Caesar's quick eyes were quick, and he stepped forward and snatched Vitias's clipboard, and then he looked at it, and then made an unusually angry expression, and said to Vitias: "Do you know, bastard, you are fooling two of the most powerful men in all of Rome - Pompey, my dear friend, look at the list of conspirators provided by your assassins!" With that, Caesar threw the clipboard to Pompey.

Pompey shuddered, and looked at the clipboard in his hand with an ominous premonition.

To put it simply, what he saw was that the city of Rome was everywhere, and the tavern menu: three ashi of hummus, six ashi of bread dipped in thin wine water, lobster meat mixed with caviar, four cess ces Pompey panted and flipped back and forth twice, and then put the clipboard in the hand of the attendant with the corners of his mouth down, pointed his finger at Vitias and asked where the real list was.

Vittias was also panicked, he was squeezed and dizzy when he was bravely assassinating in the crowd just now, and he really didn't know when the list in Lu Dao's arms was replaced with a menu. But he groped all over his body, and couldn't find where the list was, so he could only mutter, "I messed everything up."

"This idiot, damn idiot." Pompey cursed in his heart, and then suggested to Caesar that this guy must be fooling us, using the menu to cover the real mastermind behind him, and now is the time to put him to death as soon as possible, because he has offended General Triumph.

Now it was Caesar's turn to perform, and he said no, and my opinion was to put this man named Vitas in prison first, because he not only threatened your safety as Pompey, but also falsely accused many people of high standing in the state. This matter must not be hastily settled. I took care of the issue of the Alessandra Appeals Panel. came to interrogate him specifically, and he must dig out the despicable people behind him.

After saying that, Caesar's servants rushed up and dragged the shouting and screaming Vittias down, and Pompey also got up hastily and said goodbye to Caesar, "I'm sorry to trouble you about this, dear Julius." But I just thought about it. Still, the affairs of Egypt were more important to the Republic, and I had fought in the East, and I knew very well that wheat there was the key to the security of the city of Rome. Today's assassination of the representative of the Appeal Panel is an excellent opportunity to apply for a vote on the Egyptian proposal in the Senate. ”

Caesar bowed his head and said, "If the Senate does not agree again, we will once again sacrifice the law of Holtiancius and hand it over to the people's council to settle the matter." ”

Seeing that the other party did not suspect him, Pompey coughed twice and continued his words. "Yes, that's right, we've already tasted the sweetness of the people's association. It is up to the Senate to get the most out of it before it comes up with a countermeasure—I fully agree with what you told me earlier in favor of Claudius' re-election as tribune, and I will do my best to support you in accepting the three Gallic provinces north of the Po River. ”

"Thank you so much, and I will fully support you to get the province you want, how about Spain?"

"Yes." Pompey said that the deal was settled, and then Caesar lowered his voice and said in a tone that only two people could hear, "I have one more condition for you, and that is my little girl" Pompey's face was shocked, and then the two talked in a very low voice, and finally let out a negotiated laughter, and when parting, Pompey and Caesar hugged each other, Pompey said in a very relaxed tone: "I overreacted to that clumsy guy's assassination of me just now, it was too bad for me to be a triumphant general, and now it seems that this man is called Vitias, Probably a deranged bastard, there are too many of these bugs in the city of Rome. ”

"Then I'll flush the bed bugs back into the drain." Caesar kept a charming smile and said indifferently.

After Pompey had gone, he stepped up the steps of the mansion with a great look, and when he had entered Caesar's room, he closed the door, and then handed the amber plate in his bosom to the consul, and Caesar looked at it and asked, "What about my child Brutus?" Where is he. ”

"I have arranged for people and ships to send him out to sea and back to Greece."

"This foolish kid." Caesar carefully put away the amber board, then stood up, turned his back to Lybida, and said for a long time, "Yes, he is a child after all, and I will always forgive him, even if it is for Seville." ”

Li Bida didn't know what to say for a while, saying that you have to pay attention to it more than ten years later, it is this that you continue to forgive Brutus and stab you with a dagger The most fatal stab, but now what can I say, what can I say, the person on the other side will not believe it, isn't it just Pompey who Brutus is going to plot to assassinate this time?

Just when Li Bida was in a daze, Caesar turned around and said, "You are responsible for handling the matter of Vitias." And go back and tell the Ptolemaic father and daughter who are staying with you, that they may be reassured that the request of the Alessandro Appeal will be completely rejected during my term of office, and that the matter of the expedition to Egypt will be settled by my father-in-law, Pisso, during his term of office as consul for the coming year. ”

"That's the end of Vitias's business, but Your Excellency should know that the mastermind behind the Dao is who"

"So what? Remember, even if there is a secret fight, now that Pompey and I have a greater exchange, if you want to buy the biggest tuna at the fish market, don't care about the fishmongers blackmailing you for half a pound. Caesar interrupted Li Bida's puzzlement, saying that this was the end of the matter, "but if you want to take revenge in private, I will not ask." ”

Li Bida nodded, and then retreated.

In the middle of the night, several executioners, dressed in brown and black cloaks, threw the scarred body of Vittias into the drainage canal behind the temple of Jupiter, where Li Bida beckoned to them, and then took out the money bag, accompanied by a small clipboard, which the executioner left behind and left the tablet to the body of Vitias. When the executioner left, Li Bida paced in front of the canal and muttered a few words to this civilian with a bad head, "Actually, I really can't be blamed for this matter, according to my original meaning, it is just to torture you to force you to say that Pompey is the messenger and embarrass Pompey, but now Pompey and Caesar are not willing to let you live in this world, you are an outcast, one of the thousands of outcasts in the city of Rome." Your family, please rest assured, I will send them a sum of money and send someone to protect it secretly. ”

The early autumn night with a cold wind blows, the shadows of trees and shrubs surging with the sound of whistles, on the other side of the temple, Demetrius and a few retinues stand on the other side, the Jew shrugs his shoulders at Li Bida and leaves, the meaning is obvious: I don't ask about the little gestures you made to the corpse of Vitias, anyway, this guy can't speak anymore now, and the master should make a mistake.

And just now it was Demetrius himself who led people to secretly execute Vitias. (To be continued......)