"Paddle back, paddle back!" Suddenly, seeing the bloody changes in front of him, Scipio, who had been sweeping in the rear, hurriedly told all the crew to turn back and retreat to Pharos, he was glad that the ships were full of his armed slaves, and the men recruited in Asia Minor, and for the time being, they were willing to follow his orders for their lives - but the old Pompey soldiers stationed at the Great Lighthouse were obviously not like this, they had already colluded, turned their backs on their old superiors, and took the same position as Septimius, and this group took the opportunity to expel the captives of Scipio who remained on Pharos Island, Having completely occupied the lighthouse and firing artillery at Scipio's ships floating on the sea, the Pharaoh's light warships, which had long been hidden in the beachhead and docks, weaved with speed and toughness, also quickly surrounded Scipio's ships.

Eventually, Pompey's father-in-law was captured like a defeated rooster, and some of the armed men he had put together, some of them killed, and many more surrendered, and then they were escorted to the island of Ipos, when the curtain of the pharaoh's sedan chair was lifted by several eunuchs, and Scipio realized that he was facing the supreme ruler of Egypt, a young man with a beard that had not yet grown full, and was staring at him with angry and irrational eyes.

"I think we should throw this obscene Roman into the crocodile pool." The boy quickly shouted at the guards in a high-pitched voice.

Scipio was immediately dizzy, and protested, "You are doing this no different from the barbarians who are at every turn transgressing the agreement, and you have just instigated our traitors to murder two of the former consuls of Rome." ”

Ptolemy XIII rolled his eyes, "What consul?" In the land of Upper and Lower Egypt, only the commands of the Holy Pharaoh were followed. My father has entered the mausoleum waiting to be reborn. Now it's up to me. Now I'm going to sacrifice the heads of those two guys to Caesar, and you're going to throw them into the crocodile pool. ”

"You stupid boy, do you think that by giving away the heads of Gabinus and Marcellus, Caesar will forgive your country? It's so stupid, it seems that the desert can only be rich in a bunch of gerbil-like figures. Scipio continued to shout, and when the interpreter had translated his words to Ptolemy XIII, the angry boy began to roar again. He said that he had changed his mind, and took the nail from the chief of the guard, Diotusus, and that he wanted to try the scepter in his hand to see if he could put the head of the fool in front of him to death.

"It's better to imprison this one for now." The eunuch Motanmenes clipped his hand and said, "When you play gambling, it is not wise to use up your chips all at once. The heads of those two are the first bargaining chips, and we have to send messengers with them to the island of Cyprus to negotiate with Caesar. Yes. The other party has already arrived at that place, and it is said that there is also a legion with him. Without further ado. ”

"In the whole kingdom, who else is on my sister's side?" For the third time, Ptolemy XIII became angry, "What is the attitude of the New Hormahi Legion?" What about the Border Guards? And what about the Tomb Guards and the River Guards? ”

This time it was Theotusus who answered the question of the new pharaoh, saying that the New Hormahi legion was within the fortress of Idaiui, and that it was very **; The River Guards and the Tomb Guards, on the left side of the city of Thebes, are also ambiguous; Only the Border Guards, under the command of the veteran Serapion, still maintained their unconditional loyalty to the royal family.

"How much gold and silver do you have left in the treasury?" Motamenes immediately asked.

The answer was that there were still four hundred Talents, and after the great eunuch had muttered for a while, he said that he would first stabilize the order of the royal city, and then divide this wealth in two, and go to the general Serapion and his men in half, and enter them as far as possible into the king of Alexandro; The other half, carried by the emissary's ships, went to Caesar in exchange for his recognition of Egypt's independence.

"Also, send more envoys and ask the rest of the army to swear allegiance to the new pharaoh." This was a supplementary requirement for the Grand Eunuch.

In this way, Scipio was imprisoned in the underground dungeon of the royal palace, which was cleverly designed, through the window you could see the crocodile ponds on both sides, like a bridge between them, and of course Scipio could also see the crocodile's "food": he brought a large number of prisoners, and watched this group of men being eaten alive by the crocodiles, and continued every day, which was also a special taste.

Scipio, however, was very adaptable and fit perfectly with the character of the famous Roman, and soon the guards reported to the new pharaoh and Mortanmenes: the Roman general, who had been captured, was able to watch the crocodiles eat people while excitedly blaspheming himself to relieve his stress.

At this moment on the island of Cyprus in the spring sunshine, Julius. Caesar was admiring the Temple of Great Love in the city of Paphos, and of course he came with a pilgrimage mood, because Caesar's family was known as the descendants of Venus, and the chief priest of the temple, Defamos, rushed out with a procession to welcome the Roman dictator and guide him to visit every beautiful corner of the temple casually.

Of course, when Caesar had just entered the main hall of the temple, he saw a huge relief on the shadow wall, the scene of the beautiful goddess of love, dressing the wounds of a warrior in full armor, so the dictator asked the high priest with great interest, "Look at the lime painting of this wall is very new, it should not be very old." ”

Defoemowis was immediately flattered and replied, "Yes, this is a friend of God, and General Lybidaeus of Rome acted as 'Corginia' and donated money to build it, and it is true that it has not been too many years so far. ”

Corginia is Choregia, which means "sponsor" and "tax payer" in Greek, and Caesar understood that this relief was built at the expense of Li Pida's guy.

Can you explain the meaning of this relief? I can only see the face of Eros. Caesar smiled and requested.

"Isn't that the most popular scene for the Romans?" Defoemos was a little surprised, and then he pointed to the relief and said that this is the legend of Aeneas who retreated to the city before the fall of Troy after being wounded in a heroic battle, and then received the healing and blessing of the god of love, and fled from the city with his people to establish a state in Italy.

"So, I understand a little bit of the meaning of this relief, that is, the throne of the Romans was actually given by Venus." Caesar openly uttered this sentence in private, "I wonder if General Lybidaeus said anything similar when he instructed you to build this wall?" ”

"Of course!" Defoemos dragged out the end of the affirmative words for a long, long time.

When Caesar heard this, Caesar's face looked very helpful, but he quickly and affectionately instructed the high priest that it was just a joke between friends, and that he should ask the priests of the temple to cover the relief wall with a curtain for the time being, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstanding among his people. (To be continued......)