Chapter 33: The Inevitable Mutation (Part I)
"When she was a little girl, she begged her nurse to give her doll milk to drink while feeding her other siblings." -- Plutarch wrote an article in memory of his beloved daughter who died young
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When Corinna blinked her eyes and looked at Zeno, she couldn't help but tremble in her heart, and the idol in the cloth bag in her hand actually shook out, Zeno stepped forward quickly, put down the water bottle, and smiled to pick up the idol she had left behind, and put it back in her hand.
Corinna looked carefully, the god in her hand was like Demet, the goddess of fertility, and its body was still wrapped with wool, "Why is this happening?" I gave the statue of the goddess Demette to Turinus? ”
"No, no!" Corinna seemed to understand something, she hurriedly copied her hand into the cloth bag in her hand, and tore the tether, which made Zeno, who was standing on the side, also very puzzled - Corinna's toys and amulets were all scattered, and Zeno had to lean down again, and walked to the middle of the street to pick up the rolling glass beads for Corinna.
As her gaze continued to extend with the glass beads, she suddenly saw a boot stepping on it, followed by a rough voice that she did not understand: the glass beads were picked up by the big hand, the owner of which was a bearded barbarian warrior in chain mail, and behind him a group of warriors all had light ribbons tied around their arms, and the shining armor and shields were set against each other.
After another word of incomprehension, the samurai grinned and handed the glass bead into Zeno's hand. Then he waved his hand behind him. Shouting out something. Then all the samurai responded in unison, and it was obvious that Zeno and Corinna saw that the direction of the leading samurai's finger happened to be the location of the Senate assembly hall, and in front of it was the large library that Li Bida had just built, and the trainees holding the papyrus scrolls hid behind the colonnade in fright. Everyone knows what it means to be on the streets of Rome when the Barbarian Guards appear.
"It's Father's Lusitanian Guard, what are they going to do?" Corinna watched as the guards of about thirty men passed before her eyes, and then ran to the opposite shoulder, where her mother was holding her forehead, almost fainting, "Mother tell me, what did father tell them to do?" I had given Turinus the statue of the goddess Demeter, but now. What kind of changes have happened to the world after deceiving me? ”
"I secretly replaced the idol. I don't know if your father knows about my actions, but if he does, then let him go, and I'm willing to accept any form of punishment. Yes Corinna, Mother exchanged the statue of the goddess Demette that you gave out with the statue of Prosabina at that feast. Potty touched Corinna's tearful face and said.
"Prosabina, Prosapina"
This is the Roman goddess of seeds, and she is also the queen of the underworld, and she also represents the "loss of security", so Corinna briefly recited the name of this goddess, "Father is going to destroy Turinus, isn't he, isn't he?" ”
"I don't know, I just have such a hunch, and I hope to remind Turinus in this clumsy way that maybe he is all right now, leaving the city of Rome, maybe he"
When Corinna heard this, she instantly broke free of her mother's wrist, "No, I'm going to remind Turinus." ”
As a result, when she turned around, from the alleyway on the other side, Kelly suddenly appeared in front of her with a group of armed slaves.
"Detour, I'm going to take a detour!" Corinna lifted her skirt, and her mother's cries in her ears seemed to be inaudible, so she jumped her hair in the back of her head and ran in the direction of the temple.
But over there, Arp and a group of Madjie warriors were already waiting there, and Corinna screamed as they grabbed her and pressed her shoulder, "I'm sorry Mistress, now I'm going to send you back to Prima, maybe the streets of Rome will be in danger these days." After Arp had said this to Poti briefly, the palanquin man picked up his shoulders and ran as fast as he could towards the starting point, while all the Medetian warriors ran to the front, dispersed the crowd of onlookers, and made way for the shoulders.
"Mother, Turinus must be destroyed, for in the middle of the night he had quietly sent a servant to inquire about me, and I replied that today I would go to the temple of the sacrificial hearth, and that he would not be suspicious of his father when he heard the news. Oh my God, Juno and Venus, come to my aid, help me, listen to my cries for help! Corinna's hair was all struggling to spread out, and several maids with combed hair were on their shoulders, holding the young lady down desperately to prevent her from escaping, and a dozen strong servants pulled the weighted shoulders and walked slowly but firmly in the direction of Prima.
In the entrance of the Juilliard synagogue, young Caesar was stunned as he watched his bundle of rods being pulled away and broken, and then he turned to leave, only to find that the colonnades, steps, and plazas in front of the synagogue were all full of heavily armed soldiers.
How can this be, when today's topic is nothing more than the registration of consul candidates, plus the normal review of the war budget? Cautious himself, he also inquired about Corinna's tone yesterday, and today his servant saw Corinna indeed go to the Vesta Temple with his own eyes, and he came to the Senate, why?
Dozens of senators rushed over at him, and with a hideous rebuke expression, Octavian hurried out the door and shouted, "Fonteus, Fonteus!" Mecenas, Mecenas! But what he saw was that Fontejus was being dragged by several centurions, his breastplate, medals, and cloak were stripped of him, and Mecenas stood across from him with a grim face, like an executor.
"Turinus, now that your Caesar name has been officially stripped by the Council of Curia, we will send you to court in a moment. Before the Great Friday, your personal liberty will be restricted because you will have to give a reasonable explanation for the private solicitation of military funds, the slander and conspiracy against the high priest, and the many acts of directing the attack on the city of Lilibal! In the ranks of veterans, Cicero, who took the lead, said expressionlessly.
At this time, the shout of "what happened" came, and it turned out to be Libida, Leo and his son, as well as Barsatus, Pisso, and Cota, who had just dealt with the case from there, and walked over, and when they saw this scene, the high priest couldn't help but ask strangely.
But a group of warriors quickly stopped them under the gable of the synagogue, "What the hell are you going to do to Young Caesar?" The High Priest's angry shouts continued, but the guards had grabbed Turinus' clothes and writhed him in the direction of the Great Court.
"It's a conspiracy, it's a conspiracy." When Caesar saw Mecenas standing beside him with a sword, he roared angrily. (To be continued......)