Chapter 494: Three Women, One Play
Daqin waited for the net.
The Gauls, the Norse Germans, the Carthaginians, the Thracians, the tribes around the Roman Republic were mobilized, and these tribes were not the opponents of the Romans in their own sense, and once united, and then dominated by the powerful Qin army, Rome was a trapped bird trapped in a spider's web.
After all, Rome in the first century BC was not the peak of the Roman Empire during the reign of Julius Caesar, and although the consul Scipio was excellent, he was not the Caesar who single-handedly founded the empire. After this toss and turn of Spartacus on the Apennine Peninsula, the internal crisis of the Roman Republic was intensifying.
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In the midst of internal and external troubles.
Cleopatra, the former Cleopatra, set sail from the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula on a Roman merchant ship and landed in the Bay of Pera on September 19 after a short voyage of three days. The situation in the area of Pella, Cleopatra came two years ago, but this time, the scene presented in front of her surprised the always confident strong woman.
The neat and serious black-armored army on the docks, the soldiers who looked almost indistinguishable from a distance, and the carefully inspected checkpoints all made Cleopatra's heart heavy. Originally, she also wanted to hide her true identity and pretend to be a businessman's wife and daughter to sneak into the city, but after seeing this scene, she decided to reveal her identity.
Empress of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
Mistress of the Roman consul Scipio.
This crucial and important identity will definitely be of great interest to the emperor of Qin, Bixia, and Cleopatra is also confident that with her appearance, she can capture all the young and strong men in this world.
Old Royal Palace of Macedonia.
By the side of Emperor Shenwu Li Yuan, two delicate young ladies were giggling and showing happy smiles, Yan Feng and Maria, like two golden silk birds flying out of the cage, flapping their powerful and young wings. Convey the vitality to the hearts of thousands of soldiers in Daqin.
Mary's eastward journey record has recorded five parchment scrolls, its length is even longer than Homer's epic, and for Jews and Egyptians, such a record is their window to understand the Eastern civilization, this trip to the East, let this Jewish girl see a completely different social scene from the first ten years of her life, the diligence and kindness of the Great Qin people are unimaginable to Westerners, just as the beliefs of Westerners are incomprehensible to Orientals.
"Let her in, hear something?" Received a report from the guards that the queen of the Ptolemaic kingdom had something important to see. Li Yuan thought about it, the name Cleopatra can be said to be thunderous for a traverser. This is a woman who made the Roman Empire fall apart from power, of course, it is speculated from time that it is actually a distant relative of the current Egyptian queen who confuses Caesar, Antony, and Ottavi.
"Bixia, that woman is the daughter of Antiochus III of the kingdom of Thiosi, and she has a great desire for power. In Egypt, none of the kings of Ptolemy V had any influence on her. When Maria heard the name Cleopatra, her fair little face tensed, and she said hurriedly.
The Jews lived in the gap between the three great powers of Macedonia, Thiosi, and Ptolemy, and naturally had a clear understanding of the situation of their three neighbors. After the insight and experience of the trip to the East, Mary has gradually gained her own understanding of right and wrong.
"Tell me, Maria, what should we do?" Listen to this. Yan Feng hurriedly took Maria's hand and asked. Despite being a few years older than Maria, when it comes to elves, it is eccentric. Yan Feng was going to lose to the future Holy Mother.
"Bixia, if you don't mind, Sister Yan and I will go to meet this woman together, is it okay?" Maria thought for a moment and said with a firm expression.
Li Yuan clapped his hands, stood up and said, "Mary, this place will be handed over to you, if I can extract the secret treasure of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from Cleopatra's mouth, I will allow Christianity to spread its teachings freely along the Nile." ”
Treasures of Egypt.
It was buried in the pyramids and catacombs scattered throughout the Nile Valley. In the face of the labyrinth-like mausoleum, the soldiers of the Qin army could only sigh with admiration. Mary was full of confidence, and this young and energetic Jewish girl, like the Jewish people, grew tenaciously in the face of adversity.
Cleopatra, who was targeted by two little foxes, was waiting for Li Yuan's summons with a nervous face at this time, and Cleopatra was curious in addition to curiosity about this legendary and god-like oriental man in reality. From the far east to the west, his military career has hardly been truly defeated, but all opponents who oppose him will end up very sadly, such a military god, so that Cleopatra has longed for a long time.
Of course, out of the hatred of killing her father and the hatred of seizing the country, Cleopatra could not have any other thoughts about Li Yuan, and this time she ventured to see her, and her heart was already filled with hatred. However, this time, before Cleopatra could leave, she heard a woman's voice, which made her face change, didn't she say that there was no woman by Li Yuan's side?
