Qin Dong lost his shield and dragged a wolf corpse on the field, holding a short sword and howling at the spectators in the stands as he walked, "Whoa, whoa, whoa......."

"Shit, what shit!" The aristocratic lords threw away the gambling coupons indignantly and scolded more than once, they just vented, and if they lost, they lost, but they could no longer coax like before, so that the gladiatorial arena side lost money.

There are more than 60,000 viewers, and there are very few people who win money, more than ninety percent of the viewers are bought by Qin Dong and lost, and only a very small number of viewers buy Qin Dong to win, but these people are all small bets, and they don't win much money at all, and the money is earned by the emperor and empress.

The gladiatorial arena is the empire's, and winning money in the gladiatorial arena is equivalent to the empire winning money, but not all of them can really reach the treasury, and even fewer can be enabled by the emperor, Marcian has been the emperor for so many years, of course, he understands the trickiness, rather than letting the gladiatorial arena win money, and the money is secretly transferred away by some officials, it is better for him to participate in the gambling game and win all the money, at least the money can be directly controlled by himself, not to mention the queen, she can spend less money than the emperor, and it is even worse than the prime minister.

In fact, Marcian also thought about thoroughly investigating the finances of the gladiatorial arena, but there are too many interest groups involved in this area, once he starts to investigate, he is likely to stand on the opposite side of all the forces of the empire, which Marcian is unwilling, so he can't do this, so he thought of Qin Dong, a cash cow, as long as Qin Dong is controlled, wealth will continue to roll in, but he also wants to provide protection for Qin Dong in the gladiatorial arena, after all, there are too many forces involved in the gladiatorial arena, and those people will definitely find ways to fight Qin Dong's idea. Or let Qin Dong lose the duel because of some accident.

Qin Dong dragged the wolf corpse and kept roaring, if someone paid attention, they would definitely find that the wolf corpse was dragged by him. The wolf blood left a special pattern on the performance field, which was the contact code of the Black Mist Organization.

He wasn't sure if there were any members of the Black Mist Organization from Constantinople among the tens of thousands of viewers, but he couldn't help but give it a try, if the members of the Black Mist Organization in Constantinople saw the contact code he left behind, they would definitely find a way to contact him.

At this time, a large number of gladiatorial guards opened the passage and rushed into the arena, most of them armed with bows and arrows, and a few with short swords and spears. There were also a few men with very thick chains.

"Put down the short sword and the wolf corpse, put it down!" The officer who had escorted Qin Dong out of the underground prison earlier pointed his short sword at Qin Dong and said sharply, his swordsmen and spearmen in front. The archers all opened their bows in the back and aimed them at Qin Dong.

Qin Dong threw down the wolf corpse, touched a handful of blood on the corpse and smeared it on his forehead and face to show his martial prowess, and roared loudly: "Whoa! ”

The roar seemed to be infectious, and the winning spectators cheered loudly. He kept waving his hands to greet Qin Dong. Others shouted Bull's name loudly, and even the nobles and commoners who had lost their money were excited by Qin Dong's strange ritual, as if this strange ritual had awakened the primordial wildness in their hearts.

Seeing that the scene was becoming more and more frenzied, the audience seemed to rush down at any time to sing and dance around Qin Dong, and immediately pointed a short sword at Qin Dong and shouted: "Put down your sword, I order you to put down your sword, otherwise you will be killed!" ”

Qin Dong turned his head to look at this officer, he believed that this officer must have heard his name. But this officer was not afraid of him, and such a person was rare. He asked, "General, who are you?" ”

The officer shouted, "Centurion Apple! Drop your weapon or you'll be shot like a hedgehog! ”

Apple? Qin Dong shook his head secretly, he hadn't heard of any famous general named Apl in the early history of the Byzantine Empire, looking at the style of this officer, but he was definitely not incompetent, that could only mean that this Apl had no chance to come out.

History is full of chance and inevitability, but all wise emperors will inevitably be good at employing people, most of the talented people will be reused, but there are also buried, the same, in troubled times, talented people do not need to be promoted by others, they can also rise by using and seizing various opportunities.

In the last fifty years or so, the Western Roman Empire has produced many famous generals, such as the first barbarian general Alaric who led troops to capture Rome in seven hundred years, although he was a Visigoth, but he was once a general under Emperor Theodosius I of the Roman Empire, after the death of Emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire was divided into two, and the two sons of the Emperor inherited the Eastern and Western Roman Empires respectively.

