"Uncle, uncle!" Brutus ran to the burnt tent with a blank face, fearing that something might happen to Cato, but the governor of Cyprus only covered his face with his hand a little, resisting the licking of the scorching smoke, and said in a self-deprecating tone, "It seems that God did not want to take my life, so that I happened to be concerned about tonight's food, and walked out of the tent, because I could not read Plato's books at all." At this time, several tents around him were also quickly destroyed, and Brutus suddenly woke up to something, and shouted to the account books, and was about to go to the fire to rob them, but was pulled by Cassius, "Fool, there is nothing left in it." ”

After a while, the free slave Peragirus knelt down in front of his master, and little Cato spoke in a gentle tone, "You caused the fire, tell me what is the matter?" ”

"The cold and the oarsman will burn on the fire" Peragirus can only pop out these words when he comes and goes, he has been this virtue before, he has never been able to read and write, like a high-end Greek slave, he only knows how to work hard, but there is no way that little Cato's family likes this kind of slave, so in the will of little Cato's father, he was released, and he still does some manual work in the family.

Brutus wanted to say something, but little Cato waved his hand slightly, meaning that there was no need to continue, "This is an accident, if I keep the account book by my side, there is no guarantee that it will not be destroyed, it can only be explained by God's will, and useless suspicion can only hurt more people's hearts." ”

"But both books are destroyed, and only one person has the final say on what we get on the island. That's the one who holds the original in his hand. Lybidaeus. Cassiyo reminded quietly.

Yes. Cassiyo was right, one of the books was destroyed by the fleeing Dillinger, and the other was now burned by mistake for the heating of domestic slaves, and now the fleet was loaded with nearly 7,000 Tallents (3,500 Tallents were pledged by the Josephian Chamber of Commerce with booty, and 3,000 Tallents were loaned by the Chamber of Commerce in exchange for taxes).

Little Cato was silent, and then spoke in a low voice. "Only by waiting for Li Bida to speak, we are completely passive, this man from the Eastern Desert is a poisonous scorpion"

Among the onlookers, Asher, wrapped in a scarf, stood in the corner, his face dimpleed by the firelight and snow.

"There is another solution, and that is to use virtue and the name of the family to fool the matter over. That way, even if the money is lost, the basic front can be preserved, Nicias, my friend. As he spoke, little Cato ticked his fingers. The eunuch who had sent the corpses of the entire Turmaic family out of Cyprus immediately stood in front of the governor respectfully.

Haven't waited for what Cato has asked for. "Rest assured, Your Excellency, that in the course of your previous handling of finances, Your Excellency has placed great trust in the contemptible and high priest of Paphos, and I am willing to be a witness to ensure the integrity of His Excellency the Governor in court." ”

"But I heard that the lord of yours was also taken care of by Li Bida, and with the help of his legion, he enjoyed the funeral ceremony of a monarch!" Brutus's eyes were red at this time, he stood excitedly in front of the camp that was still blazing, and shouted at Nicias, he was miserable by Li Pida's counterattack, this cunning commander can really bear himself, in less than two months on the island of Cyprus, he was able to bribe all the people around little Cato to renegade, and directed such a show, so that they could not return to Rome in style!

So Brutus was suspicious of anyone now, and this Nicias was naturally included, and anyone who had contact with Lybida should be suspicious.

"Well, my dear nephew, remember my words well, and if you are inferior in wisdom to your enemies, you need to make up for your disadvantage in virtue. As long as you can be cautious and persistent, face everything calmly, and not blindly mess with yourself, there will always be a chance to turn the situation around, and if you want to mature in the future, you must remember this statement. Nicias, for your please, even if you may not be satisfied, but upon your return to Rome I immediately ask the Senate to grant you citizenship. ”

Nicias puffed out his mouth, flattered as his adopted son, and then bowed deeply to Cato the Younger.

At this time, there was a sudden scream in the camp, Cassillo coldly grabbed Ascher's hair, pulled her back from the crowd, and threw her on the snow, Asher seemed to realize that he had been discovered, and immediately hugged his master's thigh, who thought that little Cato had a painful expression on his face, "Ascher, Asher, I didn't get tired of your status as a prostitute back then, but only heard your beautiful and melodious lyre, I felt the kindness in your heart, so you are also like Dillinger, and put me at the price of dozens of silver coins, Betrayed to the alien naturalizer? ”

Cassiyo pulled out the dagger from the scabbard of his strap, brushed and cut Asher's simple dark coat, which was full of bright red underwear and a golden interior, and then said in a deep voice in front of little Cato, "She has been poisoned by lust and greed, and has been manipulated by Li Bida, the secret she came to tell Diringmer before should be a ploy to hide people's eyes, and secretly she used her lewd body to bewitch and manipulate your free slave Pera Girus, otherwise this fire would not be so coincidental!" Say, whore, let your filthy deeds be revealed, and let them stench in the clear sun. With that, Cassiyo grabbed Asher's head and rested the dagger around her neck.

"Yes, I will only indulge in the pleasures of the flesh, I am a plague, a seed born of inferiority, destined from the moment I was a baby, discarded on a dung heap in Subura." Asher's eyes rolled uneasily, tears and snot struggling with tears and snot as he said to his master, little Cato.

Little Cato sighed, slowly got up from his seat, and walked towards the vague shore, and then Brutus nodded to Cassillo, who pulled the dagger, and Asher fell to the snow with her face covered in a miserable howl, her nose had been flattened, but she was still sitting there, with a bloody hand, trembling to scratch the severed bloody nose, "She can't even go back to Subura, so she abandoned her in Corfu." Brutus said succinctly, and then he took out an iron rod from the armed servant, and struck it at the celestial spirit cover of Peragirus, who was still kneeling on the ground and trembling, and slammed it a few times, and Peragirus didn't even have time to scream, so he ran out of his brain, curled up on the ground, and twitched like a shrimp a few times, and then died.

Then came Asher's incessant wails, who crawled over and cried out at the corpse of Peragirus. (To be continued......)