2. Divine envoys from heaven
A sharp dagger fell to the ground from the "petition" in Octavian's hand with a crisp sound.
Octavian immediately opened the "petition" and found that the so-called "petition" was nothing more than a wordless heavenly book, which made everyone present understand that the so-called "petitioner" who fell to the ground was nothing more than an assassin, and the so-called "petition" was only used to wrap the murder weapon.
So the crowd began to talk about it.
Octavian looked at the "petition" in his hand, at the sharp dagger on the ground, at the assassin who was in a terrible state of death, and then at the strangely dressed young man pressed against the assassin, and pondered.
After a while, Octavian said to Junos, "What do you think, Junos?" ”
Junos thought to himself: Even a blind man could see that if the strange young man had not crushed the Assassin to death, Octavian would have been more than lucky, but where did this strange young man come from? At this time, suddenly an inspiration flashed, and he said loudly: "Blessed are Augustus!" Blessed are the people of Rome! ”
Octavian frowned and said, "Why do you say that? ”
"Augustus, you remember, when it was dark, the legendary 'ladder' flashed in the air." Junos replied.
Octavian, as the chief priest of the High Priesthood, could not have heard of the so-called "ladder of heaven", so he hurriedly said: "Yes, it is indeed the 'ladder of heaven'. ”
"If I'm not mistaken, this one lying down must be a messenger sent by God to save Augustus."
Some nodded their heads in agreement.
Octavian also nodded, and then said, "If it weren't for God's favor, I'm afraid I would have become a dead soul by the sword." ”
Tiberius pointed at Li Xiang and said, "This man is indeed dressed a little strangely, and he is holding a model of a metal cube and a torture instrument that makes strange noises, so it is too arbitrary to conclude that he is a messenger of God, right?" ”
Yunos thought to himself: Isn't this against me? So he said angrily, "Then what do you think?" ”
Tiberius glanced at Junos and said, "I am not like some people who like to be clever and judge. I think at the very least, we should look for him and see if there is any other evidence to prove his identity. ”
Yunos pretended to be nervous, and hurriedly said, "If you touch the Holy One without permission, you will be cursed terriblely. ”
For a moment, everyone was silent.
After a long time, Cuman said, "It seems that there is no better way, but I can take this risk!" So, he went up to search for Li Xiang's clothes and pants, and found a wallet and a special pure platinum business card from the pocket of his pants.
When I opened the wallet, I saw that there were more than N credit cards and an ID card, as well as a small amount of cash, a few yuan, a few euros and a few dollars.
Octavian took the platinum business card from Cuman's hand, looked at it on both sides, and exclaimed, "What a miracle!" Then he gave the business card to Yunos.
Yunos took the business card and looked at the words on the business card, except for some English letters on it, but not exactly the same, and Chinese and Arabic numerals, just like "astronomy", no one knew it, which made him even more identified as Li Xiang's divine envoy.
Octavian said to Pilate, the secretary beside him: "Look at it, what is written on it?" ”
Pilate was not actually a man of culture, and after he was discharged from the army, he relied on his family connections to enter the secretariat and became the secretary of the "emperor".
But now I really realize the saying that "when the book is used, there is less hatred, and it is not difficult to know what to do".
Bilardo thought to himself: It seems that sticking out his head today is a knife, shrinking his head is also a knife, if there is a scandal in front of so many people, don't want to mix in the city of Rome in the future, and in desperation, he reluctantly took the business card.
Bilardo stared at the business card, but his mind was at a loss.
Octavian urged, "Do you see the clue?" ”
Bilardo replied casually, "Hmm...! ”
Octavian hurriedly said: "Oh! Hurry up and translate it, what is it? ”
The modern English letters on the platinum business card are quite different from the ancient Latin letters of 2,000 years ago, and even the experts and scholars who studied the text at that time may not be able to translate them, let alone the half-baked "emperor's secretary" Bilardo.
Just when Bilardo had mixed feelings, the sentence "If you can be blind, you will be blind, and life will be as easy as possible!" The motto suddenly flashed in my head.
Pilate immediately had an epiphany: Be a man! Why take it too seriously? So he looked confident, pretended to be posturing, and began to translate the English on the business card aloud, "KAISER", and hurriedly surprised: "Caesar! It says Caesar! ”
The crowd of onlookers shouted, "Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! ...”
"Quick, quick, continue translating." Octavian urged.
PILATE CONTINUED TO TRANSLATE, "AUGUSTUS", AND EXCLAIMED IN SURPRISE: "IT ALSO SAYS AUGUSTUS!" ”
The crowd of onlookers shouted, "Augustus! Augustus! ...”
When Octavian heard that his honorific name had appeared on an extraterrestrial artifact, he thought to himself what to write next. Is it a blessing or a curse?
PILATE CONTINUED TO TRANSLATE BOLDLY, BUT FROWNED AT THE WORD "HOLDINGS", BUT AT THIS TIME, EVEN IF PILATE WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO THINK WITH HIS TOES, HE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WHAT IOTAVIAN AND ALL THE ONLOOKERS PRESENT WANTED TO HEAR MUST BE AUSPICIOUS WORDS AND GOOD NEWS, SO HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO TRANSLATE "HOLDINGS" DIRECTLY AS "HELP" AND "CO. (ABBREVIATION FOR COMPANY)" AS COACH (ABBREVIATION FOR COACH) AND "LTD." (Limited abbreviation) didn't know how to translate it, so I simply deleted LTD. and replaced it with "KAISER AUGUSTUS HOLDINGS CO. LTD. (Caesar Augustus Holding Co., Ltd.) "Loudly translated: "Help and guide Caesar. Augustus. ”
Hearing this, the stone hanging in Octavian's heart finally fell.
The crowd of onlookers shouted excitedly.
TIBERIUS TOOK OUT A ONE-DOLLAR BILL FROM HIS WALLET, THE FRONT OF THE NOTE WAS ARABIC NUMERALS IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH, NATURALLY HE DIDN'T KNOW ONE, AND THEN, LOOKING AT THE REVERSE, HE ACTUALLY SAW THE FAMILIAR LATIN PHRASES, "ANNUIT COEPTIS" AND "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM", THESE WORDS, AS LONG AS A LITTLE BIT OF BRAILLE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN, SO THEY READ IT OUT AND TRANSLATED, "ANNUIT COEPTIS" GOD BLESS OUR FOUNDATION, THE NEW ORDER OF THE "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM" ERA.
As soon as he heard the words "God bless us for the foundation" and "the new order of the times", Octavian immediately carefully took the dollar from Tiberius's hand, and when he saw the Latin inscription on it, he couldn't help but be very excited and emotional.
At this point, Cuman pulled a $50 from his wallet and handed it to Pilate, "It seems that there are still drawings of buildings like our Rome on this paper." ”