After saying that, the maid smiled and put a scroll of paper with ten coins in the palm of Gawain's hand, and said mischievously, "Your hand is so big!" You keep the money, it's a reward. You can give this roll to the chef at the church, and he will understand. ”

Then, while the maid was still leaving, she turned back to Gawain and said, "Remember to bring the dishes to me at once, for the master likes the fine food, and will pay you thirty more frith." ”

Weighing the money bag in his hand, Gawain already knew who the owner of this handmaid was, and thanks to her generous statement at the night banquet just now, it turned out that she was also a person who couldn't fill her belly.

When he arrived at the kitchen, Gawain quietly handed the scroll of notes to the cook, who unfolded it in disbelief, and then his face changed slightly, and then he greeted Gawain, "as quickly as possible, for in two hours all our clergy will assemble in front of the colonnade in the square for the evening service before going to bed." ”

Then the rest of the people left, Gawain searched for a long time on the closet, only lettuce, lentils, broad beans and other pure green food, the rest of the meat was nowhere to be found, but he still found two eggs, then he opened the eggs, put them in a small basin and stirred well, then scooped out some refined white lard, first heated the pot, spread the lard into it, then poured in the eggs, and then he found in the closet the precious condiment - a small jar of pepper, "Maybe a little bit, from the East, It costs two hundred to three hundred friths. ”

Then Gao Wen had an idea, he poured out the fried eggs, then poured a few peppers into the pot, fried them for a while, took out the remaining eggs, pounded a small hole in it with a small silver spoon, stuffed the blackened pepper into it, and then put the eggs in the pot and slowly heated, until they were cooked, put them on the plate, against the wall of the corridor, and quietly walked towards the apartment in the women's room.

The maid was already waiting at the door, and when she saw Gawain, she took out a Persian embroidered turban, lifted her toes, covered Gawain's conspicuous brown hair, and led him quietly into the most secluded room near the garden.

At the junction of the outer hall and the dormitory, hung a precious silk curtain, which was printed with a crescent-style pattern, and under the light of the candle flame, it showed a soft light color, and the hostess lay on her side on the couch, casting a graceful sideways silhouette on the curtain, and the maid called Gawain stood still on the floor outside the curtain, and then took the plate and handed it in.

"This meal made my whole body feel gentle and feel so much better, I really appreciate you." After a while, the hostess drew close to the curtain and spoke to Gawain in Greek, and Gawain could see the reflection of her long trembling eyelashes, "You should not feel contempt—a woman who had just been so impassioned and angry at the ungodliness of others should call you to make up for the meal." ”

It seems that what Gawain had just thought was guessed by this noblewoman, Gawain did not say much, and he still remembered Ageh's entrustment, and now he could neither flatter enthusiastically nor show his contempt for the other party, for this was Constantinople, and any carelessness would lead to an ominous calamity—this was what the Catcher and Peter had warned him about.

"Is there silence? I'm sorry, I don't have the heart to probe into your heart, I just think that even if you break the vows, it depends on the occasion, for example, now, after a public ceremony, I eat pepper eggs to fill my weak body, which is harmless and understandable. I took a fancy to you at a glance in the dining room, because you don't look like a humble helper or a monastic attendant, you should be a nobleman, aren't you? The lady sighed slightly.

"Yes, I was born in the north, the region where the Varyags lived, and after my family was baptized, I went to Asia Minor to prepare for the pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre, and I was captured by the Turks and escaped earlier." Gao Wen talked nonsense with ease.

As a result, the woman immediately began to say a few words in a language that he did not understand, and when she saw that he did not respond, she laughed, "You lie, you are not a Varyag at all, and you can't answer half a word of the Varyag I just spoke." ”

"Well, after my family was baptized, he entered the Normandy region to live, and my father also participated in the Battle of Hastings as a knight." Gawain was sweating and hurriedly patched, "So I haven't heard much of Varyag since I was a child, you know, we all speak Oy. ”

"It doesn't matter, anyway, in the eyes of the arrogant Greeks, both Normans and Varyags are hillbillies, and I am also a Varyag girl, who came to Constantinople by ship with my brother since I was a child, and then my brother served in the Varangian Guard, and I came out step by step and married a standard Greek nobleman. My husband was a well-known family in Paphlagonia, and his uncle was the most powerful 'wardrobe manager' at the emperor's side, and now my husband is also a bodyguard at the emperor's side. The lady introduced so much in one breath, and then, seeing that Gawain did not respond, teased, "Since you are also a nobleman, there is no restraint in the conversation between us, and you could have stooped down to prepare a meal for me in your honorable capacity, and according to the custom, I should have reciprocated the favor like an ordinary Greek noble woman, and enjoyed the pleasure of the bed with you, but once I came here this is the sacred place of St. John's Cathedral; Secondly, my body has been in an unclean state for the past few days, and I am really powerless, and if I have not finished it in two days, I am afraid that I will not even be able to participate in the feast of the holy relics. So, if you don't dislike it, I can have my maid Belia serve you."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm determined to stick to myself, especially here, in these days." Gawain is not stupid, he understands the truth of melons and plums, in this era of shackles, it is far from being comparable to the era in which he lived before, so now he can only forcibly pretend to be a vagina.

Then the curtain was lifted by the noblewoman, and a white hand stretched out, "Take it, my name is Eudohia. Nystas, originally my name was Belia, but here I changed this Hellenistic name, so I gave the original name to the maid. I've already inquired about your name, dear Stephen. Gawain - There are many noble men in this world who would rather be in poverty and wilderness than sow the glory of the Lord, and I admire such men, though I cannot do so, so that this thorn is kept by you, and in any future in Constantinople you will be helped by my Eudosiah, or rather, I may ask you to help me. If you want to join the army, just look for my brother, who is now the 'Aconis' of the Varangian Guard, or if you want to enter the monastery, just look for me. ”