But when he didn't think of a good answer, Anna put her handkerchief on top of her head, like an ordinary Greek girl, tied her hair in braids with the corners, and shrunk it in the crook of Gawain's arm, and her voice was very low, "What if Sister Goethehild dies this time?" ”

This thought was too jumpy, but then she asked again and again,

"What if my father and mother die? What if you die, big barbarian? Wars, pestilences, famines, aren't these all sins that we need to atone for the Lord all the time? The city of Antioch in front of it is said to have hundreds of towers, the walls can allow eight war horses to gallop side by side at the same time, and thousands of elite warriors under the Turkic chief Yaji are stationed in it, so I was worried about whether you would be injured or killed, even if I wanted you to bow down under my skirt, it would be a living person? ”

Gawain breathed a sigh of relief and hugged Anna, "Don't worry, I won't die, I used to be so fateful in Nicaea City, I survived under the enemy's arrows, I already had the battle-like Patrila Division in front of Antioch City, I won't lose, didn't the dream give you my divine inspiration?" ”

"The divine revelation of the dream also says that you are destined to be mine!"

"I've never had a dream like this." Gawain was sloppy.

"Nonsense, I had a dream yesterday, the witch was gone, gone, but the great serpent, which symbolized my desires, had grown majestic wings, and it roared and circled up the higher clouds, where it was full of brilliant flames burning on it, and the scales of the great serpent were as indestructible as armor, and it passed through the burning clouds and took down the Venus on the edge of the sky. Then magically swam into my body - I felt, I felt," Anna's words were a little hurried. Her little hand squeezed Gawain tighter, "I think my lower abdomen still feels right now." I think that big snake is yours, it's yours - 'riding a spear'! ”

Now Anna's wish is clearly expressed, and her lower abdomen needs Gawain's riding spear on the other side, leaving an eternal imprint, even a child.

Gao Wen suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he wanted to remind the other party that as a princess in purple, he should be reserved and reserved, but Anna's words just now. There was no slightest pretension in it, he could only gently hug the girl, thinking that this kind of thing should still come naturally, right?

At this moment, two goddesses nervously ran out of the porch of the church, and cried out to the people, "Madame's heat, not long after it has subsided, began to rise again. ”

"Continue to apply the ointment. Drink the potion, arrange the barrel at once, bathe and scrub your wife, Anna, you will take care of this! Gao Wen faintly felt. Although Goethehild's condition had recurred, it was probably getting better, so he and Anna stood up together. also encouraged Anna a few words, and Xiao Nizi covered her handkerchief and carried her skirt. I ran in with the maid to help.

Then, Gawain walked over. After a few words of relief, Baldwin moved into the side hall in front of him, which was full of essential oil refining utensils, where many servants and pharmacists were busy, and he was a little tired, so he paced to the edge of the flower garden in the hall, and sat down on a chair, ready to rest.

At this time, on the side of the flowerbed, the fat eunuch Staulachos mysteriously turned out, knelt down at Gawain's feet, and said that he had a confidential report.

As soon as Gawain was about to ask, Starurachos pulled out a small green bottle from his jacket, "This is the mysterious medicine I gave to Her Royal Highness the princess in advance, and she never had the courage to use it. Therefore, the contemptible people think that it is better to tell His Royal Highness the Grand Duke. ”

"Staulajos, you've been busy making these boring aphrodisiacs all day long in the palace?" Gawain said in an angry tone, and the fat eunuch hurriedly explained that he was also thinking about the good things of you and the princess - now Anna. Ducasse was also fully old enough to marry and have children, and "the foundation of any great ruler has two conditions - a beautiful and noble wife, and a large number of children. "The fat eunuch is right.

Gawain, who had no choice but to take the medicine bottle, groaned twice, and instructed Stareulachos, "In any case, when Godhilde's illness is settled, you will be in charge of passing the word, and I will meet Anna and settle the matter." ”

The fat eunuch hurriedly agreed, and gently held Gao Wen's boots, and pleaded that all the affairs of the harem would be taken care of by himself, and he would be in order, and he would also do his best to inquire about every move of the female dependent, acting as Gao Wen's eyes and ears, "Well, aren't you always a bartender?" And then you will be the head of the palace - it would be a pity not to use your expertise. After the other party retreated, Gawain patted his knee, rubbed the warm green bottle with his other hand, and suddenly there was a desire in his heart, as if it could not be contained, he looked at the tender stamen of the moon flower on the fence, spitting out the bright and fragrant moon flowers in the moonlight and night light, and couldn't help but be stunned.

At the same time, in the distant city of Samosata, a fortress linking the Marash Mountains, Edessa and the Euphrates, all the inhabitants of the city—Armenians, Greeks, and even Saracens and Turks—lit countless pine torches, let out earth-shaking roars, and drove all kinds of siege poles and brass mallets, and surrounded the gates of the city's acropolis, which relied on the hills, and the shouts of killing shook the earth, and the mallets rained down in front of the crumbling gates.

"Archery, archery!" In the corner tower and gatehouse of the Acropolis of Samosata, the Turkic soldiers of the guard, after firing their shots, constantly raised their compound bows in their hands, and whizzed down deadly arrows in the direction of the voices below.

After the bloody battle, the bodies of the besiegers and the remains of the instruments lay in front of the city gates, and the rest of the living retreated.

Behind the fence of the city wall, a beardless old man dressed in a brocade robe and wearing a crown stared nervously, watching the movement under the acropolis, and after confirming the safety of the fortress, he slowly retreated to the hall at the core of the acropolis.

His name is Torus. Reuben, whose name is the same as the majestic mountain range, was the younger brother of Ruben I and the uncle of the current Prince Reuben, but he fell out with his nephew early on and established himself in Samosata: he hired a large number of Turkic and Kurdish mercenaries, and was an enemy of the Armenian lords. Arslan, Yaji. Siyan, Merrick and other Turkic sultans or chieftains colluded closely.

In addition, Torus himself was a cruel and oppressive lord, so the soldiers, merchants, and farmers hated him.

When Tancred, with only 200 Norman cavalry, with the coordination of the armies of Prince Ruben, Fira, Tsuss, and other Armenian lords, advanced towards Samosata, countless citizens, farmers, and even soldiers defending the city voluntarily embraced Tancred's banner and rebelled against Lord Taurus as the vanguard of the siege.

Now that the Taurus have rebelled, they can only take 500 Turkic mercenary guards with them to defend the city. The trump card in his hand, in addition to asking for help from the Turks from all sides, there is still a Turkic warrior left, he is from the Armenian plateau, named Ostu. Borduka. Jiang Mo. (To be continued.) )