Virginius is addicted to books and study all day. One afternoon, the boy had a half-day holiday, and he went out for a walk. He walked for a long time and came to a strange place. A cave appeared in front of him, and he got into it, because the boy saw that there was nothing in the cave that he couldn't get into. The cave was so deep that Virginius felt as if he had reached the mountainside, so he wanted to see if he could get out from the other side of the mountain. He walked for a while, and it was dark all around, but he walked forward firmly. Gradually, a ray of light shone on the ground, and he heard a voice shouting, "Virginius! Virginius！”
"Who's calling?" He stopped, looked around and asked.
Virginius! The voice replied, "Have you noticed? Is there a chute or an embolus under your feet? "
"I saw it." Virginius replied.
"Then please take out the embolus," said the voice. "Let me out."
"Who are you?" Virginius asked. He never takes his time in doing things.
"I am an evil soul," the voice replied. "Unless someone lets me go, I will be locked up until judgment day. If you let me go, I will give you some magic books to make you smarter than others. "
Virginius loved wisdom and was tempted by these promises, but his caution helped him again. He asked to give the book to himself first and teach himself how to use it. The evil spirit had no choice but to do it, and then Virginius divided the embolus. There is a small hole below, and the evil spirit creeps out from it. It took a lot of time, because when he stood on the ground, he was as big as three Virginians and his appearance was as black as coal.
"Wow, you were never so tall in that hole!" Cried Virginius.
"Of course I do!" The genie replied.
"I don't believe it!" Virginius replied.
"Well, I'll show you again." Said the elf. He wriggled himself into a ball and stuffed it neatly into the small hole. Virginius then plugged in the embolus, put a book under his arm and left the cave.
In the next few weeks, Virgini uz almost forgot to eat and sleep, learning the magic in the book. No sooner had he finished studying than his mother sent a letter to Toledo, saying that he was ill and could no longer take care of the family business, and asked him to return to Rome at once.
In Toledo, people think that Virginius has great potential to become a great scholar. Although he doesn't want to leave, he is still willing to leave at once, but there are many things that must be arranged before leaving. So he entrusted the messenger with four horses carrying valuables and a white horse that the messenger rode every day. Then, he began to prepare his own things. Finally, under the farewell of a large group of students, he set off for Rome after a twelve-year absence.
His mother welcomed him home with tears in her eyes His poor relatives surrounded him, while those rich relatives avoided him, fearing that they could not plunder his property as they did many years ago. Of course, Virginius doesn't mind this, although he has noticed their jealous eyes when giving many gifts to poor relatives and people who are kind to his mother.
Soon it will be the season of tax collection, and everyone who owns land will go to see the emperor. Virginius, like others, entered the court and asked the emperor to punish those who occupied his property. Because these people are all relatives of the emperor, the emperor just told him to consider this issue and make a judgment four years later, so he found nothing. Such an answer certainly did not satisfy Virginius. He turned and went home. After he harvested the grain, he stored it in many granaries.
When the enemies of Virginius heard the news, they gathered to attack his castle. But Virginius is a formidable opponent. He came out of the castle, confronted the enemy, enchanted them, immobilized them and cursed them. Then he solved the magic and the invading army was able to sneak back to Rome and tell the emperor what Virginius had said.
He said that the emperor's words could not be violated. Even before he said these words, he was used to it now, so he could hardly believe his ears. He assembled another army and headed for the castle in Virginia. As soon as they occupied the position, Virgini uz surrounded them with a big river, so that their hands and feet could not move. Then Virginius shouted long live the emperor, made peace with him and asked for his friendship. However, the emperor was furious and didn't listen to anything. So Virginius lost patience and entertained his followers in front of the hungry emperor. The emperor could not move his hands or lift his feet.
The situation seemed to become very desperate, when a magician came to the barracks and was willing to serve the emperor. The emperor accepted his suggestion happily, and suddenly the whole castle seemed dead. Even Virgini uz himself is hard not to fall asleep. He didn't know how to fight a magician, but he struggled to open his black magic book, which told him what magic to use. Suddenly, all his enemies seemed to turn to stone and stay where they were. All day long, they all stung the wall like flies, but in the evening, Virgini uz quietly came to the emperor and asked him to let him go as long as he was fair to himself. At this time, the emperor was scared out of his wits. He said that he had agreed to all the conditions of Virginius. So Virgini uz lifted the magic, rewarded the army and sent them back to Rome. Not only that, he also built a square tower for the emperor. It is said that in every corner of the tower, you can hear the sound of the corresponding corner of the city. If you stand in the middle, you can hear all the whispers of Rome.
