Thanks to the drowning classmates and Prussian classmates for their tips

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The Grand Eunuch, however, had no qualms about it, and readily agreed, and as he walked out of the commander's tent with George and his guards, he announced, "The officers who have come with me continue to distribute His Majesty's gifts to the soldiers in the camp, and the servants are responsible for maintaining order, and we will be back in less than an hour." As he spoke, he smiled slightly at the warden and the new Sebastoprat, and then tucked the title deed of the manor given to him into his sleeve.

Soon, they walked out of the camp, "This time, no more rewards will be distributed to His Majesty's inner palace guards and the Turks, this is also Your Majesty's will, because the personnel of the guards have already been distributed, and the Turks have given them the titles of sultan and emir, and have given them the privilege of trading in the imperial capital." At the camp gate, the Grand Eunuch walked up to his shoulders and spoke to the warden who was on his horse, and then George took twenty Italian veteran guards, plus the adjutant Cranmer, and behind the Grand Eunuch, only Gawain and the Catcher continued to serve as escorts.

The lakes of Nicaea were covered with blue-gray waters, rising and falling along the shore, and on the opposite side Gawain could see the backs of monasteries and towers of the same color, and by following this path, within about two minutes (an hour in Byzantium was divided into five minutes, each of which is about twenty-four minutes), you could reach the small monastery of which George spoke.

On a wooded hillside that could easily be crossed, several Tevris Paulites had a sentry there.

Originally, Kabeamiya wore a cloak and stood behind the cultists on horseback, to carefully observe the formation and details of George's military camp, but at this time, the eunuch and the warden came directly to fight, and Kabeamiya was afraid that the dodge would cause doubts, so she dismounted and stood behind, with her head bowed.

"This sentry is too close to our barracks, and it will be moved east the next day." As she passed the hillside, the warden had not forgotten to give this impromptu order to the hired Tevris soldiers, and just as everyone was leaning down to obey, a familiar figure suddenly flashed in Cabeamia's eyes, and she almost fainted, yes—the tall barbarian man who had repeatedly offended her holiness, unintentionally or intentionally, was now wearing a samurai helmet and riding the Turkic mare, and walked before her in a dignified manner.

The man's figure had turned to ashes and been swept away by the flames, and Kabeamiya could make out even the "stench" of the ashes.

"No, Kabeamia, you are a descendant of Helly Socher, the great Archon of the Golden Hand of the Republic, and this is the time to plan great things, so you must not be impulsive." The woman kept adjusting her breathing to calm herself, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that Gawain's back had turned down the hill.

It was only then that Kabeamia took off her cloak and hat, brushed the hair that hung down from her ears, and tried to keep her mind under control, before she was finally ready to carry out the greatest plan she had ever had with the faithful.

The monastery that George mentioned, on the raised cliff on the northeast side of the lake, has a relatively gentle terrain and beautiful scenery, and the monastery here was originally built to enshrine the remains of the three hermit monks in the grotto, and now after George's guards entered, they immediately "invited out" all the monks, and then enshrined the portraits of St. Dimitri and Emperor Komnenos, and the eunuch and the warden stepped into it.

As for Gawain, he and the catcher stood in front of the jungle on the edge of the cliff outside the monastery, and tied up their horses. Of course, Diognis's feelings towards Gawain were still dominated by resentment, so the two of them, each armed with a weapon and carrying a shield on their backs, stood a full fifteen feet away, and never spoke.

Soon six of George's own soldiers came and stood in a cordon between them, guarding the horses that all the men had brought, and they were very familiar with Gawain, and soon they were laughing and talking to each other, and they all hated the catcher, and usually thought that he was unkind, although he fought bravely and dutifully.

Diognis didn't mind anything, but sat down directly under a tree, took out the wine bag, and drank it to himself.

At this time, above the higher mountains, inky stratus clouds rolled in, the sunlight quickly converged, and the foehn wind over the top fell heavily, covering the monastery with a dark suffocating color.

Before the icon, the eunuch looked at George kindly, "I hope that Your Excellency Sebastoprat will listen to the old man's word, that is, the old man's request, and now give up the raid on Paphragonia and Trabizon, and return to Gallipoli to clear the forces of Zahaas." ”

"I'm going to hunt down the emperor's old enemy, but now that the military camp has just begun, and the situation has not yet fully stabilized, once I have settled the Turkic mercenaries and the Tevris, I will immediately go to the other side of the strait to serve as a precursor to Your Majesty."

The heavy thunder sounded, and the great eunuch turned his head, and the shadow and backlight made the expression on his face extremely terrifying, which frightened the lieutenant of the warden Keranmai couldn't help but take a step back, and then the chief eunuch took out a small rosewood box from the offering table behind the iconostasis, "Originally, I fully supported the expedition of His Excellency the Warden in Minor, and for this reason, I spared no effort to override public opinion, and asked His Majesty for food and rewards again and again. But what do you think about your rejecting me many times now? Is it ignoring the identity of the decrepit? ”

This was said very seriously, because everyone understood that Nikdemia was the emperor's agent, and what he meant was the emperor's will, and at this time, in the flash, George knew that the purpose of the eunuch's visit was not simple.

Cranmer next to him had already drawn his sword, and he must know that the eunuch had only brought two attendants with him at the moment, while he had an elite guard of twenty people, and on the way to this place, it was all the Tevris sentries and soldiers of the stable.

"I just want to run Asia Minor and build an eternal barrier for the empire. Great eunuch, you should understand me. George slowly stood up, and then he said to Cranmeer, "Go out, hurry back to the barracks, and do what is planned, and disarm the forces of the Red Guards and Tetisius." ”

Then Cranmer answered, and then, cautiously, retreated through the back door along the colonnade.

"After I sent my troops, I not only checked and rectified military discipline, but also recovered dozens of cities, vast lands, and countless people. After seeing Cranmer leave, George opened his hands and said in a tone of excitement and joy, "George. Palarogus was so pleasing to the soldiers and the populace! I am a typical military nobleman, and I believe that I will take the empire to a new level, and that the humiliation suffered by the Romans will be snowed, and that my spear will pierce the hearts and heads of all the enemies of the empire, as Emperor St. Basili did, and that the purple banner will flutter again in Antioch, the Holy City, and Alexandria. ”