When a border governor’s department returned to Rome for routine debriefing, it actually plotted to assassinate Claudius! Although the whole plot to assassinate was full of loopholes, Emperor Claudius didn’t even notice that the gangster had been arrested by the Guards. Most court ministers later rationally judged that it might be that some political enemy of the border governor deliberately designed such a naive plan period to frame and frame him.

But no one thought that this little farce made the client Emperor Claudius have a completely different idea or excitement! One night, Emperor Claudius, who used to talk very little, turned into a completely different person. The next day, Emperor Claudius looked ferocious and roared at the top of his lungs, and ordered the immediate arrest of the border governors and the recall of all the governors at the border to investigate. We must find out the mastermind behind the assassination!
The ministers were shocked by the emperor Claudius. After the reaction, several respected ministers politely dissuaded them. However, Claudius made the Roman emperor dignified and powerful, and all opposition and dissuasion opinions were ignored. A piece of imperial edict immediately flew out of the city and sent them to various border provinces.
An attempted assassination led to a violent turmoil. Emperor Claudius not only brutally and rationally killed the border governor, but also executed three generals, removed five governors and financial positions in succession in the follow-up investigation. Hundreds of officers and officials were involved! National loss
However, after the storm, the Romans added Blackstone Prison, a pile with a strong sense of coldness. In the following 200 years, Blackstone Prison did imprison many imperial dignitaries, generals, usurpers and other important people with different identities, and among them, it kept on hearing incredible horror, so this widely spread prison has always been mysterious and full of death curses, and there are even heinous criminals buried in the bones.
However, in fact, this stone castle prison on the coast not only has no trace of gloom, but on the contrary, the gray and simple city walls, high cliffs and surging tides, and golden beaches look like a vicissitudes and heavy picture from a distance.
Extremely secretive, the imperial prison is majestic and impregnable. There are not many guards stationed in Blackstone prison. There are about two or three brigades and hundreds of people. The exact number is uncertain. However, the identity of these soldiers is very special. The identity information of each of them is top secret. They don’t belong to the legion, and it is not rooted in the establishment of the imperial army. They faithfully guard the prisoners here according to the emperor’s orders until the prisoners are executed or all the cells are alone.
However, generally speaking, there will never be a shortage of prisoners here, and the recent quelling of the Spanish rebellion has undoubtedly brought a new batch of’ guests’ here, including nearly 100 staff members, rebellious nobles, knights and their families, who will spend the rest of their lives here quietly if there is no accident.
Odom, who was once a confidant of Cartus and was captured by Orca Pagerikas before the decisive battle, is naturally one of the differences from other small characters. Odom enjoys the’ VIP-level’ treatment here. Not only does he live alone in a single room, but his cell is absolutely quiet in the dark corner of the whole castle, and Odom does not need to endure the chaos outside. King Ann of Ingrati personally grounded him and deprived him of staying in the dark corner forever when he was outdoors.
At this moment, Odom is no longer his former demeanor. He has disappeared with the disillusionment of the Grace family. Odom is unkempt, ragged and trance-stricken in prison. He sits on the ground all day and mumbles as if he is crazy, but maybe he still has a little unrealistic hope.
Dedication ~ ~ ~
Suddenly there seems to be a faint step in the quiet darkness.
Being in a lonely and dark environment for a long time, Odom’s thoughts have fallen into a state of chaos and drift, so he didn’t notice the if sound at first, or consciously regarded it as an illusion.
But the footsteps are getting closer and clearer, gradually echoing in Odom’s ears through the deep darkness.
"Someone is coming? ！” In a trance, Odom suddenly woke up as if he realized something incredible, but at a very good chance, he didn’t eat for many days, but he suddenly provoked himself like an energetic man and threw himself at the fence of a cell made of fine iron. His messy hair covered up a pair of flashing eyes that were hard to suppress and excited, and he desperately looked at the approaching direction in the dark!
