By the time the conspiracy had come to an end, the sky around St. Andrew's Church had turned white.

The Pisan Chamber of Commerce and the fortress of protection were completely razed overnight, as if it had never existed, and the files inside were burned. The slaughter of the rioters' anger was even more terrifying: the Chamber of Commerce, from the consul of Monnickini to the ordinary merchants from the city-state, killed a total of thirty-eight people with their families; All kinds of mercenaries, including actuaries, tooth wives, bodyguards, mercenaries, sailors, porters, cooks, etc., were killed one hundred and sixty-one people, none of whom survived. The bodies of the slain were not left intact, either in the basement or in the haystacks, burned to ashes - no, now look at the whole charred ruin, to be exact, there is no place for the ground - the burnt trunks of the trees in the courtyard are covered with grayish-white scorched cracks, and the body of Monnichni, which had been hanging here, has been lost - and his minced flesh, along with the bodies of his children, has been thrown into the deep waters of the Falfa River, leaving not even a trace of it.

Along the streets, knights, foot soldiers, and commoners, drove all sorts of horses, mules, donkeys, and other animals, carrying the money they had recovered, laughing and laughing, passing in front of St. Peter's Church.

In the central hall, Ademar cowered in pain on the hardwood chair on the edge of the daise, his face pale and noncommittal.

Opposite him, the five giants who had been deliberating all night made him a request for a diplomatic envoy.

"If Adelbello is still alive, it would be fine, and I can go with him to the camp of a Turkic prince." Ademar replied.

At this time, the five men said in unison that they could not call the dignified priesthood to act as messengers to negotiate with the Turks.

At this moment a Catholic monk named Hetzel bravely stepped out and, with the vigor of a young man (though he was not handsome and had a freckled face), volunteered to be a messenger. Gawain looked at him, "You can only go to Dulac. ”

Because such young monks, with the vigor of a newborn calf who are not afraid of tigers, according to the previous plan, are not suitable to go to Kobha.

When Gawain had just finished arranging, the hermit Peter stepped out and offered to go to Kobha for a second negotiation.

"No, you can't." Gawain categorically vetoed.

"Are you afraid that Kobuha will be bad for me? Don't forget Gawain, when you were trapped in Bari before, it was I who went alone to meet His Holiness and helped you to relieve the siege. The situation in Antioch is so urgent and critical right now that it happens to be the moment for me to perform. Peter's attitude was firm and passionate.

"But now I go to negotiate with Kobuha, but the situation in Bari City is very different" Just as Gawain was about to say in a hurry, the thin Peter laughed, "I know that I am going with the consciousness of defeat." ”

As soon as these words came out, Gao Wen's mind was suddenly seen through, and he could only stop the battle between lips and tongues, "Then I will send thirty samurai on horseback to escort you to the righteous brother." ”

Peter shook his head, "I used to go alone in Bari City, but now I'll be alone, so I'm safer and don't need any soldiers to follow me." ”

When the sun had burned up the thin clouds in the sky, and on the brightest morning of the day, the monk, still in a half-clad grey robe, rode his famous donkey, alone with a whip made of branches, and shouted twice from time to time, and came out of the St. Paul's Gate, stepping on the boundless grass and sand, looking at the stone fort full of soldiers standing and staring, and after half a mile, he turned out of the mountains and headed for the distant camp of Kobha.

Soon he was captured by the rangers on the outskirts of the Turkic camp, but Peter was undaunted by the blade, and calmly explained his intentions in Turkic (he had previously traveled to the Holy Land and Antioch, and had been captured by the Turks of Zahaz in Nicaea, so he was fluent in this language).

The Turkic cavalry, amazed at the courage of this thin old man, did not harm his life, but obeyed him and led him to the tent of Kobha, where a terrible black flag was erected.

Kobha sat on the throne at the back, with Budakis at his side, and on the small table the hourglass that blessed him with invincibility, and when Peter stepped inside, the whole tent was full of bewitching boys, laughing and laughing, running about, "Envoys from the Christians, my children are laughing at your looks, and as an important diplomat, your ugliness, dwarfness, and thinness have insulted my illustrious prince. "Kobuha on the throne, although he has suffered a crushing defeat before, he must make such an arrogant gesture in order to boost his own morale.

"I have come to ask for an armistice, for there are now 100,000 pilgrims, and you have a considerable number of them, and the destruction of either side is unkind and painful. ”

"You must not make peace with them, Your Highness!" Budakis pleaded with the ruler of Mosul by the corner of his robe, and Kobha raised his hand to show that I had an opinion in my heart, and then he went on to Peter, "Your words are very wrong, not the destruction of 'either side,' but only you." ”

"In five days' time, we will fight you in a decisive battle, and the warriors of Christ who are blessed by the Lord will not be defeated, so I stand here today and ask His Highness to abandon your false and false faith, and leave the city of Antioch and return to your kingdom, so that you may save yourself." Peter's following answer simply blew up the camp, and many of the Ghazi warriors, believing that they had suffered a great insult, drew their swords and drew their swords to chop Peter into pieces.

Kobha was also very angry, "I will not argue with you about doctrinal matters, that is the most stupid thing to do. But I would like to ask, why should I do what you say? ”

"Because the conditions are very good." Peter, who stood underneath, looked calm.

"On what terms?"

"If only you generously renounce the assault on Antioch, return it to the believers of Christ, and discard false faith. Then I say, in my capacity as plenipotentiary, that Godfrey, Gawain, and Bohemond, the three most exalted princes in the ranks, will be under your command, and you will be the leader of the whole group of pilgrims, and you will be the king of the vast and powerful regions of Antioch, Mosul, Azazze, and Maraš, and that His Holiness Crown of the city of Rome will personally anoint you with holy oil and recognize your supremacy. ”

Peter's words stunned Kobha at first, and then the prince of Mosul covered his abdomen with his hands, bent down in his seat, opened his beard and mouth, and laughed first in a low voice, then fiercely and presumptuously, and the children, guards, and servants around him laughed with their master, and the whole tent was at once filled with a playful and lively air. (To be continued.) )