Augustus Road

With quick eyesight and quick hands, Caesar stepped forward and snatched away Vitias' writing board. Then he browsed it, then made an extremely angry expression and said to Vitias: "You know what, you bastard, you are so stupid." You are fooling the two most powerful people in Rome - Pompey, my dear friend, look at the list of conspirators provided by your assassins!" After that, Caesar threw the writing board to Pompeo. .

Pompeo trembled and looked at the writing pad in his hand with an ominous premonition.

To put it simply, what he saw were the menus of taverns that were everywhere in Rome: hummus with three asparagus, bread dipped in thin wine water with six asparagus, lobster meat mixed with caviar... ..The maid served four Cestius... Pompey panted and turned over it twice, then lowered his lips and handed the writing board to the attendant's hand, pointing at Vitias with his finger. Asked where the real list was.

Vitias also panicked. When he was fighting bravely in the crowd, he was so overwhelmed that he didn't know when the list in his arms was replaced by a menu. But he searched all over his body and couldn't find where the list was. He could only mutter to himself over and over again, I messed everything up.

"This idiot, damn idiot." Pompeo cursed in his heart, and then suggested to Caesar that this guy must be fooling us and using the menu to cover up the real instigator behind him. The current moment is to give him to him as soon as possible Put to death for offending the victorious general.

Now it was Caesar's turn to perform, and he said seriously: "No, my opinion is to put this man named Vitias in prison first, because he not only threatened your safety as Pompey, but also falsely accused many people in As a highly respected person in the country, this matter must not be settled lightly. After I have dealt with the problem of Alexandria's appeal team, I will come to interrogate him specifically and make sure to dig out the despicable person behind it.

After saying that, Caesar's followers swarmed up and dragged the shouting Vitias down. Pompey also stood up hastily and said goodbye to Caesar, "I'm sorry to trouble you, dear Julius. But I just thought about it, and Egypt's affairs are more important to the Republic. I have fought in the east, and I have a deep understanding that the wheat there is the key to maintaining the security of the city of Rome. Today, the representative of the appeal team was assassinated, which happened to give us an application. A perfect opportunity for the Senate to vote on the Egyptian plan.”

Caesar nodded and said: "Exactly, if the Senate still disagrees, we will resort to the Hortensius Law again and leave it to the People's Assembly to resolve it."

Seeing that the other party did not doubt him, Pompeo coughed twice and continued, "Yes, that's right, we have already tasted the sweetness of the People's Assembly, and we have to seize it before the Senate can figure out a countermeasure. The best interest - as you told me before, I fully agree with the proposal to support Claudius's re-election as tribune, and I will also try my best to support you in accepting the three Gallic provinces north of the Po River. "

"Thank you so much. I will also fully support you in getting the province you want. How about Spain?"

"Okay." Pompeo said that the deal was done, and then Caesar lowered his voice and said in a tone that only two people could hear, "I have one more condition to give you as a gift, and that is my little daughter..." Pompeo said Caesar's face was startled, and then the two started chatting in a very low voice, and finally laughed as they agreed. Pompey and Caesar hugged each other when they parted, and Pompey said in a very relaxed tone: "I just said to you That clumsy guy overreacted when he assassinated me. It was too unworthy of my dignity as a victorious general. Now it seems that this guy named Vitias may be a mentally disturbed bastard. There are too many such bugs in Rome. ”

"Then I will wash the bedbugs back into the sewer with water." Caesar said calmly, maintaining a charming smile.

After Pompey left, Lepidus stepped up the steps of the official residence looking around. After he entered Caesar's room, he closed the door, and then handed the amber plate in his arms to the consul. Caesar looked at it and asked : "Where is my boy Brutus? Where is he?"

"I have arranged people and ships to send him to sea back to Greece."

"This confused child." Caesar carefully put away the amber plate, then stood up, turned his back to Lepidus, and said after a long time, "Yes, he is a child after all, and I will always forgive him, even if it is just for stuffing. Vilia.”

Lepidus didn't know what to say for a moment. He said, "You have to pay attention. More than ten years later, you kept forgiving Brutus and stabbed you with the most fatal blow with a dagger. But what can I say now? What can I say about this person opposite?" Nor would he believe that the person Brutus was plotting to assassinate this time was not just Pompey?

Just when Lepidus was in a daze, Caesar turned around and said, "You are responsible for handling the matter of Vitias. And go back and tell the Ptolemys and his daughter who are staying at your place, so that they can feel at ease and Alexandra appeals." The request of the regiment will be completely rejected during my term, and the expedition to Egypt will be resolved during the consulship of my father-in-law Picasso next year. "

"Let's forget about Vitias, but Your Excellency, you should know that the person behind the scenes is..."

"So what? Remember, even if there is a secret fight, Pompeo and I now have a greater exchange of interests. If you want to buy the largest tuna at the fish market, don't worry about the fishmonger blackmailing you for half a pound of weight. "Caesar interrupted Lepidus' confusion and said that the matter ended here, "But if you want to take revenge privately, I won't interfere."

Li Bida nodded and retreated.

Late at night, several executioners wearing brown and black cloaks threw the body of Vityas, who was covered with scars, into the drainage ditch behind the Temple of Jupiter. Lepidus, who was standing by the ditch, waved at them, then took out a purse and a small writing board. The executioner left the money and the writing board to the body of Vityas. After the executioner left, Lepidus walked to the canal and muttered a few words to the civilian with a bad brain, "Actually, this matter really can't be blamed on me. According to my original intention, I just tortured you to force you to say that Pompey was the messenger and embarrassed Pompey, but now Pompey and Caesar don't want you to live in this world. You are an abandoned child, one of the thousands of abandoned children in Rome. Don't worry about your family, I will send them some money and send people to protect them secretly."

The cold wind blew in the early autumn night, and the shadows of trees and bushes surged with the sound of whistles. On the other side of the temple, Demetrius and several followers stood on the other side. The Jew shrugged his shoulders at Lepidus and left. The meaning couldn't be more obvious: I won't ask about the little tricks you did to Vitias's body. Anyway, this guy can't speak anymore, so the master should just treat it as a mistake.

And it was Demetrius who personally led people to secretly execute Vitias just now. (To be continued.)