Chapter 11: The Emperor's Cloak (Part II)
After the rain, a rare and beautiful rainbow crossed the sky, and the summer heat continued to emerge from the wet and cold earth, forming a hazy mist, Calabis and Adiana walked side by side in front of Bidita and the others who had been waiting in the shade of the high trees, everyone was very embarrassed, their clothes and hair were wet, especially the queen and the envoys, their clothes were very untidy, and they were covered with mud and dust, and when Adiana approached, the others smelled the fishy smell of wolf skin.
"Queen Bixia, you didn't meet a wolf, did you?" Biduita asked.
Adiana looked embarrassed, but Calabis helped her round the scene, saying that when she and Queen Bixia went to the small temple to take shelter from the rain, they hurriedly picked up the priest's things and asked the queen to wipe her damp hair and clothes.
"There's a banquet tonight, and tomorrow Your Excellency the Special Envoy will leave Yubertenia." Then, Adiana said lightly, and walked in the direction of the palace with the others.
Early the next morning, Calabis rode the mare given by the Queen, followed by twenty servants carrying chests, which also contained the Queen's gifts—statuettes of Mithridates and gold cups of agate, etc., "In addition to the sword of Altolicus, you will need something that symbolizes the majesty of your father, so that if you acquire a little triumphal pose, you will also have the capital to display." ”
In the wind, he faintly heard the sound of the horse's bells, he looked up, but saw that on the high slope over there, Adiana was dressed in the morning sun, was riding on a blue horse, staring at himself, when he left, Adiana did not come to see him off, I don't know whether it was angry or sad, but now the eyes of the two are linked. More and more elongated. It's also getting thinner. Adiana seemed to want to put her hand to her lips several times, until Calabis groaned and turned and ran forward on her mare, cutting off this view. In the distance, a few processions of caravans and immigrants were slowly moving towards the rivers of Eubertnia, contrary to Calabis.
"Go for it, Calabis with Calabia."
on Sinop Harbor. Standing in "Calabia. Calabis on the deck of the "Ubert", with the mark of the Thirteenth Roman Legion on the sails, and Macmillan's purple sails, did not return to Ponticabion, he knew that it was already lively enough, and he was not missing one, and now he urgently needed to go back to Rome and find Claudius.
Before, when he sheltered Lord Luculas and left Little Asia, he was only lonely and sad. But Calabis is different, and I will fulfill the unfulfilled dreams of the Protector for him. And I will also realize the dreams that the Lord does not have.
And in the Cimmerian Strait, Pompey's flagship ran aground, and many camping slaves and soldiers were using ropes to get the admiral's ship out of trouble, and in the gilded bridge room, Pompey sat silently in his chair, staring at the white gold-rimmed cloak, which was the spoils of Pontus captured in the previous war, and according to legend, the belongings of Alexander the Great, the great conqueror whom Pompey admired and envied the most.
"RONG, THE THIRTEENTH LEGION STILL REFUSES TO WITHDRAW FROM THEIR DESIGNATED DEFENSE AREA AND CONTINUES TO CONFRONT THE TRIALI LEGION ON THE ACROPOLIS, AND THE GENERAL PETNEUS IN THE CITY OF PONTICABION ALSO WROTE BACK, SAYING THAT HE ONLY ACCEPTS THE COMMAND OF THE PROVINCE OF MACEDONIA AND THE SENATE, BECAUSE THE LIGHTNING THROWER LEGION WAS ESTABLISHED AFTER THE COUNCIL OF CITIZENS GRANTED YOU THE POWER OF IMPERIUMMAIUS, AND THEORETICALLY SHOULD NOT BE UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION, BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT HE CAN WAIT FOR THE DECISION OF THE TWO CONSULS IN THE CITY OF ROME." Next to the circle chair, Dmitrius clasped his hands and reported in a low voice.
"Kicked the ball to Roma? Peternius has also been shrewd all these years, the two consuls, well, are about to step down, Cicero and Neruda will not care about this, they will definitely leave this problem to the next consul, this is obviously nonsense - and, Dmetrius, you say that I have also been deceived by the new queen of Eubertnia, but I have no intention of caring about it, the situation is bad enough, the dispute in the legion defense zone has reached the senate, and little Cato is frantically attacking me, Even Caesar and Crassus laughed and hid behind the scenes, most of the senators were disgusted with me, they were jealous of my exploits, they were afraid of my legions, they were afraid that I would return to Italy with them, and now Cato the Younger even shouted that if Pompey became the master of the Italian army, then he would rather kill himself. After saying that, Pompey sneered twice, "Before, when they needed a genius general to exterminate the pirates, so that the grain could be safely transported to Rome, when the hungry people did not rise up to riot and destroy their estates, and when the pirates did not threaten the trade routes of their tax collectors, how did they flatter me?" Great generals, saviors of Rome, etc., will I lose the deceit of three hundred and twenty-four nations and tribes, having conquered three hundred and twenty-four peoples and tribes? ”
On the side, Demetrius hesitated for a while, as if he had made up his mind, took out another roll of calf paper, handed it to his master, Pompey looked at the contents, and the corners of his mouth trembled with anger: "That bastard of tuna, who actually ran out of his manor with only drunkards and gourmets, and operated in the political circles, did not want me to get a great triumph, and even said that the pheasant army annihilated more than 5,000 Pontic people and conquered the Bosphorus kingdom - this kingdom was originally a vassal state of Rome!" To award the same triumph to the Pheasant Legion at the same time is ridiculous! In the history of the founding of Rome, how could there be two triumphal ceremonies at the same time? I'm not going to let this happen, never! With that, Pompey put the calf paper on the drawing table, and then looked at it, probably in anger, and picked it up again, and tore it to pieces.
Demetrius hurriedly knelt down, "Master, I am willing to continue to do my best for your glory, so that you can avoid the dirty arrows of the enemy, and if I am not surprised, Crassus will also send financial inspectors to Xiaoya at the juncture of his tenure, and they will definitely use the six thousand Talents that do not exist in Mithridates as a starting point to thoroughly investigate your property." ”
"What did you say!" Pompey almost had to cover his angry heart so that it wouldn't fly out of his chest.
"That's right, that treacherous Adiana is in cahoots with some broker bastard in Rome, and she must have told that person about the price of your loot."
Pompey tried to calm his mind, and said to Demetrius, "What do you think of this matter?" ”
"The most important strategy is to distribute all the thirty thousand Talents on hand to the Legion's men, and then let all the pirates who had surrendered before serve as sailors, and then march into Rome and establish a project like Gonerius. Surla's feat. Dmetrius said word by word, and his eyes were bursting with fire. (To be continued......)