"This is..." Follow Antonia Doria into an inconspicuous tavern, and the owner of the business seemed to have known the girls, respectfully brought them to a quiet little house. Looking at this scene, Justinian finally realized that this should be the "suspect" place Antonia had prepared for a long time. The location was very remote and could escape from others' sight, which was very safe.

In response, the girl also replied calmly: "Yes, I bought this one a year ago. Thanks to the preparatory plan, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to find a hiding place, so I could only be taken back by my brother. How about it, it's good!" Sitting on the chair, stretching her muscles and bones, she was exhausted along the way. While showing her secret stronghold, Antonia said with a proud look at Justinian's surprise reaction.

"It's indeed very secret. It turns out that you have been ready to escape. Then bring me here and think about what important things should be told to me alone, Miss Antonia!" Justinian nodded, then found a chair to sit down. Looking at the Genoese noble girl in front of him, he didn't want to go around any circles and chose to go straight to the point. Justinian still looked at the other party with vigilance, not because he now knew that the so-called Andrea was actually a little girl and relaxed at all. The game that had not been face to face for more than half a year made Justinian clearly understand the horror of this girl. Everything she did was not without reason!

Seeing this, the slightly stunned girl immediately smiled a sly smile from the corner of her mouth. She supported her chin with her hands and looked at Justinian who was also looking at her with interest. She shrugged helplessly: "It's true, dealing with smart people is always like this, and she hits the vital point so quickly! I wanted to talk to you more about the fun things that have been around for the past six months, so I had to forget it! It's a pity, but this is why I was so optimistic about you at the beginning! Indeed, I invited you over and actually wanted to ask you for something small."

Looking at the malicious smirk on the face of the carefree girl in front of him, Justinian immediately realized that the so-called small matter was probably a big problem, but seeing Antonia's determined expression, he also guessed that he might not be able to shirk it.

But Justinian asked: "What is it...? At least I know that I can decide whether I can agree."

"You will definitely agree! You saw just now that the real purpose of those people surrounding you was to attract me, and I would expose my identity for you and I! I believe that our Lord Justinian will definitely repay you." The girl said, and walked up to Justinian and looked at him with pitiful eyes.

The girl's body exudes a faint fragrance, as if the green grass of spring is refreshing. Unfortunately, Justinian will not be confused by this one.

"Tell me, what's wrong? I don't want to stay here for too long." Looking at the sky outside, he had been separated from Helena and the others for a while. Justinian didn't want them to continue to worry, just wanted to end the trouble in front of him as soon as possible. As long as Antonia's request was not too excessive, he would not refuse.

Seeing Justinian's answer so simply, he nodded slightly. The girl no longer prepared to keep her insincere, and then closed her hands and said:

"I hope you can take me away from here secretly this time! Otherwise, my brother will definitely take it back this time. Please, Justinian!"

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"Only this matter, please allow me to refuse!" The young man with a cold face said flatly without thinking.

Suddenly, the girl who was originally full of hope suddenly became depressed and suddenly rushed up to save Justinian's arm and complained loudly: "Why! This is obviously a rare thing for you! I have helped you so many times before, and you can't stand by death and refuse to save this time!"

Justinian tried hard to push Antonia, who was sticking up like a candy, and said, "Tsk—this is your family matter. I will continue to be involved when I am crazy. Although you have helped me a lot, it is all based on your brother's favor. Thanks to you, I almost lost my life just now. OK! If I help you escape now, once I am known, the entire Doria family will come to cause trouble for me. I want to live a few more years! Other things are easy to say, but this thing is not possible."

This is the first time since he came to this world, Justinian has seen a girl like Antonia, and he can't handle it at all, but he will not be confused by her seemingly carelessness. He can be 100% sure that the girl in front of him, who is full of bad water, must have some traps to prepare to arrange for him to be clear at that time.

Seeing that Justinian was unmoved, Antonia had to give up for the moment and curled her lips. "Tsk, if you don't help, don't regret it then."

"That's really something I want. I'll give you this invitation. Since we've met, I think this thing is useless to me." Justinian, who had put the invitation Antonia had given herself before, was preparing to be as low-key as possible in Rusnina, was not going to participate in the singing and dancing of the Epirus nobles. Justinian, who stood up, was ready to say goodbye and leave.

However, the girl's next words forced him to stop.

Looking at the invitation letter on the table, Antonia showed a sly smile on her face, and she said to Justinian with a touch of playfulness in her eyes, "Are you sure you want this, Justinian?"

"Do I have anything to hesitate?" Justinian looked at the invitation of the girl and the girl who returned it with her own hands, and was puzzled, not knowing what the other party was buying.

"Are you not curious about the purpose of this banquet? Justinian?" The girl who stretched out her slender hands and crossed her index fingers asked quietly, making Justinian, who had no desire to have anything to do with her, finally had to turn back and sit back on the chair.

"What purpose do they have?" He asked helplessly, he still got on Antonia's hook.

However, the girl who pretended to be mysterious did not answer Justinian's question. Instead, she replied leisurely: "You will know when you go there. It seems that there is something about the Black Sea, and I don't know much about it. But I thought it would be useful to you at that time, so I was careful, but someone didn't seem to be willing to receive my love! Then I had to go alone." As she said that, she picked up the invitation letter on the table and prepared to put it away.

