Chapter 456: Byzantine Thieves

The voyage went smoothly, and in less than five days it crossed the Dardanelles and reached Constantinople. The ship searched for sellers of goods in the port, negotiated sales, and tally and unloaded the goods. Zhang Fan agreed with the owner on the date of the return voyage, and then went to get busy.

Naturally, Akon and Jin Ling went straight to the 'Hagia Sophia', and the two treasure thieves went to survey the terrain. Zhang Fan and his two women visited the greatest city in the medieval West, which ruled Eastern Europe for nearly ten centuries with the thousand-year-old empire of Byzantium! Although it is now beginning to decline, its accumulation of nearly a thousand years has made this ancient city of the Greeks brilliant! Its luxury and prosperity are not lost to several big cities such as Chang'an and Yangzhou during the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty in China.

Zhang Fan actually saw the ancient hospital in the church here! And here, Zhang Fan actually got the support of scene language communication, and exchanged with the priests to learn some of the Byzantine medicine and herbalism developed in the ancient Greek medical system! Zhang Fan really benefited a lot. And I also bought a series of ancient books on Byzantine medicine in the store, and the price of paper was very high due to the immaturity of the jishu of ancient papermaking! Therefore, the price of this set of books is very expensive, but it is very beneficial to Zhang Fan's medical skills.

The Byzantine medical system considered blood, mucus, yellow bile, and black bile to be the basis for the pathological classification of human constitutions, and that all diseases were caused by the imbalance of dryness, dampness, cold, and heat. This is very different from ancient Chinese medicine, but after careful analysis, it is the same! It seems that the exchange of various ethnic cultures is very beneficial to the development of Shijie civilization.

Green Wing and Dark Sakura bought the special clothes here for everyone, Mediterranean-style light style, robes, shawls, waist cloths, leather boots, even in modern times, it is very fashionable. And the clothing is made of cotton and linen, which is very comfortable to wear. Even Yoda customized. This goblin was very familiar with this western shijie, and some Byzantines were able to recognize this race. It's a bit surprising, but it's not exclusive. Isn't this the legendary dwarf (dwarf) elf?

On the night of the fifth day of arriving in Constantinople, three sneaky figures followed the excavation of the haode secret passage in the past few days and got into the royal palace of Constantinople! This place is much looser than the 'Basilica of St. Sophia', of course, not because the Byzantine Gothic guards were not doing their job, but because of the enchantment in the church, which made the rats really seamless. Akon discussed with Jin Ling, first robbed the palace, and then let the treasure hunt rats enter the church to steal the treasure under the cover of the spearhead relic! Even if you miss in the church, you won't go back empty-handed.

The night is long, the moon is dark and the wind is high......

"What are you? How dare you come and rob me of my wealth! "A gray-blue phantom appeared on the pile of treasures, he must have been very noble during his lifetime, dressed in fine clothes, and majestic!

Akon looked at the ghost that appeared in the underground treasury of the palace, it seemed that it must be a certain generation of Byzantine kings, guarding the treasure he had accumulated here. Where would the red-skinned mouse pay attention to him, drill into the treasure pile, and begin to carry the belongings professionally. However, their work was soon interrupted by the angry ghost, and a group of ghost guards rushed over, raised their broken swords, and slashed at the red-skinned iron-toothed rats, driving them away in all directions!

"Compare with me to summon the little brother?" Akon sighed and sacrificed the 'Yellow Springs Ghost Record', and the huge pages of the book were opened, and a group of skeleton warriors in scale armor rushed towards the Byzantine ghost guards! These battle spirits have been upgraded, and the scale armor they wear looks so familiar, as if it looks a bit like the scale skin of a sea serpent......

"More than souls, uncle, I've never been afraid! ......" Akon sneered as he looked at the ghosts and spirits fighting together. However, it seems that those Ghost Guards are stronger than Akon's War Spirit, which may be due to the weakening of War Spirit due to the difficulty of the scenario.

Jin Ling, the rat king on the side, said with a snort: "With all due respect, brother, you don't have to let them fight in groups, just use this enhanced version of the 'Hundred Ghost Book' to collect those ghost guards......"

