Augustus Road

"So, she has her own difficulties now. Prince Tegreni was almost killed in a triumphal ceremony by Pompera because he rebelled against his father. Now the prince is taking refuge in Eubernia, and his mother Otperi is also extremely neglected. And I heard that... after Armenia was defeated by Tuna, coupled with the internal strife between father and son, the prestige and power of Tegrenis declined greatly. It seems that the situation has reversed and it has begun to move closer to Parthia..."

With a bang, Lepidus seemed to be very angry and threw the wine glass on the table. Several princesses of Gelasha screamed at the same time. Then the envoy said with a sullen face and majesty, "Eubernia, a small vassal state, has not yet sent envoys to provide military service! It's really hateful."

Then the envoy half stood up, took out another roll of papyrus, and threw it on the dining table with the same force, shouting, "This queen named Adiana actually said that she was ill and had moved into the Winter Palace. This is obviously an insult to the authority of the Republic and a violation of the blood tribute oath. Alp, Matthias, quickly prepare my luggage for me. Yes, bring the governor's fascinator and priest's mask. I have to make that kingdom pay the price - and we have to stabilize Armenia, which is unstable at any time, to prevent this great country from falling to the enemy, otherwise we can only fight on the Anatolian front line, and it will be difficult to enter Syria." After saying that, the envoy tucked in his robe, muttered, said goodbye to the guests around him in a hurry, pushed the dining table away, and walked out of the porch.

The palace minister of Diotarus behind him hurriedly detoured to the side of the envoy. He did not dare to stand in front of Lepidus, as this would be an offense to the suzerain state. Remind, "The Parthian envoys will come to this city in person to meet with you."

"Tell him to come to Euberthia to find me!" Lepidus left after saying this, and left at night. The king and ministers of Gaerash looked at each other, but they could only stay and wait for the envoys to pass on the message.

When the Parthian envoys, led by the elderly elder of Vargesis, arrived at the palace of Gaerash, they were told that the envoys of the Republic had gone north to Euberthia to deal with other matters. They could not help but curse loudly and curse the arrogance of the Romans, which was really inconsistent with the credibility and virtues of a powerful city-state.

In fact, Vargesis did not know that the Roman envoy Lepidus was also very hard. He traveled day and night to Euberthia, a land full of desolate plateaus and snow-white salt lakes. Lepidus stood at the foot of the high slope of the border and was surprised to find that this small kingdom was different from when he and Adiana came a few years ago. It was already very different. The precious canals dug with great effort stretched out in all directions. There were fields all around. The packhorses and camels of merchants shuttled between the temple and the houses of the market town. The small castle in the distance had been expanded into a large hunting palace. That was the summer palace. The winter palace where Adiana was located had to cross several peaks and was on the sunny side of a slope. Yes, Adiana governed this country very well.

A team of Cappadocian cavalrymen wearing Scythian-style fish-scale armor and leather hats with hanging ears galloped from the other side of the hillside. When they saw the fascinator and eagle mark behind Lepidus, they understood his identity. After the leader saluted on horseback, he led Lepidus and his party to the winter palace.

As a result, in front of the Winter Palace stables, several maids who were combing their hair hurried over. Seeing Lepidus waving his whip in the sun, they lowered their heads and whispered that Her Majesty the Queen was in the hunting park on the top of the mountain, accompanying a state guest to hunt. Lepidus frowned, cracked the whip and asked who the state guest was, "Doesn't your Queen know that the envoy of the Republic is here?"

A maid said with a flattering and helpless smile that Her Majesty the Queen said that there was no need to be polite or hide anything about the "guy" named Lepidus who had already settled down in Rome, "It was a Parthian The noble son of the Rong family came, claiming that he was here for both diplomatic activities and to see the beautiful face of Her Majesty the Queen. "

"I only know that the Parthian delegation is led by an old man who is almost 70 years old, and is now heading to the Kingdom of Gailasha. Where is this noble son, bastard!" Libida was furious, and immediately frightened the maids so much that they quickly apologized and led the distinguished envoys, surrounded by a group of Medger guards, through the corridor and along the shade of the trees towards the hunting ground. It seemed that there was an atmosphere of a decisive battle between Parthia and Rome that would break out in advance.

At the edge of the hunting ground surrounded by wooden fences on the top of the mountain, there were astonishingly gorgeous vehicles parked. They were all covered with brocade curtains and inlaid with dazzling gems. The shafts were made of the most precious wood. What made Lepidus even more surprised was that the vehicles were surrounded by slaves dressed in gorgeous clothes and Persian long sleeves and trousers, holding umbrellas to block the terrible sunlight for the scattered beauties of various ethnic groups sitting or lying. When they saw this black-haired and black-eyed man with a puzzled expression and wearing a toga that could reflect the majesty of men, passing among them, they did make a lot of discussions.

"Is there anyone who can speak Greek?" Lepidus raised his left hand slightly and elegantly and asked, and the beauties giggled. Finally, there was a red-haired woman who gently raised her ivory-like arm and gave a positive answer to the question.

Then the envoy raised his voice, "It's good that someone can speak Greek. It seems that we can communicate peacefully and safely. What I want to ask is, your master, that damn bastard, came out of the cave in the mountain of Parthia!" He shouted the following sentences in a roaring tone.

At this time, Matthias and Arp stepped forward and pulled the reins of the owl. The beauties screamed and dodged everywhere. Lepidus swung the whip as loud as a bugle, quickly turned over and rode on the owl, and then Arp stepped forward and directly pushed open the fence, allowing the commander to jump in. "Listen, go find your mistress!" The owl screamed twice obediently, indicating that it would absolutely obey its master's wishes, and ran towards the top of the mountain like an arrow from a string.

Adiana was smiling like a flower, wearing a slim-fitting hunting coat, riding a spotted mare, standing on the top of the mountain, with clouds passing by her head. When she turned her head and saw Lepidus coming towards her, she avoided eye contact and stared at the slope about a furlong away with her chestnut eyes. There was indeed an elegant nobleman there, with a dark and healthy complexion unique to plateau men, and his profile was as handsome as a steep cliff. He was holding a Parthian-specific (Lepidus had seen it) composite recurve bow against his cheek, pulling the string to the full on the galloping saddle, and then the arrow flew out with a cry, and an elk was startled in the grass. In the mid-air of the jump, it was hit on the back, flipped over several times, and fell to the ground.

"Who is he!?" Lepidus shouted loudly to the queen in Greek. (To be continued...)