Another example is Emperor Theodosius I's other famous barbarian general, Stirricus was a Vandal, and before his death, Theodosius I the Great had bequeathed him as regent of the Empire, overseeing the military and political power of the Empire. Stirricus defeated Alaric many times, and defeated the attacks of the barbarian coalition many times, so that the Western Roman Empire had a temporary stable situation. Unfortunately, his merits were too high, his official position was too high, and his power was too great, so that he was hated by Emperor Honorius and was executed by Honorius in 408 AD.

Although Stirrico was a Vandal, a barbarian, he was loyal to the Western Roman Empire all his life, and used his outstanding military talents to stabilize the stormy Western Roman Empire, but in the end he was executed by the emperor because of his high merits.

Aetius, who shared his military prowess and barbarian ancestry, and was loyal to the empire throughout his life, also followed in Styriko's footsteps, and was executed by Emperor Valentinian III.

Count Bunifa of the Western Roman Empire, a famous general of the Western Roman Empire at the same time as Aetius, he was also a general with outstanding military talents, and died of serious injuries due to infighting with Aetius.

Throughout the many famous generals at the end of the Western Roman Empire, almost none of them ended up with a good death, they were either killed by their colleagues, or died at the hands of the emperor, and died at the hands of the enemy country at all, so it can be seen that the cause of the final demise of the Western Roman Empire was the Huns, but it was its internal factors that really made it perish.

In the later part of the Roman Empire, much like the end of the Tang Dynasty in China, it was the rebellion of the barbarian generals of the feudal towns that shook the foundations of the empire. Can you blame those barbarian generals for being disloyal? It was not that they were unfaithful, but it was the institutions of the empire and all the things that forced them to rebel.

On the other hand, the Eastern Roman Empire has hardly produced a single famous general in the last fifty years. The ancient Roman walls, the walls of Constantine, and the walls of Theodosius to the west of Constantinople protected Constantinople very well and kept it from being breached by the Huns, but it was also the survival of these walls that allowed the people living in Constantinople and the eastern part of the empire to have hardly experienced wars in these fifty years, there was no external threat, and the interior was spent drinking all day long, and the emperor had no talent. Even those who have the qualifications of famous generals have no chance of getting ahead, and the world is so contradictory.

Qin Dong threw the short sword on the ground, at such a close distance. The speed of the arrow is not slow, and he doesn't want to be shot like a hedgehog.

Applee said again: "Lie on the ground, limbs spread!" ”

Qin Dong looked at Apple, gritted his teeth, and said, "You are the first person to let me do this!" But you'd better not go too far! It is absolutely impossible for me to lie on the ground and spread my limbs. Warriors even if they want to die. This can't be so dead! My hands are here, if you have the guts, you can tie me! ”

Qin Dong's words made it a little difficult for Apple, many soldiers looked at him, and tens of thousands of spectators in the audience also looked at him, but Apple's face did not change and inserted the short sword into the scabbard, took the thick iron chain in the hands of the soldiers around him and walked over.

Applet quickly walked to Qin Dong's side, looked at Qin Dong and said, "You'd better not mess around, I'm just a centurion." Even if you kidnap me, the soldiers here won't have any scruples about me being in your hands. We're both going to be shot as hedgehogs and die with warriors like you, and I think people will remember my name! ”

Qin Dong turned his head to look at Apple, and said, "With your age and talent, you shouldn't just be a centurion, if Emperor Marcian is not a straw bale, he should at least promote you to a legion leader!" ”

"I am a soldier, and I take obedience to orders as the highest code of conduct!" ”

Qin Dong sighed: "I have nothing to say, Marcian is such a blessing that this old guy is really, you can do it!" ”

Applee walked in front of Qin Dong with a thick iron chain, wrapped Qin Dong's hands with a thick iron chain again and locked it, and finally checked it before turning around and waving to the soldiers, and the sword-armored soldiers immediately came over and escorted Qin Dong to the lifting platform, and the other spearmen and archers also collected their spears and bows and arrows and left the performance hall in a neat line.

