Augustus Road

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"Kara..." Demetrius saw the cold light on Karabis's waist, recognized him, and subconsciously shouted.

In this brief moment, Karabis said something like this in his heart, "It's okay to kill the Jew, but Valentina is innocent. I can't kill her, I can't kill her!"

Then his hair quivered, and his eyes seemed to open behind him - the swords of several big men behind him were aimed at his back and waist.

"Ah!" A big man screamed. Karabis turned around and grabbed the guy's wrist with wrestling skills. Then he stabbed the opponent's neck artery with a backhand sword, and blood flew up like an arrow. The people beside the sedan chair were sprayed all over their bodies, and they stared blankly at this scene.

"Puff puff puff", the swords of the other three big men were all pierced on the back of the guy whose wrists were tied and whose neck was open. As soon as Calabis lowered his body, he hid in the guy's arms and struck. Use this guy as a human shield.

Then, the human shield collapsed. Karabis jumped from the side and pierced the soft abdomen of the other person with his sword. Then he quickly pulled it out and slashed the lower arm of the other person with his sword while half-kneeling. , the severed limb flew high in the sunset.

When the last person was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, his throat was slit gently and quickly, and then Calabis saw Langjishi's flying back.

The whole scene fell silent. Calabis, who was covered in blood, stood straight on the spot, holding his sword, looking at everyone, and said for a long time: "I shouldn't have come to taint this blood-covered money."

"Calabis, did you become a killer in Rome? Where's Poti?" Demetrius wiped the blood on his body and asked in confusion.

"She is very good. Why are you in this city? Shouldn't you be at Pompeii in Asia Minor? What is your relationship with the wife and daughter of Hybrida?" Calabis asked, and then he After looking at Fan Lundina, the little girl was trembling with fear.

Demetrius said, after all, I knew Hebrida in Xiaoya, so when my master Pompey asked me to come to work, I came here to stay.

Then, he respectfully continued to support the frightened old man and said, "This is the chief of the three-hundred-person chamber of commerce in Utica, Africa, and the honorary knight of Rome, Mr. Galba. If I remember correctly, you just Are you planning to assassinate him?"

"Yes, if I hadn't seen Valentina," Karabis said.

Demetrius thought for a while and said honestly: "It turns out that the master's predictions are true. Lord Galba is the general representative who complained to the former Governor of Africa, Catiline. This time, he wanted to hide here incognito, just to avoid it. The assassination attempt by Catiline’s followers happened unexpectedly, thanks to your timely awakening.”

"Young man, do you know that we have to encounter this situation every few years - the former governor returns to Rome with a large amount of money, and we still have to appeal to get a small part of it back, risking our lives on the streets at any time "The danger is there." Nagarba has a dark complexion and a head full of silver threads. He is probably an indigenous rich man from North Africa. He is probably the core figure of the African appeal group that Cicero mentioned before. No wonder Catiline wanted to kill him. He followed quickly.

It turned out that the financial backer behind the scenes was Catiline.

"It seems that staying here now will affect other people." Karabis said, and then he suggested, "It is actually very simple to want absolute safety." Then he looked at all the people, and He said quietly: "Go find that Cicero."

At night, Cicero walked proudly on the streets of the Temple of Flowers, followed by followers with torches and armed slaves, as well as groups of curious Roman citizens. Cicero had openly said before that Africa was against The appeal group of the former governor Catiline was assassinated in Rome. Although Cicero did not clearly say who was behind the assassination, it seems that it is not difficult to guess the direction of public opinion.

However, Catiline's popularity in the eyes of the Roman citizens was extremely high. He was considerate of the lower class, gave impassioned speeches, and promised solutions to improve life. In the eyes of the people, he was better than the cold and selfish armchair guys in the Senate. There were many people, so many people followed Cicero to see what happened.

"It was Langis, a knight from Suburra, who planned this assassination!" After asking Galba, Cicero stood in the middle of the crowd and shouted loudly, "How can a mere knight? If you dare to do this, there must be someone behind the scenes! Can't you guess the despicable people in that corner, the just people of Rome? I, Cicero, will definitely find out the truth!" At this time, both the supporters and the boycotters shouted! There was a wave of shouts, some applauded, and some curled their thumbs sideways to express dissatisfaction.

"You should come out and testify against all this." On the terrace of the apartment building, Demetrius looked at Calabis who was "despicably" hiding himself in the corner and begged.

"Don't play this trick with me, Jew. I don't want to get caught up in the fight between your master, Cicero, and Catiline. It seems that your master obviously favors Cicero and wants to use this matter to bring Catiline down." Are you going to move? My public identity is still a good servant of the Temple of Vesta, Corian (a patron) of Lucullas. I still have a wife and children. Do you think I am still the same person as I was in Asia? "Shadow? Calabis's attitude is very determined.

"Okay, I won't force you. Let's wait until Langis is captured." Demetrius then said magnanimously, "Just now, Lord Galba said that he must adhere to the principle of faith and give you one hundred thousand sese." Thank you for your gratitude.”

"That's fine. I'm really short of money. I need it urgently. Send the full amount to my apartment in two days." After saying that, Carabis slowly went downstairs, touched Valentina's head, asked her about some things during her time at school with Paluma, and saw that Hebrida's wife was pointing at the first 600 sesterces of military pay sent back by her husband with a happy face, and then quietly left from the back alley.

After a market day, in the National Auction House in Rome, Carabis sat in the bidding seat in a bright dress. With the "assistance" of Camus, he changed his certified assets and looked at the auctioneer standing in the middle of the seat very attentively. It is said that he was also a free man, entrusted by bankrupts and debtors to publicly auction some things: high-level slaves, house property rights, and works of art.

Fortunately, when the auction reached the Valin Apartment, the reserve price was indeed as Pope predicted, 15,000 drachmas, because it did collapse before the auction and turned into a real rubble. The knights present whispered to each other and then shook their heads. In their eyes, this place was completely worthless. Romans generally did not like to start a new business on the ruins.

Finally, it was Carabis who kicked the resonance cylinder under the seat, attracting the attention of everyone present, and took over this place with 15,000 drachmas.

When he took the contract, he clearly heard the slight sneer of the people around him.

"Maybe they all think I'm a fool." Carabis thought.

After packing the contract and walking out of the auction house, Carabis saw a group of flying birds soaring into the sky, followed by the sound of continuous trumpets, and a red flag was even raised on Capitoline Hill.

Raising the red flag is a tradition left over from the tribal era of Rome. In the past, it marked the invasion of the enemy, but now it generally marks an emergency - a temporary court trial or the convening of a citizens' assembly. On the street, many nobles, accompanied by slaves, and the same number of civilians put down their work and formed a crowded stream of people, walking towards the direction of the ** court.

"Could it be that Cicero has captured Longis?" Carabis thought to himself, and followed the crowd towards the court in the main square.