Qin Dong didn't know at all that he was going to be sent to the gladiatorial arena to fight to the death with fierce beasts, gladiators, and death row prisoners, in fact, the matter of him being sent to the gladiatorial arena was only known to the emperor and the empress, the emperor announced a number of decisions in the main hall, but none of them were related to him, as if he had completely forgotten about him, at this time he was sitting in the prison eating cooked beef sent by the head of the cell, this thing is not cheap in Constantinople, a pound of raw beef costs about three silver coins, The monthly salary of the middle-class income of the citizens of Constantinople was only enough to buy ten catties of beef, but the average citizen could not necessarily buy it, and the beef was basically monopolized by the aristocracy.

It didn't take long for the passage outside the dungeon to hear the sound of the iron door being opened, and then there was the sound of footsteps, and Qin Dong closed his eyes after eating the last piece of beef.

"Hey, Qin Dong, in your words, you're too unkind, aren't you? You closed your eyes and slept when I first arrived, which doesn't seem very polite to my good friend, right? Outside the cell door, Father Anatorius's voice rang out.

Qin Dong still closed his eyes, and he didn't make any other movements, and said unhurriedly: "Don't you know that it's tiring to open your eyes?" Say anything, I'm going to sleep!"

Anatorius shook his head helplessly and said: "Your matter has been decided, you won't die, but it won't be too easy, several bigwigs of the empire have reached an agreement and decided to send you to the gladiatorial arena, as for when you can come out, this will have to wait until the matter has completely calmed down, His Majesty the Emperor will let you out in a proper plan, but before that you must participate in a duel every three days, as for whether the specific object is a beast or a human." It's entirely up to the Colosseum side, but you'll have to wear a mask to keep your identity a secret. If you don't agree, they'll force you with a mask that you can never take off, unless you cut off your head! ”

Qin Dong instantly understood the emperor's intentions, and asked him to make money for them, and the purpose of letting him wear a mask was to prevent others from recognizing him, and if others recognized him, with his fame. Others will not buy other gladiators to win, they will only buy him to win, so that the emperor will not make much money. What a cunning old fellow!

He sneered: "Marcian has a good plan to let me make money for him indefinitely until he has the ability to control the situation, and then let me come out to play for him." Looks like I'm going to have to eat behind his ass for the rest of my life? ”

Anadolius laughed, "You don't have to say that. After all, the emperor is old, you are still young, you will always live longer than him, right? ”

Anatorius had long seen that Qin Dong was definitely not a person who was willing to be subservient, although he and Emperor Marcian had always supported each other, but he would never remind Marcian to be careful of Qin Dong, because Qin Dong was an abnormal person who he was also the object he wanted to fight for, and he believed that with Qin Dong's age and ability, he would definitely be able to make a great career in the future. Now he is courting Qin Dong, and when Qin Dong is developed in the future, he will be able to provide greater help to his sect.

When Qin Dong just heard that the emperor was going to send him to the gladiatorial arena. In fact, he didn't have much worry in his heart, he had heard of the bloodshed in the gladiatorial arena in his previous life, but he hadn't really seen it, with his current ability, he should be able to survive in the gladiatorial arena, right? And there were a lot of slaves, death row prisoners, and people who worked as gladiators for money. There are many talented people among these people, and there is no shortage of bloody warriors, and some talents may be found in the gladiatorial arena, and he just wants to get out now, the defense of this prison is too tight, and it is basically impossible to escape from the inside, and only by going out can he have a chance to escape.

But in this way, his plan to let Peteus and others dig tunnels went bankrupt, what should he do? He still doesn't know where he was being held after being sent to join the gladiators, and he can't make an escape plan until he is completely stabilized.

Qin Dong asked, "Where will I be locked up after I am sent to participate in gladiatorial fights?" ”

"Of course, it's the underground cells that are kept in the gladiatorial arena, where gladiators and beasts are kept, and it's very strong!" Anatorius said.

