The fleet made five clever round-trips, and at last came under the nose of the Zahaas pirates, who had infiltrated their lair in the peaks and caves of the Gallipoli coast, and transported seven hundred soldiers, plus three thousand civilians, to the fortress of Gallipoli.

The Amalfi sailors, who were so tired that they didn't bother to receive their drinks, fell asleep on the beach with the equally tired "boatmen", wrapped in clothes and blankets.

But the captor had to run all the way to the Gallipoli fortress to ask for permission from the local garrison.

At first, the Grand Duke's commander was very emperor, and thought it was a large-scale invasion by the Zahas pirates, and he was just about to send fast horses to the imperial capital to ask for support, but after seeing Diognes, his heart was stabilized, "Now that many refugees have crossed from Asia Minor, and Your Majesty also knows about the treachery of the Sultan of Konya, you will temporarily settle down in Gallipoli, camp with the garrison, and wait for Your Majesty's good deeds to be delivered." ”

"I still need two more guides to the imperial capital, and I want to report the crucial matter to the Lord!" This was Diognis' second request.

As the sun had risen, soldiers and refugees had erected forts, bridges, and tents under the city, and the greatest hardship was that supplies were extremely scarce, and the Peloponnese and Thessaloniki could not be transported, and many people had to live in crowds, but this was particularly advantageous compared to the situation in Asia Minor. Desiderius, the Imam of Nicaea, stood on the road by the camp, kissed Gawain and Theognes, and stuffed them with his own letter to the Emperor, wishing them all the best for their trip to the imperial capital.

As he walked, Theognes' eyes were fixed on the top of the monastery tower that protruded from the city wall on the land side of the city of Gallipoli, "I understand it now completely, so let's see, Holy Monastery of Gallipoli." ”

"Is it Kabeamia's business?" Gawain asked.

"It's hard to imagine that the Paulicians have infiltrated every corner of the empire, from the crude countryside to the grand halls."

"That is also the result of the fact that the Church of your empire is too comfortable and rotten, these heretical sects are the product of the emergence of the times, and once the faith needs to generate a financial burden and exploitation, then the radical part of the believers will find another way and demand the liquidation of this old system of excessive demand. Sometimes orthodoxy wins, but sometimes heretics come to power, round after round, and this is where the controversy over orthodoxy and heresy originates. ”

The guards couldn't imagine that Gawain, a barbarian, could still express his own opinions and profiles on religious beliefs, and although he heard it so harshly, he couldn't refute it. However, during this time, Diognis also learned to be obedient, that is, in the face of Gawain's strange theories, he had better remain cold and silent.

This time the two of them traveled lightly, so they were very fast, and in the town of Seven Mile on the outskirts of the Imperial City, Gawain suddenly asked to stop, and then he went to the place where Amalfi's branch chamber of commerce was located, and easily took out a sum of money with the help of a slip, and hired a full sixteen palanquins, two shoulder men, and twelve idlers who carried the fire to carry the luggage and the suitcase.

"What are you doing here?" The officer, who had always been simple and strong, was pressed on the cushion on his shoulder, and his ass was very awkwardly nowhere to be placed, and he asked with some trepidation.

"I'm going to get into the city as soon as possible, it's as simple as that." After saying that, Gawain found two merchants from the Amalfi Chamber of Commerce and walked into the Jewish quarter of the town of Seven Miles, and it didn't take long for him to walk out solemnly with a box in his hand.

About the afternoon in front of the Juquantina Palace, Diognis walked out of his shoulder, and then he looked back to see Gawain walk out, but he was startled by what happened - Gawain was dressed in the broad robes of a Frankish monk, with an icon pendant and a gilded cross, and the mysterious box in his hand.

The military judge and the porter who were arrogant in front of the palace gate saw this, and stepped forward in great surprise to inquire about the origin, Gawain looked inscrutable, and kept talking fiercely in the Aurian language, and shook the box, and was very excited.

At this time, Theognes also had a long mouth, and the military judge and the porter, without knowing why, asked him to explain and check what was in the box.

At this moment, an Amalfi merchant approached and handed Theognes a letter in Greek that meant to be read by the captor to the two men in front of him.

"This monk is an envoy from the monastery of Monte Cassino," reading this, Diognis frowned and looked at Gawain next to him with a serious face, "carrying the certificate of the monastery, and for the emperor bow and arrow guard captain Mikhail's wife, the court robed noblewoman Yudohya. Nystas, the woman, brought the holy relics of prayer for childbirth, fertility, natural birth, and the birth of a boy."

The line of letters under the "holy relic", the bold Diognes scratched his ears and cheeks, and he really couldn't recognize it, so he stabbed the merchant.

The merchant squinted his eyes, folded his hands, read the text to which Theognes was pointing, explained it swiftly in the underlying Greek, "circumcision of the skin," and then stood up again with a solemn face.

"It is the circumcision skin - the holy skin, the skin of Jesus." Then the catcher said the word with difficulty, and the military judge and the janitor looked incredulous.

The rosary sounded there, and Gawain raised his face forty-five degrees, slowly raised the box, and reverently recited the words in front of the sun.

"The monk said that if you are willing to touch it, he will not mind, this holy relic has incomparable effect." Another merchant spoke in Greek to the two officials.

"Can I have a baby? My pregnant wife has been a little restless lately. "First of all, the concierge made this request.

"Charity" Gawain smiled and nodded, generously agreed, and then snapped, opened the box, and then, with his long fingers, carefully picked out a spiral-shaped skin

The porter was half frightened, and the skin was too long, so he touched it.

"Your wife has been blessed." The merchant said in a cheerful tone.

The captor Theognes was on the side, covering his face in embarrassment, wanting to die, but unexpectedly, "Can it be healed?" I once had an accident in the barracks, and the scar on my abdomen hurt when it rained. Even the military judge on duty pleaded earnestly and bewilderably for grace.

The merchant pretended to translate to Gawain, who nodded again and pulled out a spiral-shaped roll of gauze with dark blood stains from the box.

"This is the holy skin of the Holy Skin of Jesus after cutting it, leaving a wound bandage." The merchant's voice was like a tongue twister, "Take this holy skin and holy gauze back, and put it on the wound every rainy hour, and you will receive the Lord's favor without any pain." ”