The mule cart drove out of the gates of Constantinople, and Altai looked through the gap in the curtain behind the carport, and saw a large army of soldiers rushing along the street to the gate in the distance. They were supposed to have received orders to seal off the city gates and search for the Assassins.

The man in the robe sitting opposite Altai was also looking out, and when he saw that he had escaped from the trap, the man in the robe sighed lightly and changed to a more comfortable position. This brought Altai's attention back to the guy. Now that the mission is over, will this guy continue to cooperate or become an enemy? Altai did not want to trust the robed man.

The mule cart continued north on the road for a long time and entered a compound. Waiting for the car to stop, the man in the robe jumped out of the car first, exposing his entire back in front of Altai. This emboldened posture made Altai even more vigilant. He also got out of the car and saw a lot of mule carts around, and the smell of cattle gathering in the air.

The two left the parking lot one after the other and entered the back courtyard. A tall man stood at the door of the main house of the courtyard, and when he saw them coming, he said in Latin, "Welcome, both." ”

After saying that, he looked at Altai and said, "I finally see you, Altai." ”

Altai's hometown of Ankara did not have Song people, and this was the first time he had a close face with the real Song people. It is recorded in "Oriental Travels" that most of the Song people are tall. The Song man in front of him is the same as described in the book, and the man in the robe next to him is considered tall in Eastern Rome, and he is still half a head lower than this Song man. Such a guy said something that he had known about Altai for a long time, which made Altai's whole person nervous.

Song Ren smiled slightly and said politely, "Please come in." He was the first to enter the house, and the man in the robe followed in. Eltai hesitated for a moment, then followed.

The three of them sat down, and a sister served tea. Altai thought about it, but still took it up and drank it, he was really thirsty. The robed man said, "Altai, I ask this Excellency Xie Song to send you back to the east. But His Excellency Xie Song would like to talk to you. ”

Altai didn't think that the robed man would let himself go so easily, and he asked Xie Song: "Your Excellency has known me for a long time?" ”

"More than a month ago." Xie Song said with a smile. Pick up a book on the table and throw it to Altai.

The book flew in the air in a very stable manner to Altai's forehead, allowing Altai to catch the book very easily. This quick trick made Altai sure that the opposite Shezon would indeed have both hands. From the first time he saw Xie Song, he felt that this person was good, and the kind of high concentration that he had killed more than one person in battle, Xie Song had such a concentration in every move.

Looking at the book, Altai's heart was quite shaken. This is the "Oriental Travels" that he did not leave on the shore when he participated in the ship-wreshing operation, and the black handprint is all too familiar. Thinking that he was going to scuttle the ship of the Great Song Dynasty at that time, Altai was quite nervous. He asked, "What do you mean by that, Your Excellency?" ”

"I'm not trying to settle accounts with you." Xie Song said with a smile: "You evaded the army to exterminate the day that someone was hiding in the family to be a comprador with us. Because of the book, she was arrested and interrogated. I only knew you existed. I just didn't know who you really were at the time. This gathering of causes and conditions is just right to meet you. ”

Listening to this tortuous experience, Altai did not believe it very much. He continued: "What do you want me to do?" ”

"I want to work with the League of Assassins. Well, that's not right, we in Europa want to work with the Assassin League. ”

Altai glanced at the robed man, and had a new understanding in his heart of the robe man's statement that he 'cooperates with the strong'. Altai did not think that the current Eastern Roman court was a real strong man, and the strong man had to have the strength of the Ilkhanate. The Eastern Roman Empire relied on the Ilkhanate for decades to survive, and Khasatsin could only completely surrender in front of the Ilkhanate, and then was completely crushed. However, the Great Song Dynasty was the country that completely defeated the Mongol Empire and was the strongest existence in the world. No wonder the man in the robe also looked like an old god in the assassination of the Roman emperor.

The Assassins must respect the strong, and this is one of the three commandments upheld by the Mentor of Altai. Altai asked sincerely: "Who does Your Excellency want me to assassinate?" ”

Xie Song waved his hand, "We in Europa Province don't want to assassinate anyone. For our Great Song Dynasty, killing people is not the goal. It's a means of protecting security and solving problems. So the assassination is not good for us. When we kill someone, we will inevitably let everyone in the world know why we are killing, and let the whole world see how we destroy the enemy. I don't know if you can understand? ”

Altai stared at Xie Song, trying to discern his true intention from the face of this soft-curvy Great Song man. Altai's Mentor once said something similar, that assassins are a dangerous profession, and that if you kill people because of your personal likes and dislikes, you are not called an assassin, but a brave and ruthless fellow. The Assassins respected the strong because the purpose of assassinating them was to carry out the idea. No powerful force can defeat humanity with a strong faith. This is the reason why the Hasassinites intimidated the entire Eastern Mediterranean and made the Barbarians of Europe change their colors.

