Chapter 110 The Battle of the Portuguese Throne Part 8: San Castillo Barn (Part 2)
“When…”
At this moment, a bell rang in the monastery.
Ahesan came to the monastery with ten soldiers.
This is obviously the first level of the monastery, where monks and nuns live, and there is another level behind it, probably where criminals are imprisoned.
It is estimated that all monks and nuns are hiding in the room, and the huge courtyard is empty, leaving only a statue of the Virgin holding a child.
Ahesan made a soldier who knew Spanish and shouted: "Is anyone?"
After shouting for a while, no one responded. Aihesan looked at it and saw that there were dozens of rooms in this heavy courtyard. If one room was pushed away and asked, it would be a bit of a waste of time, so he was ready to go directly through the highest house in the middle and enter the second courtyard.
"Stop!"
As soon as I walked to the front of the gate, there was a burst of shouts coming from behind.
Ahesan turned around and saw a man wearing the clothes of a escort from European countries along the Mediterranean coast.
Typical Latin looks, with curly black hair, ragged clothes, tall and handsome. The place he walked out was probably the bell tower, and he was holding a hammer ringing bell in his hand.
It can be seen that he is very nervous, his hand holding the hammer is still trembling.
Although he was handsome, his face was a little pale, and he looked like those European aristocrats who were overly indulging in lust at this time. However, he was obviously just a bell ringer. Could it be that he was sick?
Ahesan asked, "Who are you? Where are the others?"
The man hesitated for a moment and replied, "My name is Cabarro, and everyone else is in the room"
I saw a smile on the corner of the soldier who knew Spanish. Ahesan was a little surprised and asked, "What's going on?"
The soldier laughed and said, "Cabaro means a big stallion in Spanish, and later extended to be a lustful and lewd person. Unexpectedly, someone else would have such a name"
Ahesan also found it a little funny, "Haha, Cabarrow, I'll ask you, where is your dean?"
Cabaro hesitated again, and Ahesan suddenly raised his pistol and shot him into the sky. The gunshots were heard, and a while ago, some women wearing nuns' clothes walked out from inside.
I saw these people from their teenage years old to forties or fifties, and there were also children's crying from some doors. When these nuns saw that Kabaro was safe and safe, they retreated and closed the door, but the children seemed to have cried more.
"O God"
At this moment, a voice came from behind them.
Ahesan turned around and saw a man coming out of the largest house in the middle. He was about fifties, wearing monk's clothes, gray hair, and thin.
He was not afraid at all and walked calmly to Ahesan.
"I am"
Ahesan nodded and followed him to the monastery hall.
"God General, we are all monks and nuns who practice asceticism, and there is nothing worth paying attention to. For the sake of God, please let us go"
"Serious practice?" Ahhsan's mouth also showed a hint of mockery.
"What's going on with Cabarrow and those kids?"
The dean's face seemed to turn pale, and after a while, he said: "They are all orphans, raised by nuns before they became adults"
"Okay, I don't care about this," Ahesan interrupted him, "It is said that this is a place for criminals to be detained, so let the dean lead the way"
"Finally come", the dean seemed relieved, and he drew a cross on his chest and took them to the backyard.
The backyard is another courtyard, and a large courtyard in the middle is surrounded by two-story buildings. Unlike the front yard, the monks living here all walked out of the door and stood at the door staring at them. Their eyes were quite calm, and they all looked like they were real monks and nuns.
There was also a large room in the middle. The dean took them in and saw that there was a bedroom inside, with more than 30 square meters of space only placed on a single bed and a desk.
There was a small room next to the bedroom, filled with various books. The dean pushed open a row of bookshelfs with obviously wheels below, and then a door was exposed.
After taking out the key and opening the door, a cold and humid air suddenly came to my face. It turned out that a big hole appeared here, and a somewhat decayed wooden ladder stretched down.
Ahesan nodded and thought to himself: "This is a magical island. The island is not big at all. It is obviously a basement below. With the Spaniard's waterproofing technology, it will definitely not be able to prevent the infiltration of the Guadalquivir River."
"Generally speaking, ordinary criminals who violate the canon must be locked up on top to receive the teachings of monks, and only extremely important criminals will be locked up on bottom"
The dean walked in front with a candle. It seemed that the dungeon was quite deep. It took him a while to come down.
The following scene is similar to all the European dungeons that Ahesan has seen. It is just a smaller one. A rectangular space of about 100 square meters has two rows, each row has only five rooms, and each room has a small hole.
There is a corridor in the middle, and there is also a hole at the end, which is obviously connected to the outside, and maybe directly to the riverside. No wonder there are waves of fishy smell and rotten smells coming from time to time.
The dean continued to walk forward, as if he knew who Ahesan and the others were looking for, which made Ahesan a little strange, because when they came in, all kinds of male and female criminals rushed to the hole and shouted in various languages.