Qin Dong thought for a while and said, "Priest, if you want the agreement between us to continue to work, you must do everything you can to help me get out of the cage!" ”

Anatorius nodded: "If you don't say I'll do the same, if you keep locked up, how can our agreement take effect?" I ask, if you go out, where are you going to go? ”

Qin Dong said: "Xiongnu Empire, presumably the priest should have investigated me, but you may not know my current identity, I am now the commander of the southeast border region of the Thracian region of the Xiongnu Empire, I think it will be more beneficial for us to go back, what do you think?" ”

Yanadorius's eyes lit up when he heard this, he didn't expect Qin Dong to be the commander of the Xiongnu Empire, which was very helpful for him to preach, you must know that shamanism in the Xiongnu Empire is the state religion, but there are also people who believe in Christianity, but most of them are pagans, and those pagans occupy the missionary opportunities in the north, so that these self-proclaimed orthodox priests can't go to preach, this has always been a piece of his heart, and now that he has the opportunity, of course he can't let it go.

He hurriedly said: "Of course, you should definitely go back, this is a must!" I'll do my best to help you out! ”

"Thanks, I'll tell you when I think of a plan to escape, but how can I inform you?"

Anatorius said: "I will come and watch every duel you fight, before it starts or after it ends, I think you should ask the gladiatorial side to have a priest to pray and bless you!" ”

Qin Dong nodded and said, "Understood!" ”

Anatorius added, "But I can state that in your escape plan, my men will not participate in battles, but will only do auxiliary work such as messengers, guiding paths, and tricking cards and gates!" ”

After Anatorius left, Qin Dongtong guò dung jailer spread the news, so Peteus and the others had to stop digging the tunnel and continue to wait for Qin Dong's instructions, but they were not idle, they began to explore the internal situation of the gladiatorial arena together with Liu Yang, and Liu Yang even secretly released a bounty to buy the internal structure drawings of the gladiatorial arena in the mercenary market.

In ancient Western countries, architecture was a long-standing cultural art, before the construction of large buildings. Design drawings are a must, and they must be carefully calculated before they can be put into practice, so the Colosseum must have design drawings. Liu Yang and the others wanted to find the weakness of the gladiatorial arena through the design drawings and rescue Qin Dong.

Generally, it is the city's construction officer who is responsible for this kind of work, so the design drawings of the gladiatorial arena must be in the construction officer's office, after all, there are many large-scale buildings in Constantinople, and it is impossible to put them all at home, and this is a work thing, and it cannot be placed at home.

After Liu Yang secretly posted a reward in the mercenary market, someone soon came to contact him. Liu Yang received the person. The two found a secluded corner in the mercenary tavern to talk.

The only way to get the design drawings out of the construction officer's office is to steal the drawings and have them copied. The copy must be made as quickly as possible, and then the copy must be left behind, and the original image must be returned to the point where the ghost is not aware of it. Only in this way will the official clues not be discovered. If the construction officer finds out that the design drawings of the gladiatorial arena are missing, he will definitely notify the gladiatorial arena side, and others are not stupid, they must be able to guess what the person who stole the drawings wants to do, so that the gladiatorial arena will definitely strengthen its vigilance, and the plan to rescue Qin Dong to escape will be even more difficult.

After the visitor sat down, he saw that he recognized Liu Yang. It's just that Liu Yang is too famous in the mercenary world in Constantinople, "Lord Liu Yang." Can't think of you? I'm Filly, do you have a life for me? ”

Philip is a thief, thieves are not the same as thieves and robbers, thieves just steal some pedestrians' money bags, basically do not burglary, burglars are already considered thieves, for thieves, stealing people's money bags is just a piece of cake, their housekeeping skills are burglary, so they are called thieves, and robbers are different, as the name suggests, it is forcible theft, or it is a very powerful thief, if the theft fails, it will be robbed, maybe it will kill people, this kind of people also break into other people's homes without the consent of the owner, and those who forcibly rob in the wild are called bandits, which are no longer in the ranks of thieves.

Mercenaries rarely interact with thieves, but they are not without contact, as long as there is a business need, they also have intersections, such as Fili, he not only secretly burglarizes some valuable items in exchange for money, but also enters the mercenary market to do some work.

