"Oh, that's a lot!" Looking down at the parchment in this place, Luga couldn't help but sigh and shook his head, thinking to himself, "In addition to pretending and improvising, these stupid things have even improved their ability to sue on a higher level. ”

Despite the reluctance in his heart, Luga reluctantly took a few steps forward and bent down to pick up the parchment and rearrange it. In the presence of Theodosius II, he did so cautiously, for fear that something would go wrong, or he would be scolded again.

Seeing Theodosius II's angry look, Luga bowed his head in amusement and remained silent, like a child who had made a mistake.

"Tell me, Luga." Theodosius II felt that most of the breath in his heart had been cut off after he roared twice, he looked much better at this time, and he didn't even speak in such an impulsive tone, "Tell me honestly, how many nobles did you hurt, and how much money did you rob them?" ”

"Let me do the math!" Lu Jia muttered quietly, and actually began to count with his fingers, while still saying in a thoughtful voice: "At that time, when the nobles were beaten, none of them were left behind, and at that time, I led people to search from house to house, and found a total of thirteen thousand pounds of gold, and I didn't ask for any other jewelry, I just wanted gold!" ”

"What?" Theodosius II glared at Luga in confusion, as if he had misheard, "Are you sure you only took thirteen thousand pounds of gold?" ”

"Aang, that's not it!" After Luga finished speaking, he puffed up his chest proudly, and said to Theodosius II with a righteous look: "I'm already very reasonable, you don't know how much gold these bastards have saved, I just let them take it from door to door, and I didn't rush in to grab this 13,000 pounds, if I rush in, hum, maybe now I am holding not my helmet, but Attila's head!" ”

"But the nobles of Athens unanimously accuse you of a whole twenty thousand pounds of gold!"

"It's complete slander, Caesar, no more, no less, I only took thirteen thousand pounds, or do I ask them to get it, where is there such a robbery?" The more Lu Jia spoke, the more he spoke, only to see him with his head held high, with a dead face, as if he was not afraid of things, not only was he not wrong, but he was also wronged!

"Enough!" Theodosius II, seeing that he could not argue with Luga, ended the topic with a wave of his hand, glaring at Luga, not at all amused by Luca's actions. This made Lu Jia extremely embarrassed, such a reasonable performance suddenly became a one-man show, and the spectators didn't buy it, so he could only bow his head again and remain silent.

"You, Augustus, my adopted son, not only connived at the looting of the soldiers, but also took the lead yourself. You're a member of the Flavies family! Do you know that you've disgraced me, our family, by doing this? Theodosius II pointed at Luga and cursed, his face flushed with anger, and it seemed that Luca had really disappointed him by doing so.

"I understand, Caesar!"

At this time, Luga instantly wilted like a deflated ball, and his tone became heavy.

"The aristocrats protested to me en masse, what would they do if I could not give them a reasonable explanation? What would it say? If they are dissatisfied with us, they will definitely rebel at some point! With so many refugees starving, they are likely to be bought with a little food! Then form a legion to shake our grip on the provinces! We have just suffered the catastrophe and the destruction of Attila, and now is the time to recover, we can no longer afford war! ”

"You're worried about your position by now!" Such a cold sentence came out of Luga's mouth that Theodosius II slammed his mouth shut, and his eyes widened and his ears pricked up, as if he had misheard.

"What did you just say?" Theodosius II then asked.

"Attila went south to destroy the provinces of Thrace and Macedonia, and when I was recruited to Thessaloniki, my army was less than 5,000 men, and all of them were defeated!" Luga didn't know where he got the courage to look directly at Theodosius II, and then he waved his hand outside the door and asked Theodosius II: "There are nearly 80,000 well-armed soldiers in this Constantinople, and Attila has only 50,000, but these 50,000 people alone can sweep through the whole of Greater Greece with impunity just because you didn't give them 6,000 pounds of gold!" ”

"Luga......" Theodosius II whispered Luga's name, his eyes were full of puzzlement, why did Luga teach him a lesson at this time!

"I'm in Athens!" Lugar paused, ignoring Theodosius' call, and continued: "Look at the nobles you are trying to defend, who regard the money in their arms as everything, even above the glory of Rome, and who have chosen the latter between the protection of the state and the protection of wealth, but I must act if I choose to protect the country!" So I took away what they seemed to be extremely important to protect what seemed to me to be extremely important! ”

"But you've lost so much more! Flavis. Luga! Theodosius II looked at Luga with a serious face, and he continued to Luga with great composure: "What you have done has become so notorious that you have since lost your place in the hearts of the nobles, and in their eyes you are nothing more than a selfish robber, who hate you, spit on you, and even plot to murder you!" ”

"Then let them go!" Luga said indignantly, "At least I am plundering their gold to protect their lives, and the strength to hate me is the best proof that they are still alive and not dead under Attila's butcher's knife!" ”

"But they don't care!" Theodosius II interrupted Luga, "They won't care, what they see is that Attila is still far away, and you, you are a robber at hand!" ”

"These cannot be changed, Caesar, no, my father!" For some reason, it was natural for Luga to call Theodosius II his father, "At least I have protected you, I am loyal to you, pure as the mountain stream, you can't see any impurities in the palm of your hand!" ”

"I can see and feel your loyalty." Theodosius II's tone was heavy, and he no longer seemed to want to reproach Luga. "I have never questioned your loyalty from the beginning, Luga, you are my child, I trust you immensely in this regard, I love you even more than Licchinia, but what you have done this time has surprised me, I have always regarded you as my successor, Luga, everything you have done for Rome should be the new Augustus!"

"But I've lost that opportunity, haven't I?" Perhaps he should have been so frustrated, even angry, that he asked Theodosius why. "Okay, I understand!"

Theodosius II was surprised by Luga's calmness, and he was even mentally prepared for the urge to listen to Luga's shouting, but Luga was quietly frightening, as if nothing was to him.

"In short, let me bear the guilt and criticism!" Luga said: "I hope you don't damage your reputation, after all, in the face of such a situation, who will stand up must be chosen!" ”

"Luga—" Theodosius II was moved, he watched as Luga finished speaking and turned to go out, he tried to stop him, but the words condensed on the lips of his mouth, and he did not speak.

"Squeak!" Lugara opened the door, and without looking back, walked out without saying a word, leaving Theodosius alone in the great hall.

"Thank you!" Looking at Luga's vanishing back, Theodosius II's lips trembled as he spoke, even if the voice was as thin as a mosquito's chirping.