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"Dong-dong-dong-" The bell of St. Demetrios Church rang extraordinarily long today, awakening the dawn of the fourth day when the war had subsided. In front of the main square of Thessaloniki, the Roman people in white woven robes gathered around the priests in black robes and slowly walked through the arches outside the church. This scene was pious and solemn.

Outside the Sifang Square, Justinian was looking at all this calmly. Frankly speaking, he was not interested in all the things in front of him, but he had to admit that the priest's scriptures were sometimes more effective than the warrior's long sword. many. No matter how **** he fought with Mikhail Dukas' army outside the city, for ordinary people behind the city walls, the teachings of the priests undoubtedly brought them closer, which Justinian had to admit. At this time, in the eyes of the crowd, an old and amiable Grand Master is more useful than the army of Pi Jian and stubbornness.

John X, Patriarch of Constantinople, Grand Master of the Empire, and once the most trusted minister of Emperor Alexei III, disappeared after the Crusaders captured the walls of Theodosius. Historically, Lascaris of Nicaea also invited him to come, but was declined by the Grand Master. And if it weren't for Antonia's help, I'm afraid I would never have thought that he had been living in seclusion in the mountains of Wallachia. Thanks to this, under the great influence of the Grand Master, both himself and Princess Eudoxia have been blessed with a certain degree of orthodoxy.

"Are you sitting here behind the scenes?" The Genoese girl who also did not show up behind her boredly watched the Orthodox ceremony she was not familiar with.

"It's enough to leave these matters to Her Royal Highness, so that I myself can have a good time at leisure. What's more, I really can't handle this kind of situation."

Justinian very frankly expressed to Antonia that he was in the same mood as she is now, and had no interest in cumbersome religious ceremonies. On the other hand, he can avoid irritating some people by not showing up. After all, his previous cleanup of the black market has already made them extremely painful.

These past few days, Justinian has been busy dealing with the next things to do, raising rations, mobilizing baggage, and assembling the army. All kinds of affairs have indeed overwhelmed him, so today is also a rare time for him to breathe a sigh of relief. one day. He and Antonia stood on the top of the White Tower and looked at the Roman people in the square and presented flowers to the Grand Priest surrounded by people in the center. And John X delivered a sermon on "a time to fight, a time to reconcile" to his followers. Obviously, this is a general mobilization to send troops to crusade against Rusnina. It has been released, so most of the people who are psychologically prepared are emotionally stable.

Until the arrival of Princess Eudosia, joyful cheers erupted from the calm and solemn crowd, and the elegantly decorated large square was filled with enthusiasm. But even Justinian and the others could hear the long live sound of the mountain call. It was obvious that the people of Thessaloniki loved the Highness more than their religious beliefs. This is no wonder, if people may still have doubts about this orthodox princess before, but after the defense of Thessaloniki, this amiable highness has long been regarded as an uneducated Slav by the bottom people and even the nobles. In the eyes of people, she has become a trustworthy female supreme.

"Aren't you heartbroken at all with these cheers and applause? Even Sister Eudosia is not stingy to share it with you." Looking at Justinian's calm appearance, Antonia asked him strangely, in her Few of the many people I've met are not obsessed with it, like her brother.

"Sister Eudoxia, I didn't expect you to be so close now." Justinian smiled and grimaced at the girl beside him, then looked at the sky above his head, and said lightly: "Of course the fragrant flowers are stained. It is intoxicating, but the rust smell on the spear is often sobering. Now the people of Thessaloniki can laugh here with the blood of countless people, and the names of the victims must be Can't be remembered by everyone, so all I can do is not to forget, not to forget the original intention of everything I did. Until the day when the eagle of Rome will fly again and never land, and then I I hope to share that glory with everyone.”

"Sure enough." After listening, the stubborn girl stuck out her tongue and teased at Justinian: "You also said that you can't handle it, and those who don't know this long talk think you are the great teacher! But Really interesting new talk, at least a lot more interesting than the clichés from people I've visited before."

"And what about you, Antonia? What's the reason for what you've done so far? If you just hate your family, you can't run away. Why do you have to do it this way?" Denny also looked at Antonia seriously and asked. He had known each other for so long, but it was the first time that he had really talked to each other. He also raised a doubt of his own to the other party for a long time. From what this Genoese girl has shown, her identity is obviously noble, and the power mobilized by Antonia in their cooperation in the past two years is obviously not something that only the object of the Doria family's political marriage can have.

In the face of Justinian's question, Antonia was not surprised. In fact, she had told the other party about her life experience before. After experiencing all kinds of things together, they were already reliable partners with each other. , so the girl also said calmly: "If you said what you said just now, you also lived in a city like Genoa, you would also hate it, Justinian. The Florentines likened the Venetians to pigs appropriately, and the Genoese Undoubtedly like a donkey. In an icy city, people are strangers, the bottom is whipped, and they run around, while the top will hate each other for immediate interests. The seemingly prosperous city-state is nothing but a loose alliance of countless individuals. , so we Genoese are not like you Greeks, who always have a kind of nostalgia for the land under our feet." The girl who said these words harbored a long-buried resentment in her heart, and she and her mother spent time in the lower city. That part of her childhood will never be forgotten, so she won't admit her Doria bloodline like her older brother.

"You can't say that, little stubborn donkey!" Justinian suddenly pinched the resentful girl's nose, and said aloud: "We have nostalgia for the land, never because of any ethnic customs, because we Everything we have lived, whether joys, sorrows or sorrows, has been integrated into the life of the soul. Those who are disgusted and missed are mixed in our memories. If someone wants to take it away, the only thing we should do is to give him a punch, Take it back."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bell of the Cathedral of St. Demetrios rang again, and on the main square, the grandmaster's solemn announcement came.

"In the name of the Supreme Holy Apostle Emperor and the Orthodox Church, the most beloved woman by the Roman people and the Senate, Her Royal Highness Eudoxia will be crowned as Caesar, the daughter of the Empire from now on."

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