Qin Dong thought to himself that this old eunuch's acting skills were first-class, if he didn't know his details, he might really be deceived by him, so he immediately said: "Count Clepisaus, you should know very well why this king invited you here, if there is no evidence, do you think this king will be embarrassed by an outdated old eunuch who has no duties and no powers?" This kingdom is busy, I'm afraid there is not so much time to delay, things have come to this point, if you are still a dead duck with a hard mouth, Lord Earl, please forgive me, I will really look down on you, how to say that you once stood at the top of the Eastern Empire and looked down on the world, dare to do it, don't you have the courage to admit it? ”

These few sentences can be said to have poked into the heart of Clepisaus, as a person like him has a kind of arrogance in himself, even if he wants to die, he must die with dignity and cannot be looked down upon.

After a moment of silence, Clepisaus spoke: "Okay, since the king wants to know so much, then I will sue you, my background must have been sent by the king to find out, since the death of His Majesty Theodosius II, I have become an outdated person, but my heart is not dead, I always want to return to the palace, but Marcian does not dare to use me, and when Leo ascends the throne after his death, I will have no chance, let alone enter the palace again, and I will not even have the opportunity to see Leo, This time your army raided Constantinople from the sea, because the incident happened suddenly, almost no one knew, I originally thought that Leo also fell into the hands of your army, but I didn't expect Leo to run away, I thought this was my chance to turn over, with my energy in Constantinople, I can completely drive you out after some planning. Leo would have looked at me differently, and I could trade Constantinople for a chance to re-enter the palace, and that's what I'm doing here. As for how I forced all the shops in Constantinople to close their doors, I don't say this, and the king should know about it, yes, I was in control of an espionage organization under Emperor Theodosius II, and after I moved out of the palace, I did not hand over the rights of this organization to Marcian, but secretly continued to hold the leadership of this spy organization. Invest a lot of money to keep this spy organization running, and agree to train private forces."

Qin Dong asked, "The name of this spy organization is 'Ghost'?" ”

Clepisaus sighed, "Why should the king ask if he knows this?" ”

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from outside. It was this scream that alerted the guards in the manor, and the chief of the guard, who was leading the patrol, drew his waist knife and shouted: "There are assassins!" ”

For a while, there was the sound of swords clashing in the courtyard outside, and the screams were heard again, very quickly. Large numbers of guards arrived from all over the manor to join the warband. Outside, the courtyard was lit up by countless torches.

Inside, Qin Dong asked, "Lord Earl, those people outside should be assassin killers trained by your ghost spy organization, right?" Are they here to save you? ”

Clepisaus didn't seem to be moving at all, and he calmly asked, "Why does the king think that those people outside are my people?" How do I know they're here to save me? ”

Qin Dong took a sip of the teacup and said with a smile: "In the current Constantinople, except for the earl, this king can't think of anyone else who dares to come here to assassinate this king, and this king has lived here for many days, if the assassin wants to kill this king." Why did you choose tonight? There's only one possibility, because Lord Count is here! ”

Clepisaus sighed, "The king is wise. Those people outside are indeed my people, I gave them an order before I came, let them come and save me, and now that they are here, whether to save me or assassinate the king is not something I can control! ”

Clepisaus's words surprised Qin Dong, "Lord Earl, where do you start?" Doesn't the Count have full control over the ghost spy organization? ”

"No!" Clepisaus shook his head, and continued: "First, the person who was sent to execute did not know me at all, and second, there are many times when the actual situation does not match the plan, and at this time, it is necessary to make a judgment based on the situation on the spot, and the assassins may think that assassinating the king will leave the soldiers leaderless and fall into chaos, so they choose to assassinate the king first and then take advantage of the chaos of the soldiers to rescue me!" ”

Qin Dong nodded and said, "That makes sense, does the Earl think you can get out of this manor today?" ”

Seeing that things had come to this point, it was no longer something he could control, everything he could do was done, and as for whether he could get out, he himself couldn't say, so he said: "The king is heavily guarded here, and there are many troops, and I am afraid that it will take a lot of work for my subordinates to get in, and whether I can get out of here can only depend on God's arrangement!" ”

In fact, Qin Dong really didn't know that Clepisaus had left a hand before coming here, he didn't expect that anyone would dare to come here to save people, this matter was beyond his expectations, there were two brigades of soldiers guarding this manor, a heavy infantry brigade and a light infantry brigade, a total of about 300 people, if those assassins who came this time could kill all the more than 300 people, then it means that Clepisaius's hidden power in Constantinople is not trivial, and it must not be taken lightly.

