Chapter 24: The Difficult Case of the Expatriate Legal Officer (Part II)

"Hurry up." Li Bida quickly said this to Cleopatra, as if the other party was not a foreign queen, but an enemy of Rome, "My intelligence shows that Aetius is the brainchild behind the hostile group, and Brutus and Cassiyo are the vanguard thugs, and they are in a hurry to use you and Caesarion to make a fuss." ”

Then Li Bida didn't wait for the other party to say anything, so he said again, "Let's go!" I will do what I promised you, and don't leave by boat from Baie Beach again, for you will only attract eyes and ears with so many servants and servants. Now take Chamion and Eras, and I will send ten sword slaves to escort you, and go straight to Brindisi in a light carriage, and then leave by boat from there, and everything will be known in the coming year. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Bida immediately left the room, and threw the little queen who still had some six gods and no master there, and Pepeia followed closely behind him.

In the sound of the horn, when Li Bida had just jumped on his shoulder and was about to instruct his men to drive away Cleopatra's colorful boat, the road in the town there was a lot of smoke and dust, and sure enough, Cassiio and Brutus also arrived with many followers and arrived in light cars. "Pepea, you sit in that beautiful car with a curtain." Li Bida said very calmly, so Pepeia's skirt jumped, and with the help of several maids, she hurriedly did as the other party said, and then the servant next to her put down the curtain.

"Let me see, let me see, while most of the rich tourists of the whole of Baie Beach linger in the great celebrations of the city, our jurive has come to this picturesque place with his robes and rods, and on the shoulders of the itinerant judges. Those ships that are still on the surface of the sea in the autumn wind. There are all kinds of sails. It was as beautiful as they were in the spring - but I seemed to see a strange fleet of ships with the royal crest on it, as if it wasn't owned by our Roman riches. Kashiyo had already made up his mind and walked over first, looked at the Cleopatra boat that was still moored by the trestle, and said to Li Bida with a smile.

"Oh, this is supposed to be the ship that the Allied Ptolemy gave to His Excellency Caesar for a triumphal performance, but unfortunately it arrived a little late." Li Bida on the shoulder replied calmly.

"I guess I'm late, right?" Cassiyo continued to smile without smiling. Then he stared at the small car in the queue with curtains and gold plastics, and understood seven or eight points in his heart.

At this time, Brutus behind him also came over, with a businesslike tone, "I have not heard of any of the appeals of the veteran of Campeña, and His Excellency Aetius has not been able to find a copy of the case file, so why did you come here to go to the trial here?" ”

It seems that this group of people is very prepared at all, Li Bida sighed twice, and then said Isn't it very clear? He accepted the dictator's instructions and temporarily rerouted here. Those who have come to greet the ships sent by the Ptolemaic royal family to cheer up, "after the completion of the settlement formalities." From Pacini to Ostia, he was hauled by mule cart to a pool dug in the Tarquin Marsh, where he continued to perform the gladiatorial battles of the sea. ”

In this way, Li Bida put the blame on the bald man's head, and then Brutus plucked up his courage, and no longer fought with Li Bida, but walked to the front of the vehicle with a bundle of sticks, and shouted, "Let me see, what else has the Ptolemaic royal family sent?" Woman, or child? Then he lifted the curtain, and from it came an exclamation that frightened Brutus backwards, and then he saw that it was clearly a beautiful woman dressed as a Roman noblewoman, but it was not Cleopatra, but Peppeia, Caesar's former wife.

"What are you doing, bastard!" "Aetius as the Grand Counsel of the capital, Brutus and Cassiio as the Jurors for the coming year, and the current governors and treasurers of the provinces, and now you men are not in the city of Rome to deal with the grievances during the celebrations, but are following me to this bay, and clinging to the ships given by the Ptolemaic royal family - I see, you are trying to find the female pharaoh, are you trying to create a scandal with Lord Caesar?" How much do you hate the Dictator, and you don't care about his kindness to you, Brutus, you are a true Roman! ”

These words directly made Brutus red-faced, and he didn't say a word, and he didn't know what to do in the same place, but Cassiio was more clever, and he immediately took a bite, pointed at Li Bida and said, "What is the purpose of the expatriate lawyer and the former wife of the dictator meeting at the bay villa of Baie?" ”

"I was commissioned by His Excellency Pisso, the Ombudsman, to bring a personal letter to find Lypidaus, because Lybidaeus was the guardian of Turinus, and Pisso was the custodian of the dictator's will, and they had some matters to discuss about the dictator's estate, but when I went to Prima, I learned that His Excellency Lybida had already traveled to the Campenia region to deal with confidential affairs entrusted by the dictator, so I took a light sedan chariot, and this was the time to catch up." Pepeia made up for it in time at this time, and then she was about to cry, "Please don't hurt my reputation again, because I was abandoned before, the fate of this life has completely fallen to the bottom, the beloved man has left me, or died, fortunately, the dictator Kuanren's wife is still willing to take care of me, so in return, I acted as a personal messenger, even if I appeal to Caesar, I believe he will return my innocence and Lord Lybidaeus." ”

At this time, several people who heard the news were speechless, and seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Aetius hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words to the two, "Don't be complacent, Your Excellency the Attorney General of the Expatriates! Then Cassiyo said this viciously to Li Bida, who was sitting on his shoulder, and turned away, except Brutus walked up to him, bowed and apologized, and said, "I'm sorry, my former friend," and then withdrew with a heavy expression.

"Listen to Cassillo, it is better not to hear rumors about this in the city of Rome later, or I will truthfully report the state of affairs of the day to His Excellency the Dictator." Li Bida also replied, but it was also the other way around, as long as the other party did not speak lightly, this matter should be over.

Pepeia sat on the cushion of the carriage and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the group returning, and then she suddenly remembered something, and asked Li Bida softly, "What you just said about Julius. Is Caesar's prophecy true? ”

In the sea breeze, Li Bida looked at Pepeia, nodded for a long time, and said, "Everyone get ready!" It seems that a new era and war are coming. (To be continued......)