Chapter 17 Under the Hidden Undercurrent
"I didn't expect it was you..." After learning the news from the servant, Earl Conil, who left the seat midway, immediately rushed back to his mansion. Seeing the man who had been waiting in the hall for a long time, he murmured with a complicated expression on his face.
The person sitting in front of him was nothing but Leos Gross, the exile who was exiled from Fort Wiscarry by Justinian. Unexpectedly, he really dared to come back and secretly sneaked into Tripolis. When he first learned the news, Earl Conill could not believe it at all. Until he saw Leos Gross in a black cloak really appear in front of him, but for a moment he was still speechless.
"Long time no see, Conir, I think you didn't expect to see me again!" The man with a faint sneer stood up and said slowly. The sentence that seemed to be Feng Qingyun Dan was full of the resentment accumulated over the past few months of exile and wandering. The cold gaze in Leosgros's eyes made Conir tremble slightly when he saw it.
Seeing the imperial criminals who appeared in his mansion who were exiled by Justinian, Connill felt a little angry and thought about why the other party dared to come to Tripolis under Justinian's nose, but he still smiled reluctantly on his face and said, "Hissergeant Leosgrace, I'm very happy to see you, but I didn't expect you to come back. It really surprised me!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, Leosgrace made a mocking statement and said, "Ha, I'm afraid this sentence is a bit insincere. Conneil, there is indeed an accident, but it may not be very happy to see me, an exiled person, in your house, right? But I guess you have lived a very unsatisfactory life during this period. Just like what I told you, that boy Justinian is not allowed to be manipulated at will. Of course, you are already very clear about this now, otherwise you wouldn't be willing to meet me here."
Leosgrace saw the current situation of the old nobles of Moria at a glance. Coupled with the previous rumors, he had already expected that local factions like Conir and others were suppressed by Justinian. The dissatisfaction had been brewing for a long time, so he dared to come here alone.
"Your words are so serious. Although our Governor is indeed arbitrary, now he is occupant of a corner of the land to fight against the Venetians and Latins. Who can he rely on except relying on us?" Although his face was ugly, Conir still refuted Leosgros insincerely.
However, such disagreement will only attract more contempt from Leosgros, "Oh, I heard that although the battle along the way was supported by the Grand Duke Anastasius's new army, the two barbarians who charged into the battle were still the two barbarians of Justinian. Later, many of the Latin people in the Achaean vassal state were surrendered by him, and even the previous things were written off! This doesn't seem to rely on you at all! Acknowledge, Conil, the new power may temporarily borrow the old power, but in the end it will be just a pedal that will be abandoned. Before that, cultivating new power to succeed is a sign of cleaning. Do you still have to sit and wait for death?"
Conir, who was poked into the pain point by a word, couldn't help but change his face. Although the other party said something mocking and bewitching, it was a fact. Originally, he expected Justinian to have to rely on the power of the Moria nobles to be obedient, but the current situation is that they are becoming passive step by step. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before Moria's old nobles are squeezed out and abandoned as if they are worn out.
Gripping his teeth, Conir said with a slight silence: "You are the Duke. I naturally respect you for your friendship in the past, but if you come here just to say these alarmist words today, it would be too boring! Although what you said makes sense, why should I believe in the one-sided words of you, a person who is exiled from foreign enemies?"
"But don't you still call me Lord Duke? I'm just reminding you that people like Justinian are more dangerous to us than Latins and Venetians in a sense." Leosgros said meaningfully, "Think about what he is doing now! This boy is destroying the old rules of our game for hundreds of years, trying to replace it with a new architecture. Justinian is playing with fire, and sooner or later it will burn us together to ashes!"
Leosgros, who had completely seen through the nature of the young man Justinian, said incisively, and these were the truths he had thought through the sea during his exile, and he also believed that a person as smart as Conir could not have not noticed this.
Sure enough, Earl Conil, who had a bad face before, was also silent. After a long time, he finally took a deep breath and vomited out, looked at the Duke of Leo in front of him, and said:
"Okay, maybe what you said makes sense. If you come this time, you should just say something, Lord Duke!"
"You are still the same, Connil, but if I don't say that, how can you really make up your mind? I came here this time to ask for your help!" Leos Gross, who had already confirmed that Connil was dissatisfied with Justinian, was straight to the point.
"You need my help? How do you help?" Conir asked in confusion. Leosgros's power in Moria has long collapsed, and their power has also been divided and disintegrated because of Justinian. He couldn't think of what else he could do to allow Leosgros to reverse the current situation.
Leosgross raised two fingers with his expression and said, "It's very simple, because Justinian can stand firmly in Molia and rely on not only the troops under his command, but also the two rely on them - one is the absolute support of Grand Duke Anastasius and the other is Princess Odosia's high prestige. As long as they are cut off, Justinian's power in Molia will become a rootless duckweed, not worth mentioning. But if I want to do all this, I need your help. Conil, are you willing to help me?" A cold smile appeared on his face, and Leosgross, who calmly said the nature of his heroic plan, made Conil, who heard this terrible plan, feel creepy.
Chapter completed!