Near noon, Pompey's palace began a second breakfast, this is a special meal for the ancient nobles, ordinary people or slaves only have one or two meals a day, what makes Pompey very happy is that this meal is temporarily living in the palace Adiana paid for, I didn't expect to be able to enjoy the banquet of guests in his own territory, Pompey still likes this tangible but sharp little lady, and soon Adiana ordered the raw materials of the dishes to be sent into the palace one by one, Demetrius stood at the door of the backyard suspiciously, Inspect the ingredients of the dishes one by one, hoping to find something in contact between the princess and Calabis.

But to his disappointment, the things that Wang Nu had procured included rose essential oil, delicate turbot, and warm and fine honey and various fruits, but he didn't search for any extra things.

At the dinner, Adiana sprinkled the seat cushion with essential oil, which is said to have a more anti-drunken effect, and then the kitchen brought the flounder pieces, honey and fruits, and the princess talked and laughed with Pompey opposite, and asked Pompey about Pompey's wife and family with concern, and Pompey also answered them one by one very graciously (in fact, Calabis had already told her that Pompey's wife was having an affair with Caesar).

Demetrius stood restlessly beside Pompey, not knowing what kind of medicine the princess was selling in the gourd, but he soon learned that the two servants stood outside the door of the dining room with their hands down, and told their master: "The token officer of the Eighth Legion is at the priest's office, and he says that there is an urgent military report. ”

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Adiana's lips, and then she politely asked Pompey if he had any military aircraft to deal with, and if she could retire.

"Nope. No. I'm more curious than you, Your Excellency. Now there is still some military urgency that needs to alarm this sea and land that I have appeased. Pompey then signaled that the token officer could be called to report to the restaurant, and the princess did not have to step down.

The token officer came to the door of the dining-room, saluted the general Pompey respectfully, and was about to take the parchment from his box and give it to Demetrius, but Pompey reclined on the couch and said, "No more of this procedure, child. You just say it verbally. ”

"There have been a large number of pirates in the city of Ponticabiang, several of our advance fleet have been sunk, some have been broken and drifted to the shore, some have been forcibly taken by the advance party of the Thirteenth Legion, some have been snatched by the remnants of Pontus, Commander Triali has not had time to ask for your attitude, crossed the strait, and cleared the remnants of the Bronze Shield Army of Pontus. However, the Thirteenth Army destroyed villages, roads, and built wooden fences and barracks on the island. The city of Ponticabion was claimed to be within the purview of their Macedonian province, and the pirates had to surrender to them if they wanted to. Now the Eighth Army was in a difficult situation on the island, lacking supplies and roads, and was in danger of being surrounded and disarmed by the Thirteenth Army. ”

THE WINE GLASS IN POMPEY'S HAND WAS TREMBLING, "THE THIRTEENTH LEGION IS HATEFUL ENOUGH, BUT TRIALI IS ALSO A FOOL, DIDN'T HE RECEIVE MY ORDERS FOR IMPERIUMMAIUS?" I have already said that I will use this order to solve the problem of the Thirteenth Legion, and give me the command of it, and if the remnants of the pirates are eliminated or persuaded to surrender, they must also go through my hands. ”

At this time, Adiana's eyes widened and she asked curiously, "I heard IMPERIUMMAIUS last time, what is it?" ”

"Oh, my honorable princess, this is a special authority granted to this retired veteran by the Council of Citizens and the Senate of the City of Rome, to ensure that I have the command of all the provinces and legions within four hundred furlongs of the coast of the sea when I fight against your father and the king, and obviously that pheasant army is also included." Speaking of this, Pompey's face obviously had a smug smile on his face, and the surprised and envious reaction of the unworldly girl opposite Adiana gave him great satisfaction.

BUT THE TOKEN OFFICER'S WORDS AFTER SHAKING HIS HEAD MADE HIS BACK COLD, "I'M SORRY, YOUR EXCELLENCY, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE AN ORDER FROM IMPERIUMMAIUS, NEVER DID, OTHERWISE YOUR EXCELLENCY COMMANDER WOULD DEFINITELY BE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE DISPOSITION AT THE CANTONMENT." ”

Pompey's face suddenly became gloomy like a September storm in the Black Sea, and then the two servants stood at the door of the dining room with their hands down, "Master, there are several people dressed in brocade outside, claiming to be the subordinates of the Purple Sail Pirate Macmillan, who have come to beg for surrender to you. Then a number of men dressed in splendid embroidered clothes, all of them lawless pirates, proud of their unscrupulous clothing, tattooed with distinctive tattoos, entered the dining room, fell at Pompey's feet, presented Macmillan gifts and letters, tried to explain the desire of their leader Macmillan to surrender, and asked Pompey to grant them a certain piece of land in Asia Minor where they could be accommodated in fields and farms.

When Pompey replied in the affirmative, with some irritation, they were beaming and blurted out: "Then we will stop throwing rockets and stones at the city of Ponticabion, and hand over the ships and ballistas to the local commander of the Thirteenth Legion." ”

"What officers of the Thirteenth Legion, haven't they withdrawn from the city yet, and are waiting in the camp for me to go and take them in?" Pompey, who was adding fuel to the fire, trembling all over, said.

The pirates looked at each other and replied, "Actually, the fleet and army of the Thirteenth Legion have come to Ponticabion, and we have been reduced to an area, and we have come to ask you to surrender because we feel that there is no hope of victory." ”

Pompey roared and smashed the wine glass in his hand, and Demetrius on the side trembled like a sieve, knelt down directly, climbed to Pompey's feet, and kept kissing Pompey's toes, Pompey launched a madness, and kept whipping Demetrius's neck and cheek, "You despicable slave, you killed me, you had better have a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will whip you to death." ”

BEFORE DEMITRIUS COULD EXPLAIN HIS DEFENSE, ADIANA SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SPEAK: "MY MOST RESPECTED GENERAL, YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE NO LESS THAN THOSE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, BUT NOW A MOST HUMBLE CONFIDENTIAL SLAVE DARES TO CONCEAL YOUR IMPERIUMMAIUS, WHICH IS REALLY TERRIBLE, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IN THE PALACE OF Sinop, if we meet such a slave, we will punish him with flogging and castration, you know, a noblest king and general, often dies at the hands of the most despicable personal slaves. Moreover, I seem to remember that in the other night, your confidential slave Demetrius had threatened me by banishing me to some remote island in Colchis and that the angry Acayans would kill me, and that he would have great power over your subordinates when I gave up my dignity as a princess to beg for mercy. (To be continued......)