At night, the curfew begins.
In order to catch the escaped prisoners, the City Guards have implemented a curfew in the past few days.
Although after a few days of relaxation, the citizens began to go out to earn a living during the day, but they did not dare to come out again at night, and the City Guards did not allow citizens to They go out of their homes after dark to prevent fugitives from blending into the crowd of citizens and wandering to other urban areas.
The streets were quiet and deserted, except for the occasional barking of dogs and cats.
From time to time, the footsteps of the city guard patrols and the hoofbeats of the cavalry could be heard in the distance.
There is a street to the north of Bull Square that leads to the northeast.
In the middle of the street, on the right side, is the Sheriff's Department's arms warehouse.
This warehouse stores weapons that the Sheriff's Department has seized from criminals in the past ten years.
There are no more than 10,000 of these weapons.
There are 8,000 pieces, and there are even many military-style crossbows that are prohibited from being owned by civilians.
These are all Eastern-style recurve bows.
The city guards patrolling this street were from Cotesim.
He ordered these patrols to be moved away, so there would be no city guards on this street for at least two hours.
There is a sewer entrance under a big tree near the street.
The canopy of the big tree blocks the surrounding light, making this area shrouded in darkness.
The cover of the sewer entrance was gently lifted.
Chiboas stretched out his head and looked around, then jumped out from the stone stairs of the sewer very lightly.
He squatted on the ground and observed for a while. , and then whispered to the underground entrance: "Come up quickly."
First, Reese came out of the entrance one by one with more than a dozen prisoners holding weapons in their hands.
They quickly occupied all directions around them to guard.
Judging from the movements of these people, only a few of them were on guard. is trained.
After these people completed their vigilance, the underground prisoners emerged one after another.
As more and more people came out, Chiboas said to Reeses: "Go and deal with the few guards guarding the warehouse first.
You Bring a few people with me, take off your prison uniforms first, and then follow my instructions.
Be sure to deal with them before they start shouting.
If we attract the city guards, we will be in trouble."
Reizes nodded in agreement and followed Chiboas into a small alley with six strong prisoners holding weapons.
The warehouse is located in a small alley.
Chiboas and others only walked fifty meters before arriving at the door of a house.
There was a high wall around the house.
There was no one at the door, and the arched door was closed tightly.
Chiboas walked to the door and knocked.
Not long after, he heard footsteps coming from inside, "Who?"
Chiboas said: "I, Chiboas" Soon a small window opened on the door, and a human face appeared behind the small window, "It's Lord Chiboas, wait a moment, open the door immediately."
The arched door opened quickly, and Chiboas led Reese and others into the warehouse.
At this time, the prisoners outside were lining up and sneaking over against the wall of the alley.
The person who opened the door saw Chiboas walking in with a few unknown people and asked: "My lord, are they?"
Chiboas said: "Oh, they are new brothers who have come in.
I have told Mr.
Cortsim that you guys who guard the warehouse are working hard.
I am going to add more manpower to you.
I will bring them here this time.
Let them know the way and get familiar with the situation in the warehouse.
Secondly, check the security here.
The superiors are worried that the escaped prisoners will snatch the weapons stored here."
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The guard smiled and said: "It turns out he is a new brother.
The adults are really kind to us.
They know our hard work and give us more manpower.
The brothers are very grateful.
Sir and brothers, please come in."
Chiboas asked as he walked: "Where are the others?"
"The other four brothers are patrolling behind.
Please wait a moment, sir.
We will call them over right away."
Of course Chiboas knew that those few people were actually sleeping in the corner.
How could they patrol so honestly on time?
He nodded and said: "Okay, go ahead and ask them to come over quickly.
I have other things to do and have to go back early."
"Yes, my lord" After a while, all five people guarding the warehouse came over and greeted Chiboas: "Greetings, sir."
Chiboas waved his hand and said: "Come, stand in a row, I have something to say to you, and I will also introduce to you the new brothers."
The five guards immediately stood in a row.
Chiboas immediately glanced at Reeses and others.
Reeses and others immediately understood and began to disperse quietly without leaving a trace, faintly surrounding the five people, and Quietly he drew his weapon.
Chiboas spoke to the five guards, then suddenly changed his face and shouted: "Do it" Reese and others immediately raised their weapons and slashed at the five people standing in a row.
