Chapter 167: The Countess
In a house south of Constantinople by the sea, Peteus, Affard, Charlie Cao, and Qin Dong's eldest brother Liu Yang were all present.
There were some cowhide drawings scattered on the table, and the oil lamps were crackling, and several people were sitting at the table studying the drawings, everyone's brows were furrowed.
Pethius shook his head and said, "The building of the gladiatorial arena is sturdy and taller than the prison!" ”
Liu Yang, who was sitting next to him, said: "I once observed its underground defense, the passage is very narrow, and the garrison is not more than a wing, with our people who want to attack from the outside to save people, we are basically going to die, and before we enter the underground prison, we will be surrounded by city guards or guards behind us!" ”
At this time, Afar said: "What about digging tunnels? The last time the adults were in prison, they asked us to dig tunnels, and the progress was not bad, but the adults were suddenly transferred to the gladiatorial arena and we had to stop the project! ”
Liu Yang shook his head and said: "It's no problem to dig tunnels, but it's a pity that all the shops under the gladiatorial arena are thick stone slabs, and ordinary tools can't be chiseled in a short time. This one is too risky! ”
Listening to Liu Yang's words, Charlie Cao suddenly thought of something, and he said: "Old Pete, on the night when we were in the town outside the city before we came, Miss Soma made such a big movement in my tent, do you remember?" ”
Pethius and Afald, of course, remembered the events of that night, when Charlie Cao's tent made a thunderous noise. Then the whole tent was blown apart, and a large crater was blown out of the ground, and they all dropped their jaws at the scene. Thinking about it, I felt terrified, and if I had to stand next to the tent at that time, it was estimated that the whole person would be blown to pieces.
Peteaus's eyes lit up: "Charlie Cao, you mean?" ”
"Yes, I tried a lot afterwards and finally determined the dosage of the drug at that time, but mixed several substances together. They will explode immediately, but the stability is very bad, and they cannot be artificially controlled. And the direction of the explosion force is not easy to control, if this method is used, I believe that the thick stone slab in the gladiatorial arena will be able to blow up, but I am careful to control the direction of the explosion. There's a good chance you'll blow up the tunnel! So this method is still to be considered! ”
Charlie Cao's approach made everyone else happy at first. But after he finished speaking, everyone else was gone, this is equivalent to not saying it, what else can you say if you can't control it? If the tunnel collapses, not only will the intention of rescuing Qin Dong be exposed, but the people who enter the tunnel will be unlucky.
Qin Dong had been locked up for more than half a month, and now he had been transferred to the gladiatorial arena, which made them very anxious. Just thinking about trying their best to save Qin Dong, everyone's heads are broken. I just can't think of anything useful.
Liu Yang said: "Our plan here, just on paper, none of us have ever been to the underground prison of the gladiatorial arena, after all, what you see on the map is different from the scene, and this picture is more than a hundred years, so many years have passed, and I don't know if there have been changes in it, I think we might as well find a way to contact Brother Qin Dongxian first, and see if he has thought of a way!" ”
Pethius said: "The gladiatorial arena and the prison are different again, how can we contact the adults?" In the past, we could have bribed the prison guards, but now the gladiatorial arena is very protective of adults, and ordinary people can't see him at all! ”
Alfald slapped the table and said loudly: "It's really not good, then we will rush in and grab people, we can't be helpless all the time, right?" Even if all of us die, we must save the adults! ”
"Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, don't solve the problem impulsively, if we can save the adults, even if we all die, it's worth it, but the problem is that even if we all die, we can't save the adults, so aren't we dying in vain? Let's think of a way, and then think of a way," Peteaus hurriedly dissuaded.
In the afternoon of the same day, a death row prisoner was drawn out of the prison under the gladiatorial arena to participate in the gladiatorial fight, and he was escorted out at about four o'clock in the afternoon, and he was not sent back to the underground prison until nightfall, Qin Dong and other death row inmates knew that the death row gladiator might never come back, and not long after, another death row prisoner was sent to the underground cell, and the death row prisoner entered the prisoner's cell in the afternoon.
