But Foursie's eyes flashed with a hint of complication, and he quickly exchanged glances with Rainold, which was also captured by Gawain.

Then Lenolds took the opportunity to sigh and said, "Your Excellency Gawain, although we have never met, we all know that your heroic deeds are not only the holy goods appointed by the Pope, but also the mercenary general given by the Roman Emperor, or the self-proclaimed Grand Duke of Bari, you are calling for wind and rain in various camps, and you have a large army, and now I think that you are reluctant to meet the Roman Emperor, probably because of a personal grudge with him, and I am afraid that the Emperor will investigate your sin of self-reliance." But the crusade could not be delayed, and I am confident that His Majesty the Emperor was a magnanimous man, and that he would spare no effort to support the cause of the hermits, and to bestow on all of us the glorious title of the Roman court, so that the march to Asia Minor could be unhindered. ”

In the crimson tent, the flames and this fiery color were intertwined, and the intention was to set off the majesty of the commander and stimulate the morale of the generals, but now Gawain was very heavy, even annoyed, these two were hillbillies from West Francia: they were like frogs at the bottom of a well, but they were arrogant, eager for goods and ranks, but pretentious, and they were so because they were afraid that Gawain would take away their military power and honor.

"But now the Holy See's crusade is not all smooth sailing, even the kingdom of the same believers, because of unnecessary estrangement, swords and soldiers, everywhere danger is hidden in the shadows, only self-preservation, is responsible for the great cause of the crusade." But Gawain looked at Peter's face, still held his temper, and explained in a low voice. But Forcher took the opportunity to raise his voice even higher. "Oh, presumably a gift from His Majesty the Emperor. Of course, His Excellency will not take it seriously, and this is the case. How else can the Emperor reward you? Could it be that you should be Caesar, or marry his pearl-like daughter, and use half of the empire as a dowry? ”

Then Folcher and Reinolds laughed uncontrollably, and Peter, seeing that he was not speculative, and fearing infighting between the two sides, immediately ordered the discussion to be halted, "Between the city of Niš and Adrianople, there is a dangerous fortress to hold the Thrace River and the Rila Mountains." It's called Fort Sophia, and we can move the camp forward there first, test the emperor's opinion and tone, and then make a decision. ”

The two West Frankish gentlemen walked out of their tents in high spirits, then spat disdainfully on the ground and walked away.

Giovanni, on duty, glared at their backs, walked over and tamped the spit off with his boots, and then he looked inside. But Walter, who saw Peter bandaged his shoulders, remained in his seat, listening to Gawain's in-depth explanation, "Emperor Alexios is an unfathomable figure. Now it seems that he can buy off the people in your team with a little bit of false reward. Then you lose control of 100,000 people, and once things fall into the Emperor's control. It's not good. ”

"How about this, Gawain, you and I take different routes of march." Long. Peter said this suddenly, but his eyes then made Gao Wen confess that this was not to part ways with himself, but to think deeply in it, "The great cause of the Eastern Crusade was originally to cooperate sincerely with the emperor of Constantinople, Gawain You don't like the Komnenos family, I can understand, I don't ask you to meet that emperor, you were this kind of character in the Brachna Palace, refusing to kiss each other's purple boots, and this kind of character is exactly what I need and appreciate." But everyone has different responsibilities and roles, and I have to negotiate with Komnenos as the leader of this army, and you can do without that, do you understand when I say that? ”

Hearing this, Gawain frowned and stopped talking, but Peter then said to him, "With Walter and Billell here, I will be fine. With that, the monk lifted himself up with his cane, helped Walter, bowed goodbye to Gawain, who still looked displeased, and then left.

Not long after, Gao Wen, who came back to his senses, swept his eyes, but found that Gottschalke was still in the tent, which caused the confidential secretary next to him, Androdart, to be at a loss, "Why are you still here?" Gawain asked.

"Because I have found a true master to follow, I am willing to be your archmantle, presiding over the etiquette and fasting of the entire Dalian team, and giving you advice." Gottscharke said warmly and firmly, the frenzied color in his eyes reappeared.

These words made Gawain only hold his forehead, and then he said to the other party in a very firm tone, "You must continue to follow my brother-in-law, to help him is to help me, and in the future, this Grand Duke promises to pass on the position of the bowl to you, and this Grand Duke is the Holy Priest, and has every right to appoint it to you." As a result, Gottschalke immediately gestured goodbye to Gawain, and then ran out of the tent and chased the monk after him.

At last Gawain sighed twice, cautiously faced the bonfire, calmed down, thought for a while, and then said to Ander Odart, "Take the map, this grand duke will study it carefully." ”

The morning mist slowly faded from the Sophia fortress and the surrounding peaks like a light veil, and the noisy pilgrimage camp came down four quarries away from the fortress, and then the garrison soldiers in the fortress quickly passed the news to Adrianople, during which the Roman royal family also reacted very quickly: the next day, more than a dozen cavalry guards in the Roman palace wearing scarlet clothes and waving purple flags galloped and stood at the gate of the main camp:

"Your Majesty has decreed that the commander-in-chief of this crusade army shall meet by boat at the third hour of the morrow between the rivers at the foot of the Rila Mountains to discuss great matters."

According to the agreement, at noon the next day, the sun hung in the middle of the sky, and the source of the Thrace River was extremely clear, and from the emerald green forest cove there, five people, Gawain, Rainold, Forscher, Walter, and Peter, sat in the boat, and the boat sent by the emperor had already anchored and waited.

Slowly approaching, Gawain saw that standing on the deck was Sebastoclat, the emperor's younger brother Isaac, dressed in the purple court costume and with eyes in his eyes. Komnenos, as for the emperor did not see his figure, perhaps he was in the cabin to watch, and then Gawain did feel that there was a gloomy eye looking at him inside, and the hilt of the sword of phosphorus fire at his waist began to shake briefly again, he steadied it with his hand, and then stared at Isaac, who was also the first to bite him with his eyes.

Smoke and sunlight spread on the water, but the rest of the knights had never seen the dress and battle of the imperial court officials, so they all regarded Isaac as the emperor, and each bowed his head. But Isaac's eyes were still on Gawain, "You still have that temper, I heard that when you were penniless, my brother in the palace wanted to carry you, but you refused to kiss His Majesty's boots." ”

Gawain did not say anything positive or negative.

So Isaac sneered, "You can never learn etiquette and gratitude." (To be continued.) )