The young Valentinian III was speechless, and he probably did not expect that Ettius' subordinate Littollus would use such an excuse to catch him off guard, and he did not know how to respond to a group of nobles. If he forcibly appointed me as his personal bodyguard, then even if he violated his promise, then for those nobles now, if they let them see their Caesar rebelling, it will inevitably seriously affect the reputation of this young emperor. Then the support of the nobles will all fall to the side of Aetius, which will lead to a dignified emperor of the empire but no one will obey him, and then the power will be hollowed out, of course, I believe that this young child is not a fool, and will not fight with Aetius's power for me.

Knowing roughly Caesar's difficulties, I also have to make a choice for this, rather than fighting to the death here, in the end or my defeat for the end hastily, of course, as Caesar, Valentinian III will also be affected a lot, this is a bad decision.

I couldn't just pass up such a great opportunity, but now I have to make the right trade-off. In doing so, it was clear that Litollo was deliberately trying to exclude me from going to the far East, and then it was unknown whether I would be able to return.

"Actually, Your Excellency Litoll's idea is not a good way out." I was just trying to ease the embarrassment of Valentinian III, but I didn't expect to attract everyone's astonishment.

A veteran of politics who is close to not being confused when he is past his years of standing is deliberately embarrassed by a teenager. If Valentinian III is not relieved, I am afraid that his authority as emperor will not be guaranteed. There is no meaning, it is like a fish and a bear's paw, you can't have both, you always have to make a trade-off!

I stood up, faced a group of powerful people, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled it, secretly telling myself in my heart, "I decided, I decided!" ”

"Just let me go, honorable Caesar!" I smiled and secretly told myself in my heart that going to the Eastern Empire might not be a good thing, at least I wouldn't live like this all day long, is this life? I can't give an answer. He looked at Valentinian with a look of surprise, but why, there was a slight gratitude in his eyes. I smiled at him in return, thinking, yes, thank me, at least Litollo won't give you the steps, I'll give you the steps!

"Have you really decided to do so? My faithful guard! Valentinian III's tone choked up, and he didn't seem to give in. As he spoke, his face tinged with a hint of color, "Maybe there will be another way?" Isn't that still being discussed? ”

Don't you give up? I asked in my heart, this is not surprising, because if Levi is made Valentinian's close guard, it will undoubtedly be like a murderous dagger around his neck, not so much a defense, but a kidnapping.

Young Valentinian was still smart, or at least he knew what the word jealousy meant compared to his peers. He understood Litolus's intentions, that is, not to allow anyone to interfere with the plans of his master, Aetius. It's rude for him to protest like this now, but so what? Even though he was so defeated that he should not have the qualifications to speak, his backstage was Aetius, the supreme commander of the Gallic Army Group and the commander of the Central Field Army in Italy itself. Throughout the entire Western Empire, no one could compete with such a powerful force head-on. Even Caesar Valentinian himself, while standing up against it, must also think about whether Aetius will be angry and depose his throne because of this, after all, who can he rely on? The uncle who was emperor in the Eastern Empire, or the one who stayed in Ravenna, ravaged first by the Visigoths and then by the rebels of Rome, who gave birth to his mother?

He is not a purebred blood of Flavis, at least he has the blood of a traitor in his body, and the major failure of this expedition against Ba Gouda has already made his own emperor's authority questioned, and he has already received so much criticism at a young age, if he doesn't compromise now, I'm afraid the throne will not be guaranteed!

"You see, just like Aurius. Luga said so. Litolo seized on my words, and this was an opportunity, and he immediately took advantage of the topic and said: "Theodosius II, the Emperor of the Eastern Empire, is your uncle to Caesar, and it is at a time when the Eastern Empire and the Sassanids are on the verge of a new war. He Aurius. If Lu Jiaruo is strongly recommended by your nephew at this time, the old emperor will naturally be very recognized and able to reuse it. If Aurius. Luga is really a talent, and Theodosius II will naturally give back, not only in vain Caesar's heart, but also to leave me a good story to seek a good future for his former subordinates. ”

sparing such a large circle is nothing more than wanting me to get as far away from the Western Empire as possible, and never appear under their noses again. Because my actions have interfered with them too much, whether it is the maker of the plan or the executor of the plan below, they don't want to see me as a small character from nowhere disrupting their plan implementation. Although Litollo wanted me to never come back, of course, these words also gave me a step down, and if I suddenly changed my mind, then the end would be ugly.

At this point, I could not have any other way out, I had to bow my head, after all, this was the only way out left to me by Litollo and myself.

