To Four Thousand Years Later

"Inside is His Majesty the King.

The tall Wei looked solemnly: "Master Marquis can go in, others please wait at the door.

The man with a haggard look nodded and answered in a low voice.

His face was thinner than the stubble, and his hair was long and unkempt. But because he had already been taken to take a bath in advance, the smell on his body was not too strong.

This man was not a nobleman of Frank, but a prisoner of Frank. It has been more than a week now, but Marquis Heilu still hasn't forgotten the tragedy of that day... and he can't forget it either.

In fact, the current Black Pihou can no longer hold the sword.

Just by lifting the sword and feeling the texture of the metal in his palm, he could immediately smell the charred corpse. I always suddenly feel that there is something approaching me at high speed behind me, or something is coming from my ear... But when I look back carefully, there is nothing.

But as long as you don't hold a sword and don't put on a robber's armor, nothing will happen.

He was escorted to Aachen by Frankish soldiers, and the days when he was in sackcloth on the road were the times when he felt the calmest and most peaceful. Hei Luhou still remembered every detail of the way they were escorted—their equipment and weapons were removed, and they walked on the ground wearing only bare clothes and bare feet.

The Franks tied their hands and organs in front of their bodies with hemp rope, and then strung them in a long row; they also used a long rope to wrap around each person's left thigh. Then the Frankish soldiers flanked them to the left. Escort these prisoners back to the rear.

This method of using double knots to prevent escape was taught to them by Malajiji, the deputy general of the Frankish army. In the process of escorting captives in the past, someone would always try to break the knot on his wrist and then take the opportunity to escape. Once a person escapes. Even the people in the back row will get into chaos and this new double rope mode has become very effective. Because the knot on the thigh is relatively tight, if someone tries to break free, the whole formation will be pulled and shaken. Several people in front of and behind the escapee could notice it.

And Malajiji adopted the mode of ten people in groups—each group would break the ropes connecting their hands at night, and pull their left legs out of the ropes, sleep in groups and isolate each other. This made it impossible for them to escape alone. Each group of captives is guarded by a veteran. Once some captives in this group escape and the others do not report, then all the captives in this group will be executed. But if someone yelled as soon as the captives fled, they would not be punished. It is indeed not an easy task to keep one person from escaping, or to keep a few of them from escaping from hundreds of people... But it is less difficult to keep an eye on ten people just to keep them from escaping. Much more. If one person wanted to escape, the others would immediately yell and attract guards. After all, once a person running away with bare feet is found, it is impossible to outrun the horse.

So none of them dared to escape, and they even kept a close eye on the people in Ruo's group and told them not to escape, much more seriously than the soldiers guarding them. Before marching in the morning, let the soldiers guarding them rewind the ropes on their legs.

Of course, even so, there are still courageous people—in other words, people with weird brains who want to escape, although there is only one person. Heiluhou witnessed his end with his own eyes.

At that time, there was a tug of rope in the team, and someone suddenly rushed out of the team. He wanted to take away the swords of the soldiers not far from him. And he did succeed.

Hei Luhou knew that guy. A descendant of a minor nobleman. His martial power was indeed quite capable of forbearance for several days, and finally made him wait until the day when the sky was dark and dark. The man stepped forward in three steps, and snatched away the soldier's saber next to him, used the hilt, and then cut the ropes on his wrist and thigh with the sword backhand, quickly took off the soldier's shoes, and put them on Then run into the woods.

Heiluhou almost thought he was going to succeed

However, at this moment, the comrades in front of him and behind him suddenly rushed forward and hugged him tightly as if possessed by a demon.

At that moment, Hei Luhou was stunned.

He turned his head and saw the weird smile on Malajiji's face, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart. This trick of manipulating people's hearts is like a curse.

He even doubted it for a moment. Could it be that this fat man invaded the minds of those captives with indescribable means, which made them madly hug their comrades who were about to escape from 2?

And that person was merciless. He hacked two people to death as if he had gone crazy, and then he froze in place as if he had just realized it.

As a result, the cavalry rushed over after being dazed for a while. They didn't kill him, they just chopped off his hands and legs, and left him to hang in the wilderness. It would be better to simply chop off his head.

