Chapter 167: The Meeting

"Since it is a wild wolf that comes out of the bushes, how can there be a wolf that is tethered!" Valentinian III smiled and said to his mother, jumped over the four lobbyists, and shouted to the waiting soldiers: "Cut, cut off the chains, cut off!" ”

The emperor's order, how dare that humble soldier not obey.

"Click!"

The soldier raised his knife and fell, and the bound wolf no longer had any resistance. They raised their heads to the sky and roared, and the howl made everyone present gasp, secretly thinking in their hearts that Eunice was going to be in big trouble this time!

"What is the wind that has brought you, and I really don't know what to do with you, Lord Aetius."

Originally, Arecio was very much looking forward to Eunice's performance of the beast, but the arrival of Aetius not only made him very different, but also the mood of watching the show disappeared without a trace.

"No, no, no, you don't need to entertain me, Lord Arecio." Aetius smiled, and it felt like he was smiling. Then he just looked at the mother and son in the center stand opposite, and it was clear that the wonderful performance could not attract his interest. "Little Caesar is so fond of beast fights, you see that he is fascinated."

At this time, he looked really happy to see Emperor Valentinian III's red face, but Eunice in the colosseum was not so happy. The three hungry wolves were not so anxious to pounce on him and bite him the moment they let go of the chains, but surrounded him unhurriedly, dragging the long, long chains, and I have to say that the heavy chains still affected the speed of the wild wolves.

They are round around Younis, and although they are hungry, they are not in a hurry to attack, but as if there is a mysterious communication within themselves, and roaring is their language. They must be discussing how to get the delicious food in front of them without losing themselves. Faced with the encirclement of these three wild wolves, Younis did not dare to slack off in the slightest, always tensing his muscles and nerves, and beware of the wild wolves that might pounce on him from three hundred and sixty degrees at any time.

"Ha, indeed, Lord Aetius." Arecio smiled, though Aetius was not a nobleman. Moreover, no one recognized the blood of this barbarian, who even served in the army of the barbarians, and spent the first half of his life outside the borders of the empire, how could he admit that he was a Roman? But he had the capital, not only the tens of thousands of Huns under his command, but also the trust and protection of Platsitya. This made Arecio have to be cautious about this unattractive guy, after all, it was Aetius who took the initiative to come to the door, and his main problem this time is definitely not so simple as talking about the little emperor, he must have something to deal with, and this matter has something to do with Arecio. "But I have a doubt, that is, why do you care so much about the preferences of His Majesty Caesar? I think it's a word, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"It seems that you can see that I have intentions, but you don't know what my intentions are, Lord Treasurer, so I'm right."

Arecio didn't say anything, just nodded, then took a wine glass from a small wooden table beside him, filled it with wine, handed it to Aetius, and said, "Come and take a sip to moisten your throat, I think this must be a very interesting and long topic." "Arecius didn't pour wine very often, and it can be said that Aetius was the only one. It's not that Arecio willingly lowered his body like this, but he realized that Aetius must have something related to his official position or even his noble status, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to provoke him.

"Oh, thank you, it's my pleasure, Treasurer." Aetius still maintained his characteristic smile, reached out to take the wine glass, and without any suspicion, leaned his mouth closer to the glass and took a sip.

"Come, come, you herd!"

Younis was now under the weight of a mountain, and he roared as the wolves that kept circling him, and the wolves were so relentless that he almost lost patience. Moreover, the chains that dragged back and forth on the earth of the ground greatly obstructed his vision, and in his vision there was only the dust raised and the shadows that scurried back and forth under the dust.

In the face of Younis's roar, the three wild wolves did not seem to be disturbed by it, but continued to run in the dust, and the three pairs of eyes were locked on Younis's body.

"Tell me, what's going on? We don't have any communication with each other, and we don't know what we have to do with each other......"

"Oh, no, no, no, Lord Arecio, we don't have anything to do with each other, I think you must have misunderstood." Aetius interrupted Arecio's words, only to see him reach out and swing back and forth to match his words. "It's just that it has something to do with your partner, or rather a friend, I think so!"

"Who?" Arecio's heart chuckled, and the first person on his mind was Berniface, the governor of the province of Africa. The province of Afrika was an important grain producing area of the empire, and almost all the nobles and commoners on the Apennine Peninsula ate the grain produced in the province of Africa. As a friend of Burniface and with the firm support of Berniface, the young and promising Arecio with this handsome face must have risen step by step to become the financial officer of the Western Roman Empire, responsible for the trade between the provinces of the Apennine Peninsula and the provinces of Africa. It is also because of this work that Arecio will have such a status and wealth, and if something happens to Berniface, this will be a heavy blow to Arecio!

"Lord Berniface, that is your best friend, or rather, a collaborator who collects money from each other. Sorry, I don't know what to call it. Aetius held his head and took another sip of wine, his expression relaxed, and his eyes closed slightly, not knowing whether it was because of the deliciousness of the wine, or because he saw the satisfaction of Arecio's face that was blue and white.

"Roar!"

It was finally time to attack, and in the dust, a wild wolf roared and pounced out of the smoke and swooped down on Younis's back.

"He's just my average friend." For some reason, Arecio may have been a little flustered. Then he looked down on Younis, who was fighting.

I saw that Eunice heard the movement of the pounce, and bent down violently, and the pounced wolf swept over his head, and this time it was empty!