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The cavalrymen dismounted and handed over their horses to Doarik's soldiers, and followed the cloaked man into the house, where Doarik led the group to the inner hall.

After driving away the other subordinates, Doarik knelt down on one knee and said to the cloaked man: "Meet Lord Orlistus, I didn't know that my lord came, I didn't go out of the city to greet him, and I ask your lord to forgive me!" ”

At this time, the cloaked man finally took off the hat of the cloak and revealed his face, it was the state secretary of the Hun Empire, Oristeus, who helped Doarik up with a smile and said, "No need to be polite, get up!" ”

After a few people sat down, a slave girl carried a plate, and on the plate put some steaming porcelain cups, Doarik smiled with a flattering look: "My lord, a few days ago, a merchant traveled through here and brought a batch of high-quality tea bricks from the ancient country of the East, and the villain will buy some, please taste them with you, and if you like it, bring some back when you go back."

"Oh? The lord just accepted it" Oristes was slightly moved, you must know that it is not easy to drink tea from the East in these years, not to mention wanting to drink tea in the Hun royal court, even the shadow of tea can not be seen, because of the war every year, tea is an extremely high-end luxury in Europa, and the value of the top French red wine in China is about the same.

In Europe in this era, there is no leisure drink at all, coffee this thing does not know which mountain wow-wow-wah cat, if the nobles of the Roman Empire can drink a cup of tea after the meal, it is the top emperor-like enjoyment, it is precisely because there is no other drink to replace the role of tea, so the European aristocrats are very respectful of tea, and even the sought after Cheng dù is outrageous.

In addition to tea, silk from China is also the most sought after in the upper class of Europe, if there is no silk in a nobleman's house, it will be laughed at, not to mention that silk is already very expensive in China, and the price is ridiculously high after being shipped to the Roman Empire, but the more expensive it is, the more favored by the Roman aristocracy, the smoothness of a girl's skin, and the softness of velvet, and the most exquisite patterns in the world, simply make the nobles of the Roman Empire obsessed to the extreme, You must know that the Romans in this era were all dressed in coarse linen, and the northern barbarians were even more clothed in animal skins, and there was no other material to make clothes, and those rough linen cloth was simply scum compared to silk!

After a few sips of tea, Oristes exhaled softly and closed his eyes, as if he had enjoyed the taste in particular.

Doarik smiled: "My lord, hasn't Attila just returned to heaven, and the new Edan has just succeeded to the throne?" Why do you have time to come to the villain? ”

When Oristes heard this, he came back to his senses, put down his teacup, and waved the other attendants out, leaving only two people in the room.

Oristes said: "Doarik! ”

"The villain is here!" Doarik replied immediately. He is an Alan man, the Alans have no status in the Huns, and there are no high-ranking officials in the Hun royal court, once there is any trouble, he, the Alan general who has no backing, is likely to be used as a pawn, and even be taken down at any time, so he can't help but try to curry favor with his direct Shangguan Oristes.

"There's a task for you!"

"Yes, the villain will be done!"

Oristes took out a piece of parchment and spread it on the table and said, "There is a Hun tribe of more than three hundred people who are migrating from the royal court to Saidika, and now they have arrived near Novi Sad, I want you to gather your men and horses to destroy them before they reach Bulgrade!" ”

After hearing this, Doarik's body trembled in fright, and he couldn't speak well: "Big, big, great, they are Huns!" ”

Isn't it? He is an Alan, and the Alans are slaves of the Huns, if it weren't for the kindness of the Huns, they would have been slaughtered a long time ago, where can they be allowed to live until now? Now someone actually asked him, a slave, to intercept and kill the Huns as masters, didn't he let him go to death?

Oristus glanced at Doarik, took a sip of tea from his teacup, and then sneered: "What about the Huns?" They are an abandoned group of Huns, and there is nothing to worry about in destroying them, and the adults of the Hun court will not pursue this matter! ”

"You mean ......?"

Oristes nodded and said: "Yes, you guessed it right, the leader of this Hun tribe has offended too many people in the royal court, so he was exiled, which means that they have been abandoned by the Huns themselves, and now someone wants the head of the leader of this Hun tribe and bids fifty gold pounds!" When it is done, the cattle, sheep, horses, livestock, and goods of those men shall be yours, and fifty gold pounds shall be paid. ”

Fifty gold pounds is definitely not a small amount, a few years ago, the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II bribed the Huns to the left captain of the Huns, King Idika of Skir to cooperate with the assassination of Attila, the bid was fifty gold pounds, but Edika agreed to accept the gold in person, but after arriving at Saidika, he handed over the gold to Attila, and told Attila and the assassination matter, the result can be imagined, the assassination failed, and the Eastern Roman Empire official in charge of the assassination was caught, Attila hung the fifty pounds of gold from the official's neck along with the other fifty pounds of gold that had been extorted, and humiliated him greatly, but did not kill him, and released him back.

Doarik hesitated, "If that's the case......."

Oristes immediately added a fire: "What are you hesitating about? You must know that letting the Huns disappear is what many big people are willing to see, and if this thing is done, it is likely that some big people will promote you, because you have taken a bad breath for them! And you've got fifty gold pounds and a lot of loot, where can you find such a good thing? If you don't do it, then you will only be able to cheapen others! ”

It stands to reason that Oristes is Doarik's direct superior, and he can directly give orders to him, there is no need to say so much, and it is still a tone of discussion, but it is obvious that the object is different this time, and the object to be intercepted and killed is the Huns, if Doarik resists the pressure of Oristes and reports this matter to the Hun court, Oristes will be in trouble, because the truth is not what he said, even if this Huns are abandoned, if you want to kill those people, it will not be your turn to let the foreigners interfere, and if you want to kill, you have to do it yourself, Only the Huns are qualified to kill the Huns, and the people of other subordinate nationalities are in rebellion!

After a fierce inner struggle, Doarik still couldn't resist the temptation. Confused, he decided to do it, and immediately agreed: "Okay, my lord, I did it!" How many troops do you think I am going to deploy, and where is the best place to do so? Is 1,000 people enough? ”

Oristes obviously knew about Qin Dong's situation for a long time, and he shook his head and said, "It's not enough, at least two thousand people!" ”

"Two, two thousand?" Doarik was taken aback, "My lord, there are only more than 300 of them in total, and there are only more than 100 people who can fight, right?" Dispatch 2,000 people against more than 100 people? Do you need to send so many people? ”

Oristes obviously didn't want to tell Sù Doarik the fact that Qin Dong had killed six hundred elite Hun cavalry with more than a hundred people, and he said: "Bring more people just in case, you must know that what you need to do this time is to make them disappear, and none of them can escape, including the elderly, children and women!" ”

When Doarik heard this, he also felt reasonable, although it would cost twice as much food, grass and military pay to send twice as many soldiers and horses, but he still agreed.