Chapter 3 Farewell Turinus (Part 2)

At this time, my father came over, sat on the edge of the couch, and gently stroked Corinna's beautiful hair with his hand. "Tulinus said in the letter that he didn't like your braid, but my father liked it very much." , because your hair is inherited from me, and you are my proudest work of art, good girl.”

"But now I even hate this hair. It is so different in the streets of Rome. Those ladies directly called me 'Porcelain' and gave me this nickname. I feel very embarrassed, very, very embarrassed. " Corinna sobbed.

"Don't believe those rumors, they are jealous of you, my good daughter, you don't know that Leodo is troubled by his mama-like fluffy hair!" After hearing this, the daughter finally stopped sobbing, and Lepidus finally Captured her psychology - young people are like this, including Lepidus himself. In those green and unrestrained years, everyone wanted to love to death, and they couldn't tell the difference between true love, friendship or sensuality. It seems that you have to do it, but once the heat is over, only difficulties and responsibilities are left, like ugly and hard rocks after low tide, standing naked in front of you, making people walk on it, dripping with blood, and at a loss.

In the end, there is only one way to escape, no, there is another way, and that is to forget.

Now Lepidus wanted to guide his daughter on this path. When he saw that his daughter was no longer crying, he wrapped his hand around a necklace made of forty-six turquoises, rubies and gold chains, and gently swayed it. He stood in front of his daughter and said, "Good girl, I give you this. The cost is thirty thousand dinars. But I am not here to please you because of Turinus. My father has no room for mediation in this matter. Originally, I I was prepared to suppress it, but now the evidence is in front of me. The villain not only attempted to murder your brother, but also wantonly slandered you. You know, if your brother is killed, and if you are criticized, father, I will also There is no motivation to live anymore. Would you be happy if your father died?"

"No, no, I have also thought about the responsibility of the women of the Aemilius family in the past few days. Since Turinus wants to harm our family, then I have to see through him and cut off the old feelings."

"No, on the contrary, I am willing to help you and Turinus." This answer was beyond Corinna's expectations, and she turned over in surprise. He held his father's arms and looked up at him. It seemed as if he had heard the most incredible thing, but his father still looked at him with a smile, "If being with Turinus is your happiness, Papa will never make things difficult for you. Papa will not be like that unreasonable brother in ancient times. During the triumphal ceremony, he stabbed his sister in the chest with a dagger because she was crying for her dead fiancé and enemy.”

"Papa..." Corinna's eyes became even more confused. She was like a lost lamb, lying between her father's arms and thighs.

"But I must make it clear to you that I will never embarrass you with the dowry, but Turinus was sentenced to life imprisonment in exile. If you marry him, you must go to the exile with him. "

Corinna buried her head in her father's chest and asked softly, "It's so scary... Where exactly is the place of exile?"

"We are temporarily settling on the island where the Maltese live. It is surrounded by sea water. It takes ten days to sail by boat to reach Sicily." Lepidus said calmly.

Then he fell silent and waited for his daughter's reply. Time seemed to have stopped. Corinna continued to bury her little head with some distress. After a while, she raised her pink arms and took her father's hand. He took off the necklace and buried it in front of his father's chest again, just like he did when he was a child - Lepida laughed... It seemed that everything was no problem.

At night, Corinna dressed up again. Although she did not attend the banquet that night, she stayed in her room, enjoyed the meals sent by the servants, and wore the necklace given by her father. No one doubted that she The wound will heal quickly as time goes by.

The final sentence of Turinus was issued. He was deprived of the rights to enjoy water and fire in Italy for life, exiled to the island of Malta, deprived of Julius's status as successor, and replaced by Dichias. After the Great Cinco Festival, , all the guards and retinues of the former Young Caesar were disbanded, and the centurions around him were all replaced by Lepidus' subordinates: six centurions from the first battalion, selected from the sixth legion, stood with swords At the exit of Turianum Dungeon.

Beforehand, Lepidus secretly summoned Feng Teius. In Prima's hidden living room, he said, "You have made a great sacrifice." The high priest felt uneasy and guilty, and faced Feng Teius, who had been completely dismissed from the military. Teus said.

"It's nothing. I can finally repay the high priest for his kindness back then. Romans don't like owed favors to others."

"The final punishment handed down is also life-long exile. But you don't need to worry, Fonteus. I will give your wife and children back home an allowance of 150,000 sesterces every year, and everything will be treated in accordance with the treatment of a military tribune."

"No, high priest, your salary is equivalent to the salary of the chief official of the administrative district." Fonteus said with a smile.

"Now as long as you nod, I can increase the annual salary to two hundred thousand, provided that you accompany Turinus to Malta, where there are a hundred soldiers allocated to you." The high priest then told the real truth Thoughts, he slowly took a sip of verbena water, "How about... Also, I will take care of your son directly."

When Fonteus heard this request, he felt the shadows under his feet turning. He understood that this was a generous treatment given to him by the other party. In fact, he was not allowed to refuse. You must know that his exile was jointly issued by the Senate and the People's Assembly. Even if Lepidus didn't give him a single assignment, or exiled him to a barbarian and desolate island in Illyria, he could only appoint him. So now Lepidus means, "Why should I specifically ask you to go?" Malta, because Turinus knew in his heart that he had been trapped, and the biggest leader was you. You and he had a perfect life-or-death relationship on that island. Of course I would hand over the responsibility of supervising Turinus to you. Peace of mind.”

But this helplessness of not being able to betray until death, wasn't it destined from the time when he accepted gifts and help from Lepidus (who was still a cavalry commander at that time) in Africa?

So of course Fonteus could only readily agree, "Thanks to the high priest for his help, Turinus will leave the rest of his life to me!"

When the sailing ship carrying the exiled prisoners set sail for the island of Malta, the election of consuls in Rome was also "settled" - Phillips got his wish and got the position of second consul. Tia said, "A mother has three children. From now on, you will regard little Phillips as your successful son, and forget the failed Turinus!" (To be continued...)