Filly is more famous in the thief industry, Liu Yang also knows him, but he has not been in contact, he saw that Filly knew himself, so he nodded and said: "I can't imagine that it's you, I'm not a person who likes nonsense, just say it, someone bid twenty gold coins to get a set of drawings, that is, the design drawings of the gladiatorial arena, a complete set, not one is missing, as far as I know, this thing is in the urban construction management archives of the construction prison." To be honest, the construction prison is not a tiger's den, I can do this job myself, but I still think that this kind of work should be handed over to professionals to do it, how about it, are you interested? ”

Someone asked him to steal cultural relics from hundreds of years ago, someone asked him to steal women's underwear, someone asked him to steal sharp swords, and even someone paid him to steal things used by the emperor, Filly has been a thief for so long, and it is the first time I have heard that someone wants architectural design drawings, it is really strange, what is the use of this thing, but Filly, as a thief with professional ethics, he knows what to ask and what not to ask, and if he asks what he should not ask, he will worry about his own life, he hurriedly said: "Of course, of course, absolutely interested!" As long as there is work to do, I will never refuse! ”

Liu Yang poured a glass of wine for Fili and said with a smile: "Why are you so desperate, you must know that the money is endless!" ”

Fili smiled bitterly: "No way, I have a lot of expenses, and I can't make money without taking a job!" ”

Liu Yang said: "Okay, I'll leave this job to you, but there is a request!" ”

"Speak!"

"You steal the drawings and give them to me, and I will give them to the buyer, and after the buyer has copied them, I will give you the original drawings at that time, and then you put the drawings back in their original place, so that people can't see that they have been moved, can this be done?"

Filly touched his messy hair, grinned and said: "Yes, yes, but I want to double the price, forty gold coins, you know that stealing the drawings and returning them after stealing them out can't make people see the flaws, this difficulty has more than doubled, I only charge forty gold coins, it's entirely for your sake as an intermediary, if it's someone else, I'll ask for a hundred gold coins when I open my mouth!"

Liu Yang knew Filly's tricks, but he didn't care, as long as Filly could complete the task, even if he doubled the price, it was not unacceptable, he thought about it and agreed: "Okay, I agreed for the buyer, just forty gold coins, I wish us a happy cooperation!" Cheers".

"Cheers!"

The next night, Liu Yang saw Filly at the agreed place, Filly was carrying a long cylinder on his back, after seeing Liu Yang, Filly was about to take down the long tube behind him and hand it to Liu Yang, Liu Yang immediately took the lid of the long cylinder, pulled the drawings out of it to check, took a cursory look at it to determine the authenticity, and said after collecting the drawings: "Okay, it is not possible to complete these drawings in a short period of time to copy them without difference, It will take about a night, you wait here an hour before dawn, and then I will bring the drawings to you, and an hour will be enough for you to return the things, right? ”

Fili patted his chest and said, "It's no problem at all, you can rest assured!" ”

Liu Yang took out a small bag and put it on the table and pushed it over: "This is half, and the remaining half will meet here tomorrow afternoon after you return it, and I will give it to you then!" ”

Fili picked up the small bag and shook it, there was a crisp sound inside, he took out a gold coin and looked at it, and immediately said: "Yang, cooperate with you, I am very relieved, you Oriental people are a very trustworthy nation, even if there is no contract, you will abide by the agreement, this is what I admire the most, I will go first, wait for you here an hour before dawn!" ”

After Filly left, Liu Yang took the drawings and immediately went to find Pesteus, among all Qin Dong's subordinates, only he, Peteus and Charlie Cao had some culture, and the others were basically old and coarse, although many people were learning Chinese with Liu San before coming to Constantinople, but after all, the time was still short, and there were not many things to learn, so it was a problem for them to write, let them paint, so forget it.

Liu Yang, Peteus, Cao Charlie three people together, the drawings were copied, after a night of nervous gourd painting, finally more than two hours before dawn copied to complete, although there are some differences in the lines, but the proportion of length is the same, after careful comparison did not find any mistakes before the original drawing was put into the long cylinder and sealed, Liu Yang took the original drawing back to the agreed place and handed it to Fili. (To be continued......)