With this lesson learned, no one tried to escape after that. And that person was like an actor hired by Malarjiji. That person was not a warrior at all, but a magician who played tricks on people's hearts and contemptuously. Heiluhou felt terrified.

How eccentric would a king who would appoint such a person as a military general be?

But the facts didn't quite match what he expected.

He has no other talents. People are still pretty accurate. Just as he believed that although King Stone was brutal, he had enough talent to make the Goths flourish...he just saw King Solomon's demeanor at his desk, and he knew that this man was definitely not an unkind tyrant.

"Your Excellency is the Marquis of the Black Deer.

Seeing him coming in, King Solomon raised his head and showed a gentle smile: "Sit."

"Yes, Your Majesty.

He lowered his head and responded hoarsely.

When Hei Luhou sat down, he straightaway said: I want to tell you something... Please control your emotions.

Hearing this, Heiluhou felt a little uneasy.

"Only three days ago, your King Benito was assassinated and died."

Charles said quietly: "The murderer is the new Marquis and former Chief of Internal Affairs Hildigard.

"This is impossible!"

Heiluhou immediately exclaimed.

He immediately realized his gaffe and apologized to Charles.

But this made it hard for him to understand—anyone is willing to betray the Gothic king, but Hildigard is the only one...he is the most loyal royal party?

"Of course, there was a reason for Hildigard's assassination of Benitoce. King Solomon said softly, "Because of the tense battle at the front, some nobles tried to negotiate a peace, but King Stone vetoed it. He is determined to mobilize the power of the whole country. Resisting to the last moment, Hei Luhou didn't want to let go, and felt bitter in his mouth.

But this is indeed something His Majesty can do. Absolutely can't win" Such a conclusion.

"However, some nobles protested too urgently, causing His Majesty King Stone to become angry and execute several ministers in public. Sorry for using the word execution. So several nobles also made more radical actions... For example, killing the animals raised by King Stone Show him determination by killing a pet.

Did they kill the griffin? !

Hei Luhou was startled immediately.

Maybe King Solomon doesn't know, but those idiots should know that King Stone cares more about her than his parents and children... and then? "

Heilu Hou asked in a shy voice. Although he had roughly guessed what happened afterwards.

"Afterwards, King Stone planned to execute the entire noble family involved in this matter. There were about seven or eight families, at least forty people. Hildigard felt that this was too stupid. After remonstrating with King Stone to no avail.

So, Goth has no king now? Or is Hildigard the new king? Or someone else?

Heiluhou's face was compelled.

"Yesterday, a representative of Goth sent me a letter."

Solomon said. Pushing the letter on the table in the direction of Hei Luhou, there was a smile on his face: "The content... is related to surrender and ransom. You can take a look, this is related to ransom of two pages.

"That's right, the two pages are cruel and greedy. After this battle, there is no money left. With the financial power of the whole country, we can only buy the three most valuable adults." As for the other infantry, cavalry and other noble children, what does your country mean? Willing to sell them to our country at the price of slaves as a debt repayment. Solomon turned to the trembling Black Deer Hou and said with concern: "According to the terms of surrender, I will be the Gothic king after you... If your noble economy over there I'm really nervous, do I need to issue an IOU first? After all, if too much funds are embezzled in one go, even more trouble may arise if the turnover is not good.

So... so barren. The Gothic is famous for its trade, how could it be possible to afford a mere 8,000 gold? Not to mention the royal family's treasury, even if they are almost dead, just a few families make up for it. It is easy to take out more than 10,000 gold coins! They didn't care about those soldiers at all! These living people are not as good as half a gold coin in their hands!

these idiots

…No need, Your Majesty. This. Son...gold coins. Goth is still affordable. Heiluhou was silent for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "I, no. I have an unfeeling request. Your Majesty, can you temporarily lend these two pieces of paper to... I want to show it to two of my friends." Naturally," King Solomon nodded friendly, "you will all be my servants from now on. What's more, you will be sent back to Rome in three days, and you will know about it at that time. It doesn't matter if you know a few days in advance...

"You can take it. But remember not to tell the soldiers, or it will hurt your feelings." King Solomon said seriously.