"Your Excellency Boniface will be here soon, you just need to make enough money in the meantime, because the army of Boniface has tens of thousands of troops coming from afar, I know this is not a small amount, but for you, the treasurer of the empire, this is not a big problem, is it?"

Faced with Remitius's question, Arecio just nodded, and it was Remitius who smiled, and when he smiled, the wrinkles on his face instantly crumpled. This is very resistant to Arecio's heart, he doesn't want to see himself old like this, you must know that for appearance, Arecio cherishes him no less than women who like to dress up, he is very picky, only loves himself, so that he has not been married until now. Because he always feels that these ordinary and worldly girls are not worthy of his face at all! So much so that among the hordes of suitors, there are men and women.

"Alright, I'm going to leave quickly, anyway, don't worry, the blinded soldiers in the streets will soon realize what a terrible mistake they have made. Wait, when the whole city of Rome is filled with battle horns, it will be the moment when Lord Beniface arrives! ”

Remitius was gone, leaving Arecio alone in the empty hall. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, he still chose the Berniface who colluded with him, so then, Remitius couldn't wait to assign him the task, that is, to collect enough military pay for the more than ten field legions under Berniface.

It wasn't a small amount, and perhaps only Arecio himself knew how much, but it was too much, enough for him to keep busy for a while.

"So, let's start by deceiving the senators, and I'll see how many Orons they have in their pockets!" Arecio thought and began to record his thoughts, he thought that his beauty and that it was time to be able to come in handy!

A week later, early in the morning, Arecio opened his eyes to the sound of the trumpet in the early morning sky, and the sound of the trumpet continued on and on this day, like an upside-down bowl that enveloped the whole city of Rome.

"It's coming!" Arecio muttered that he didn't need to be reminded of the slaves in his quarters, so he hurriedly got up, hastily dressed himself, hurriedly put on his clothes, and before leaving, he did not forget to ask the two slave girls to go up and down to check if there was anything unsatisfactory.

However, judging from the girl's expression and nodding behavior, Arecio was quite satisfied with this body.

The moment Arecio's feet stepped out of the door, he hesitated, what should he say when he saw Berniface? His mind was empty, and he didn't know if it was right or wrong to join Berniface's side. It is true that he has participated in palace struggles before, but they are all lip fights on impeachment, but this time it has involved a bloody war, and he has to be cautious.

Walking out of his mansion, the convoy full of Oron and Dinaris coins and the Praetorian Guard sent by the Senate had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Why, the people in the Senate got the news earlier than I did?" Arecio asked himself, unable to comprehend what was in front of him. But that wasn't his biggest concern, he had to find his wagon, and, where to go? The question stumped him. Not only did he have no direction, but his carriage didn't know where to go at this time.

"Your Excellency!"

As he was in a dilemma, he heard a deep call from behind him, and Arecio turned around and saw a Praetorian Guard commander wearing chain mail with shoulder pads and a red horned helmet with a vertical horse. He bowed solemnly and said to him, "According to your Excellency's instructions at that time, we have prepared this!" ”

"My command?" Arecio was puzzled by the monk who said that he was the second in the middle, "I have never given such an order, are you mistaken!" ”

The Praetorian Guard officer was stunned for a moment, and he glanced at Arecio's expression, which was sluggish, not like he was lying. Then the officer said, "This is the intention of His Excellency Remitius of the Senate, who told us to bring to you all the money you have mustered together, and that you should be responsible for the appointed position." ”

"I'll be in charge?" Arecio had a vague premonition, and he was not sure what Remitius' intentions were. Although he kept saying that he was responsible for himself, not only the carts of money, but also himself, were not free, and acted according to the instructions of Remitius.

"Yes, after all, you have a good face." The officer of the forbidden army looked at Arecio with straight eyes, although the Roman Empire is famous for its openness, but also thanks to Greek culture, the Romans don't mind same-sex friends at all, so that the empire has been engaged in foundation since the republican era, and even many officers have to carry ** with them when they fight outside, those beautiful boys only need to complete their own mission, and the rest, no one cares about life and death. What is Arecio's past, he doesn't say, I don't know, and I don't have the courage to ask, after all, such a handsome person is not a pity to hide himself, and he really can't hide from the eyes of the generals.

"I'm the Empire's treasurer, not a slave at your disposal!" Arecio gritted his teeth, but what could he do now?

Forget it, just take a look and see what tricks this old thing is playing. Expecting that his life is not in danger, the only thing he worries about is whether the bastard Berniface has the urge to make a base, in Rome, it is not necessarily a good thing for a man to be handsome.

"Please get in the car!"

The Praetorian Guard officer pointed to the carriage at the front of the line, looking at Arecio, there was no infatuation or anything else in his eyes, he must have been a straight man, Arecio didn't have too many doubts, and went straight to the car.

The carriage moved slowly at the officer's orders. "Hey, can I know where we're going?" Arecio poked his head out of the car to ask, but none of the advancing soldiers looked back at him, let alone paid attention to him. However, along the way, many girls saw Arecio screaming with excitement, which was more than once encountered, and it was not strange for Arecio.

However, in order to avoid it, Arecio closed his mouth and withdrew his head.

The pair marched all the way for nearly ten minutes, and at this time the noise outside became more and more noisy, as if they were on the battlefield, not only the noisy crowd but also the noise of the various musical instruments playing. It's not that Arecio doesn't know how to appreciate it, it's that he really can't imagine what it is like to have several kinds of music together.

The carriage stopped, and the Praetorian Guard officer outside the door poked in to look at Arecio, and said, "Your Excellency, we have arrived, please get out of the carriage." ”

"Oh, good, good!"

Arecio complied, straightened his dress again, and made sure that there was nothing unsightly, and then he got up and took the hand of the Praetorian Guard officer, and slowly stepped out of the carriage.

It was only then that Arecio saw where he was. This is the Tiber River, which runs through the city of Rome, and this is a dock, which is already crowded with people.

The Tiber River was full of warships of all kinds, densely packed with heavily armed soldiers. It seemed that they had arrived early, and Arecio came to the bank of the river, and like the tens of thousands of Roman citizens, they all set their eyes on the warships on the river, and waited quietly.