"My wife!"

In the barracks of the Seventh Legion, when the guards led Tertilla to Appis's tent, Apis ignored the curious gazes of the soldiers and held the thinly dressed Tertila tightly in his arms. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This should be my only relative in this ancient Roman world. Appis pondered.

Immediately, the surrounding soldiers let out a frenzied shout. It was as if they were celebrating a victory, yes, the recapture of the woman from the enemy, which was a victory in itself. Appis can understand that, just as Helen caused the Trojans to fight the Greeks, the Romans and Greeks in the classical period had their own unique understanding of glory.

"You're suffocating me."

Tertila choked out, a happy and warm smile on her face. Indeed, after hundreds of days and nights of longing, she finally saw her husband, which was undoubtedly the happiest moment for Tertira. Then, amid the frenzied shouts of the legionnaires, Appis took Tertila's tender hand in one hand and his daughter Nevia in the other, and walked into his tent as a victor.

The only unsettling factor in this battle was lifted, and Apis knew that there would be nothing to stop him in the next battle.

"And, Cicero, I haven't had time to thank you for saving my wife and daughter, a kindness that I'll never forget."

After a moment of affection with Tertilla, Appis turned his gaze to Cicero, tears almost streaming down his face. Cicero on the side was a little unbearable. In fact, by rescuing Tertilla, Cicero knew that he was not absolutely selfless, and that he was also tired of the bloody and dangerous life in Rome, and wanted to move to other parts of the Republic to live out his old age. Taking Tertila out of the city was also taking himself out of the city, and by the way, as a generous gift, he asked Appis for a piece of beautiful treasure land.

"Oh, don't say that, old friends, we're best friends, old friends. Your business is my business, but I was blocked by Octavian and couldn't do anything before, but this time, I just did my last bit of strength. ”

Cicero said, smiling gracefully.

"But I should still be grateful to you, after all, you took a huge risk to get my wife and daughter out of Rome. You and I both know that Octavian's last bargaining chip at this moment is my wife, Tertila. This is also a piece of my heart, and now that it has been lifted, it is really the greatest relief for me. I think Octavian may have been in his mansion at this time, angrily smashing things. ”

Appis handed his daughter to Tertila, then turned to Cicero and spoke a lot of words of gratitude.

"By the way, this time you left Rome, I'm afraid you won't be able to go back, what are your plans next?"

Cicero smiled silently, and Appis continued to ask.

"My old friend Apis, you know, I am sixty-three years old, and that little passion for politics has long since been worn out in the dark years, and now I do not want to inquire about Roman politics anymore. In this age when the Legion decides everything, I intend to retire to the province and spend the rest of my life. ”

Cicero slowly explained the purpose of his actions this time.

"Retirement? It would be a pity that Cicero, the illustrious orator, was retiring before he had really fulfilled his ambitions......"

Appis took a sip of wine and said with a little sadness.

"Oh no, there's nothing wrong with that. Rome has changed, the time that belonged to me has passed, and now, it is the world of young people, and it is long overdue for an old man like me to abdicate and give way to a more energetic young man. For example, a good politician like you in the prime of life. ”

"Haha, don't praise me like that, in fact, I am far inferior to Octavian politically, but I have experienced more on the battlefield of the dead, and I have military sensitivity."

To Cicero's compliment, Apis responded with a smile.

"Tell me where you want to retreat next, Gaul? Greece? Or is it Spain? Unfortunately, the latter is not my territory, and I can't arrange it. ”

"It's true that I like Greece, I like Athens, I like Corinth, but unfortunately Antony may not welcome me, but there are many places with the same blue sea as Athens and Corinth, and I plan to raise a few sea fish in my future villa, and the pool in the villa is connected to the sea, so that I can feel the temperature and smell of the sea at home. Plus, having a bunch of sword slaves, you know, my wife has a penchant for watching bloody shows. ”

Cicero said, laughing, as if planning his own beautiful home. And Appis also saw the long-lost sunshine from Cicero's ravine-crisscrossed face.

"Then you don't need to look for a place, Tertila's residence in Marseille fits your standards, and I will give you that villa as a thank you for all these years for our allies."

Apis blurted out almost without even thinking about it.

"Oh, this gift is too expensive, I have heard that the mansion in Marseille is worth hundreds of thousands of dinars, and it is the most luxurious villa in the north, and I cannot accept such a generous gift."

Cicero "looked embarrassed" and politely declined.

"Cicero, you and I have been friends and partners since Caesar was alive, and what you have done for me is not clear to others, but I have remembered them all, is it not worth ten years of friendship to a mansion? You can take it with confidence. Alas, life is too short, and when you are old, you can spend your leisure years in your own home with peace of mind, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for yourself. ”

Appis gave it warmly, and then lamented the passage of time. Indeed, what has been experienced over the years can be written into a biography.

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"A bunch of rubbish! I sent a whole squad to guard the house, forty men, and let a mob rush in so easily, and plundered the most illustrious nobles of Rome, where did your usual courage against the barbarians go? Why don't you draw your sword to defend against the enemy? Can the stones and sticks of the mob also frighten you? ”

In Rome, in Octavian's official residence, the "Praetorian Guard" escorted the guards in charge of guarding Tertila's residence to Octavian, and the young Octavianus was furious, and several wounded guards waited in horror for the consul's final orders. His own life was between Octavian's words. However, in the next moment, instead of sending them directly to the guillotine, Octavian commanded loudly -

"Go, give you one last chance, go and give me an investigation to find out who is responsible for this case, more than 500 people rioted en masse, and only plundered Tertira's residence, the other villas were not plundered, this is obviously not an accident, someone deliberately instigated the organization. To investigate for me, to obtain evidence, I need the mastermind behind it, and the people of Rome need to know. Last night, they ransacked dozens of civilian homes and looted more than a dozen apartments, and these rioters must be severely punished. ”