Chapter 27 The Road of Silk and Color (Part 2)

Lepidus Castle in the morning light. The core building is white, which is different from Rome. The golden sun shines on the bay. There are ships on the pier. Seabirds are jumping high in the emerging neighborhoods and workshops. The deck of the "Calabria" Above, Adiana said goodbye to Lepidus, "After I leave, you will sit in this fortress, and secretly prepare for the resumption of ships and legions, maintain close contact with Egypt, Cyrene and Illyria, and wait. I or my signal, let me not say anything else, please allow me to quote Pericles, for a warrior, one word of command is worth a thousand words!”

"Be careful in that barbaric Roman Forum. Remember my Odysseus, you must return. The beautiful braided Achaean woman is waiting for you here." Adiana's tears quietly Sliding down, looking up, he begged and said, "Many birds shuttle among the golden clouds, but not every one can bring good omens."

"No need to worry, woman. The matters of offering sacrifices to all temples will be entrusted to you." Lepidus turned around and walked off the ship, and then he walked to the square of the fortress, where the Sixteenth Legion and the Twenty-eighth Legion were all All the centurions stood there, waiting for his instructions. As a result, the commander's first words were, "The only thing I can say to you now is that the flag of your legion will reappear in the sky!" Before the arrival of the expatriate legal officer, the city of Rome was already a very lively scene, and the large-scale bloody competition was not yet completely over. But the captains of the Hundreds and representatives of the People's Association came from various regions. They have been wandering around the Ostia River Port for a long time. They wear all kinds of clothes, including Spanish-style Sagem jackets and Greek-style wavy robes. There are also African shorts. Some of these people stayed in the cool and comfortable "River Port Villa" to rest, while others took advantage of the day to stroll in the Civic Square or the Arena, and some even visited the Avendine Hill. and Palatine Hill to see how great the gap between the nobles and the poor in Rome was in the legend.

The tavern business in the city can be described as booming, but many elders are hiding in their respective courtyards, sometimes gathering in this place, sometimes going to that place to plot, and the planning in the corner is getting tighter and tighter. Now he and Cassio have contacted many accomplices, and even Diximos has vowed to use the family's hordes of sword-fighting slaves to protect his actions. Diximos is his own kin, and he only There is a saying to Brutus, "Like you, I am the target of Caesar's wooing. Julius once even hinted to me that he would arrange my place in his will - ridiculous or not, this It's all his trick to deceive the world. He relies on this to deceive women, deceive the army, deceive the people, and now he plans to deceive the entire republic. Remember Marcus, you and I are both children of a republican family, and we have not forgotten ours. Why does the name enjoy eternal glory? As long as a single man appears in the country, Brutus must kill him! "

Now there are more than sixty comrades, including not only many respected senators, but also many of Caesar's subordinates, including Telureas, Deximus, Aquila and other people he relies on. Among them were veteran generals, which made Brutus' confidence continue to grow. Telureas and Decimus had several legions each in Spain and Gaul, and Aquila had an excellent fleet in Sicily. As long as they In the event of an uprising, it would not be a problem to control the situation of the entire Republic in a short period of time. More importantly, the Senate also has a strong backing.

Different from confidence, what Brutus lacks is determination, a determination to stab the person closest to him with a sword.

At this moment, there was a noise from the corner of the street. He looked up and saw the senator Casca standing in front of the Twin Temples. He had a fierce argument with a foreign citizen who claimed to be from Ooty. Ka, who owns millions of dinars in property, is qualified to serve as a representative and immigrant of Tribus, and he plans to let his son become a regular knight as soon as he comes to Rome. As a result, this The guy got a little carried away and actually went to the Twin Temples, a traditional gathering place for politicians. He was bumped into by Casca, and they started arguing after a few words.

"Tell me, you came here with so many coins full of the smell of copper, didn't you just want to get the glorious results that only the Romans could enjoy before? Then I have to ask, what is your origin!" Cass! Ka said to the representative with extreme arrogance. Behind him stood all the senators in elegant robes. Everyone had contempt and majesty on their faces. This scene frightened the country bumpkin.

So he stammered in reply to Casca, saying that he was originally a Moor. Later, after the fall of Carthage, his ancestors took the opportunity to come to Utica to do leather business and make shoes for soldiers or merchants, and then they became prosperous. .

"It turns out he is a lowly man who spends his days in a smelly workshop, doing low-intelligence work of filling in gaps and omissions!" Casca turned back triumphantly and said, and all the elders also sneered contemptuously.

"Here, I no longer participate in the work of the workshop, but I can make good shoes. Are the sandals on your feet uncomfortable? I can give you two right away." The shoemaker boss said with Said in a very sincere tone, he himself means it sincerely.