After a while, it seems that it has been a long time since the footsteps suddenly stopped and disappeared in the darkness, as if they had never appeared. The silence around them resumed, leaving Odom with his hands still clinging to the fence and his eyes scanning back and forth with great reluctance. He did not believe that the sound was an illusion. It must be a human footstep.
"Odom? Ka Rygula? Vanous "
Without warning, a voice suddenly sounded in the dark and slowly read a familiar name.
"Who is it? ！” The sudden appearance of the sound made Odom take a step back involuntarily, still staring at the fence with indecision and uncertainty, and finally a touch of surrounding darkness showed different shadows slowly emerging.
This is a man in a cloak, tall and covered in a cloak, adding darkness to hinder his vision. Odom can’t see clearly at hand, but his appearance seems so cautious. Odom’s original hope suddenly swelled.
"Who are you?" Silent for a long time to see people without first going to Odom carefully asked 1.
"You don’t need to know who I am." To Odom’s surprise, the dark shadow immediately replied, "You need to know what I’m doing."
Although the bearer has no sense of identity, Odom is, after all, a man with a heart. The pure Latin of the bearer has made him secretly confirm a previous guess.
"I was entrust to get you out of here, and that’s my purpose." that bearer went on to say that he couldn’t hear the mood fluctuation in his tone, just like an inanimate machine playing in a fixed mode. "but before I get you out of here, I must ask you a question according to the owner’s request, and you must also ask about the owner’s identity." Then he suddenly held out a hand from his cloak and carved a circle of Latin with a bronze ring in his palm.
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At the sight of the ring, Odom felt a sudden explosion of hope, which filled his whole body with blood as if a demon was waking up. Odom really never thought that Cartus would be willing to pay a huge price to save himself. After all, the Spanish affair has completely failed, and the Grace family has fallen into Alfonso’s hands, even though he is unwilling, he has no profit value. What’s more, Cartus is now in danger, and it is hopeless to see himself rescued.
But the person in front of me actually said that he still had a chance to live.
Reluctantly holding back the impulse, Odom tried to keep his tone calm and said, "No matter who your master is, I will give my highest thanks to Odom." Ka Rygula? Vanous vowed to be loyal to the death and never be unfaithful. "
"Good, you are loyal. My master already knows your loyalty. I think it is more appropriate for the master to accept it personally after going out." Virtual Shadow took back his hand again and said lightly, "Well, my master wants to confirm that there was a secret meeting in Provence a few months ago. Have you revealed it to anyone after being captured?"
Sure enough, when the virtual shadow asked the last sentence, Odom had completely believed himself and guessed that there was also a talent who might save himself in this situation without being discovered by others. He was really lucky. If he didn’t happen to know the identity, I’m afraid he could really become a pile of bones in this dark place.
Several thoughts flashed through Odom’s mind. "I swear in name that I didn’t disclose anything about that secret meeting, and the imperial side didn’t seem to know anything about it. I have no reason to say it."
There was no reply from the horse, but it seemed to be a moment of meditation to confirm the truth of Odom’s words
Moments later, the virtual shadow moved and saw a small glass bottle handed to Odom.
"Drink it and I’ll get you out."
Odom’s eyes touched the ordinary glass bottle, but he couldn’t help showing a trace of fear and hesitation. However, the virtual shadow was never explained. If you choose, it depends on his own decision
A trickle of cold sweat dripped from his forehead. I don’t know how long it took Odom’s pupil to shrink and tremble, and his hand suddenly became firm and powerful. He suddenly took the glass bottle, then twisted the lid without stopping and looked up and drank the bottle of liquid all at once.
Section seventy-one Seaside! Haijiang!
The Roman Empire of Bayonne is the only naval base in the Atlantic Ocean.
The cool sea breeze blows into the harbor along the terrain gap and blows against the dock. The Roman navy flag is still bright but no longer dazzling. A bronze crow suspension bridge in the center of the port holds a huge sculpture of the bow of a Carthaginian warship, and recalls the Roman naval era hundreds of years ago alone.
