After a few words of dialogue, the atmosphere before Theodora and Guo Ponu became more and more subtle.

Qiao Feng seemed to sense that something was wrong, and found a reason to run away first. Even Tang Sai'er and others left quietly.

However, at this moment, the soldiers who were guarding outside suddenly came to report that another group of people had arrived. The two had no choice but to put aside their dispute for a while and ask for news of the newcomer.

The sentry said that the leader claimed to be Joanna, who was doing business in the city, and heard that Guo Gongzi was in trouble, so he brought his servants to save people, and now he wanted to meet Guo Gongzi.

Theodora didn't seem to welcome her very much, but she looked at Guo Ponu with some concern, as if she was assessing the current situation, so she didn't give orders to the soldiers outside at the first time. As a result, Joanna forcibly squeezed in while shouting, "I am the patron of the monastery, I want to see how Guo Gongzi is".

As soon as she approached, she didn't say a word, and wanted to go to Guo Kang. Theodora had no choice but to shout again: "Who are you?" Don't just go near the wounded! ”

"I'm his friend and sponsor. He's hurt, shouldn't I want to see it even more? Joanna asked rhetorically.

"If you can help, you're done." Next to him, Guo Ponu comforted him with kind words: "But you can also see that the battle here is over." Now we still need to sweep away the remnants of the enemy as soon as possible, restore order, and have a lot of work to do. We appreciate that you can come and help. Please take your soldier to Captain Lucas and ask him to assign you a mission. The remuneration after the event will be specially arranged by our Guo family. ”

"My servants and mercenaries are at your disposal." Joanna said, patting the long sword on her waist: "As for myself, I have also learned swordsmanship and know some martial arts. This time I came in a hurry, mainly to do my best to protect Guo Gongzi. So, I'll just follow him. ”

"No, I'm in charge of this now." Theodora, however, said categorically: "For the sake of military needs, please stay away from here for the time being." Miss Guo, you can also go and rest. ”

"Okay." Guo Ponu said, grabbed Guo Kang's arm and was about to leave, and reached out to hit Theodora's hand: "You let go, why, don't let me go?" ”

"What are you taking him for? I said you can go. Theodora said unhappily.

"This is my family, why can't I bring it. I've been playing with him until now, so of course we'll have to go and rest together. She said and pulled Guo Kang: "Okay, don't talk to her." Let's go home first. ”

"I'll have to ask him something." Theodora refused to budge: "He caused the whole thing, and now I don't know the ins and outs." The situation is so complicated, many things have to be asked directly to him, how can he go. ”

"I know everyone is tired and reluctant to continue to toss him, but as a leader, I have to take on more responsibilities." She said, "Take the soldiers and rest first." Just leave it to me here. ”

Of course, Guo Ponu couldn't accept it, and Joanna looked very dissatisfied.

"I'm afraid you're not doing it for official business, but for selfish desires! Otherwise, why not let us follow along? She questioned, "With all due respect, Your Highness the Princess, you are trying to pretend to be a public servant. Having explained so much, it is nothing more than an attempt to exclude others and monopolize him. ”

"If you say that, I can't agree with it." Theodora did not feel weak because of this, but shook his head confidently: "I monopolize him, and I still need to fake public and private interests?" We have always been deeply affectionate, and we should arrange a marriage soon. Everyone in the court knew about it, but it hadn't been announced yet. ”

She glanced past Guo Ponu, who was shocked, turned her head and said, "Miss Joanna, you should always have some basic common sense." For your fiancé, you don't need to use the word 'exclusive' specifically, because that's what you take for granted. If you don't have an exclusive one, do you want to share it with anyone? ”

In her few words, she was mocking Joanna openly and secretly, saying that she could not enter the court with a low status, and she lacked a basic understanding of the normal relationship between husband and wife. However, the other information revealed in her words had already shocked Joanna too much, and she couldn't speak for a while.

"Don't be so harsh, I think ......" Guo Kang was still trying to ease the atmosphere between them.

"What do you think? Would you like to have a few more women to share with? Theodora replied unhappily, choking back the second half of Guo Kang's sentence.

"Why is this a marriage?" Guo Ponu was also anxious.

Although she had already learned something about what Theodora had done from her father and the servants, she was already mentally prepared. But when people said it in person, Guo Ponu was still a little anxious, and said unwillingly: "Where is this all about?" If there is no shadow, don't talk nonsense. ”

"Why is there no shadow?" Theodora sneered, turned his head and asked Guo Kang, "Then you say, how is this matter calculated?" Is this not admitted? As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Guo Kang to his side.