For several days in this way, three of the prisoners of the underground prison died in the gladiatorial arena, one of them was killed by the beast, and the corpse was eaten to the ground, and the other two died in a duel between the gladiators, but the cells of these men were not empty for a day, and they were replenished on the day they died.
One night after eating in prison, not long after nightfall, a luxurious carriage suddenly came to the door of the gladiatorial arena, surrounded by several knight guards, the carriage entered the colosseum and stopped, the coachman immediately jumped out of the car, took a wooden bench from the frame and put it beside it, and then opened the door curtain of the carriage and bowed down and said: "Lord Count, the gladiatorial arena has arrived!" ”
"Hmm!" Surprisingly, this voice turned out to be a female voice.
I saw a middle-aged lady with a graceful figure and a beautiful face stepped down from the carriage, during which a knight next to her jumped off the horse and stretched out her arms, she put her white hand on the knight's arm and walked out of the carriage, and walked with the knight to the building next to her.
The gladiatorial arena officials who heard the news immediately rushed over, and when they saw the woman, their eyes immediately straightened, and the corners of her mouth also flowed out of her mouth, looking like a pig brother.
"Ahem!" The woman coughed twice and said, "Lord Kebro, don't you welcome Count Ben?" ”
Kebro didn't feel the slightest embarrassment after being awakened, and hurriedly said: "Welcome, of course welcome, the respected and beautiful Count Meknejelina comes to my gladiatorial arena, your humble servant Kebro can't ask for it, you please, you please come in!" ”
Count Meknezylina smiled and walked into the office of Kebro, who followed closely behind the other knightly guards.
After inviting Count Meknezylina to sit down, he took out a fine bottle of red wine, and then took out two glasses and poured the wine. Hand the woman a glass.
Count Meknezylina took the cup and drank a glass and said coquettishly: "Yes, good wine!" ”
"That's good, since it's a good wine. Then the Earl will drink more! Kebro was very pleased to see the countess's praise, and asked casually, "The Earl's ...... here today."
Count Meknejelina put the cup on the table and said, "I am curious about the slave who fought with the three wolves the other day, and wonder if Lord Kebro will let me meet him?" ”
The name of Count Meknejelina, known to the citizens of Constantinople, was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and her husband was killed on the spot in a decisive battle with the Huns outside the city when the Huns came in the seventh year. After the Huns retreated, the then emperor Theodosius II rewarded a group of people in order to appease the families of the soldiers who died in the war. One of them was Count Meknezylina, whose husband was only a viscount at the time, but who not only inherited his title but also rose to the rank of count because of his death.
Since then. This woman became a famous noblewoman of Constantinople. Among the women, except for the women of the royal family at that time, I am afraid that it belongs to her highest title.
This woman was not bound by her husband, and she had such a high title, and it was not long before her house became a meeting place for men, and all men of Constantinople ran to her house if they had nothing to do, and in this way, she not only became the woman with the highest title in Constantinople. And became the most famous courtesan in Constantinople, in Constantinople. There is almost nothing she can't do, as long as you can afford it, she can do it for you, this woman has more connections than she can imagine.
Count Mekniejelina has many preferences, she likes red wine, likes big beds, likes men, especially strong men, and now she is actually here for Qin Dong, Kebro immediately understands that the biggest broker in Constantinople is likely to have a crush on Qin Dong.
If you say it well, you are a broker and a middleman, and if you don't say it well, you are a pimp, a courtesan, and an old. Bustard, in short, she is the leading boss of this business in Constantinople.
Kebro has always longed to be able to participate in the pie duì of Count Mekne's family, but he has never had the opportunity to go, not because he doesn't have time, but Count Meknejelina has never invited him once, and not everyone in Count Mekne's family can receive invitations.
