Augustus Road

"Uncle, uncle!" Brutus ran to the burned tent with a pale face, fearing that something might happen to Cato. The governor of Cyprus just slightly covered his face with his hands, resisting the licking of the hot smoke, and said with a He said in a self-deprecating tone, "It seems that God didn't want to take away my life, so I just happened to care about tonight's meal and walked out of the tent, because I can't read Plato's books at all." Several camps around him were quickly affected. Brutus suddenly woke up from something. He called out the account books and was about to go to the fire scene to rob them. However, he was grabbed by Cassiyo and said, "Idiot, it's already burned inside." Nothing will be left."

After a while, slave Pelagius knelt down in front of his master. Little Cato's tone was very gentle, "You caused the fire. Tell me what happened?"

"Cold...warming the fire with the oarsmen...it's burning..." Pelagirus could only come up with these words as he came and went. This kind of virtue, never willing to read and write, like high-end Greek slaves, only know how to work hard, but there is no way that Cato's family likes this kind of slaves, so he was released in Cato's father's will, and he still remains Do some physical work in the family.

Brutus wanted to say something, but Cato waved his hand slightly, meaning there was no need to continue, "This was an accident. If you keep the account book with me personally, there is no guarantee that it will not be destroyed. You can only Explained by God’s will, unnecessary suspicion can only hurt more people’s hearts.”

"But both account books are damaged, and only one person has the final say on our income on the island of Cyprus, and that is Lepidus, who holds the original copy." Cassio reminded quietly.

Yes, Cassillo was right. One of the account books was destroyed by the escaped Dilimer, and the other one was accidentally burned because the slaves were keeping warm. Now the fleet is carrying nearly seven thousand talents (three thousand five hundred talents). The talent was mortgaged by the Joseph Chamber of Commerce with the spoils of war, and the three thousand talents were loaned by the Chamber of Commerce in exchange for tax coverage.) The wealth was lost. Without the account books, what should I say about returning to the city of Rome?

Little Cato remained silent, and then said in a low voice, "We are completely passive as long as we wait for Lepidus to speak. This man from the eastern desert is a poisonous scorpion..."

Among the onlookers, Asher, wrapped in a scarf, stood in the corner, with slight dimples on his face illuminated by the firelight and flying snow.

"There is another solution, which is to use virtue and the name of the family to fool this matter. That way, even if the money is lost, the basic front can be preserved, my friend Nicias." , little Cato hooked it with his fingers, and the great eunuch who had delivered the bodies of Ptolemy's family in Cyprus immediately stood respectfully in front of the governor.

Before Cato could ask for anything, Nicias said in a very firm tone, "Your Excellency, Governor, please rest assured that in the previous process of handling finances, Your Excellency has given me and the high priest of Paphos great tolerance and trust. I will definitely be willing to serve as a witness and will do my best to ensure the innocence of the Governor in court.”

"But I heard that your deceased lord was also cared for by Lepidus, and with the help of his legion, he enjoyed a monarch-like funeral!" Brutus's eyes were red at this time, and he stood excitedly In front of the camp where the fire was still blazing, he yelled at Nicias. He was badly hurt by Lepidus' counterattack. This cunning commander could really tolerate himself. In just two short days on the island of Cyprus, In less than a month, he was actually able to bribe everyone around Cato to turn against him. With such a trick, they were unable to return to Rome in glory!

So Brutus is now suspicious of everyone, including Nicias. Anyone who has had contact with Lepidus will be suspicious.

"Well, my dear nephew, remember my words well. Since you are inferior to the enemy in wisdom, you need to make up for the disadvantage in virtue. As long as you can be cautious and perseverant, face everything calmly instead of blindly If the ground is in chaos, there will always be a chance to regain the situation. If you want to mature in the future, you must bear this in mind. Nicias, I'm sorry to trouble you. Even if you may not be satisfied, I will immediately tell you when I return to Rome. Ask the Senate to grant you citizenship."

Nicias puffed up his mouth, looking like a flattered adopted son, and then bowed deeply to little Cato.

At this time, a scream suddenly came from the camp. Casio coldly grabbed Ashel's hair, pulled her back from the crowd, and threw her on the snow. Ashel seemed to realize that he had been discovered, He immediately hugged his master's breast, who would have thought that little Cato's face would be full of pain, "Ascher, Ascher, back then I didn't despise your identity as an adult, but I only heard your beautiful and melodious lyre, I felt the kindness in your heart, so... Could it be that you, like Di Linmo, gave me to that naturalized foreigner for dozens of silver coins? "

Cassio pulled out a dagger from the scabbard on his sling and cut open Asher's plain dark coat. Inside was a gorgeous red and golden interior. Then he said in a deep voice in front of Cato, "She was poisoned by evil and greed and has been controlled by Lepidus. She came to tell Dillingmo's secrets before, which should be a trick to cover up the truth. In the dark, she used her lewdness to seduce and control your slave Pelagius. Otherwise, this fire would not be so coincidental! Come on, woman, I can announce your dirty deeds and let them stink under the bright sun." After saying that, Cassio grabbed Asher's head and put the dagger on her neck.

"That's right, I only indulge in the joy of sex. I am a plague, a seed born with low sex. It was doomed when I was abandoned on the dung heap in the Subra District as a baby." Asher's eyes moved restlessly, and tears and snot struggled to speak to his master, Little Cato.

Cato the Younger sighed, slowly stood up from his chair, and walked towards the blurred coast. Then Brutus nodded to Cassius, who pulled the dagger, and Asher fell to the snow with her face covered with her hands, howling miserably. Her nose had been cut flat, but she was still sitting there, trembling with a bloody hand to grab the bloody nose that had been cut off. "She can't even go back to Subura, so abandon her on Corfu." Brutus said concisely, and then pulled out an iron rod from the armed slave, and hit Pelagius's head, who was still kneeling on the ground and trembling, with a few blows. Pelagius didn't even have time to scream, his brain rushed out, curled up on the ground, twitched a few times like a shrimp, and died.

Next came Asher's continuous wailing, she crawled over and cried at Pelagius's body. (To be continued.)