There were beds in the cells, and the straw mats on the beds were thick enough. On top of the straw mat is the mattress, which is no less than the bedding of ordinary people. There was also a thick quilt on the mattress, and pillows at the head of the bed. In the current winter rain, it is enough to ensure that the guests in the cell will not withstand the invasion of the cold.

The cell door opened, and the person on the bed was not moved at all, still lying on the bed with his back facing the sky under the quilt, his hands under his head. The man in the robe walked into the cell and sat down on a chair across from the bed. The door closed again, and the man in the robe took off his mask and said to the man on the bed: "Altai, do you want to go out?" ”

"I don't want to." Altai said lazily.

"I don't want to go out, do you want to stay here until I get old?"

Altai laughed, his voice full of mockery. I didn't want to speak, but I couldn't help but sit up. I haven't shaved my face for a few days, and the beautiful long beard on my face looks a little sculptural.

"Do you still suspect that I betrayed the Alliance?" The robed man sighed regretfully.

"Don't you know who betrayed the Alliance?" Altai's eyes were still sharp, and he did not look weak because of the long detention.

The man in the robe knows that trusting this kind of thing is something that believers will always believe, and those who do not believe will never believe. He didn't explain to himself, and directly stated the purpose of his trip, "I'm not an assassin anymore, and of course I don't care about these things." I came to you today to ask you to do something for me. You're done and you're good to go. ”

"I don't believe it." Altai immediately objected.

"Altai, you didn't become an assassin out of hatred, and neither do I. Let's cooperate. The imperial court is the strong now, didn't your mentor tell you that cooperating with the strong is the way to survive? ”

"Would you teach your apprentice that?" Altai couldn't help but scoff. The Assassin League in the Eastern Roman region still has the tradition of Hasasin the Lord, and all Assassins are apprentices. According to the Mentor of Altai and those who had lived through the Khassinian era, during the heyday of the Assassins, every Assassin had not only a mentor, but also faith. The Mentor taught the Assassin Apprentices a variety of knowledge, skills, and beliefs. Among the Assassin apprentices who have completed the assassination test, the most determined believers will be selected to receive the 'experience'.

The first step in the 'experience' is to take the secret medicine, after which the believer will be led to a prepared paradise. There are clear lakes, beautiful landscapes, and palaces that are exquisite and gorgeous beyond imagination. The palace is full of beautiful and bewitching young men and girls, endless delicacies, and wine that will never get drunk. Before the elixir puts the Assassins to a deadly slumber, they can party here. After the 'experience', the believers became more convinced that death was only a shortcut to heaven, and that the Assassins would enjoy the happiness of the 'experience' forever in heaven after death.

Khassin's Khan of the Ilkhanate was utterly destroyed by Hulegu and burned to the ground along with the so-called heavenly 'experience'. Hearing the so-called 'strong' statement, Altai really couldn't help but mock, "Even if the Eastern Roman court is strong now, how long can it be strong." If they are really as strong as you say, why should they ask me to do things? ”

"Oh! It seems that your mentor is very attentive to teaching you? The robed man sighed. After sighing, he asked in a calm tone: "So are you willing to cooperate?" ”

Sensing the threat and danger, Altai did not answer immediately. Altan agreed with the man in the robe, his mentor was indeed cultivating Altai with his heart, so Eltai knew that people die like lights out. If you don't cooperate with the strong, you can easily be destroyed by the strong. Pretending to refuse must also be done in moderation, and attempts to inflate one's worth without limits will only lead to a break.

After thinking for a while, Altai asked, "Why did you come to me?" ”

"Now that the Eastern Roman Emperor has equipped all his ministers with Roman legions to guard them, you are probably the only one who can escape unharmed after the operation." The man in the robe leisurely explained the reason.

As the man in the robe said, soldiers could be seen everywhere in Constantinople at this time. It was planned that all six new legions would be trained in Constantinople, but this winter the rain did not stop. Constantinople did not have enough barracks to accommodate so many men, and only two legions arrived in Constantinople first. The other four regiments will come for training after the rainy season is over.

