Defoemos is a very well-maintained, fat man about forty years old, although a little with some Egyptian-style small decorations, but from top to bottom is still the appearance of a white-skinned ghost, his face is very ruddy, at first glance it is nourished by the best local wine in Cyprus, the interior decoration of this temple of great love is also luxurious enough, and obviously Defoemos heard in advance that after the war began, he found a lot of craftsmen, and smeared all the gold and gemstone wall decorations with plaster to hide people's eyes, but Li Bida is not a fool, Standing on the splendid porphyry floor of pure Upper Egypt, he bowed politely to the high priest, claiming that he had sent an army to your country on the orders of the Republic, and that he hoped for forgiveness from God's agents as a last resort.

"Personally, I don't want to go to war with your friendly and simple people, and I hope you know that." Lipida lowered his hand, and his Greek tone was polite, not like any arrogant and rude Roman general, which was enough to reassure Defoemochis.

But then his heart rose again, for the general looked up at the colossal statue of the goddess, which had been smeared with mud, and seemed to swallow and spat at it, and then, with an innocent expression, pointed and asked, "I have heard that the jewels on this statue of Eros are worth six hundred to eight hundred tarents, haven't I?" ”

The high priest muttered that it was probably so, and then Li Bida's next sentence made him furious, and the naturalized general sighed faintly, and said, "It is not easy to fight, and now there are 8,000 people eating in front of me, and I am in trouble, so I hope to sacrifice to the god of love." to get a solution to the problem. Then the whole temple fell silent. I could only faintly hear the chatter of the soldiers outside and the noise of the wind.

Long. Defoemos pleaded, "I know your difficulties, but please don't. ”

Li Bida touched the marble base of the statue in embarrassment, and also said in a low voice, "Actually, I wanted to explain to you yesterday that those two stone bullets were not fired by mistake at all, but by the intention of some subordinates. All day long plotting to sack this sacred place. Then he sat quietly before the high priest, and with a smile continued, "It's very difficult, I took those men, and to put it to shame people, they were all pirates, bandits, sailors, and ruffians, and it was a miracle that I could bring them to the island." If I don't do what they want, even my life will be in danger, I don't know if you can understand what I said? ”

"I am willing to give a thousand Tallent for real money, but I don't want the buildings, plants and trees of the Holy Land to be destroyed." Defoemos made the offer.

"A thousand. A thousand Tallents! Li Bida first shouted out in a trance, and then seemed to realize that he had lost his temper just now. So he said to Defoemothys, "But is it really possible to come up with so much money here?" Before the other party could reply, Li Bida put on a look of sudden realization, and shouted that it should be done—because I got the officer who surrendered, and of course your brother's former subordinate, that the entire treasury of seven thousand talents was hidden in this holy place by your brother, and he was willing to die and went to the city of New Paphos to attract our attention.

How boring you brothers must be, Lybida approached Defoemojes again, softly, but obviously threateningly, "so I would prefer to get my hands on the remaining six thousand Tallents, and besides, this is not your property in the first place, and I want to return it to its rightful owner." ”

"Don't be delusional, one thousand is the limit price, don't think that you can be lawless when you come with a sword, if you dare to invade this holy place, the whole world will not let you go, even if it is the Roman Republic."

"So what, is the status of this place as honorable as that of Athens under the Sulla soldiers of the past? I am only responsible to my soldiers, not to the Republic, and even if I am punished, but to die is only to confiscate property and be exiled, confiscate property? It's a joke, I'll give 6,800 Tallents to the Piper, and then I'll take 200 Tallents back to Rome and have them confiscated at will, just a little trick. And you, you will be mercilessly executed here, your brother will not live, and your royal family will all of you-" Speaking of this, Li Bida made a gesture to wipe his neck, "I repeat, we are not regular soldiers, we are just helping mercenary, murderous bandit mercenaries, known to the outside world as 'Cyprus Pickpockets', and no royal law can control us!" Perhaps, in the siege battle, a fire bomb that misfired and fell into the Temple of Great Love, causing the entire holy place to be burned, seems to be a very normal and reasonable reason for the past. ”

Defoemos trembled a little, and then he slowly walked to the side table, picked up a glass of wine, took two sips, and calmed down, "Tell me about your conditions." ”

"It's very simple, hand over all the seven thousand Talents, not a single child, don't keep copies of the account books, don't play tricks, and let me take all my subordinates to publicly sacrifice to the Temple of Great Love, because this is my superior Julius. Caesar's Birthplace. "I will pray here for him and the family of Julius, the temple that will then nominally belong to the Republic, and I will be given the title of 'Friend of God.'" In return, I will not encroach on the Holy Land, and I will do my best to protect your position as High Priest, but my brother in the New City is a little helpless. ”

"This condition is too harsh, too harsh." Defoemos tried to calm his gloomy mood and pleaded incessantly.

"Okay, you know, the Piper of the Dao Dao wishes that your brothers were all played, this condition is very lenient, and there is not much time to think about it, I am here to hear from you." After speaking, Li Bida saluted the high priest again, and then walked around the hall, the sound of Da footsteps was like a clock that kept on coming, slowly testing the high priest, and finally he still crossed his waist, supported a few places on the side with one hand, and beckoned to Li Bida, expressing his approval of the Roman general's opinion.

The next day, except for an infantry brigade left to guard the siege camp, the rest of the soldiers all stood in front of the Temple of Great Love in an orderly manner, except for an infantry brigade to guard the siege camp, and they all condensed their breath, quietly waiting for their commander-in-chief to come out of the inner hall.

"The Liberator of the Temple of Love, the Liberator who rescued the ancestors of the Republic from the hands of aliens!" Hebrida and Tagus were the first to raise their hands and take the lead, and then the soldiers shouted the name in turn, and everywhere there were signs waving and shaking. (To be continued......)