After Virgini uz settled the dispute with the emperor and his enemies, he had time to think about other things. The first thing he did was fall in love! His lover's name is Fabina, who was born in a noble family in Rome and has a beautiful face. However, she is just Doby Virginius, always joking with him. To this end, one day she asked Virginius to come upstairs where she lived, and promised to put down a basket for him so that she could pull him upstairs. This unexpected favor fascinated Virginius, so he walked into the basket happily. The basket was slowly pulled up, but gradually it stopped moving. Fabina's voice came from above: "you damn wizard, I'll let you hang there!" " "So he was hung above the market, and soon a lot of people gathered below, laughing at him and driving him crazy. Finally, when the emperor heard what had happened to him, he ordered Fabina to let him go. When Virginius came home, he vowed revenge.
The next morning, all the fires in Rome were put out. Because there were no matches at that time, it was a very serious matter. The emperor guessed that this was a trick of Virgini uz, so he let him remove the magic. Then D Ginioux ordered a gallows to be erected in the market, and Fabina was brought in, only allowed to wear a white coat. In addition, he asked everyone to take fire from the girl and not let the neighbors light it. When the girl appeared in white, flames surrounded her. Some Romans used torches to light fires, some used straw to light fires, and some used wood shavings to light fires, so a fire broke out in Rome.
She stood there for three whole days until every house in Rome caught fire, and then she was released.
Virginius's revenge angered the emperor, so he threw him into prison and vowed to put him to death. When everything was ready, Virginius was taken to Mount Venamir, where he was executed.
He walked quietly with the guards. It was very hot that day. When he got to the execution place, he asked for some water to drink. A bucket was brought up, and he cried, "Long live the emperor! Come and see me in Sicily! " He jumped into the bucket and disappeared from under their noses.
For some time, we never heard from Virgini uz again, and we don't know how he made peace with the emperor. But in his resume, one thing is that the emperor sent someone to invite him to the palace to discuss how to defend against enemies inside and outside Rome. Virginius thought hard for many days, and finally came up with a plan, which is well known as the "Plan to Defend Rome".
On the roof of Jupiter Temple, the most famous building in Rome, he placed the gods of various countries who surrendered to Rome, and placed the Roman goddess of protection in the center. Every conquered god? O has a bell in his hand. As long as any country even thinks of betrayal, its patron saint will turn his back on the Roman goddess and ring the bell desperately. Then the elders will rush to see who is rebelling against your majesty. Then they got ready to go straight to the enemy.
It is said that a country has been jealous of Rome for a long time and has always wanted to destroy it. So the people there found three reliable people, gave them money and sent them to Rome to pretend to be dream interpreters. When these messengers arrived in Rome, they slipped out that night, buried an altar of gold in the ground, and then buried an altar of gold on the bed of the Tiber River, that is, under the bridge.
The next day, they came to the Legislative Assembly, bowed and said, "Ah, your honor, we had a dream last night that a golden altar was buried at the foot of the mountain. Do you allow us to dig? " After getting permission, the messenger and the workers dug up the gold and enjoyed it.
A few days later, these people appeared in the Senate again and said, "Ah, your honor, please allow us to dig another treasure." We learned in our dream that the treasure was buried under the bridge. "
The senators agreed, and the messengers hired boats and workers, put down the ropes tied with hooks, and finally took out the gold from the altar and gave some to the senators.
A week or two later, they came to the Senate again.
"Ah, your honor," they said, "last night, we dreamed that there were twelve boxes of gold buried under the cornerstone of the temple of Jupiter, with the Roman goddess on it. Because of your generosity, we made a fortune because of our previous dreams, so out of gratitude, we hope to give you the third treasure. Please send some workers and we'll dig right away. "
With permission, they began to dig, and when the temple of Jupiter was destroyed, the messengers slipped away quietly as they had come.
