"Stop it all!"

Surrounded by the nobles in the crowd, Grand Duke Ivan Assen promptly stopped the impulsive behavior of the whole army, which made Prince Theodor and his entourage breathe a sigh of relief. Along with him was another Grand Duke of the Kingdom, Borier Assen. The two of them, who were in charge of the military affairs of the camp, had just received the news, and then rushed over.

Seeing the body of Tsar Karoyan being held out, they believed that the news was true, and immediately rushed up and bent down in grief, which further aroused the Bulgarians' desire to share the same hatred of the enemy at this time.

"Are you doing it? Where is the assassin now? I want to tear him apart!" Boriel Assen, who has always been strong in nature, roared angrily, his voice as if it was thunder, and his eyes were covered with blood at this time, without any falsehood. He was obviously extremely angry.

At this time, the Bulgarian nobles who did not speak looked at Prince Theodor and his group, and the furious fat man also looked at the fierce god here.

Looking at the look of choosing a person, Prince Theodor and others on the side felt frightened. Obviously, everyone put the suspicion on them, but remembering the accusation of the eunuch just now, Theodor himself did not believe that Justinian would do such a thing.

Indeed, with that person's skills, it is not impossible to do all this. After all, Assassin's reputation has always been well-known, but Theodor Ducas knows better Justinian's character. Now the city of Thessalonika is in front of him, how could he do such a stupid thing that made the plan fail?

This must be someone who wants to falsely accuse Justinian!

Convinced of this, Theodor finally recovered his calmness, and at this time, Boriel Assen himself had already walked in front of him, suddenly drew his sword and pointed it at him.

"presumptuous!"

The guards around Theodor Ducas were frightened and furious, and they drew their swords to protect their prince at the same time. However, the burly Boriel did not care about pressing step by step. The atmosphere dropped to freezing point for a while, and the tension between the two sides seemed to be about to break out.

"Say, what the hell is going on!" Boriel growled coldly.

But Theodor's face showed a calm expression at this moment, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, although I am also heartbroken by the death of His Majesty the Tsar, I know nothing about all this like you. If you don't believe it, you can ask the nobles of the country who came with me. I have never left outside the camp before, so how can I kill His Majesty Karolyan?"

"You lied, I just saw the man named Justinian enter the Tsar's tent. No one except him went in again. He must have assassinated His Majesty Carloyan. Don't try to argue with the Greeks!" As soon as Theodor finished speaking, the eunuch who had previously accused him of accusing him in a sharp voice, stirring the nerves of everyone present. The people who had just calmed down became restless again. Obviously, with the words of the eunuch, most people directly locked the assassin's suspicion on Theodor and Justinian. They were just waiting for the two grand dukes who were in charge of the overall situation to prepare to attack and avenge the dead Tsar.

Theodor Ducas also knew that his words and actions would determine their life and death. If he was not careful, he might have worked side by side to deal with the Latin allies.

At this moment, he was more convinced that the assassination of Karoyan was not only because of the blame, but also to kill this great opportunity for the coalition forces to attack Thessalonica City.

Prince Theodor, who took a deep breath, looked at the eunuch who had just accused him and asked, "You said that Justinian had assassinated His Majesty Carloyan, so what about the evidence? Justice is the only one who said something you said was true. Have you caught the assassin? Or even if the things on Justinian were left here, the evidence would be considered conclusive. Otherwise, your pale and powerless eyewitness testimony would probably not be enough to prove any problem, because it could be completely fabricated. Do you think so, the two grand dukes?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the nobles were slightly stunned, because what Theodor said was indeed somewhat reasonable, and the eunuch who was staring at them had completely taken away the momentum just now, and it was only a while before Qiqi Ai Ai said:

"This... I rushed into the tent with the guards at the first time, but... just..."

"Just what?" Looking at the stuttering eunuch, Ivan Asen, who was beside him, couldn't help but shout impatiently.

"He disappeared." Seeing that Ivan also asked harshly, and the others were eager to know the truth, the eunuch who looked embarrassed at this moment had to answer truthfully. He neither used "disappearance" nor "escape", but used "disappearance", because the young man named Justinian really seemed to have evaporated. Originally, it was a seamless net of heaven and earth. They were sure that the other party could not escape, but when they surrounded him, they found that there was no movement for a long time, but they rushed in and found that there was no figure inside and outside the tent. Without justin the trap, then as Theodor said, there was no conclusive evidence for Justinian's assassination. The eunuch who messed up this matter began to try his best to divert his attention, but now that the paper could no longer contain the fire, he understood what consequences he would bear.

A fear flashed through the eunuch's eyes and looked beside him, then quickly lowered his head. However, the sharp-eyed Prince Theodor still captured this detail and captured the object that should be the most suspicious along the line of sight.

It's him!

...

On the other hand, even though he was in vain, the eunuch still bit him tightly and saw that the assassin sneaking into the tent was definitely Justinian. His swearing appearance made many Bulgarian nobles really believe that the facts were true. After all, although this eunuch had no evidence, Theodor Ducas also had no evidence to prove his innocence. More importantly, Justinian has not appeared for a long time, which has further aggravated everyone's suspicion of him.

But just when the situation was stalemate, a weak voice came from behind the crowd.

"Are you... looking for me?"
Chapter completed!