The two full legions of 10,000 men, and Constantinople were full of 300,000 men, so many soldiers arrived, the number of guards in the palace and the ministers' quarters increased greatly, and the atmosphere in the barracks in the city became even stronger. The ministers' carriages were changed from one to three, and the rebellious Duke of Cantacuzenus and the Marquis of Hilkia, knowing the power of the imperial court, sent assassins one after another, and the carriages were repeatedly targeted, and the ministers had to use three carriages to reduce the risk of direct attack by the Assassins.

Many cars were parked in the parking lot outside the palace, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer left the carriage under the heavy protection of the guards and went straight to the palace. By the time I got to the office where the Home Secretary was, several ministers had already arrived. The Chancellor of the Exchequer asked directly, "Does the Emperor still not agree?" ”

The Home Secretary nodded disappointedly. Receiving such bad news, the Chancellor of the Exchequer patted the back of the chair next to him in annoyance. Before he could speak angrily, the door opened. The Patriarch walked in through the door, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Can Your Excellency say that the Emperor has been moved?" ”

The Patriarch shook his head regretfully, "Your Majesty said that you don't want the nobles of Thrace to be affected. God did not want to destroy the nobles of Rome. ”

It was such a result for several days in a row, and the Patriarch could not convince the emperor, and the ministers of the Eastern Roman court looked depressed. The Chancellor of the Exchequer glanced at his colleagues, his face becoming more and more ugly, and finally he could not help but say: "Who must have slandered Your Majesty!" ”

The other ministers also harbored a wave of anger in their hearts, looking at the chancellor of the exchequer looking at the enemy-like gaze, and the eunuch Horru was angry, and he questioned him at that time. Moments later, a 'What do you see me doing?' The ''I'll see what you're doing' controversy is staged. Fortunately, the two of them are not street gangsters, nor are they young people with strong blood, even if they choke on each other, there is no sign of immediate action.

The Minister of the Interior was unhappy, he looked at these guys, he thought that someone would try to persuade them, but he didn't expect these guys to have no such meaning, and some of them still had expressions of wanting to see a good show. The angry Home Secretary wanted to go up and give these guys a beating. But he was only a minister, and he did not have a position above other ministers. The Minister of the Interior could only look at the Patriarch with a pleading gaze.

The Patriarch didn't have the idea of letting the gaffe get out of control, he himself was a clergyman, so he was naturally more noble than these ministers. Seeing the Minister of the Interior asking for help, the Patriarch stepped forward to separate the cockfighting Chancellor of the Exchequer from the eunuch Holru. The Minister of the Interior hurriedly said: "There must be no slander among us. I think everybody understands that! ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer also calmed down at this time. He was originally at odds with the eunuchs, and at this time he had an evil fire in his heart, and he couldn't help but look for the eunuchs. The Home Secretary is right. It's just that right doesn't mean it's right, even if you know that the ministers don't have demons, it's useless to convince the emperor. Barcellus is now quite wise in the face of many decisions, but he will also inexplicably adhere to some strange positions in some decisions.

Baseleus quickly passed the plan to form a legion, and the entire court sprang into action. Seeing that the new legions were increasing in combat effectiveness, they could hold Constantinople and mobilize one legion and another legion from Constantinople to sweep away the rebels in Thrace. Unexpectedly, the emperor went back to think about it for a while and rejected the plan. For example, the Patriarch had brought back the Emperor that the Emperor believed that the rebellion would spread to the Roman aristocracy.

None of the ministers here wanted to exterminate the Eastern Roman aristocracy, and everyone knew that the raid on Thrace would inevitably cause many nobles to suffer. It was not the great Barcellus the great who uttered the phrase 'God does not want the nobles of Thrace to be affected, and God does not want to destroy the nobles of Rome', but any minister or eunuch, and the people present here would be convinced that the speaker was a traitor to the Roman court and a fellow traveler of the nobles.

Now that the Eastern Roman Emperor said this, everyone was sad and didn't know how to solve it. The Minister of the Interior looked thoughtfully at the Patriarch, who also looked at him at this time. Both of them saw something in each other's eyes.

The rain finally stopped after a few more days. The dense clouds dissipated, revealing a blue sky that had been obscured for a long time. The sun shone on the city of Constantinople, and even if there was no temperature, many citizens still walked out of their homes with happy expressions and wandered the streets of Eastern Rome. The deserted shop is bustling with activity again.

