Eagle Byzantium

"Recently, the true believers have really encountered bad luck. I heard from the detectives on the other side of the strait that the heretic emperor had sent his palace chief steward 'Little Bird' to lead the inner cavalry to confiscate the alum mine in Fikea and expel all the people in Fikea. The believers who were mining there occupied the market town and burned and killed seven elders. It is said that the alum mine will be leased to the Ligurians. Hum, hum, our believers' finances will become difficult, but it doesn't matter. Gradually, I will become unkempt, unable to wear silk or fine cloth robes, and my appearance will be ruined. Gold, silver and amber jewelry that adds brilliance can no longer be made of crystals. The rabbit cat I gave you in my cage to protect you from the cold will no longer be able to afford the small wardrobe made of Kaiosan mastic paint - no one will remember me, and the community of believers will be disbanded, Kabeami Ya will become the last consul who died the most shameful and tragic death - she hugged the rabbit and walked together in the wilderness. Starve to death, hum hum…" As he spoke, he deliberately diverted the topic of Gawain and Anna's marriage, but she couldn't avoid the pain of frustration, and the female consul, who was in a trance, said with She covered her face with her slender hands, her skin began to turn red, and she laughed incoherently while sitting on the edge of the couch.

"In the future I will give you a large share of the alum mine in Smyrna. The reserves there should be ten times that of Phicaea." Gawain said guiltily, "In addition, I also guarantee that Melitene will be yours in the future. Holy sister, you will be the chief of the Melitene Republic. Archon, you are the one who restored Paul. You will never be a sinner, and you will never starve to death." After saying that, Gawain sat on the couch and held the holy sister in his arms, "You must know that I can't let you. Anna carries the stigma of having my child without marriage.”

"I know, I know... But she is still your favorite, right? At Sinop's place, I was the one who recommended myself as a pillow... and I have no regrets. Yes, because I have fallen with you... In the future I "We have been excommunicated by the true God. If you go to the Hell to guard the gate, I will hold the fire fork and be your companion. Of course, the purple-robed princess will ascend to her heaven. Hell cannot tolerate her nobility and elegance." Amiya threw herself on Gawain's shoulder, crying like a little woman.

"Yes, we are close partners. There will be many Paulists who will rely on you in the future. Immediately, I will place all the believers who are fleeing from Fikea by boat to Sisi County and be responsible for mining. And Blacksmith, they won’t go hungry or cold.”

"You're trying to win me over again, and you're deceiving me again, so sometimes you are a brave and righteous border Ghazi, capturing women's hearts, and sometimes you are like a cunning Varyag merchant selling fake amber, defrauding women's hearts. "Cabeamia was also tired of crying, so she snuggled into Gawain's arms, letting her loose hair hang down and continuing to complain with half-open eyes until she fell asleep.

Over there, the great comet orbited over the wilderness outside Konya. The surrounding area was covered with pale light for more than ten miles. The soldiers guarding the entire castle, as well as the people, tax collectors, teachers and students of the seminary, were frightened. Curious people crowded around the towering battlement towers, watching this strange and grand scene.

In the sultan's white palace in the city, groups of high-ranking Atabergs and beys from the Roma Sultanate were walking up to the hall, which was surrounded by colonnades on three sides and a courtyard corridor on one side, wearing armor and weapons. At the end, Giliki Arslan was sitting there wearing a pure white linen robe, with a half-worn black felt underneath him.

Surrounded by a large group of Danishmend mercenaries, Ibn Maimun came to this hall specially. He looked at his students opposite, his eyes and heart full of complex emotions.

After everyone stood still, Ibn looked at the Bayeux pattern hollowed out wall on the other side of the hall. The Sultan's wife and a pair of children were sitting there sadly, staring at the Sultan's back. "Today, I am here to supervise the great people." The Sultan of Rum fulfilled the black carpet promise he made when he came to the throne." At this point, Ibn Maimon's voice was choked up.

After finishing speaking, dozens of Roma beys in the entire hall asked in unison, "During the black carpet, you said you could be the sultan for a few years, do you remember?"

Giliki lowered his head, and his memory was rapidly switching scenes: When he was thirteen years old, he was elected as Sultan by the generals and lords of Roma. Under the auspices of his teacher, who was also the Grand Vizier, he was seated on a black felt Then everyone swarmed forward and beat him. His nostrils and eye sockets were bleeding. His vision quickly became blurred with the black shadow of the fist falling, and there were still Mixed with many people's shouts and reminders, "Think about your late father's career." Then, a silk scarf strangled the young Sudan's neck from behind. Amidst the squeaking sound, Giliki's eyes were completely immersed in the night. , his face turned red and it became increasingly difficult to breathe, and the people's scoldings and punches gradually became unnoticeable, and Giliki fell into a state of confusion.

"Tell me, how many years can you be the Sultan?" Countless voices like this sounded in the dark.

"If in ten years the West cannot cross the Holy Sea, and the East cannot drink from the Euphrates River, I will die." Such an answer was the young Sultan's dream and ambition, and also his angry words when he was in a coma.

And now is the time to fulfill it. Giliki Arslan did not make his original "black felt promise" in advance.

So, at this moment, Giliki, lying on the black felt, sighed and closed his eyes. The smiles of his wife and children appeared in the darkness, "Ten years have come, let me accept a glorious death."

The same black felt, the same ribbon, and the same host - Ibn Maimon waved his hand.

A few minutes later, the big comet passed Konya, carrying countless scattered stardust, and dissipated in the night sky over the ocean. The whole world was shrouded in darkness again.

The Sultan's body was lying cold and stiff on the black felt, with a corner of the ribbon still exposed under his neck.

Several Danishmond warriors exchanged glances with each other, and then, amid screams, they passed through the corridor with hollow walls, grabbed the Sultan's "wife" and "children", tore off their headscarves and collars, and forced them to kneel down, exposing their pink necks. "The Sultan has a will, asking his wife to be buried with him." The Danishmond warriors' blades were pressed against the back of the necks of the wailing women and children.

At this moment, many beys looked at this scene in some surprise, and then looked at the Grand Vizier. Ibn Mamun didn't say anything, just turned his face away and waved again.

There was a scream, and blood splashed in the gap of the wall. The Grand Vizier looked back in surprise, "Isn't this Shahnami's voice!" The whole hall was immediately in chaos. The Grand Vizier ran behind the wall himself, looked at the woman's body lying in a pool of blood, and then looked at the two children with pale faces, "Ask the doctor to get a speculum!" Soon a Saracen doctor came hurriedly, holding a small lens on the crank in his hand, and looked under the robe of the woman for a while, "This is still a virgin, the Sultan's wife has escaped!" (To be continued ~^~)