At this time, the whole courtyard was silent, and on the field framed by the rectangular wall, there were only Li Pida, Cleopatra, and the circle chair, and Li Bida continued to ask for a long time, "Can I help you realize this wish?" ”

Xiao Yanhou's hand was raised, and a bell sounded to cover Li Bida's mouth, and then it was, "I understand, but do you understand Li Bidaus?" ”

"Of course I understand." Li Bida gently grasped Cleopatra's hand and put it down, "When Ptolemy died on the island of Cyprus before, I was thinking that your wish was coming true step by step, and the next step would be to get rid of your self-proclaimed sister Benenici, and--I heard that you also have a younger brother." ”

"That's right, he's taking refuge with a nomadic tribal chief in the desert of southern Libya, and he's my father's last card, so my father only took me with him when he went to Rome, just because I was fluent in seven languages." When Empress Xiao Yan said these words, the bangs and braids hanging from her shiny black wig covered her face, and her tone was as flat as water.

"According to your father's plan, the one who will inherit the throne of the kingdom in the future should be your brother, and you will be his co-wife, which is not a big deal in the Egyptian and Ptolemaic royal traditions."

"But I don't want to rule with him at all, he's the same as my sister, although he is better looking than me, but his mind is very flashy and stupid, and it only hinders me." At this time, Cleopatra raised her head, and then she smiled at Li Pida, "When you return to Alexandria, you are the governor and finance minister of Egypt, will Peternius stay in the royal city with the main force of the Thirteenth Legion?" ”

"Yes, that's exactly what I arranged. Even if I don't stay in Egypt. But Petneus would take with him the chief thousand-man brigade of the Thirteenth Legion. In place of the Hormahi Legion, he will become the Praetorian Guard of the royal city, and my in-laws will monitor him. And that Theotusus just now is my agent in the court, both inside and outside. ”

"Then let Theotusus be my brother's tutor, corrupt him, turn him into a boiling of resentment, and finally help him make stupid decisions that can lead to death." Queen's white teeth are exposed. I didn't expect her smile to be so cute when she planned this kind of thing.

"Yes, it's all for you, my future female pharaoh, and I'm your guardian." Li Bida took a half step back, bowed respectfully to Cleopatra, and said.

"The lifeblood of Egypt will be in your hands, my lord." Empress Xiao Yan also took half a step back, and saluted Li Bida with her hand, "I will do my best to assist you in winning the world realm in Rome." In order for you to leave my country as soon as possible. ”

After saying that, both of them burst into laughter.

The city of Thebes in Upper Egypt. On the shores of the sacred lake of Karnak, the sound of countless small workshops weaving the linen needed for the great temples of the region around the clock, the clear waters of the lake and the Nile Channel, the flat-bottomed open-top boats carrying the grain of the gods from all directions, all the topless male and female oarsmen, rowing neatly and rhythmically the oars with the egret statuettes at the top, did not dare to slack off.

Benneici and Arcilaus's royal fleet also sailed in between, but it was not the poor laborers who rowed, but the high-ranking officials and officers, who rowed without complaint the long oars, urging the ships made of Lebanese expensive cedars, and Beneniciki, surrounded by the ladies of the palace with a feather fan and a harp, was indeed as jealous of his sister Cleopatra, and was so beautiful that Archilaus accompanied the beautiful woman with the illusion of a dream.

When Mithridates VI was forced to commit suicide, he and Achilles, the admiral of Pontus, were embraced by the rebel soldiers as the new king of Pontus, and demanded to accept the "crown" of reeds, but he and Achilles both refused this hot potato out of fear, and finally Pompey appointed the governor of the bronze shield army, Menander, to take Mithridates' concubine into the Bosphorus kingdom.

Achilles took refuge in Menander, but Achilllaus did not want to stay in the land of the barbarians on the northern shore of the Black Sea, so he also sought the priesthood of the royal cemetery of Sinop Pontus through Pompey, and soon the civil strife in Egypt broke out, and the blood of the soldier's adventurous gene stirred in his body again, so he pretended to be the son of Mithridates and ran to Egypt to try his luck, and was favored by Benenici at a glance by his own Kongwu (although Cleopatra's sister was supported by the Hormahi legion to the throne, but she needed such outsiders to subdue and control the Praetorian Legion again) , entered the house, and became the co-ruler of Egypt, it is really a dream.

At the entrance to the huge temple of Amun, all the priests lined up with rosin sticks and lined up to greet them, and behind them the servants carried baskets of bread and beer, ready to treat the Pharaoh and his wife's men.

"Your Majesty, from the temple of Amun at the very end, to the temple of Lukosa at the very end, all the servants of the gods are here to welcome you."

Beneniciki and Arcilaus could not speak Egyptian, and could only communicate with the priests through interpreters, which had made many "prophets" feel faintly dissatisfied, and when Benenici asked if the idol of Alexandrius, the main god of Alexandria, could also appear on the sacred three-masted ship with Amun and other local gods during the feast of the valley.

The slick priests just smiled and delayed, saying that it was best to start the blessing ceremony for the marriage of the two as soon as possible, and that it was not too late to consider the placement of the idol of the flower boat. There is a deep reason why they do this, what kind of god is Serapis? However, like Alexandro, it was the creation of Ptolemy's white-skinned Greeks, and Thebes did not accept such foreign gods at all!

Benenicki's face was also a little embarrassed, and he muttered a few words to Achilllaus unhappily, and after Achilles comforted the beautiful bride, his eyes were attracted by the temples of the city of Thebes, each temple is almost a small bustling city, connected by streets, everywhere is the smoke of precious spices, forming a colorful cloud over Thebes, and the West Thebes on the opposite bank is full of large farmsteads in the name of the temple, and countless granaries stand in the fertile fields, "This is simply the kingdom of God, Perhaps richer than Alexandria. ”

"So, I want to send the god Serapis here to build a new temple and attract more believers to pay for the new temple and increase the wealth of the kingdom. But apparently, these cunning priests are not so easy to submit. Beneniciki said bitterly.

"I've brought with me two thousand Hormahi legions, and I can do something about it under the pretext of the Roman invasion." Archillaus was full of ambitions. (To be continued......)