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Constantinople, the city that should have been noisy and prosperous, seemed particularly heavy on this day. Hagia Sophia heard heavy bells, which was obviously mourning the death of someone.

On this day, in the Venetian colony of Constantinople, the Venetian merchants who had always been immersed in their own profitable business also spontaneously went to the Hagia Sophia. Although they could not enter the temple, they stopped and stopped outside the church one after another. , Their purpose of coming here is to "attend" the funeral of their consul, Enrique Dandro.

The ninety-year-old old man finally bid farewell to the world and passed away, but he is worthy of his identity. No doubt Enrique Dandolo is perhaps the greatest consul in the history of Venice. It was under his leadership that Venice, which originally occupied only a corner of the lagoon, became the current maritime empire and conquered Byzantium in one fell swoop.

Not only the Venetians were mourning the old man, but also the Latin nobles of the Roman Empire also attended this grand funeral. After all, the Crusaders were able to capture Constantinople without the help of the Venetians. Because of this, these French people were also full of reverence and watched the coffin of Enrique Dandro in full bloom. Was buried in this magnificent sacred cathedral.

But such actions are actually undoubtedly further angering the Greek people in the city of Constantinople. In their simple emotions, they are already very disgusted with these foreign invaders, not to mention the evil they have committed. Row. But now, to bury a Western heresy and abominable Venetian in the Hagia Sophia is undoubtedly naked blasphemy. As a result, the seeds of hatred took root in the hearts of the Greek citizens who dared not speak, and finally took root.

But now, whether it is a Venetian or a French, they are arrogantly unaware of it, and they don't pay any attention to the ant's anger in their eyes.

After this funeral, in the magnificent Roman palace, Emperor Henry I of Romania received the new envoys sent here by Venice-Cienvenier and Ranieri Dandro.

As soon as they met, the two Venetian nobles issued a warning to the prestigious "emperor" who had just defeated the enemy in the west.

The Emperor Henry was also quite surprised about this. Not long ago, Constantinople heard the news of the destruction of the Achaia and the Principality of Athens. Although some things hurt the others, in fact Henry of Flanders It was not too shocked. After all, it is too close to Epirus geographically, and it is not uncommon for the Greeks to counterattack once the foothold is unstable. But what surprised Emperor Henry was that the two Venetians in front of him all said the same person's name-Justinian. He was very unfamiliar with this. He was very curious about what happened. Let Venice be extremely jealous of its existence.

But when Ranieri and Thain told the emperor of the Latin Empire what they had seen before, the calm expression on the man's face also became a little solemn.

"Is this true, both of you?" Emperor Henry, who still felt a little unbelievable, asked for confirmation again.

The young and energetic Cynvenir bluntly said: "Your Majesty, do you really think we are lying to you?"

This made Henryton time quite embarrassed and quickly explained: "Of course not, but I really didn't expect the Greeks to..."

But when he was only halfway through his words, he was interrupted by Ranieri Dandoro and continued: "As you said, they have recovered. In fact, we suffered a big loss because we didn't expect this. . So we are here to remind your majesty to be careful not to be careless. In any case, although we scornfully call them Greeks, at our feet it is truly the real Roman Empire, and her people are also I have always maintained this pride. Presumably everything that happened in Adrianople has proved this."

Speaking of Venice here, it seems to be the pain point of Emperor Henry. In an instant, a gloomy flash appeared on the face of this French man. There is no doubt that the defeat of Adrianople by the Bolgar and the Greeks is the eternal Latin empire. pain. Not only the last emperor, Henry's emperor Baldwin I was captured, and the death of a large number of elite former crusaders greatly injured the vitality of the empire. This directly caused Henry's Lascaris family, who was pursuing Nicaea, to give up halfway. Now, in order to deal with their own enemies, they have to join forces with Thessaloniki. It is difficult~www.ltnovel.com~ However, as Venetians, Ranieri and Thain don’t care about these things. Although they call them the emperor, they actually do. It is with a condescending attitude. In this regard, even the emperor Henry I, the martial arts emperor not long ago, had nothing to do, because blood transfusion in Venice was indispensable if he wanted to maintain the empire.

Therefore, Emperor Henry, who quickly reduced his dissatisfaction, said in a leisurely manner: "Two distinguished guests, thank you for your advice, as Venice's loyal allies forever. I will consider your suggestions, but before that, in Orientale The remnants of the Greeks in West Asia are our primary goal to deal with. As for the Greeks of Moria, perhaps King Boniface of Thessaloniki is a more suitable target to deal with them.” He declined in a polite tone. The Venetian's request, Henry said calmly, this made the expressions of Vernier and Dandro, who were still looking forward to it, uncontrollable.

Cynvenir was about to speak but was directly stopped by Ranieri, and saw the more stable Ranieri Dandoro slowly salute the emperor in front of him, and said indifferently: "In this case, I am very happy. You can meet us. May you Gui'an, your majesty the emperor, nevertheless I hope you will think again, maybe our greatest enemy is no longer the stragglers of Nicaea."

At this moment, Henry I is also well-founded and not overbearing: "I will definitely consider your country's proposal again and give you a satisfactory answer."

"I hope so." After saying that, Ranieri nodded and then took the still-abundant Cynvenir to salute the emperor in front of him, and then left the palace of the Latin Empire straight away, and they went along the way. Throwing away the guidance of the attendants and went away, but no one dared to stop him.