"Anywhere, as long as you can pass guò alone, you can make an army pass guò." - Napoleon

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The city of Alimilon was the first city in Italy after crossing the Rubicon, and it was also the key point of the entire Roman city and the northern border.

Following Meecenas's prompting, Panza soon found in the city the young man of the black nobility named Arp, who stood politely before the Roman consuls, spoke Greek fluently, and claimed to be a faithful servant and brave warrior of Lybidaeus.

"And what does your master want to do?" Pansa asked.

"The master was very protective of young Caesar, but he was afraid that he would do some of the mistakes that young people would make, such as being too aggressive or being too assertive about authority." Alp replied.

"You mean that the cause of Caesar's murderer should be completed by Lybidaeus?"

Arp nodded, indicating that he did not deny it, Panza laughed, and said that I have made your master's ambition clear, and the young Caesar's side has been planted with nails and internal lines by him, and his four legions are about to arrive in Rome, right?

"Therefore, His Excellency the Consul has returned to Rome this time to assist the master in completing this great situation, and the master will never treat his friend badly, let alone betray him."

"What if I show in honor of the Supreme Archon, and I am not willing?" Pansa asked with a tentative smile.

"And the result is the same." Arp never dragged his feet when he spoke.

Pansa thought for a moment with a solemn face, then walked to the window of the farm with a long sigh: there is no way. He's the same as Hejius. Originally, it was because of the excellent administrative staff skills. The reason why the gate lords in the Temple of Concord have not thrown agents to squeeze him out is just to ease the situation and buy people's hearts, and now that Hezius is dead, it just gives the Senate an excuse, because Rome generally does not allow only one consul. Unless he is Sulla, Pompey or Caesar, he has the qualifications and ability to serve as a 'solitary consul', but he is not, then now once he sends Hezius's coffin back to the city of Rome, then the Senate will immediately nominate a proxy to take Hezius's place, and there is no need for even the procedure of campaigning, Rome's emergency procedure law stipulates that the high priest can be directly transferred to the consul in the event of a temporary emergency, and the current chief priest. It's Merut, the guy who is against Caesar.

So to put it bluntly, the senate's wishful thinking is. put Merut in the position of consul, fought with him, and then took advantage of the difficulties of the young Caesar's soft-spoken and poor financial resources to order him to disband the legion, "To put it bluntly, the young Caesar really made a bad move this time." Then Pansa continued to think that Young Caesar was finished this time, and Li Bida was using this node to win over me, a key figure, to deal with both the Senate and Young Caesar, was he the one who stood behind the scenes and had the last laugh, hiding between the sea fog and the reef? What a horror!

"But for a man like me, who has no military roots and comes from humble backgrounds, it is more important to protect himself—Caesar is gone, and those who are alive should work harder, shouldn't they? Fortunately, I still have use value now, so Li Bida will try his best to win me over, don't even lose this last chance, in other words, as long as I can avenge Caesar, no matter who it is, I will reciprocate with an attitude of approval, so that the Senate succeeds or the young Caesar succeeds, it will not do me any good, and I will even be killed. Man, do you sometimes have to grasp the course even if you go with the flow? Pansa sighed on his back, and whispered to himself, "Dear Julius, that's all I can do."

Then Pansa turned back and bowed his head at Alp.

It was only five days later that Pansa returned to Rome, which was obviously nearly three days slower than the theoretical journey, but it was tacit that when he came to the foot of Palatine's Hill, the four legions of Libida reached the outskirts of Rome in front of Pacini and the fortress of the city.

While the whole city was jumping, Panza climbed Palatine Hill and secretly consulted with Cicero for a long time, and then Cicero walked out of his house with great excitement, summoned all the senators, and said, "Li Bida is willing to compromise with the senate!" ”

"However, he wants to seek the position of high priest." Cicero then threw out this condition, and Aetius and Casca rose up with many senators almost at the same time, "What kind of joke should you make a naturalized citizen of a foreign country take on the most sacred office, as an uncrowned king?" ”

"Speaking of which, Julius, who served as a high priest. Caesar's ancestors were not also Gentiles relative to Rome, who were only granted the seats of nobility and senators after being conquered, and none of us can see the situation three hundred years later, and everything will have a first time. "Bassatus and Ebro, rise up to help Lipida.

At this time, Panza, who had already had a tacit understanding, also stood up and spoke, "After receiving the amnesty, Li Bida sent the documents for the registration application to me and Hezius, who were on the front line of the city of Mutina at that time, so it was too late to report to the Senate, but I brought the document approved by me and Hejus this time. With that, Pansa handed over the examination papers, stamped with the seals of the two consuls, to everyone present.

"You bastard, you cheat, Hejius is dead now, and there is no more proof." Aetius cursed, but Panza ignored him, and instead handed the paperwork to the chairman on duty, the elder Cicero, who nodded and announced to everyone, "Since Caesar's death, the chief priests have passed into the hands of Merut, and now that Hejus is dead, Merut can take over the second consul according to the emergency law, and the vacated position of high priest - I think it is appropriate to consider Lybida, especially since his four legions are outside the city, not to mention that he is a descendant of King Numa, King Numa was the ancestor who made all the sacrificial regulations and laws of the Romans. ”

After Cicero's words came out, some of the elders who had been vacillating or neutral immediately softened, because after all, Merrut became an archon, which also marked the flaw in Caesar's memorandum, and the "five-year system" he left behind was expected to break through more quickly, and as for the position of high priest, it was occupied by Li Bida, because of his extremely high honor, presumably he would not do anything evil that endangered the republic and the country's elite and nobles - not to mention, the high priest was theoretically not allowed to lead troops to the battle, Although Caesar had been an exception before, the patriarchs were confident that they would be able to control Li Bida in this position, and that would stop there as a foreigner.

Of course, there is a secret agreement, which Cicero did not say, that is, Li Bida has secretly promised him to use his financial resources and connections to lift him to the most glorious level, that is, to replace Si Pinzel as the procurator, wearing a purple robe. (To be continued......)