"We are ignorant in the eyes of our descendants." -- Pliny, Ancient Rome

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In the entire dungeon, only the noise of the wind in the aisles and the eerie sound of bats flapping their wings remained.

"Maybe you should make it clear, Leo—share your troubles with a friend." Turinus laughed again, and once again stretched out his hand of begging and friendship through the bar, hoping that Leo would hold his hand again, but the other man did not do so.

"No, no, I think Turinus you are a really smart person, in fact, when you were in the big court, even before you met Little Phillips, you should have understood that there was no one else behind this qiē behind." Leo slowly took two steps back, like a beast in an iron cage, "There is only one person, only one, and the only one in this world who can set such a perfect layout for you. My father, Lybidaeus. ”

Turinus's smile was still frozen on his face, he looked at Leo over there by the light of the fire, and after a long time, he continued to laugh, his face full of stubble, "It's not important Leo, I said, I have no hatred for your family at all, not in the past, not now, and not in the future." If the guardian wants to punish me, it's a casual thing, and I will never hold a grudge, never. With that, the flattering smile on Turinus's face became even more obvious, and his flattering smile echoed throughout the dungeon.

"Don't go any further with the mud, Turinus, you have it in mind. Yes. There are very few people who have a clear plan for their father in their hearts now. Cicero was instructed by him. For this eloquent man owes my father a great favor during the previous period of the Great Raid; Fonteus was instructed by him, for you may now know that when Caesar removed him from the rank of military tributary, it was my father who gave him the money to restore all that he had, and to install him at your side, and that he was already my father's dead man; Mecenas was also instructed by my father. No, not even at the behest of allegiance, he has been a minion of my father's allegiance from the very beginning, and from the moment he was born, Mecenas's father Chemes had a tattoo on his body that said 'Eternal Allegiance to King Numa', not to mention that he had always been in love with Corinna, and Phillips and his son were also instructed by his father, and as early as half a year ago, my father had reached an agreement with them through his connections, and the condition for you was that Phillips would be the last consul. His son served as a senior municipal magistrate with me. These, I believe before you are imprisoned in court. A few days and nights of captivity here, you should have figured it out. ”

Holding the iron fence in his hand, Turinus gasped, and he hoped that Leo would not repeat it any more, "Dear dear friend, I just said that I don't care about this qiē, as long as the guardian is willing to forgive me when his anger and anger are gone." Three years, five years, Corinna, if Mecenas wants to pursue her then go well, I don't deserve to love her anymore, Leo now I just want you to help me get out of here. ”

"Get out? Yes, go out, and if you think it's okay to be exiled, then I'll tell you the truth - Fonteius immediately instigated the twin legions after receiving instructions from my father, but he also communicated the news to General Tellureas in advance, and my father promised him that he would be the conqueror and governor of Britain in the future - so the mutiny was just a show, a real bloody play, with no audience, only actors. Subsequently, my father called the Bright Chamber, Mecenas, and lured you back to Rome under the bait of the marriage of the second consul and Corinna. Then, Phillips & Sons became the real killer who killed you. ”

"Enough! Leo, don't continue to say these meaningless words, yes I understand all now, maybe my wisdom is two or three days late, but now everything is over, and all I beg for is the guardian's forgiveness and forgiveness. ”

"There will be no more understanding, Turinus, you are more naïve now than I used to be, why don't you continue to think now, since your father has stretched out his sword to you, will there still be such words in that decisive moment? No, no, your end is sealed, exile and imprisonment in the island of Malta for life, there will be no three or five years, and my father will continue to live in this world for one day, and you will never return to Rome. Leo interrupted Turinus, and the words shattered the other party's spine and vision, completely.

"And what about your father's death!" Turinus finally couldn't take it anymore, his pale face turned red, "Think about it, we happened to be in the prime of life at that time, and we would join hands as friends to rule this country, and the greatest people in the world!" ”

Turinus then kept calling out Leo's name, begging him to think about it, but Leo was silent for a while, and then said, "I, the son of my father, I don't care what my surname is, Amirius, or Julius, or Cornerius?" Who cares about that? I am my father's son, and perhaps Corinna does not understand this idea now, but I have understood that on the night of thunder and lightning the day before, I said to my father, that if you must get an answer now, then I will sue you, and I will harm you, Turinus. That is, I deceived your sister and deliberately used my father's money to bribe the jury, so that you were actually convicted, and of course the people would say, 'Look, if Turinus is not guilty, then why should he bribe the judges?'" You are innocent, but you must be guilty. ”

"You also hurt me, you also hurt me" Turinus's mouth grew and trembled, he wondered why, but Leo answered for him very simply, "It is the person you look down on, that is, my biological mother, who told me what great tribulations and thrills my father went through to protect me when I was still in my mother's womb, and my mother would not lie, even if my father never told me in front of me. We have all reached the age when we are no longer young, so Turinus your dreams are buried in this dark and damp Tulianum dungeon, and they will dissipate in the waters of Malta, because you and I cannot coexist, and the chariot race in Rome is not the reason for us? There is no way to fit two racers on one track. Now, I, Leo, will continue to follow the track of this country in the name of my father, I didn't harm you, it's just a secret battle, you lose, my father and I win, it's as simple as that. ”

Then Leo slowly raised the whip in his hand from his cloak and pointed at Turinus, who was sitting there, "If it's you standing outside the dungeon now, you definitely don't have any forgiveness for me, right?" (To be continued......)