Chapter 20 The Destruction of the Pearl (Part 2)
"Cowardly husband, wife and children, a group of mortals, what are you crying? Why do you abandon the last dignity before death and show the despicable and shameful side to the enemy. They are not Romans at all, but they are pieced together from all the dirty and wild corners of the world. Caesar's minions and dogs. The chapter is updated the fastest. So, the citizens of Marcella muster up their courage to choose a considerable way of death, stop curling up, and fight with the enemies who are about to rush in!" As his subordinate soldiers walked around holding the robbed pottery urns and the door panels, Xiao Gatu raised his arms and stepped on the dead bodies all over the ground, and was still speaking to the surviving citizens sitting on the ground and making a cry of despair.
But the survivors stood up and cursed Xiao Jiatu loudly, calling him the culprit of the city destruction and the unreliable demon. Xiao Jiatu was also angry, but he still restrained himself and showed various philosophical views and remarks to debate with these people, but the other party ignored him at all and quickly ran away. But it is conceivable that if Xiao Jiatu had no soldiers around him, these people would rush up to tear him to pieces!
Among them, a middle-class businessman named Merisus, whose wife and children died in the previous melee, was full of resentment towards Gatu. He was not a citizen of the Roman city, and he had no awe of this character and the family reputation behind him. He decided to take revenge, so he took the rest of his hands and walked through the streets and alleys, and found Triali who was hiding in an abandoned tower. At this moment, a large number of street hooligans gathered around him, and even many helpless citizens who had hoped to be destroyed came to rely on him, and had to admit that in the aspect of inciting people's hearts, Triali and the dead Claudi were quite incompatible.
When Merisus found Triali, the other party was whispering a speech: "Our last peaceful and decent surrender was destroyed by that bastard of the little Gatu. Do you still believe that this is the lucky star of the city-state? Even the exile from Rome cannot bear the resentment and dissatisfaction with Xiao Gatu. He is just a selfish and narrow-minded guy who wants to use the death of the entire city to fulfill his illusory concept. Now he has revealed his true face. It is to rob and occupy your temple with inciting soldiers and kill citizens for no reason. I am here to appeal that we have a last chance before the complete darkness and killing sweep here."
"Just kill Katto!" Merisus took the opportunity to shout with red eyes.
"Kill Xiao Jiatu!" The other angry citizens also raised their weapons and shouted. Merisus took the opportunity to jump onto the platform, saying that in the chamber of commerce he had, there was still some food left in the warehouse to feed everyone present. But the premise was that you would automatically form an army and attack the Immortal Temple. Cut off Xiao Jiatu's head.
Many people still showed a look of hesitation and fear on their faces, because after all, there were all professional soldiers around Xiao Jiatu, but now it was Terry Ali's turn to pat his chest. He said that the soldiers and officers were familiar with themselves, and we could use strategies, but we must not continue to hesitate.
When everyone worked together, they immediately took out a lot of cables, linens and fire-guiding equipment from the unmanned dock and the tower. Then, under the leadership of Merisus, he walked around the alley and hid it in an empty house near the Immortal Temple. Then, Merisus dressed up as a noble man in the city and brought his followers to the temple and asked to meet Xiao Katu.
It was already evening. Xiao Katu, who had been "crazy" all day long, was taking a nap in front of the fire in the hall, and then continued to follow his disciple Munagius, a young man from Spain, and Statlius, a rhetoric from Greece. While the group was warming at the altar, Xiao Katu woke up and ate on the ground. Since the outbreak of the Civil War, it became his habit. It was a mourning expression to mourn all the Roman citizens who died in the Civil War.
Then everyone was bored and began to discuss philosophical issues, which was another unique debate. In addition, Xiao Katu was extremely stubborn in this debate. He kept repeating the theory of the Stoics, "What is a free man? A gentleman is a gentleman. And what is a slave? Those who have no thoughts and submit to their desires are slaves. In fact, there is no difference between bloodline and legal identity, but it exists in people's hearts."
But Apollonide still disagreed with his point of view, so that Xiao Katu's debate became louder and louder, and his emotions became more and more excited. Finally, he shouted, "Yes, if I am willing to go out of the city now and tell Li Bida that I would see Caesar, he would not make things difficult for me at all. If I see Caesar, I would just say a few words of surrender and kiss the back of his hand to express my submission. My identity, official rank and property will not be reduced at all, but why wouldn't I do this? Because in that case, I will change from the former to the latter, and from then on I will be reduced to a slave in a robe." After that, he lay straight back and covered his face with his robe. At this moment, everyone was silent. They understood that Xiao Katu thought of death.
Then, Munagius, commissioned by the Lord, announced in public that Xiao Katu's will, and announced on his behalf: You are all my friends, and you should live well. I have given you all the assets on hand. Li Bida will not kill them all. Then you will leave this city. "My friends, take care of yourself and go your separate ways forever." Then, he began to miss his comrades who were wandering everywhere. He said that some were wandering helplessly on the sea, some were trekking hard in the desert, and some were still fighting in the city of Rome. "My son has one, but his spirit is far inferior to my daughters. If he does not petition for revenge for his father after I die, then let the child live a comfortable life!"
After saying this, when people were not sad, the soldiers under the temple began to feel uneasy. A centurion, led by Sochis, came up to Gatu and said that a noble man from Marcellia was going to meet him.
Standing under the steps, it happened to be Merisus. In the dim light, Katu did not ask about his identity, because Merisus said directly: "The remaining elders of Marcelia gathered again and decided to ask you to leave the city and talk to the commander of the besieged city."
Chapter completed!