Augustus Road

"Even women, even the vestal virgins of the Temple of Vesta, would stand up, make a gesture of contempt with their thumbs down, and severely reprimand the gladiators who showed no effort." - Scene from the Colosseum in ancient Rome

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"You know, this is a tactic often used by Crassus, to control everything in Rome with position, glory and money." On the street under the sunset, Caesar held Calabis's back, pulled the mare, and walked with him On the street heading to Subura District, "I'm going to tell you a little secret now. The eight hundred and ninety-seven talents I owe are all from Crasudan's middlemen."

Calabis was stunned, "Crasus is using debt to control you!"

Caesar laughed, "This is just your one-sided vision, Calabis - Crassus is my biggest creditor, and I am his biggest debtor - Catiline would definitely think that it is inappropriate to bear so many debts. What a terrible thing! He was afraid that he would not be able to pay off Crassus's debt, so he took the risk and was eventually destroyed. But I was different. I spent the money Crassus lent me to buy properties and please the people. Now I don't even have a cemetery. Purchase, but so what? Crassus, including you, Calabis, is not willing to invest new money in me, and huge debts will give me the opportunity to develop wantonly, but Crassus is afraid of my failure. It will make his investment go to waste, and he can only continue to support me politically. "

Come on, let’s put it simply, what you Julius Caesar adheres to is the principle of “it’s the grandson who borrows money, and the grandfather who owes money”. No wonder Calabis was confused before, why he followed Caesar all day long. There was a centurion knight behind him to collect debts, but no one dared to touch his ancestral house in Subra District. It turned out that this was the secret.

This man can see hope in all adverse situations.

Even I am tied up by him now. Does he owe me money, or have I become his "fixed asset"? Karabis's thinking couldn't help but be a little confused.

At this time, he looked at Caesar, who was stretching his eyes with fine crow's feet, and his shiny forehead reflected his charming charm, "The same is true for women, Calabis, you are only twenty-five years old, a Roman man. I have to come into contact with at least one woman from the camp in my life. I also miss my ex’s dead wife very much. I even risked being executed by Sulla to marry her (the wife Caesar mentioned was Cornelia, Cinna’s daughter). , Cinna and Sulla were mortal enemies). After her death, I stood in front of her tombstone and shed tears. I gave a speech in memory of her in front of hundreds of Roman citizens. At that time, I really felt that the whole world had collapsed. But I still remarried. This is a necessity. Roman men must always distinguish the difference between necessity and necessity." Hearing Caesar's words, Calabis was speechless. He stared at his fingers, and Adiana drew out them with a hunting knife. The scars are still visible in his eyes. He did promise Adiana that he would become the king of Rome, but this was destined to be the same as Caesar's, owing both conscience and money debts.

At this moment, Caesar stopped talking and stopped at the entrance of the street. His body suddenly shook, which was beyond Calabis's expectation. He saw Caesar's head moving forward and back, and his eyes began to move rapidly. Calabis instinctively realized The situation was not good, so they hugged him and dragged him into the alley at the entrance of the street. Caesar, who was leaning against the wall, had his face bent, still twitching his body wildly, and his upper and lower teeth made a horrifying sound like a millstone.

"Damn it, it's epilepsy." Calabis hurriedly moved Caesar's mouth away with difficulty. Fortunately, he was wearing a wrist brace today, so it was used as a splint. He blocked his wrist between Caesar's upper and lower teeth, causing severe pain in his heart. came the message, "Hold on a little longer, or this guy's tongue will be bitten off by himself." Karabis gritted his teeth, then quickly took off the dagger from his belt, first held the scabbard with his teeth, He dropped the dagger blade to the ground with his backhand, then took off his belt and wrapped it around the scabbard. Then he replaced his wrist with it and stuffed it into Caesar's mouth. His saliva dripped down the violently shaking scabbard. . Calabis ignored the pain in his left hand and slowly laid Caesar down on the dirt floor of the alley. He supported his face and turned it to one side to prevent his saliva from blocking his breathing. Then he used both hands to lift Caesar. The robe is torn open!

Several citizens who ran to attend the market meeting were attracted by the violent noise inside when they ran to the entrance of the alley. They stood at the entrance of the alley and took a look - they saw that the Karabis belt was gone, and the belt underneath was pressed on it. Caesar kept wiping his face and neck softly.

The citizens blew a few obscene whistles and left.

Calabis hurriedly found a few pieces of garbage drawing boards and covered them in front of them, because he knew that Caesar was a very face-conscious person. After about five minutes, Caesar's breathing gradually recovered, but his eyes were still white and he was sweating profusely. , as if still in the unconscious stage.

Five minutes later, Caesar suddenly grabbed Carapis's hand, "Don't tell anyone!" Then he pulled out the scabbard wrapped with the belt from his mouth, took off the belt, and calmly wiped the saliva and sweat on his face. He stood up, tidied his robe, and combed his hair with his fingers. "It's okay, this is just a joke God played on me. I'm sober again." After saying that, he returned the belt to Carapis. At this time, several long shadows crossed the alley where the sun was lazy. Carapis took the belt and was about to tie it when he saw Claudius, Antony and Curio standing at the alley.

Amid a new wave of whistles, Carapis did not say any unnecessary explanations, but turned around silently and tied his belt back to its original place...

"I have a new look at you, my adoptive father." When Carapis walked out of the alley and expressionlessly untied the reins of "Owl" from the pillar at the street entrance, Claudius approached him with a sinister smile and said in a flattering tone, "You are so lucky. Your lover is Julius Caesar. He was once the most famous golden youth in Rome. You don't know how much I adored him when I was a child - his hairstyle, clothes and walking manners can always set off a new trend in Rome. You really have vision and charm."

After hearing what his new son said, Carapis wanted to die. He would definitely tell his "bitch" sister about this. Then, even if he became more prosperous in the future, everyone in Rome, from the nobles to the poor, would spread the "broken sleeve affair" between him and Caesar until the end of time, absolutely!

But Carapis held back. Seeing Caesar walking in front of him, he knew he had to protect the secret for him, so he said to Claudius, "What are you three new golden youths going to do?"

"We are going to test our friendship and do something earth-shattering. Carapis, come with us!" Claudius laughed mysteriously. (To be continued.)