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Chapter 8 Under the confrontation with the soldiers approaching the city

"Master Justinian, the army behind you was probably not given to you by Prince Theodor at that time, right?" Musval looked at Justinian with a meaningful look. It was obvious that this army was neither the one Justinian recruited himself in Ilovan Castle nor the income from the exile that came to South Peloponnese to recruit exile. Then there is only one possibility of the origin of this army.

Faced with such doubts, Justinian's face suddenly changed to a strange expression, and he became hesitant for some reason.

“This doesn’t seem to be what you should pay attention to!”

Justinian said coldly, but he still showed a slight fluctuation in his expression. Musval, who captured this point, immediately noticed the harsh and cowardly that Justinian deliberately wanted to cover up. As he expected, this army was not really under Justinian's command. Undoubtedly, such an elite army of scale could only come from the exiled nobles of Moria in the south. Justinian, who was revealed by him, was also a little panicked, which means that he was just relying on the power of the nobles of Moria.

At this time, Romanus Dukas, who was reminded by Musval, realized this. He immediately showed a hint of pride on his face, and then said loudly: "Of course this is what I should care about. At this moment, I represent the will of His Highness Prince Theodor. If I don't know if this is the army of the empire, how can we allow such an army to enter the city of the empire without authorization?" At this moment, the young nobleman no longer had any fear, and showed his feelings again.

With a rebellious look, in his opinion, the Molia nobles would never dare to offend him even if they had made some kind of deal with Justinian, because before Justinian left Agrenion, the Molia nobles had already discussed the conditions for peace with Epirus. Now they came to Tripolis from Fort Wiscaris to Tripolis naturally chose to be loyal to Epirus today, and they would not risk turning against each other because of Justinian. Therefore, the previous uneasiness was instantly wiped out.

"So are you deliberately making things difficult for us?" Justinian's face suddenly darkened, and he asked coldly at the slightly proud face above.

"I dare not, but if you have to enter the city, please let these troops station outside the city." Musval, who also believed that Justinian was just a fake tiger, had no intention of giving in at all, and was as smart as he did not realize that Justinian's reaction was completely disguised.

All of this at this time was so stupid and funny in Justinian's eyes, but he was still calm when he pretended to be angry. He let the other party do this to anger the nobles of Moria behind him. Now he is the heir to the Lord Moria, and with the support of Grand Duke Anastasius and the Papadoros family, it has long been different.

Looking at this scene, the Morian nobles behind the army were also a little impatient. They came from Fort Wiscari and arranged the residents to several other cities recovered by Epirus along the way, but many nobles finally chose to return to Tripolis, the southern capital, and were already exhausted. In this regard, they naturally blamed the people in Tripolis for this.

"These damn Epirus people are really barbaric, and they really can't believe them. We came over here through mountains and rivers and dared to treat us like this!"

"Hmph, isn't the people of the Dukas family always like this? Although they rely on conspiracy and tricks to keep going, they do despicable things!"

"I thought that if I wanted to cooperate with them, these guys should know some etiquette, but I didn't expect to deceive others so much."

The nobles who were talking were obviously very dissatisfied. They were already looking forward to it, and some even planned to cooperate with Epirus to defeat Justinian, the nouveau riche in their eyes, but now they saw these guys so rude. In a moment, these arrogant nobles dispelled their previous thoughts and were disappointed.

Anastasius's old face, who had just returned to the carriage and watched this scene, couldn't help but show a complicated expression. On the one hand, he praised Justinian for responding so quickly and took the opportunity to differentiate Epirus' nobles from Moria's nobles. On the other hand, he was helpless that since Emperor Alexei I, the division and barriers between aristocrats in various places have reached such a point. It's no wonder why, after the fall of Constantinople, the empire is still divided and does not want to expel foreign enemies and recover lost territory.

At this moment, the dissatisfaction was brewing in the Moria nobles, but Romanus Musval, who was standing on the wall of Tripolis and his men were still confused. He thought he was so proud that he relaxed his vigilance and didn't even notice that Neuski, who should have also followed Justinian, did not appear before the military formation at this moment.

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In the prison in Tripolis, the governor of the Leo, who had just been detained not long ago, also heard the sound of trumpets coming from outside the city. The middle-aged man was shocked and puzzled and tried to look at the narrow window, but in vain.

Could it be that the Latins are making a comeback? Or is Justinian already back and has a conflict with Romanus? Although the Governor Leo is in prison, he is still worried about what is happening outside.

At this moment, there was a sound of knocking and smashing outside the prison. Several guards were kicked down from the steps. Several men dressed in ordinary people walked down. The Rio Guard recognized that the leader was Neuski at first glance. Although these Valangi people had been disguised, their strong bodies could not hide their true identities at all. But now, in order to deal with the sudden arrival of Justinian army, no one infiltrated Neuski and easily solved the prison where there were not many people guarding.

Neuski, who took off his ragged felt hat, picked up the keys of the prison, opened the door, and said with his waist: "It seems that we are coming in a fair and fortunately, we were prepared to let my people lurk in the city to help them in time, so that those guys could come and save you in time." Neuski, who had been guarding against Musval and Zeodosefaron, specially placed an eyeliner before leaving Tripolis, lurking in the city. Even the chief garrison did not know. Therefore, he learned about the incident that happened in Tripolis at the first time, so he sneaked into the city with his men to prepare to rescue Leo.

But the revelation of the old garrison, who was not concerned about the situation outside the city, was concerned about the situation outside the city and asked quickly: "How is Lord Justinian now?" The extremely nervous man felt ashamed. He was entrusted to notice the evil intentions of Zeodoserfron and others earlier, but he still said, causing Tripolis to fall into the other party's hands.
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