While the two were talking, there were several screams outside the door, followed by the sound of falling to the ground, and with a "bang", the door was kicked open from the outside, and there was a man in a black cloak standing at the door, the person was shrouded in a cloak, and his head was covered by a hat, plus it was night, the light was too dim, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but this person was tall.

Behind this person, some soldiers were fighting with a large number of assassins, there were many corpses of soldiers on the ground at the door of the room, the soldiers in the courtyard saw that the assassins had rushed to the door and kicked the door open, and they were immediately anxious, especially the chief of the guard, Qin Dong was in the room, if something happened to Qin Dong, he couldn't imagine what the consequences would be, and immediately shouted: "Everyone go up together, rush over to protect the king, escort the meritorious officer to the third level, reward ten thousand gold, thousands of cattle and sheep, and ten beauties!" ”

This is simply a heavy reward in a heavy reward, not to mention other material rewards, just saying that the official was promoted to the third level made all soldiers and officers red-eyed, in Qin Dong's army, the treatment of officers is much higher than that of soldiers, and the treatment is only one aspect, the key is that the bigger the officer, the greater the power he holds, which is the same in any army, which is why in the army and officialdom, everyone has to fight to climb up.

Under the serious injury, there must be brave men, the soldiers rushed over like crazy, in this kind of crisis, the officers also forgot the rules of the battle, after all, Qin Dong was in the room, his safety was too important, but the more chaotic they were, the more difficult it was to exert combat effectiveness, the army is a whole, if the soldiers are all scattered and fight alone, then it is not called an army, and such an army has no combat effectiveness, so they rushed over in a mess, but suffered heavy casualties, and the assassins were nimble, The scattered soldiers were no match for them at all.

Although there was a black-clothed cloaked man standing at the door, Qin Dong still saw the situation outside, he frowned and scolded the captain of the guard: "Qi Muge, is your brain in water?" You are an army, not a gangster, and no matter what happens, you must advance and retreat in moderation! ”

Qin Dong's voice was very loud, and Qi Muge, the captain of the guard outside, immediately woke up when he heard it, and immediately shouted: "Form a formation of three people in a group, kill!" ”

After Qi Muge finished speaking, he saw that an assassin man in black was already standing in the doorway and was about to enter the room, so he immediately snatched a bow from a soldier next to him, took out an arrow and shot it.

Standing at the door of the room and about to enter the room was the leader of the Assassins, he had just stepped into his feet when he heard the sound of an arrow piercing the air, the arrow was shooting at his vest, in order to prevent himself from being hit by the arrow, he could only move his body immediately, and when the arrow had passed, he was no longer at the door, and if he wanted to enter the room again, he had to take another step, but his wooden grid would not give him a chance, and he was forced to leave the door by three shots at once.

At this time, Cripisaus in the room saw Qin Dong reminding the soldiers outside, so he smiled and said: "King, don't bother, although your soldiers are all excellent and have strong combat effectiveness, they can't show it here, but in this kind of place, my people can fully exert their combat effectiveness, I advise you not to worry about it, or take care of yourself!" ”

As he was talking, the window was suddenly shattered from the outside, and the leader of the assassins was forced to retreat by his Muge with a bow and arrow, and then retreated to the window.

After rushing into the room through the window, he saw that the rescued target was sitting at the table, and there was an extremely burly young military general sitting opposite the target, if he wanted to rescue the target, he must first solve the young general, so he didn't want to, without pausing, he took small steps and rushed towards Qin Dong at an extremely fast frequency.

For Qin Dong, this is the second time he has been assassinated, but this assassination obviously lost its suddenness, when the assassin leader stabbed the tip of the sword to his throat, he didn't blink his eyes, and when the tip of the sword was less than two inches away from his throat, he suddenly turned sideways, and the Tang knife in his hand was already out of its sheath like a bright light hitting the assassin leader's long sword, the long sword was instantly cut into two pieces, and when the assassin leader had not yet reacted, the Tang knife in Qin Dong's hand backhanded, After that, without pause, he pointed to Kripisaus, who didn't know when he had stood up.

Clepizaus did not move, nor did the Assassin leader, when the sound of the tip of the broken sword falling to the ground was heard, and a stream of red blood spurted out of the throat of the Assassin leader, and his body fell to the ground with a thud.

Clepisaeus, who was held to the throat by Qin Dong's Tang knife, remembered that Qin Dong was not only the regent of the Xiongnu Empire, but also a military general, this person had single-handedly killed thousands of elite soldiers in Constantinople a few years ago, and he not only hated how he forgot this stubble, but it was ridiculous that he also wanted to join forces with the assassin leader to kill Qin Dong. (To be continued......)