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Chapter 8 Negotiations with Cato (Part 2)

After the whole banquet ended, Li Bida followed the Jewish Chamber of Commerce and tried not to talk to anyone, because he had already felt that Kasieyo's cold eyes were watching his every move at the end of the corridor, and the sound of fine and cold footsteps echoed throughout the corridor. At the 19th arch pillar, Li Bida tilted his head and condensed his eyes at the beautiful servant standing at the corner. The other party's chestnut eyeballs also stayed on his shoulders. With the flames and the swaying of the night, the two quickly lowered their eyebrows and eyes again, no longer looking at each other to avoid suspicion, but Li Bida's left hand hanging on his waist made a small gesture to Adianna.

"Wait for me to come back, Karabiya."

When Li Bida and his group of ships sailed through the deep blue sea water and arrived at Rhodes City at the sharp corner of northeastern Rhode Island, Li Bida had long stood on the deck, hoping to see the bronze Apollo giant statue across the breakwater of Rhodes Harbor, and then will the entire fleet pass through the crotch of this giant wonder? But to his disappointment, the entire breakwater in front of Rhodes City had no giant bronze statue at all, only a comfortable cargo ship and a hovering seagull. Li Bida shook his head, looking very disappointed. Could this wonder be a lie?

But the Governor's residence of Catu was not at all on Rhodes Island. After landing, they changed to a donkey cart or horseback, and headed toward Rome about thirty years away from the city of Rhodes, Camillos, another small harbor town located in the back mountain in the east of the island. It was the location of Catu's office, although it was said that there was only a prostitute around him, plus a famous thief.

It seems that Katto doesn't mind the situation in Cyprus at all. He placed the Governor's Mansion in Camillos to prevent raids from Cyprus, which is powerful at sea. It is convenient to get an alarm and leave the island by boat. Although the island's civilian army is very good at fighting. He has repelled many invasions from powerful foreign enemies in history, the most recent one, including Mitradati VI, he never broke the city of Rhodes, so he slaughtered all the Roman colonists in the rest of the island.

Finally, the Governor's mansion located in the southwest of the mountain range was directly like a rough farm. The thin Katu stood on the stone beam of the pond where the water storage was coming to greet everyone. Under the horn of his robe, the duck was flapping its wings and splashing water.

In front of the stone beam, Kassio stood politely on one side, meaning that he would let the qualified persons enter and guard outside. After Gatu led the three of them over the stone beam, he stood at the door of the farm. He looked at Li Bida's eyes, was silent for a while, then raised his hand, and then the scene of Li Bida's mouth could not be closed: the tomb robber, also the dirtiest and vicious guy in the ditch in the entire Roman city selected by Claudi to harm Gatu, was dressed simply and neatly. His beard and hair were trimmed very cleanly, and he walked out of the house, respectfully helping all the personnel take off their canes and take charge of the ornaments. Gatu's eyes looked at Di Linmo, not like looking at a tomb robber, but like looking at a loyal slave who served his family for half his life.

"Okay, Xiao Jiatu, the most honorary citizen of the Republic, you won." Li Bida took off the cloak of the army and handed it to Dilinmo, who had a clear look. Then Ptolemy saw that his most trusted commander handed over the things, and he also gave the scepter to this person. Of course, Li Bida did not remind the Pharaoh that this lord's original profession would not have done this if the Pharaoh was beaten to death.

When she walked into the courtyard, not unlike Li Bida's expectations, the prostitute, who was originally nicknamed "Subra District Copperhead", sat quietly on the stone chair in front of the garden, urging the melodious lyre. Her hair turned black again, instead of the golden color of imitating the Gallic people to please the client. The dirty red cloak (the symbol of the prostitute) was gone, replaced by a light linen hood. When the guests arrived, she stood up politely to salute, and turned to the backyard.

"Damn it all, you can win, you really won!" Li Bida whispered in her heart and quickly walked into the inner hall.

As a result, there were two people lying on the couch in the inner hall. At this time, Li Bida knew that Gatu was not considered a commander-in-law. One of them was his aide and his shelter, Munagius, and the other was Cannatis, the financial officer appointed by the authorities.

"This is obviously inconsistent with the meeting procedures we discussed before. I think your nephew has told you, Dear Superintendent, Your Excellency the Inspector." Li Bida sat on the couch on the other side and said.

At this time, when he heard Li Bida's words, the Pharaoh immediately stood at the door and stopped stepping inside, which showed that he refused the invitation from his master. Gatu understood that Li Bida was going to expel his two aides, so he explained: "Monagus was a bit of medicine, and I was worried about constipation recently. The food here was too dry. As for Cannadis, he had been a Cyprus messenger and brought back the latest news from the island. We can't live without him - oh sorry, sorry." After that, Gatu actually walked to the drainage ditch at the end of the inner hall in front of the noble Pharaoh, and squatted down directly, and said to Munajius with a red face, "My friend, your laxative has worked." Then there was a "lightning, thunderous" sound.

Brutu, behind Li Bida, smiled proudly, proud of his uncle, the symbol of the Republic, without giving face to the monarchy. He shitted in front of Pharaoh Ptolemy. This was passed to the city of Rome, and it would be another good story.

The fake beard under the flute blower's chin was so angry that he trembled. Seeing this, Li Bida stood up and gently held the Pharaoh's hand, meaning that he should not be panicked and angry. Then Pharaoh sat down with him and maintained a posture that was neither humble nor arrogant.

"So, what's the news from my brother?" Pharaoh asked Cannedis at the gesture of Li Bida.

This man stood up respectfully and said, "The Republic has given you great conditions for your prince. As long as he is willing to abdicate and go to Rome to apologize. Then we send troops and officials to accept the island of Cyprus, your prince can stay in Rome and serve as the chief priest of the Great Temple of Love in Paphos (Paphos in Cyprus is the birthplace of Venus). The temple receives a price of about five million Ses destined every year, which is really better than being the king of Cyprus, and there is no need to worry about the Damox sword hanging on his head. But he has not given a proper reply so far."

In the continued roar of Katu, the Pharaoh said in agreement, "In your opinion, it is indeed my brother who is not decent, so I am surprised that the Governor has not yet responded to the request of Commander Libidaus to conquer Cyprus." (To be continued...)
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