Inside the Council Chamber.
Except for women, but also women.
Maria volunteered, Li Yuan was also happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper, Cleopatra's arrival was just a temptation before the decisive battle between Daqin and Rome, neither Scipio nor Li Yuan would put the law of victory or defeat on a woman's body.
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War between women.
Although there is no smoke of gunpowder, it is just as thrilling, and the fighting methods of Maria and Cleopatra have opened the eyes of the Qin soldiers who are in charge of guarding. In the face of Cleopatra's seduction, Maria showed a composure and sophistication befitting her age.
"Emperor Shenwu Bixia doesn't have time to see you, what's the matter, just let us tell you?" Maria's cold eyes made Cleopatra, who stepped into the main hall, feel cold, but she immediately calmed down, how could the two hairy girls be her opponents who had been on the battlefield for a long time.
"Tell me? Doesn't the emperor of your country want to know about the movements of the Roman consul Scipio? I had just come out of his bed, and I was still warm? ”
Maria and Yan Feng's faces turned red, this shameless and coquettish woman in front of them was obviously not easy to deal with, if she really had important information to say, it would be difficult for the two of them little women to call the shots. After glancing at each other, Yan Feng fixed his mind and said, "If you really have the information of the Romans, why don't you write it down and wait for us to pass it on?" ”
Cleopatra had a smug smile on her face, and said coquettishly: "Forward, if I can't see Emperor Bixia, it's not certain whether my letter can be delivered, in case you give greedy ink, won't the little girl's life be gone?" ”
Little woman.
A mature woman who was about to be thirty said that she was a little woman in front of two girls under twenty, which almost made Maria and Yan Feng vomit, but Cleopatra looked at each other defiantly as if nothing happened.
"Greedy ink, you spew blood, we don't know as much as you crazy woman." Yan Fengxing's eyes widened angrily, and his pretty face was full of murder. After a long trip back to China, although Yan Feng's identity is still embarrassing, she is also Her Royal Highness Princess Changle of Daqin, and this identity is here, and it is normal to scold Cleopatra a few words.
"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, I just don't like despicable Jews, but I don't mean to be angry at you, Rome has issued an emergency mobilization order, the purpose is to deal with you Qin people, the specific situation, can you let me talk about it in detail." Cleopatra said with a tense expression.
Reveal some real information.
It is a prerequisite for approaching and gaining the trust of the Qin people, Cleopatra had this consideration when she was leaving Scipio, and the information she provided in Rome was indeed true and credible, even if the Qin State sent a secret investigation to verify it, it could not find any flaws.
Yan Feng and Maria listened while exchanging opinions with each other, and said for a long time: "These things of yours, after sorting them out, will be forwarded to Bixia word for word, as for whether to receive them, it depends on Bixia's meaning, come and arrange a place for Her Royal Highness the Queen to rest." ”
Cleopatra was not angry at this time, her purpose had been basically achieved, the two little women in front of her were obviously hooked, and if she wanted to catch Li Yuan's big fish, of course, she had to change to a more tempting bait, and inevitably, Cleopatra didn't mind going into battle herself.
Judging from the fact that there are two delicate young ladies in Li Yuan's palace, this Emperor Shenwu of the Qin State is not unaware of beauty, he is just the kind of man with special personal orientation, and Cleopatra has full confidence in how to attract lustful men, although she has already passed the flowering season.
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In the dormitory.
When the three women staged a play, the focus of their attention, Li Yuan, the Shenwu Emperor of the Qin State, was reviewing the performance at his residence in the city. He was draped in a pale yellow silk shirt, sipping green tea that had been transported from the East for a long time, and the faint fragrance left between his lips and teeth was refreshing.
On the case.
Piles of bamboo slips, silk scripts, and rough pieces of linen have been sorted out, and the written records on them include the human history, geographical features, strength and weakness of the shili and the personality characteristics of the opponents in Europe, among which the largest and most varied pile is from the Roman records.
"The Romans are rioting? Did Scipio want a decisive battle as soon as possible? If the war were to be fought, would the main direction of attack of the Romans be the Iliban Peninsula in the west, or the Balkan Peninsula in the east, or would they be more bold and directly attack the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea through naval fleets? ”
What were Scipio's intentions? It is very important for the next move of the Qin army, and from the analysis of the current situation in Li Yuan's hands, the signs of the movement of the Roman army are not obvious, which requires more intelligence to support it. (To be continued......)