Augustus Road

At the porch of the restaurant, Adiana stretched out her hands, took off the gold ring, put it on the waiter's tray, dipped her fingertips into the wide-mouth jug filled with verbena, and then sat down safely on the guest's couch. superior.

As expected, she looked sideways and saw that Stratonis and Menander were both sitting on the side couches. Then Pompey coughed twice and lay down sideways on his couch. On the table, the four couches formed a circle around the dining table, while Demetrius sneered maliciously and stood beside Pompey with his arms crossed.

Adiana understood that she was fighting alone in this wrestling arena.

"Your Excellency, I have always wanted to ask you a little question." On the opposite side, Pompeo picked up a piece of fruit with a toothpick and asked leisurely, "That is, the black sailing ship from Ponticabion City What was sent was the body of your father."

"I think there should be many people who have seen the majesty of my father. There are many people in the Colchis Kingdom of the Achaeans." Adiana said, tears welling up in her eyes, "I'm sorry. , I still can't help but miss my father. Although he was once the most dangerous enemy of Rome, he still maintained the dignity and kindness of the king in the last stage of his life. I watched him ask with my own eyes, and the entourage around me , this Galatian swordsman Pituita ended his life with his sword." After saying this, Peduita, who was accompanying the queen, bowed to Pompey, indicating that what the princess said was true.

Demetrius immediately listened to Pompey's ear and said something, and Pompey asked Adiana in an apologetic tone: "Sorry, I just heard that someone from a certain Macedonian province The Pheasant Legion may have plundered your father's body, and you, the princess, were captured by that Pheasant Legion before. General Menander and your father's favorite concubine, Stratonis, both witnessed your capture. , If this is true, it would be terrible. I really can’t believe that there are people who dare to deceive me like this in these two oceans.” After speaking, Pompeo raised his head coldly. He started the pepper wine, took a sip, and said with the dignity of a veteran, "I hope your princess is not involved in such a terrible thing."

"The princess's memory is not very good, or maybe she was of noble birth and has really forgotten the dusty past - three years ago, she was captured by the Seventh Army of Tuna in the Karabi Palace, and she also had a fight with a soldier named Karabis. The slave's past is very close, and according to General Menander's witness, that Calabis is now the envoy of the Pheasant Legion, the front-line commander," Demetrius said with a smile on his behalf.

"Not only that, the general also saw the princess being torn naked by Calabis on the platform of the Acropolis." Stratonis also took the opportunity to join the battle group and hit the target.

"Who are you?" Unexpectedly, Adiana actually said such words to Stratonis coldly.

As soon as these words came out, Stratonis felt a little embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, Princess, have you forgotten that I am your father's concubine?"

"Then why do you appear here? The concubines that my father really slept with, those who have status, have already received the poison rewarded by his father, and followed him under the underworld in the city of Ponticabion." Adiana picked up the wine glass. , eyes like lightning, "Speaking of this, there are some shameless women in the court of every kingdom. They sing or dance to deceive the monarch or general who drank too much at a banquet for one night, and then It's really ridiculous to call yourself a concubine." Then she smiled apologetically at Pompeo, "General, you are different. You have been down-to-earth and stepped up through military service. I just hope that you will not accept those who were born as slaves. I can see the deception of a person who is born with a liar, let alone you."

"Adiana, you're not lying! I'm keeping the treasury for your father!" Stratonis shouted a little uncontrollably.

Adiana's expression turned cold again while holding the wine glass, "Don't panic, my father doesn't have any treasury at all. He has spent most of the money in the previous war, six thousand talents of gold and silver. It's just an illusion that he deceived the low-level slaves and soldiers, just like... everyone who is really close to him knows the truth." After saying this, Adiana actually hides something else under the clothes. Her hand was almost bleeding from pinching it. What she said was actually a gamble, a complete gamble.

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene was extremely awkward. Even Pompey sighed and folded his hands and became silent. Adiana slowly swallowed the drink calmly, and then asked Biduita to take out a pile of letters, "This It is a relic of his late father, and contains letters between his children and concubines. When his father was fighting in the past, he especially liked to express his feelings through letters." After saying this, Adiana stared at Stratonis, took out a copy, and said this. It was for my aunt. He took out another copy and said it was for me. He took out another copy and said it was for my mother. "There are four or five letters from my father to me alone. I know the contents by heart. How about yours, the most beloved concubine?"

"How can such a thing that passed through your hands have any real name? Even the corpse is fake. As long as it can be proved that the corpse is fake, Adiana, how can you prove that the corpse is real?" Stratonis couldn't sit still. She knew that Adiana had gained an advantage with the letter, but she was still unwilling to do so.

Adiana winked at Biduita, who handed Pompey a wooden board with the seals of Achilles and Archelaus. Pompey looked at it and hesitated for a moment, then said, "Yes, this is a copy of the documents of the two generals of Pontus for transporting the corpse in advance."

"We can verify the corpse on the spot!"

"Enough! You bitch!" Adiana put down the wine glass heavily with great anger and impatience, interrupting Stratonice's request, "I am not interested in knowing where you are from. Maybe when you were a slave girl in the palace, you have seen the majesty of the imperial carriage, or you have indeed received the grace of my father, but there are so many people like this. Now you recognize me, but I don't recognize you - besides, General Pompey, I I heard that the reason why you Romans hold banquets to entertain distinguished guests is to practice the beautiful tradition of the living eating and the dead resting in peace. Even the leftovers from the banquet must be placed on the ground under the table and then placed in front of the ancestral tomb afterwards. But there is always a fake noble maid who constantly slanders me with false words, and uses my late father as a ridiculous gimmick, and even wants to inspect my late father's body. Then I will abandon the dignity of a princess and say loudly that my father took a lot of poison before his death. Apart from the wounds on his body, his body has long been swollen and cannot be seen clearly, but there is a bruise on the back of his head covered by his hair, which was left when he fell from his horse when he was a child. "After saying this, Adiana was already crying. (To be continued)