The next morning, the cornerstone couldn't hold, and the idol fell down and broke into pieces. The elders realized that greed led to their own destruction.
From that day on, things got worse and worse. Every morning, a large group of people come to the emperor to complain about crimes such as robbery and murder in the street at night.
The emperor was most concerned about the safety of his subjects, so he asked D Ginioux to discuss how to stop the violence.
Virginius thought for a long time and then said:
"Your majesty," he said, "please cast a bronze horse and a bronze knight and put the bronze sculpture in front of Jupiter. Then tell the world that * * * will ring at 10 sharp, and everyone will go home and not come out again. "
The emperor listened to Virgini uz's advice, and robbers and murderers laughed at the bronze horse, still doing bad things as usual.
But when the last bell struck, bronze horses galloped at full speed in the streets of Rome. By dawn, people found that more than 200 people had been trampled to death by it. There are still many robbers left. Virginius had hoped that after this scare, they could abandon evil and do good, but instead of abandoning evil and doing good, they prepared some rope ladders with hooks. Hearing the hoofbeat, they fixed the ladder on the wall and climbed out of the reach of the bronze horse and knight.
Then the emperor ordered two bronze dogs to be cast and run behind the bronze horse. When the robbers laughed at Virgini uz and the emperor hanging on the wall, the bronze dog jumped high, dragged them down and killed them all.
In this way, Virginius restored peace and order in Rome.
Around this time, the reputation of the daughter of the sultan who ruled Babylon spread to Rome. In fact, people say that she is the most beautiful princess in the world.
Like others, Virginius heard the story about the princess and fell in love with her deeply. To this end, he built an aerial bridge between Rome and Babylon. Then he crossed the bridge to visit the princess. Although the princess was surprised to see him, she gave him a warm welcome. They talked for a while, and then the princess was very eager to meet the stranger's distant country. He promised to take her himself without even getting his feet wet.
The princess lived in the palace of Virgini Uzi for many days, browsing the wonderful things that she never dreamed of, but she didn't accept any gifts. Time flies, an hour is like a minute. Finally, the princess said that she must go back to her father. Then Ginioux personally led her across the air bridge and put her gently on the bed. The next morning, the father found his daughter lying in bed.
The princess told her father all her experiences, and the Sultan pretended to be interested and asked her daughter to introduce Virgini to her when she visited again.
Soon, Sudan got news from her daughter that a stranger was coming. He ordered the banquet to be prepared, called his daughter, poured her a glass of wine, and asked her to personally toast Virginius to show her respect.
When they sat down, the princess stood up to propose a toast to Virginia. Virginius fell asleep just after drinking.
Then the Sultan ordered the guards to tie Virginius up and put him in his place until the next day.
Shortly after the Sultan got up, he called the prince and ministers to the hall, ordered Virgini uz to be untied, and brought the prisoner to himself. As soon as Virgini uz appeared, the Sultan flew into a rage and accused the captive of taking the princess to a distant country without consent.
Virginius replied that if he took her away, he would send her back and he could keep her. If they let him go home, he will never come again.
"no!" The Sultan roared, "You must be put to death!" The princess knelt down and asked to die with him.
"You are wrong, Sultan!" Virginius said. He has lost patience and enchanted the sultan and the princes and ministers to make them believe that the Babylonian River is flowing through the palace and they must swim to escape. So Virginius made them jump and jump like frogs and fish. He picked up the princess, crossed the air bridge and returned to Rome.
Now Virginius feels that his palace, even Rome itself, is not worthy of a Pearl Princess. So he built an ideal city for the princess, buried the eggs in the sea, and the city was built on these eggs. There is a square tower in this city. There is an iron column at the top of the tower. A bottle goes through the iron column. There is an egg on the bottle. There is an apple hanging on the egg. The apple is still hanging there until now. When an egg is shaken, the whole city will shake. When an egg is broken, the whole city will be destroyed. Virginius has filled the city with wonders that have never been seen before. He called it Naples.
The Ancient Xuanwumen Spring and Autumn Zhuo Xin Classics of the Fugitive of Postgraduate Entrance Examination