Chapter 29 Loneliness (Part 2)

At the entrance of the Bull Market Street, the torch in the slave's hand shook sharply, and Caesar fell to the ground, stretching and curling up like a shrimp. The back of his head was almost frighteningly folded to the side of his back. It was full of mud and water, and there was a roaring sound coming from his mouth. At this time, he tried hard to grab something, but couldn't catch anything, and his eyes became distracted. Several slaves stuffed a piece of cork into his chest with ease. mouth, and then headed towards a tavern with lights, wrapped Caesar in a cloak and carried him inside. +top+point+novel

"Shut up, don't say anything, or I will kill you all!" The personal slave led by Caesar put the dagger on the young maid who came out with a lantern to greet her, scaring her so much that she couldn't even scream, and then the slaves behind him After giving the other party a money bag, the maid led them in without saying a word.

This is an extremely shabby tavern. Clay cups are scattered everywhere on the rough wooden table. The walls are covered with traces of smoke and fire. There are also rows of wine cans piled up. A few people are hunched in the corner, and This shabby drinker in the tavern saw the man who was being carried in. His body was wrapped in a cloak, and his hands hanging down were extremely pale. He was also covered with gold rings. He knew that the man was not a common man, so he took a few secret glances. After that, he immediately turned his back, threw down a few copper coins and left knowingly. You must know that in this city, knowing the secrets of big shots means extreme danger.

But if one recognized Julius Caesar, it would be an impressive sight. Father of Rome, dictator, consul for ten years, tribune for life, descendant of Venus. , etc., a big shot who holds so many glorious titles. Now he's like an alcoholic with gambling debts. It was left in a corner covered with lime scars. Lying on the bench, he kept twitching and making laughable moans.

After a long time, Caesar regained his composure. After he regained consciousness, he hurriedly covered his face with his cloak, huddled in a corner, and smoothed his sparse and messy hair. Then he panted heavily and after breathing evenly, he asked the slave who was with him, "No one has noticed my identity?"

After receiving a positive answer, Caesar stood up holding on to the wall, stumbled out along the base of the wall, and disappeared into the darkness again.

About half a market day later, the new Tribbs People's Assembly finally convened. The assembly hall was now filled with colorful flags, arcades and comfortable seats, and representatives of the regional citizens in various colors. One after another, talking and laughing, they walked into the assembly hall. Lepidus stood at the entrance with a smile. Matthias beside him was leading several trained high-level slaves. These slaves all have a special skill, that is, remembering people's faces and names. Whenever they see people from various places, When he meets an important person in the place, he will quickly call up the person's information in the brain's memory bank and tell Lepida the most important information concisely within ten steps: name, family, occupation, etc.

So Lepidus greeted the important people one by one enthusiastically and chatted with each other accurately. The cavalry commander's "unknown foresight" simply surprised many people and made them admire him. He is worthy of all foreign and local citizens. role model.

Therefore, the bill passed by the Knights' Court was extremely smooth. The votes manipulated by the senators suddenly became a very small minority. Even the urban liberated slave group with four Tribus votes cast all their votes for them. political star, Lepidus.

Then, the grand festival of wolf-chasing came, and all the elected representatives who were still in Rome, as well as the protagonists of this festival, many women, gathered in the main square. The priests first laid Romulus and The bronze statue of Remus drinking the milk of a she-wolf walked into the square amidst cheers. Then Caesar wore a purple robe and purple boots, and his wife Corpunia wore a silk tunic and a Priceless jewelry armbands, this pair looked unusually dazzling in the crowd. Amid the cheers of the crowd, Caesar climbed onto the high stage and sat on a chair covered with ivory and gold. Corpunya looked like a Standing beside him like a queen.

"Kill the sacrificial goat, and may your husband tonight be as brave as a wolf that devours sheep, and may you receive a divine conception in your belly." Caesar then raised his forearms and said to the crowds in the square with a smile.

All the women jumped up excitedly, and then they clapped their hands and stood in several circles around the square, noisily pushing and pushing, trying to get to the front. At the sound of the trumpet, the priests rushed down from the Romulus hut on the Palatine Mountain, howling, and then several goats were released from the sheepfold, bleating and running around, but before the priests Anthony in the team took the lead, and he caught two goats alone. His wife Fulivia was riding in a sedan chair, and proudly shouted to the people around her that that was my husband.

Amidst the praise, Anthony and the priests wielded their knives and saws again, killing the goats one by one in the square, and then roughly peeled off their skins in a pool of blood and tore them into strips. Then came the final part of the wolf-chasing festival. Then, Anthony and many priests put bloody sheepskins on themselves, then dangled sheepskin strips in their hands, and ran quickly around the track in the square. The women all laughed, and then lifted up their skirts, revealing various colors. All kinds of buttocks were "whipped" by the priests with sheepskin strips. They believed that in this way they could successfully conceive or become pregnant again.

"Call Anthony, come here, call Anthony, I need his parchment strips to whip me." Fulivia jumped out of the carriage and said excitedly, and at this time she actually found that Claudia was also shouting the same thing next to her. He pushed the other person away fiercely and said sarcastically, "Why do you need this? Do you want to create a scandal in the family?"

At this time, Antony specially ran to the high platform and presented the parchment strip to Corpunia, wishing her to give birth to a child for Caesar as soon as possible. Corponia expressed his gratitude very generously, and Caesar also sat down From the chair, he expressed his best wishes for Anthony's career as a cavalry commander.

But at this time, Anthony suddenly took out a crown from his clothes and handed it to Caesar, "Please wear this, the almighty dictator, to lead our ship forward."

Seeing this scene, the crowd in the square was speechless. Even the priests stopped running. All eyes were on the crown. Everyone didn't know how Caesar would treat this kind of behavior. If he wore it, , What a terrible thing that would be. No matter how much Caesar's current style and power are equivalent to that of a king, the Romans can tolerate it by default, but they just can't stand him wearing that crown. This is the thinking of the Romans.

"Rome already has seven kings, and there will no longer be an eighth king. It will always be a republic now and forever." After Caesar finished saying this, he pushed the crown back. (To be continued...)