The wise accept the guidance of the intellect, and the ordinary people are guided by experience; And the beast is guided by intuition.

- Marcus Tulius Cicero (Roman statesman, orator, orator, jurist, and philosopher)

Although Oscar now has a typical Roman body, his soul is still that of an Oriental; For Oscar, no matter how beautiful the blonde beauty is, it is not as beautiful as the beauty of the East. Moreover, as long as he sees this oriental face, Oscar has a particularly intimate feeling. So, Oscar bluntly asked the girl from the East on the left in Chinese that he hadn't used for a long time: "Ming... Mingyue, where are you from in the East? Do you understand me? ”

Hearing Oscar suddenly say such a sentence, Bustard's mother and Quintus, who had never heard Chinese, were dumbfounded, but this girl named Mingyue looked at Oscar with a shocked face. Ever since she was caught by a nomadic cavalry at the age of seven, she has been sold here and there, and it took her nine years to finally get to the so-called city of Rome.

In the past nine years, she has heard countless languages, and she has learned countless languages because of her talent; But he never heard the words of his hometown again, and today he actually heard the words of his hometown from a stranger in this farthest place from his hometown. At this moment, Mingyue had the feeling of meeting her family, and she couldn't control her emotions anymore; Mingyue, who was out of shape, rushed to Oscar's side, hugged Oscar and began to cry, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances she had suffered in the past nine years.

Looking at Mingyue crying in her arms, Oscar knew that she understood her words, she was a person of the same nationality as herself; Immediately, Oscar asked Quintus to help him buy Mingyue. The bustard mother was about to say something, but was pulled out of the room by Quintus, and another girl was also taken out of the room; At this moment, only Oscar and Mingyue were left in the room.

After the three of them exited the room, Oscar put his arms around Mingyue in his arms, gently stroked her back with his right hand, and comforted her with the Chinese that was slowly beginning to regain his proficiency. Gradually, Mingyue also cried out all her grievances; Only then did she realize how presumptuous her behavior had just been. After nearly a decade of tossing and turning. Mingyue knows that from the east to Rome thousands of miles away, the common denominator is that the status of women is very low.

Whether in the East, or through many countries as far as Egypt and Rome; Although there are many examples of women serving as kings in these countries. But the status of women is still very low. Especially in the eyes of the upper class and the wealthy, women are nothing more than vassals and objects of men; And according to Mingyue's knowledge from other people's words, this country named Rome is a very powerful country, and the young man in front of him must have been born in a very powerful family, and his behavior just now was indeed a little presumptuous.

But. Thankfully; This young aristocratic young man did not blame himself, and he continued to comfort himself with the words of his hometown. This made Mingyue a little puzzled, in addition to her hometown and some small countries close to her hometown, some people would say it; I've never heard of anyone else speaking this language, so why do this so-called Romans actually know their native dialect?!

After the timid Mingyue hurriedly left Oscar's arms, she knelt at Oscar's feet in a panic and hurriedly apologized to Oscar in Chinese; Oscar pulled Mingyue up, and then forced her to sit on the bed, but he stood up and walked back and forth while explaining in Chinese:

"Mingyue, I know that you must have a lot of doubts and incomprehensions in your heart; But. There are a lot of things that I can't explain to you, and even if I did, you wouldn't understand. You just need to know that in this world far from the East, we are the closest family; The most important thing for me is to go to the East. So, sooner or later, I will surely send you back to the East; Until then, you will be by my side, and I will protect you and take care of you. All right? ”

Oscar's words made Mingyue a little inexplicable, why did this Roman say that he was his closest person? What was the most important thing for him to go to the East? However, Mingyue will not be stupid to say these problems; Of the dozens of girls who were arrested with him back then, he was the only one left. Nine years as a slave have taught me tactfulness and patience, and nothing matters; The most important thing is to live.

Thereupon. Mingyue naturally agreed to Oscar's retention; Because in Mingyue's heart, it is better to be a young and handsome Roman aristocratic woman than to be a prostitute in a brothel. Of course, this is obviously Mingyue thinking too much; Oscar doesn't have the idea of finding a lover to come home when he just gets married, which is not a good man's doing. Well, taking into account the factor of interests with the Maxentius family, Oscar would not have done this either.

After Mingyue agreed. Oscar began to talk to Mingyue about the bitter history of how she came to Rome step by step from the East over the years; During this period, Mingyue's stomach was still rumbling with hunger. It turned out that the brothel bustards would not feed the slave girls they bought, and only when they tried to get more customers would they be allowed to eat their stomachs; And Mingyue hasn't picked up the guests yet, so naturally she hasn't eaten enough.

Oscar immediately asked the people outside the door to bring in a lot of exquisite food and desserts in the shyness of the bright moon; It may be that you have never eaten a full meal, or you may have never eaten something so delicious. In short, after the food and desserts came up, Mingyue began to gobble it up; Seeing the soft and weak Mingyue eat so quickly, Oscar felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and asked her to eat slowly while letting her continue to serve food.

