18. Roman holidays
Li Xiang and Julia are like a couple in love, holding hands and visiting every famous attraction in the city of Rome.
On the vast Caesar's Square, in the majestic Pantheon, and next to the solemn Saturnalia, the sweet figures of the two were left one by one, and Li Xiang's ultra-high-pixel mobile phone was the icing on the cake to perfectly preserve the sweet moments belonging to the two.
After that, the two came to the famous "Trevi Fountain".
The so-called "wishing fountain" is actually not large, and it is hidden in the nameless deep alley, perhaps because of the magic of wish-fulfillment, attracting groups of good men and women to flock to it.
Li Xiang looked into the pool and found that a thick layer of coins had accumulated in the pool, and the so-called "wishing pool" had become a large "treasure pool", and thought: weird! This is also true, the coins of ancient Rome and our renminbi are not the same concept! Even the worst copper coin 'Sesters' is worth almost a pound, and I don't know who contracted this pool, and in a few years, it must have made a fortune! It's really envious of me!
Julia said: "Legend has it that you can grant three wishes by throwing three coins into the Trevi Fountain. ”
"'Three wishes'?" Li Xiang asked curiously, "Which three wishes?" ”
"One coin can 'marry a loved one'," Julia said, adjusting her fingers, "Two coins can 'separate from the person you hate,' and three coins can 'find a new lover.'"
"Really?" Li Xiang smiled and said, "Then have you ever invested money in this pool?" ”
Julia smiled charmingly and whispered, "I won't tell you!" ”
Li Xiang also smiled, "Okay! If Miss Julia keeps her mouth shut, I won't be too strong, so shouldn't we leave here for the next attraction? ”
"Good! Then let's go! After Julia finished speaking, she took Li Xiang's hand.
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The two walked out of the nameless alley.
"You wait for me here." Julia said.
"You're not going to leave me alone, are you?"
"How so?"
"And where are you going?"
"Oh! Livia's son, Tiberius, loved to collect coins! I just saw a coin changer next to the Trevi Fountain that had a few coins from the 'Imperial Period', so..."
Li Xiang said: "... Will you help him get those coins? ”
Julia smiled and said, "You're so smart. ”
"Then I'll go with you!"
Julia hurriedly said, "No need. ”
"Why?" Li Xiang asked.
"Because, because I have to go to the toilet by the way, it must be a little inconvenient for you to follow!"
"Oh! That's right! Then I'll wait for you here! ”
"Then I'll go! Be patient and wait for me! ”
"Go ahead! Go and come back quickly! ”
Julia nodded, turned and walked in the direction of the "Trevi Fountain".
In fact, Julia didn't exchange any coins at all, but went to the "Wishing Fountain", took out a silver coin "Dinaris" from her waist pocket, threw it into the "Wishing Fountain", and made her wish to Venus, the "goddess of love".
When Julia turned her face and was about to leave, she found Li Xiang standing not far away looking at her, smiling happily.
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Julia led Li Xiang through the Great Roman Market (Roman Commodity Market) to Palatine Hill, one of the "Seven Hills of Rome".
At the foot of Palatine Mountain, Li Xiang was attracted by an artificially decorated cave, and hurriedly said, "What is that cave?" ”
"If you're interested, I'll take you in and have a look!"
Li Xiang joked: "There won't be wolves in that cave, right?" ”
"There really are wolves in there."
"Just kidding, huh!"
"No kidding, it's true, if you don't believe it, don't believe it, just dare to go in with me and have a look."
"You underestimate me! You're not afraid of a woman, I'll be afraid? Go in. ”
The two of them went into the cave together.
Enter the cave.
Li Xiang realized that the decoration in this cave was much more elaborate than it looked from the outside, so he asked, "What kind of place is this?" ”
"Did you see the wolf?" Julia said and turned her gaze not far away.
Li Xiang immediately became nervous, and said tremblingly: "'Wolf'? Where are the wolves? He looked left and right, and found that there was indeed a wolf not far away, and it was not small, but it was just a sculpture of a wolf, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I was really scared to death by you just now." Miss! People are scary, they are scared to death! ”
Julia smiled.
The two walked up to the sculpture.
Li Xiang took a closer look, this is a bronze sculpture of a she-wolf, and it can be seen from the patina on the bronze sculpture that this sculpture is already at the level of historical relics.
Julia said, "Without this she-wolf, there would be no Rome." ”
"I remember seeing similar sculptures in my middle school history textbooks, except that there were two children squatting and drinking milk under the womb of the she-wolf."
"Those two children are the ancestors of our Romans, Romulus and Remus."
"'The Ancestors of the Romans'?"
Julia nodded and said, "After the Trojan War, the Trojan kingdom was defeated, and the old king Priam fled from the city of Troy with his young prince and grandson. One night, the three of them walked into a forest, and suddenly, Priam's eyes lit up, and he saw a silver-white streamer falling from the sky, so he took his children and grandchildren to find the silver streamer. After walking for a long time, I saw that the silver streamer gradually fell to the ground and became a river, which was the Tiber River. Along the riverbank, the grandfather and grandson noticed a fire in front of them, so they walked towards the place where the fire was lit. ”
"Who's over there?"
"On the other side of the firelight live the local natives, the Latins. Because one night, one night, the old king of the Latin people dreamed that three saints were coming to his kingdom, and the appearance of these three saints in the dream was clear, and after three or five days, he still couldn't let go. On this day, someone came from outside the door to report that three suspicious people were walking along the riverbank towards the kingdom. The old king asked the three of them about what they looked like? The guard's answer was not much different from the so-called saint he had seen in his dream, and the old king was amazed, and became frightened, and hurriedly went out of the city to bring the three grandfathers and grandsons into the city, so that they could be entertained. ”
"Their luck isn't too bad! I finally met a nobleman. ”
Julia continued, "The old Latin king had a daughter, and she was beautiful..."
Li Xiang said: "I know, the Latin princess has taken a fancy to the prince of Troy, right?" ”
Julia nodded and said, "Yes, the prince of Troy tied the knot with the Latin princess, and then the old Latin king passed on his throne to his son-in-law a hundred years later, and the Latin kingdom continued to grow in the hundreds of years since. ”
Li Xiang hurriedly said: "I've listened to it for a long time, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with this she-wolf!" ”
"Ouch! Can't you just be patient and wait for me to finish the story? ”
Li Xiang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I won't speak, listen carefully to you finish the story, okay!" ”