Augustus Road

"My dear little Calabis, what are you doing? You should be by your master's side at this time."

These words startled Calabis. Behind him, the old man Obisius appeared gloomily. Behind the old man were several tall and armed slaves. "You want to save the man in the carriage?" Slave girl?"

"No, no, I just went to the princess's car to see if I could find some herbal pills to treat Your Majesty's injuries. Those were given to me by a Hebrew friend of mine. They are very effective." Karabis was quick to wit, and made nonsense. After a while.

Suddenly, Obisius's withered claws grabbed Calabis tightly, "Child, you don't need to lie in front of me, you must really want to save that slave girl - look at her, wheat-colored skin, black paint The lacquered hair is so beautiful and plump. If I were thirty years younger, I would be as impulsive as you." Then he made a "shhh" gesture, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, little Karabis. , I will keep it a secret for you for the time being, and old Obisius can even help you rescue that beautiful black-haired slave girl, as long as you agree to a small condition of mine."

"What conditions." Karabis knew what the old guy was going to say, but he still pretended to be stupid. Obisius's withered claws tightened, and the pain was so painful that he almost shed tears, "Don't pretend to be stupid, little Karabis, you know - how did the king's sister Nessa die? Tucker Siler, Bi Due to their status, Duita and the others may not come forward to testify, but you are different. You are Adiana's personal servant. As long as you take your word as a testimony, I can easily call him Poti. If you are rescued, I can also grant you freedom and enough money to start a family."

It seems that this old pig is going to use my testimony to bring down Adiana. By the way, now Nessa is also dead. In the entire Mitra family, there are only two competitors, Adiana and Stratonis. Once Adiana is exposed, Stratonis will succeed. If she is born, she will be able to dominate the Ponti Palace, and her descendants will definitely inherit this empire.

"I don't know. I have never even seen Princess Nesa's face." Calabis replied calmly.

Orbisius clicked his tongue regretfully, let go of Calabis, clapped his hands twice, shed two tears and said: "It seems that the love between master and servant is really deep! Innocent child, do you think I am using tricks on Your Majesty the Princess?" Only one? You are, Suo Suosuo." He laughed dryly, "As long as I say a word, you will be castrated tomorrow, and no god will come to save you, and I will inform Timo Xiu, and he will. I will use the knife and saw very carefully to castrate you beautifully. However, the operation may be successful, but whether the patient can survive it is another matter. So, so, so, so..." Obi Hughes He smiled happily, and then suddenly shed a lot of tears. He shook his hands and ran towards Mithridates' stretcher, crying "My Majesty."

Looking at his back, Karabis felt a chill in his crotch.

"The emperor's bleeding has been stopped!" several doctors announced as they frantically wiped the sweat from their foreheads with bloody hands.

The surrounding attendants, royal family members and generals all breathed a sigh of relief and congratulated each other. Mithridates had not yet woken up, and the severe pain caused him to temporarily faint.

"But this arrow cluster is poisonous, and the emperor still needs to detoxify it." After the doctors wiped away the sweat, they completed the second half of the sentence.

The people around him started to curse again, "This is an unknown snake venom, smeared on the arrow clusters. Maybe it comes from the grasslands far away from the sea." The doctor explained hurriedly, and Tucker Siler grabbed the doctor like a chicken. He picked it up and shouted: "Hurry up and tell me if the Emperor can be saved. I want to wait for him to announce who will be the commander of the army!"

"Go away, quack doctors." People turned their heads one after another. It turned out to be the eccentric Timothy, holding up his pottery urn. The mouth was half open, and a small blue snake poked its head out, sticking out its tongue leisurely. , everyone screamed and fled in all directions - everyone knew how poisonous the snakes raised by Timo Xiu could be.

Timotheus half-knelt beside Mithridates, and deftly grabbed the little blue snake. An assistant, with a pale face and trembling hands, handed over a glass vessel. Timotheus pinched the snake's head, and the little snake The snake showed its sharp teeth and opened its mouth unwillingly. The slowly dripping snake venom seeped into the vessel. It was a transparent liquid like egg white. Timotheus then poured the snake venom into Mithrada. Apply to the wound on the ladder.

"Timothy, will your snake venom kill His Majesty?" Stratonis on the side shouted. When the people around heard His Majesty's concubine's question, they all agreed.

Timotheus rolled his eyes and shouted, "Then let the Romans come and cure him!" At this time, Adiana hurriedly took Timotheus' arm and said, "I beg you as a princess, don't If any ignorant person interferes, treat your father boldly." Then she stood up, raised the bronze-gold ax she wore around her waist, and shouted to everyone: "If anything happens to my father, I, Adiana, will inherit the entire axe. The command of the army!"

Finally, half a day passed, and Mithridates Eubert was able to half-rely on the throne to breathe. The corners of his eyebrows and eyelids were black and blue, and there was still blood oozing out. Although the poison had been removed, But the excruciating pain still made him grit his teeth and clench his fists. The slaves around him were constantly flowing, shivering, delivering various things to the emperor of Pontus. They knew that a small oversight at this moment would make Mithridates angry. Adding fuel to the problem will also bring disaster to oneself.

"Give Timotheus two talents of gold and silver. In addition, gentlemen, you are totally wrong. You slacked off the offensive against the Roman dog camp because of my injury." Mithridates was being held by Stratonice and Obisius, father and daughter, and he was applying a towel to his wound, chattering non-stop, "We must remove this nail in Lycdania as soon as possible. Only in this way can we break into Cappadocia and Pontus without being threatened. Then I can quickly collect taxes from the city, organize an army with 70,000 to 80,000 infantry, complete chariots and ships, and then fight the Roman dogs."

Biduita After entering, he reported to the King of Pontus with a heavy heart: "Your Majesty, the Roman reinforcements have arrived."

This reinforcement was the main force of the Eighth Legion nicknamed "Unicorn" that had been left behind in Sinope. It had seven battalions, artillery units and servant cavalry, with a total of about 4,000 people. After receiving the news that Mithridates had counterattacked and Lycdania was in danger, they immediately marched south, rolled up their armor and rushed to the side of Apis's camp. They lined up and made a lot of noise, which frightened the Pontic army. The shadow of the previous series of disastrous defeats to the Roman army surged into everyone's hearts again.

"Damn it! Damn it!" Mithridates overturned the basin fiercely, which further affected his wound. The sharp pain in his heart was like being repeatedly cut by a sharp blade, and he trembled and screamed.

"Perhaps, to achieve victory, we must obtain the favor of God." Obihus said on the side, "Now is the time for the sacrifice of the god Priapus, I think..."

"Go on." Mithridates said, covering his wound.

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