Augustus Road

"One enemy can do more harm than four friends can help." - Giovanni of Florence

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The guy's voice sounded a bit familiar to Calabis. When he stood up in the bath, Calabis suddenly remembered that this guy was the knight Langis of Subura District, the one who was killed by Claudia. He sent a slave to work as a street chick, and later deceived her, using copper coins as silver coins, so that she was nicknamed "Little Copper Boy" by the best man.

Seeing Langjishi and several other burly men soaking in the bathtub, Calabis secretly gathered strength in his fists, but he was still sitting on the bench motionless, his eyes observing the surroundings. This guy wanted to be in the bathroom. To take revenge on me on the slippery floor is to seek death, right?

Unexpectedly, when Langjishi saw Calabis sitting with his fists clenched, his face immediately became warm and gentle. He said: "Free aliens, your patrons are tuna fish and small coins, right? You don't remember me, go ahead." Last time on the streets of Subura, you knocked over six of my bodyguards with your fists, and then I was fucked by your mistress’s slave, the cock girl, and then thrown into the mud pit. Do you remember?”

Sure enough, the strongest person is the one who has abandoned his sense of shame. So far, Calabis can only nod to him. Lang Jishi opened the conversation: "You are very skilled, I admire you very much. I heard the conversation you just had with those veterans. I can help you solve the problem of having no money. Now there is an errand. You just need to How about joining a partnership with me and getting 10,000 drachmas as a reward?"

Ten thousand drachmas! This knight named Langjishi seems to be a character, and he is worthy of being a "match made in heaven" with Claudia. Also, as long as we have this money, we don't have to worry about the project payment for Valin Apartment. Milu and the others have their wages settled, which is great, but we have to ask clearly what kind of errand this errand is.

Before he could ask, Lang Jishi went straight to the topic: "Of course, you will definitely ask what the errand is. I can tell you without any secret, it is to kill a few people for our financial sponsor."

kill? Calabis was a little shocked. On the battlefield, it was understandable to kill the enemy in a life-and-death situation, but in this city of Rome, killing people was a bit hesitant. However, it seemed that the so-called law was just one side of the city.

Seeing his expression, Langis laughed and stretched out his hand to encourage: "Do you think that politics and trade in Rome were all done in the forums and markets? Wrong, they were all done in brothels, bathhouses, It was done at banquets and sewers. Every politician has secrets that he doesn’t want people to see. Keeping secrets and clearing them up is the secret to making us rich. Do you think that a golden young man like me can get rich at the age of twenty-six? A handsome man with three million Sethus accumulated his wealth by running a bread mill? Wrong - I can gather a group of people at any time to kill anyone he doesn't want to see on behalf of the big benefactor, and it will be the same this time. , but you're lucky, don't worry about your patron's attitude, we always act cleanly, and this matter has nothing to do with your patron. "

"You won't give me 10,000 Asi as reward afterwards, will you?" Karabis asked with a sneer.

"Oh, no, I will never deceive my colleagues in business." Lang Jishi replied seriously.

Three days later, they will gather in the bathroom of the Flower Temple. This is Lang Jishi's request. Karabis left the bathroom. After returning to the apartment, he grabbed the vegetable plate and said silently, "What happened to you today? Didn't you say you were going to take Milu and the others to see Valin Apartment after finishing work at the Temple of Vesta?" ." Potty asked curiously, his wrist still stained with dough.

"Yes, and then we went to the newly opened sweathouse in the Flower Temple." Karabis replied absently.

Potty put a piece of dough on the tip of his nose and said, "I was in a daze. Did you also go to the newly opened whorehouse next to the bathroom?"

"Milu and the others went, I didn't - By the way, Potty, if some upright nobleman was killed tomorrow or the next night, would you feel sad?"

"But this is not a common thing in Rome. In the Maximus Sewer and in the mud of the Tiber River, there are killed and abandoned bodies everywhere, some of which are teenage children." Potty nodded. Without replying, he said on the stove, "I used to work in the court of Pontus, and I know what these nobles do in private. Sometimes I also think of my former mistress Nessa. Wasn't she the one who was most favored by her?" Did you kill your niece with your own hands?"

After listening to Bodi's unintentional remarks, Calabis pondered and thought of the broad-edged sword under his bed. Damn it, it doesn't matter whether he is a noble or not, just fuck him and earn ten thousand. Ten thousand, who said I am short of money now? If Lang Jishi dares to play tricks on me, I will cut off his back directly with cast iron scissors.

Sure enough, three days later, after Calabis finished transcribing the war history at the Temple of Vesta, he quietly hid the broad-bladed sword he had brought under his cloak and walked to the Temple of Flowers.

Langjishi and a few guys were listening to the screams of women in a brothel. When Calabis arrived, another accomplice walked out of the brothel with his trousers tied danglingly, "That bitch He actually said it was inconvenient, but he didn’t know that it would be easier to do it with blood.” When everyone gathered, Langjishi raised his neck and said, “Go two blocks ahead, the target is there.”

It was already dusk at that time, and the setting sun shone lazily through the gaps between the arcades in the narrow street. Karabis, who followed Langjishi, felt his heart sinking more and more. He felt that what Langjishi said was " "Target" seems to be getting closer and closer to the residence of Hebrida's wife and daughter...

"Hide in the corner." Suddenly, Langjishi spoke, and several people hid in the corner of the alleyway. As expected, a sedan swayed and stopped in front of the shabby apartment building in Hebrida.

"Go up, be neat and tidy, kill the slaves carrying the cart first, and then stab all the people inside to death. Everyone present will be silenced." Lang Jishi said coldly, "After the incident is completed, each person will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan. , as promised, there is still bigger business waiting for us." Then he glanced at Calabis and said, "You go first," and then winked at the other big men to indicate that they were here. Later, Calabis had to be "taken care of" - at this time, Langjishi didn't know that Calabis had learned sword fighting, so the people he chose were either veterans or students from the gladiator school.

"Hey", Karabis held the broad-bladed sword in his hand and quickly approached the sedan chair. At this time, he felt that there was a "communication" between him and the sword. He used to use a fake wooden stick that was four times heavier. Now he used a real sword. He felt that it was not only light, but also the center of gravity of the hilt and body of the sword was very good. Stable - Those who say that Roman daggers bend when struck are incorrect. In fact, this broad sword is a standard iron weapon. The sides and blade are covered with fine pattern steel, which is unusual. The sharpness is worthy of the real guy of the Lucullus family, called Gladius. He thinks that the reason why the Romans like to use short swords is mainly because the sword body is wide and short, which makes the center of gravity of the hand very stable. If it is long, it will Overcome the annoying leverage, which is laborious to use and not conducive to straight thrusts.

When he was less than fifteen Roman feet closer to the sedan chair, he quickened his pace - several slaves did not see him and were helping an old man out of the sedan chair. Next to him stood a very energetic young man. But when he saw Calabis and the others, his eyes were suddenly filled with fear.

The moment their eyes met, Calabis saw that this young man was actually Demetrius, a Jew from Galilee.

Then, out of the portal came the light-blond haired Fan Lundina, the daughter of Haibrida...

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