Chapter 363: Sent to the guillotine

The assassins who had lost their leader were also in a mess at this time, and they were surrounded by the Hun soldiers of the guard team without paying attention, and the assassins saw through the open door that the target to be rescued had been held by Qin Dong with a knife against the throat, and they were all a little jealous, and their minds were confused, and their combat effectiveness was rapidly reduced.

"Everybody, stand back!" At his command, the Hun soldiers quickly retreated and distanced themselves from the Assassins.

The Assassins were a little puzzled when they saw that the Hun soldiers had retreated several meters away, but before they could figure out the situation, they heard a loud shout: "Archer, shoot-"

By the time the Assassins reacted, it was too late, there were archers all around, no matter which direction they ran, there were arrows coming at them, after three rounds of arrows, each of the Assassins who were surrounded in the middle were hit by several arrows, bows and arrows in this era were like pistols in later generations, the gangsters were brave and ruthless by courage and skill, but no matter how good they could fight, as long as the other party had a pistol, everyone had to admit it.

The bodies of the Assassins were all laid in the middle of the courtyard, and in addition to the corpses of the Assassins, there were also the corpses of many Hun soldiers, as well as a large number of arrows and swords.

Qin Dong didn't need to look to know that it was time for the end at this time, he put his knife into the sheath and smiled at Clepisaeus: "Lord Count, the battle outside is over, go out with me to see the result, please!" ”

At this time, the strength of his whole body seemed to be drained, and his face and eyes lost their lustre. No different from a walking corpse, all his hopes have been lost, completely defeated. This result was unacceptable to him.

Under Qin Dong's gaze, he got up slowly, walked out of the door with a blank expression and saw the corpses all over the ground silently, Qin Dong did not urge, and after a long time, Clepisaeus sighed and said, "Great King." You win, and from now on the whole of Constantinople is completely under your control, it's yours! ”

Qin Dong shook his head and said, "Lord Earl, you are wrong. Constantinople belongs to all the citizens here, and this king only rules it for them, have you ever thought about the harm and suffering that you have caused to the people of Constantinople by forcing the merchants to strike the market? The king, his officials and the soldiers of the army will not starve to death, but the people will suffer from hunger and cold. You have starved the people of the whole city for your own selfish desires. And tens of thousands of people starved to death, but they were Romans, your countrymen! ”

Clepisaus was stunned for a moment, it was the first time he had heard such a statement, but it was like a thunderbolt that struck him in the heart, setting off a great sense of guilt in his heart, and then muttered to himself: "Am I wrong? Am I wrong? ”

Qin Dong had spent too much time with Clepisaus here, and he was already impatient. said: "Earl, hand over the list of ghost spy organizations you accuse. The king may also consider mitigating your sins at his discretion! ”

At this point, Clepisaus knew that even if he didn't hand over the list of members of the ghost spy organization, the organization would not be able to survive, without him, there would be no funds to continue to support the normal operation of the spy organization, and this organization would be finished sooner or later, and Qin Dong would also send someone to investigate to the end, and finally wipe out all the people of this organization, and Clepisaius himself was already determined to die, and the ghost spy organization was no longer relevant to him.

He turned to Qin Dong and said: "Thank you for the king's kindness, I don't think it's necessary, the king should kill me, as for the list of ghost spy organizations, I can give it to the king, but please promise me one thing, don't kill them, it took me a lot of energy and money to cultivate them, if you can, the king can reorganize them after they are used for his own use!" ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and said, "Okay, this king promises you!" However, there must be those who are not convinced, and this king still needs to be cleaned up before they can continue to work! ”

Kripisaus nodded, took off a skull ring on the middle finger of his left hand, and then took out a roll of sheepskin from his clothes pocket and handed it to Qin Dong: "This skull ring is the token of the leader of the ghost spy organization, and the parchment scroll records the location of the ghost spy organization's strongholds distributed in various provinces of the Eastern Empire and the contact codes and methods for contacting the persons in charge of each stronghold. The king is majestic and strategic, has the courage and ability to win the world, and is much stronger than Leo, I hope this spy organization will be useful to the king! ”

Qin Dong looked at the ring, then opened the parchment scroll and looked at it again, and finally sighed in his arms: "Lord Earl, I am afraid that this king still needs your help, Lord Count has committed such a strict crime, so that more than 10,000 people starved to death in the entire Constantinople, it is really the most evil, this king and this king's army have just ruled here, and the foundation is unstable, although this king has distributed a lot of food relief to the citizens in the past few days, but the hostility of the citizens towards us has not been eliminated, The king thinks that if we can send the Earl to the guillotine publicly, the citizens will definitely support and support us! ”

