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However, before the special envoy could finish his thoughts, there was a fierce knocking on the door in the courtyard.

It was Gawain and a group of brightly armored soldiers, standing on the street holding torches. "Your Excellency Maurice, I came here specifically to inquire about some of the information that Sam Bell revealed in the dungeon. Your Excellency Maurice, Mr. Morris..."

After the servants and servants in the house shook their heads and removed the bolt, Gawain calmly pushed the door open. Behind him, in addition to the custodial soldiers wearing knee-high chainmail and carrying sharp swords, there were also brothers wrapped in robes. Hui and Zixinhui were begging for help, and everyone filed in with grim expressions.

In the courtyard of His Excellency the Special Envoy, there is a beautiful glazed rainforest and a nursery of expensive flowers. Gawain coughed twice, walked through the cloister to the door of the inner room, and then pushed it open in a swaggering manner.

It was furnished with exquisite and expensive furniture, carpets and lamps. In the center was a large couch covered with colorful curtains. Two women with heavy makeup stood in front, smiling flatteringly at the patron. Their bras were opened very low. , the two bulging "sugar balls" on their chests stared at everyone, and they knelt down half-kneeling during the salute, "Your Highness, please enjoy everything here..."

Gawain laughed, and sure enough he sat down on the couch, making the bed creak.

The Syrian concubine slowly walked to the large cabinet against the wall and opened the cabinet door with the key. The bags inside revealed pieces of golden light, facing Gawain, "Sir Morris said that all the money here is Sam Bell bribed him in advance, but he kept it strictly and properly, waiting to be presented to you now as physical evidence to convict Sam Bell. "

"But Sam Bell's confession in the dungeon was very clear. He gave the envoy four bags of gold coins, but there are only three bags here." Gawain smiled noncommittally.

He clearly felt someone under the bed sighing slightly in fear.

"Perhaps the two of us can be worth a bag of gold coins?" The Antwerp woman with brown curly hair raised her eyebrows as she spoke, and came closer to Gawain until a forbidden soldier drew a sword in front of her. The woman was frightened and took a few steps back. After the sound of drawing a sword, Gawain felt that the "gentleman under the bed" was also frightened.

Gawain pointed to the small table in front of the couch and said to the Antwerp woman, "Bring me the nuts on the plate there."

The woman didn't know why, so she could only pick up the plate cautiously and bring it to Gawain as ordered.

Gawain stretched out his fingers and picked up a few pills, chewing them in his mouth, and then took out two more pills. With two "dong dong" sounds, the two nuts fell from between his legs and bounced a few times in the shadow of the floor under the bed, causing a pair of eyeballs there to move up and down.

"Come out, Your Excellency, Special Envoy Morris, I'll give you these two nuts to eat - alas, things are hard in the world, but you have to live no matter what..." Gawain said in the voice of the cracked shells.

After that night, the holy city of Jerusalem was quiet for two full weeks. After taking control of the power and law, King Baldwin recovered most of the properties and funds that had been embezzled and annexed by the patriarch and fairly distributed them to his subordinates. soldiers, and the customs at Arsu and Jaffa seaports Taxes were also quickly determined. There were as many as 150 types of past commodities that needed to be paid and registered. Taxes continued to pour into the king's treasury like water and blood, which caused great damage to the original chaos caused by Sambel. The nearly dying Kingdom of Jerusalem was given a new and powerful life.

Gawain's army was also stationed around the holy city. Four hundred camp prostitutes from Tarsus and the Levant came to the camp. After receiving the charter, they began to serve the soldiers: purely to bring physical pleasure, of course If that's not enough, this group of camp prostitutes also help the brigade soldiers to sell their trophies at the market, and also help them pack their tents, wash their clothes, etc.

The soldiers will give them generous rewards, so these poor women still think it is worth it to leave their homes for this. However, they still had to pay taxes, both to Gawain's stewards and to the Jerusalem authorities.

After accepting Egypt's compensation of 50,000 gold coins and Baldwin's reward of 15,000 gold coins, and giving them all to the soldiers, Gawain led the three main brigades and auxiliary troops with a peaceful attitude, taking his time. The land passed over Mount Carmel and entered the coastal plain of Lebanon.

Whether it was Haifa and Acre to the south of Mount Carmel, or the coastal cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Tripoli to the north, they all kept silent to Gawain's victorious army. They offered tributes and animals one after another, and begged Gawain to "pass peacefully." ".

In the middle of summer in June, Gawain's army passed the city of Antioch in a guard marching posture.

Tancred stayed behind closed doors. After he learned that Baldwin successfully ascended the throne and became the king of Jerusalem, he knew that this group of people would definitely be unfavorable to him in the future, but he might not be able to find an excuse, so it was best to stick to the well water. The principle of not violating the river is to stabilize the status quo and leave the other party with nothing to provoke - this is how Gawain's marching column is now treated.

However, there was no danger at all, because five days later, Gao Wen's team finally left the Syria Gate area. During the entire process, there was no armed friction between the two sides, which was regarded as a kind of cold "peaceful coexistence."

During this period, the Marash side was also particularly nervous. Their regent Feir tried his best to collect surrounding intelligence:

Baldwin had previously launched a successful expedition, destroying the disobedient castle of Susumus and plundering all its inhabitants;

Then the new king and Bohemond dispatched 12,000 men to the north to besiege the castles of Haifa and Acre. The war may last for quite some time;

After passing through the Syrian Gate, Gawain's army went to its capital, Tarsus, and seemed to be resting.

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But Fell was still not confident about the safety of the situation. He called the young general Hercules who had been on a diplomatic mission to Tarsus and asked, "You should know something about Gawain's situation, so please tell me where he will attack next?" Hercules answered without hesitation, "Now the borders are bustling with people every day, so Gawain has no intention of using force against us. Instead, he and the new emperor of Constantinople are in a state of hatred. His wife, the female Caesar of Tarsus, had expelled the envoys of Emperor John not long ago and vowed to hold John responsible for his father's death. So I think that in the next two years, Gawain will most likely continue to attack the West. We have to fight for the throne in Constantinople."

"Well...even so, we should prepare for a rainy day."

Hercules assured the regent confidently, "My previous mission can bring peace to the Armenians for a whole generation. Even if Gawain becomes emperor, we can still surrender to him conditionally at that time. If Gawain attacks, we can rely on the three strong castles of Marash, Tubercena and Lavodara to defend to the end, and we can also get reinforcements from Danishmond, Aleppo and even Antioch. In order to avoid the same miserable end as Bohemond, Gawain should also be afraid!"