When he had finished speaking, Tancred told his uncle that something else had become a big deal, and then Bohemond put down his knife and fork, stopped eating, and followed his nephews with great interest, and in his burqa, and sat on a horse, and went round the wooden fence and the ramparts of the camp, and at last came to a hill at the foot of the hill of Antioch, where before their eyes, the sun, which grew longer and longer with the passing of the seasons, still shone on a grove of fruit between the Acropolis and their camp.

In a short time two men, a man and a woman, and several armed church servants eagerly walked over, and helped each of them to a mule and horse, and then they quickly and gently hooked their fingers on the mule's back, and each hurried away in a different direction, looking nervous.

Bohemond, who was hiding behind the stone wall, picked his eyes and looked at it to confirm that the man was the young priest Adalbello whom Ademar admired the most, this handsome monk was of noble birth and was the nephew of the previous Salian Caesar, and many noble ladies in the camps admired him, "Who is that woman?" Bohemond slapped his cheek with his palm and pressed it back against the wall, avoiding Adelbello's gaze and asking Tantred next to him.

Answer, it was an Italian lady from the Piacenza region, named Beatrice, whose husband had died earlier, and whose family had some money, so she came to the pilgrims' procession, in order to go to the Holy City to see and learn, and on the other hand to hook up with a beautiful man.

"This is the place where they have a fixed tryst, where they pretend to play backgammon during the day and night," Tankred stroked his flaxen beard, adding that he had been spying on the dewy mandarin ducks for a long time.

"The defenders of the city, it's impossible not to notice this pair."

"That's right, I saw the Tower of the Four Sisters (the Christian name for the four towers of the Acropolis of Antioch, and Aggie called the Four Amirs) the closest to this forest, and the nearest sentinel has been moved frequently."

"The fat girls of Italy and the cute boys of Greece have the appetite for those Turks the most." Bohemond said very knowingly, and then he and his nephew bowed their bodies, took the reins, and mounted their horses, "Tomorrow the defense area here will be patrolled by our cavalry, and you will be called to do a good job with the Estus of your subordinates." ”

"Yes, no problem at all, uncle."

On the other side, Beatrice rode a mule, with a somewhat loose sideburns, and wore a silk robe and skirt that she could not hide her graceful body, and passed by the camp of Gawain on the edge of the palace district with satisfaction.

After the fall of Antioch, the city was burned and destroyed, and many Syrian Greeks and Crescentists who had come to Gawain (most of them were Saracens, and now only the Grand Duke of the Empire would not rob and torture them like the other Frankish and Norman lords), set up tents in the camp and the remnants of the buildings, and managed to survive.

Among them, the Danish prince Sven and his fiancée Florina also camped next to the palace, at this time Gawain deliberately brought the deputy heraldic officer Wright, and the Turkic military servants, to come to the pair to talk to the story, the core meaning is "the consumption of grain is fast, Kobuha is about to attack", and then Gawain rubbed the corner of his robe with a horse's head scepter a little distressed, and said to the two, "It's really not good, I'm going to pull the team to the Syrian gate to eat." ”

"But in that case, won't the city of Antioch, which we have just acquired, fall into the hands of that pagan Kobha again?"

"Actually, guarding Antioch doesn't need to be confined to urban areas." Gawain replied to Prince Sven's question.

At this moment, Florina suddenly walked to the entrance of the wooden fence at the camp gate, and greeted Beatrice who came on a mule, and they knew each other well, and then Beatrice got off the mule, and saluted Prince Sven and Gawain.

Among them, Beatrice's eyes also deliberately lingered in front of Gawain: the opportunity for her and Adelbello to get married was that in the fierce battle of the dog gate defense before, when the Turks invaded, Adelbello bravely rescued her in the battle, and the other party was also very handsome, so they hooked up with each other - but from then on, Beatrice began to have a good impression of the warriors in the expeditionary army, such as Gawain, who was standing in front of her at the moment, with a tall body, long arms and feet, and a majestic armor and appearance, The masculine beard and blue eyes were very appetizing, and she couldn't help but look at them twice.

Now, behind Gawain, the deputy heraldic officer, Wright. Bozia was staring at her: sure enough, the maidens were still Italian, plump and beautiful, passionate, and proficient in all kinds of flirtatious techniques—and when Beatrice rode away on her mule, Wright stared at her back again and again.

The Grand Duke's fist slammed into his shoulder, "Don't think about it, this girl has a lover." ”

"Who?" Wright's face was full of pain, as if he had been beaten violently.

"I don't know, but I can tell at a glance that her garden has just been watered, so it's full of flowers."

At this time, Wright was hit even harder, and he admired the Grand Duke in the whole barracks, because his experience and knowledge of women were better than that of himself, who had always been self-conscious, and then the two old captains exchanged some experience and insights on sailing and sailing in private, and saw that Wright was very lost and painful, so he was relieved again, "Here, although the team you belong to is nominally not affiliated with Ademar, if you go and provoke that Beatrice's woman to find out, even if you don't have to be punished, But Beatrice is going to be unlucky, so don't hurt her. This is also one of our principles. ”

After that, Gawain and Sven did not agree on whether to leave Antioch City and go to other parts of the city to eat, so Gawain left the Danish prince's military camp and went to Tetisius outside the city to discuss again with the deputy heraldic officer Wright.

In Tetisius's tent, the marching steward was staring at a letter from Constantinople, and the turbaned captor was also sitting on the side with a restless expression, and when Gawain walked in, the two slowly stood up, "The Emperor's secret letter?" Gawain pointed and asked.

The general bowed his head and said that although His Majesty the Emperor was in Adrianople, he was very concerned about the situation of Antioch.

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

"Tell us to put our troops in order to assist the pilgrims in resisting the counterattack of Kobha, and after your Majesty has soon ended the war against the traitor Berdin, he will lead a large army through Anatolia to support us. In addition, His Majesty expressed his appreciation for the return of the forts along the coast of Syria, and he would then send officials and tax collectors to take over these areas. Tetisius remained silent and rolled up a letter made of calfskin.

Diognis, on the other hand, was restless and had a complicated expression. (To be continued.) )