Justinian, who came back in a carriage along the way, was thinking about what to do next. From the moment, Fort Wiscari is no longer a place to stay for a long time. First of all, the Grand Duke Anastasius, who is very likely to possess a fragment of the Ark of the Covenant, was a great threat to Justinian. The scene witnessed by Nichifruz who rescued last night also made Justinian feel a little uneasy. Undoubtedly, the messenger of Nicia, George, seemed to be planning something secretly, and a group of dangerous assassins were even lurking in the castle.

Justinian didn't want to get involved, because once it was exposed, he was likely to be locked by the killers. Even Saladin's existence had almost died at the hands of these people. Justinian was unwilling to be targeted by Assassin Assassin. It was just that Odosia and his daughter had to take them away from here, which was undoubtedly a very difficult problem. Although he had successfully deceived Leosgros, the other party was obviously very cautious. Justinian had not even seen what they looked like with his own eyes. Unless Justinian agreed to the other party's conditions.

However, Justinian would not have any consideration for this at all. It was not to exclude cooperation. It was just that Justinian and Leosgros meant that they had tied up the chariot of the interest group of the Moria nobles, and Justinian was not so stupid as to be trapped in his own cocoon. The Byzantine Empire is now divided. Although the Venetians killed people with a knife, the final analysis is that this country has become corrupt to an extreme point, and it is not entirely accidental. Compared with foreign enemies, he was more worried about the internal corps of the Empire. The people of the split empire were not trying to expel the Latins, but fighting for power and profit, and fighting each other.

Justinian himself was actually the same. The hatred of the Latins was more reflected in the lower class people, and the emperor's commitment to the people became vague. Epirus and Nicea in history even made acts of humiliation against the enemy, and after the restoration of Constantinople, they were even more willing to kill each other. The decades of the fall of Constantinople can be said to be the deepest darkness of the Byzantine Empire, and the shame of Constantinople and the demise of the country have been completely forgotten, no one really cared about, and people's hearts and lives were not as good as grass. It can be said that the ultimate destruction of the empire was entirely caused by itself, and weren't the initiators of these nobles?

Knocking bones and sucking marrow, greed devouring the empire, Justinian had no idea of ​​cooperating with them, otherwise even if the Byzantine Empire was restored, it would be a corrupt country with nothing but a kind of appearance.

However, once anyone hears this ruthless word, I am afraid that Justinian's political life will end immediately, and even have life worries. Therefore, for now, he can be slandered with the nobles of Molia. He will not make the mistake of Emperor Alexei I. In cultivating a new and absolutely loyal aristocratic class, it will destroy the old forces and eventually weaken the empire's national strength and have to seek help from the Holy See. However, compared with the empire after the Civil War, which took over by Emperor Alexei I, who had undergone a large-scale purge of the old bureaucratic class, the foundation is still there, and the current fragmented Byzantine Empire is even more unfavorable to Justinian.

There is not much time left for him!

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On the other side, in a monastery in Fort Wiscari, Grand Duke Anastasius also learned about what happened at Water Gate not long ago. The old man who had spent his old age here had to put down the collection of holy essays in his hand and frowned.

He also felt deeply uneasy. It was undoubtedly abnormal to happen in Fort Wiscarri, but what happened now was destined to be impossible for this matter to attract too much attention.

Although Anastasius suppressed the negotiations between the Moria nobles and Justinian at the dinner party that day, the old man understood that these nobles could not resist the temptation, not to mention that the cunning Duke of Leosgros made a secret obstruction, but I was afraid that most of the nobles had already prepared to cooperate with Justinian.

But Anastasius felt Justinian's huge threat. To be precise, it was not what he felt, but the turquoise gem inlaid on the crutch in his hand.

Perhaps no one would believe it if the devout priest learned that he would call him the heresy trick of the devil. But Anastasius, as the longest-lived nobleman, escaped the struggle again and again of political struggles, was indeed due to this turkey stone.

About sixty years ago, when Anastasius was a young boy, he accidentally obtained this magical stone. The heretic magician sold him to him claimed that he had the ability to divine good and bad luck. He was curious at the time and just laughed it off. But soon after, he couldn't laugh. After John II's death on April 8, 114, the entire empire was in panic. Manuel, as the successor, was protecting him.

On the way back, in Constantinople, the potential competitor, Isak, the brother of Manuel, controlled the emperor's dress and a lot of wealth. Many nobles were ready to take the opportunity to support and launch a rebellion. At that time, the turquoise gems were released, and the name of Emperor Manuel was revealed. Soon after, the commander John Aksukh quickly arrested Prince Isak with thunder. Many secrets were

The aristocrat who was tampering with the tampering was executed. Although he was surprised at the time, he thought it was just a coincidence caused by the magician's trick. However, later he took office in Cyprus, and the divination of this stone made him lucky to escape the invasion of the Crusaders and escaped safely, which made him finally believe that what the heretic sorcerer said was true. After that, whether it was the crushing defeat in the Battle of Mileosephalon or An

Dolex's coup against Emperor Alexei II and the revolving appearance of the Angeles dynasty, Anastassius relied on the prompts of this turquoise stone to escape the threat of death and became the longest-lived nobleman living in seclusion in Molia. As time goes by, the older people get, the more they are unable to see and open their eyes. He even inlaid this magical stone on his crutch, guarding him for fear of loss.
Chapter completed!