Emperor Marcian could see clearly from the stands, and he immediately summoned the officials of the gladiatorial arena and asked, "Who is the leading officer just now, and what military position?" ”

Seeing the emperor's question, the officials of the gladiatorial arena hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the emperor just now, that person is your humble servant, the officer stationed in the gladiatorial arena, centurion Apple, who is Chinese New Year's Eve three years old today!" ”

Marcian thought for a moment and said, "Pass my will and promote Apple's position to the rank of Captain of the First Wing of the City Guard!" ”

"Yes, Great Emperor, your will will be conveyed to the military headquarters as soon as possible!" The chief eunuch replied while letting the eunuch behind him record it.

Qin Dong saw Father Anatorius in a room in the basement, this old god seemed to be particularly interested in helping people escape, and was full of energy, and after the soldiers left, Anatorius looked perverted and excited, he said: "Qin Dong, your luck is good, one of my distant nephews was recently transferred to the West City Gate to guard the city, but he only has four hours a day at the city gate, so you can only temporarily hide somewhere in the city after you escape, and I will notify you to leave the city when I and my nephew determine the time!" ”

"Distant nephew? Is it reliable? "Qin Dong really wants to strangle Anadolius, this is a matter of human life, hand it over to a distant nephew? Relatives and nephews are not necessarily reliable, let alone distant nephews.

Anatorius said: "You can rest assured about this, this nephew was raised by me, I am his godfather, and he doesn't dare not listen to my words!" ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, I haven't thought of a specific escape plan yet, after I escape from the gladiatorial arena, I will go directly to the Saint Sophia Church to find you, and then you will inform your nephew, and we will agree on a time to get out of the city gate!" ”

Anatorius wondered, "How are you going to escape from the Colosseum?" ”

"Don't leak it!"

Qin Dong was still wrapped in thick iron chains in his hands, and was escorted back to the dungeon by Apple, and the death row inmates in the underground prison were all surprised when they saw Qin Dong coming back covered in blood: "Oh, my God, Bull, in which pool of blood did you take a bath?" ”

Qin Dong turned his head and said, "This is the blood of those damn wolves, do you want to have some?" It is said that this thing is very tonic for the body, and eating it has a great tonic effect on the function of the following thing, if you want to, I think I can scrape some of my body down! ”

The death row prisoner shook his head like a rattle: "Don't, don't, you better keep it and enjoy it slowly!" ”

Walking past Will's cell door, Will shouted, "Hey, Bull, congratulations on your safe return!" ”

"Thank you!"

Bart in the prison next to him snorted, "What kind of skill is it to kill a wolf? But I still want to congratulate you on being alive, at least my chances of encountering you are much better! ”

Qin Dong looked at Bart and smiled without speaking, and continued to walk forward, a soldier had already opened the cell door, he went into the cell, entered the bathroom and began to take a shower.

At noon, not long after returning to the palace, Marcian had just had lunch, and one of the chamberlains bent down and walked in briskly and saluted: "Your Majesty, great and wise emperor, your humble servant Aluus salutes and has something important to report to you."

Marcian got up and moved his body, walked to the window, looked outside, and said, "Say, what news do you have?" ”

Aluus got up and said: "Your Majesty, according to the eyeliner report sent by the villain to Patriarch Anatorius, Anaduolius went to the Colosseum Prison today to see Qin Dong, and had a secret conversation with Qin Dong in a room, and after he went back, he summoned one of his nephews who was guarding the city gate in the city guards, and the eyeliner overheard them preparing to release Qin Dong from Constantinople outside the room, and the specific time has not yet been determined, so it can be seen that Patriarch Anatorius has been united with Qin Dong, And they are trying to figure out a way to get Qin Dong out of the gladiatorial arena! ”

"Oh?" Marsian frowned, it was not strange that Qin Dong wanted to escape from the gladiatorial arena, but since he had promised not to kill Qin Dong, he would let Qin Dong come after the situation completely calmed down, and it would definitely be reused at that time, couldn't Qin Dong even wait for this little time?

Now he felt strange that Anatorius would actually help Qin Dong escape, what benefits did Qin Dong give to this old god stick, let this old god stick do this kind of thing behind his back as an emperor?

No, no, there must be something he doesn't know about this, Marcian hurriedly said: "Check it out for me immediately, why did that old god stick help Qin Dong escape, you must find out the reason!" ”

Aluus saluted, "Yes, my great emperor, your humble servant will find out about this matter!" (To be continued......)