Saying this, Gawain rode the black mare triumphantly but in a hurry, in front of him was a group of servants carrying luggage, the warriors of the guard holding banners, and behind him were the brotherhood in short burqas lined with chain mail, and the black-robed Protestant friars, although the port of Malrus belonged to the Earl of Adana, the Grand Duke's style of battle was even more imposing than that of Count Baldwin, and the surrounding citizens and merchants were obviously subdued by the tall and mighty general, and they all avoided on both sides of the street, Some bowed down, some took off their hats and bowed—they didn't know what important matter this man in uniform was going to Adana's palace to discuss.

But on the back of the slightly bumpy horse, Gawain's heart was only the sweet and sweet Anna who had been absent for a long time, presumably she had been waiting anxiously for a long time in her sister's palace.

So at the end of the shop on the docks, when Gawain on horseback saw Stauracos and several Seleucian court maids kneeling down in a row, he involuntarily held the whip, slapped it on his boots, and smiled. At this moment, Muzafi Adin, who was holding the reins, walked in front, and when he saw the grand duke's demeanor, he lowered his head and laughed secretly, while Dimu, who was carrying a long-handled axe to open the way in front. Goliath, on the other hand, had a calm and blank face, while Hetomia, who was walking behind with a box and a leather case, had a serious expression all the time.

After all, the Grand Duke has been holding back for so long on the battlefield of Antioch, even in front of the Persian beauties who had been full of tents before, the soldiers of Gimageis knelt down and begged him to laugh at the two, but he refused, "After all, the day of returning home is approaching, and I have to hand over a sincere answer to Anna's little girl." ”

As a result, the Grand Duke's procession ran away, and Hugh and William remained on the docks, and not even half of the people who received them appeared.

Finally, a few black-robed monks and monks came up to them, leading the way, very tall and thin, with eyes burning like wandering flames, and introduced themselves, "The contemptible man is the Seleucian god official Gottschalk, from the Rhine Valley, please ask the two noble lords to lead the process, and after a little more travel, as long as we cross the Adana River ahead, we will have a building in the city of Mamistra, and your men and horses will be well fed and rested." Following the orders of the Grand Duke, the rest of your journey will be handed over to the contemptible people, Mamistra, Tarsus, Zephilim, Lamas, and then to Seleucian City, and all the pavilions along the way will not have to be bothered to rest. ”

In this way, the anger of Venerable Hugh was somewhat subsided, and he asked Gottschalk and his party to lead the way, and when he had walked out of the bustling port market, Hugh saw that the whole country had opened up many irrigation canals and mills along the Adana River, and further upstream, the farmland became denser and denser, and everywhere stood settlements and fruit groves, which could not help but remind him of the rich scene of his native Île-de-France, and he did not expect to see it in this distant little Asia, and he suddenly felt very warm.

Stepping over a wooden bridge, the tall and beautiful city of Mamistra is in front of you, it is the second largest city in the country after Adana, covering 150 acres of ground and densely populated. When Hugh dismounted, he looked up and saw that on the lintel of the hall on the first floor of the church, the words "sin belong to Caesar, and sin belong to the church" were inscribed, divided into two lines in Latin and Greek.

The interior of the inn was quite spacious, with a closed courtyard enclosed in the middle of the two-storey house on all sides, and a cistern and stable for the cattle to rest, and the rooms were very plainly furnished, Hugh and William lived in the room by the corner, there was nothing outside the window, and Hugh thought it safer to face the bare street. When he sat down on the mattress, he sighed, sometimes angrily reprimanding Gawain and Bohemond, sometimes sarcastically mocking Raymond's cowardice and short-sightedness, "Next, it will be Raymond and Robert who will be excluded, wait and see!" ”

"Why not Godfrey." William next to him asked curiously, because in his mind, the Duke of Lower Lorraine was the most upright and gentle.

Hugh only sneered twice and did not give a positive reply.

But William leaned closer, obviously with a pouting expression, "I said, is it not that the honorable Hugh is willing to give up halfway on the pilgrimage, and I am very familiar with the court of Constantinople, so it is better to take the opportunity to submit the papers, join the emperor's armed forces, and fight against the Turkic pagans in Asia Minor - or, with the help of the emperor's financial support, and you fight for the power of Île-de-France, we will join forces to sneak back to Apulia and Taranto, overthrow the rule of Bohemond there, and establish our own kingdom, When the time comes, Apulia will be yours and Taranto will be mine, and I believe that Sicilian Roger will also support us in secret. ”

Hearing this, Hugh lay on the couch with one hand, touched his chin with the other, and looked at the room with no walls. Granmenilles intermarried: the kingdom of Île-de-France was now aggressively moving towards the Cantabria Sea (the Bay of Biscay) and Flanders, but it was a fitting goal for the ambitious Capetian dynasty to gain a richer foothold in the south.

"I have heard that the Count of Blois and the Count of Normandy are now the Emperor's guests, and that the Emperor has placed them beside Prince John as commanders of the army, and that they are about to march to the Anatolian Plateau, and we may follow suit, and we may ask the Emperor to ask us to cross the sea and open up westward." William's voice was even lower, and his expression was more mysterious, he knew so much about the insider, it seemed that he did have a big deal with Constantinople, and it was also a nail in the coffin that Alexios broke into the Normans, but it was removed by Bohemond in time.

While the two were whispering in the pavilion, in front of the Adana Palace, the trumpets of the soldiers on the city wall sounded in unison, and Gawain dismounted and hugged Anna who rushed out of the palace gate, Anna laughed, and was thrown in the air and spun in circles, the hem of her skirt applauded, and the braids were like the wings of a bird.

On the side of the pillar on the steps, Goethehilde, who was holding his tired waist with both hands, also smiled and looked at the pair. The little sunfish looked uncertain, and stood at the end, clutching the slender stationery, because she saw the elegant and upright girl of the Orson family in the Gawain battle team, "This kind of woman who can't do without men at first glance is the wife of Dorus, the son of General Orson." How can this big brown bear feel at ease, and ask her to come and serve with him, isn't he afraid that the power of the Orson family is too strong? (To be continued.) )