Under the siege, prices in Rome skyrocketed, and the prices of grain and various foods rose to outrageous levels. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The public was full of discontent, Octavian reduced the daily rations of the army, but the shortage of food among the people continued to become increasingly tense. The city of Rome was not an ordinary large city, the population was several times more than that of other cities, and the surrounding areas of Rome almost no longer cultivated grain, but this kind of cash crop, for a long time, Rome's grain was mobilized from various provinces. And now, all import channels are blocked, and the city's daily food consumption is staggering. Fortunately, Rome has always had the habit of stockpiling grain, but no amount of reserves can withstand such consumption.

Almost every day, civilians who could not afford to buy food went to the streets to smash and loot houses, and Octavian drew a part of the army defending the city as a security force to maintain order in the city, but with little effect. Often, as soon as the security patrol has left, hungry thugs who cannot afford to buy food rush out and smash affluent apartments. In the face of disaster, the rich are terrified.

The ransacking of Seville homes was carried out against this background. On this day, Caragall, the gang leader of the Appia neighborhood, with about 200 thugs, took advantage of the darkness of the night and rushed directly to a block around the Seville mansion with torches. Cicero's original plan was for them to go out together to rescue Tertira, but after the deliberations of the two gang leaders, it was decided to split up and smash the neighborhood of Hiria all the way to attract the vigilantes there, and the other team rushed to Seville's residence and ransacked the villa.

The late-night commotion quickly caught the attention of the street security team, but they found that they did not have enough manpower to deal with such a large-scale riot, so they hurried to the city security camp headquarters to seek support. By the time the vigilantes arrived, the men of Calagal had ransacked and destroyed more than a dozen Roman homes and apartments. Civilians were evicted from their houses in the middle of the night, and their only stock of food and money was confiscated. Unwilling to give in, the men fought back with sticks and all the "weapons" they could fight back in order to protect their property. was beaten to the point of bleeding by a group of ruffians. When the vigilantes arrived, the gang of ruffians with organized leaders began to roam around again, leaving the vigilante brigades unable to search for them, and spending a lot of time dealing with the street mobs.

At the same time, a mob of more than 300 people poured out of the dark alleys and rushed to the city villa in Seville. The Roman soldiers who were tasked with protecting the mansion shouted that this was a military stronghold and that they could not trespass, but the armoured regulars were drowned out in the thug's beating with sticks.

"What's going on out there?"

The great movement woke up the sleeping Tertilla, she hurriedly changed her clothes and got up, and asked the maids and servants around her, but no one knew what it was, and then, under the horrified eyes of everyone, the thug rushed into the villa, and kicked the guard in front of him who was in charge of guarding the foyer, and after the soldier was kicked to the ground, he was punched and kicked by a mob, and before he could even draw his short sword, he was beaten and bloodied all over his face, and lay on the ground dying.

The whole mansion was filled with screams and shouts of terror, as well as the screeching of clay pots and glass.

"Who are you?!"

Tertilla exclaimed.

Then, a burly, hideous-looking thug came up and frightened Tertila back, almost not falling. The man, who appeared to be the leader of the mob, asked in a thick voice, "Tell me, where is the owner of this house, Tertila!" ”

"Is that what you're here for? What to do with her? ”

Despite her horror at the scene in front of her, Tertilla kept her sanity and did not reveal her identity directly.

"Don't talk nonsense, tell me where that chick is Tertilla! Or I'll cut off your fingers! ”

The leader of the mob questioned more harshly and loudly. Tertila was so frightened that her hair stood on end.

Just as Tertira was about to deceive the mob that threatened and intimidated him, his servants betrayed their master. A maid trembled at the mob's dagger threat and pointed to Tertira's location. Then, several mobs divided five by two, and without waiting for Teltila to speak, they rushed forward, put the thin Tertila on his shoulder, picked up several children in the room, and rushed out of the villa.

The rest of the people also left the mansion in a hurry after smashing and plundering. Left behind the Roman soldiers, beaten all over the ground and unable to get up. Then a mob of mobs carried the plundered Tertila and a large pile of gold and silver utensils, and ran all the way to a small pier along the Tiber River, where Cicero's gondoliers had been waiting for a long time. Later, Tertira was carried and thrown into the hold like a prey.

"Don't panic, ma'am. I'm Cicero......"

Just as Tertilla was in a panic, Cicero walked in from the deck outside the cabin, lifted his thick cloak, and stood politely in front of Tertilla. Then, he sat down elegantly across from him.

At this time, Tertilla, who had been terrified all the way, calmed down a little, at least she saw familiar faces, and did not have to worry that this was a real plunder. It's just that the reason and connection between the front and back, Tertila can't react for a while.

"Why are you here, Lord Cicero? Who are they, and why are they tying me here? ”

Tertilla asked excitedly.

"Calm down, Tertilla. I arranged these people to rush into your house and 'kidnap' you here, which was also my arrangement, but I couldn't communicate with you and get in touch in advance. Okay, let's get out of here first, and we'll talk about it later. ”

"What are you waiting for! Anchor now! ”

Cicero then shouted loudly. A few ruffians who had plundered a large amount of gold and silver were in a hurry to untie the cables, row small merchant ships, and quickly leave the docks along the Tiber River at night.

"I'm scared of you, Tertilla. In fact, I've been planning this for a long time to get you and me out of the city. Let's put it this way, Octavian was now a trapped beast, he was unwilling to give up Rome, and there was only one ending, he was besieged and killed in the city by Apis. And before that, I guess he's probably going to make a fuss about you, because you're the wife of Appis, the commander of the army outside the city, and everyone knows about it. He will use all kinds of means to force you to negotiate peace with Apis, Octavian will certainly not intervene in person, but he will have hungry civilians besiege your house, thus forcing you to come forward and let Apis open the food channel. But you and I both know that Apis was not willing to do that, or his siege would be meaningless. So, while Octavian has not yet come to this point, I will save you from the city of Rome, and I will do my best to save you. Can you understand when I say that? ”

The Spanish merchant ship with a dozen crew members was speeding along the quiet Tiber River, and Cicero sat quietly opposite Tertila at this time, explaining the whole thing and what happened tonight......