Chapter 73: The Gentile Apostle

"Hah, angry!? To be honest, I've seen a lot more than you, what kind of battle I haven't been involved in in the first thirty years of my career? Anna, do you do this, do you understand the worst 'demolition of rotten dirt', do you understand the malicious stock splitting and mixing sand? You hate me so much, now obediently issue a new edict to me, restore the status of the Red Hand United, return the company to its position, and hand over the Pilgrim Armed Regiment to Got Schalk again, otherwise, I have your good looks! ”

In the lawn under the laurel tree, full of greenery, Gawain sat cross-legged at the root of the tree with a gentle expression, Anna leaned on his shoulder like a "good daughter", and the birdsong set off the tranquility and elegance of the back garden of this chapel - the above words were all his "heart", looking at Anna's bright eyes, he could only swallow the rot in his stomach: a certain respected elder once said that "make a fortune in silence", and Agihe also warned herself, "Silence is golden, and constant thinking will die", are all wise sayings.

Gawain swallowed the last of the smoke from the leaf into his mouth skillfully, this action made Anna Gege laugh, Gawain waved his hand at her, Anna followed his gesture and turned to Gawain's front, but her eyes looked at each other, and quickly avoided it, "You want to lure me here and take the opportunity to spray me, right?" ”

As a result, Gawain was almost choked, but he could only hold back the guessed thoughts, twisted his neck, and squirted a long gray trajectory from his nose, and Anna hugged his neck affectionately again, "Don't be angry, after all, it's just a gesture to satisfy my poor self-esteem." Isn't the bow division composed of two brigades still yours? Hey, the throne of the royal family in the future. It's mine and yours. ”

"And what am I, the great Roman Emperor?"

"Nope. I am the great Empress of Rome, and you are just as great - the male queen. ”

Gawain really lowered his head now. She coughed violently, and Anna was still there, wondering, "What kind of honorific title will be invented for you, it must be beautiful and beautiful in elegant Greek, and it will be good to put on a purple robe and a little crown for you." ”

"When the time comes, I will go to Dalmatia and find a secluded farmstead to live in seclusion, and I will never live in your court in such a capacity." Before he could finish speaking, Gawain's cheeks were stretched out by Anna's hands. "You and your messy women are not allowed to run away, out of my sight, you will have to die in the palace in the future, die on the bed, and I will be by your side with the children at that time, that's all!" Frankly Gawain, how many women did you have before your marriage to me? Before the priest actually presided over the ceremony. Admit to me, there will be no retroactive effect. ”

But Gawain just smiled, "Don't talk about these stupid words, let's find a place to live first." Otherwise we will all be wiped out by your father, or by the Turks, or even by other pilgrims. The team has now grown to more than 10,000 people. Food supplies were difficult, and horses died in large numbers. Combat effectiveness and orders are also mixed"

"Then go to the land of the Seven Ridges, according to the revelation of the dream. And my guess, we're not far from it! Anna sat excitedly in front of Gawain's lap, and suddenly couldn't hold back and spoke.

Then she saw Gao Wen's blue eyes, staring at herself, and suddenly came to her senses, covered her small mouth with the back of her hand, and then she exhaled coquettishly-her slender back was bound by Gao Wen, and her hair was braided everywhere, "Didn't you say that those dreams were all fabricated by you to deceive the soldiers of the Dalian Army?" You're lying to me, isn't it true that the person who appeared in your dream had a noble and elegant appearance, long black hair like satin, and a black robe, beautiful but very treacherous? ”

"Yes, yes." Anna reluctantly admitted.

"What is the hint of the land of the Seven Ridges in her mouth?"

"Surrounded on three sides by seven high ridges, facing the golden ocean on one side, is the birthplace of the Holy Apostle."

"And so it was!" Gawain exclaimed.

Then, the atmosphere of the whole courtyard garden fell silent again, only the chirping of birds remained, and Anna, who was hugged, had half-open eyes, flashing long eyelashes, did not answer, and looked at Gawain with a disdainful gaze, and the expression was "Anna will not be fooled by you for the second time".

"Well, I don't know where this place is." Gawain saw that Anna had not been given the answer by himself, so he could only admit that he did not know.

"Have you ever read the Bible, Gawain barbarian? I now wonder if you were ever baptized and a believer. ”

"I was baptized, but I had never read the scriptures, because I was illiterate." Gawain hurriedly prevaricated.

Anna whispered in Gawain's ear, "Of the twelve holy apostles of our Lord Jesus, all of them are in Judea, and eleven of them are from the fishing villages of Galilee, and only Judah is from Calvary." ”

"That land of the Seven Ridges is Galvalho? It's a sign that we are going to the holy city of Jerusalem," Gawain was skeptical, but then Anna held his shirt very seriously, "No, it's not that simple, if you believe this, it may be tantamount to being tricked by that female demon, I am a former purple-clothed princess of the Roman Empire who believes in Orthodoxy, you are a brown-haired and blue-eyed Varyag, although the Patriarch of the West has promised you to be a priesthood, but he will never promise you to be the king of the holy city, even if we take the holy city by force, as Gawain you predicted before, That would be under onslaught from all sides, and I don't want that. ”

The little girl said very eloquently, and Gawain shook her head repeatedly, and Anna continued, "So I thought about it carefully, and then I remembered that there was a place called 'Judea and Rome' in the ancient texts."

Of course, Anna reads the ancient pronunciation, and the Greek word for "Killia" is "Cilicia".

"Cilicia?"

"Yes!" Anna's pupils began to shine again, and she looked very proud.

Cilicia, in ancient times, was indeed the "hand and foot" of the Roman Empire and Judea, it was located in the Eastern Mediterranean Seaway, at the junction of the Levant, and then Gawain frowned, "the holy apostle"

"Under our Lord Jesus, in addition to the Twelve Apostles, there was a Gentile apostle, although he was also a Pharisee, but he was a citizen of Rome from birth, he was born in the prosperous city of Tarsus in Cilicia, and although his writings were brilliant diamonds for our Lord Jesus, throughout his life he humbly called himself 'a pagan apostle like a wild olive branch,' and was willing to die for 'preaching, believing and keeping the word.'"

"That means that only this pagan apostle, who has the dual identity of a Roman and a holy apostle, is the female demon and more in line with your current status?" In fact, Gawain still doesn't understand, and is blowing water clichΓ©s.

"Hey, don't be fooled - I've got it all to the point, you don't understand it, I'm referring to St. Paul, the pagan apostle of Tarsus!" Anna finally impatiently revealed the answer to the riddle. (To be continued.) )