Chapter 12: Medium

Soon, the morning sun of the next day shone on the seven hills, flocks of birds flew through the smoke of the inhabitants, the winding streets, the mule carts and the men and women on their shoulders, and the order of the Senate was so urgent that several of the priests of Jupiter's Flamos made a new bronze watch overnight, according to the account of the chamberlain of Curia, and placed it in front of the temple hall, waiting for the right time to place it.

And on Palatine Hill, in Antony's mansion, the new governor of Syria also stayed awake all night, he paced up and down the hall restlessly and anxiously, obviously yesterday's oath on the holy mountain made him sleep, no, not only the oath, but also his own conscience and discipline, he could no longer betray Li Pida's friendship, that would really be ruined, but he really couldn't think of a way to solve the problem of reselling Caesar's inheritance privately, then he would still be ruined.

"Marco, are you still anxious about that false, so-called friendship? He came to help you in order to trap me and my legions, and then he succeeded, and I and several legions were all destroyed, and I myself was almost buried in the desert of Africa, thanks to a few Mathi centurions desperately guarded, I escaped with three cavalry, but my capital and reputation were gone, so I could only beg for an exchange of interests with the Senate. And now he is also continuing to use you, paving the way for Caesar's adopted son and his own son, Marco You fight him alone, you are not Li Bida's opponent at all, you can only be played by him in applause. Your treachery and intrigue are not orders of magnitude with his, and Li Bida is a colorful poisonous snake that initially attracted you to his beautiful rhetoric. But when your value is gone, he will not hesitate to tear your flesh and blood and take everything of you for himself. Curio, who was sitting in the circle chair in the corridor next to him, suppressed his anger with a kind of deep voice, and constantly put pressure on Anthony.

Now Curio's face is ruined. He was no longer the emaciated and dissolute young man he had been, with arrow wounds on his face. Later, it was a Numidian witch doctor who revived him, but his appearance was lost, and he was now only full of resentment, if Caesar were still alive. He would not hesitate to plunge the blade into the chest of this man with Brutus and Cassiyo, but now that he is dead, his only opponent is Lybidaeus!

But he saw that Anthony was still sighing, and this state was not at all in line with Anthony's character, the descendant of Bacchus, the descendant of Anton, the embodiment of the plague of lewdness. After all, will you still be bound by feelings, whether real or fake?

"Listen to Marco, the game is now set. It's up to you to decide. As long as Li Bida can be eliminated, the group of mediocre and incompetent people in the Senate are simply insignificant, so we will use the Senate to kill Li Bida first, seize his territory and army, and then enter the Senate. The whole republic can let us do whatever we want—Mark, I have made a secret pact with Aetius and them. Now for Li Bida's layout, this grand drama has unfolded, he is helpless, and now he can only entrust his wife and daughter to you, not because of how deep his relationship with you is, but to test you and restrain you, so Marco you don't need to mind anything at all, when the Senate does something to Li Bida, just turn a blind eye. Curio stood up and pressed closer to Anthony as he spoke.

"But," Anthony said.

"No, the time is now, we have the most perfect plan, the greatest number of allies, Marco you are willing to submit to the feet of that stranger for the rest of your life, do you think your bentness will win his sympathy and understanding? You are wrong, his nature does not change, you have to rest assured that me, only I will not trap you, do you know how miserable things happened to me after the collapse of the army before? You know how I survived, it's better to live than to die—I took refuge in Pompey's widow's house, now in the cemetery of Pompeii, and I was pitied by her, and I had to hide from the surveillance of Lypida's spies, but they didn't recognize me, because I was the ghost I am! Curio shouted angrily, his face contorted, "All the situation is waiting for you now, but frankly, now is your chance, not the key to our success, even if you don't participate, Libidaeus is finished." ”

After saying that, Anthony stared at the blood-red eyes and muttered "Opportunity", now Fulivia and Claudia have been taken away by him, because these two girls will not let him continue to fight against Li Bida, so he is more and more anxious now, because the sound of leakage is becoming more and more frequent, and his heart is almost bursting out of his chest.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside the house, and Curio was so frightened that he hurriedly hid it, and Anthony ran out of the door in amazement, and he also felt that all his servants had gathered in the front yard, and then at the beautiful arch, Claudia and Fortune were the first to enter, both wearing garlands on their heads, obviously drunk, dancing happily on their shoulders, and shouting thanks to the gods for their protection, "Get out of the way, you Marco, you should thank you for making such a good friend!" Frivia, with a drunken and indistinct cane made of grape branches, smiled and gently slapped her husband, and then beckoned her hand backwards, and Anthony looked behind her, almost dying: Corinna and Potty, who were sitting on their shoulders, surrounded by countless slaves carrying luggage and flags, followed behind their wives and Claudia into their mansion.

"Where's Lybidaeus!" Anthony grabbed his wife's arm and asked eagerly.

"Do you still need to ask? Naturally, he went to the assembly hall of the people's association, praised your friendship in public, and reaffirmed the oath you and he made yesterday in front of the temple to protect each other's wives and daughters. That's why he's given me and Claudia countless gifts and wine today. Below Fulivia, she was really moved, she shed tears, grabbed the hands of Corinna and Porti who walked off her shoulders, and shouted, "Don't worry! Rest assured! In this mansion, I immediately asked all the sword slaves to protect you carefully, even my husband expelled him, and then this is our world, even if there is a legion outside to besiege me, I will resist to the death, and share your fate to the end. (To be continued) R655

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