The five guards did not react at all and were hacked to death in fear.
Seeing that all five guards had been killed, Chiboas immediately said: "Quick, go and open the door for them all to come in.
Each person chooses a weapon and some food, takes it and leaves immediately.
It must be done within two hours."
Return to the sewer within a few seconds, otherwise you will be discovered by the city guard patrol."
Reese nodded to one of the prisoners, and the man immediately turned around and left.
Soon he led a large number of prisoners to the warehouse.
The eyes of the prisoners who saw the food were glowing green, and some wanted to start right here.
Eat, but Reese immediately stopped them sternly.
"We don't have much time.
If you don't want to be discovered, take the food and weapons and go back to the sewers immediately.
You can eat there first.
You must not waste time here."
Although the prisoners have little discipline, they all know their situation.
If they do not loyal to the Queen Mother to overthrow the emperor and regain power, they will always be prisoners and will be hunted down, killed, and starved to death in the sewers.
Only Empress Dowager Xiaozhong had hope of survival, so these thornheads cooperated and quickly returned to the sewers with weapons and food while resisting hunger.
After two hours, nearly four thousand prisoners finally returned to the sewer with weapons and food.
At this time, they were sitting on the ground one by one, leaning against the wall of the sewer, holding food and gobbling it up.
Most of these people had been there for several days.
There was no food left, and after returning to the sewers, how could they still hold back as if they were starving to death.
After eating, these people fell down to sleep.
They were all very arrogant.
They were about to fight desperately with the guards.
These people could still sleep.
Even Chiboas had to admire them.
These damn prisoners.
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The Holy Palace, the Dafna Palace, is brightly lit.
The eighteen-year-old Constantine VI got married last year.
His queen is called Maria.
Queen Maria is just a child from an ordinary civilian family.
Maria is a very qualified wife.
She is gentle and kind. , personally serving Constantine VI every day, but Constantine VI did not like her because she was the queen arranged for him by Empress Irina.
Originally, Constantine VI was engaged to Princess Lotrude, the daughter of King Charlemagne of the Frankish Kingdom.
However, Empress Dowager Irina was not satisfied with the engagement and she broke it.
The marriage contract with Rotrude was due to the political support of the Frankish Kingdom to the Papal State.
This made Irina very angry, so she openly broke the engagement and politically supported Adelechis, the son of the former Lombard king Desilius. , he was forced into exile in the Eastern Roman Empire after the Franks invaded Italy.
Maria squatted by the bathtub to give Constantine VI a bath.
While washing, she said: "Your Majesty, I think you should not let your mother leave the palace to go to the Holy Apostles Cathedral, but should let her stay in the palace."
Constantine VI lay on the back of the wooden bathtub, wiped the water droplets from his face with his hands, and asked: "Why?"
Maria said: "Although Mother has written an edict, her retreat from the Holy Apostles Cathedral will definitely make the subjects think that it was Your Majesty who forced Mother to leave, forcing her to no longer be able to stay in the Holy Palace.
You guys After all, you are your biological mother and son.
This kind of bad reputation is not a good thing for you as the emperor.
In the past, people respected and respected you as the emperor, but after this happened, people only had fear in their hearts instead of nothing.
Respected” Constantine was a little impatient: "You are a woman, you don't understand at all.
If my mother stays in the palace, she can still intervene in the decision-making of military and political affairs at any time.
You know that all the ministers and officials in Constantinople Most of the people are hers, and I cannot give her the opportunity to continue to interfere in government affairs."
Maria shook her head and sighed: "Your Majesty, although I have not been in contact with my mother for a long time, I feel that she loves you.
After all, you are her son, and her only son.
How could she not?"
I love you.
If you do this now, she will definitely be very sad."
Constantine VI was furious when he heard this.
He stood up from the bathtub and was furious at Queen Maria: "If he loved me as his son, he would not have been occupying the power of power and not giving it to me.
Let me do it."
You have been a puppet emperor for so many years.
You just said that your subjects are afraid of you.
Me, but in addition to being afraid, they are also always laughing at my incompetence.
Do you understand, you bitch, get out of here?"
After saying that, he lifted his feet and left the bathtub and walked out naked.
