Augustus Road

This giant man's car drove through the streets of Tegraceta, and no one dared to block or disturb the team escorted by swordfighters. Finally, the giant man got off the car in front of a magnificent hall in the city center. A group of slaves came out to greet him. They knelt down and kissed his and the beautiful woman's toes, dusted off their clothes, and wiped their gorgeous hair. vehicle.

Two hours after the giant man entered the hall, at dusk, several people in Greek robes hurriedly walked from the street, some old people and some strong men. They briefly announced that they were standing at the door. Under the leadership of the servant, he also passed through the courtyard and corridors covered with splendid curtains, and came to the innermost restaurant. The giant man was dining with the beautiful beauties behind the gauze curtains. From the shadow, the giant man could be seen. When Han eats, he grabs it with both hands and clicks his mouth loudly.

In front of the curtain, a person flashed out from the side. It was the captain of the guard of the giant man before. An old man with wrinkles on his face politely blocked these people and said, "Emperor Mitra is having a meal. Please invite me." Please wait a moment.”

One of those people shouted rudely, "The matter is urgent. The Romans sent envoys to Ataxeta. Once the emperor's son-in-law makes peace with Rome, we will be in a desperate situation."

At this time, the curtain was lifted inside, and a young lady with a graceful figure in a goose-yellow gown came out. She saluted these people one by one with bright eyes and politeness: "Father, Metodoru Si; Admiral of the Navy Achilles; and General of the Cavalry Texile - since the matter is urgent, come in and talk to the emperor. "

It turned out that these three people were the core team of Mithridates VI. The fat man who looked like a fat-headed catfish was the famous Greek wise man Metdorus. Mithridates respectfully called him "Father". He and the angry-looking Achilles and Taxi Le was different, but walked into the restaurant worriedly.

Mithridates was munching on a tender leg of lamb. When he saw his most capable subordinates coming in, he welcomed them and stood up to kiss them one by one.

When the lady in the goose-yellow gown was about to leave with her servants after bowing, Mithridates waved to her, "My dear Stratonis, please stay, maybe you can give me the most appropriate gift." My opinion." Then he turned around and kissed the pretty woman who was still sitting next to him, "My dear sister, Nessa, maybe you should go to the bathroom in the back to relax, and you can watch that with me today. It must have been a very tiring race meeting.”

Nessa got up full of jealousy, left for a moment, and glared fiercely at her brother's concubine, the bitch named Stratonis.

There was no expression of joy or nervousness on Stratonis’s face, but she bowed her head and saluted Nesa.

When the servant left, he closed the surrounding doors. Mithridates scolded Achilles, who had just yelled: "My dear commander-in-chief of the navy, you should not have casually let out important secrets just now, especially when many servants are present. Such unfavorable rumors will spread quickly.”

"Your son-in-law's attitude is very suspicious, and we are now living in his new capital. He is still in Ataxeta and is not even willing to see you, Your Majesty. Your situation reminds me of Hanni back then. "Bah, perhaps we will soon be given as a gift to the Romans by your son-in-law." Achilles continued to speak bluntly.

"That's enough!" Mithridates slammed the table angrily, causing the dishes to shake so high, and then like a speaker, he said, "My dear friend, Achilles, do you think I am willing to be in my current situation? Living in this shabby house worth only 30,000 drachmas, eating such poor food, no hunting garden, no garden, this kind of poor Armenian countryside, hum! But Luculas destroyed my army and captured it. I have lost my city and money, and now I must get the support of my son-in-law, I must." Then King Pontus turned his head, rushed to old Metodorus, kissed him passionately, and murmured, "Father, you are. You, the wisest and most eloquent person in all Greece and Asia Minor, I will reward you with three hundred talents of gold and silver. Go to Ataxeta and persuade my son-in-law to let Pontus join hands with Armenia to resist those greedy people. Romans."

"I..." Metdorus was embarrassed and wanted to say something, but Mithridates held his arm tightly, and his nails almost penetrated into his muscles. Finally, the old man remembered The family, still under the "careful protection" of His Majesty's guards, could only nod against their will.

"Thank you, Father Shang, thank you, you saved my life." Mithridates continued to kiss him softly, and then asked Taxile and Achilles, how much military force he could mobilize now Go to war.

The commanders of the cavalry and the navy were both embarrassed and hesitantly said that there were still thousands of infantry and thousands of cavalry on land who were willing to be dispatched, but there were only dozens of usable rowing warships left on the sea.

But the king of Pontus even said it didn't matter. He also had two daughters who had already entered into marriage contracts with the king of Parthia and the king of Cyprus. The former could send powerful cavalry and archers, and the latter could provide a huge fleet.

"Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, my great emperor." Stratonice on the side suddenly spoke, "Why bother to seek far away? Armenia has a vassal state called Godini. Although it is a small country, it has well-trained soldiers and sufficient food. King Chabinus has been dissatisfied with your son-in-law for a long time and has been seeking power..." Hearing the reminder of his favorite concubine, Mithridates sat on the dining chair in annoyance and said, "Damn it, damn it, I should have brought out other sisters, wives and daughters in Calabi, and shouldn't have let Baroud take their lives. Yes-I can completely marry my daughter Adiana with Monime to the king of Godini, or his son." After saying that, he covered his eyes with his hands in pain to regret this irreparable loss.

"Emperor, our insider in the Romans sent a message saying that after Luculus captured the palace of Calabi, he buried the bodies of your Majesty's two sisters and two wives, but did not confirm that your daughter, Adiana, was found." Stratonice comforted.

"Does that mean Adiana is still alive?"

"It's just a possibility, Great Emperor."

"May Zeus bless me with this daughter!" Mithridates nodded, then encouraged Metrodorus, Achilles and others, and then asked them to leave.

In the restaurant, only Mithridates and Stratonice were left, and then King Pontus clapped his hands twice, and the secret door on the wall turned, and the captain of the guards and another warrior walked out of it. They had been hiding behind it and watching.

"Your Majesty, the loyalty of Metrodorus from Pergamon to you is a little questionable. I'm afraid he won't complete the task with all his heart." The captain of the guards said meaningfully, and then winked at Stratonice.

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