"If a man does something rogue, he will continue to commit a double rogue to deny it." - Shakespeare

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But Curio, the son of the Republic, was not a man with such a strong will, or he had no intention of burying with Gatu and Pompei. Curio, who had a keen eye, had long discovered Pompei's "scam". Of course, this was not intentionally woven by Pompei, but more like the inevitable result of his arrogant and noble honor. That is, in all Italy, there were only two legions that Pompei could directly mobilize: Capua's Spanish First Legion and the garrison city army outside Rome. The latter is still composed of thousands of free slaves and was raised by the Senate to redeem them. Apart from the more than a hundred left-behind non-commissioned officers mixed in, this legion has no combat power at all. Even though the Spanish First Legion was called the top elite, when Caesar immediately came over with ten legions, Pompei had to escape.

"Let's let the stubborn character like Katu be done with Pompei!" Curio thought so, put Katu's secret letter aside, and hurriedly put on the dark night, put on his cloak, and went to Pulama to meet him, a more important person.

"I understand everything you do now!" This is the first sentence that Curio said in Pulaimari, who saw Li Bida lying in a ring chair and was breathless and anxious.

The other party raised his hand without comment and made an invitation gesture, expressing his interest in listening to Curio peeling the silk.

"This is a chain that pulls a huge ship, linked together. I didn't expect you to complete it. It's ironic. The Roman Republic, the greatest country in the world, Pompeii, Gatu, and even Caesar, thought that the direction of the ship was in his own hands, but I didn't expect that the iron chain that dragged it was in your unknown hands! Yes, everything was carefully planned. In the case of Claudi's death, you intentionally spent a lot of money to carry out a Helsious. And induce Cicero to sue, in order to get Pompei's favor, and reward him with a rich coastal province in the east, but you have no good intentions. You are not Cicero, but Cicero's friend. The civil guardian Etius!"

"Continue talking."

"Cicero is a person who attaches great importance to friendship, not to mention that he actually has no friends in the circle of prominent people in Rome. Etius is the only one, so Cicero must have taken Etius with him when he went to Silesia to become the governor of Aesthea. Yes, Etius is now a provincial finance officer. He lost the qualification to be re-elected as a civil servant in the coming year."

After a pause, Curio's face gradually showed an excited expression, "Not only Etius, but also Triali, and Ignagius, the former is also the current civil guardian, and the latter can also become a potential candidate. But you had previously negotiated with the consul Banks to restrict Claudi's followers from causing trouble. Ask Banks to convict them of their crimes, although they are relatively minor, that is, exiled, but they are not allowed to hold any public office in Rome, including civil guardians. In this way, you have squeezed out two opponents."

"Continue." Li Bida said with a smile.

"Let's go back to Helscius. You and Caesar continued to spend a huge amount of money to make him run for the consul who could not succeed. They were casting the fog - Pompei and Katu were both confused by you, and they devoted all their energy and funds to the consuls. They fought with Helscius, but they didn't know that you had already laid the net with money, and extended your hand to the Tebris Council, and into the election of the civil guards. Then, the danger of rebellion in the Syrian provincial legions was also the game you set up, and you threw down two legions as bait.

, let Brutu, Casio, and Apis who could have returned to run for the election, get trapped in the Syrian governing legion, and cannot move. Anthony, Paulus, Angandinus and other pro-Caesar can escape and participate in the campaign for civil guards." After saying this in one breath, Curio felt a little tired. Li Bida smiled and handed him a glass of wine. After Curio drank it all, he continued, "You are simply amazing. You have completely controlled the situation. Ten civil guards, no, nine civil guards, are all your people now, and Caesar's people."

"I am now facing the last guardian, and are offering the right conditions to ask him if he is willing to collect enough ten guardians." Li Bida picked up the silver wine pot and slowly filled the second glass of wine for Curio. "How about marrying Furvia, joining the 'Amborodes' club, inheriting Claudi's career, and working with me and Anthony?"

"I already know that in the documents you communicate with Caesar, I am called this, 'good products worth buying on the market for a lot of money'." Curio said with a sneer.

Li Bida also laughed out loud, "Isn't this evaluation very good? Not everyone can be in the position of good product. The price offered by Caesar is to repay all your debts for you, a total of 1,000 tarantes, and Rivia's dowry also has 200 tarantes. As long as you follow Caesar, you will be the military guardian, and after you knock down the city of Rome, you will be the governor."

"I want Sicily and Afilica," Curio whispered.

"Of course it doesn't matter. It doesn't conflict with mine. What I want is Spain far and near, and Lusitania is taken away." Li Bida replied, "So, can the deal be completed?" After saying that, he showed off the gold badge of the Amborodes Club.

"This is a bondage for no reason. I am just willing to invest in Caesar and I am not interested in joining your small group." Curio refused.

Li Bida, holding the gold badge, shrugged his shoulders, and had no mind. He took the things back again, and sat down again, and said in a tone of accomplishment, "The ten civil guards are all gathered together, and your performance is here. Curio, your acting skills are better."

"Just on the stage, the actors are about to take off their masks of crying and laughing, and present them in the real sunshine, maybe just a boring face." Curio left slowly, and then he did not look back, asking Li Bida, who was sitting with his back to him, "The next step, will you deal with Caesar?"

The fire in the fireplace appeared and disappeared. After a while, the other party just replied, "Everyone has a knife hidden in his smile. This is why smart people can survive. Why don't you ask, maybe Caesar will take my life secretly one day? Everyone is fighting to see tomorrow's sun, right? Devour the flesh and blood of the weak and the losers, and build themselves stronger until they become a monster, and then the monsters are qualified to set the rules of the new world. So, what else can be done? Maybe it's waiting for the new monsters that rushed out in the dark, in which corner."
Chapter completed!