Augustus Road

“Royal palaces are more suitable for insects than shepherd’s cheese is for summer flies.” - Byzantine historian

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"Li Xilia?" Lepida in the dream asked in surprise.

In the dim light of the stair passage, the virgin turned around, holding the flickering candlelight. It was the elegant and beautiful Zeno. Her appearance was as young as Lepidus had just met her in Rome. "O traveler in time and space, don't stop Hesitant and confused, accept your fate calmly." Then she pointed to the door where the baby's cry came from, "The door god is the god who controls birth and death. You once walked between the door of life and death like a naked baby. Wandering." Then, Zeno held the fire in his chest and slowly approached Lepidus, "Then now, leave your destiny and struggle to me with peace of mind, and leave it to me and Sibyl to prophesy, without hesitation. It’s as simple as crossing a door.”

"What exactly is the Sibyl Prophecy? What does the Virgin Priest Group control? Does it design the fate of the entire generation!" Lepidah couldn't help shouting.

But Zeno smiled slightly, "You belong to this time and space. Your biological parents are not so magical, and you don't need to worry about them. There are more magnificent careers and goals waiting for you here - if you don't believe it, you might as well say Say, where are you from, how far can you go? Since God has given you this opportunity, then play the leading role in the new world He created.”

Then Zeno sang a madrigal softly,

"The people of the Black Iron Age are about to disappear, and the goddess of childbirth and the goddess of justice are flying around you and your children. New humans will descend from the towering clouds. The golden age is about to come. The sun will turn into a real king, and the king will come. All things in the world." As she sang, she leaned against the doorframe, her eyes turning, which meant that she was asking Lepidus to walk into the door. The baby's cry inside became louder and louder. Lepidus stepped forward hesitantly, and Zeno smiled and put the hand in his hand. The candle was put into his hand and the door opened. "Step forward, the meaningless dream is about to wake up, the new Sun King will no longer hesitate!"

The door frame made of tortoise shell was full of soft golden light overflowing. Lepidus took the candle and slowly walked in and melted in it. He could not see anything. The warm wind surrounded him, and the cry of a baby seemed to It's Leo's, and it seems to be himself. Is he dead? Or reborn?

After the eyelids are opened. Li Bida, who was covered in sweat, moved his eyes rapidly several times, and the scene in his dream slowly faded. What appeared above him were still the rows of roof beams made of logs, and the hay bundles were still swinging back and forth on them, as if they were dancing, saying "Welcome back", which made him feel sleepy and dizzy when he just woke up. Lepidus sat up slowly and looked across the window. Little Veliya was busy in the beehive under the awning, leaning down from time to time to reveal her beautiful figure, while her grandma was still huddled under the porch, squeaking. Ah busy with the loom.

There are still bees flying everywhere outside.

"Vilia, Alp! Bring me water and saddle my horse!" Lepidus shouted. After a while, he drank three glasses of mead in front of the door, and then got on his mount refreshed. Hurriedly holding hands, little Velia followed behind, walking towards the side of the manor facing the sea - the cave where Crassus once hid is a piece of blue-gray stone cliffs and emerald green woods, sunken into the suspended rocks. You need to use a soft ladder to go down between the terraces. It is very hidden. When Lepidus stepped into it, he realized that there was indeed a cave inside. A clear stream gurgled down from the top without any exhaustion. There was a breeze inside and there were several passages. By escaping, you can directly see the entire blue and deep sea, and you can see the enemy ships arriving immediately.

Later, in the naturally constituted "room", there were also decayed tables, chairs, pottery pots and couches, all covered with moss. It seemed that no one had been here for a long time. It was here that Vibius brought Vilia The sisters sent it in, allowing Crassus to enjoy the "blessing of all people" for more than half a year. After a while, Lebida saw that there was a far deeper cave on the side of this "room", and he didn't know where it led.

"Where does this lead?" Lepidus asked little Vilia.

The other party shook his head and said that no one had ever explored it. Some said it led to the sea below, while others said it led directly to Hades.

So, Lepidus asked Alp to use the light of the tree to guide himself and Vilia inside. Under the light of the fire, they walked forward for about one or two hundred Roman feet, but the surroundings became more and more weird. There were no bats here. , there are no reptiles, not even plants, just cold, bare soil and rocks. Arp swung the torch forward hard, and the light was quickly sucked away - as if the cave had no end at all.

In this way, even Alp, who had always been very brave, couldn't help but change his color. Suddenly Lepidah told him to stop, and then he touched the wall of the cave and said, "Bring the torch closer."

Then, Li Bida stared at the picture above, turned around and left for about a few seconds, "Quick, don't go any further, get out of here!"

After saying that, little Velia hurriedly followed the high priest, while Arp loyally held up the torch and walked slowly behind the two of them, pulling out his sword to act as a guard. Before leaving, he couldn't help but be curious and took a look. The mural that worried the high priest so much just now.

Above is a dense group of skeletons sitting around the banquet table, chatting and laughing (if the expressions of the skeletons are indeed like this). During this period, Alp caught a glimpse of one of the skeletons standing next to the door, with the Latin word "Cover" on the top of its head. José Julius Caesar", and below it there is a small line of words, "I am a new man."

Appleton felt a cold air rising from his back. There was no wind in the cave at this time. In the depths of darkness, he always felt that there were some people somewhere, staring at him and the high priest. The sound of the wind was like a call. Now Arp immediately put his sword across his chest and quickly stepped back.

When everyone climbed out of the cave to the woodland on the cliff again, and saw the sunshine, vegetation, and hares and elk jumping around again, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if they had come back to life again.

"Arp, call the soldiers right away and seal this cave completely - this is not a place where living people should come." Lepidah said with a tense face.

Lepidus, who returned to the manor, ordered a gift of 100,000 sesterces to Vilia's grandparents and grandchildren, and asked them to live in the city of Magala. "I bought this manor of Vibius forcibly!" Then, on the third day, Later, a large group of soldiers entered the area, razed all the remaining buildings on the ground, and sealed the cave inside and out with volcanic ash.

Less than two days later, a distressed senator named Colola asked to see the high priest, asked him about his plan to conquer Spain, and claimed that he could assist the high priest. (To be continued...)