The banquet was over, and Altai breathed a sigh of relief. That night, the office gave him the cost of this escort, and Altai also gave the money to his brothers. If you are in Ankara in the east, this is a beautiful piece of paper printed in Greek, Latin, and Chinese. Paying for your hard work with this stuff is a tease.

In Constantinople, however, there are many shops that accept money from all over the world, and a piece of paper can be exchanged for many goods that are not available in Ankara. With Altai's current knowledge, this amount of money is not small for ordinary outer guard work, and of course it will not make people rich. But for the brothers, at least let them drink a few glasses of wine, or buy enough food to eat for five or six days. Looking at the smiles of the brothers, Altai also felt very happy.

In a sense, the Khasasin were penances, trying to keep a state of mind as comfortable as possible. However, hunger soon followed, so there were so many Assassins who killed people for money and set fires insulting the name of the Assassins.

After a night's rest, the next day there was nothing to do, and Altai was ready to go to the bookstore. The libraries of Eastern Rome have been looted many times and have suffered heavy losses. What's more, such places will not be open to people like Altai. But bookstores appeared on the streets, which made Altai feel that Constantinople was cute.

Standing in front of the bookstore, Altai tidied up his clothes a little. When you enter the bookstore, you smell a faint smell of ink, and the tall shelves are neatly arranged with many books, which are very thin unlike the thick tomes of the past. Looking along his favorite bookshelf, Altai saw Caesar's "Gallic Wars", and he was overjoyed and quickly pulled out a copy. It feels very light to the hand, and the volume of books is completely different from the previous time when Altai was lucky enough to visit the library.

Turning to the introduction, you can see that the book is written in Latin: This book is a reportage written by Gaeuus Julius Caesar in Rome, the book consists of 8 volumes, the first 7 volumes are written by Caesar, and the history before the autumn of 52 BC is recounted, and one of Caesar's lieutenants, Hiltius, wrote the eighth book for this book, recounting the war to 50 BC.

It has been said that at this time, Caesar needed to write to justify his wars in Gaul and the expansion of his military power. Hence the speculation that the Gallic Wars were written for the purpose of political propaganda and self-justification. There are also other opinions, another view of which is that Caesar wrote one volume a year from 58 to 52 BCE, because he reported to the Senate every year.

In any case, the Gallic Wars contains a great deal of information about Gaul and the Germanic region at that time, especially Caesar, who commanded the army, and the Roman legions. If you want to understand the Roman Republic of that era, this book is a must-read.

……

Looking at the profile full of Great Song style, Altai smiled slightly. The text is clear and clear, and the font is small but extremely legible. Otherwise, how could it be possible to print a thick book so lightly. Looking at the pricing behind the book, it is less than a quarter of the cost of Altai as a guard. In other words, if half a month's meal money can buy this meaningful "Gallic Wars".

Since money was not an issue, Altai continued to shop with the book. There are not only history books, but also religious books, and of course, there is no shortage of popular reading materials. For example, "Oriental Travel" is among them. There are also pamphlets of the works of playwrights from the Roman era. Now that Eastern Rome has been Hellenized, there will certainly be no shortage of works by Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and others. Looking at the pricing, the price of these books seems to have nothing to do with the provenance or rarity, but rather with the thickness of the book.

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Holding a stack of books, Altai returned to the dormitory provided by the provincial office in Europa. Altai washed his hands and face, wiped them clean, sat comfortably at his desk, picked up "The Gallic Wars" and read it.

For the next two days, Altai enjoyed his leisure time, and whatever the price of the books, the Latin texts took him back to the grand days of the Roman Republic's conquest of Gaul. The book contains not only the full text of the Gallic Wars, but also the history of Caesar compiled by the printers themselves. Unlike his great predecessor Marius, who did not know foreign languages or even Latin, Caesar was born into a noble family and served as treasurer, chief priest, chancellor, consul, procurator, and dictator. There was nothing wrong with his writing, and it is likely that these words were written by Caesar himself.

Altai also read in the profile what he didn't know before, that in the struggle between Marius and Sula, both sides identified the other's henchmen as "enemies of the people" and purged them, resulting in Caesar's relatives being killed in the purge. In the face of the last lone seedling of this family, some elders couldn't stand it anymore, saying that they couldn't kill even the children.

Seeing this, Altai suddenly had an idea. Caesar did not engage in the Great Purge in his life, and was eventually assassinated by a group of Roman senators. With Caesar's decision, didn't he know that the Senate was full of people who wanted him to die? But Caesar did not engage in purges. Maybe it has something to do with his personal experience?

By the third day, Altai was too tired to stand it. No matter what kind of meal it is, if you eat it day and night, you will always be mentally unbearable. At this time, someone came to visit, and Altai put down his books and went to meet them. As soon as he saw the other person's face, Altai regretted it. However, the guy on the other side came up enthusiastically and wanted to hug Altai, as if he had never arrested Altai and locked him up for a long time.

Altai couldn't openly turn his face with the hooded man, so he could only cope with the meeting. Everyone was a member of the League of Assassins, not to mention that the hooded man did not kill Altai at that time, nor did he torture him. Waiting for the others to retreat, the hooded man asked with a smile, "I want to exchange information with you." ”

"What information?" Altai said perfunctorily.

"More on that later. Let's start with the conditions. ”

"On what terms?" Altai continued to perfunctory say that no matter what the conditions, Altai was inclined to refuse.

"I'll tell you the information, and you'll do something for me in the future."

"Nope." Altai replied.

"Give you another chance to choose."

“…… All right. ”

The hooded man leaned back in his chair in satisfaction, telling the information he wanted to exchange. Altai's expression gradually became solemn, and when the hooded man finished speaking, he asked, "Can you tell me or not, someone will definitely give you a higher price." ”

"You're right." The hooded man nodded, "But I don't believe them." Altai, after all, we are all members of the alliance, and there are many things to talk about between us. Others did not understand the Assassins. ”

Such close words made Altai's expression a little more solemn, and after a moment of silence, Altai said: "Who in the alliance betrayed us?" ”

The hooded man smiled wryly, "It's been almost a year, and you still remember that incident." ”

"I won't let that traitor go." Altai's voice was cold.

"I'm not sure who the traitors are, so I don't go to the people in Europa. I even doubt that there are real traitors, probably because someone trusts the people out there too much and doesn't know that those people will also trade our heads for their benefit. However, I will continue to investigate this matter. With that, the hooded man stood up and left.

Looking at the back of the hooded man, there was also distrust in Altai's flashing eyes.