Chapter 175: The Ceremony of Entering the City

"Look at the strength of Lord Beniface!"

An old voice sounded from behind him, familiar to Arecio. He turned around, and sure enough, it was him, Remitius.

Remitius no longer hides himself as sneaky as before, but because of the arrival of Berniface, Remitius is no longer afraid that Aetius's men will arrest and imprison him. He was dressed in a red and white gown, looking dignified and flamboyant. Behind Remitius, Arecius saw many expressions of affection, both men and women, which made him very tired, but there was no need to worry, because of the disparity in status, these men and women full of love could only look far away, and did not dare to take a step closer.

"Why, in such a short period of time, you have jumped from an ordinary retainer to a patriarch of the Senate, such a gap makes me a little unexpected!" Ignoring those gazes, Arecio deliberately said sarcastic words about Remitius, although three parts of it were sarcasm and seven points of dissatisfaction.

"Hah, the treasurer is joking again!" Arecio smiled, the wrinkles on his face almost covering his eyes. "These old guys in the Senate are not stupid, and it is impossible for them not to see who has the upper hand now!"

Arecius couldn't help but look disdainful about Remitius's dog-like appearance, but he had no right to laugh at Remitius, because he was standing here now.

"Look, handsome Arecio."

"Oh my God, he's on Beniface's side, too."

"It's not surprising, look at how much he's gotten out of Berniface, and if it were me, I'd be on Berniface's side."

"Berniface is a Roman, Aetius is a barbarian!"

The Roman citizens behind them were talking, but all eyes were on the river, watching the approaching boat.

"Huh!"

With a bang, a small warship was seen rushing up the riverbank, which caused a burst of exclamation among the citizens, who began to speculate about what Beniface was doing and what he meant.

"I have never heard of the city of Rome not by road, but by letting the ship go against the current and enter the city of Rome from the river." Arecio sighed, focusing his attention on the soldiers who disembarked later.

The first soldiers who came ashore were peculiar because their skin was dark, and their tightly closed lips could only see the rolling eyes. Their equipment is also full of alien features, chain mail, and turbans to cope with the heat of the desert.

They lined up neatly on the banks of the river, as they had been trained by the Roman legions, and marched in unison from before everyone on the main road, and marched with their heads held high towards the Senate chamber.

As if they had been lined up a long time ago, they were followed by a second centurium and a third hundred, who, like the previous one, had the same dark skin and desert attire as the onlookers.

"This must have been done by Berniface." "He just wants to show off his strength to the Romans, to show them that he is capable enough to solve the so-called problems that the Romans are facing now!" ”

"Your Excellency Boniface has made a desperate bet, Your Excellency the Treasurer!" Remitius stood behind Arecio and said, "He asks for nothing else, the trust of the queen, and the destruction of the mortal enemy!" ”

The black troops walked past ten hundreds, and a splendid warship slowly approached the shore as the other warships left.

"Bernifas!" In the quiet crowd, some fanatical follower shouted his name loudly, and then, like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, in an instant, everyone present raised their arms and chanted together.

"Berniface! Bernifus! Bernifus! ”

Such a momentum does not belong to Caesar hundreds of years ago, and it proves that in Rome, military strength is everything. Amid everyone's cheers, Boniface slowly disembarked under the layers of protection of the guards.

He wore a golden cuirass and a red cloak, a golden laurel wreath on his head, and his tall height, which brought out the heroic temperament of the armor to the fullest. As soon as he descended from the ground, he raised his head almost to the sky, like a victor, and enjoyed the tribute from the citizens of Rome without any heart.

"He's completely like the emperor now, I really don't know if he's doing this for the citizens of Rome, or for the emperor and the senate!" Arecio thought to himself, he didn't dare to speak.

Berniface walked slowly onto the main road, and the Roman citizens on both sides of the road seemed to have gone mad. If it hadn't been for the Praetorian Guards on the side of the road, they would have pounced on Berniface and kissed him on the cheek desperately. But Berniface was not moved at all, still holding his head high and posing haughtily. Gradually, his eyes were drawn to Arecio, who was standing on the side of the road and dodging backwards.

Arecio didn't know why, he couldn't be happy in the face of his former partners who had made a fortune together, even in disguise.

"Arecio!" Berniface smiled and held out his hand to Arecio, "Isn't it like your old friend all the way after not seeing each other for so long?" Bernifas's actions made everyone present turn their eyes to Arecio, and in the face of so many eyes that didn't know what kind of mentality he had, Arecio stood in place, his hands clutching the corners of his clothes, clenching his teeth, at a loss!

Damn, they're all men! It turned out to be a little shy, and in full view of everyone, Arecio lowered his head and secretly complained in his heart.

On the contrary, Berniface was more than generous at this point, and he stepped forward and grabbed Arecio's left arm.

"What's the situation?"

It wasn't until his left arm was clutched that Arecio snapped back to his senses, and he looked at his left arm in amazement, trying to break free, but how could he possibly break free of Berniface's claw-like palm?

Without hesitation, Berniface pulled Arecio to his side, Arecio was terrified, he was a man, but for some reason, his heart was almost pounding out of his chest. Now there was no room to dodge at all, he lowered his head, dodging the gazes of hundreds of people around him! This move is really like a virgin, which is distressing.

"Citizens of Rome!" Berniface took Arecio by the hand and said loudly to the people around him, "This is the treasurer of our empire, the most beautiful man in all of Rome!" It is a great pleasure that he is on the same side as us, against the barbarian who will only confuse and offend the Emperor and the public! With that, Berniface grabbed Arecio's left arm and raised it violently.

"Down with Aetius!" At the same time, the fanatical citizens of Rome roared and shouted hoarsely to Boniface,

What does that mean! Arecio looked up at the frenzied crowd around him, and then at Berniface, who just raised his left arm and looked around at the roaring crowd!