Roger frowned and asked, "'It should not belong to his interests'? What should it not belong to his interests?"

Baldwin explained: "For example, the throne of Jerusalem belongs to our Baldwin family."

Roger raised his eyebrows, he didn't like this argument very much.

But considering that he went to Jerusalem to inherit the throne and also belonged to the Baldwin family's inheritance, he had no position to refute it.

So Roger listened quietly and didn't say anything.

Burke's Baldwin didn't pay attention to Roger's expression, and he continued:

"After Goldfrey, the guardian of the Holy Sepulchre, was called, Doncred colluded with the bishop of Jerusalem to seize the throne of kingdom of Jerusalem.

"He even tried to kill halfway through the throne, my cousin Baldwin."

Xiao Boximond interrupted with a red face and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Murdering a brother who is also a Christian is an extremely serious accusation. Is there any evidence?"

Baldwin said frankly: “Of course there are.

“Doncred wrote a letter to the bishop of Jerusalem whom he colluded with.

“This letter that planned to harm Christian brothers was intercepted by warriors who believed in Christ.

"Doncred's conspiracy was exposed, and he had no face to continue in Jerusalem, and then he gave up his attempt to seize the throne."

Roger touched his chin and thought, he felt something was strange.

Generally, according to the Norman character, they will kill them directly, so what letters should I write?

With malicious intentions, he referred to Baldwin's means to first recognize his adoptive father, then acquiesced or even secretly incite riots to let the mob kill his adoptive father, and thus seize the country of Edsaber.

It cannot be ruled out that the letter was forged by Baldwin, and then took the opportunity to incite Christians to hate Doncred and squeeze Doncred out of the throne to fight for it.

But he did not express this suspicion. After all, so long has passed, even the person involved, Doncred, has passed away. No one can tell what happened at that time.

He turned to a very realistic question: "What is the relationship between the Principality of Antioch and Edsaber?"

Baldwin, the current Earl of Edsa, frowned and said:

“It’s bad.

"Although Doncred has been called, his nephew, Rugero of Salerno, who took over his position, continued his style."

Little Bosimmond asked curiously: "What style?"

Baldwin explained: “It starts with Doncred.

"At that time, Doncred replaced Prince Boximond, who was captured by the Roma, after the Regent Antioch period.

"He sent his anger towards my cousin on me, and opposed me, who was the Earl of Edsar many times.

"Even when the pagans of the Seljuk Empire attacked Edessa, he responded to my request for help and led his troops to come.

"But on the battlefield, when my troops were trapped in the enemy's encirclement, he refused to save him.

“After I was captured by the enemy, he took over the rule of Edsaber.

"Then he disobeyed the orders of the King of Jerusalem and made every excuse that he was unwilling to redeem me.

"And when I was rescued from the enemy camp by 15 brave Armenians who pretended to be monks, and when I returned to Edessa, he was unwilling to give up, and the interests of the country of Edessa, which belonged to me.

“After I drove him out of Edsaber, he even colluded with the Seljuk pagans in Aleppo, sent troops to attack me, and besieged me in the castle.

"If it weren't for my cousin, Baldwin, the king of Jerusalem, came to rescue the siege with his unmatched forces, he would have taken my life.

"Later, under the mediation of the king, and in the name of Jesus, we both gave up hatred and became brothers again."

Roger asked, "What about now? Are everyone in harmony with the rule of the king of Jerusalem?"

Baldwin said with a wry smile: "First correct your concept, whether it is the Principality of Antioch, the Kingdom of Edsaber, or even the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Principle of Antioch, the Kingdom of Tripolibes are independent and do not belong to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

"The relationship between these four is more like an alliance led by the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

"As for getting along well, not to mention Doncred and I, the Tripolibean founded by Count Raymond, almost split into two because of the battle between Raymond's heir William Jordan and Raymond's illegitimate son Bertrand.

"And in our respective territories there have been struggles between the Gauls, Germans, Italians, Normans, and others from the West who came from the east.

"And these outsiders are incompatible with the local Armenians, Syrians, Greeks, and Christians.

"And being Christians also have disputes because of the differences in doctrines.

"In addition to the numerous pagans stranded in our territory, those Jews, Turks, Sarasen...

"Not to mention that the water and fire of Christians and pagans are not integrated, even pagans often fight life and death.

"When the Antioch attacked, the Egyptian king sent 15 people who were proficient in various languages ​​to help us deal with the Turks. They cut off the heads of Turks, but they were not ruthless at all."

Little Bosimmond said in surprise: "Why is it so messy?"

"Why aren't you fighting and killing every day? How can you live?"

Baldwin said with a serious face: "So, strength is the most important thing here, otherwise he would not know how to die.

"But compared with these small contradictions, everyone knows that the military invasion of the Seljuk Empire is the biggest threat.

"And this threat is imminent and never interrupted.

"This is also why all of us here can still fight together."

Roger seemed to see a handful of sand tightly pinched by his hands.

At this time, the servants had already sorted out the tables and chairs.

Prince Toros invited everyone to sit down, and he said:

"This is all in the past, and Doncred has been called.

"Everyone should stop placing things in the past.

"It is better for all Christians, and you are your own people to live in harmony."

Then the prince seemed to remember something, and he asked his daughter:

"Mofia, what happened to my granddaughter Alice?"

The woman put down Baldwin's hand, covered her face and began to cry.

She cried and said, "It's pirates, those pirates of Chiriqia.

"My second daughter, your lovely granddaughter Alice, she wanted to see the sea and beg me countless times.

"I couldn't resist her, so I took her to Mersin.

“She was playing in the water on the beach, and my guards and I were on the land.

"We only paid attention to the land and did not let the idle people approach, but we did not expect that pirates would come.

“They pretended to be fishermen, approached my daughter from the sea, and kidnapped her.

"I watched her take the lead by the pirates and left, but was blocked by the sea and could not save her.

"Ah, my poor daughter...Woooo..."

The woman cried bitterly and could not continue to speak.

Prince Toros's face was flushed, and he shouted angrily:

"Prepare troops, come with me to Melsin, I will destroy those pirates!"

Baldwin dissuaded: "It's too late, they've left, leaving only a contact person asking for the ransom."

Prince Toros roared: "Catch that man, torture him, force him to tell him about the pirate's residence."

The lady cried and stopped her, "No, no, as long as we move the contact person, even if it only leaves a scar, my daughter, your granddaughter, will die."

Prince Toros sighed and said, "Then how much ransom they want? Let's raise money for them."

Baldwin said hatefully: "They actually offered to pay 50 pounds of gold!"

"hiss"

Everyone present took a deep breath.

Although Roger didn't know how much the ransom of an Earl's second daughter should be.

But he knew that even if he captured knights or even low-level jazz on the battlefield, he would not usually pay such a high ransom.

Baldwin continued: "Those shameless pirates have bought 20 pounds of gold, which is ridiculously expensive.

"Who knew that after only one night, they raised the ransom to 50 pounds."

Prince Toros said in an anxious tone: "I will give it, no matter how expensive it is, I will give it."

Baldwin refused, saying, "Alice is my daughter, and I should pay the ransom."

"I have the money, I brought the money to buy a horse this time.

"I can't buy so many horses just after paying the ransom."

Prince Toros said generously: "It's okay, you said to the merchants in the market, I will protect you, you can take the horse back first, and pay the money back."

Baldwin shook his head and said, “But now it’s not just a matter of money.

"Those hateful pirates chose to trade at the inn in Silivkai, asking for money and release of others."
To be continued...