"Friend, hand over your scabbard. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info we don't embarrass you. The leading Walachian bandit cracked his foul yellow teeth in Greek, and while he held the reins and touched his saber, the horse under his crotch took strange steps, and several of the bandits behind him laughed maliciously.

Under the apple tree, the middle-aged man, who was dusty but still looked noble, still sat there and exhaled, "It took me so long to escape here, the guards and mounts have escaped and died, and now the mountain in front of me is Lake Nicaea." But, what do I do when I go back? All friendship and loyalty are lost, leaving only suspicion and betrayal. ”

"You won't go anywhere, but please drop the scabbard." Several of the horse bandits got a little impatient, kicked and beat their legs, and began to draw their bows and knives.

The middle-aged man bowed his head and smiled bitterly at the face of the well-mannered Greek-speaking horse bandits, then stood up, stuck his quiver on the ground, and then raised his bow, "But no matter what, I will not let a group of horse bandits come and rob me of my things." ”

With that, Alexios, who had fallen into the wilderness, fired an arrow, and the Wallachian bandit fell first.

In the second, third, and fourth, Alexios's archery skills were even more powerful than the bravest Turkic Gazi, like lightning, like weaving shuttles, and soon the remaining bandits were either killed or fled with arrows.

However, this also exhausted the last bit of strength of the Emperor, and he looked at the back of the remnants of the horse bandits fleeing, tired and hungry, put his bow down, and continued to sit cross-legged on the dirt, squinting at the apple blossoms above his head, and some young fruits with fine white powder, the Emperor lost his majestic physique, reached out and plucked a few of them, and could not wait to chew them.

The strange sour smell tied his brow and nerves together.

Then Alexios burst into tears, but he was saddened not by the loss of his throne of power, but by the betrayal or death of his family and friends.

Mylais, Matthew, etc., and so many soldiers who died or were captured for their own palace.

yes, he doesn't even know what he is doing now, and he is running back?

The clouds drifted by in the wilderness, and there was the sound of horses' hooves, and a group of armored patrol cavalry came over, and found the emperor munching on a green apple at the head of the pit, and the officer who took the lead approached and inquired.

"I'm a general, and I've escaped from the battlefield of Ferromeron." Alexios raised his eyes and looked at their uniforms, knowing that it was a ranger scout from the Prusha area, so he was very vigilant, and after reporting his "identity", he slowly grasped the bow on the side of his boots......

"We're scouts from the military region here."

"Oh? Who are your generals? ”

"It turned out to be General Tetisius, but he has been arrested because he is accused of abandoning His Majesty the Emperor on the battlefield. Now our boss has changed and is connected with the military camp in Nicaea. The leader of the scouts said as he tugged at the reins.

Now Alexios seemed to be relieved, and he walked over and took a steppe horse left behind by the horse bandits, straddled it, and said to the scouts, "Take me to your general and the chief of the court." ”

The group of scout cavalry looked at each other, then nodded to Alexios......

After crossing the last mountain range of Blasilon, everyone suddenly became brighter: the verdant scene near the city of Nicaea was reflected in front of them, the forests and lakes were dotted with dark and light colors, and the emperor, who had temporarily "hidden his identity", saw the dense camp under the eastern valley and the blue and white eagle banner hanging on it, and finally regained some confidence and confidence in his heart.

He had calculated wisely that whether or not Tetisius's defection was instructed by John, he would immediately announce it to the world as soon as he entered the camp of Nicaea, and then enter the imperial capital, Brachner's Palace, temporarily depriving John of his powers, and then purging the "princes" (mainly the military nobles and the tax collectors in the western part of the empire).

As soon as the order of Constantinople was put in order, he made peace with Gawain, because the Emperor now admitted in his heart that the other party was invincible, and then he would fight back against his former defeated general, Bohemond, and restore his prestige in the crown with such a victory.

In this way, the Emperor swayed in the saddle of his horse, as he carefully estimated the prospects of various schemes.

A gust of wind suddenly blew, and along the layers of forest waves, the emperor heard a familiar voice.

This voice was like a key, instantly releasing the terrible dream he had before the expedition from the iron cage in his heart.

He turned his head, and the black woods, black bushes, and long black grass were swaying uneasily, and behind them seemed to hide the eyes of a ferocious beast.

"It turns out that this dream is not in Thrace, but in Nicaea......"

The Emperor uttered such a thought in this second.

Then the wind blew on the Emperor, wrapping himself in the summer heat, and whirled up his tattered cloak......

The scout cavalry turned their heads with subtle expressions on their faces......

In an abandoned monastery at the end of the mountains and forests by Lake Nicaea, the Grand Governor of the Court and the Chief of the Imperial Wardrobe Niedemia. Eustace's face was covered in horrific blood, dripping down his folds, and he sat in a dark corner wheezing.

"Although many years have passed here, you should be familiar with the blood and smell here."

The man who said this was the cloaked Tetisius, the general standing only ten feet away from the "bird", as if sniffing the place with his nose, which had become a simple scar.

The bird lowered her head hoarsely and laughed, "That's right, that's where I gouged out the eyes of the George stableman." Is it finally your turn now? ”

"I'm sorry, because the prince now needs the support of Queen Irene and Myaulinus, that is, the support of the entire Ducasse family, so he can only treat you like this."

"So it's because I also took off the eyes of Mycollinus in the dungeon of Agnes...... Now that you've also admitted to your power grab? ”

"No, it's not a seizure of power, it's a normal act of succession after the emperor's defeat and death. With the approval of the Komnenos family and the Ducasse family, the ascension to the throne of Prince John is flawless. After Tetisius finished speaking, he bowed to the bird, "According to the laws of the Empire's mercy, it is impossible to impose the death penalty on a top honorary eunuch like you. So you will be sent to a monastery in Samothrace and live out the rest of your life in peace. ”

"Where's my nephew?" At this time, the little bird raised two bloody eye holes and asked such a question.

"He's good, he's against you and loyal to Prince John, and now he's respected and the Warden of the Empire."

"That's good." Then the bird sat there completely, and the darkness engulfed his already thin body.

At this time, outside the porch of the monastery, the scouts reined in the galloping horses, and the leading officer turned over and rushed to Tetisius, "Your Royal Highness, there is an emergency outside the camp!" (To be continued.) )