At the command of Karahad, the MSLs in the city were quickly mobilized, draped in crescent flags or tied to their arms as signs, filling the streets and corners to watch over the Christians in the city.

In the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Father Yuri is baptizing Celius' newborn child, and the ceremony has reached its final stage.

Celius was a great merchant, close to the Persians, a wealthy man, a philanthropist, often helping Orthodox Christians under pagan rule, and was personally blessed by many for the baptism of his son.

Orthodox Christians attach great importance to the baptismal rite, as well as the Eucharist, and on such an important occasion, most of the Christians in the city gathered together, but fortunately, the church of Santa Maria Maggiore was large enough to accommodate so many people, which is also the credit of Celius's frequent donations.

After the priest anointed the eyes and forehead of the newborn, the baptism ceremony was officially completed, and everyone drew a cross on their chests and shouted "Amen", Celius smiled, although he was often wandering, he was still a staunch Orthodox Christian, and his dealings with the Persians were only the necessities of life, and God was his spiritual sustenance.

Just when Celius accepted everyone's congratulations, there was a noisy voice outside the door, and Celius, who was proficient in multiple languages, heard it directly, and the person outside spoke Turkic, he listened carefully, and couldn't help but change his face,

At this time, the priest and the others looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, and after a moment of hesitation, the priest looked at Celius,

"[Generous] Celius, what's wrong? What's going on out there? ”

The priest didn't know Turkic very well, he came from the south, and he was more familiar with Arabic than Turkic.

"I'm afraid something is going to happen, the Turks outside are shouting to surround this place, it's not good."

Celius frowned, walked quickly to the side door, and looked out through the window next to the door, everyone was frightened by the tense atmosphere, and they all fell silent,

Celius thought quickly in his heart, this situation is not unheard of, in the Persian region, the enemy hunts and kills and the like are more common, in comparison, Anatolia is a little better, in the past, it has been under the rule of the Roman Empire, and then it was the Ottoman Sultan who maintained order, and he has experienced a lot of trials between life and death, but this time it seems a little extraordinary.

Leaving the door, he walked briskly to the altar where the priest was, without the slightest pause in his tone,

"Father, please get out of the way."

The priest unconsciously walked down the altar, and Celius took three steps and two steps, took down the icon above the offering table, took out the key from the back, walked to the back of the church, and tinkered with something in a small corner, and after a while, a small door appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and they did not know where it led.

"It's... This..."

Father Yuri was astonished, he had been living here every day, and he had no idea that there was such a small door at the back of the church.

"There's no time to explain, Father, and everyone, we have to leave,"

Celius did not change his face, ignoring the priest's expression, for a person like him, it is normal to be cunning, not to mention that this church is funded by him, and it couldn't be easier to do it.

"This door leads to a cowshed, that's my property, let's get out of here."

Gradually, the laughter came, and it became clearer and clearer, and although he didn't understand it, Father Yuri knew that it was definitely not a good thing, and he didn't dare to hesitate at the moment.

"Quick, children, God bless you, get out of here."

Father Yuri asked a priest to lead the way, and he stayed where he was and did not leave, but loudly maintained order,

"Let the children go first, the women second, and the men last."

The crowd was a little frightened, but the scene did not become chaotic, but honestly followed the priest's instructions and went out one by one.

On the other side, Celius was whispering to his henchmen,

"Joo, after you go out, go to our courtyard and get all the weapons ready, inform everyone to get ready, our chance has come."

Joo, who had received the order, spoke a few words next to the priest and soon left the church with the help of the priest.

Celius took a few steps towards the front porch, and from a distance he could see a man with a group of soldiers walking in menacingly, some icons and berries and other foods in the front porch were knocked over, the soldiers were all armed, the leader had a smile on his face, the soldiers were very serious, and they looked like regular troops,

"How strange is that Mohammed II dared to do such a thing?"

Celius muttered to himself, inwardly incredulous.

