Chapter 210: Trust
With this outfit and such a pompous appearance, and the age of the man in the center, I am sure that this man is indeed Valentinian III, for he is only eighteen years old. The first time I saw someone of such a noble status, I couldn't tell whether I was excited or disdainful, although he was young, about five or six years younger than me, but he was one of the few pinnacles of power in this world, in comparison, I was just a mortal, and doing nothing was my best label.
"Say it!" Valentinian III looked at me coldly, "Tell me, what you brought!" ”
"A guide to get you out." I didn't say much about the useless self-introductions, and I thought that saying so much at this time would make them distrust me even more.
"So, what part are you in, what position. Stranger, I haven't seen you here. Valentinian III said slowly, unhurriedly drawing the richly decorated sword he had pinned to his waist in front of me. The sunlight above me shone through the layers of leaves, shining on the shiny sword, and Valentinian deliberately flashed my eyes with that reflective surface, he was threatening me, reminding me that he was always in control. But I expected that this time he wouldn't dare to kill me, and he wouldn't be able to!
Heh, of course you haven't seen me, I said in my heart, I couldn't help but raise my head, at this time, even if it is nonsense, I have to show momentum. I snapped at him, "I'm Centurion, the centurion of the 300th Flag Bearer Brigade of the 1st Fourteenth Twin Legion. Luga! ”
"Fourteen? The Twins? It seems that Valentinian III was stunned by such a series of words, he looked at me with a puzzled expression, probably unable to believe his ears, he turned to look at the middle-aged man standing behind him, also richly dressed, with wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but his face was still very clean and neat, very different from those bearded barbarian soldiers. But that face was familiar, and it felt like I'd seen it somewhere. But no matter how I think about it, I feel that I don't really remember it very well, and I don't dare to recognize the others, it's true that time has changed people too much, not to mention the guy who only has one side.
"Mr. Litollio, you are Aetius' right-hand man, and of course you should know if this man is, as he says, the centurion of the Twin Legions." Valentinian pointed at me and asked Litoll, but who knew that the middle-aged man didn't even look at me, so he said directly to Valentinian: "Oh, my Caesar, to be honest, I haven't seen him in the legion of Lord Aetius, well, strictly speaking, these two, so. He shook his head, it seemed that he refused to recognize the two of us, and after all, he was a high-ranking officer, and he naturally couldn't recognize the minions. When it came to him, he pretended not to know and shirked the responsibility cleanly.
"Have you ever forgotten the bloody battle outside the city of Nar the year before last?" He pretended to be stupid, I didn't care, what I had was a story for him to recall. But it really worked, and it really made him feel shocked when it was mentioned in the past, and I continued: "The wound on my stomach was left at that time, of course, you are high above and do not know us insignificant front-line soldiers, but for the survivors, I am still your old unit, you are good, the transfer from the 7th Gemina Regiment to the 8th Brother-in-Arms Regiment has made you forget a lot of stories." ”
"What?" Litollo probably didn't believe his ears, he raised his head and stared at me with the same red eyes, because he was emotional, his lips trembled and he spoke a little unsharply, he must have remembered something, only to hear him say in a slurred voice: "You, are you really a member of the Seventh Gaimina Legion?" ”
"Wrong, it's the two of us!" I turned my head to signal to them that there was Andrew, but Andrew was still asleep, and it seemed that this blow was not light. "We ...... both of us"
"Brought back the Legion's flag!" Litoho was even more agitated, he almost shouted, pointing at me, breathing heavily. "It turns out that those two people are you!" As he spoke, there was a fury in his eyes, and it seemed that because this incident had indeed made him extremely uncomfortable, or that the military flag had disgraced him, so he tried in every possible way to find us, but he had no place to find it, and it took no effort to get there, and I was now standing in front of him completely and without the ability to resist.
"What, Littoll?" Valentinian, who was on the side, may have heard enough of our ramblings, or that he had been the protagonist all the time, and suddenly lost his role, so he was a little uncomfortable, so he interjected directly and asked Lito, "So, is he really your old department?" ”
"I, I..." Lito hesitated slightly, he didn't dare to deny it, otherwise there was no way to explain the matter of the military flag, in the end, he could only nod and say: "Caesar, I suddenly remembered that he and the one over there used to be my subordinate, and after such a long time, I can't find their traces, but I met here, I have to say that this is God's arrangement!" ”
"Tell my kid!" As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed my arm, and in front of Caesar he restrained himself a lot, at least the fierce light in his eyes was gone, but the hand was like an eagle's claw embedded in my flesh. "You said you were from the Twins, so why are you here, because the Twins are far away in Ludinand, and His Excellency Aetius is far away in Rome, how do you know about this place, if you can't give an explanation, I'll treat you as a spy sent by the Bagordans."
"Rhine! The last decisive battle south of the Rhine against the Burgundians! I didn't lie, but shouted directly: "Because the offensive is too fierce, we have attacked the Burgundian army too deep to come out for a while." Before we could come to our senses, we were beaten into the river by the oil drums of our own army. Then I shook my head to them and motioned for them to look at Andrew, "The scar on his back is due to the fire." "Reasonably, that's enough to shut up Litolo! Speaking of this, I choked up, because I thought of the previous unbearable, I continued with tears: "We have been a wild man for nearly a year, wandering around in this area, and only recently heard that Caesar personally fought and suffered a setback, and thought that even if it was not good, it would be to repay Caesar's kindness, so I came to lead the way and help Caesar out of danger, who would have thought that he had met the former commander, and he would not have recognized us, but please think for the sake of Caesar's safety!" ”
Litollio was dumbfounded by my words, and he could only look at Caesar Valentinian III, hoping that this boy, who was only eighteen years old, would decide!
"Papapa..."Who would have thought that Valentinian III would applaud, and then heard him say: "Wonderful, to be able to survive so many calamities and appear here can indeed be said to be the loyalty of the empire!" As he spoke, Valentinian's face was heavy, and he raised his sword and cut the rope that bound me.
Damn, I'm done?
Valentinian III's affirmation surprised me in my heart, but I ignored the pain in my body, stood up and said, "Thank you Caesar for your trust!" ”
"Okay, no more nonsense!" Valentinian III put his sword into his sheath, looked at me and said, "Say, if you have any way to take me out, as long as I and my legion go out, I swear that I will not treat you badly!" ”
"Then please Caesar bring me a map, I just fell into a coma and I don't remember this way!"
As soon as I finished speaking, a map was unfolded in front of me, with the grass, trees, and rivers marked in detail, exactly like the map I had memorized at the time.
It was much easier, I secretly estimated the place where I was caught at that time, and then reasoned slowly, and roughly understood the direction.
"I've been in the woods all along!" I weighed it, I already had a number in my heart, put away the map, looked at them and said, "Let's go, I already know the way!" ”