Adiana did not even change into her gown, but fell asleep on the couch, but the high priest crossed the curtain and outside, the slave girls bowed in horror, ready to be summoned by the master.

The High Priest's eyes fixed on a young woman who looked more innocent, and he summoned her to the corridor of the side entrance of the palace and handed her a pure gold coin.

The other party hurriedly lowered his head and said some words that he didn't dare to accept, Li Bida listened to her helpless speech, but laughed, and soothed, "This is not any other giving, you have to do something for me." ”

Then he pointed to the outside of the door, "Give you half a day's time, and go to the horse farm over there, mainly to see if my child, your little master, His Highness Eujit, is there." If so, repay me; If not, use this purse to go to the other servants and inquire about him and Spencers. After saying that, the high priest took out a small money bag and handed it to the handmaiden, "I don't want you to do the other words and actions, how about it, this task is easy to accomplish, go ahead." ”

In fact, even if the high priest did not comfort these words, the poor maidservant had to go, so she took the purse, thanked her, and left.

Then the high priest strolled under the verandah of the garden outside, leaned on the pillars, smiled and greeted the gardeners who stood up and bowed, and then sat down on the stone chair in the shade of the trees, knowing that Adiana would have to enjoy a golden sleep for two days, and that he had time to wait for the maid's return.

It's not the allotted time yet. The maid soon returned. She dodged to the High Priest. "How, is Eujit at the racecourse?"

The girl shook her head, and the high priest's fingers twitched twice more quickly, and he held back his anger, for there was no need to show anything to anyone who had nothing to do, and continued to inquire about her whereabouts.

"According to people in the know, His Highness is walking with the court teachers in the small jungle of the temple over there. Discuss philosophical aspects. The maid replied, rubbing the hem of her skirt nervously.

The high priest gave her another gold coin, and told her to keep quiet, and then he arose, and went into the little jungle at the foot of the palace, which the maid had instructed, and when he heard laughter and whispering, he shrewdly hid behind a large tree, and pricked up his ears to listen.

First of all, the Spencers' voice was very gentle and delicate. "My dear Eujit, since your mother has commissioned me to teach you all things in art and literature. So why can't you just accept our customs like a Greek? From the god Apollo to the great Socrates and Plato, they all believed that the art of love and beauty could only be ground up among noble men."

Then the court teacher and Eujeit spoke even lower, but Eujeit's voice seemed to rise a few degrees from time to time, and he could see that he and Adiana's child were resisting the teacher's temptation. Behind the tree, Li Pida's fingers twitched even more violently, and he repeatedly scolded Adiana for being a woman who looked smart but was actually a fool, first because he missed himself, and chose Spencers, a bastard who looked similar to himself, and then he didn't know that Spencers was constantly seducing his son.

And at this time, Spencers's attack on the other side seemed to be more violent, and he began to attack in a roundabout way, pointing to the brook on the other side of the jungle, and said, "What a beautiful river, at this time it should wash away the mud and sweat of early summer", and after saying that, he took off his clothes and robes three times and twice, and walked slowly into the stream, making all kinds of provocative expressions and gestures, and calling out to Eujit to come down quickly and bathe with him.

He stood in the shadow of the trees and under the grass, very distressed and hesitant, he pinched the reins of the horse tied to the tree, and wandered in place, he was also a wise child, and knew that if he really went down and sank, he would become a Greek, which would make his mother absolutely unhappy, but he respected Mr. Spencers very much, because it was under his careful teaching that he learned to write poems in praise of the sun god and the muse, although he always resisted his sweet requests.

The horse suddenly neighed uneasily, and Euegit grasped his saber and turned his head to see his father's tall figure looming over him.

The words of "Father" Eujit were about to float.

"Go to your mother's bedchamber, now." My father's words were very eerie.

After about a minute, Spencers was still in the stream, turning up and down naked, still shouting happily, "Your Highness, you don't know how cool this water is, and with the birdsong and cicadas in the woods, it seems that this world belongs to you and me, we can wipe each other's bodies and talk about syllogisms, and then I will anoint you, and we will go to the gymnasium to sweat and sweat, and at the right time of the evening, we will be able to join the dinner!" When he saw that there was no sound in the woods, he continued, "Do you not know my faithfulness and love for you?" I have not been in front of your father to guide you in offering a scroll of poetry, and it can be seen that your father is very, very satisfied, and that in the future his gift will be a kingdom, perhaps all of Greece. ”

The leaves rattled, and Spencers turned his head in a hurry and with joy, and the water drenched himself to his feet, and he opened his arms and shouted, "Come, my Eujit!" ”

What he saw was the high priest in a cloak standing across from him, and the two men were only about a dozen Roman feet apart.

The whole stream seemed to freeze, and Spencers froze in place with his bare buttocks, and with a stiff smile and outstretched arms, the eyes of the high priest showed no warmth, neither angry nor joyful.

"Dear Venerable Master, if you go into the water to bathe, it is better to ask my child to sit on the shore than to throw him in the shade of a tree over there to read a book, because this mountain is still full of dangers." After a while, Li Bida said.

Spencers felt like he had come back to life, and he hurriedly bent down to express his apologies to the high priest, and said that he would never make such a low-level mistake again next time, and that he would definitely do his duty and take a break from death, even if there were fierce beasts in the mountains attacking His Highness Eujit, he would rather take his body instead!

"Well, that's good, by the way, I'm a little sleepy because of the trek, so I've postponed the banquet to meet the envoy of Seris to two days later, and I'll arrange a small private party tonight, and you'll come too, and you've gone to the palace in advance." After saying that, Li Bida made a gesture, meaning to ask Spencers to follow, and turned to leave. (To be continued......) R1292