Clepisaus was stunned, and then laughed and said: "Hahaha, the king really deserves to be the king, from this point it can be seen that the king is the real conqueror, and Clepisaius is very willing to serve the king before he dies!" ”

"Thank you!" Qin Dong glanced at Clepisaeus, and then said loudly: "Qi Muge, send an order to inform the people of the city that this king will personally supervise and kill Clepisaeus, the culprit who caused the great famine in Constantinople and caused more than 10,000 people to starve to death in Constantinople for several days at noon tomorrow!" Come, please go back to your room to rest, take care of your life, and if there is another mistake, the king will be severely punished! ”

Qi Muge knelt down and said, "Yes, king!" ”

Before dawn, the citizens of Constantinople knew that the Huns had caught the murderer who had closed all the shops in the city and starved tens of thousands of people to death in the city, and this person was the great eunuch Count Clepizaus.

Damn old gelding, what a sin, killed so many people, countless citizens cursed in their own homes, and those citizens who starved their relatives to death were extremely resentful of this man, if they could, they would not mind drinking his blood and eating his flesh, at the same time, the citizens also remembered that what the Huns had done since they entered the city did not seem to harass the commoners and the officials and nobles of good reputation, but those bullies, the nobles and officials who had committed the most heinous crimes, suffered and distributed food to the commoners for disaster relief, This has never happened before, and it would be nice to think that the Huns would be in power.

After daybreak, the streets and alleys were full of citizens talking about this matter, and the soldiers of the puppet Second Army were patrolling while holding a gong to inform the shops in the city to open their doors, such as the shops that were not open before 8 a.m., their owners were all punished as complicity with Crepisaus, and the owners of all the shops in the city were frightened and hurriedly opened their doors to do business.

Many citizens discussed this matter after buying the grain, and at the same time went to Constantine Square at noon to see the old eunuch Clepisaeus, the eunuch of the Huns.

At this moment, the whole of Constantinople was once again full of vitality and vitality, and after being silent for so long, many citizens could not open the pot at home, so they had to go out to find work to make money, and there were people busy everywhere on the streets, some people were selling along the streets, some people were setting up stalls along the streets, and some people were going to the market to find work.

Before ten o'clock, there was a battalion of Hun heavy infantry in a neat rectangular formation to Constantine Square, and around the square with ropes and horses to set up a cordon, in the cordon, every one meter there is a Hun heavy infantry wearing armor, wearing helmets, pedaling combat boots, holding a shield in the left hand, holding a spear in the right hand, and a short knife hanging from the waist, the equipment of these Hun heavy infantry is similar to the equipment of the heavy infantry of the Roman Empire, but the style is different, the helmet of the heavy infantry of the Roman Empire has a cockscomb, The colors are different, some are red and some are black, and the helmet of the Hun heavy infantry is a metal spire, and the soldier can even bow his head and stab the enemy to death with the spire on the helmet, and the metal spire is attached to the horse's tail hair, commonly known as the helmet tassel.

In addition to the heavy infantry standing guard around the square, in the middle of the square, there are many carpenters who are building guillotines, these carpenters are invited citizens of Constantinople, they can get a gold dollar salary per person after they finish this work, such a high wage, the Huns are really generous, the carpenters are all emotional after receiving this job.

After the guillotine was built, some officials paid the carpenters, but the carpenters did not leave after receiving the wages, but found a place with a good view on the outskirts of the square to watch the head of Cripisaus, and it was not long before a large group of soldiers, these were Hun light infantry, they began to stand guard all the way along the street from Constantine Square, the soldiers stood every one meter on both sides of the street facing the shops to maintain order, the carriages were not allowed to pass, and pedestrians could only walk on the side of the street, Unable to walk to the middle of the street, the Hun soldiers standing guard lined up until the gate of the manor where Qin Dong was staying.

At about eleven o'clock, Qin Dong walked out of the manor on a tall war horse with golden armor and helmet, brand-new combat boots, and a sword hanging from his waist, followed by a large number of cavalry of the Hun Marine Division, there was a battalion, and another battalion of light infantry escorted a prisoner cart out.

As soon as the prisoner cart reached the street, the angry citizens on both sides smashed the stones and rotten eggs in the prisoner cart at Clepisaeus, smashing him until his nose and face were swollen, and he was covered with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and he looked very wolf. (To be continued......)