After the end of the whole banquet, Li Bida followed the Jewish Chamber of Commerce, trying not to talk to anyone, because he had already felt that at the end of the corridor, Cassio's cold eyes were watching his every move, and the whole corridor echoed with small and cold footsteps, at the nineteenth vault column, Li Bida tilted his head, and condensed his eyes at the handsome little man standing in the corner, and the other party's chestnut eyes also stayed on his shoulders, and with the firelight and the swaying of the night, the two quickly lowered their eyebrows again, No longer looking at each other to avoid suspicion, but Li Bida's left hand hanging on his waist made a small gesture to Adina.

"When I get back, Calabia."

When Li Bida and his party sailed through the deep blue waters to Rhodes City, a sharp corner in the northeast of Rhode Island, Li Bida was already standing on the deck, hoping to see the bronze statue of Apollo Giant across the breakwater of Rhodes Harbor, and then the whole fleet would pass under the crotch of this giant wonder? But what disappointed him was that there was no giant bronze statue at all on the breakwater in front of Rhodes City, only a comfortable cargo ship and a seagull following circling, Li Bida shook his head, very disappointed, could it be that this spectacle is a joke?

But the governor's house of Cato the Younger was not in Rhodes at all, and when they had landed, they changed to donkey carts or rode horses to Camillos, another small seaport town about thirty Roman miles from Rhodes, on the eastern side of the island, where Cato's government office was located, although he was said to have only a prostitute and a thief with him.

It seems that Cato the Younger did not mind the situation in Cyprus in the slightest, and that he had placed the Doge's residence in Camillos in order to prevent a surprise attack by Cyprus, which was powerful at sea. It is convenient to get out of the island by boat after being alerted. Although the island's civilian army is very warlike. He has repelled many invasions by powerful foreign enemies throughout history, most recently including Mithridates VI, who never breached the city of Rhodes, and slaughtered the rest of the island of Roman colonists.

At the end, the governor's mansion, located in the south-west of the mountains, looked like a rough farmstead, and the thin Cato stood on the stone beams of the pond where they were kept, and the ducks flapped their wings under the horns of his robes. There was a splash.

In front of the stone beam, Cassiyo politely lowered his hand to one side, meaning to let the qualified people in, and he was guarding outside, Cato led the three people over the stone beam, and stood at the door of the farm, he deliberately looked at Li Bida's eyes, and after being silent for a while, he raised his hand, and then the scene that made Li Bida's mouth not close was coming: the tomb robber. It was also Claudius who chose the dirtiest and vicious guy in the gutters of all Rome in order to trap Cato, and Dillinger was dressed plainly and neatly. His beard and hair were neatly trimmed and he walked out of the house, respectfully helping the men to remove their canes and ornaments, and Cato looked at Dillinger not at all like a tomb robber, but like a faithful old slave who had served his family for half his life.

"Well, little Cato, the most honorary citizen of the republic, you won." Li Bida took off the cloak of the legion and handed it to the very clear-eyed Dillinger, and then Ptolemy saw that his most trusted commander handed over the things, and he also gave the scepter to this one, of course, Li Bida did not remind Pharaoh of his original profession, otherwise Pharaoh would not have done so.

And when she walked into the courtyard, to Li Bida's surprise, the prostitute Asher, who was originally nicknamed "the braszel of the Subbra district", sat quietly on the stone chair in front of the garden without any powder on her face, playing the melodious lyre, her hair changed black again, instead of the golden yellow that she had planted to imitate the Gauls to please the prostitute, and the dirty red cloak (the symbol of the prostitute) on her body was gone, replaced by a light linen-colored blouse, and when she saw the guests coming, she politely got up and saluted. So he turned around and went to the backyard.

"I can rely on this, Cato you won, you really won!" Li Bida muttered in his heart and walked into the inner hall quickly.

As a result, in the inner hall, there were still two people lying on the couch, and at this time Li Bida knew that Gato was not yet a bare-bones commander, one of them was his staff and his patron Munajius, and the other was Cannedis, the financial officer appointed by the authorities.

"This is clearly inconsistent with the procedure of the meeting we have previously discussed, and I think your nephew has already told you, Your Excellency the Ombudsman." Li Bida sat on the couch on the other side and said.

At this time, Pharaoh immediately stood at the door and stopped stepping inside, indicating that he had refused his master's invitation, and Cato understood that he was trying to expel two of his staff, and explained: "Munajus is a rough practitioner, and I have been troubled by constipation lately, and the food here is too dry. As for Cannedis, who had previously been an emissary to Cyprus and brought back the latest news on that island, we couldn't do without him - oh sorry, sorry. After saying this, little Cato actually walked to the drainage ditch at the end of the inner hall in front of the noble pharaoh, squatted down directly, and said to Munajius with a flushed face, "My friend, your laxative has worked. Then came the sound of "lightning and thunder".

Brutus behind Li Bida smiled proudly, proud of his uncle, the symbol of the republic, who did not give face to the absolute monarchy in the slightest, and in front of the Ptolemaic Pharaoh, which will be another good story when it reaches the city of Rome.

Seeing this, Li Bida got up and gently held the pharaoh's hand, telling him not to panic and be angry, and then the pharaoh sat down with him, maintaining a posture that was neither humble nor arrogant.

"So, what's the news from my brother's side?" Pharaoh asked Cannedis at the suggestion of Li Bida.

The one stood up more respectfully, and said, "The republic has made very favorable terms for your royal brother, as long as he is willing to abdicate and go to the city of Rome to apologize, and then we send troops and officials to accept the island of Cyprus, and your royal brother can stay in Rome and serve as the chief priest of the temple of the Great Love of Paphos (Paphos of Cyprus is said to be the birthplace of Venus), which receives an annual commission of about five million cesdes, which is better than if he were the king of Cyprus. And don't worry about the Damox sword hanging over your head. However, he has so far not given an appropriate reply. ”

In the continued roar of Cato the Younger, Pharaoh said approvingly, "In your opinion, it is indeed my royal brother who is not respectable, and I am surprised that His Excellency the Doge has not yet responded to the request of the commander Lybidaeus to make a conquest of Cyprus." (To be continued......)