I am reborn as a lord in Rome

Mrs. Leah miscalculated, because Woolley did not return to the bedroom after leaving the bathroom, but hurried to the paper mill.

The reason why Woolley jumped to the paper mill like a fire on his ass was because there was something wrong with the paper mill, not big, not too small - just now, when Malone inspected the twenty ox carts that had just been transported back to the ore, he found that there were two people lying in one of the large covered wooden barrels that should have been filled with ore, to be precise, two hungry and dying fugitive slaves, a man and a woman, who looked very young, the same skinny and scrawny, with whip marks.

After dousing them with cold water, Malone checked the slave insignia on their bodies, but he was only sure that the two slaves did not belong to any of the nobles in the Seneca city-state. And these two people are also extremely stubborn, whether it is to intimidate with a whip or tempt with food and water, they refuse to speak, when Heiwa angrily raised the whip and whipped at the two, the male slave protected the female slave as fast as possible.

Heiwa has a lot of experience in how to maximize the power of the whip, so after only three whips, the male slave fainted, and when he saw the female slave sobbing while spreading her arms to protect the male slave, Malone stopped Heiwa, shook his head and said, "Report to the master immediately, and let him decide." When

Woolley arrived at the paper mill, the slave boy had just woken up.

After frowning, Wu Lai sat on the big chair brought by Ma Long, took the hot water handed by Heiwa and drank a few sips in a row, and then barely suppressed the wine that came up: "Tell me, where did you two come from?

Hei Wa's round eyes glared, and he raised his whip with a "whew": "What does the master ask you about!"

Wu Lai waved his hand to stop the black tile, handed the water cup to the maid beside him, frowned, and said, "It's okay if you two don't say it, I will send you two to the tribune at once, he has a complete set of rubbings of the insignia of the Assyrian nobility, and when the time comes, you two will go back wherever you come from."

"No!" the male fugitive slave was stunned, then fell to his knees and begged in a wailing voice, "Honorable citizen, I beg you to let us both go, if you send us back, it will be a dead end, if you think that this is enough to punish us, then, then please give us both to death cleanly."

Wu Lai's brows furrowed even tighter, and after a long silence, he said, "If you can tell the truth, my request will be seriously considered." The

male fugitive slave hesitated for a moment, then looked at the female fugitive slave with a bitter face, gritted his teeth, and replied, "Okay, I hope that the citizen will say for the sake of God Amun."

With a wave of his right hand, Marlon and Heiwa understood and drove away the slaves who were not far away.

"Say, I am a faithful believer in the god Amun. A smile tugged at Woolley's lips.

After hearing this, there was a hint of hesitation in Woolley's eyes, because the two fugitive slaves in front of him were not small--they were a brother and sister, the elder brother was called Tana, and the younger sister was called El, both of whom were commoners of the Assyrian city-state, and because of their family difficulties, they joined the mansion of General Anubis, the commander of the Fourth Army, from the age of thirteen to serve as a living servant, and all the money earned was used to support his parents and his elderly grandfather.

A year ago, General Anubis's son, Adjutant General Yijiang, was ordered by his father to go to the city-state of Menes to recruit troops and practice bravery, before leaving, he asked his father Anubis for the brothers and sisters, and promised the brothers and sisters to double the salary, the brothers and sisters did not want to come, but they could not resist the temptation of doubling the salary, and secondly, General Anubis also agreed to Yijiang's request, so they came all the way to follow. Unexpectedly, two months ago, Yi Jiang suddenly asked the brother and sister to sleep at the same time, where would the brother and sister be willing, immediately opposed, Yi Jiang was angry, called two soldiers to beat the brother and sister each with twenty whips, and then put the two in the firewood room, from the next day, every day to send someone to ask, if you continue to answer unwillingly, you will be whipped again, fortunately, the soldier who tortured the brother and sister knew that the brother and sister were civilians, and saw that the two were pitiful, and they were merciful when they moved, so they were not killed.

At the beginning of last month, after Yijiang let people put a slave mark on the body of the brother and sister to vent their anger, they never asked the two again, lest they be poisoned Tana and Er took the opportunity to recuperate for a few days, escaped from Yijiang's mansion, and after a few days of escaping in the barren mountains and mountains, they met the ox convoy of the paper mill and camped on the side ......of the road

"It's quite tortuous. Woolley frowned and said, "But why do I think it seems to be made up?" "

My family lives in the town of Liuer, outside the northwest of Assyria, my father's name is Ston, my mother's name is Issaman, my grandmother's name is Muman, and there are two younger brothers and a younger sister in the family. El said.

Wu Lai smiled and shook his head: "I said, I want to hear the whole truth, and besides, I'm curious, since you two have escaped, why don't you go back to the Assyrian city of Liuer?