"What His Excellency Litollo said is very true, there was a poet Ovid who once said: Warriors are everywhere in their hometown, the Western Empire is my hometown, of course they also belong to the Roman Empire, then the Eastern Empire is naturally also my hometown, and my departure is nothing more than going home, so what is there to be sad about?" As I spoke, I looked at the little Emperor Valentinian III and said, "Caesar need not worry about my departure, if we have the chance, we may, we will meet again." ”

After speaking, I picked up the wine glass, faced Valentinian, and then raised my head and drank the wine in the glass, the whole scene was tragic, I don't know who moved.

I handed the glass back to the waiter, turned around, and walked out of the synagogue without looking back, making a decision, I have made a decision, turn back? There's no going back.

I pushed open the door and saw Andrew running hard in his robe, he was too late.

"Hey, Luga!"

Andrew ran up to me, he was out of breath and looked like he was running away.

"How?" He asked me, curiously stretching his neck to look behind me, feeling that the banquet was not over yet, but I actually came out, which made him a little puzzled, so he asked me, "What's the matter, Luga, have you eaten enough?" Hey, you didn't call me, seeing that I was sleeping like this, okay, don't talk about it, Luga, you go in with me again, I'm just hungry, but I want to go in and see what their nobles eat? ”

Andrew yelled and was about to rush in, but I grabbed him and whispered to him, "Andrew, let's go, it's not appropriate to go in now." ”

"How?" Andrew felt the heaviness of the atmosphere, and he began to drum inside, only to hear him whisper to me, "What, is that little guy difficult for you?" ”

"No, it's not appropriate to say this here, go, follow me!"

With that, I dragged Andrew down the long hallway, where the white marble columns floated past me and left far behind. On the lawn of the garden, the nobles were still playing, and it seemed that it didn't take me long to go in.

Besides, is the life of the aristocracy really so carefree? I walked past them, watched them play, and the good times slipped out of their hands, and they didn't care, because they had some money to spend, and they enjoyed endless food and wine, and didn't people pursue this all their lives. But they enjoyed it in the prime of life, so what else are they pursuing? The unrealistic is too tiring, and there is no hope in sight, and what is close in front of you is not interesting, because it is within reach. But what they have at their fingertips now is my unattainable dream, for which I struggle so hard and do not hesitate to give up everything that I can't get. I can't even ask why, and why!

When I went back to my room, I told Andrew what had happened, and a hot-tempered Germanic man like him was naturally furious, slapped his thigh, and scolded, "It's Levi again, damn it!" ”

"What do we do now, Luga? Is it really like what Litollo said, let them kick the Eastern Empire with one kick? There's really no going back! "Andrew is 10,000 unwilling at this time, of course, he can only go with me, otherwise not to mention whether Aetius and Litoho will find trouble with him, and even Arecio, who still doesn't know where to steal the fun, suddenly knows what I did, that guy will naturally not let either of us go.

"At the moment, I can only go to the Eastern Empire, although it seems that there is no room to turn back when I have left my homeland, who knows when the empire needs to be recalled, think about it, Caesar's close guard of the Eastern Empire, how can he be a legion commander when he comes back!" Andrew didn't refute either, turned around and went out the door.

"Hey, why are you going?"

"Pack up your things, this must be left as soon as possible, in case the old boy Litolo changes his mind, it will be too late to leave then!" It seems that Andrew was moved by what I said, so I can rest assured, at least I have left the Western Empire, but no one will trouble us anymore.

On the day we set out, Caesar Valentinian III personally saw us off, and he looked very sad, after all, Aetius's plan had succeeded, and Levi would be his close bodyguard, and of course, a sword hanging over his head.

"Don't worry about us, Caesar!" I smiled and patted his hand, the little emperor of only eighteen years old looked displeased, it seemed that he could not accept my rapid retreat at the banquet at that time, he probably did not understand why I followed Litollio, it is better not to know, otherwise I am afraid that this young fellow will say something and my trouble will come again.

"Before I leave, I want to entrust Caesar with something!" It occurred to me that Tenaia knew Fred's address as the mercenary leader, and I couldn't let her be hurt anymore!

"Even if you are told, you will be considered to have repaid the life-saving grace of the previous days." Caesar snorted, looking haughty. I didn't dare to make a statement, so I leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear, and this arrogant guy didn't know if he heard it or not, and when I finished speaking, he still snorted coldly, and said slowly: "Go ahead, I'll deal with it as soon as possible!" ”

Then I was relieved, and mounted the horse prepared for me, escorted by four or five personal guards, and headed east with Andrew, which was going to be a new journey, I told myself!

Eastern Empire, I'm coming!