Naturally, what happened in the room could not be hidden from Quintus and the bustard; At this time, the two were waiting in another room for Oscar and Mingyue to come out. Originally, the bustard mother did not plan to sell Mingyue to Oscar, because the bustard mother had already advertised among the wealthy merchants in the city of Rome; Auction a beautiful woman from the East tomorrow night. With the family background of those wealthy merchants in Rome and the rarity of oriental beauties, it should not be difficult to sell five thousand gold coins at that time.

However, these became clouds after Quintus revealed his identity; When the nanny learned that Quintus was the captain of the famous Scipio family, she immediately said that she would give Mingyue to Oscar for free, and she would never charge anything! It's not that this nanny isn't greedy for money, but she knows the trade-offs; Since Quintus is the legion leader of the Scipio family, how simple can Oscar, who can command Quintus?!

In the city of Rome there were some people to be offended, and some people who could never be offended; Without the income of thousands of gold coins, you can slowly earn it back in the future. And once you get the favor of Scipio's family, it will be a huge benefit. If nothing else, at least the officials and hooligans of Rome will no longer dare to come to their brothels; Even many people have to act according to their own faces. You know, not everyone can get involved with the four major families of Rome!

Wrong. Now there are five major families; The new Triumphant of the Republic, Lord Oscar, is now the fifth largest family of the Republic. Oscar? House Augustus? I see! At this moment, the bustard mother suddenly figured out a lot of things, no wonder she looked at the young man just now a little familiar; Isn't he the same Oscar who changed his clothes?!

On the day of the triumphal ceremony, Oscar's triumphant procession happened to pass by the bustard's mother's brothel, and the bustard's mother naturally saw Oscar surrounded by the army upstairs. It's just that Oscar was dressed in a military costume at that time, and now he wears the clothes of an ordinary Roman citizen; But the appearance does not change. No wonder the captain of Quintus, of the House of Scipio, listened to the young man's orders. He's the hottest person in Rome right now! I didn't expect to be able to have a relationship with the Augustus family and the Scipio family at the same time today, and happiness came too suddenly; It makes the bustard mother a little dizzy!

And now the report of the next person has made the bustard mother and Quintus a little unclear, so didn't Oscar leave Mingyue in love with her? Why didn't you do anything else but chat in the room? also asked his subordinates to keep taking things for Mingyue to eat, what is Oscar's idea? Never underestimate anyone, the people in these brothels; Although he doesn't have much ability, his ability to see through what the guest is doing at a glance is top-notch.

In the end, it was Quintus who muttered to himself: "Didn't Oscar want to have fun, did he really fall in love with this woman from the East?" She's not very pretty, isn't she?! "This is really a word to wake up the dreamer, if Oscar really doesn't just fall in love with Mingyue. also fell in love with Mingyue at first sight; That's great news for the bustard's mother, who can take this opportunity to join the Augustus family!

Thinking of this, the bustard mother couldn't sit still; Because Mingyue was just a relatively rare female slave before, she was not very good to her, and of course she was not harsh. However, now the bright moon has a chance to fly on the branches and become a phoenix; I'm going to stutter hard. There was an unwritten rule in the brothels of various countries at this time; That is, the prostitutes in the brothel are nominally the goddaughters of the bustard's mother.

Of course, this is also a means that bustard mothers have come up with, if a certain prostitute has something to do with a certain big person; I can use this to get in touch with this big man. So, when the prostitutes who were born as slaves were bought; The bustard's mother prepares a so-called dowry. One is to thank the woman for the money she has earned for the bustard's mother, and the other is to connect with the person who bought them.

This dowry generally increases with the status of the man, and there is no fixed rule at all; If the person who bought the bright moon was just an ordinary foreign merchant, the bustard's mother would only come up with a dowry of ten gold coins at most; Let's say it's a big merchant in the city of Rome. The bustard's mother will give a dowry of at least 100 gold coins; In the case of nobles and officials in the city of Rome, the bustard's mother would have decided according to his family and his own status, and would have paid at least half of the purchase price, or even gave the entire purchase price as a dowry to the man who bought them. However, bustard mothers generally do not lose money, which is also a potential rule in this line.

However. So far, there has not been a case in Rome where people from the five great families have come to the brothel to buy prostitutes; After all, with their family status and power, what kind of woman they wanted, how could they come to a brothel to buy a woman? Unexpectedly, such a thing happened today, and it was Oscar, the leader of the Augustan family, who has been in the limelight recently; The bustard's mother did not dare to delay, and after hurriedly bidding farewell to Quintus, she prepared the dowry.

Two flowers, one on each table; Just as Oscar and Quintus entered the brothel, the carriage of Prisca's mother, Madame Honoria, happened to pass through the Tuscan street; Mrs. Honoria in the carriage was immediately visible to Quintus and Oscar walking towards the brothel. Seeing this, Madame Honoria's heart was very unhappy; You must know that Oscar and Prisca have just gotten married, how can they go to that kind of occasion?

Of course, Mrs. Honoria didn't blame Oscar in her heart; After all, Oscar had never been in or out of such a place before his father died in battle, and he was also busy with family affairs after that, so he didn't want to do it. These were all public matters in the city of Rome, and it was evident that Quintus of the Scipio family had tricked Oscar into going to the brothel this time; You can't afford to sit idly by! Immediately, Madame Honoria ordered the carriage to turn around and head to the Augustus family mansion. (To be continued.) )

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