Hearing similar remarks from the Song people in the province of Europa, which was at the top of the power in the Eastern Mediterranean, Altai felt that the other party was probably not telling the truth. However, after a closer look, Altai at least showed no signs of lying.

Perhaps thinking that it was rude for Altai to stare at Xie Song so stunned, the man in the robe coughed deliberately. Xie Song didn't care, he continued: "We need intelligence. Altai, we need all sorts of intelligence to determine who is our friend and who is our enemy. When a friend comes, there is good wine, and when an enemy comes, there is a sword and a gun. It's hard to tell exactly what friend is from what friend and foe are. ”

Altai couldn't help but want to glance at the man in the robe, but until now, Altai was still unsure whether this guy was a friend or foe. But he held back. Altai nodded and said to Xie Song: "Your Excellency is right. ”

"We don't need to assassinate anyone, we need accurate intelligence, a lot of accurate intelligence. If the Assassins can provide accurate information, we will reward you with satisfactory information. ”

Altai felt that this was the most wonderful meeting he had encountered in his twenty-eight years of life, the Assassin League provided assassination services to the outside world, and the exchange of information had always been an internal affair of the Assassin League. But Altai didn't want to refuse, even if he couldn't say yes now. This Song man from the province of Europa is undoubtedly a representative of the strong.

After thinking for a moment, Altai decided to test it first, "Your Excellency, there are traitors in our Assassin Alliance. Did you know? ”

"I don't know."

"If you can provide information about the traitor, I can help you contact the members of the Assassin League."

"That's a bit excessive."

"The person who betrayed my residence and led to my arrest must be a traitor to the League of Assassins." Altai continues to bargain.

When the robed man heard this, he looked at Altai with a look of disdain. It was the robed man who captured Altai, and he was not a traitor. Altai is very unfriendly if he is so armed with a stick.

"Haha. Hahaha! Xie Song was amused, knowing that it was not good to laugh like this, Xie Song still couldn't help it. Regardless of the strange gaze of the robed man and Altai, Xie Song laughed heartyly enough before telling Altai how he took the Eastern Roman inquisitor to investigate the scene, how to determine the time, how to conduct the questioning, and how to offer a reward.

After speaking, Xie Song concluded: "I don't think the person who exposed you for the reward did anything wrong, I can only tell you that the person is an ordinary citizen of Constantinople. I am the one who led to your arrest, and I can provide you with this accurate information. ”

"Haha! Hahaha! This time it was the robed man's turn to laugh uncontrollably. Altai was also a powerful figure in the League of Assassins, and the joy of watching him eat deflated in public was particularly strong.

Altai's face flushed, and emotions such as anger, doubt, and shame were fiercely mixed together, and he just wanted to be alone. Restore the chaotic world to normal.

Xie Song was very considerate and asked Altai to take him to rest, and as soon as Altai left, he talked to the man in the robe about the task not long ago. The robed man said that he was going out to avoid the limelight after doing this, and that Constantinople would definitely be shaken, and that it was best for people in the dark realm like the Assassins not to get too close to their employers. Those in high positions of power believe more in the loyalty of the dead.

"Then you might as well help me investigate the pirates." Xie Song gave a suggestion to the robed man.

The robed man immediately responded, "I can't do it. The new pirates of today are fundamentally different from the ones of the previous ones. In the past, pirates ate the business of the sea and cared about the goods. After the province of Europa annihilated them, they are now outlaws. ”

"It's the outlaws who are annoying!" Xie Song said viciously: "When the Eastern Roman court finishes sweeping the Thrace region, I don't know how many new outlaws will appear." When they get to sea, how much more effort do we have to expend! ”

The man in the robe looked helpless at first when he heard this, but after a while, he suddenly remembered something, and he hesitated and asked Xie Song, "Will the Eastern Roman court really send troops?" ”

At this time, the Eastern Roman Emperor stopped choking, and he looked at the person who appeared at the door in surprise. He saw with his own eyes that the favorite concubine was hit by an arrow in the chest and fell to the ground limply. Who is this person in front of you who is exactly the same as the favorite concubine?