We don't dare to go back, Yi Jiang dares to brand the slave insignia on the two of us, and must have made the corresponding contract documents, if we go back to Liuer Town, he will definitely arrest the two of us, and then not only may affect the family, but also let the family see our embarrassed appearance, rather than that, it is better to die outside. Tana replied.

"Oh, is that really the case?" Wu Lai frowned again, "It is said that Vice Admiral Yijiang's favor should be a good opportunity for you two to be rich and noble, why do you refuse? and refuse so resolutely?" "Citizen, you don't

know Vice General Yijiang, his habits are strange and disgusting, and he is cruel and murderous, and when we spent less than a year in the mansion of Vice General Yijiang in the city-state of Menes, more than ten boys and girls died under his habits. Tana replied indignantly.

"That's barely explainable. Woolley nodded, and continued, "Okay, I'll give you three choices now, one, obediently cooperate, I'll send you two back to Menes, two, I'll give you a little money and food, and then let you two go, three, stay with me and hide for a while......"

"Master can't do this." Ma Long hurriedly reminded that it is a felony to hide the fugitive slaves of other nobles, and even if the person hiding is a nobleman, he will be punished very heavily.

"No, I just said yes. Wu Lai glanced at Ma Long and moved his gaze back to the brother and sister, "By the way, I don't have the fetish of Deputy General Yijiang, but I have always been keen on beautiful things."

Feeling Woolley's hot gaze, Aden subconsciously shrank back and looked at Tana.

Tana hesitated for a moment and said, "I beg the Citizen, Lord to take it in." "

A very good choice. A smile appeared on Woolley's face, "In that case, you two should stay here to recuperate for the first time, Marlon, and arrange food and lodging." With that, Woolley staggered to his feet.

"Heiwa, send me back. He said.

Ma Long glanced at the brother and sister, hesitated for a moment, then quickly caught up with Wu Lai, and said in a low voice: "Master, they can't stay." "

You see how good they are, they can't be bought without two hundred silver coins, besides, they came in a barrel, as long as they don't go out of this door, Menes City is four hundred miles away from here, who can know?" Wu Lai said loudly, and pushed Malone away fiercely, "Do as I say."

Ma Long smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The master is afraid that he is drunk, I hope he will not insist on it tomorrow when he sobers up."

After the carriage crossed the suspension bridge, Woolley turned around and glanced at the huge bridge that was slowly retracting, the drunkenness on his face suddenly retracted, and he reached out and patted the driving Gauguin: "Go to the temple." Near

midnight, Woolley's carriage hurried out of the temple and headed straight for the West City Gate, where Gauguin shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, the driver was Woolley, and the person sitting in the carriage was Mikoyan.

"Is it necessary to be so anxious, Woolley?" asked Mikoyan after leaving the city.

"Your Excellency High Priest, I have rarely been so generous once, so don't be disgusted with this. Woolley smiled and said, "By the way, tonight is the first time I have felt the benefits of two moons, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get up quickly if the lights were blind." "It was a fine night tonight, and the light of the two moons illuminated the road very clearly, not enough for the horses to lift all the speeds, but it was also fast.

"Nonsense, could it be that you've ever seen a world with only one moon?" Mikoyan pouted disapprovingly.

It's true, but I won't say it, so as not to frighten you. Woolley smiled slightly, thinking in his heart.

At the same time, Gauguin opened the door of the paper mill, and when the drawbridge was slowly lowered, Gauguin couldn't help but sigh again.

"Butler Gauguin, is there any special order from the master?" Marlon greeted him at the other end of the suspension bridge.

"Gather all the guards and slaves, and don't alarm anyone. Gauguin said in a low voice.

When the first rays of dawn rose from behind the horizon, Mikoyan replaced the weary-looking Woolley, and picked up the reins and horsewhip: "Woolley, if anyone else sees that I, the high priest, actually drive by myself, it will definitely be a joke of the temple and a stain on me, I promise."

"Your Excellency, High Priest, you are just using this to deceive ignorant children, and don't think that I don't know about you. Woolley muttered as he took out a blanket from the dark compartment behind the seat and draped it over his body.

Mikoyan laughed dryly, raised his hand, and skillfully swung out a whip: "Drive!" The two of them, who had hurried all night, were now only nearly half the way away from Menia City, and if nothing else, they would definitely be able to reach Menia City in the evening.

After a short while, small black dots suddenly appeared on the horizon directly in front of them.

Mikoyan slowed down his horse and stood up for a while, then turned his head and said very seriously: "Woolley, it's a group of cavalry, about a hundred.

Wu Lai frowned, and the light in his eyes flashed: "Go up, and stop them, if I'm not mistaken, they should be from Menia." "

Yi Jiang's subordinates?" Miko's raised eyebrows suddenly raised.

"Nine out of nine, Your Excellency High Priest, get ready to make money. A smile suddenly crossed Woolley's lips.

"I'm ready for it. Mikoyan replied with a smile.