"Make me richer than my neighbors." - A prayer book on a Roman family altar

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The Manor of the Emperor of Begalon had dug a wide trench from all sides, laid barricades and iron barricades outside, and built a strong barrier along the garden, with a large-shouldered centurion standing guard at the gate, and messengers and spies coming in and out, just as Cicero said, this manor, which originally belonged to Caesar, had become Antony's headquarters.

When Octavian and his entourage gathered at the gate of the manor, Antony first gave the order to refuse to receive him, and the servant stood up and said to Octavian, "Now Lord Antony, acting consul of the city of Rome, governor of Syria in the coming year, he has many affairs to deal with, so he is not in the manor at the moment. ”

"I'm here to get the title deeds." Octavian was straightforward.

"If it's a title deed, the housekeeper will take it out and give it to you immediately." The slaves and the centurion on duty clearly obstructed them.

"Thank you, but—" and then Octavian held up the court seal, "according to the law, since His Excellency Antony has previously performed the duties of custodian of the estate, it is necessary to be present as a party to the supervision and examination of the estate when the settlement is re-settled, rather than to hand over the title deed hastily." ”

At this time, the men at Antony's door were speechless, and they could only quietly run to meet their master, and relay Octavian's words, but Antony was also very surprised, he vaguely felt that Octavian was completely unkind to come, when he learned that there were actually four or five thousand people following the child. When the Emperor of Vegalon was besieged. He was even more surprised—but he was not willing to be pinned down by a baby. He waved his hand and motioned for them to let the boys in.

So Octavian, Leo, Agrippa, and Meecenas marched into the Manor of the Begalon Emperor to the cheers of the crowd.

In the hall, Antony sat to receive the standing Octavian, surrounded by courtesans, prostitutes, and centurions. This was also utterly rude to Caesar's successor.

But Octavian did not have a seizure, and he first bowed to Antony, hoping that "I will call you father, Lord Antony." ”

"Of course, I think your beautiful and dignified mother will be pleased." The flamboyant Anthony suddenly didn't take care of his mouth, and came out with such an unliterate sentence.

Octavian, however, did not say anything, and continued to address Antony as "paternal," "I am sincerely grateful for the things you have done since the death of your adoptive father, such as the union of you and my guardians. Debating with the killers prevented the adoptive father from being called a 'tyrant' after his death. It also avoided the fate of the confiscation of his property; But I have to say that there are other things that you did after the death of your adoptive father that were not right. ”

Antony didn't seem to care about listening to Octavian's complaint at this time, but he saw Leo next to the other party, who was also Li Bida's sister-in-law, so he felt more cordial and a little guilty, thinking that this child could have any future with this yellow-haired young man, maybe there was danger, so he ignored Octavian's words, waved at Leo, motioned for him to come over, stood beside him, and even raised the apple in his hand to express his kindness.

"Father, Lord Anthony, please do not ignore my words, but listen attentively! Don't despise me because of my age and appearance, after all, I am still Caesar's heir. Octavian complained suddenly.

Antony was stunned by these words, and at this moment, Curio, who was hiding behind the door and was always spying on, also let out two light coughs, so Antony put down the apple in embarrassment, and continued to smile and said to Octavian, "I'm sorry, I met the old man's child, where did you come from just now?" ”

Octavian adjusted his tone and continued to ask, "But why didn't you lead the people and veterans to kill the murderer after you had finished Caesar's funeral?" ”

"Wow, that's not like the words of a kid from a Greek academy." Anthony said sarcastically.

"No, I'm a standard Roman, who believes in blood for blood, and why did you suppress Amartius and kill him when so many people and veterans had already taken up arms and were ready to kill the murderer? Why did you let those murderers stay on Capitol Mountain for more than 100 days? Why did you still reach a compromise with them so that they could continue to talk about the Concorde arrogantly? Octavian split his head and covered his face.

"Because this is a very complicated case, and the assassins of Caesar were all citizens and specially chosen fathers, and you must know that your adoptive father also demanded a fair trial for Catilin during his time, rather than a capital sentence by the Senate. The situation is similar now, when I told my brother Gaius to seek the position of Lord Chancellor, and then he slowly sought it. Anthony argued.

"But I don't see the idea of Xu Tuzhi at all, in the body and deeds of your father, Lord Antony, you have always been the acting consul, the commander of the cavalry, you can speak in front of the Senate and the people, but instead of trying the murderer, you have also expelled my guardian and Caesar's faithful friend Lipidaus, out of the city, and now he is still being called a public enemy, so in this matter, I have to condemn you, father Lord Antony! And the so-called Xu Xu Tuzhi is itself an indulgence of the murderer, because I know that Brutus and Cassiyo are going to serve in distant provinces in the coming year, and the Senate and you are sheltering them to get away with punishment, all because of you, my father, Lord Anthony, because of your selfish desires. ”

"That's enough, don't say anything about Father Anthony, Father Father Anthony!" Antony howled, as if disturbed by Octavian, and he angrily pointed at a few small characters, "You also know that I am the acting consul, so you swagger like this, enter the mansion as a commoner, and keep asking me about my official business, then I will answer your official business." Do you know how much effort, how much compromise I made, and how much danger I faced just to remove Caesar from the title of 'tyrant' and let him enjoy the funeral and god treatment? If my legions had not killed Amartius, and had remained in turmoil in the city of Rome, the Senate might have voted on the identity of your adoptive father, and you and I would have been ruined—you know? Caesar's property would have been confiscated, his body would have been dumped in the Tiber Wilderness to be eaten by crows, would you have dared to inherit the title without me, and would you have enjoyed the honorable status of 'Young Caesar' since you returned to Rome? ”

But after Antony had fired a fire, Octavian was neither humble nor arrogant, standing in place with his companions, and then proceeded to attack deeply, "Father Antony, please allow me to continue to call you that, even if you and I have differences about revenge, we can put it aside for the time being and calm down, can we talk about the inheritance?" For there are still 200,000 to 300,000 Roman citizens waiting for my gift of full money, which is also expressly required in my adoptive father's will, and I am not prepared to pay the bill, and I am sure that neither will you. (To be continued......)