"Master Justinian, are you ready? You guys invite you to the dance party, and there are also important things to discuss." The nobleman who came to Justinian's residence to greet him politely reminded that although he was a hereditary nobleman of Moria, he was just a little noble after all, so he naturally had to be careful when Justinian's nominal Governor Molia.

At this time, Justinian, who had been dressed up, walked out of the room, looked at the person in front of him in surprise and asked, "Well, why is it you, Lord Nickifrus?"

Seeing Justinian's doubt, the nobleman quickly explained: "Nichifruce has something to come, so I will be responsible for receiving you. Lord Justinian. When I met for the first time, I am Isaknatius viscount of the Empire." In fact, this matter should have been fully handed over to the Viscount of Fort Wiscari, Nichifruce, but after receiving Justinian into the city, the man didn't know where to go, and he couldn't find him for a while, so Isak took over and invited Justinian to the banquet.

"Okay." Justinian nodded, and did not care. He took Arslan next to him to board the carriage to pick him up, but seeing a Turkic man following Justinian to set off, Isaac could not sit still.

Despite hesitation, he walked forward and stopped him, "Mr. Justinian, you are the only one on the list of invitations for the banquet. I think there is no need for you to accompany you. Everyone here is Moriah's nobles!" He didn't say anything, that is, Justinian brought a Turkic man to the banquet, but looking at Justinian's unkind Twilight, Isak immediately realized that he had lost his words and swallowed the last half of the sentence back into his stomach.

"Arslan is my guard. Is there any problem with following me?" Justinian looked at the other party unhappy. This time he was really unhappy. Although the nobles in the eastern and western regions of the Byzantine Empire had different views on the Turks, especially the Greek Macedonian nobles in the west were very repulsive of the Turks, the Moria nobles did not take themselves seriously at all. They even interfered with the matter of bringing their guards.

"For the guards, we are responsible for protecting your safety, so please don't worry about this." Although Isaac looked at Justinian in fear, he still plucked up his courage to answer.

Just when the stalemate was in turmoil, Arslan took the initiative to make concessions, "Since that's the case, I'll stay. Governor." Although he was also very dissatisfied, as a mercenary in the Byzantine Empire, he had long been used to treating this way, and he received much more eyebrow in Agrignon than here.

But Justinian did not let him get off the carriage, but looked at Isaac and his followers with a sharp look and said, "Arslan must follow me. If there is any problem with this matter, I will explain it to Duke Leo later." Justinian showed such momentum for the first time, which made ordinary little nobles such as Isaac breathless for a moment. It is worthy of being the one who killed the Latins in the Battle of the Alfios River. This natural pressure cannot be easily disguised.

Isaac knew that if he wanted to stop him, he would seek death. He was unwilling to offend him and lost his life. He hurriedly said, "Since you insist, then do what you want." He said that, and arranged for Justinian and Arslan to get on the carriage...

"Is this really good, Lord Justinian?" Arslan looked at Justinian in front of him with a complicated look. After several months of getting along, although he was just for reward at the beginning, his view of Justinian had completely changed. The dispute between the Byzantines and the Turks has been nearly two hundred years. Although many people in the scattered Turkic tribes fought for the empire, most Byzantines, especially the nobles, have always been vigilant and hostile towards the Turks, but they cannot be seen in Justinian. Not only do they treat the Turks, but under his command, whether it is Italians, Normans, Valangi, or Justinian, this is rare in Arslan.

"What's wrong with it? If I succumb to them, it is to encourage them. For me, even to the empire, hostility to the Turks, Normans, and even to the Latins, regardless of circumstances is foolish. The empires have never been as conservative as they are now. The Gauls, Armenians, and even the Saracens, as King Solomon said in the Bible, one generation passed, one generation after another, and the earth is always a village. This is the reason why Rome is strong and great." Speaking of this, Justinian remembered Vasily in Constantinople. The words in the Bible were exactly the man's words when he was leaving.

What Justinian wants to avoid now is to make the Byzantine Empire a conservative and backward and unchanging Eastern empire in later generations. The 1,000-year history of Byzantine is said to be a continuous decline and tragic story. The first thing to be broken is not the external enemies, but the paranoid pride that the Byzantines have always been born with their own paranoid pride, because of this pride, the 1,000-year history of Byzantine has become extinct.

The Morian nobles that Justinian will meet next are exactly like this. Like their ancient family heritage, the Latin people in the West have undergone earth-shaking changes due to the Crusades, but they are still self-confessed.

Seeing Justinian's plain expression chewing what the other party had just said, Arslan also felt a huge shock. As Turks, they have always advocated serving powerful people. Now Arslan feels that he may have really met an amazing master - neither Emperor Mikhail nor Earl Theodor. Perhaps this young man is still weak now, but his future path is no longer something he can see clearly.

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About half an hour later, the slow carriage sent Justinian to the residence where the banquet was held. In the old city of Wiscari, this duke's residence seemed particularly eye-catching. Unlike the surrounding ancient Roman and Greek-style buildings, the entire duke's residence was constructed by the current Byzantine buildings. Obviously, this was rebuilt by the nobles who had been exiled not long ago. It has to be said that although it is not incompatible with the surrounding buildings, it is suitable to be integrated into the surrounding environment. Although Justinian did not understand architecture and was disdainful of the extravagance of the Moria nobles, he had to admire the gorgeousness of the mansion.
Chapter completed!