Augustus Road

Near noon, Pompey's palace started having a second breakfast. This was a special meal for ancient nobles. Ordinary people or slaves only had one or two meals a day. Pompey was very happy that this meal would be a temporary stay in the palace. Adiana provided it with money. He didn’t expect to be able to enjoy the banquet of guests in his own territory. Pompeo still liked this girl who had a tangible but sharp demeanor. Soon Adiana ordered baskets of ingredients for the dishes. After the food was brought into the palace, Demetrius stood unexpectedly at the door of the backyard, checking the ingredients of the dishes one by one, hoping to find something connecting the princess to Calabis.

But what disappointed him was that the items purchased by the princess included rose essential oil, tender turbot, warm high-quality honey and various fruits, but he did not search for any extra things. come out.

At the dinner party, Adiana sprinkled the seat cushion with essential oil, which is said to have a better anti-drunk effect. Then the kitchen brought out the flounder meat and beeswax fruits, and the princess chatted and laughed with Pompeo opposite. She got up and asked about Pompey's wife and family with concern, and Pompey answered them one by one in a graceful manner (in fact, Calabis had already told her that Pompey's wife was having an affair with Caesar).

Demetrius stood beside Pompey anxiously, not knowing what kind of medicine the princess was selling in the gourd, but he soon found out. Two slaves stood outside the door of the restaurant with their hands lowered, reporting to the master. : "The command officer of the Eighth Army is at Si Yan, saying that there is an urgent military intelligence report."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Adiana's lips, and then she politely asked Pompeo if there were any military planes to deal with and if she could excuse herself.

"No, no, I am more curious than you, Your Excellency, the Princess. What other important military missions are there now that need to disturb the ocean and land that I have appeased?" Pompeo then indicated that he could ask the token officer to come to the restaurant to report the matter. There is no need for the princess to retreat.

The token officer came to the door of the dining room in a dusty manner, saluted respectfully to General Pompey, and then took out the parchment from the box and handed it to Demetrius, but Pompey was lying on the couch and said: " There’s no need for this procedure, kid, just say it verbally.”

"A large number of pirates appeared in the city of Ponticabion. Several ships of our advance fleet were sunk, and some were broken and drifted to the shore. Some were forcibly taken away by the advance party of the Thirteenth Legion, and some were taken away by the remaining parties in Pontus. Take it away. Commander Triali had no time to consult your attitude, so he crossed the strait and wiped out the remnants of the Pontic Bronze Shield Army. However, the Thirteenth Army destroyed villages and roads on the island, and built wooden fences and forts. The city of Ponticabion is within the jurisdiction of their Macedonian province. If the pirates want to surrender, they can only surrender to them. Now the Eighth Legion is in a very difficult situation on the island, lacking supplies and roads, and it is unexpectedly defeated by the Thirteenth Legion. The dangers of siege and disarmament.”

The wine glass in Pompey's hand was trembling, "The Thirteenth Legion is abominable enough, but Triali is also a fool. Didn't he receive my imperial maius order? He actually risked his life and went to the island. I told you earlier, I will use this order to solve the problem of the Thirteenth Legion and take its command into my hands. If the remnants of the pirates are eliminated or persuaded to surrender, they must also pass through my hands."

At this time, Adiana opened her eyes wide and asked curiously: "I heard imperiummaius last time. What is it?"

"Oh, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is a special power granted to me, a retired veteran, by the city's citizens' assembly and the Senate. It guarantees that when I destroy pirates and, I'm sorry, when I fight against your father, I will have the coast of the ocean. The dispatching and commanding power of all provinces and legions within a distance of four hundred furlongs, obviously including the pheasant legion." Speaking of this, Pompey had a proud smile on his face, while Adiana on the other side had a proud smile on his face. This kind of surprised and envious reaction of an unexperienced girl gave him a great sense of satisfaction.

But what the token officer said after shaking his head sent a chill down his spine, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Commander, we have not received an order from imperiummaius. We never have. Otherwise, Your Excellency the Commander will definitely be waiting for the results of the disposition at the garrison." ”

Pompeo's face suddenly became as gloomy as a September storm on the Black Sea, and then two slaves stood at the door of the restaurant with their hands lowered, "Master, there are several people in brocade clothes outside, claiming to be the subordinates of Macmillan, the purple sail pirate. Come to beg for surrender to you." Then, several big men dressed in embroidered and embroidered clothes, they are all a group of lawless pirates, proud of wearing such clothes that violate their status, and have unique tattoos on their bodies. He walked into the restaurant carelessly, fell at Pompey's feet, presented Macmillan's gifts and letters, tried his best to explain their leader Macmillan's desire to surrender, and asked Pompey to grant them a piece of land in Asia Minor, which could Let them be resettled in fields and farms.

When Pompey gave them an affirmative answer with some annoyance, they were beaming and blurted out: "Then we will stop throwing rockets and flying stones towards the city of Ponticabion, and attack the local Thirteenth Legion." The officers surrendered the ships and ballistae."

"What officers of the Thirteenth Legion? Haven't they evacuated the city yet and are waiting in the camp for me to collect them?" Pompey, who was adding fuel to the fire, said, trembling all over.

The pirates looked at each other and replied: "Actually, the subsequent fleets and troops of the Thirteenth Legion have arrived at Ponticabion. We were compressed into an area and felt that there was no hope of victory, so we came to ask you to surrender."

Pompey roared and smashed the wine glass in his hand. Demetrius on the side was shaking like a sieve. He knelt down and crawled to Pompey's feet, kissing Pompey's toes. Pompey went crazy and kept whipping Demetrius' neck and cheeks. "You lowly slave, you killed me. You'd better have a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will whip you to death."

Before Demetrius explained and defended himself, Adiana suddenly realized and began to speak: "My most respected general, your achievements are no less than Alexander the Great, but now a lowly confidential slave dares to conceal your im Periummaius did not send it, this is really terrible, just want to remind you, in the palace of Sinope, if we encounter such a slave, we will punish him with whipping and castration. You must know that a most noble king and general often die at the hands of a most humble personal slave. Moreover, I seem to remember that a few nights ago, your confidential slave Demetrius was still threatening me, saying that he would exile me to an isolated island in Colchis and let the angry Achaeans kill me. When I gave up the dignity of a princess to beg him for mercy, he was proud of having great power under your subordinates. "(To be continued.)