The city of Adana is not small, Ibrahim fought fiercely at the Sultan Gate, the Sultan Gate is the east gate, and the city is outside a plain, the Church of Santa Maria is located in the west of the city, and the north is the Taurus Mountains, which separate the Cilician Plain from the Anatolian Plateau, and there is a city gate located in the south of the city, and the whole Adana is such two gates, which means that Celius did not get the news that Ibrahim and the Ottoman troops were fighting fiercely in the east of the city, and in his heart, he also thought that this was a signal that Mehmed II was ready to attack the Orthodox Christians，

What should be explained here is that everything has a process of development, although the Ottomans are a country dominated by MSL, but the influence of the Orthodox Church is unparalleled in the entire Near East, even if it is a crusade, there is no way to eliminate the influence of the Orthodox Church, the most important feature of the Roman Empire since Constantine the Great is the problem of the church, so that the emergence of the very famous "Destruction of the Icon Movement", the purpose of this movement is actually the same as the ancient Chinese Jiajing Emperor "Great Rites Discussion", Zhao Yingzong's " Pu Yi "is not much different, all of them are to strengthen the imperial power, but one is to seize power with the scholars, and the other is to seize power with the church.

And the influence of Orthodoxy is so huge, which also leads to the Ottoman Empire must adopt a relatively moderate attitude towards Orthodox Christians, including its later conquest of the Mamluk dynasty, there is also the existence of the Coptic Church, whose head is the former Patriarch Alexander, who now calls himself the Coptic Pope, and Abyssinia (now Ethiopia, ancient Akyoum) in East Africa was deeply influenced by it, which is why the Ottoman Empire did not have any religious discrimination at the official level, But in fact, it secretly forced people to convert by imposing taxes on pagans.

It is foreseeable that if the Ottoman Empire had not been in such a position, without such a mass base, or if the infidels at home did not have the strength to compete with the MSLs, and if there were no European countries to give the pagans at home hope, would the Ottoman Empire still be so "merciful" to the infidels?

And now, although there are many Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman country, but it has not yet reached a very strong point, the Anatolian plateau has been infiltrated by the Turkmen Turks I don't know how long, the Byzantine Empire has long lost control of Anatolia, for a long time, Anatolia was controlled by pagans, which means that in the entire Near East, Anatolia is probably the weakest area of Christian power, not one, This is why Mehmed II and Khalil dared to tentatively attack the Orthodox Christians in the country, and it is no wonder that Celius thought of this aspect in the first place.

Selius did not look any further, turned his head and walked towards the chapel, approaching the altar, and by this time, the crowd was almost finished, and he came to the priest,

"Father Yuri, aren't you leaving?"

Father Yuri in front of him had a white beard, but he was meticulous, and his face was solemn and solemn, I saw him sigh slowly and stretch out a pair of wrinkled hands,

"May God bless you, my child, I have lived long enough, I don't know what will happen in the future, but I believe that it is all arranged by the Lord,"

Father Yuri cheered up, and there was even a slight hint of ridicule in his tone,

"When I was born, the Roman emperor was still Manuel II, I have seen him, he is very much like an emperor, even the most demanding people will be infected by his appearance and spirit,"

Father Yuri picked up the cross next to him, used it as a crutch, and walked a few steps to the front porch.

"I have not seen the current Emperor Constantine XI, but I can imagine that maybe, he can inherit the great legacy of his ancestors."

Father Yuri smacked his lips, but Celius stopped him without saying a word.

"I'm sorry, Father, why don't you try and leave with us?"

Father Yuri laughed, and no one knew what he was laughing at,

"There is no need for this, child, just let me be with the church, my faith tells me to keep the people safe, and the rest, follow my heart."

Celius looked at Father Yuri deeply, as if to imprint the image in his mind.

Selius usually dealt with the Persians, and all he encountered were deceit, and even in order to facilitate trade, he also learned the etiquette and taboos of the YSL religion, etc., in some ways, he was even more MSL than an MSL, but this is no way to do it, the Persians have long controlled the Silk Road, as early as the time of Justinian, Justinian wanted to pass through Abyssinia in East Africa to Sikkim (now Sri Lanka) and then to the Chinese/Spice Islands, but unfortunately, the Indians of Sikkim are more recognizable, They only traded with the Persians, but they had little interest in the Abyssinians, which led to Justinian's idea never being realized.

For Justinian, the Axumite Empire, which was also of the Christian faith, was obviously easier to deal with, and its location was not very far from Sikkim, so the Persians suffered greatly from the Persians, but for a long time, Byzantium had to accept such an outcome.