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Chapter 55 Aftermath

"Yes! Lord Justinian." Arslan and the others nodded immediately. Although the matter was in a hurry, the troops had been resting in Tournovo for a few days. It was not difficult to set off the next day. However, some of the spoils they obtained during the previous war had to be abandoned. Although it was a pity, they could only bear the pain.

On the other hand, Justinian's brows were furious since he had just been tightening. He actually did not reveal everything to others - that is, they were in a hidden crisis at this moment. On the surface, the civil war in the entire Bulgarian Kingdom ended because of them, but the Bulgarians were obviously not grateful at all, but were always on guard with ulterior motives. If they continue to stay here, there will be danger at any time, and taking rash actions will also make the destruction really famous.

At this moment, Justinian's ears still echoed what Ivan Assen said before his parting.

"It's a piece of advice before leaving. Be careful Connouting. He is not as simple as it seems. Don't die at his hands before I come back to settle the old accounts with you!"

"Why did he kill me?"

"Do you really think I killed His Majesty Carloyang?"

"Isn't it? That night, when I went to the Tsar's tent, I passed by you. My memory and eyes were not that bad. What's more, isn't the person who blamed me your subordinates?"

"The people under my command really want to use you as a scapegoat, but it is not me who killed my uncle, because it was actually me who was blamed! There was an emergency at that time. If it weren't for the person I had been in the den, I would have fallen to death that day."

"Then is someone else who assassinated Tsar Karoyan as you say?"

"What do you think? It is naturally the one who can do such a thing is to get the most profit afterwards - and whether it is me or Boriel, we will not be excluded from the supreme power of the previous fight. But now it is completely different. The Palatonneon nobles completely defeated the Sermium nobles. On the surface, the reckless man Boriel sat on the throne, but the real person holding the power of the Tsarist was another person... If you were me, Justinian, who would you doubt?"

"You mean Connaughty?"

"This is what you said. In fact, you may have already doubted it in your heart. Why did Connontin, who had never known each other, clear your suspicion? It is because of this that you chose to let me go, but be careful. Even if you do this, it is not that easy to escape from here. This time, it is difficult for you to have a chance to escape inexplicably like last time."

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Although the other party's words when they parted, they were filled with gloating, but in their hearts, Justinian did not think that Ivan Arsen said this to sow discord. On the night of Thessalonica, he had already become suspicious. When he recalled what happened later, Justinian had to be alert to the Earl of Connortin.

In any case, it is undoubtedly a very unwise choice to continue to stay in this place of right and wrong. The reason why he left Macedonia and went here mainly to Moldova to receive a person before the Venetians was undoubtedly wasted too much time in Bulgaria.

Now, if there is any good news before Justinian, he had just ended the Bulgarian civil war not long ago and received the news from Antonia, who has been missing since he arrived here. The content of the letter surprised him and was delighted - if the Genoese girl said it was true, then the key to whether they can safely escape from here tomorrow depends on this.

For some reason, when thinking about this, Justinian felt a rare calm in his heart. So far, there had been too many things that he felt were incredible to him, but it must be admitted that the pretty girl had many agility and calmness that men could not achieve. If she was not sure, I believe Antonia would never have written this letter to him.

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As the war in Bulgaria subsided, the news soon spread to other countries around that had been eyeing each other. No one expected that a huge civil war of aristocratic people would come to an end in just a few months, and the process was so rapid that many people were stunned. This naturally made their wishful thinking that they wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, especially the Latin Empire, which had been preparing for war.

After the death of Tsar Karajan, who had always been a huge threat to the north, the Latines in Constantinople were celebrated. Especially as the Bulgarian army withdrew from Thrace and Macedonia, the Latins were able to successfully regain the territory lost during the reign of Emperor Baldwin and re-divided some of the territory of the Kingdom of Thessalonika, the legacy of Bonifax.

But just when the Latins were ready to fight back against the Bulgaria country that was in civil strife, the news that the civil war ended followed was stunned by the Latin nobles and did not come back to their senses at all.

"What, it's so fast?"

"This is not good news. You guys, being able to quell a rebellion in such a short time may mean that a new Bulgar Tsar, who has a iron fist, will hang a long sword above our heads in the north."

"Then our original plan..."

"It is no longer a wise move to attack Bulgaria at this time. It should be noted that such poor and bad lands were only at the peak of the Romans' Spring and Autumn Period. We are afraid that if we are not careful, we will repeat the mistakes of Anastasius I at the time of our marching."

The nobles nodded one after another, and they had already denied the idea of ​​robbing by fire in their hearts. After all, the previous defeat at Yadlian Fort had already given many people a psychological shadow, and no one would think that Bulgaria was a character that could be easily dealt with. Not to mention that at this time, Epirus annexed the entire Macedonia in the west, it had become the biggest enemy in front of their Latin Empire.

"So, what about His Majesty Henry? What should he do now is ready to do next?" asked a nobleman.

Under the leadership of this new emperor, this foreign empire finally gradually gained a foothold. On the other side of the strait, they successfully made the Lascalis family of Nicea surrender to their vassals, and in this city they began to suppress all opposition forces in an orderly manner with the support of the Venetians - perhaps in a few decades, they could become the real masters of Constantinople and even the veritable Roman Empire.

Therefore, in the current situation, the nobles are very concerned about the current plan of His Majesty the Emperor.

However, one of the nobles shook his head, "These days our Majesty is easy to understand - as for what he plans... no one knows. However, it seems that the Venetians who went to Moldava have recently brought news, and now His Majesty Henry has completely focused on that matter rather than dealing with the Bulgaria issue."

"What news?" After learning this, the Latin nobles present couldn't help but wonder. It was hard to imagine that there would be something more important and better that would distract their Majesty Henry.

On the other hand, the nobleman who knew the inside story pretended to be mysterious and slowly moved his lips and said slowly: "It is said that they finally found the long-lost Patriarch Peter X of Constantinople in Moldavia, and they were about to bring him back to Constantinople as soon as they found him."

As soon as this news was said, it was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves. The Latin nobles, who were originally a little curious, changed their faces at this moment, so they could not believe their ears.
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