Chapter 32: March 15 (Part II)
In the aisle, in the shadow of Pompey's statue, the circle chair was already stained with blood, Caesar fell to the floor next to him, his body, his body, and the walls and statues were all splashed with blood, his sandals were scattered on his feet, and the people involved in the assassination surrounded him and the pool of blood. Caesar's only personal slave who followed up, carrying the paperwork, was covered in blood, and he was so frightened that he stood aside and didn't dare to move.
The smell of steaming blood was rising, but Caesar was still shaking slightly, he was muttering the word "mother", and when Brutus with a dagger heard him say this, he remembered his mother Seville, and tears could not help but flow, so he walked up to Caesar, knelt down, held his hand and begged, "I am not afraid of death, but I still hope for your understanding." ”
But Caesar's eyes were fixed on him, and the corners of his mouth were indistinctly reading incomprehensible words, which Brutus could hear, curses, and asked the gods and spirits of the house of Julius to hunt down his enemies, and to hunt down the murderers of today, to the ends of the earth, until the end of time.
"Oh my God, what did you do!" At this time, Cicero walked over slowly, and the Caesar he saw had become weaker and weaker, and finally died of anger, but Cicero did not dare to step forward, because he was afraid of being stained with Caesar's blood, so that he was also suspected of being involved.
The rest of the hundreds gathered around, many of them too frightened to say a word, except for Brutus who stood up and calmly said with his blood-stained hands and daggers in front of the crowd, "Don't be alarmed, ambition has paid its debts." ”
"It is now you who have committed such a horrible crime against a sacrosanct man in this sacred place." Cicero was the first to speak. But his son-in-law, Yurabella, choked him by the wrist. Do not let the father-in-law continue to speak. He said to Brutus, "Listen, we all applaud your execution of the tyrant, and though we have not been informed beforehand, or some of us have lacked courage, we are all rejoicing in overthrowing the tyranny of this one man, so is there anything we can do to help you now." ”
That is to declare that it was a lawful and state-friendly assassination, and that Caesar was dead. His ambitions and crimes of subversion of the Republic will wait until trial, the enemies he persecuted will be recalled, and the Senate will regain its power and preside over peace and war against distant lands. Cassiyo and Brutus replied methodically.
"And abolish all the injustices of this dead bastard!" Casca also added menacingly.
"So what are you waiting for!" "Now we can go out in droves and ask all the dignitaries of Rome to come to our aid, and rest assured that Caesar has no decent allies, except for the swarm and dangerous elements, as long as the verdict is settled on his death." Then our victory will be unshakable! As a result, many people followed the trend and tried to sell their reputation. Even those who had nothing to do with the assassination plan shouted and followed after Eurabella and began to walk towards the outside of the theater.
At this time, Caesar's servants and slaves felt that something was wrong, so they rushed in from the waiting room and the open place, and saw the master lying in the aisle, his robe lifted to cover his face, one shoe still falling off the side, his body was cold, and he was already dead, so he scattered and fled in fright, which caused chaos inside and outside the theater, and the people ran in screams, and at the entrance of the iron bar, Anthony grabbed the bloodied clerical slave who came out in a daze, and asked, "What happened to Dicktido?" ”
"Dead, dead, a lot of blood, all the blood of the master." The clerk slave was clearly deranged, and when Anthony grabbed him, he would just spin in circles. At this time, Antony heard the whistling sound, and the red flag on Capitol Hill was raised again, and he saw the entrance of the theater, there was a lot of blood on the robes, and Brutus and Cassius all came to the front, and then Dehemos also joined the team, and then Eulabella in the back also pulled his father-in-law Cicero and rushed up, pointed at Antony and shouted, "Antony and Lypidaus are Caesar's two accomplices, and now they should be killed!" ”
"Isn't it enough for you to kill Dick Tydo!" Anthony realized that the situation was irreversible, and he held the iron bar and said, "Do you want to kill more people and plunge Rome into a second civil war?" I remember your faces, Eurabella, Cicero, these two bastards, you are all behind the scenes! ”
Anthony's rhetorical question frightened Eulabella, who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill his enemies, but Brutus did not agree to do so, and shouted to all those who were still there, "Caesar is the only one to die, we have killed a tyrant, or a sinner who tried to be a tyrant, and liberated the republic and returned your freedom!" After saying this, Brutus called the slaves who came with him, and used a long pole to pick up a small hat called "Pillenus", which was usually worn by freed slaves or redeemed prisoners of war, and represented the liberation, Brutus means that they killed Caesar and "liberated Rome again".
Then, Si Pinzer said, "Let us not kill Antony and Lypida, but also prevent them from being killed by their revenge, and the matter shall be confined to the city of Rome as far as possible, and now Brutus and Cassiio shall temporarily retreat to the holy mountain of Capitor, where security can be guaranteed, and the army is not allowed to use force; Later, I contacted Banks and the others to contact more people to join our camp; Luga, you go and take the Senate Edict and take over the Sixth Legion of the River-Island garrison; Dehemoth, you organize all the sword slaves to pacify the city, and control the homes of Antony and Libida, or all of Caesar's minions, and bring all the legions loyal to the Republic in the surrounding provinces closer. ”
"We want to prevent Lybita and Anthony from taking advantage of their position as cavalry commanders to convene a separate Tribus council to pass bills against us, so we must immediately issue a senate edict that all the people should gather at the foot of Capitol Hill to hear our speech on the matter, and then the situation will be settled." Brutus asked, and then all the men took up the little hat as a banner and rode up the Capitol Hill.
The whole street was full of chaos, the squares and bazaars of the city of Rome began to be set on fire, and the corpses killed by the enemy took the opportunity to fall everywhere, and Antony was still standing in front of the iron bar, until Li Bida came with Hu Servant and Sword Slave, "What are you doing, Marco?" ”
While the two were talking, Panza, another of Caesar's confidants, also arrived at the news, "Dick Tydo has been stabbed to death!" ”
"Don't panic, take out the dictator's body first." Li Bida said, so the three of them came to the theater. (To be continued......)