The family of Count Mekniejelina sent duì, in fact, it was a place for political transactions and collusion between officials and businessmen, this party was held for seven years, and it was held at least once a month, many officials and wealthy businessmen made deals there, and the officials of the small officials were on the big tree because they entered the faction, and the rich businessmen got on the line because they participated in the party duì and a certain official, and since then they have made a lot of money.
Count Meknezylina was only a high knighthood, and she had no real power, but she was able to call the wind and rain throughout Constantinople, because of the monthly party she held once a month. The people in power had nothing to do about her behavior, because she didn't commit a crime at all, she just held a faction, and her connections were extremely large, and after several years of hard work, she also became the senator of the senate, and had a very close relationship with many senators, and it was not so easy for the emperor to move her.
Kebro had never had the opportunity to participate in the pie, and now that Count Meknezylina had begged for him, how could he let go of such an opportunity? He smiled and said: "The noble and beautiful Lord Meknezelina, your humble servant Kebro has long heard that you are very interested in strong male slaves, but I didn't expect it to be true, you have spoken, your servant Kebro must help, but this slave you want to see is not an ordinary person, and the above has already spoken, you must protect him, so ......."
When Count Meknezylina saw him like this, she knew that he wanted to make a condition, and she smiled and said, "If Lord Kebro has any requests, as long as it is within my ability!" ”
"Hahaha, the honorable Lord Meknejelina is really fast-talking, well, your humble servant will be blunt, I have always been very interested in the party in your house, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to participate, so Lord Earl, see if you can ........"
The meaning is self-evident, Count Meknezylina smiled and said: "It turns out that this is this matter, it is very simple, there will be a party tomorrow night, I will send someone to bring you an invitation card tomorrow morning, and I am honored to invite you to come at that time!" ”
Kebro was overjoyed and said, "Then it is decided, Lord Earl, you wait a moment, I will have the slave brought over!" ”
Qin Dong was inexplicably taken out of the underground death row, and when he reached the ground, his hands were still bound by thick iron chains, and there were many soldiers guarding him, until he reached the door of a very luxurious room, those soldiers stopped, and an officer pushed the door open and brought it to the inside, and then Qin Dong was invited in, and the door was closed again.
For Kebro, it doesn't matter if Qin Dong and Count Meknezylina see each other, this woman is not a threat, as long as this woman is not here to help Qin Dong escape, she can see him, and her affair is famous throughout Constantinople, Kebro completely believes that this woman is just to be able to have a night with Qin Dong, this kind of thing he has not never seen, there have been many noble ladies who have taken a fancy to a certain gladiator slave to him for help, What does it matter if Qin Dong spends the night with this woman? As long as she can make his wish come true.
After entering the room, the back of a bewitching woman came into his sight, this result surprised him quite a little, and then a wry smile, he also guessed that this woman might have taken a fancy to him as a gladiator, this kind of thing is not new in Constantinople, and every day there are people in the streets and alleys who talk about the fact that so-and-so noble lady has taken a fancy to so-and-so gladiator slaves.
Qin Dong didn't care about the woman, he walked over and picked up the fruit on the table to eat, but the sound of heavy chains ruined the atmosphere.
Count Meknejielina turned to look at Qin Dong, looked at him and asked, "You don't seem to be surprised?" ”
Qin Dong took a bite of an apple, and after eating, he said, "Should I feel an accident?" No matter what happened in the Colosseum, it wasn't strange, not to mention that I just saw a woman! ”
Count Meknezylina walked to the opposite side of Qin Dong and stood still, straightened his chest and said, "The problem is that this woman of mine is not an ordinary woman!" ”
Qin Dong raised his head and looked at Count Meknejielina's face seriously, and then nodded: "Yes, you are indeed a very unusual woman, you are very charming, enchanting to the bone marrow!" I think your husband must be dead! (To be continued......)