"Brutus, wake up, wake up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info we're leaving. ”

Before dawn, Kventus woke up Brutus, who was still asleep, dressed in rough and simple civilian clothes, sleeping in the grass, lighting a fire, and living a wandering life like barbarians on the way to escape.

"Damn it, you fat worm, get out of here!"

Brutus, who was sleeping, did not want to be woken up, and roared loudly at Kventus. Then, wrapped in rags, he continued to sleep. And such a move caused the displeasure of Kventus.

"Then lie down in the grass and fall asleep until Caesar's soldiers come and disembowel you. They will pull your intestines out of your body, tie them into dead knots, hang them on trees, and make you miserable. ”

With that, Kventus spat on the ground, picked up the dagger on the ground, and put away his luggage.

"Damn it! You repeat! It was your filthy thoughts that made me assassinate Caesar, so that I now have no home to return to, and live this life that is not even as good as a beggar, running around and hiding, being chased like a rat crossing the street! Damn, I'm Max Brutus, my grandfather was Lucius Junisns Brutus, the founding father of the Roman Republic! But now I'm being hunted down by a bunch of ruffians?! Such clothes are like being pulled out of a dung pit, how can they be worthy of my noble status! ”

Enraged by Kventus's rudeness, Brutus lifted the rags and struggled to his feet from the ground, then cursed, grabbing Kventus by the collar in excitement, as if he were the demon who had trapped him to death.

"But was your grandfather as cowardly as you? Coward! We've only been on the road for more than a month, and you can't stand such a poor life, how can you take on the responsibility of commander of the legion in the future? Your mother expects so much from you, but now it seems to me that you're just a pampered, useless. If you don't want to evacuate with us now, you can go back and kneel down and lick the GIs' ass, tell them that you are wrong, that you should not assassinate Caesar, and beg them for forgiveness and forgiveness. Go ahead, if you can't stand this little bit of suffering. ”

"Shut up!"

Brutus' taunt enraged Brutus, and he threw a punch straight into Kventus' face. Brutus, who could not bear such ridicule, was furious and trembled. And Kventus didn't show any weakness, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth after he fell, stood up and punched back, punching Brutus to the ground. After all, under Pompey, he led the army to fight for the New Year, and the power of his fists was much stronger than that of Brutus.

Brutus was punched to the ground, and a large amount of blood oozed from his nostrils, and the thick smell of blood seeped into his nasal passages, making him almost suffocate. Then, when Brutus staggered to his feet, he was knocked out by another punch from Kventus.

Kventus yelled: "If you don't have the strength, don't be a hero, in fact, you are not even as good as a bedbug, look at the way you are now, you are not worthy to lead my legion at all!" Your mother's expectation of you is a dirty, smelly piece of shit. your Brutus, there is no merit, your name is worthless! ”

……

Brutus fled on the day Antony smashed the house of Caesar's murderer, and with the help of Kventus and others, fled from the Adriatic to Greece and prepared to regroup his forces in Syria. And Sevilla did not follow him to a foreign land. There is no evidence that she had anything to do with Caesar's murder. Moreover, even if the people did not have much doubt about her, because although Brutus was a child of Seville, Lebida and Apis were the sons-in-law of Seville, and these two people could be said to be Caesar's sworn friends and colleagues. In such a situation, it is unlikely that Seville would have been involved in the murder of Caesar. After all, Caesar's death was not good for her.

It was only in private that Apis knew that a large part of the reason why Brutus murdered Caesar was his mother.

"Appis, Octavian is gone, and you are staying. Tell me, who exactly are you rooting for? Between Antony and Octavian, you must have already made your choice. ”

When the turmoil subsided, Seville hosted a banquet at his home, but Apis knew that the old woman was no longer the kind and friendly mother-in-law she had been, but a cruel, cunning, and poisonous woman who was seduced by emotion. She would not entertain herself for no reason, and if such a feast was for political purposes, it must have been for Brutus. Appis was convinced.

"No, I don't support anyone, I only support the one who can bring peace and prosperity to Rome."

In the face of Seville's tentative questioning, Apis replied calmly.

"Why, then, did you help Octavian keep that inheritance? If Octavian hadn't received Caesar's inheritance, Antony might have monopolized Rome by now, and there would not be the current situation of local division, and the two sides would not be equal, Apis, you say that you support the peace of Rome, but it seems to me that you have brought war and disaster to the Roman people. Isn't it? ”

Seville asked Appis rhetorically.

"No, Antony's abilities and virtues were not strong enough to rule Rome, otherwise Caesar would not have left the heir to Octavian. As for whether Octavian was a proper ruler or not, I will need time to judge. At the beginning, helping Octavian keep that inheritance could only be regarded as my distrust of Antony. ”

Appis answered those tricky questions in front of his mother-in-law, and Tertila sat awkward, the atmosphere was not as harmonious as it had been then, but the young daughter did not know who to support, her mother on the one hand, and her husband on the other.

"So, you're still waiting for someone who has the credentials to rule Rome?"

Sevilla then pressed to ask.

"Yes, so to speak. But IMHO, that person was by no means Brutus. ”

Knowing Seville's purpose for the banquet, Appis refused the old woman's request before she could speak. And Sevilla on the opposite side immediately showed an ugly look on his face.

"Brutus may not be qualified to rule Rome, but the government he brought with him can save Rome, and Rome should return to the senate-dominated system of the past. This is the essence and spirit of the republic. Isn't it? ”

Appis's relentless confronting of the subject did not surprise Sevilla, and Sevilla also threw out their own "routine" at the right time. This view is not wrong in the eyes of the Romans today, except that Seville is more from the perspective of the aristocracy. Of course, before Caesar ruled Rome, the aristocracy was very much in favor of this system. In the original Senate, almost all of them were hereditary nobles and senators. Civilians basically have no right to speak, and of course they like such a system.

"Then you should go and ask the Roman civilians who are gathered in the square waiting for work and almsgiving, and see what they say. If a country cannot even feed its own citizens, the aristocracy will one day be rebelled, so Brutus's theory is actually outdated. Forgive me for confronting this question so head-on, Seville, my mother-in-law. ”

While maintaining absolute neutrality, Appis rebuffed Seville's many demands with proper etiquette.