Chapter 4: Fury I
"The people are the people, they want everything, but they want entertainment more than money." - Fromto
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"Here, citizens, Romans, I, Colpnius. Pisso, the oldest member of the city-state's family, was honored to be named my son-in-law, Julius. Caesar's Testament Reader. Truth be told, for the sake of Julius, for the sake of my daughter, I don't want to read this will! Because the moment I was asked to read it aloud, it was a sign that their family had suffered a catastrophe. But all people, calm your anger for a moment, our purpose is not to defend Caesar, nor to judge his good and evil, I am here to read this will, only because Julius revealed to me before his death that part of his will was related to the people of Rome, and he told me many times that his love for the Republic and the people has never changed, so I just follow the process, and after the will is read, let Julius be able to attend his funeral! His coffin had been sitting there long enough. After saying that, Pisso's eyes turned red, and his voice choked.
Pisso's family has always been known for its generosity and benevolence, treating commoners very well, and treating family slaves harshly, now this man is actually about the same age as Caesar, but in the eyes of most Romans is already an elder, when he revealed in his words the nostalgia for his son-in-law and concern for his living daughter, many Romans, especially women, also wept, because women are the most unsightly such scenes. And the Brutus camp is full of fat and ugly looks. And the two cavalry commanders in Li Bida's camp are both tall and handsome. Ancient and modern times have always been a face-looking society, and most women have already made a position division in their hearts, "Look at that group of disgusting-looking people, they do disgusting things to mutilate the charming bald dictator, then there is no need to be suspicious." โ
So many women cried out, demanding that the venerable old man read the will immediately, and the women of Rome were still very powerful and entitlemented after they had come forward. Once they speak collectively, the men have to retreat.
But Pisso's speech was not finished, and he looked at the poor Zeno standing in the mud in the audience, she was so wolf, and asked her in a warm tone, "Virgin, I think you are still young, why would you come to carry out such a great mission by such a delicate person." โ
"Yes. Dear Elders, Zeno bowed his head, fearful but unable to speak. Arousing the enthusiasm and determination of all the male people present to protect her, Zeno bravely raised his head, "I wish Vesta would forgive me for my rap, although it is only my duty, and I have nothing to boast about, but I must give an honest answer to your inquiries - yes, someone was going to rob this will, so the Chief Virgin told me to give it to me, but unfortunately I was also intercepted, thanks to the help of soldiers and townspeople, I escaped." โ
Zeno's words simply made the men present furious, who would do such a violent act against this poor virgin, we should completely tear him to pieces on the spot!
"Then you are such a wolf bรจi because you have been attacked by shame, and someone wants me not to read my son-in-law's will, right?" Pisso's tone began to grow visibly agitated.
"I don't want to name him, even though he is arrogant and self-proclaiming, but that's the way it is." After speaking, Zeno lowered his head again, drooped his long eyelashes, and did not say a word.
Pisso clutched his chest in pain and resentment, almost about to collapse after a seizure, Anthony and Li Bida hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and then Li Bida glanced at Anthony, meaning that it was extremely smooth, and now it will be up to you to perform, "Citizens, what makes this elder so uncomfortable, and what is it that guides this virgin to be so dangerous, I think that now in this square, there is beastly jealousy and fear that has penetrated into the hearts of some people, making them go berserk." Brutus attacked Caesar as an ambitious man, yes, I thought he was, a general who conquered all of Gaul and brought a million slaves to Rome, like a great iron-blooded man with a fortified northern city, who could think that he had no ambition? The most eminent politicians in Rome were ambitious, and Brutus did not need to ask us of the people of the Archaic era, because that was not free from pedantic, but ambition is such a thing as one can easily be confused with merit. But I believe that many of the citizens present still remember that on the previous Feast of the Wolves, including me, some citizens put the crown on his head three times, but he firmly refused all three times, and Caesar also specially requested that his refusal of the crown be forever engraved on the stone pillars of the square, and if you look at it now, you can still see those words engraved there. As for the dismissal of the two tribunes, it is also justified, because the two men shouted to Caesar on the spot. In addition, Caesar's dismissal of them, I think probably came from his anger at being seen as a king, because he repeatedly said, I am not a king, I am only Caesar, this scene made him temporarily lose his mind, and in addition to the last days of his life, he was tormented by a terrible epilepsy, Caesar is a man after all, not a god, and you should forgive him for doing something a little more than a little too much under the torture of illness. โ
Hearing Anthony's sincere explanation, many people were silent, and some even whispered, saying that Caesar was really wrongfully killed, and who saw him become king? Will those who refuse the crown be killed under the name of "tyrant"? Why didn't Brutus dare to judge him, isn't this a weakness of heart?
Anthony then asked for himself to read the will in place of Pisso.
"Don't let him read it, don't let him read it, Dehemoth, you have to think of a way!" Luga panicked, and he said to Dehemoth, and the rest of the senators also sat still, for now that the people had fallen into a terrible silence, it meant that their feelings had passed, and now they had to think about it with reason.
But Dehemoth's sword slaves had almost run away just now, because a heavily armed legion of Li Bida was on the spot, who would dare to compete with the battle-hardened soldiers?
So Antony's first sentence was very devastating, "O people of Rome, Senate and Tebris, please forgive me for my rudeness and irrationality, for my illness is getting worse and worse, and if I do die one day, please pardon the two tribunes whom I have deposed on the Feast of Wolves, they have done nothing wrong." No, it may not be so long, and at the assembly of the Senate right now, someone may plead to me about it. โ
"Oh oh oh!" The people, men and women, covered their faces and groaned in pain. (To be continued......)