But at this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded, "What did you say?" The girl's wrist was about to withdraw, but she was suddenly held by Justinian who was quickly marching forward and unable to move.

"It hurts, it hurts~ Why are you doing with such great force?" Antonia Doria, who was startled by this sudden scene, screamed and wanted to break free, but found that Justinian grabbed his hand as firm as an iron hoop. No matter how hard he tried, it would be useless. Instead, the force became stronger and stronger, Antonia was frightened silly.

"Idiot, you hurt me!"

The pain made her cry. Antonia stepped on Justinian with her boots, which made Justinian come back to her senses. Realizing that she was acting too aggressively, the boy quickly let go of his hand and took two steps back awkwardly: "Hug... Sorry! I didn't mean it, are you okay, Miss Antonia?"

He just heard Antonia mention the Black Sea in what he said, and subconsciously felt a little shocked in his heart. A premonition arose. When Genoa's mission came to Rusnina, Justinian guessed that the content of the negotiations between the two sides might be about the right to sail the Black Sea. This speculation is not groundless. Now their emperor Mikhail Ducas's ethics is comparable to that of the later Emperor Mikhail VIII. The man would definitely do anything to ascend to the throne. If that were the case, all efforts would be in vain. Justinian wanted to revive the Roman Empire instead of establishing the second Paleogle Dynasty, which was meaningless. Therefore, he was in a hurry and acted rudely towards Antonia.

"Do you think there is anything wrong?" Antonia was secretly happy as she looked at Justinian's reaction. Sure enough, this guy still couldn't hold back his anger at this matter.

And now Justinian doesn't care about these things, and he looked at the girl in front of him nervously, "I'm so sorry, I was so overreacting that I scared you. But are all what you said just now true, Miss Antonia?"

"I don't know much about specific things, but it's no longer a secret to plotting the Black Sea in Genoa. To be precise, since the fall of Constantinople, all the sea merchants in Italy are ready to move. Do you think my brother and others will easily miss this great opportunity? As for whether it is true or not, you will know if it's true or not, don't you know?" Seeing Justinian's solemn expression and knowing that the other party was indeed concerned about this matter, Antonia did not joke anymore but told the man in front of him all the things he knew, and said that he handed the invitation letter in his hand back to Justinian's hands.

Looking at the red invitation in his hand with a complicated expression, Justinian finally shook his head helplessly and sighed: "It's really you. You can always be one step faster than me. I'm afraid you had guessed that I wouldn't be indifferent when I was still in Molia before I set off! Whether it's true or false, I owe you a big favor, so even if I don't want to, I can only choose to agree to your previous request."

In fact, it is equivalent to compromise, and Justinian's fear of Antonia in front of him has deepened a little. Even though he is a girl who seems to be inexperienced in the world, the scheming he showed is absolutely comparable to. Even she is like this, so what kind of outstanding person is Andrea Doria, who has never been masked but has become famous?! This made Justinian quite uneasy, because he knew that his current cooperation with Genoa was only temporary, and one day he would still tear his face up. By then, the brother and sister would undoubtedly be his strong rival.

The purpose has been achieved, and seeing the fear of Justinian's eyes, Antonia was quite contented. She slapped her hands and smiled and said, "Then I'll ask you for everything! I think it's so late, and your people should have been waiting for a long time! Let's leave for now, I will take the initiative to find you tomorrow."

"Take me on your own initiative?" Justinian asked, looking at the girl in surprise.

"Otherwise, tomorrow will be the day of the banquet. If I hadn't helped you, you would not be able to attend the banquet by holding this invitation alone." Antonia spread her hands and teased, and she was not going to continue to try to keep Justinian.

"So I'll see you tomorrow, Justinian, I hope we will still have a happy cooperation!"

The girl walked towards the door with light steps and left Justinian alone, seemed to be pondering something. Looking at Antonia's back, Justinian suddenly called her.

"I have another question, Miss Antonia, can you tell me?"

"Hmm?" The girl who was slightly surprised turned her head and looked at Justinian, obviously she didn't expect that he had something to ask herself.

"I am very puzzled why you told me this. You should know through Your Excellency Bantik that I will never allow the empire's main road to the Black Sea to be opened to outsiders, and I will never have any scruples in order to do this, even if I fight with my past allies. And now you have told me this, aren't you afraid that I will ruin your brother and the others' good things?" Justinian was really puzzled. As a Genoese, what is the logic of Antonia doing this.

However, Antonia's answer made Justinian even more confused-

"What does Genoa's honey and my arsenic relationship have to do with me? If you can really make the old guys' plans fail, I might thank you very much! I believe you will not disappoint me, Justinian!"

Leaving this inexplicable sentence, Antonia Doria, who turned around and left, then closed the door, leaving only Justinian in the room silently. Looking at the girl's departure back, Justinian sighed in his heart. Although the water in Rusnina is very deep at present, no matter what happened, one thing is certain that he was really tied to the battlefield of the crazy girl this time. However, what is even more terrifying is that the steering wheel of the chariot happened to be in her hands, as if there is no other way except to let fate.

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Chapter completed!