() The clashes between the Kugits and the Salanders lasted only a short time, as the Salander forces raised the banner of convincing.

After some useless saber-rattling, the two sides finally sat down together and began to negotiate.

"What a superfluous move," commented Giovanni, "if you had surrendered when we first arrived, there would have been no need for so much trouble." ”

The woman in black said, "Even if you attack a week or two late, we will not meet, and my men will retreat to several oases on the edge of the desert". and will be there to close all roads until the plague is over. But you have already begun to attack, and we must stay here and force you to negotiate. ”

"It's not a negotiation at all," Giovanni said, "and I didn't promise you anything." I will still occupy these estates, and these Mamluks must be punished and expelled. ”

"It's natural." The woman had no intention of defending the Mamluks, "My army is loyal only to the Sultan of Salander, and to carry out the orders of the Grand Vichyl, and the Mamluks here have made it clear to me that they have no ambition to continue to rule, and they want to be loyal to you." ”

Giovanni said dissatisfied, "They should come to me." ”

"In that case, you won't listen." The woman pointed out bluntly, "Their soldiers are less than a hundred, and they are not qualified to negotiate terms with you." But now it's different, I've brought three hundred people, and in that case, you'll take their opinions into account. ”

"What if I told you I wouldn't think about it?"

"I'll tell them the truth," said the woman, "and that's all I can do for them." At the same time, I hope you don't embarrass me and my people. We don't have what you want, just a few panicked nobles and a few poor soldiers, you can't loot anything, and if you offend us, the whole of Salander will pour out their anger on you in the future. ”

"Oh," Giovanni commented bitterly, "it turned out that in front of me was such a holy woman, doing everything. It's just for a group of dying people to get justice. Really? ”

"These men received our party," said the woman, "with food and water, and for us to change our horses and clothing." I am obligated to do something for them. ”

"They're getting you into trouble at the same time."

"We have a nightmare behind us, and there will be no more trouble in this world." The woman said, turning her head to look at me, "This kid." You should put him in a storehouse and give him food and water for half a month. ”

"What about half a month from now?" A Varan soldier asked.

"Go collect his body, or congratulate him on surviving."

The woman and the Salander soldier slowly retreated to the manor, awaiting a final reply.

The Kugit suggested attacking, because these Salander soldiers did not have much fighting power other than a demonstration. Giovanni decided to take a better solution.

He refused Mamluk allegiance. Because that would cause bad associations among the Kugits and Creels, but he agreed that the Mamluks would go with the Salanders, because all he wanted was the land and the wealth on it, and he didn't care where the Mamluks went. However, within three days, the men had to walk cleanly: all of them were to be inspected, all their possessions were surrendered, and only the necessary food and water could be carried. This order was met with protests from the Salanders. They cried out to fight. However, their leader eventually agreed to the offer.

The Varans and Kugits set up checkpoints at the gates of the manor to check the Salanders who were slowly pouring out. Only a handful of nobles were exempt from this humiliation. Most of the Salanders were forced to lift their robes, shake their cuffs, and even have their anuses and ear piercings checked to prevent these men from taking away the wealth that belonged to the Valans. The Kujit kept suggesting to us that the Salanders might have eaten the gold in their stomachs, and that they should be dissected and examined.

As for me, I didn't believe the woman's nonsense too much. I know that some diseases can take people away in a matter of months, but I don't believe in the idea that they kill people in just a few days. The woman's words were also inconsistent, she said that the disease had been causing many people to fall ill in the south for several years, and how could I die in a few days. Before I saw death for the first time, I didn't believe that rumor.

"What should I do?" I asked Giovanni, because I was still a little scared, "Should we hide?" ”

"To be honest," Giovanni told me, "my friends at the beach haven't contacted me for half a year, and I know of some of the city's symptoms, but I don't know exactly what the disease will be." But I have no reason to be suspicious, I have been to areas where the plague has occurred, and there is nothing to worry about. The blood you cough up is nothing more than because you hit your chest. ”

For only plundering, not slaughtering, the mercenaries are happy to do so.

Although the woman was repeatedly dangerous, the Salanders would not forget this hatred, but this woman could only leave with her own people and go to the edge of the desert. I have the feeling that no matter what Giovanni proposes, the woman will accept it. When the Salanders saw me coughing up blood, they looked like they had seen a ghost when they saw our Kugit cavalry.

I guess I'll have a headache and fever for a few days, and by this time, I remembered Bella, whose herbs seemed to work. By the way, she seems to be waiting for me in the surrounding city of Eureka, I don't know what it is, and I may look for her when I'm done with the manor after this time.

The estate was larger than I expected, with two canals supplying water to the estate, and even a small chapel in the garden. The dome shone brightly, the walls were adorned with ornate bricks, the columns were carved with patterned Salander script, and the floor was paved with black and white stones. These Mamluks are very good at enjoying it. I pushed the door of the chapel, but I couldn't open it, I put my ear to it, and heard some movement inside. I guess the local imam is hiding inside.

"Victor," a young soldier showed me the three red pieces of cloth he had found in a box, "look, good cloth, you can barely see the lines on it" ''Huh, what are you looking at?'' ”

"There's someone in there." I said to him, "Has anyone ever been in?" ”

The man walked over curiously, "Someone can't be who brought the girl in to be happy, right?" He knocked on the door. Let the bastard inside come out and open the door.

There was silence inside the door.

The guy promised to bring someone over to take a look later. He told me that his cloth would bring back to Valankov so that the most beautiful hotel hostess could frown at him.

