As a result, that night, in the royal city barracks of Alexandria, the Gorta Legion began to act, they were called the Legion, in fact, they were just a group of scoundrels raised by the prince and the eunuchs, many of them were street hooligans, and the desert homeless horse thieves, attracted by the lucrative salary, they just came to squeeze the more regular Hormashi army out of the royal city, forced it to be stationed in the suburbs of the fortress of Idaui, but they monopolized the defense of the city, of course, this is also one of Motammenes' strategies. The men were not trained on a daily basis, and their military discipline was worse than that of the Praetorian Guards of any Egyptian age, and now when they heard that there was something to be done to do evil, they all shouted wildly, and soon took out all kinds of weapons from the camp, and assembled themselves to march towards Pharaoh's palace.

In front of the garden of the Emperor's Mausoleum of Alexander, the legion was violently divided into two, one of which was directly lit by torches, and slaughtered Cleopatra's residence in a mighty manner. The leading military chief, fearing that he would encounter armed resistance from Empress Xiaoyan's subordinates, also had his subordinates carry bows and arrows and light ballistas, and the cavalry first blocked Cleopatra's house and the surrounding roads as if they were facing a great enemy. Then, the military chief gathered all the company captains, and several company captains were reprimanded because they were busy breaking into houses along the road, so they arrived very late, and then the chief pointed to the house in front of him, and made a murderous gesture, which meant that after attacking and entering, all of them would be executed, and no one would be left alive!

At this time, Cleopatra was reclining on the Persian couch, surrounded by a lingering fragrance, and now she was naturally bright and moving, with soft black hair hanging down on her fair neck and gold leaf waist. Several valet maids were hand-to-hand for her, passing anointing oil, water, and letters. Cleopatra just looked at the secret letter that Lipida had given her earlier. There is not much content on it, it is very concise, "Don't go head-to-head with your brother, make friends with Caesar in private, retreat as advance, borrow a sword to kill, and protect your kingdom." "Both sides are smart people, and it is naturally effortless to communicate. Li Bida, this is to persuade me to leave the capital of Alexandria!

Then her maid hurriedly untied her tent and entered, saying that there were many soldiers and horses outside.

Cleopatra smiled, got up and walked out gracefully, she stepped out of the main gate of the camp, outside was the endless river bank and reed swamps, in front of the camp several treasurers and reeds dismounted their horses and camels, and saluted Cleopatra, "We have brought guides, guards, camel caravans, and provisions. You'll be transported safely across the desert to the fortress of Perusim. ”

Originally. Cleopatra, who had been on guard for more than two days, had been away from the capital for more than two days, and was now stationed on the border between the desert and the river, and had received an audience from the local treasurer, preparing to go to the fortress of Perusim under their escort, and instigating the river transport guards and the tomb guards at the waterfall, waiting for the opportunity to attack and defend the changeable times.

This was the plan of Li Pida, so the Gorta army shot a ballista and rushed into Cleopatra's mansion in Alexandra on a ladder, and found that only a small number of slaves were still there, and Cleopatra and her loyal subordinates had long since disappeared, so these soldiers ransacked the entire mansion in order to make up for the lack of honor, and the large amount of oil, spices and treasures in it made many soldiers feel that the trip was worthwhile.

In Pharaoh's palace, the piper had reached the last moment, and in a trance, he saw the majestic and magnificent ships of the Serapis sailing towards him in the soothing Styx, in a piece of holy and ethereal music, and at last the piper struggled to open his eyes wide, and said with all his strength, "Farewell, earthly throne, I will go to the deep mausoleum, and wait for the reincarnation of eternal life!" With that, Pharaoh's countenance quickly darkened, and he turned into a swollen corpse.

The servants around were weeping bitterly, others were busy, and under the lily relief walls of the palace gate were full of sentries of the Gorta Legion, but the island of Ipos, where the palace was located, still raised its mourning in the early hours of the morning, as was customary, because the edict of the great eunuch Motamenes was still the same trick of secrecy, and the little Ptolemy, supported by the officers and soldiers of the legion, preemptively entered the island of Ibos, and then they brought Charina, a close confidant of the pharaoh who had recently been promoted to privy councillor, and forced him to hand over the text of the pharaoh's will.

Charlena looked at Ptolemy XIII, who was already sitting on the lion's leg chair, he was only a teenager, but the chair of his co-governing sister was vacant, and he asked, "Where is Lord Cleopatra now?" Half of Pharaoh's will was related to her. ”

"She has already committed treason, betrayed the holy Ptolemy, so I am going to delete the contents of her will now, so that the garbled words in it will not become a basis for traitors to do nothing." Ptolemy XIII commanded Charlena with a voice that had not yet fully thickened, as sharp as a woman.

But before Charlina was ready to defend himself, Ptolemy XIII was furious, howling and waving his scepter, saying that his guards had prepared the nails below, and that if Charlina were willing to try the wrath of the king, he would not mind using the scepter as a hammer to smash the nail into the head of the privy councillor, and to make a name for his devotion to duty.

In the end, Charlina still gave in, and he handed over the piper's will, and as a result, Ptolemy XIII was immediately ready to delete the content of his sister's inheritance, as well as the content of his father's wish to give the kingdom to Rome during his lifetime, but was caught by Motamenes, "It doesn't matter if the front is tampered with, but not later, it will only provide Caesar with an excuse to interfere in Egypt, and they have a copy to keep it in the temple of Rome." Ptolemy XIII complied, and told the clerks to deliver the revised text of the will into the hands of Mortamenes.

The eunuch looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and then handed the text of the will to Theotusus, saying, "Almost, you can send an envoy to Pharos with this copy, and go to Scipio, Gabinus, and others." ”

Theotusus was originally a big hooligan in the Subra district of Rome, originally named Dillinger, and was later sent by Claudius to Cato the Younger as an attendant, and then he was bought by Li Bida to serve as a close attendant next to the piper, and now he is called to act as a negotiator, which is undoubtedly the most suitable person. At noon that night, the chief of the palace guard, under the protection of several guards, quickly sailed to the great lighthouse in the shadow of the sea, which had been transformed into a very high fortress by Pompey's veterans, and Gabinus poked his head out of the shooting window on the top floor, "You are the plenipotentiary of the pharaoh?" ”

"Honorable former consul, I was also a Roman citizen, and now the pharaoh's chief of guard, and this time indeed a plenipotentiary envoy, I bring the most definite news of the text of the will and the palace of Ibo." Theotusus, on the deck of the ship, shouted with his arms waving. (To be continued......)