The lavish dinner began, and the Apollo Room was brightly lit, with the guests standing casually in all directions, picking up expensive delicacies at the table, while others lying casually on the couch, served by slaves of both sexes, and Calabis standing by the side of Marcos on the couch. He saw through the candlelight that, indeed, many of Rome's leading men had come to the feast, and that Caesar, the smiling magistrate, was on the couch in the southwest corner, whispering something with Crassus, who had short gray hair, and several noblewomen, and then chuckled.

"It's really strange, I didn't expect a free man to appear at this kind of banquet." A bewitching lady in an orange wig walked up to Calabis, the fifth female guest to harass him—the first four behaved in the same way, with a kind of gesture, seducing him with all sorts of hidden words, the core of which was to ask him if he would like to have a spring breeze with him. It is the dream of many noble ladies to sleep with a well-educated, fluent Greek, and elegant-looking Oriental with pure black hair, just like some other noblewomen who only like to have fornications with tough dark-skinned sword fighters, and have different tastes.

"Yes, I am a freeman who serves Marcus, the master of Plema, whose name is Calabis, and it is my privilege to meet you bright ladies today." Calabis's smile was very professional, which he had exercised during his duty at the Temple of the Stove, and he had to take care of the feelings of Marcus next to him, and not to do anything out of the ordinary with his own mind, and when answering the noblewoman, he brought a plate of oysters poured with wine from the table, and diligently divided them into two parts, one to Marcus and the other to the noblewoman, "I don't know if you would like to have a drink with Marcus, he is a kind man who is easy to get along with." ”

The noblewoman looked at the somewhat nervous Marcos, and laughed bitterly, and said to Calabis, "This Marcos, whom I know, has hired many pornographers to write love letters to me for love. My name is Princia. The woman introduced her identity and was generous.

Princia? Yes, last year's punishment of Claudia in Ricdania Minor, and Lucuras' quarrel with his wife Claudia, all mentioned this woman named Princia, who was once a liberated slave girl and later became the most famous courtesan in Rome by virtue of her charm, and countless old generals were her courtiers, which can be said to be the result of the bribery of this woman behind the scenes.

Looking at the eyes of Calabis looking at her, Printhia smiled heartily, "It seems that your patron must have told you who I am, but it doesn't matter, I have to smell you for a long time, because Domuwai and her bar belong to me, and you helped her in the purchase of the Elixir of Bliss before." ”

"I'm honored to be able to do my part – I thought, shouldn't I be looking for something fresh on this beautiful night?" Calabis thought to himself, it turned out that Domuwei Nasao Niang was trained by her, and it was better to stay away from this kind of woman.

"Oh, I'm flattered, and I hope you, Calabis, can bring me some fresh fun." Printhia has a lot of charm, and the meaning of her words couldn't be clearer.

Calabis smiled slyly, made a gesture of invitation, and snapped his fingers, "I think it must be an enviable scene for Marcos and you to watch the crocodiles swimming in the warm waters under the starry night in winter." You know, the crocodiles in other places have long hibernated in the mud, and only Prima can see the ones that are still energetic. Marcus on the other side arranged his hair excitedly, jumped up from the couch, and was ready to take Printhia out of the house.

"Good Calabis, cunning Oriental man" Printhia, who reacted, still had a smile on the corner of her mouth, and when she passed by Calabis, she whispered to him, "The three thousand drachmas who accompany Marcos must be released, otherwise you will not be spared." ”

At this time, the bronze door of the Apollo Hall slowly opened, and the hostess Claudia walked in brightly, she had just delayed the time to welcome the guests in order to make up, and this happened to meet Printhia and Marcos, and then to the embarrassment of everyone present, Claudia and Printhia were wearing the same orange wigs, and the "collision shirt" of modern society was also staged more than two thousand years ago.

The whole scene suddenly cooled down.

"It's Princia, are you old and decrepit? It was actually mixed with Marcos. "Claudia strikes first.

Printhia smirked, wrapped her arms around Marcos, and countered, "Because Marcos is golden, funny, and childlike innocence, I'm going to feed the crocodiles in warm water with him right away." By the way, my dear Claudia, I heard that in fact, Langis actually compensated you with a full 10,000 aces last time, and you are so developed that the whole city of Rome has given you a new nickname, called 'Little Copper Plate'. ”

Hearing the nickname of this "little copper plate" that has never been seen before or since, Claudia's whole face was faintly painful, and she froze in place, and Printhia proudly flirted with Marcos and left, "Marcos, I heard that you still have a room, which is full of pet birds, I can accompany you to visit it soon, I am also very interested in cute birds, maybe I will choose one and caress it well." ”

Calabis thought that Marcos could be greatly refreshed this night, and Claudia, the "little copper plate", sat on the couch with her eyebrows upside down, with a constipated expression on her face, and then she saw Calabis, and her mood actually seemed to ease up a lot, and she took a glass of wine from the small table, and said to Calabis: "This is the first time you have entered the venue of this kind of banquet, right?" ”

"Yes, Mistress."

"Your manners are well dressed, neither vulgar nor arrogant, and this kind of banquet is full of opportunities for you, if you are pleasing to the people. By the way, you see the balding little man over there, Julius. Did Caesar? Claudia squinted and pointed to the southwest corner, and Calabis nodded hurriedly.

"Go and get close to him, in order to please the citizens recently, there will be a series of new buildings to undertake, the Colosseum and the Grand Theater that integrate water and land, you don't expect it, but I heard that there are two freshwater lakes on the outskirts of the city to be sold, to fill the empty treasury of the Municipal Department after the construction of the city, which is a good opportunity for you. Also, when you go to talk to Caesar, you have to grab his door, he ran for mayor and has a lot of debts, I mean, you know? Claudia, in a very elegant gesture, ate an oyster, and said.

But before Calabis went, he still had a question to clarify, and he asked Claudia in a respectful tone: "The mistress is so favored, I don't know why?" ”

Hearing this question, Claudia stroked her wig with some sadness, and said: "When I comb my hair today, I am a little troubled, I have lost too much hair on my forehead, and I have heard that there is a deer bone marrow essential oil produced in Gaul, which can cure this problem, but the price is expensive, a small bottle costs three hundred drachmas." Plus I've recently hired a great masseuse."