"Come on, brother, I thought exactly the same as His Majesty Constantine, and in the end it was a tie. The final choice of commander will be decided within the Holy See itself. Another general who was eliminated needed to assemble an infantry corps of several thousand men. Hungary will provide some of the troops, but not in large quantities. "It was late at night when I got back to Slou Garden, and it was probably midnight when Sophia had washed up and changed. John wasn't too sleepy, the little girl was already yawning, "According to General Publius's previous meaning, Tarianos is more or less a descendant of the Holy See Guard, but the Toco family is not missing this background. Even if some gossip is unleashed in the army, Angelo's chances of victory are relatively slim. ”

"It's just the beginning, Sophia." John propped himself up and asked Evelet to adjust the angle of the drawing board on the bed for him, "You think, what we are really competing for this time in Palaiologos is not the belonging of the commander of the Holy See, what we need is only to dismantle the consistency between the new nobles, and curb their continuous encroachment on the power of the lower echelons of the Senate." Whether Toko is on the throne or not depends not only on whether they are fighting for their own power, but also on their attitude towards the royal family in the end. ”

Sophia changed into a silk nightdress and sat on the edge of John's bed: "Before...... That's not how we approach the Toko family. ”

"Attitude depends on how the situation changes. In the face of the current situation, since there is a better solution, we must make a better attempt. John pinched his pen and added two more strokes to the canvas paper.

In the middle of the dimly lit long street of Sominje, there is a lonely back.

…

Angelo Alfonso Toco's suburban estate is some distance from the synagogue of the new Senate. In the middle of the long street of Somine, the middle section of the Way of Constantine, is a pedestrian path and no carriages can be used. Therefore, Angelo slowly marched forward with only two retinues.

It's just that in normal times, Constantinople does not have a curfew system. After the Balkan reconquest, more merchants and exiles flocked to Constantinople to make a living. With the population booming, even after twelve o'clock on both sides of Constantine Boulevard, there will still be street vendors. This night was extraordinarily quiet.

"Not quite right...... Angelo slowed down.

Just because he lived in Tocó's estate doesn't mean he doesn't know anything about the situation in Constantinople. Especially under the premise that the Toco family still needs to come and walk around with some upper-class people often. Angelo, a member of the Toko family with a title of nobility, was also a frequent visitor to Constantinople.

"Your Excellency...... Can I help you? The attendant beside him asked.

"It doesn't taste right."

Angelo stopped. There was an empty space all around.

"Normally, Sominer shouldn't be like this......"

"Lord Baron!"

Angelo's voice didn't fall. The attendant beside him suddenly pounced on Angelo. This scene came suddenly, but Angelo still reacted immediately. He turned around, only to find that the back of his squire's heart had sunk into a finger-long feathered arrow. The arrow came from nowhere, but it hit the heart. The attendant only twitched twice before he died.

"Lord Baron, there are assassins!" Another squire immediately took cover for Angelo against the wall. The Somigne promenade is almost always lined with houses or closed shops. If the other party intended to assassinate, Angelo would have almost no way to hide.

And before Angelo could catch his breath, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer stood in front of him. No one could see where he was coming from, as if he had fallen from the sky.

"I'm sorry, Lord Baron." In the farmer's hand, he held a delicate short sword.

……

The news of Angelo Alfonso Toco's assassination came out the next day, and before the royal family could react, the new senate was already in a state of uproar.

It's not just a clash of the upper and lower levels. The new aristocracy was also gradually divided into two factions because of Angelo's assassination.

With Angelo's assassination, the royal family has been given a glamorous reason to delay the appointment of commanders. After all, Tarianos also had a good reason to commit the crime. The Tadivi family has never been upright, and in order to compete for the commander of the Holy See, Tadevi has also driven a lot of things that are not acceptable.

Of course, this assassination only intensified the contradictions between the new nobles who were already in harmony.

If Angelo dies, then the Tadivi family is the direct beneficiary. But none of the upper clans or forces had been notified by the Tadivi. In their eyes, this assassination was secretly planned by Tadivi behind his back.

But it is unlikely that the assassination of an old aristocrat could be done by a small family of Tadivi, so the only possibility should be that Tadevi united a small group of other families who were now pretending to be victims in the Senate. In addition to holding the position of commander firmly in his hands, the aim is also likely to unite these families and embezzle the interests of another part of the new nobility.

After all, the current speed at which the empire canonized bureaucrats is quite bizarre, and the number of nobles who have been canonized in recent years has been twice as high as in previous years combined. The weakening and splitting of the power of the aristocracy made it particularly difficult to form the power of the great aristocracy. Now that everyone is dealing with the royal family and the lower echelons, the Tadivi family is only for their own interests, and of course they will become the target of public criticism in an instant.

After gaining the status of commander, the Tadivi family will inevitably rise to the top of the upper echelons. And among the nobles who are accustomed to suspicion, it is natural to think of the scene of the Tadivi family cannibalizing the remaining interests after the alliance of the new nobles has collapsed.

The Senate synagogue gradually got out of control. The new nobility has even begun to clamor for the opening of a second amendment to deprive Tarianos Tadivi of his right to succeed the Holy See's Commander. Of course, the representatives of the professional unions, although they were confused about what had happened last night, did not prevent them from adding fuel to the infighting among the aristocracy. There were even those who began to openly accuse Tarianos, claiming that there was evidence that the Tadivi family had hired assassins.

Overnight, the alliance of new nobles, who had been in a good situation and shared the same hatred, was destroyed by an assassination.

"General Publius, you're here again today?"

"Evely?"

At the same time and in the same place, Publius met John's Chosen Lady-in-waiting again.

"His Majesty drew another picture last night, would you like to see it?"