"I didn't say I didn't admit it? Hey, don't pull me-" Guo Kang hurriedly replied, "I didn't say anything." ”

When Theodora heard this, she did not embarrass him any longer, and let go of his still aching arm, allowing him to step aside and breathe a sigh of relief.

"The official things I said really need to be done seriously." She also explained: "As for private matters, I also have my own arrangements, and I don't need you to ask." ”

"Miss Guo, you can go back." She emphasized to Guo Ponu again, turned her head again, and put on a generous posture: "As for Miss Joanna, you can also step down." If you leave now, I will not pursue your recklessness and insolence. ”

Guo Ponu didn't react for a while, looking left and right, as if he was trying to think of a way. When Joanna heard this, she lowered her head and was silent for a moment, then raised her head again.

"You have no right to make decisions for Guo Gongzi, and you can't interfere with who I defect to, because I'm not your vassal, and neither is he. So, even if it's a princess, you don't have this power. Joanna said firmly: "It was my own choice to support and protect him." ”

"Today, I came late, it was my mistake. Because of my ignorance and hesitation, I will of course bear the consequences myself. However, I have to follow my own heart for the rest of the matter. Only in this way will you not continue to regret yourself. ”

With that, she straightened up and strode over.

"Huh...... Walk towards me, huh...... Didn't run away, but approached the princess? Theodora smiled arrogantly and glanced at her, "I'll just say, why did your brother keep mentioning you just now." It's rare that he's tried all sorts of things like a woodpecker beating on the trunk of a tree......"

"If you don't get closer, how can you defeat this arrogant person!" Joanna simply didn't pretend at all, and said her purpose out loud as she walked.

"Ho, let's get closer!" Theodora was not at all afraid, and let her come and stand in front of her.

For a while, the atmosphere here became very intense, Guo Kang himself hurriedly hid to the side, and Guo Ponu was at a loss and didn't know what to do now. The others were surprised, and they all looked over curiously to see what they would end up fighting for.

The two approached each other, and Joanna was about to say something more, but Theodora suddenly spoke first.

"Jojo." She casually called out the other party's nickname: "Do you know? In the Greek court, there is actually a limit to the ability of a noblewoman. ”

Joanna gave her a look of surprise and continued to stare at her.

"I've learned one thing from this short life so far." Theodora said thoughtfully: "The more you play tricks, the more you will find that there is a limit to the abilities of the Greek noblewoman." Unless...... Beyond the Greeks ......"

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Joanna instinctively sensed the danger, frowned, and said warily.

"I'm not a Greek anymore, Jojo!" Theodora laughed and drew his sword.

Joanna was startled and hurriedly drew her sword to meet it. The two sides went back and forth, and tried a few tricks.

"Sluggish, too sluggish!" Theodora also had the kung fu to laugh at her: "Roman swordsmanship is the strongest actual combat skill, even if you are not proficient, speed and strength are obviously above your Italian swordsmanship!" ”

"It seems that you and I use different types of martial arts." Joanna also tried hard to meet the attack, and praised the other party: "Although you can't move geometry skills flexibly, you have great strength and can make accurate movements......"

"Want to try how much better my swordsmanship can be than yours? Forget it, there shouldn't be any need to test it......" Theodora tried two more moves, and slashed at Joanna's side with a sword. Although it didn't hit her body, it still cut her skirt a bit.

"The test you are talking about, is it the attack that killed you just now?!" Joanna was taken aback when she saw her coming.

However, she immediately stabilized her mood, showed an uncaring demeanor, and said with a smile: "I actually broke this skirt worth 1,000 gold coins that I bought from the Yuan Dynasty Chamber of Commerce!"

"You profiteer......" Theodora muttered, shook her head, sneered, and replied, "Oh, then I'll take your boring provocations, and test it a little!" ”

"Do you want to compete with me in the speed of the sword?" Joanna was also aroused by the competitive spirit of those who practiced martial arts, and also sped up. In the shadow of a sword, the two fought faster.

"Brush Brush—"

"簌簌簌簌簌——"

Not only Guo Kang, but even Guo Ponu looked stupid. The two tried to stop it, but at this moment, only to hear the sound of hitting the ground, Theodora fought hard, and the blow knocked the sword in Joanna's hand straight away.

