When he was done, he pointed to Leo and whispered, "Go out first, tell Kelly to take the priest and the sword slave, close all the passages of Pulaima, and refuse all visitors, whether they are senators, knights, or free people, and tell them that the high priest's family is not open to outsiders today." If you have any requests or complaints, please come back in 3 days. Then he took out a bronze pipe from his bosom, "Give this to Kelly, and tell him to send it out by a messenger, and at once all the brigades of the Six Legions will be stationed in the city of Rome, so as to prevent any one from causing trouble in the immediate election." ”

Hearing this, Octavian's heart sank, it seems that he didn't listen to Curio's bastard is really right, if he rashly launches this kind of attack, it is difficult to say who will kill the deer, but as long as he can't kill Li Bida, he will definitely be finished is true.

"Father and guardian, I remember that the defense of the city of Rome was not originally undertaken by the Twin Legions?" After Leo left, Caesar the young asked curiously.

"That legion has been taken away by me, and the new one stationed in Mauritania has been omitted, and soon your classmate Juba the Younger will return to Numidian as the king, and the twin legions will also send three brigades to serve as escorts - after all, it was originally Pompey's party, and I brought back the general Tellureas, and I am ready to find him a free post in the coming year, we should not be too relieved about this kind of army, or the six legions are at ease." After explaining, Li Bida remembered that his son-in-law was here to attend his banquet today, so he hurriedly said come and follow me to the restaurant over there.

Sure enough, the final meeting place was not the sprawling main hall, although there was a large glass patio that projected the reflection of the stars, and Li Pita guided Octavian. Take a few turns in the cloister of the restaurant. Walked out again. Follow the bridge floating on the man-made lake and eventually come to the most secluded northwest corner of the lake, in a small independent restaurant with a small round lid. In the center of it is a swimming table held up by a mechanical fountain, all in the shape of a Nile reed boat, and then there are nine couches scattered like stars and moons, on which people can lie down and enjoy the joy of flowing water. The freedom to take out the food and drinks from the various "small reed boats", the restaurant is lit by fire, and the narrow windows are opened, which can not only serve the effect of secrecy, but also reflect the clear shadow of the water, which is naturally the best choice for gathering here in late summer and early autumn.

"Oh, you people in Rome are really good at playing!" The other Helcius, who looked very vulgar in the eyes of young Caesar, was also one of the guests tonight, after coming here. He immediately shouted at his couch and laughed. With a thick Sicilian accent, "It's beautiful, it's wonderful!" My stomach has not yet eaten the food, but it is slowly warmed - it turns out that Lybidaeus, you have set up a slight charcoal fire under the couch, which is interesting and interesting. ”

"Today's dishes, a lot of fish and shrimp, so these things are set up to prevent your stomach from cold." The host sat on the couch and explained with a smile.

"I don't have the heart to eat so much food because I know what happened tonight." Helcius hehehehe, and after saying that, he began to follow the rest of the circumferential bed, to lean towards Libida.

"Sir Helcios, just stay there, for the couches are all marked!" Li Bida suddenly said with a stern tone, pointing to the place where he was.

So Helcius could only be annoyed, like a copper spoon that turned towards the center of the circle, and rolled back.

Then the guests came Paulus, Barsatus, Ebro, Panza, Pisso, and even Cicero, who were either close friends of the high priest or important people who could influence the whole city of Rome.

The current Cicero obviously does not like to talk as much as he used to, he is much more cautious, even when he sees young Caesar, he respectfully calls the other party "Your Excellency the Administrator of Illyria", which can't help but make young Caesar surprised.

Young Caesar stood very respectfully as the others sat together, and this day was different from what it had been before—he now had to make a good impression on his guardians, that is, Pisso, and others, and that as a junior in age, he had to take care of the etiquette of the precedent. "Turinus, Turinus." The guardian finally called him by his nickname very affectionately, and then patted the last couch left blank beside him, "Come and sit on my side." ”

Then, dishes such as the Utika lobster, the roasted ostrich brain, the fried herring steak, and the roasted venison pieces were brought by the hands of the servants, and the drinks were then served in silver pots, but the guests lifted the lid to realize that it was full of Egyptian beer. It seems that, judging from the words of the high priest, the theme of today's banquet is indeed something other than "eating and drinking".

"Corinna, Corinna!" Li Bida shook the bell twice, "I won't let Poti be the hostess today, you come." After saying that, he smiled at the young Caesar beside him, who was extra surprised, and said, "Corinna always has to learn to get used to this kind of role, doesn't it?" ”

The implication of this sentence was so obvious that even Cicero laughed, and it seemed that the high priest was ready to do his best to free his daughter from the virgin ranks, and after the holy ceremony, to bloom the beauty and generosity of a noble lady girl.

And Corinna also wore a plain robe of Tianzhu cotton, only casually tied a wide and tasseled "Zona" in front of her waist, and continued to comb the girl's twisted braids and walked in, like a fairy in the lake, she set up a small chair without shyness, sat between the young Caesar and the central "small lake of food", and began to be responsible for pouring wine and delivering food to the guests, and several female slaves knelt to assist her. At this angle, Octavian can just see her complete and beautiful curvature of the neck, and the bright eyes under the bangs that come over to the side, slightly thin lips, and red cheeks, these parts can be connected to form the most beautiful angle of a girl when smiling, and it is also where Octavian loves Corinna the most.

"Well, we can discuss things under the protection of the Muse's sanity and calmness. This in itself is very simple, Pisso and Cicero are the Ombudsman, Paulus and Helcius are the Counsellors of the capital, Hon. Panza is my colleague Archon this year, and Bassatus and Ebro are the core senators of the Executive Yuan. I now invite all of you to come to discuss the election of the present consuls. Or to put it more clearly, who will be the second consul in the coming year, and share the power of governing the country with me. Soon Li Bida threw out the topic.

However, everyone was silent, and it seemed that they still had to wait for the master's own statement first. (To be continued......)