A eunuch immediately caught up with him and put on his clothes.
He was wrapped in his exposed body.
Maria stood up with her whole body wet and turned around to look at the leaving figure of Constantine VI.
Two lines of crystal tears fell from the corners of her eyes.
The eunuch who was following him saw Constantine VI walking towards the outside of the Holy Palace without saying a word.
He quickly asked people to prepare carriages and horses, and notified the Praetorian Guards to send troops outside the Holy Palace to prepare to escort him.
When they walked out of the Holy Palace, a thousand chariots and guards were ready.
The personal eunuch asked: "Your Majesty, where are you going?"
Constantine VI said: "Go to Theodore."
"Yes, Your Majesty" It is no secret that Theodore was the mistress of Constantine VI.
She was a young and beautiful widow who was alone.
Not long after she married her husband, her husband died during the battle with the Western Qin army. died, and she inherited his title and all his property.
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Soon, this single, young, beautiful and rich widow had more disputes in front of her door.
In order to get rid of these annoying flies, she decided to find a tough backer.
Emperor Constantine VI was worried about her.
She was a scheming woman who created several encounters with Constantine VI.
She met an opportunity and successfully captured his heart and became his secret mistress.
However, their affairs were soon exposed, which was strongly opposed and severely warned by Irina.
Constantine VI therefore He became more rebellious, doted on Theodore even more, and tried many ways to meet her secretly.
Late at night, several bosses such as Chiboas and Reeses woke everyone up and asked them to gather in three intersecting sewers.
These three sewers are relatively spacious and can accommodate nearly four people.
Thousands of people.
Several leaders stood high.
Reizes, as the representative of the leaders, first stood in front and said to everyone: "We have no choice but to be loyal to the Queen Mother.
Under this Lord Chiboas Under the leadership of the police, we rushed from the sewers into the palace to help the Queen Mother regain the power of power.
Only in this way can we obtain immunity and become free citizens and receive generous rewards after the achievement."
Chiboas stood up and said: "Now you are actually not fighting for anyone, but fighting for your own survival and future.
Her Majesty the Queen Mother has personally written the edict.
As long as this operation is successful, all of you will receive As free men, in order to make your actions legal, you must Later, it will be organized into the Tenth Legion of the Empire, and Reeses will be appointed as the commander of the legion.
These people behind me will be appointed as generals and officers, and you will become soldiers, and you will also receive a generous bonus of one hundred gold coins each.
Reward, if you don’t want to stay in the legion, you can leave.
If you stay in the officer service, you can get military pay.”
All the prisoners heard Chiboas' words clearly, and they all became excited.
It was getting late, and Reese shouted loudly: "Are you all ready?
If you are, then follow us, but no one can We are not allowed to make any noise.
This can easily alert the city guard patrols on the ground.
If we are exposed before attacking the Holy Palace, our chances of success will be greatly reduced.
So for the sake of our own reputation, we should maintain restraint and never do anything.
Allowed to make noise, okay, let’s go.”
Not long after the leaders such as Chiboas and Reizes led the prisoners from the sewer to the arena, Zhao Ziliang received a report from Wan Qingming.
"Your Majesty, those prisoners have already started taking action."
"Oh" Zhao Ziliang stopped the writing brush in his hand, raised his head and asked: "How likely do you think they are to succeed?"
Wan Qingming said: "Your Majesty, if it was an hour ago, I would have said that the probability of their success was more than 80%.
If they suddenly burst out from the palace, the Imperial Guards would definitely be killed off guard.
When the time comes, they will be panicked.
The Imperial Guards, which have not participated in a battle for many years and have only a pitiful fighting capacity, are unable to withstand the impact of these fierce prisoners.
But now I don’t think they can succeed.”
Zhao Ziliang felt curious after hearing this: "Why is this?"
Wan Qingming said: "Because I have just received a secret report that Emperor Constantine VI went to the home of his mistress Theodore overnight under the protection of a thousand Praetorian Guards.
Those prisoners may occupy the palace.
But the next counterattack of the Praetorian Guards is absolutely unbearable for them.
As long as Constantine VI and Alexius are fine, they will not succeed."
Zhao Ziliang showed a smile on his face: "It seems that there are going to be several fierce battles tonight.
Let's wait and see what the specific results will be
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