9. Chess players

Caesar's heir, Roman consul, high priest, in just three months, Gaius Octavian went from an obscure commoner aristocrat to the first target of public opinion and public attention. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

His cold appearance, elegant speech, and tenacity did win him the favor of the commoners in a short period of time, of course, mainly because Octavian was the rightful heir to Caesar, and the series of actions and means he took after coming to power......

"In addition, I have a proposal to condemn MJ Brutus as an enemy of the fatherland, and I will deprive him of all Roman citizenship, and that all Romans, upon seeing him, shall be obliged to capture him and kill him."

Octavian's words reverberated coldly within the high stone walls of the Senate, causing everyone present to discuss. The scene was like a morning market, filled with the sounds of all kinds of arguments.

"Son, you and I say okay, you shouldn't say such words at this time, you know that there are many Pompey patriarchs in it, and they were even indirectly involved in the murder of Caesar. If you break this matter at this time, you will only encounter great obstacles and difficulties! I promise I'll let you avenge your uncle, but not at this time! ”

Seeing the chaos of the scene, Cicero walked up to Octavian with "trepidation" and whispered a reminder to the proud young man.

Although in his heart, Cicero was already happy, but on the surface, he still had to pretend to be aggrieved.

"There's nothing to do with you here, Cicero."

Cicero's approach to Octavian ushered in a cold face, Octavian sat on Caesar's circle chair, and said to Cicero with a blank face. caused Cicero to be embarrassed and embarrassed.

Immediately, the controversy on the field became more and more intense, and even caught up with the shouting of the free trade market.

At this moment, Octavian gently slapped his right hand with his left hand and gave a crisp high-five, and then more than two dozen heavily armed Roman hoplites appeared in the hall of the Senate. They were all armed with wartime weapons, javelins, short swords, and even well-worn helmets and solid armor. It was like a threat of armed violence.

The appearance of the army made the Senate fall silent, and the unarmed Roman senators looked at the scene in front of them in astonishment, and did not dare to say anything more for a moment, while the leaders of the barbarian tribes from Gaul and Spain laughed and looked at this scene, it turned out that Rome, which was so powerful on the outside, had such a simple and direct internal struggle.

"My father was murdered here, and he was stabbed twenty-three times by the demons of Brutus, and blood was pouring all over the white floor, and you, here you are talking about the right thing or not. My father died here, I will avenge him, Brutus is the worst enemy of the Republic, do you have any objections? ”

After the guards trotted in, Octavian asked aloud. His voice suddenly became louder, and everyone in the scene looked at each other, because they had indeed underestimated this young boy before, and now, everyone was shocked by him. People looked at each other and did not dare to say anything more about themselves.

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"Apis, your plan has once again succeeded, and even Octavian, who is so clever, has stepped into your preset trap step by step, and I cannot but admire your wisdom and ability. Alas, it would have been better for Caesar to have made you heir. ”

Coming out of the Senate, little Crassus began to chat with Appis.

"My friend, this is only the first step, we have not yet achieved the final success, Octavian and Antony are very powerful people, we will have conspiracy, they will also have, even, I can't see clearly around us, which are the people who can be united and used, which are the people of Antony or Octavian, maybe everything we go is also the trap they set, just like a game of chess, the chess player will always set a chess game for the opponent, set a trap, and we are calculating others, or others are calculating us, Until the final result is out, anything is possible. We're dancing on a blade now, and we're in danger of dying at any moment, but if I weren't in this position, I wouldn't want to fight like this, you know, my friend, it's exhausting. ”

Appis replied lightly. This is how the struggle was, once upon a time, you and Octavian were close friends, brothers, but now, they are facing each other, and the person closest to you may be a serpent-like existence, and when you stand in this circle, you will find that the people around you have become panicked, because countless interests are driving and tempting them.

A few days later, Cicero wrote a secret letter to Brutus—

"Brutus, I don't really know what to do now. Octavian used force to hold hostage and force the Senate to admit your crimes, this is not the main thing, the important thing is that whether you have committed a heinous crime or not, Octavian cannot be so domineering, he actually used the army, put power and violence on the hall of the Senate, the last dignity of the Republic was trampled to pieces by this stubborn teenager, I am here, I hope you can come back and save our Republic. If you can come back and defeat Octavian with your legions, then I will defend you in the Senate and exonerate you, and you will no longer be an enemy and sinner of Rome, but a hero of the Republic, because you have eradicated tyranny and eliminated the king who tried to rule Rome! Just as great as your grandfather did. Believe me, Brutus, I can do it, and now I am living under the bloody terror of Octavian, and my words and deeds must be carefully considered before they can be put into practice. So, I hope you can come back, I need you, the Senate needs you, Rome needs you. ”

In his letter to Brutus, Cicero wrote about his plight and dissatisfaction, that the Senate had become Octavian's puppet, and, in a few words, revealed his strong desire for freedom and his desire for Brutus to return with his legions to liberate Rome. Such words were undoubtedly extremely lethal for Brutus, and what Cicero promised was exactly what Brutus was looking forward to day and night, to return to Rome, to return to Rome in the name of justice, and now that someone was willing to clear his name, Cicero could even imagine Brutus' overjoyed expression after receiving the letter, like a newborn spring bud, full of hope.