Augustus Road

The words of the high priest made Byblos even more delighted. He hurriedly asked Copo Kilikis if he could use the power of the high priest to stop the voting of the people's assembly in the name of needing divination?

At this time, Byblos's request aroused strong indignation among Caesar's staff and the public. They yelled at the second consul, saying that Byblos's trick was too despicable and clumsy, because most people in the square did not watch it at all. Seeing that damn white light, he was clearly afraid of arguing with Caesar and trampling on public opinion, which caused Byblos's armed slaves to rush to defend their master, and the situation was tense for a time.

Copper shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said, "I don't think it's necessary," "Dear Consul, you may be curious, why in the square with tens of thousands of people, you and I were the only ones witnessing that mysterious white light?"

This made Biblos a little confused. He could only ask the high priest to explain it to him, because only the high priest was the intermediary for communicating with God.

"That is, this white light symbolizes the disaster you are about to encounter!" Copo Kilikis said, lifting a bucket of dung from the hand of the priest next to him, and refreshed the second consul. The ground was poured from head to toe, causing loud screams and cheers from the people around. The high priest's "dung water attack" was natural, majestic, and without any pretense. It was simply the most important part of the rehearsal for the vote in the square. "You What a boring bastard. When the country encountered such a critical moment, tens of thousands of people gathered in the sheep pens and squares, ready to use their own judgment and enthusiasm to decide the future course of the country. Previously, at the Jupiter Temple There are no priests or virgins in the Temple of War, the Temple of Vesta, or the Temple of Agriculture to report any disasters to me, but you came to me at the last minute and told me that because of the light like horse dung, you let me do it in front of so many people. , saying that the voting is suspended, you can go back to the village community? So what you deserve is this bucket of excrement!"

Amidst the bursts of scolding, Byblos first stood there for a long time. Then he sadly touched the feces in his hair with his hands, and then on his clothes. But he didn't look particularly angry. Turning around and raising his hands in the air, this gesture was done not only to Caesar and the high priest, but also to the Senate over there, and to all the people in the Grand Forum - to express his willingness to give a speech on this plan. .

The first person to speak was Caesar, "My compatriots, I am Julius Caesar. No one is more willing to get close to you and help you than me. Yes, I am the oldest descendant of the nobility, but since I came of age, I Serving on the front line, fighting with all ordinary people, I know that you long for land, and what I have to do is to turn the desires of most people into reality. This is the value of the Archon's existence! If someone said to me, Caesar, you are facing the end like the Gracchi brothers, I will never think that this is just an intimidation to me. This is a tragic battle, the level of tragedy that I have encountered before after the proposal. You can see when there are all kinds of obstacles, intimidation may turn into killing, but I want to say to you, for your well-being, I have no fear. A true warrior regards the night as a smooth road, and I will fight against the enemy like all legionnaires. Say, pick up your sword, and the people will decide who of us will leave a good name in history, or the other way around."

"You're right, at least in terms of incitement and empty wishes, Cato the Younger, maybe we should prepare something else." Cicero looked at the people who were almost crazy under Caesar's instigation, waving flags and panels, and said melancholy He told the senators around him that even if he faced this situation today, he would have no chance of winning against Caesar.

When he saw the armed servants of the senators on the opposite side leaving the main square in twos and threes with ferocious faces, Lepidus understood that this was the senators gathering people to prepare to deal with Caesar like they had dealt with the Gracchi brothers. He took out a sharp sword from under his robe. Sword, said to Caesar: "Those guys are going to use despicable means and prepare to cause bloodshed in the square to hinder the vote. Your Excellency, I want to know when Pompey will enter the city?"

"Don't panic. It's not the time to draw your sword yet. We still have to enjoy Byblos's speech." Caesar was calm and composed. He left the podium politely and made an invitation gesture to Byblos, who was covered in stench. .

In this way, Byblos still insisted on taking the stage, but his courage was commendable, and the following words were a bit incoherent: "Who has not served in the legion on the front line? I have also served as a military tribune. Knowing that when the legion is fighting, it is most important for the majority of soldiers to obey a few superiors. To use an analogy, to use an analogy, just like the people of the country must obey a specially chosen father, we all treat you as our own children, so don’t do it under Caesar’s The road is going in the wrong direction." As a result, his self-righteous and casually belittling speech made Cicero hide his face, and also caused boos in the audience. Lepidus raised his fingers gently to the crowd. After a moment, several people immediately laughed loudly at Byblos, saying that what the people thought was what the consul should do. In this regard, he was far worse than Caesar, so he was showered with feces and urine by the high priest.

As a result, Byblos was still angered by these words. He was completely disappointed because he had just had a bucket of excrement poured on him, and now he was boycotted by the noisy people. He complained openly, "When you guys even You can't afford to raise three children, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in need of food relief. How can fathers safely allocate those sacred state-owned lands to you? And the most disturbing and disgusting thing about you is that you always overestimate yourself? , in fact, we have to be serious and don’t have to worry about what you say and think..."

"It's over, it's over, this idiot. I told him a long time ago that Caesar's words must be sealed in terms of the source of funds for the implementation of the plan. I didn't teach him to say these words that angered the masses." Cicero vomited bitterly. When all the people began to raise their fists and ask Bruce to roll back to where he belonged - the cesspit, little Cato next to Cicero suddenly said, "Damn it, what are you doing? Who told you to do this? Made.”

On the roads of the main square and the cattle market, hundreds of strong men with various slave nameplates lined up aggressively. These were all the senators' personal armed forces. They wore dark cloaks to hide their weapons, and they wore The dagger flashed with an ominous light and rushed toward the square, preparing to bloodbath the place and scare away the people with violence. At this time, a senator in the square who was grabbed by the collar by the angry Cato shouted at the top of his lungs, "Since Caesar wants to be Gracchi's brother, let us fulfill his wish! You don't need to persuade the Republic In my eyes, it has been tarnished before, not least this time." (To be continued.)