"yes?!" Akon was empowered, and suddenly realized, what kind of strength is this, there is such a powerful ghost nemesis, and he is still competing with this old ghost who has been dead for I don't know how many years. Akon's mind turned, his hands sealed, and he muttered a spell in his mouth, and the 'Yellow Spring Ghost Record' emitted a white light, enveloping the scene, sweeping away the ghosts and ghosts in this huge treasure house......

…… In the darkness of the early morning, the gate of the palace suddenly opened, and a large group of Byzantine Gothic guards rushed out to search the whole city!

And in the secret passage of the 'Hagia Sophia', three earth-shattering thieves are running out of the city with a big bag on their backs! Behind them, a group of red-skinned rats were either holding golden cups, biting precious stones, or dragging the Pope's delicate slippers, and running along with them. Zuihou is responsible for burying the broken tunnel......

"Quick! You greedy fellow, tell you not to go to the Pope's bedchamber, you have to go! Akon scolded, hastily wearing an ill-fitting jeweled gown.

"Didn't you sneak into the beautiful princess's boudoir and steal her underwear...... Jin Ling defended, using a beautiful shawl as a turban and covering his face. Will this be able to make others unrecognizable?!

"Shut up...... you all shut up" In the face of these two shameless thieves, Yoda actually went berserk. Its space bag was actually filled with countless treasures, and it was stretched into a large bag, making it very difficult to carry.

On the hill outside the city, Akon and Jin Ling hurriedly divided the spoils, and Jin Ling was very generous, and the two thieves ran away. Akon didn't dare to meet Zhang Fan, just said hello to him, and took Yoda to swim across the narrow Bosphorus, Asia Minor, through the Seljuk Empire of the Turks, and went directly to Syria by land. This road, the Byzantines absolutely did not dare to pursue.

The best royal astrologer in Constantinople prayed with the Orthodox archbishop for divination, only to find that the results of the divination and the astrological signs were unusually confusing, only faintly pointing to Jerusalem and the Muslims.

"The friends of the Crescent Moon have come from the Sacred Land, slaying the enemies of the sea, inviting the darlings of the earth, stealing the luck of the Sages, and obliterating the hope of the Cross, who come from the far east and will surely disappear in the long river of history!" In our view, divination is not obscure. In general, divination was very successful, but the origin of the vow-keeper was too special for the soothsayer to be unpredictable.

The Byzantine Grand Duke, who presided over the divination ceremony, listened to the astrologer's analysis and said to the archbishop: "It seems that the matter has become clear, Saladin is a common enemy, maybe we should listen to the opinion of the messenger......"

The archbishop of the Orthodox Church hesitated a little, "It's just that the person who comes doesn't mean that there is, if we get involved, will it make the other side have some scruples and break the tacit understanding of the balance over the years......"

"I'm afraid we can't care so much now, we already have a reason for war......" The Byzantine Grand Duke threw down the result of the divination, and the archbishop picked it up with a trembling sigh......

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"This guy ......" Zhang Fan heard that Akon had fled in the wilderness, and he couldn't laugh or cry. In the morning, several groups of Constantinople garrisons had come to the port to search the harbor. Martial law has also been imposed on the streets. All ships are not allowed to leave the port at will! Zhang Fan and Green Wing Dark Sakura, who were wandering around the city, were also interrogated by soldiers from multiple guard units. Green Wing and Dark Sakura almost fought with them, if Zhang Fan hadn't stopped them, the three of them would probably have been detained!

The situation was even worse when the soldiers began to interrogate Zhang Fan and the others, hearing that they were coming on Muslim ships, and these soldiers were like great enemies. But fortunately, after asking Zhang Fan's name, some of the soldiers had heard of Zhang Fan's reputation. The ring reminds Zhang Fan that fame played a role, and that it was also the fame of China's victory over the Arabs. The searching soldiers kindly spared them, and the three of them finally escaped. I can't imagine that this unknown fame actually plays a role here!