Shortly after Giovanni took over the estate, a group of local Creel nobles and merchants came to visit Giovanni. I sat on the side and listened to the men haggling with Giovanni as he weighed the distribution of the land. Surprisingly, Giovanni left the eunuch as his advisor, and the fat Mamluk had told Giovanni after he had been pardoned, even though he had offended him. But these gifts are all real, and I hope that Giovanni will treat these slaves well.

"What if I don't take these people?" Giovanni asked the Mamluk who had nothing left.

The Mamluk looked at Giovanni seriously and said, "Then they will have to die." Slaves have always been like this, they only live for their masters, and if their masters do not need them, they have to die. ”

Giovanni gave the maid to a Crelian merchant. In exchange for an unknown amount of gold coins. It is said that Giovanni tried her himself in order to verify this woman's ability, but as for the conclusion, I don't know what the conclusion is, I guess it's not very good, otherwise Giovanni would not be willing to abandon her. The manservant was sent back to the forest to work as a quartermaster's assistant, after all, there were not many literate people. Only this eunuch, after Giovanni talked to him a little. Leave him behind. Giovanni himself said that he didn't like to come into contact with strange things. But he did not chase away this eunuch, which caused rumors to circulate among the Valan soldiers. Saying that Giovanni's interest has become even more terrifying.

I felt a little stuffy in my chest, it must have been too hot. In the blink of an eye, I began to laugh at myself again, it was chūn day, and even the edge of the desert would not be sweltering. There was still a dull ache in my shoulder, so the doctor picked out the thorns and pieces of iron that had been pierced into the flesh, applied ointment made of sheep dung and fat to them, and when my arm began to shake because of the pain, the doctor bleed. Several veterans were skeptical of the treatment, but the physician said that he had been trained in Burke's guild, and the soldiers said no more, and the people who had read were right.

The hand now grabs something and shakes, and I don't know when it will recover. I was such a fool that I should have taught the woman a lesson, or at least I should have pulled down her veil and seen her for what she was, but I was frightened by her words. This woman is still in danger and I say I'm going to die, what an idiot. When I was chatting with the Valans around the campfire, I listened to these people talk about the plan, and although the Salanders had been looted, there were many noble children among them, and when the situation stabilized, they would go and arrest them, and the ransom would be a lot of money.

At that time, I asked these people, "Why don't you just arrest them?" ”

"That's not a good thing," said the Valan, "and we'd better not come forward ourselves when we take people for ransom." And these people can't get off their hands for a while and a half, which is still a trouble. They obediently hide on the edge of the desert and feed themselves, which is better, we save ourselves trouble, and when we have time, we go to catch people for money, it's like a piggy bank. ”

I don't believe in these ideas, since these Salanders have fled, then their families have probably been devastated, and the woman also bluffed me that the Sultan is also sick, who will pay the ransom' hell, how serious is this disease?''

A group of noisy Varan soldiers came, and the first one who walked was still holding the cloth under his arm, and he said from a distance, "Vido saw Giovanni hiding inside with a girl with a big ass, and he saw it very clearly, and Giovanni put her against the wall and stood up."

The Valans continued to talk at the door, "Strange to say, the eunuch handed over all the keys to the place, and the place leaked. Can this door be pushed open? ”

A few Valans tried, and it seemed to be plugged in with something.

This aroused the interest of the Valans, who took in the iron drill and the wooden rod, knocked the iron chisel into the crack of the door with a hammer, and opened the door little by little, and pushed a wooden stick into it. The wooden door was getting tighter and tighter, and the Valans had dodged left and right to prevent it from bouncing off when it cracked. Only two Valans stood in front of the crack in the door and continued their work.

It was so hot that I was thirsty again.

Since yesterday, I've been drinking water and drinking non-stop. It is no wonder that the people of Salander cherish the oases in the desert, and when I feel thirsty, it is as if I can drink the whole river in one gulp.

With a click, the door cracked, and the Valans pushed it straight away, and the door crashed to the ground.

Countless insects flew out, almost as if a black mist had flown out, and with the insects came an indescribable stench. The Valans were also smoked, and we waited a while before we went inside. The floor inside was the same as the outside, decorated in black and white, and further inside, it was pitch black, and the Salanders had covered the windows on both sides with thick curtains.

A spearman stepped aside, pulled the curtains, and startled himself, his feet were littered with dead men, the bottom still in a sack, and the top one just hastily stacked on top of each other. As more curtains were drawn, even the most daring Valans were dumbfounded, filled with hundreds of dead men, each bleeding from their nose and mouth, and the head of the body bag red with blood.

And in the innermost, there are actually living people, one of them is a sweaty woman, blood is flowing from the corner of her mouth, looking at my door and giggling, she is full of **, beside her, there are some men and women who are the same**, most of them are dead, these people have had crazy sex before they die.

Around this woman, there are several children.

"My God," cried one of the Valans, "it's a house of the dead, get out quickly." ”

"Burn here," said another, "the Salanders have killed people, and they should sue us." ”

Everyone echoed and withdrew.

"There's a kid there." I said to them.

"Leave it alone, Vidor!" A Valanite pulled me and took me out of this hell.

The woman's laughter turned to a howl as we walked into the courtyard where everything was shining brightly, and a pale-faced child seemed to want to follow us, but he was so weak that he tripped over the corpse after taking two steps.

The Valans sealed the gate with wooden bars, and soon after, the Valans set the house on fire, and black smoke rose rapidly.

I looked outside the door as if I had been roasted in a flame.

Thirsty, I suddenly found myself thirsty that I couldn't suppress.