The dean walked to the end and then stopped in front of a prison. After opening the prison door, Ahesan and others did not see the scene of the criminal pounced on him, but were in tranquility.
An oil lamp was lit inside, and a person sat in the dim corner. The man ignored someone when he saw him coming, but continued to look at a book through the dim light.
"Katarina?"
The dean called out softly.
The man then raised his head. When Ahesan saw that he was a young woman, very beautiful, but his eyes were very sharp. Seeing that there were a few people wearing special military uniforms standing behind the dean, he immediately stood up.
The woman had long golden hair, and was still covered with dry grass on it, but she was wearing a man's clothes. When she stood up, Ahesan immediately realized that the man was good at it. Although he was in prison, he still maintained a defensive posture of holding a sword. Of course, she did not have a sword in her hand.
Ahesan was even more strange. Why did the Dean bring them here directly? Where is Paul?
He said, "Dean, how do you know that we are looking for her?"
The dean turned around and showed a playful smile on his face: "Not she has anyone else? Is there anyone more famous than Katarina, the most famous female pirate in the Atlantic Ocean? More worth taking away?"
As soon as he said this, Ahsanthan suddenly remembered someone.
At this time, a big pirate was active in the Atlantic Ocean. It is said that the leader was a woman. She was originally the daughter of a Barcelona merchant. She didn't like reading since she was a child. She liked swordsmanship and guns. Later, when she arrived in Chile, she was robbed by pirates on a trip and simply joined them. Because of her excellent martial arts skills, she gradually became their leader.
This pirates grew bigger and bigger, and eventually became the largest and most powerful pirates in the entire Atlantic Ocean. However, they also have one advantage, that is, they never robbed Spaniards of ships, but they are quite patriotic.
However, although they were patriotic, the Spaniards did not let them go. They defeated them in a sea battle and captured the female pirate. It is said that Carlos III let her go for the sake of not robbing the Spaniards and imprisoned her. Unexpectedly, it was here!
"Haha"
The dean's voice continues.
"Pirates have huge wealth, which is not a secret in the whole of Europe, but our country did not find much wealth when defeating them. It is said that only Katarina knew the place where the treasure was hidden. In recent years, I don't know how many people want to get her, including both down-and-out nobles and pirate accomplices."
Ahesan couldn't help but feel ashamed.
"Your Majesty of our country also likes treasures very much. His actions in Algiers and Manila have long been spread throughout Europe. I guess this person thought we were also here to hunt for treasures."
Then he said: "Dean, we are not looking for this person"
The dean couldn't help but wonder, "Who is that?"
"Paul, the last heir of the Medici family"
It was strange that the dean nodded again, "It makes sense that the Medici family also has a lot of treasures, but didn't Paul's mother donate all the family's finances to the museum? Why are there still people coming to inquire about this?"
It seems that there are also some people who came to look for Paul these years.
Then he shouted in the prison.
"Paul!"
He shouted at the prison opposite Katarina, and then led everyone out of Katarina's prison. After locking the door, he could hear an extremely old voice coming out of the small hole in the cell door opposite.
The dean opened the cell again. Compared with Katarina's, the smell here smelled much worse, but Ahesan and others were still very happy to see Paul still alive.
I saw an old man in a tattered white linen robe lying on the dead grass on the ground. The old man was too old, with dense old man spots piled on his thin face, which looked very scary. He still lay on the ground after seeing everyone coming in, and it seemed very difficult to even get up.
Seeing this, Ehesan walked over, then leaned down and said softly in his ear: "You are Paul Medici?"
The old man seemed to be indulged in love with neither answer nor rejection, but just stared at the "Tartar" in a strange military uniform.
Ahesan is obviously a little disappointed.
"It is said that Paul was brought to Spain by Carlos III before getting married. It seems that he was locked up here. He is so old and weak that even if he is rescued, he will not be recognized by the Tuscans."
But Qitad's advice still forced him to say what he followed.
"Paul, listen, do you want to go back to Tuscany?"
"What are you doing when you go back there? Is it the inheritance of the Tuscan Grand Duke? Haha, I am an illegitimate child, no one recognizes it"
Ahesan obviously thought so, and hesitated for a moment, and asked softly in his ear: "Do you have children? If you have one, it's okay?"
"What are you?"
"Truchen"
Paul obviously didn't know this name, probably because he was locked up before the rise of the Truqin Empire.
Now Ahesan was worried again, but he suddenly thought of something and said, "We are the major shareholders of Medici Bank"
Paul seemed to be in spirit, and he struggled to sit up.
"Are you De Boerton's people?"
De Boerton, the first king of the Kingdom of Solomon, former president of the Mysterious Society, died a few years ago.
Chapter completed!