Then Domuwal followed the direction the little pigeon had run back to, and sure enough, he saw Calabis on the pole of the Opera Square, waving his hand and smiling at him.

When Domus pointed at Calabis, Printhia immediately panicked and asked the servant to carry the sedan chariot and leave, knowing that she had sold Calabis, which was taboo in the city of Rome, and she was afraid of Calabis's questioning and even revenge.

But several gladiators blocked the direction of her sedan chariot, and Calabis ran briskly to her chariot, where he first hugged the proprietress Domuche, and then kissed the back of Principia's hand, "The most beautiful woman in all Rome, you will make it easy for me to find." ”

Printhia was afraid that those lawless gladiators would strip her naked in the street and kill her slaves, even if she was in Rome, but between the black and white shijie, there was no liliang that was enough to pass all the areas, so she forced her composure, smiled and leaned over to kiss Calabis back: "Calabis, I heard that you served in a distant region, but Weishenme came back first?" I've thought about it many times before, write to you to greet you, hehe. ”

"Huh, huh? It's rare that Princia has kept me in mind for so long. I have long thought that you are a beautiful and kind woman, and that the old prostitute was like that just now, and you gave her the opportunity to participate in the temple fair, and of course I would reciprocate your kindness by giving her fifty silver coins, plus a charter fee of twenty silver coins a month, and the clinic under my name is open to her at any time. Listen, my Lord is about to have a feast for you, and don't forget it. You should also respond to my kindness! He said. Calabis secretly pinched Printhia's arm. There was a fierce light in his eyes, representing an undeniable attitude.

Before the other party could reply, Calabis kissed Domu's wrist and mouth passionately, making the unrestrained proprietress a little overwhelmed, "The joy and drinks of the festival banquet are rented to you, my dear dear dear friend with big boobs." ”

Looking at Principia, who had departed in astonishment, Calabis led the little dove to the arch of the amphitheater. A flock of birds flew there, and then he helped the little pigeon to flick the dust off his body, and before he could ask the woman and the child what was going on, he hurriedly said: "Please take my father to say hello to Potty, but I may not be able to go home for days, the city is like a spinning top, tell me, son, what is the gender of Potty's second child?" ”

"Daughter, because it's a daughter. The name was given by Poti and was called Corinna. The little pigeon said very seriously. Adoptive father, if I grow up and can serve you faithfully, would you be willing to make Corinna my wife? ”

Calabis replied perfunctorily, "You can marry a woman from a traditional aristocracy, and you don't have to marry a daughter of an upstart like me, which will not do us much good." ”

"What about Fan Lun Lingna!" The little pigeon continued to ask, but Calabis did not answer him, and ran away on his own, and ran along the Via Doskunara to the villas on the hill of Esquinino, which was close to the outskirts of Rome, and therefore the price of the buildings was much cheaper than that of the Palatine Hill, and where the down-and-out nobles and the newly wealthy liked to buy their estates. Looking Calabis up and down.

"Do you know where this is?"

"I know this is the mansion of the Bruthuus family, and I'm here to find Julius. Caesar's. ”

"Caesar is not here."

Calabis banged the knocker louder, "Caesar is here!" Don't worry, I'm not here to ask for a debt. ”

The old slave had a pair of sunken eyes, and looked vigilantly behind and around Calabis, to make sure that he was the only one, and then slowly opened the side door, and Calabis walked in, and saw Caesar covering his face with his robe, lying on a stone bench in the garden, I don't know whether he was awake or sleeping, next to him, a beautiful woman in her thirties, sitting on the side playing the zitra for him, and Brutus, a young nobleman whom he had met on the island of Sardinia, was playing a game of throwing lamb shanks with a ruddy and lively aristocratic woman on a small table under the grape trellis.

At a glance, Calabis confirmed that it was Brutus's mother, Caesar's favorite mistress, Seville, who played the harp; And the one who plays with Brutus should be the daughter of Seville's older brother (or younger brother) Cato Jr., who is also Brutus's cousin Portia.

"Hey, it's Calabis!" It was Brutus who got up first to greet him warmly, and Calabis also stepped forward to hug and shake hands with him, "That day in Sardinia, you actually left me and went first. ”

"I'm in a hurry to go to the barracks, I beg your pardon. Oh, it seems that you have finally chosen your lovely cousin, Dear Posia, and your father's integrity has made all Shijie people, including me, a new knight from a foreign land, feel sincere admiration. Look at this beautiful and delicate ring, you and Brutus must be engaged, and I will definitely give you a generous gift another day. Calabis knew of course that the daughters of little Cato's family had always been proud of their father and great-great-grandfather, so Pothea smiled and accepted Calabis's flattering kiss on the back of her hand.

Seville, who was next to her, said calmly: "Posia, you should not take the flattery of a young and handsome man to heart, otherwise you will end up like your aunt sooner or later, indulging in a relationship with a bald man." The women of our family were supposed to sit and work in front of the spinning mill at this moment, but now they are different, perfumes, clothes, young and beautiful men, all the time tempting us to fall, look at me now, I have fallen. ”

Hearing this, Calabis hurriedly changed his course, ran to Seville again, and kissed the back of her hand, Seville laughed, "Guest, I hope my joke just now did not surprise you, if you are here to demand a debt from the bald man lying on the stone chair, please send him to court and take him to prison, he has tormented me for almost ten years, cheating on food and drink, and cheating on my tears." ”

When Caesar heard this, he coughed twice, rolled over, and turned his back to Calabis.

Calabis stepped forward and whispered to him, "Your Excellency, please cheer up, now is not the moment to be passive and inactive, to indulge in wine and beauty, Pompey will soon return." And you are going to Lusitania with the Thirteenth Legion, in exchange for further rising glory, you are almost forty years old, and the peak of politics is beckoning to you, and you should not be seen to think that I have come to collect debts. ”

"I can't leave, I have too much debt." Caesar replied with some weakness and sadness.

"How much?" Calabis remembered that he used the proceeds of the previous Etrunian auction to help Caesar pay off no less than one hundred tarents, and Crassus also took out three hundred tarents, so Caesar's debts were at most three or four hundred adopted sons.

Caesar's reply was, "There are eight hundred and ninety-seven Talents again." ”

(To be continued......)