king of ros

Chapter 31
The pier in the morning is very lively, full of groups of sailors, wandering whores, and fisherwomen selling their catches. The fisherwomen have the best business and are surrounded by citizens who buy fresh catches.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Make way for Rurik's prince!"

The soldiers pushed away the crowd with their spears and cleared a path in the crowd. Rostislav tried his best not to pay attention to the muttering and cursing. The soldiers behind him wanted to explode, but they were all stopped by the prince. It was pointless to argue with the citizens and offend others. .

Scanning the crowd, Rostislav saw a scene that made him quite excited. It was a small theater of a miracle play, and actors from Nordic City were performing a repertoire from the Bible.

Speaking of which, he is quite familiar with the actors. After all, their scripts are conceived by themselves. He has already written the scripts in the past few months in Kyiv, and then the theater troupe just happened to come again, so it is natural that there are more on the streets of Kyiv. repertoire.

These actors are all from Nova, and they are true Christians selected by the Bishop of Lucca. In his teacher's opinion, the worst repertoire of the Bible must be performed by Christians, otherwise it would be a great blasphemy.

Many citizens gathered under the stage. For many people, this kind of repertoire is very novel. It is obviously different from non-funny plays by Baixi artists. Moreover, they say that it is the life of Christ, which makes many people more interested. thick.

Although seeing the smooth development of his career made Rostislav feel a lot better, but when he thought about the next thing, the prince became irritable again. His grandfather insisted that he meet the Greek bride who came from afar, and he I would rather spend my time training and writing.

After all, it's just an appointed marriage, so what's the point of knowing what a bride looks like?Even if the bride is an old and ugly old woman, she still has to marry.

The royal port has been cleared ahead of time, the Grand Duke of Kyiv's personal soldiers have spread all over the place, and the heavily armed northern warriors made way for the prince's team.

Tika, the captain of the Grand Duke's bodyguard, was in charge of the scene. When he saw the prince coming, he nodded to Rostislav, and Rostislav returned the gift in return.

"Looks like we came just in time."

Rostislav dismounted from the red horse with a vigorous posture, and in front of him, two galleys from the Southern Empire were slowly docking under the guidance of the pilot.

The soldiers neatly lined up behind the prince, playing the role of guard of honor, while Rostislav simply straightened his clothes and waited for the Greeks to disembark.

When the galley was firmly on the trestle, the servants immediately got on the boards and waited for all the distinguished guests to disembark.

The first ones to step down were dozens of guards with pointed helmets. Their faces were covered by chain veils, which had a rather oriental style. These soldiers lined up in two rows in an orderly manner, waiting for the Greek nobles to disembark.

Rostislav couldn't help raising his eyebrows. These soldiers surprised him. He thought that the Greek civil servants would come down first, just like the few in his grandfather's court.

And then, a beautiful figure appeared in front of everyone, and behind her were civil servants, soldiers and servants.

The eyes of these people showed their contempt for Kyiv from time to time. After all, although Kyiv is already a unparalleled city in the north, it is difficult to compare with the magnificent imperial capital.

Zoe Calafatis stepped off the boat in a very dignified manner. She was wearing a long white dress with a purple ribbon symbolizing the Purple Room on her shoulders. The skirts were all embroidered with exquisite lace and decorated with gold pendants. On the skirt, tulle is draped over the hair, held down by a small golden crown, and a belt of different shapes, shining with different gemstone colors is tied around the waist, adding a touch of luxury.

For Zoe's age, the costume was a little out of date, but although Zoe was young, the mature temperament cultivated by a good tutor allowed her to control the costume without showing any dissonance.

"His Royal Highness Zoe, welcome to Kyiv. I am Rostislav Vladimirovich. This voyage has been really hard. I think this is an odyssey for you in the south."

Rostislav was amazed when he saw Zoe at first sight. At first, he thought Zoe was just an ordinary girl. After all, the record of Michael V's daughter has not been handed down, but now it seems that he really It was dead wrong.

"Thank you very much for your welcome, Lord Rostislav, or rather, my fiancé?"

Zoe showed a sweet smile. She was very satisfied with Rostislav's first impression. Prince Ross took care of himself cleanly, which couldn't be equated with the rough and barbarian image in Zoe's impression.

The most important thing is that this Ruth man mentioned the Odyssey right away, and the way he used the words made it clear that this man had read the scriptures. She always thought that her Ruth husband would be a barbarian who didn't understand the beauty of words at all.

Thinking of this, Zoe's smile became sweeter and sweeter. She didn't have high demands on her husband, but now Rostislav's performance has greatly exceeded her standards. Wouldn't she be happy?

Facing Zoe's joking words, Rostislav also responded with a smile, and then moved out of the way. Behind him was a gorgeously decorated carriage.

"Miss, why don't you let us go up and talk? And Grand Duke Ross is still waiting for us."

Zoe smiled sweetly, and immediately boarded the carriage, and Rostislav followed behind. With an order, the carriage also started to drive towards the palace of the Grand Duke of Kyiv, and the Greeks and Russians hurriedly followed.

"It appears that the couple are very happy with their partners."

At the port, Leo said to Jika that the two of them didn't follow up, and they still need to clean up here.

Leo's words were also gratifying. Although he adopted Zoe with utilitarian ideas back then, he has grown up with some kind of affection similar to family affection. Now seeing that this adopted daughter has a good husband, he is still relieved. heart.

"In this way, I don't have to worry about anything, and I will let it take its course."

"And you? Leo, return to Constantinople after taking the dowry?"

Dika looked at the galley and said.

"Ha, I really want to go back, but if I can go back, why would I bring so many people to the north?"

Leo's words were full of helplessness. If it weren't for the fact that he had no choice, how could he have returned to Rose.

"It seems to be the influence of the things you committed when you were young. You almost lost your nose that time. After such a long time, those people don't intend to let you go?"

Ji Ka said in a familiar tone, as if the two had known each other for a long time.And Leo just waved his hands, his face full of exhaustion.

"I've been hiding in hiding for so long, and I really can't hide any longer. I came to Rose as a compromise with those people. I chose self-exile and they wouldn't do anything to me."

Ji Ka looked at this old friend with sympathetic eyes. How did the high-spirited person back then become like this now?All of them thought that he would become a high-ranking official in the imperial capital, but now, alas, it can only be said that the world is impermanent.

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