Chapter 7: The Grove (Part II)

"Turinus, there is nothing left here, the teachers have been expelled, and the youth of many academies throughout Macedonia and Greece have begun to join the camp of their respective ideas, so let's not stay here at all!" Agrippa over there said.

"Yes, if we continue to study like this, we will only be delayed by bastards like little Casca, Leo, let's just go to the army, we are all cavalry captains appointed by our uncle, let's go to the Macedonian Provincial Legion, Mecenas is also there, he can take care of us, fight for a future with knives and guns, and can't let others look down on us!" Turinus touched the bridge of his bruised nose and said with a dry face.

"Don't be anxious about Turinus, don't forget that we are still minors, and even if we can take care of each other on the battlefield, we should be more cautious about this heavy matter, and we must let our parents know - Turinus, you should write to Phillips and my father." After Leo finished speaking, he began to get up and led the two of them towards his dormitory room.

The colonnades, doors and windows were all maliciously scribbled with words that insulted either the dead Caesar, Leo and Turinus, and Agrippa was born poor, but he was willing to serve the two of them, and was a shameless lackey. But Leo didn't think it was wrong at all, and just pushed it away and walked in.

The furnishings in the room, compared with the other students, are indeed very simple, because Li Bida requires the three of them to be in one place, and everything is done according to the rules of the legion's tent, except for the miscellaneous wooden bookcases and tables against the wall, there are only couches, linen curtains and jugs, and the only furnishings are a huge fish bone that Leo bought from a fish market merchant on one occasion, which cost eight Cesquis. Suspended from the roof beams. Monthly payments from Lipida's proxy slaves in the city of Apollonia. The three of them added up to a hundred cesdes, "This is a public item, and the three of you take turns walking to the storehouse in the city to collect it, and the person who receives it is the ten-captain of the camp tent that month, who is responsible for all the study, exercise, and life. ”

With so much money, three people have to take turns, and it is really impossible not to walk, but Li Bida asks for this. Every time the three of them went, they traveled together, and by the way, they widened their sights in the city—Turinus loved to go to markets and theaters, and he loved lively places; Leo, on the other hand, likes to go to the library and gardens, and he loves to read and retreat; Agrippa was always fond of running around the construction sites, temples, altars, arenas, apartments, port facilities, and whenever the city was built up, he would stay aside, observe, and paint expensive papyrus everywhere.

Leo immediately sat down at the table. Catching the light of the wick lamp, he began to write letters to his father. The other two sat on the sidelines, quietly waiting.

When the wordboard was filled with letters, there were several slaves standing in front of the door, who looked like they were in the dust, and Leo recognized that the leader of them was his father's agent, so he got up and said, "The day of payment has not yet come, and besides, we should go on foot, and there is no reason for you to send them." ”

"It's not such a master, here is the fastest letter from the cavalry commander, which is completely for the three of you, as well as important items sent over." The lead slave bowed and said breathlessly.

Agrippa stepped forward, took the letter, opened it, took out the papyrus, and said with an expression of excitement and excitement, "The cavalry commander has asked us to leave the academy immediately, and Turinus and Leo will return to Rome, with me as the official captain of the cavalry, in charge of the guard!" ”

"Why, did the guardian say why?" Turinus shouted as he took the letter directly, and there was only one sentence from Li Bida in it, "It's time to fight a decisive battle with all kinds of enemies, I need your help, boys take up arms!" ”

Turinus laid the letter on the table, and said that we had waited for the battle horn to sound, and then we were busy arranging our cloaks, crutches, and daggers, and Leo and Agrippa were also busy, and then the slave who took the lead brought a box, and said that the cavalry commander had something to give you.

When he opened it, Turinus took out the ring and Toga's robe, which had the inscription "Octavian" on it, which must have been sent by his mother, asking him to complete the rite of passage himself; Leo also took out his robe and ring, which had been given to him by his father and mother.

At this time, Agrippa sat down in the corner and continued to pack, because of his family background and family history, these things may not be related to him for the time being, but Leo and Turinus took out a new robe from the box, and draped it around Agrippa's body, and then put a golden ring with a very new inscription, "Vipsanius".

"This is a gift from my father, and he hopes that in the future you will serve in his legion." Leo said happily.

Tears glistened in the corners of Agrippa's eyes, and then he said that it was my greatest pleasure, and then all three of them put on their toga robes, "Let's swear like the three Horace brothers!" Then the three of them joined hands and put their short swords together, "Help each other on the battlefield, assist each other in learning and art, and never betray friendship!" ”

The next morning, the three men took out the balance of their money, went to the bazaar to hire a sedan chair driver and a mule, and then came to the gate of the college, ready to walk to the port to board the ship and leave, after learning the news, the little Casca, who had been knocked unconscious yesterday, was full of pride and pride, and hurriedly gathered dozens of companions, holding sticks, and followed behind the three of them with a smile.

"Do you want to escape, tyrants? That's not good, it's ridiculous to see how you put on your robes in a panic, do you want to go back and mourn the tyrant? I bear the glorious Casca name, and I will not allow you to do this, and you will know what is going to happen - your ship will not return to Rome, because I will soon kill the passengers, and how about the grove in front of you? Turinus, if you kneel down now, and suck my words like a prostitute, I may consider sparing your life and selling you to the temple of a male prostitute in Athens. Casca chattered, and the rest of his companions laughed, and surrounded the three of them with the mules and horses, and one of them shouted, "Give me Leo, I have been thinking of fucking his backyard for a long time!"

"Please don't be like this, Casca-san, now that we are unable to complete our studies and forced to leave, even at the last moments, I hope to feel the camaraderie of my classmates, not the inclination and hostility like in Roman politics." Leo turned back and said to Casca Jr. very sincerely.

"Begging for mercy, there's no chance, drag them all into the woods!" Little Casca said with a sinister smile. (To be continued......)