The great Barcellus of the Eastern Roman Empire appeared in the gardens of the city under the protection of numerous Janissaries, and the emperor's favorite concubine took the emperor's hand and walked on the beautiful stone path. Rome was once a great power for sculpture and art, from the Republic to the early Empire. Until the Cross Church launched the 'Anti-Icon Movement'. Under the leadership of the clergy, the Roman Empire began to be smashed. Most of the previous artworks were destroyed.

In the distant Great Song Dynasty School, the sociology textbook tells about the 'anti-icon movement': in the process of the Cruciform mission, the ordinary people accepted the cultural and artistic nature of the mission, and could not accept the clamping down on the people by the church gangs, so they used all kinds of artworks as sustenance to carry their spiritual needs. When the Crusaders felt the decline in the influence of religious groups, they destroyed works of art and forbade the artistic representation of religious symbols. Forcibly pulling the spiritual sustenance of the people to religious gangs.

While destroying the people's artistic creations, religious groups built beautiful churches, made windows with stained glass patches, and established choirs to strengthen the appeal of religious groups.

The True Cult of God was founded later than the Cross Religion and learned this technique from the very beginning. Idolatry is strictly forbidden......

…… All religious organizations are interest groups, and their goal is to obtain profits and strengthen their own organizations. The 'Anti-Icon Movement' is a window into their true nature. Religious groups prohibit others from creating art, and they themselves monopolize the power to create art, strengthening their control over the people......

Until now, there was a lack of people in Eastern Rome who were proficient in Chinese, and sociology textbooks had not yet appeared in the Eastern Roman Empire. Therefore, the religious groups of the Eastern Roman Empire would also hold a puja to pray for the blessing of the Great Song Emperor at this time. Even after seeing the beautiful garden built in the province of Europa in the Great Song Dynasty, he supported the Eastern Roman Emperor to build such a garden in Constantinople.

There was no scenery in the winter garden, and the emperor, who was already frowning, did not look happy. But his concubine walked briskly on the gravel path like a deer. As God's spokesman on earth, the Eastern Roman Emperor also had to respect the text that 'marriage is a man and a woman'. But the Orthodox Church is actually the same as the Holy See, and the popes and bishops of the Holy See have a bunch of mistresses and illegitimate children. The Eastern Roman Emperor could bring the woman he liked into the palace to pamper him. For example, Princess Maria, the current Empress of the Western Roman Empire, was not born to a 'monogamous' wife. Nor was it disrecognized by the Eastern Roman court. If the Eastern Roman Emperor's manhood can suppress the queen and other favorite concubines, he can still play group P with these women.

In this uninteresting winter garden, the beautiful posture of the favorite concubine made the emperor feel better. The emperor followed behind his favorite concubine and admired the beautiful shadow. As we walked, we came to a fountain. It had been raining the other day and the fountain was not open. The water level in the pool is high. The concubine walked to the edge of the pool and bent down to pick up a handful of water. As she bent down, she saw a man suddenly rise from under the edge of the stone pool on the other side of the pool, with a weapon in his hand.

"Protect the Emperor!" The Minister of the Interior, who had come with the Emperor to visit the garden, immediately shouted and at the same time stood in front of the Emperor.

The Guards also pounced on the emperor and held him tightly in the center, leaving the concubine alone to face the man with the weapon. A little cold flashed, and the crossbow bolts flew out. Right in the chest of the favorite concubine,

There was no scenery in the winter garden, and the emperor, who was already frowning, did not look happy. But his concubine walked briskly on the gravel path like a deer. As God's spokesman on earth, the Eastern Roman Emperor also had to respect the text that 'marriage is a man and a woman'. But the Orthodox Church is actually the same as the Holy See, and the popes and bishops of the Holy See have a bunch of mistresses and illegitimate children. The Eastern Roman Emperor could bring the woman he liked into the palace to pamper him. For example, Princess Maria, the current Empress of the Western Roman Empire, was not born to a 'monogamous' wife. Nor was it disrecognized by the Eastern Roman court. If the Eastern Roman Emperor's manhood can suppress the queen and other favorite concubines, he can still play group P with these women.

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