some inferior spirits and food, and in short, their embarrassment was always in the eyes of Ingrid.

"Tell me your name." Gawain stepped forward and said very kindly to the big man in the iron nail jacket.

The great man had lost the rebelliousness of the previous days, for the consul Fleille had not paid any attention to his appeals, and now his face was full of disappointment and resentment. The stubble was also embarrassed, and finally glanced at Gawain a few times. Weakly replied, "Andreev. Yelgo. Coming from the mountainous interior of Dalmatia, he served with this group of brothers on Venetian ships for sixteen years. ”

"Listen, Andreev," Gawain sighed, squatting down with his wrists crossed, and in front of him, his eyebrows soothingly looking at the waves in the fairway, "the Venetians often say that the Adriatic is the bride of their city-state and the key to their treasure troves of wealth. You may also have some serrations on the key, but in the eyes of the Venetians, you can always be replaced by a locksmith. Sometimes, when one ocean obscures your course, why not go over the mountains to find another ocean? Because no one wants someone else to share the bride's delicate body with them. ”

"Another ocean?"

"Of course, friend." At this moment, Gao Wen saw that there was some effect, and his eyebrows were raised, "Friend Andreev, have you heard of Bari City, have you heard of the Brotherhood of the Brocade that the Holy See has just canonized?"

And Ingrida also smiled, just now the man she liked said. It also seems to have set off a small wave in his heart.

Coming in secret, leaving in secret, Gawain said to the Brotherhood in advance that he would go to a month's time, but in fact he came and went for only half a month. Let Andreev be the captain of the ship, about seventy skiavone sailors, on a clipper. The tailwind returned to the pier in Barry City.

A small barge brought the priesthood ashore with his companions. Gawain then walked into his building and secretly contacted Merlot and French to discuss matters.

Tetisius patrolling the city. At this moment, he was holding his single-edged saber, constantly reminding the sentry of his duties, and in his eyes, Gawain first took the Brocade Brotherhood to the Cave of Garganus to make a pilgrimage to repay his vows, and then hurried to Venice City to sign a mutual aid agreement. Obviously, according to Gawain's actual position in the Empire, what he did was nothing more than transgression - these should have been Nikephoros who had been canonized by the Emperor. Brenus's purview, but the influence of the Roman Empire in Italy was now declining, but it was Stephen who had previously achieved the greatest military success. Gawain is here to turn the clouds and rain.

"For now, we can only wait for Lord Brenus to cross the sea from Dulazo, and then make a plan." Tetisius sighed in his heart, looking at the moon in the night sky at the sharp corner of the tower, he understood why Gawain had sweetly coaxed the guards to go to the other side of the sea to meet Brenus, and told himself to guard the city of Barry: Gawain is a man who is proficient in personnel arrangements, but his mastery is by no means on the side of the empire and His Majesty.

In recent days, the Brotherhood has rapidly developed many new members, including sailors, soldiers, pilgrims, and burghers, who are said to have made vows not only to His Majesty the Emperor Alexios and the Holy See of Urban, but also to Stephen Brown. Gawain pledged allegiance and united under the "sword of St. Michael" to fight together for the Lord's expeditionary cause. Even more sensitive to Tetisius was the fact that the Brotherhood began to preside over the city, commerce, militia, and church, and in any case the group gradually became the de facto ruler of the city.

Thinking of this, Tetisius was not only worried about the army he commanded, which was not his personal own, but the private property of His Excellency Caesar

Therefore, apart from his daily rounds, the general stayed in his barracks, protected by the Cuman mercenaries and supervised the team.

But what should come will still come, when several Varangian guard warriors, dressed in heavy armor and carrying battle axes, came to the tower to invite Tetisius to the entrance of St. Nicholas's cathedral to "deliberate", Tetisius shuddered slightly, and then he also brought his Cuman guard to the torch-lit square.

In front of the hall, two new stone pillars were erected, which was the duty that Gawain gave to the Brotherhood of the Brocade Book and the City Church: when the legal judgment or the divine judgment was reached, the capital punishment was held by the Brotherhood in front of the two stone pillars, one with the statue of St. Nicholas and the other with the sword of St. Michael's cross, in the style of the Venetian consul's palace, the former was used for hanging, and the latter was for tying up the heads of the people.

Although the stone pillar has not been "opened" in the past few days, this silent shock is enough to silence all the citizens, including the Greek nobles who came to take refuge.

The same was true of Tetisius, who was immediately terrified when he saw Gawain standing on the steps of the hall, with the sword of phosphorus and fire in his hands, surrounded by Italian veterans and militias, and his back felt as if it was constantly poured with boiling water.

Then, Gawain spoke in a gentle manner, "Honorable General, there is a matter of great importance that must be discussed with you now."

"Discuss what? I want to counsel something that is good for you and me, and even for Caesar and His Majesty. Tetisius lifted his face and tightened his grip on the handle of the knife.

"Of course," Gawain said with a smile. (To be continued......)