Chapter 2: Fire and Sword on the Tip of the Tongue (Part I)

"A businessman is a person who lies when he opens his mouth, otherwise they can't make money." - Ancient Roman proverb

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"You're treacherous, look at you, they still have the face to say that they are not the villains behind the tyrant? I can clearly see the emblem, showing that this group of vicious soldiers is from the Sixth Legion, it is your legion, Lybidaeus! Brutus roared, completely contrary to the spirit of the prior agreement.

"Don't panic Brutus, if you really are fighting for the Republic, why be afraid of them? They were also the army of the Republic, and this time they had come to oversee that the debate could take place in a safe and orderly manner, and that there were two angry elite legions outside the city, and that the backbone of them were also citizens who had been granted citizenship, and they certainly had the right to know how Julius had died at a theatrical assembly. "In addition, as the commander of the cavalry, I reiterate that the city is now under martial law, and if anyone commits any misdeeds today, Anthony and I have the right to demand that the centurion in the army be killed on the spot." And-"

After speaking, Li Bida stretched his hand back, and Matthias, with many slaves wearing short shirts, holding brackets and straw paper, lined up in a neat procession, and walked into the middle of the "E" shaped square in front of the temple, and then placed them in the object, and all sat down, "What is this going to do?" Casca couldn't hold back and questioned.

"It's nothing, we're going to make today's debate in the form of Akuta. And not only in the city of Rome. It will also be announced throughout Italy. We hope that all the truth will be exposed to the light, and that the state will no longer be a place for some people or families to control and do whatever they want, and to turn black and white upside down. The blood of the Gracchus, the Princes of Lee, and Julius is no longer in vain, and we now want everyone to know that the truth is to be discerned in public, and that it is like a real piece of gold. The more it is tempered, the more it will shine, and it will not be the monopoly of some priests to cover it with a black gauze and worship it in a dark temple, just as the calendar should be known to all the people. Li Bida said loudly, and then tens of thousands of supporters on the sidelines applauded wildly on the arcade.

"Don't be afraid of him, Brutus, for he is but a stranger with no tongue. Follow the original plan! Casca and Cassillo, one left and one right, stood beside Brutus, who looked a little nervous. Cheer him on, "What's more, we still have Aetius and Luga and others who haven't come to power, he can't resist it, that Anthony is a fool who only drinks and sleeps with prostitutes." ”

Brutus immediately gained momentum, he held the podium, and said very clearly to everyone, "Yes, yes, perhaps what everyone is most concerned about is why I, Marcus, stabbed the blade at Caesar, because we have no way back, and I have no personal vendetta with Caesar, but if I do not save the old republic, the freedom of it and its people will be completely lost, I am a descendant of the first consul of the republic, and this moral responsibility is incumbent upon me, and yesterday I put aside my personal feelings, Today I also hope that all of you will put aside your personal grievances, especially the two cavalry commanders, and that you should judge affairs according to the public interest, and not out of any other idea, because our goal is to figure it out, and that is to restore the republic! ”

After his speech, all the supporters on the other side also chanted the slogan of "restore the republic".

"When it comes to the public interest, aren't you endangering the public interest? Expeditions to foreign countries were under the direction of Caesar, and they were launched for very valid reasons, with the approval of the Senate and the people, and the Kingdom of Dacia invaded Thrace, an ally of Rome, and hired pirates to plunder the merchant traffic of the Yukchen Sea, and the Roman Empire took this action as a guarantee of the security of the allied kingdom; Not to mention Parthia, how did it treacherously kill so many of our fellow soldiers in the desert, and also captured the eagle banner and the emblem, which was a great shame for the republic, when the Parthian king was afraid that Caesar's sanction was about to fall on his head - Caesar was killed by his own people in the dark corner, and then the group of people raised their bloody hands and named themselves 'Justice'? The city of Rome, which had been immersed in joyous celebrations, the grand construction of cities and the rationing of cheap food were proceeding in progress, the taxes and fleets of the Executive Yuan were happily shuttling through the seas, the people and the army were receiving a large number of gifts, preparing to go to a new world to open up their own happy life, but now it was disrupted, the soldiers were furious and worried about the fulfillment of the resettlement land, the people were waiting for the fleet of ships in the port of the Ostia River, and the chief officer of the Executive Yuan, Ebro, was fleeing the city of Rome in fear of persecution. There were riots and fights in the streets and squares, and then you, Brutus and Cassillo, the murderers and planners of the order, demanded that we consider the matter in the public interest—then I would like to ask you what you think of as a "republic" and "public interest", please speak out loud, in front of so many citizens, freemen, and soldiers! "Li Bida's grand argument was like a waterfall, and when his words were passed on by word of mouth, to the ears of all the soldiers of the outer legion, they all beat their shields again and shouted for an explanation.

"Stop your accusations! I don't owe anyone an explanation, the republic is the soul and marrow of the Roman state, I don't expect you, a foreigner, to understand, that since commotion and riots are about to happen, you shouldn't pour a bucket of oil on the fire, have mercy on Rome, have mercy on the people! Brutus shouted, and then he did not dare to face Li Bida again, but turned his face to the onlookers behind him, as had been arranged, and he continued, "Citizens, I have gathered with you in this square today not to explain anything, nor to beg anyone for forgiveness, nor to take refuge in the temple or the holy mountain, but I have courageously stood up to kill the tyrant, and I will bravely come out today to settle this qiē." Lybidaeus's statement, as long as I expected, in fact, before I became chief counsel, I had repeatedly pondered these questions in my heart with contradictions and pains, and the other party would inevitably accuse me of breaking my oath, of violating my feelings, of violating the long-standing peace and order of Rome, but I still have to say it, in order not to let you be deceived by short-term sweetness and bribery, and in order to give the government and the people eternal freedom and democracy. I also want to know, Lybidaeus and Antony, do you dare me to make everything I say public, or do you just make things difficult for me in my personal affairs and oaths? (To be continued......)