Chapter 15: Epilepsy (Part I)

Looking at Caesar, who was stumbling in front, Calabis remembered that the epileptic patient still needed to be careful within half an hour after the seizure, because the possibility of another seizure was relatively high, so he rejected Claudius's suggestion, saying that I would first send His Excellency the Counsellor back to his mansion in the district of Subura, and if I had time, I would come back to meet you.

"We'll be waiting for you in the old square between the Evendini Hill and the Calabis River Warehouse, don't 'delay' with the Attorney General for too long." Claudius enthusiastically called out to Calabis who was leading the horse away, and then he suddenly saw something shining in the dark shadows in the alley where Calabis and Caesar had been staying, so he told Curio and Anthony to go first, and then ran there himself, it turned out to be the reflection of Calabis's unsheathed dagger, he smiled and picked it up, wiped it clean, and sighed: "Could it be that Calabis took out his dagger just now and forced Julius the Attorney to submit?" But I saw that it was Caesar who returned the trouser belt, huh? Hey, how fierce the exchange of offense and defense between these two people is, to the extent that they can use daggers. Then Claudius took the dagger and prepared it for its rightful owner, and walked down the street towards the notorious district of Subbra.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?" Calabis helped Caesar, who was walking in front, "If we continue to react, we can find a street tavern to rest." ”

"That's Claudius, right? He often claims to have inherited the throne of my golden youth. Caesar said with a smile, and then dispelled Calabis's concerns, "My Divine Judgment has not recurred in a short period of time, rest assured, I'm just a little weak now." I forgot to even thank you for your kindness. ”

Over there. The little pigeon and Van Lunjuna ran madly over. One of the little pigeons was holding the mask of a stage actor, while Van Lun Lingna was holding a newly bought pet rabbit and shouted: "Adoptive father, all the Colosseum and theater are so boring today, and all the commoners and prostitutes who were gathered there are rushing to the Evandini Hills!" ”

Needless to say, it must have been Claudius who was going to create momentum for the people in order to become the civilian tribune against Cicero and Pompey (of course, he was the one who separated), and what kind of rally was held by the people (the money was naturally paid by him). The Romans liked to watch the slaughter in the sand field, but they preferred to watch the real political rival fight, and this led to the situation of thousands of empty alleys.

"Oh, by the way, Van Lun Rina - I forgot to tell you, today is the day when the princes and chieftains of Asia Minor, who had been captured in the war in the East, were brought to Rome by small ships." Calabis suddenly remembered, no wonder the whole city rushed to my river storehouse, so he took out another money bag and threw it to the little pigeon and Van Lun Linna, "Go." The scene there is bigger than the Grape Festival temple fair! ”

Fan Lun Lingna is very familiar with the pet rabbit, even the cage together. He took the little pigeon by the hand and ran to the Evandini hills.

At this time, the large and ancient mansion of the Caesar family, which stood proudly in the surrounding slums and red lanterns, had arrived, and Caesar expressed his sincere gratitude to Calabis, and asked the slaves to summon his wife Pepea (who was also a distant relative of Pompey) to come out and meet Calabis.

Calabis humbly stood by the Parthian mare, and watched the sunset, and the young and beautiful Pepea, carrying her skirt from the side door, accompanied by several maids, walked out with a smile and came in the direction of Caesar and him. At this moment, there was a sudden noise behind Calabis, and the fat gray rabbit in the cage moved, and as a result, he fell from under the saddle with himself and the cage, making a very loud noise, and the door was broken, and the rabbit jumped and ran in the direction of Pepeia in a panic, and she screamed in fright, and her face was discolored.

Just as Calabis was about to catch the short-tailed fellow, a tall figure beside him was faster than a rabbit, grabbed it, grabbed its round tail, slipped upside down, and handed it into Pepea's arms. Pepea was surprised and delighted at the tall and handsome Bablius who had just reached out to her. Claudius's eyes rolled sideways and she said a clear "xiexie".

Claudius glanced back, but he was very experienced in this area, and knew how to hide it in front of everyone, so he immediately smiled in return, then shook his shot, took out the dagger, and put it in the hands of Calabis, "This is what you lost in the alley, adoptive father." His movements were so natural that he didn't even see the maids who had been with Pepea for many years.

But this scene did not escape the eyes of Calabis, who knew the big stallion of the Sabine maternal family too well.

However, he did not say anything, but also saluted Caesar and Pepeia very politely, and then said that he would take his own leave with Claudius.

Along the way, Claudius was full of pride, and said a lot of thoughts after becoming a tribune, and Calabis listened in silence, knowing that in general, Claudius was in estrus when he was in such a state. As they walked further away, they soon saw the landmark of the Tiber River flowing under Mount Evindini, the "Lighthouse of the Carabis Warehouse", under which thousands of people of all colors lined the streets of Ostia, shouting with great enthusiasm with lanterns or torches, and Curio and Antony standing on the roof of a granary, their attendants throwing wheat bread and copper coins into the crowd, stirring up a burst of shouts.

"Adoptive father, I'm going up to give a speech." Claudius said confidently.

"Please keep your ball quiet, that granary is my property, and I don't want to spend money on repairing the roof the next day." Calabis kindly reminded.

When Claudius climbed up the ladder, the whole crowd burst into cheers, and the citizens of Rome, who had always been in the twilight of the times, revered Cicero, who had exposed and quelled the rebellion, as "Father of the Nation" during the Catiline conspiracy, and gave him all the honour they could; But now when Claudius, a noble-born, handsome young man, gave them a large amount of bread and silver in order to become tribune, their hearts were all turned against them.

At the time of Claudius's speech, Calabis was looking for the little pigeon and Van Lunjuna in the crowd, and Zuihou saw the two of them sitting on the opposite winddirection tower, looking with interest at the yacht boats moored on the Tiber, and in the evening sunset, the masts seemed to be on fire, and all the little Asian nobles who had been captured in the Mithridates War, the capital that Pompey showed off at the Grand Triumph, and was now waiting to enter the city early.

However, the people mobilized by Claudius blocked the trestle bridge and inlet that Calabis had built before, and did not let these people dock at all, and the fire of the lighthouse and the bronze mirror shot a dazzling and ominous light. (To be continued......)