The favorite concubine cried and pounced on her and hugged the emperor tightly. The Emperor only felt two hard objects against his chest. After a moment's hesitation, the emperor became ecstatic. He commanded his attendants and courtiers, "Go out first!" ”

Seeing that everyone hesitated, the emperor shouted, "Let you go out, and you will go out." ”

When those people left, the emperor immediately went to undress the concubine. The favorite concubine shyly refused, but she still cooperated very well to let the emperor take off her coat. Sure enough, a metal three-point style was worn in the coat. This is an undisclosed hobby of the emperor, and he likes to sing and dance in front of him in very provocative underwear. Recently, I have become obsessed with female warrior type accessories. Of course, the concubines did their best to satisfy the emperor's hobbies. In front of her, the favorite concubine won the emperor's favor with metal jewelry.

Looking at the piece of metal recessed on the left chest, the emperor took off the ornament with pity and stroked the ** of the favorite concubine. The favorite concubine suddenly hugged the emperor, and the pear blossom cried with rain. While crying, he said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to severely punish the traitors who sent assassins!" ”

These words made the emperor hesitate slightly, and he had prayed to settle the matter of the nobles of Thrace, and he had only felt a clammy uneasiness. Although he was a little hesitant, his past experience still made him think that this was God's guidance. Now listening to the cry of the favorite concubine, and feeling the clammy and cold feeling left on his face by the tears of the favorite concubine, the emperor suddenly felt blessed to the soul, and the feeling of falling from the sky was alive again.

After checking that the pair of beautiful breasts had not been injured in the assassination, the emperor asked the concubine to go to rest first, and ordered all the ministers to come to the meeting. The minister was already in the palace, and after hearing the order, he immediately went to the council chamber where the emperor was, and saw that the emperor did not hesitate as before. The Minister of the Interior looked at the Emperor with expectation in his heart, waiting for the Emperor to speak the Holy Judgment.

"I ordered four legions to deal with the rebels in Thrace. One from Constantinople and the other from Ankara, and two new legions within Constantinople set off together. Before the legions set out, two new legions were transferred to Constantinople. The Emperor gave the order quickly.

The generals who listened to the order rejoiced and chanted in unison the saint of Baseleus. There were two plans for how to send troops, and the ministers proposed that the two old legions should go out and return at the same time with the troops that had been fighting against the barbarians in Serbia. The generals' plan was to mix the old and the new, and let General Ulysses continue the crusade against the Serbian barbarians.

The unspeakable reason of the generals for this plan was naturally not to want General Ulysses to monopolize so much credit. The reason that can be said is that many of General Ulysses' legions were Thracians, and it is not very reassuring to rely on these soldiers to exterminate the nobles of Thrace.

After the Assassin attack, the great Baseleus finally regained his former glory, much to the delight of the generals.

The news of the Roman court soon reached Athens, and Yang Congrongjiedu, who had just sent away the Western Roman envoy, did not expect happiness to come so quickly. The Western Roman envoy, who had just left, brought the advice of Augustus of Beyan to start the telegraph line from Athens to Rome at once. At the same time, the province of Europa was asked to help the Western Roman Empire plan a telegraph line along the narrow Italian peninsula.

It is not surprising that Beryan Augustus, who was a soldier, had such insights, and now Barcellus of Eastern Rome proposed the construction of a telegraph line from Constantinople to Athens, as well as a telegraph line across the entire Anatolian Peninsula in eastern Eastern Rome, which is a bit of a surprise.

Yang calmly looked at the map, originally wanted to look at the Yuan Kingdom from the Thrace region to the north, but now the Yuan Kingdom is missing, and the telegraph network from the Black Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean can be realized. But his gaze couldn't help but look south.

To the south of the Eastern Mediterranean is Egypt, where the Egyptian Canal is the gateway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It is also an important passage connecting the Great Song Dynasty to Europa. Two days ago, news came from the Yuan State that Hao Ren, the lord of the Yuan State, had arrived in Baghdad and became the prime minister of the Mongol Empire. Thinking of Hao Ren and looking at Egypt, Yang Congrong only felt that the more the land in Egypt looked at it, the more cute it became.