But before it was over, Cassiyo handed over a sharp blade again, and said to Brutus, "Cut off Pompey's father-in-law's head." ”

"What?" Brutus said this as if he hadn't heard.

So Cassiillo repeated this request, and said, "This is the last remnant of the Republican Party, and it is not in the Balearic Islands, nor in the remnants of Pompey, but on you and me, so we killed Scipio to ask Caesar for credit, and in the future I will be governor of the important provinces, and you will do the same." ”

"I'm not interested in getting an official position." Brutus wiped the dew from the corner of his mouth and said.

"Petropolitan! There is no official position, no glory, no army, what do we use to fight against the enemies of the republic, since Caesar is like the poisonous snake in the belly of the republic, relying on devouring the resources and flesh of the country, slowly from weak to strong and cruel, we must do the same now, forbearance, quiet, sharpen minions and venom, and be ready to strike a fatal blow to the enemy at any time. Cassiyo said.

"Are the enemies of the republic equal to Caesar? Isn't it? But for now, Brutus still did not want to face this bitter fact, "but he promised me that he would restore the republic when the war was over." ”

"And so you still believe these? When Caesar was only eighteen years old, he married the daughter of Qin Na, and he was destined for the path of his life, you can calculate it yourself, Caesar has lived to the present, although he is full of tricks and tricks, but how can he ever betray the track he has determined since childhood? Don't be stupid Brutus, he's not a hero who keeps his promises, he's just a capricious politician. Listen to me. Brutus hesitate any longer - we will still have to fight Caesar in the future. Or use thousands of troops, or in the square synagogue, but in the end the end is either he dies or I die. Brutus, it is imperative to distinguish who is an enemy, who is a friend, and who is a person who can be used. ”

After hearing these words, Brutus looked at the corpses of Scipio and the monkeys. He thought of his uncle, of Pothia, of Libida, of his mother, of Caesar, of all kinds of people, and his thoughts mingled, and gradually woven into a black net, which made it difficult for him to breathe and watch, and he cried out. Wielding the sword in his hand, he tried to cut the net cleanly. At last he slashed at the blood on Scipio's corpse, and the smell of something spewed all over his face, and he continued to cut and chop with his eyes closed—and finally, in front of the rising sun, he stood on the deck, covered in blood, with a sword in his left hand and Scipio's head in his right, motionless, and said to everyone, "Set sail for the city of Utica."

In the city hall of Utica, the chief governor of the wartime provincial executive Yuan, Li Bida, was discussing with Garba, Atrius and others about the city's fines, under the mediation and efforts of Li Bida, the city of Utica was considered to be a pre-battle investment, and the fine was approved by Caesar, from the original 80 million cestaxis to 5 million, and could be replaced by olive oil, barley and other kinds, the price was fixed, approved by Li Bida himself, so that the "preferential treatment" for the city of Utica reached the maximum extent. In short, the city's Council of Elders was very satisfied with this result, and expressed their full support for the subsequent formation of the province of Unonia.

"As a gift for this war, Unonia, including Utica, is my gift to the Senate, which is the seventeenth province of the Republic; Numidia and the port of Hippo were owned by the wartime province, making it my sixth wartime province. This was Caesar's general disposition after the war, and of course the specific and complicated affairs fell on the temporary branch of the Executive Yuan. In the evening, Lybida walked out of the town hall with a somewhat tired body, and saw Leo and Turinus at the foot of the steps in front of the door, discussing something enthusiastically.

When he inquired, he learned that the two were arguing over a legal paradox.

The topic was "interesting" about the conviction of the crime of rape, and while they were studying the Law today, Turinus thought that there were "only two ways to deal with this crime: if the victim lady demanded that the man be executed, then the man should be executed in public at the city gates; But if the victim asks the man to marry her, she must forgive the man and order him to marry her. Leo then argued, "If a rapist rapes two ladies on the same night, and the former wants to put him to death and the latter to marry him, what is the decision?" ”

So the two teenagers began to debate this, and Li Bida touched under the colonnade, and listened to their opinions with great interest, Turinus tried to find a solution within the framework of the law, but every arbitration plan would be cleverly rejected by Leo, and finally Turinus was a little angry, so he asked Leo not only to raise objections, but to say his own solution, so that it was a sincere debate.

"My plan? I think that when a judge encounters such a situation, he should not try to solve it within the law, but should rise to the level of a divine judgment. Leo said seriously.

"Divine judgment? Will that convince the public? Turinus was puzzled.

"When the paradox arises, the divine will is the most obedient and just act, using divination or goats, and the horns of the goat are pointed up to the lady, and whoever agrees to do it." Leo explained this.

"But this case will soon be used as a new precedent for future generations to follow." Turinus added, and then the two friends laughed again and gave a high-five to indicate the perfect end to the debate.

Li Bida also smiled and pressed the shoulders of the two, asking them to better sharpen their knowledge and courage in the coming years, at this moment, several token officials hurriedly came, and the city hall behind him also began to stir, one of them walked up to Li Bida and said, "Your Excellency Cassiyo, the Governor of Lusitania, and the fleet of His Excellency Brutus, the treasurer, have successfully intercepted and killed the important traitors Scipio and Cruise, and now the two heads are being sent to Caesar, The two Excellencies were waiting outside the city of Utica. ”

"Hurry to the old house of Pompey in the middle of the city, and have the men 'take care of' Cornellia, or else this lady will die of sorrow if she loses her husband and father at the same time." Li Bida hurriedly stuffed the token officer with some silver coins and entrusted him with this task.

"It's clearly a struggle for merit, guardian. As far as I know, these two men did not perform any meritorious service in the entire war against Pompey. Immediately Turinus spoke indignantly, but Lybida immediately made a gesture to her to stop her, for at this time Cassiio and Brutus were marching towards the town hall with their guards. (To be continued......)