Chapter 6 The Battle of Calabis and Calabria (Part 2)
On the porch of the restaurant, Adiana stretched out her hands, took off the golden ring, placed it on the waiter's tray, and dipped it in the wide-mouthed kettle with verbena soaked with her fingertips, and then sat peacefully on the guest's couch seat.
As expected, her eyes were slanted, and Stratonis and Minander were both sitting on the side couch. Then Pompey coughed twice and lay on her couch. The entire four couches surrounded the dining table and formed a circle. Demethlius sneered maliciously and stood beside Pompey with his hands crossed.
Adianna understood that she was fighting alone in this struggle field.
"My Madam Wang, I have always wanted to ask you a small question very much." Opposite, Pompey forked a piece of fruit with a toothpick and asked leisurely, "That is, whether the body of your father was sent from the black sailboat in Pontika Biang."
"I think there should be many people who have seen the dignity of the father. There are many in this kingdom of Korkis in the Agaya." Adiana said, tears were already dazzling. "Please sorry, I still can't stop missing my father. Although he was the most dangerous enemy of Rome, he still maintained the dignity and kindness of the king in the last stage of his life. I watched him ask with his own eyes that the follower beside me, the Galatian swordsman, ended his life with a sword." After saying this, Biduita, who was accompanying the queen, bowed to Pompeii, and said that what the prince said was true.
Demethlius immediately attached to Pompei's ear and said something. Pompei asked Adiana with an apology, "Sorry. I'm just a rumor. A certain pheasant legion in the Macedonian province may have robbed your father's body. And the princess you were captured by that pheasant legion before. General Minand and your father's favorite concubine Stratonice have witnessed you being captured. If this is true, it would be terrible. I really can't believe that there are still people who deceive me like this in the land surrounded by two oceans." After that, Pompei raised his pepper wine coldly and took a sip. With the majesty of the old general, he said, "I hope you are not involved in this terrible thing."
"The princess has a bad memory, or she has a noble background, and she has really forgotten the dusty past. Three years ago, she was captured by the 7th Tuna Legion in Karabi Palace, and she also had close past with a military slave named Karabis. According to General Minand's sighting, Karabis is now the envoy of the pheasant legion, commanding the front line." Demitrius said with a smile on behalf of the master.
"Not only that, the general also saw the princess on the platform of the Acropolis, who was torn to pieces by Karabis." Stratonics also took the opportunity to join the battle group and finished the fight.
"Who are you?" Unexpectedly, Adiana said such words to Stratonis coldly.
As soon as these words were said, Stratonice was a little embarrassed and angry, "My Majesty, have you forgotten that I am the concubine of your father who came to the house to serve you?"
"Then why did you appear here? The concubine who was truly in the house and the one who had the status had already received the poison from the father. He followed the underworld in the city of Pontikabiang." Adiana picked up the wine glass and his eyes were like lightning. "When it comes to this, there are some shameless women in the palace of every kingdom. They are singing girls, or secret prostitutes who dance erotic dances. They blinded the monarchs or generals who drank too much for a night at a banquet, and then they called themselves concubines. It was really ridiculous." Then she smiled apologetically at Pompei, "General, you are different. You have come step by step from military merit. I just hope that you will not be deceived by those slaves who are born with low character and lie. I can see such boring tricks, let alone you."
"Adianna, you are not lying! I am keeping the vault for your father!" Stratonice shouted in a daze.
Adiana, holding the wine glass, looked cold again, "Don't talk about panic, the father has no vault at all. He has spent most of the money in the previous war. The six thousand Tarent's gold and silver are just the illusion of him deceiving lowly slaves and soldiers, just like... those who are really close to him know the truth." After saying this, Adiana's other hand hidden under the garment was almost bleeding. Her words were actually gambling, completely gambling.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere on the scene was extremely awkward, and even Pompei sighed and said nothing. Adiana slowly swallowed the wine calmly, and then asked Biduita to take out a pile of letters, "This is the relics of the deceased father, and they all communicated with their children and concubines. When my father was fighting in the past, he especially liked to express his emotions in letters." After that, Adiana stared at Stratonics, took out a copy, saying that it was for my aunt, and took out another copy, saying that it was for me, and took out another copy, saying that it was for my mother, "The letters from the father alone have been as many as four or five, and I can recite the contents like a stream. What about yours, the concubine who is most favored by the father? I didn't seem to have read it at all."
"What can this kind of thing that comes through your hands have? Even the corpse is fake. As long as it can be proved that the corpse is fake, Adiana, how do you prove that the corpse is real?" Stratonice couldn't sit still. She knew Adiana had the initiative with the letter, but she was still unwilling to accept it.
Adiana winked at Biduita, and Biduita handed over a wooden board with the seals of Achilles and Archilus to Pompei. Pompei looked at it and pondered for a while, saying, "That's right, this is a copy of the documents of the two generals of Bendu to transport the corpse in advance."
"We can verify the body on the spot!"
"Enough! Slut!" Adianna put the wine glass heavily with great anger and impatientness, interrupting Stratonis' request, "I'm not interested in knowing where you came from. Maybe you had seen the majesty of Luangyu when you were a female slave in the palace, or you had indeed received the kindness of my father, but there were so many such people. Now you recognize me, but I can't recognize you--In addition, General Pompei, I heard that the reason why you Romans held banquets to entertain guests was to practice the beautiful tradition of eating the living and resting the dead, and even the leftovers at the banquet were placed under the table.
Chapter completed!