Li Bida, who has been holding the flag on the chariot, looked back at this scene coldly, its appearance was already expected by himself, in fact, when Caesar proposed this idea, Li Bida had expressed his opposition, but Caesar did not listen, maybe it was in the city of Utica that he and Brutus debated, let this deliberately do it, right?

At this moment, Caesar, who continued to wave, did not mean to stop the wheels at all, and he kept urging Anthony, who was driving, "Keep driving, keep driving, until the main square!" ”

The chariots and soldiers finally stopped in front of the holy road in the main square, and then Caesar, surrounded by the crowd, got out of the carriage and walked up the high steps into the newly completed temple of Venus, while the rest of the procession was divided into three waves, and the high-ranking bureaucrats, priests, adjutant generals, and venerable senators, followed Caesar, while the other inferior officials and slaves, some of them, went to the temple of the goddess of hunt next to it, and killed the goats and some of the booty in front of Diana's altar; In the other part, the road leading to Capitor Hill began to be cleared, and it actually formed a reciprocating "V" shape with the route Caesar had just taken into the main square.

On the smooth marble floor of the temple, the flames shone up and down, and the black-clad priests in masks danced from side to side, and the crowd, including Caesar, Lybida, Antony, etc., all took off their uniforms, changed into purple-edged and white-bottomed robes sent by the priests, and painted their faces with ochre-red oil paint, and then Caesar solemnly handed over the laurel crown, knelt barehead in front of the fire of the altar, and offered wine to the gods.

"Allow you. Ascend the sacred Capitol Mountain. To the omnipotent Father. Sacrifice your victory! With this shout of the priests, Caesar and the others walked out of the great square, and ascended the mountain path up to the temple of Jupiter, and immediately before the gate of the temple, all but Caesar stopped, and then he stepped into the makeshift arch and stood, on which the priests slew a bull. Caesar was bathed in blood, and he raised his hands and looked out from the hill over the whole city of Rome, and it was already twilight, and Caesar thought for a moment, and said to Lypida, "Hold a grand free dinner on both sides of the Tiper, in the cloister arcades of the Civic Square, and invite all citizens who can come." Other than that. Antony put on the twenty elephants he had captured in Africa and hurried them to the mountains. ”

After speaking. He entered the temple alone, and it was the rule that everyone else had to wait outside.

Caesar had to report the news of his victory to his Heavenly Father alone, and then he had to thank him for the help of the immortal gods for their help to those whose lives were short.

By this time, the great celebrations of the Roman night had begun, the highest glory beings were speaking to the gods in secluded and secluded temples, and the common people of the world had come to enjoy the gifts that the heroes had brought them. A full 10,000 tables of feasts, with the light of the fire, with lighting, like countless stars and galaxies, spread all over the large and small blocks of the city of Rome, especially the Civic Square, the Subra district and the streets on both sides of the Timber River are the most dense and prosperous, the table is full of baked bread, exquisite fish sauce, wine with dregs, mead, as well as onions, lentils, fruits, cheese and other home-cooked dishes, of course, out of consideration for the people, Li Bida or Jianyì Caesar has added a "core dish" to each table, so as to save expenses, It can also raise the level and show the dictator's sincerity in caring for the people. The so-called core dishes are indeed difficult for ordinary people to enjoy on a daily basis, such as grilled tuna chin from Libidaburg, or a fried platter of peacock tongue, pig offal and sausages, and some bizarre ones to cater for diners with tricky tastes, such as beetle chrysalis, such as dog meat skewers, such as sow pubic meat.

Almost 100,000 people were feasting and chanting the slogan "Long live Caesar", while Caesar was strolling through the narrow backyard of the temple, not lingering too long in front of the altar, and he was more concerned with this: placing his own statue on the corridor in the backyard.

Now many slaves have been lit by fire, under the arrangement of Li Pida, from the secluded mountain road over there, the statue of Caesar was pulled in by mule cart, there were originally eight sculptures on the corridor, which were the seven kings of Rome in the era of kingship and antiquity, and one was the first consul who drove out the king, Brutus, after this sculpture, there was no more, because Rome had entered the republican era and did not need a monarch. But there happened to be an empty seat there, so much so that Caesar thought it was divine providence that he had to fill in the gap by placing his own statue in it, because he was going to lead the country into a new era.

When his statue was arranged, Caesar looked up at himself with great satisfaction, and fell into a state of intoxication, and then he looked back and saw Li Bida standing behind him in a robe, so he hugged him, "The commander of the expedition to Parthia is still you, my friend, you are the commander of the cavalry in the coming year, and you will be consul with me, how about it?" Are you still hesitating? ”

"Yes, give up this seat to Anthony! I have reached the pinnacle, what will you reward me with? Li Bida replied quietly, "When a person has no room to rise, I am afraid that unrealistic ambitions will arise, but I do not want to end up in the same fate as Surena, Your Excellency Julius." ”

"Stay and help me, I'm too weak, just like Sura's former friends helped him." Caesar did not let go and continued.

I see, Caesar has now seriously thought about what is going on after his death, he always feels that his group base is too small, and there are fewer people to trust, so he does not hesitate to forgive many enemies, such as Cassiillo such as Brutus such as Cicero such as Eulapella, such as many patriarchs who have followed Pompey, he hopes that his career and friends can help him continue to support him, maybe Caesar has just felt lonely and afraid in front of the altar of the eternal gods, which is something anyone who has reached the peak will feel, That is the pain of the mismatch between ambition and longevity.

"I will help your Excellency, unless I go ahead of you, and I swear to the family ring." Eventually, Mr. Lee said, "If it's convenient, give me the title of expatriate counsellor, and I'll take care of half of the case on a market day." ”

Caesar laughed too, and then he let go of Lybida's shoulder, patted him on the chest, and said, "Now enjoy the four full months of celebratory entertainment, with your family, with your woman." ”

"I have two months, and the remaining two months I'm going to Asia Minor."

"What are you going to do there?"

"Debt collection."

"This should be done by your subordinate knights or slaves, and only love debts will be collected by themselves." Caesar pointed his finger at Li Bida, smiled and changed into a clean robe, and said. (To be continued......)