"Gugugugu!" A pigeon flew over beside the railing of the deck, standing on it, cleaning its feathers.

It seemed that it was not afraid of people at all. After being held by both hands from behind, it did not struggle at all. It was waiting obediently for the visitor to take off the letter paper tied to its legs.

Justinian casually placed the dove in his hand aside, and glanced at the words on the letter. His expression suddenly became a little solemn.

"What's wrong? Is there any bad news?" The Genoese girl beside her saw the strange look in Justinian's expression and asked. They escaped from the chaotic Constantinople not long ago, but they are still wandering on the sea at this moment.

Looking at Antonia beside him, Justinian shook his head slightly, handed the letter in his hand to the other party, and said, "It was Arslan who passed the news. But I can't tell you exactly whether it's good or bad."

Surprisingly, Justinian would discuss it directly with him. Antonia, who was a little hesitant, took the letter paper and glanced at the contents on the letter. At this moment, her face also showed an incredible look, "Is there a civil war in Epirus?!"

"Well, Sir Baptist of Thessalonica said so, and there should be no falsehood." Justinian said calmly. According to the letter, a month ago, when he was still in Bulgaria, Epirus had a civil war. When Mihair Ducas, who was attacking the Latins in Macedonia, returned to Rusnina, he suddenly encountered an attack from his brother Theodor through Agrenion. Most of the Mikhail's guards had just survived the death, so a great war broke out between the two sides. The war is still tense, and the war has swept through most of Epirus.

"At this time, they will still plot against each other and kill each other?" Antonia, who was incredible, said in shock.

But Justinian sneered slightly and said, "Is there anything unexpected about this? Every orthodox Roman should think of it as accustomed to this kind of thing." After all, court conspiracy and civil war are the characteristics of Byzantine, and are completely dissolved in their bloodlines. What's more, Justinian knew that the ambitions of the two brothers of Ducas were destined to be in a life-and-death situation, because it was the same in history. However, when Mikhail died in the assassination of his brother Theodor, this time the two chose to fight to the death with real swords and guns, which has to be said to make people feel a little ridiculous.

At this moment, Antonia suddenly looked a little subtle and said meaningfully: "Since that's the case, then shouldn't this be good news for you? I think it's definitely not what you want to be subordinate to you, especially now that the power in Epirus is a group of short-sighted and mediocre people."

"I don't think it's short-sighted. The empire is now divided, the Latins are lingering, and the Venetians are afraid of the weapons. What is more realistic for them than fighting for the orthodox of the empire? Of course, I am not unthinking about the ownership of Epirus and even the entire empire. But what happened now has disrupted my original plan." Justinian pondered slightly. This sentence was not just said. According to the original plan, he now holds the daughter of the Princess Odosia and the Madame of Constantinople in his hands. Now he holds the daughter of the Princess Odosia and the Madame of Constantinople in his hands.

The first two flags with great appeal were undoubtedly the two flags. At the same time, he occupied most of Molia and Thessalonika of Macedonia. They were no longer the small pawns in the eyes of others in the chaotic times in the past. It was not difficult to accumulate strength secretly for several years and use the conflict between the Ducas brothers to overthrow their rule in Epirus in the future. But now the sudden outbreak of this civil war means that all the contradictions have been illuminated on the surface and there is no cover. Then, choosing to stand in the side will inevitably be a choice.

"No matter whether the civil war is victorious, Epirus will usher in unprecedented convergence, and those people are definitely not fools. Before the dust settles, all threats will inevitably be cleared out in advance." Justinian said quietly. Although the two brothers Ducas were full of conflicts, their fear of him was consistent. After all, in name, he was the only old minister of the former emperor Muzfius. Not to mention that a man was innocent and possessed a treasure. He was actually more like a piece of fat meat that occupied Molia and Thessalonica. Both Theodor and Mikhail wanted to annex him to strengthen themselves. When Thessalonica defeated the Latins, Justinian had already realized this.

"You mean..."

"I think we will receive two different ultimatums soon after we go back! Whether it is Mikhail or Theodor, they can't continue to let me continue to be independent."

Justinian's calm attitude surprised Antonia. In her impression, this man was not so merciless, so she asked slowly:

"So now that you are mentally prepared, what should you do next?"

Justinian shrugged and replied, "Not yet, but I have some clues. But if you want to survive this crisis, I need your help, Antonia. I think this gold coin can still count now!" The gold coin with ancient charm jumped at the fingertips and fell back to the palm of his palm. Justinian put it back in front of the Genoa girl.

After receiving such an answer, looking at the calm eyes, Antonia's face showed a look of relief. The slender palm gently glanced past Justinian's palm, and the Dorian gold coin immediately returned to the girl's hand.

"Okay! Just because you are my ally, I will help you again! It can be considered as giving you the favor you had in the Black Sea. Tell me, how can I help you again this time?" The confident girl patted her small breasts and said. Although Antonia almost completely cut off contact in order to escape family investigation before, she still had some solutions if she was limited to the Peloponnese area.

Justinian, who received the girl's affirmative reply, also put the pigeon in his hand with a serious and solemn expression on his face in Antonia's hands and said, "Okay, let the kitchen stew the pigeon immediately. It would be better if you cook. I haven't seen any meat in several days!"

"you?!"

"What are you doing when you stand there? If you hadn't blown up the entire ship with all supplies in Golden Horn Bay, could we float on the sea for several days and rely on bread to fill our stomachs!" Justinian scolded with a complaint.

Before he could finish his words, the dove frightened and flapped its wings and hit his face hard, leaving only the girl's angry words lingering in his ears.

"You...you are a slanderous Greek!"

"I'm really a little girl who can't make jokes, I'm not saying anything wrong." Looking at the girl's departure, Justinian rubbed his sore nose, shrugged his shoulders slightly and turned around and put the dazed dove in his hand aside.

The next moment Justinian's originally lazy and leisurely expression suddenly disappeared, and the sharp edge in his blue eyes was also exposed at this moment. The young man who was completely different from the previous one looked at the darkness in the corner of the ship and said slowly: "What do you think? Your Excellency, who has been on my ship for so many days, is it time to show up, right?"

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Chapter completed!