Augustus Road

Then, the whole riot and riot to avenge Caesar really swept the city of Rome. Many senators were so frightened that they armed their slaves and locked the doors of their houses to resist the crazy looting and burning.

Brutus, who was located on the Capitol Hill, sat like a prisoner on the steps of the temple, looking at the flames and smoke filling the streets and squares below, rubbing his hair painfully with his hands, six feet away from him Outside, Deximos looked like a lost zombie, staring at the distant sky, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

Only Aetius and Cassius are still active. They must come to deal with the current disadvantageous situation. "We must continue to persist now. Rest assured that the Senate is completely on our side. Just delay."

"Pompey's two sons, as well as Labienus, are the ones we must win over, and the governor of Spain, Teluleas, is one of our people. As long as they can be pardoned through the Senate, and with Teluleas Ass's legion joined forces to return to Rome, so Lepidus is not afraid of anything," Cassio said, "Don't forget that Diximus also has four legions in southern Gaul."

"Forget about Decimus, his reputation is already bad in the streets." Aetius reminded in a low voice, "Immediately allocate provinces and assign this guy to remote areas to hide from others, otherwise our camp will be contaminated by him. The stench was so bad that it was safer to give Brutus the mountainous Gaul. By the way, Marcus, the governor who was stationed in Sardinia and was originally responsible for the suppression of the Balearics, and Maximus, the treasurer. What's the position? They were both from Pompeo's camp before, so it's not a big problem for them to turn to us!" Casio thought for a moment and nodded. He said that the envoy who went to persuade them should be arriving soon. In addition, he was stationed in the province of Nebo Gaul. Otherwise, there was General Galius of the Seventh Legion, who was guarding the TransGaul and Aquitaine regions. His current position was also very shaken. He was originally in the Pompeian camp, but later he defected to Caesar and Lepidus. "Lepidus was his Will Galius take this relationship into consideration when he is appointed as the commander of the legion?”

Just as these people were discussing, Brutus suddenly stood up. Taking a personal slave with him, he walked towards the foot of the Capitol Hill. Cassio was very surprised when he saw it, "Marchus, you should know that it is very dangerous now."

"I have heard what you just said. Are you preparing for war? Is it the next civil war? Do you want to completely destroy the remaining ruins of Rome and let the remnants and ashes of the Republic float into the sea? No, I must Stop this catastrophe," Brutus said without looking back.

"Without military support, Lepidus and Antony will not listen to your advice at all. Don't be so naive Brutus!" Cassius also persuaded with some annoyance.

"My good friend. That's not what you said when you persuaded me to stab Caesar with my sword. You said that only I can give freedom to the people of Rome. But now you finally admit that it was just to make me naive. Acting innocently?" Brutus turned around and said with a very plaintive expression. These words actually made Casio speechless. Then the philosopher smiled and said, "Don't worry, the mob will not kill me. At least I want to go to my mother." Go and take a look." At the foot of the Seville house, Brutus encountered a group of mobs shouting to avenge Caesar. They all held various weapons, many of which were dripping with blood. , when the leader saw Brutus, he and many people gathered around him, "Why did you treat Caesar like that? Aren't you a despicable traitor just like Dithymus?"

"No, it doesn't matter how Caesar is to me. The most important thing is that Deximus and I have never forgotten that we are both members of the Brutus family. I just did what anyone named Brutus would do. "Brutus looked very calm and explained to the people around him, "If you think you have the power to replace laws and ethics, then kill me here just like you do to others!"...

The leader of the mob stared at Brutus twice, then smiled carelessly with yellow teeth. He said to the other accomplices, "Let this poor young man go! He is just a simple fool. Well, maybe all heroes are like this. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between them and madmen. We don't need to kill him, just ask his mother to punish him!" After that, the leader took the gun in his hand. The iron rod shook for a moment, then he laughed and walked away. The others pushed Brutus on the spot, and a woman spat thick phlegm on his face and cursed him, "If I were It's your mother who has sent you to the dung heap of abandoned babies a long time ago, which is more suitable for you. "

After the mob left, Brutus's personal slave came forward to wipe the phlegm from his face, but Brutus refused, and then he walked directly into his house.

Seville was wearing a black mourning shawl and sat on the ground like a fool. Her empty eyes looked at her son who walked in. Then Brutus knelt down in front of his mother and held his mother's hand in his hands. Feet, they kept kissing and sobbing, and then the two of them were speechless for a long time.

"You killed the two people I loved most, one named Julius and the other named Brutus, one was my man and the other was my son." Finally, Sevilla said in a hoarse voice.

"Because I don't only consider personal emotions like you do, mother." Brutus tried to defend himself.

Then Sevilla kicked him to the ground and said, "Go away, maybe that dank bastard from Casillo has bewitched you, maybe some evil spirit has invaded your heart! How could I have been pregnant for ten months?" , gave birth to such a paranoid and heartless person like you!" After saying that, Sevilla collapsed completely, she cried loudly, tearing Brutus's hair and clothes, "You might as well come back to my vagina, just come back. Come back to my womb, weren't you brought up by my milk? Were you brought up by the beasts and birds by the Tiber River? When you grew up, were you succumbed to those idle philosophical sticks? They were confused by their empty words and deceived by the meaningless concept of the Republic. They wanted to kill Julius. Why didn't they go there themselves? Why did they drag you along? Oh my god! They wanted to torture me to death, right? Even if you are born as a sister and brother to your uncle, you should not marry Portia as your wife. This family is like a backwater, shackling everyone's normal kindness and lust, and making you feel that happiness is a sin. , makes you hate all people, hate, kill, kill without regard for emotion!”

Brutus, who was beaten with a bruised nose and face, did not dare to protest, but continued to hold his mother's feet and did not dare to let go.

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