Chapter 82: Lobbying

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Qin Dong was about to go to Cedika to meet Modo with the gifts, and Lauste, the secret envoy of the commander Vatur, who had escaped from the pile of dead men, had already entered the Lazlog area, and was soon discovered and captured by the Germanic scouts here.

It didn't take long for Lauster to be brought into Lazlog, a small town, or a fortress, which was completely deserted before the Huns came, until the Huns entered the plains around Saidika, and the Eastern Roman Empire built fortresses and fortresses on several important mountain passes around Mount Rila and Mount Rhodope in order to prevent the Huns from raiding south from the nearby mountain passes.

The population of this town was quite large, almost 3,000 people, and there were 700 soldiers, including 300 cavalry and 400 other miscellaneous soldiers.

Raust was led into a large house, in front of which two stone pillars with the waist of two men in the prime of life supported the eaves of the gate, and two strong Germanic soldiers in leather armor stood guard with spears in their arms.

After entering the gate, I felt that I had entered a large space, where the roof was particularly high, five or six meters high, and people looked very small when standing underneath, and there were two rows of stone pillars supporting the dome in the hall, and Lauster, whose hands were tied, walked between the two rows of stone pillars under the impetus of the Germanic soldiers, until the end of the hall.

At the end of the hall sat a large bearskin chair on the top of the steps, and a stout man with a huge mace stood at the bottom of the steps.

"Odoase, the man has been brought, and that is him!" A soldier reported to the man standing at the foot of the steps that the Germanic people were not so particular, unlike the Romans and Huns, who did not address the official position, but only each other's names, regardless of the position of the person, unless the other party was a king and queen.

If Qin Dong hears this name here, he will definitely know who Odoasai is. After walking up the last staircase, he turned and sat down to look at Lauster, who was tied up tightly, and asked with interest, "Romans or Greeks?" ”

Lauster hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Presumably, this is the leader of the Razlog Germans, King Odoas, right?" The villain is a Greek, and he is currently eating under the hands of Lord Vatur, the commander of the Huns in the north! ”

When Odoaser heard Lauster say that he was the king of the Razlogs Germans, he was immediately a little happy in his heart, but his face did not show it, but he snorted coldly: "Hmph, this Razlog fortress is now my Odoyase, but I am not a king, the leader of our Ostrogoths is the king of Manlarik, and I, Odoase, am the most loyal subordinate of the king of Manlarik, do you know?" ”

"Yes, yes, the king, the villain is ignorant, please forgive the villain's sins!" Lauster bent down again and again to ask for forgiveness, but in fact, his heart was open, he was not a foolish person, he could hear different things from Odoase's words, he instantly judged that this Odoaser was definitely not a man who was willing to submit to Manlarik, if there was a chance, this person would definitely set himself up as king!

Seeing that Lauster was honest, Odoaser changed the topic and asked: "In this case, then I will temporarily forgive you for this ignorant person, but as a subordinate of the Hun commander Vatur, why did you enter my territory, and you didn't come to spy on our news?" Come on, drag this spy out, cut off his head, and hang his head on the head of the city to show the public some warning to the Huns in the north! ”

"Understood!" The two Germanic soldiers behind Lauster immediately grabbed his arm and walked out.

Lauster shouted: "Slow down, Lord, allow me to finish my sentence, if by the time I finish speaking, you will still have to cut off my head, and I will die without complaint!" ”

Odoase's eyes flashed, and then he said in a deep voice: "Come back!" ”

Lauster was dragged back, he straightened up and took a breath, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and secretly shouted in his heart that it was really dangerous just now, and he was almost beheaded.

Odoaser interrupted his thoughts: "Alright, now you can say, I don't have that much time to spend with you!" ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... Please hold back left and right! Raust turned his head to look at the Germanic soldiers around him.

As soon as his words fell, a Germanic soldier behind him shouted: "How daring, if we are all gone, what if you wait for the opportunity to assassinate our leader?" ”

Odoaser said: "Looking at his thin appearance, it's not the material of a dry assassin, forget it, you all go out, don't worry about me!" ”

"This, okay, Odoasey, you have to be careful, if this person dares to do anything wrong, you must notify us in time!"

After the guards had left, Lauster said, "My lord, this time the commander Vatur sent me here to cooperate with the king!" ”

"Cooperation? It's kind of interesting! Let's talk about it, how to cooperate? Odoasee asked with a smile as he listened to Lauster's words.

Lauster said: "There is a new centurion in the Pazar region, I guess the king should have heard about it, right?" ”

"Of course, who doesn't know this?"

"This person's name is Qin Dong, originally just a slave guard of the new Da Shan Yu, some time ago Da Shan Yu succeeded to the throne, this kid was promoted from a small soldier to a centurion, and was sent here, but this kid is not dealing with our Qianfu master everywhere, because he is the centurion of Da Shan Yu's own seal, if he didn't make a fatal mistake, our Qianfu master has no way to ...... him."

Odoyasse finished the rest of the words for him, "What do you Thousand Commander Vatur mean to let us do him a favor and make Qin Dong and his army disappear?" ”

Lauster stroked his chest and bent over: "The king is wise, the villain has not finished speaking, the adult has guessed what the villain is going to say, it is true, our Qianfu master swears to immortality and promises: first, during the period when the king sent troops to raid Qindong, the Qianfu master will strictly order the other Hun centurions around him to stand still, and the king can attack with confidence and do not have to worry about being attacked by other centurions, second, after killing Qin Dong, all Qindong's property and the slaves you captured will all belong to you, and the Qianfu master will not want anything, And you can also secretly form an alliance with the king and gradually encroach on the territory of other surrounding Germanic tribes and the nearby Romans! ”

Odoases thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Lauster, first of all, thank you for the fact that your master, Commander Vatur, looks up to me, but this matter is very important, and I must think carefully, you stay with me first, and I will reply to you in three days, I don't know what Mr. means?" ”

Lauster nodded and said, "Of course, the villain is waiting for the king's good news!" ”

"Someone, send Mr. Lauster to rest!"

Soon a person walked in from the outside and took Raust to rest, this is just another person who walked in from the outside, this person is not very strong, his appearance is very ordinary, he watched Raust pass by, and then turned his head to look at Raust's back before walking towards Odoase, "Cousin, who was that person just now, why does he look like a Greek?" ”

Odoase frowned and said: "Valdoru, don't ask casually if you shouldn't ask, just do your own thing, you just came, you are not very familiar with the situation here, you have to get along with other people in the future!" ”

"Oh, I see, cousin!"

Odoase said: "I am going to go to Blago in the afternoon, you haven't been there yet, I'll take you to see the world!" ”

Valdoru was overjoyed: "Great, thank you, cousin, I'll go and prepare!" ”

After coming out of Odoase's mansion, Valdoru walked down the street with the hilt of his broadsword in hand, and after a few turns in succession, he stopped at a newly opened fur shop and turned to enter the shop, when a Germanic proprietor greeted him and laughed: "What kind of leather does this warrior need?" The small shop is newly opened, and the leather goods are good and cheap, you see! ”

Valdoru looked at a deerskin and whispered: "Inform my hometown, a Greek appeared in Odoaise's mansion just now, it should be Lauster, depending on the situation, they should not have reached an agreement for the time being, I will go to Blago with Odoase in the afternoon, I think he should go to meet the leader Manlarik, report the situation to Manlarik, wait for Manlaric's decision, and there should be news when I come back!" ”

"Okay, I got it! You have to be careful yourself".