Chapter 248 The Time of the Sage
Garris is not an old-fashioned wooden person in the true sense. Anyway, when the atmosphere is established, everything will fall into place.
After the other party almost lost consciousness, Garris also restrained himself a lot.
When everything was over, the girl fell asleep with her naked skin pressed against his own.
There is no escaping the time that Gareth deserves as a sage.
In the Ten Commandments of Moses, the sixth is Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery, which provides Christianity with a virtue - chastity.
The virtue of chastity has three forms: conjugal, widowed, and virginal.
Anything that falls outside these three categories is actually a sin against chastity.
In fact, not only that, Catholicism clearly and explicitly states that masturbation is a sin.
As for dirty pictures, whoredom, prostitution, rape...
Each of these is more sinful than the last.
The meaning of whoredom refers to sexual relations between unmarried men and women.
There is no doubt that Gareth and Isabella committed adultery.
But at that time, the atmosphere had reached that point. If it didn't continue, Isa might be very, very uncomfortable...
This is what Garris tried to comfort himself anyway.
He didn't want to repeat the same mistake he made half a month ago.
In a sense, the other party really just wants an attitude of his own.
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Time is flying.
Frederick "Red Beard" did not stay in Cyprus for too long.
Although there are often some storms in the Mediterranean in January, the straight-line distance from Paphos Port to Tyre Port is actually only 300 kilometers, and it can be reached in two days with the sea breeze.
For this reason Frederick was still willing to take some risks.
And when he led some of his cronies to Tire, a welcome ceremony similar to that in Cyprus appeared again.
Naturally, "Red Beard" Frederick was very useful to the face-giving behavior of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
The red carpet covered the pier, and Garris was also mixed in with the crowd, examining this legendary emperor.
The sixty-five-year-old Frederick had a well-proportioned figure and was a bit shorter than Garris. He had bright blond hair mixed with white strands. His eyes were sharp and his beard was reddish.
But his title, Barbarossa, is actually the Italian transliteration of "Red Beard".
One of the origins of the theory about "red beard" is that Italians claimed that the emperor's beard was dyed red with human blood in Italy.
At the beginning of Barbarossa's accession, imperial power had declined and only the remnants of power over the family lands and over bishops and monasteries were left, but now the emperor's authority extends throughout the empire, and he is the most powerful man in Christendom.
Balian took Isabella and Sibylla with him and paid a courtesy to Frederick. Barbarossa responded by looking at Isabella with a bit of fun.
"Your army is impressive, little one."
"That's not my fault."
Isabella showed a little humility. Nowadays, Garris is not too dazzling in the political center of the Second Kingdom. He is still in a semi-behind the scenes state. Only a small number of nobles know that Garris is now in the political center. Chu Tier.
However, she still couldn't help but think of the out-of-control behavior between the two of them these days.
A little politeness became the opening remarks for both parties, and then Balian personally took Frederick with him. Heading to a palace prepared for him, Frederick would also ask many questions about the current situation in the Holy Land.
In the process, Frederick deliberately avoided some things in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This was not his first visit to the Holy Land.
In addition, the kingdom gave him extra face, so he would not come to poke the wound here.
He knew that in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, many customs and customs were different from those in Europe. If we talk about the situation in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, it is often easy to break up.
"Saladin is in Acre now?" asked Frederick.
"Yes, and the tribe under his command launched an attack on my kingdom not long ago. Now I am arranging my army to prepare for war." Balian replied.
"Let me help you attack Saladin."
With that said, Frederick patted Balian on the shoulder.
The story of Balian guarding Jerusalem alone has now spread throughout Europe.
This made Balian's reputation actually much higher than that of Guy, who had experienced a disastrous defeat.
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So much so that "Red Beard" Frederick subconsciously regarded Balian as his equal.
"Aren't you going to wait for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements? As far as I know, the crusaders in France and England are already gathering and preparing to set off."
"Don't count on the French, let alone the English."
"After they finish gathering their troops, can they still come to the Levant?" Frederick showed a hint of sarcasm.
As far as the current situation is concerned, the Third Crusade is more of an excuse for a truce or an excuse to tax the various forces in France and England.
The internal conflicts between them have not been properly resolved. If either party goes out alone, other forces may take advantage of it.
Frederick knew more clearly than Balian and others about the situation in France and England.
"They are restraining each other and harboring evil intentions towards each other. After they have an army and wealth, how can they immediately think of the situation here?"
"Now that our military strength is strong, we should give Saladin a head-on attack!"
As soon as Frederick came to Tire, he acted particularly forcefully, and he already regarded himself as the savior of Jerusalem.
This kind of vague arrogance, even though Balian knew that this was not a deliberate move by the other party, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Balian could only agree with these words of Frederick.
On the Kingdom of Jerusalem's side, it was impossible to restrain "Red Beard" Frederick. The most they could do was win the other's favor, and then allow the other side to lead his own army and gallop around the land of Palestine.
For Saladin, who is only a few dozen kilometers away.
He had also received news of Frederick's arrival.
In fact, he already knew about it as early as when Frederick's army arrived in Cyprus.
Even in the winter rain season, he issued a call-up order, fearing that something unexpected might happen.
By recruiting tribes whose lands had been simply divided, Saladin assembled a light cavalry army of more than 10,000 people in just about a month.
Counting the Mamluk Guards in his hands, a 15,000-strong army is now ready near Acre.
A large number of merchant ships are sailing out of Alexandria, Egypt in batches, carrying food supplies to Acre.
And more troops are pouring into Acre from all corners of the Arab world.
It is conceivable that as time goes by, the Sudanese army will surely number in the tens of thousands!
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