"Sure enough, my swordsmanship, strength and accuracy are better than yours." Theodora said proudly, "What did you just say?" I have practiced swords, I have martial arts, and I want to protect him? Take a good look, who can you protect like this? ”

Joanna was still a little unwilling, but Theodora also dropped her sword, stepped forward, and used wrestling tricks to lift Joanna directly.

"Goodbye, Jojo." She threw Joanna far away.

Joanna was knocked to the ground, and she couldn't get up again!

Theodora seemed very happy, ordered everyone to take care of her, and pulled Guo Kang to leave first.

******

Smoke is already rising from the main building of the Italian Chamber of Commerce. Sun Shiwan stood outside, looking at the flames in the courtyard with an unhappy expression.

"What are you stunned for, hurry up and put out the fire!" He scolded: "All their ledgers, manifests, contracts - all of them are snatched out for me, don't waste a single one!" Just go! ”

The family members were not idle yet, and they were busy running to put out the fire.

"Who is so immoral to set fire to such a place." Sun Shiwan sighed and said unhappily.

"Not the mercenaries yet." Next to him, a cronie shook his head repeatedly: "We shouldn't listen to them." ”

In the courtyard, the corpses of the Italians lay on the ground, and almost all of them were stripped of themselves. Most of the mercenaries have dispersed, but a few are still struggling around, looking for the remaining loot.

When Sun Shiwan and the others called, the two sides fought for a while at first. But after discovering his identity, the soldiers hired by the Italian Chamber of Commerce became active.

The leader of the mercenaries secretly sent people out and told them that there were still many people on his side. Although it is now suppressed by the Javanese Chamber of Commerce, it is quite passive, and I am afraid that it will not win in the end, but if it resists to the death, the other party must also suffer a lot of losses. This is something that no one wants to see.

Now that the Javanese Chamber of Commerce is dispatched, the enemy must be the Chamber of Commerce here, so it won't be a special opportunity to get along with these poor mercenaries. In this case, there is actually no fundamental contradiction between the two sides. All kinds of misunderstandings can be discussed.

They promised that if the Javanese Chamber of Commerce let them leave with some of the loot at that time, they could fight back, open the gate to welcome the Javanese Chamber of Commerce in, and together they would destroy the Italians who were picking at the door. Although it has not been here for a few days, the reputation of "Sun 100,000" is already known to the whole city, and I guess I won't care about this money with them.

For this condition, Sun Shiwan quickly agreed. He found that the mercenaries were indeed familiar with the water, and sure enough, they quickly eliminated the Italians in the chamber of commerce. It's just that these people's hands and feet are not clean, and they are like having a brain disease, so they have to set fire to it indiscriminately, so that he will come to the end of the scene, and they will be in trouble to death.

Thinking of this, Sun Shiwan pointed to the mercenaries, turned his head and ordered: "Those few Rong people, why don't you get out?" I'm afraid I've been abandoned by their leader. In that case, it's useless to go and kill them. When he turned back to the government and asked who had set the fire, he handed over the head. ”

His men immediately took the order and left. More than a dozen Javanese soldiers quietly approached and killed them all with a single sword.

"Alright, I'm done with today." Sun Shiwan clapped his hands and looked at the fire and smoke in the distance: "This movement is really not small, and there is more than one place to look at it...... What's going on? ”

"We don't know much at the moment." A person dressed as a staff member reported: "Now it is certain that only the son of the Guo family led the troops to arrest people and conquered two mansions in a row, which caused chaos. ”

"So, I do feel it. This person is more powerful than we thought, and he is a person worth investing in. Sun Shiwan commented: "Oh yes, I remember that I was at Niangniang Temple before, and he also intended to let me invest in his institution...... Did the matter of Tara's investment become later? ”

"We don't know if there were any new investors after the fact. But after you ordered, the little one did investigate. The staff member said: "He has already raised a round of funds before. At that time, it was mainly a few Italian and local businessmen who paid for it. ”

"Who's paying the most?" Sun 100,000 asked.

"A businesswoman named Joanna Medici." The staff replied.

"How much did she vote?"

"Six thousand Roman gold coins. This scale is not small, and it should be an investment on behalf of their family. ”

"It's not too much...... Sun Shiwan muttered: "-In this way, you look at how many investors have invested before." We don't have to exaggerate too much the first time, just vote for their total. Since then, our Dayuan is his biggest investor - let's just have a relationship with him. ”

"Yes, sir!" The staff arched his hand and answered.

(End of chapter)