Bayonne is a large-scale military port. In fact, the original intention of building this military port was to provide logistics supplies and shelter for all Roman warships sailing freely in the Atlantic Ocean, and to ensure that the majesty of the Roman navy radiated the whole offshore area. However, this ambitious and great original intention was never seen again with the disappearance of the Roman sea thoughts. This well-built and well-equipped military port was completely forgotten by the Roman rulers.
When Oka and Darryl and his party came here with excitement, they were greeted with an unusually cold and lonely scene. Most of the army stationed in the port went to nearby towns for fun, while the navy soldiers were able to watch the one-person port and watch the once-brand-new and powerful warships gradually decay day by day.
The Egyptians, Greeks and Phoenicians disappeared in the long river of history with these figures who were powerful enough to suppress the Roman sea hegemony in the past. With the army’s great conquest again and again, all the land around Rome was taken into its arms. When the Mediterranean really became an imperial lake, the navy inevitably fell into a doomed fate.
The Romans were so obsessed with land in their bones that they would never regard the sea as their second hometown like the Greeks and Phoenicians. If the enemy fleet had not brought too much pain and lessons to Rome in the wars that decided Rome’s fate again and again, the Roman navy might never have appeared.
However, the Romans were full of wisdom and courage. This land tyrant country came from behind and built its own fleet in just a few years, and defeated the Phoenician navy which dominated the sea at that time in the first battle.
Victory seems to have temporarily stimulated the Romans to explore and enlist their interest in the ocean. More and more sailors were recruited and more warships were built. The Roman navy grew at an unprecedented speed. When the three Punic wars ended, the Roman navy actually replaced the Phoenicians and became the new masters of the ocean.
It was a period of Roman naval age, and Roman warships wandered freely in every corner of the Mediterranean Sea. It was a period of naval army, and it was a pity that moderns’s glory belonged to the navy, which only lasted for several decades.
When the invincible army sent more and more territory and war benefits to Rome, when the Roman territory unconsciously included the whole Mediterranean, when Greece, Carthage, Egypt and Persia all these countries either tried their best to resist the Roman legion and take care of the sea, when the pirates were finally wiped out, the Roman navy finally lost its territory.
Constrained by the times, the navy can neither expropriate Xinjiang territory nor acquire huge wealth. The Roman rulers naturally rejected the reason why the Roman navy continued to go. The huge fleet was split up and warships were assigned to various ports along the Mediterranean coast to patrol and guard merchant ships. The development and construction plan of new warships was put on hold within a time limit, and the recruitment and training of naval sailors was cancelled by the appropriation department. At one time, the size of the navy was cut and then cut, and the brilliant naval deeds gradually became forgotten. One by one, naval soldiers who had been heroes could spend the rest of their lives in memory.
This is a history of Roman navy that is strikingly similar to that of ancient China navy, a history that makes the world lament, sigh, grieve and weep, and a history that makes the Chinese people feel the same and feel sad.
"This military port should have been idle for a long time, except for those naval forces who are responsible for maintaining warships." The military port pier straddles Ma Olian’s head and points to a warehouse not far away. "Everything in this port looks like a town that has been abandoned for a long time."
Everyone smell speech didn’t speak, but they looked around in succession. But when the information fed back by the line of sight didn’t prove that what Olian said was true, everyone looked inexplicably heavy.
"Well, this is not something we can care about now." Seeing that everyone’s mood is affected by this, Oka can’t help frowning. "The decline of the navy is definitely a wrong choice for Rome, but we are trying to change others. I have to wake you up. Please remember that you are on a mission at the moment. Britain is our only concern."
They said that Darryl’s mouth wriggled as if to say something, but after all, it was a slight sigh and the corner of his eye fell.
Oka looked at his friends and knew that the most difficult thing for these young imperial soldiers to accept was the loss of national military power for no reason. What’s worse, this scene was also touching. For example, if the soldiers who saw the country facing a crisis were not paid due attention, they would be treated unfairly and feel resentful and sad.