Chapter 5: The Secret Pact (Part I)
Call me the future Octavian's father-in-law and guardian? This joke seemed to be a bit of a big deal, but Li Bida said to Peidis very quietly, "I can discuss this matter with my wife and family." ”
"I really don't know that you have lived in the city of Rome for so many years, and you will consult women on major matters. Well, that's fine, but Uncle Lu Dao likes my nephew more, and he has no male heir so far, so Turinus may inherit Julius's family business in the future. Petis began to induce, and when he saw Libida turn to leave, he raised his hand and continued to shout, "Yes, yes, it is true that Turinus's grandfather worked as a money changer for Celtic gold coins and dinars, and Attia's grandfather used to run a bakery, but now the Octavian family is a decent family, and a knight, and it is the same as your current lintel, you have to think about it, Turinus and Attia have guardians like you, and we are also relieved." ”
In the courtyard, Potty and her maid were busy in the kitchen area, the little pigeon was directing the craftsmen to inlay shells on the walls, and in the small parlor at the corner, Yulia was crouching in front of the loom and carefully picking the flower thread, and little Leo and Corinna stood beside her and watched.
"Listen, it's about Corinna's marriage, you need to call Potty." In the monotonous voice of weaving, Yulia said without hesitation, "Besides, you said that Caesar would prevent you from going to Egypt on this condition?" ”
After seeing the helpless expression on Li Bida's face, Yulia put down the work at hand, and then took the word board in her husband's hand, took off his gold ring, and glued the ink clay. The inscription "Guardian of Attia and Turinus" is stamped with the seal of the Emili family. Then he said to her husband, who was a little surprised. "With some courage and determination, it's not like you were in Sardinia."
"But I can't go to Egypt!" Li Bida regretted grabbing the word board.
"I'll go to the Governor myself to-morrow to see how stubborn his ostrich-egg-like head is, and whether he needs a legion commander or an Egyptian backing up." Not to be outdone, Yulia put the word board into the patterned cloak, and the two began to attack each other to block it. Little Leo and Corinna thought they were playing a game, and they both clapped their hands and laughed.
"Actually, if I want to have both, maybe I have a way." It was hard to believe that this came from Potty's mouth, but she wiped her putty hands and leaned lightly against the curtain hanging on the doorpost, and then saw the men and Yulia look in even more surprise, so she smiled embarrassedly and said, "Of course I didn't plan it, and I can't confirm that it's true—someone told me to tell you beforehand." ”
"Who?"
"Longinus. Cassiyo. When this name came out, Li Bida felt that things had become complicated.
"Who is he?" Yulia continued to ask questions in place of her husband.
"Of course, he is friends with Portia and Brutus. And he asked me to pass on another word to you—he said that there were not only three-headed monsters in the world of power in Rome. And the three-headed monster is not exactly in unison, and if you realize this, you can feast me once in the village of Lusail, and I would love to pay homage to you and your wife. ”
Cassiyo deliberately asked Poti to say this, and it was unfathomable, and it was obvious that he was very clear about what Li Bida was thinking and what his goals were during this time, even if he had always been in Apollonia before—by the way, Apollonia, could it be that Cassiyo had a deep friendship with Cicero there, and even Brutus and Cato the Younger on Rhodes? So why is it that Cicero's own brother plays this role of messenger? How could Caesar be confident in recruiting him to his tent?
No matter what, Li Bida said to his wife and Porti that tomorrow he would take his servants to the surrounding markets to buy ingredients, and feast on that Longinus in the name of his colleagues. Cassiyo.
After the arrangements were made, it was already nightfall, and when the dinner was over, the atmosphere of the whole restaurant suddenly became awkward, especially when the slave girls began to go to the back bedroom to carry the mats and blankets, Li Bida, Potti, and Yulia were silent holding the utensils.
According to formal ethics, although there is no public marriage, Yulia is a formal wife.
But according to customary law, Porti and Li Bida lived together for so many years, and they also gave birth to a pair of children for him.
If in the original era, Li Bida handled this kind of thing very well, it was really impossible for two beauties to sleep together and lie on the floor outside the room by themselves, anyway, it was an era when the privacy of a small family was paramount. But this is not possible, the husband and wife can only be said to be the core of the Roman family, and there is also a kind of family called slaves in the periphery, so if they have any strange and eccentric behavior, the second day can be spread all over the house, and the third day is definitely full of storms. "Well, Potty, go and get the olive oil potion mixed with snail dung from the dining table, you serve me to sleep with the man today, and you don't need anyone else." Yulia forced a calm and said, Potty's bread just now was almost stuck in his throat and didn't suffocate, there were many ways to prevent pregnancy in the Roman era, and what Yulia mentioned just now was more commonly used by the Latins, and the Egyptians and the Minor Asians liked to use the shell of crocodile eggs to put it in, and the barbarians were more simple and rude, some made soup with mouse feces, and some directly asked the woman to squat naked after the fact, and let the emperor's liquid flow out by sneezing.
So when Yulia said this, she made it clear that she was going to spend the night with her husband tonight, and the little widow thought that she would be able to hide her eyes and ears, but she really couldn't think of how to end it!
And Potty gave Li Bida a back look, and immediately followed the little widow's words, quickly lifted the small jar from the dining table, and blocked Yulia's retreat, she could only lower her head, sandwiched between the man and the woman, and slowly walked into the bedroom.
At this time, Yulia understood that she had no way back, but the hesitation she actually had in her heart before was not a resistance to her new marriage with Li Bida, but more of a guilt for the past, but during this journey to Milan, she felt that Corinna and Little Leo's children were her own, so as a wife, it should naturally be natural to accept her husband's entry.
But when she changed into silk loose pajamas and nestled on the bed, she saw that Porti beside her had directly faded the clothes on her body, revealing her wheat-colored skin and plump figure, and then leaned down and removed two holes from the three-hole oil core in the winged gold-plated low lamp stove, and the whole room suddenly became hazy and gloomy (to be continued......