Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 588

[Chapter 7 Vicious Cases]

Celesis kicked it away, and then warned: “Provalos, shut up! Do you want to recruit all the slaves of the Laodician family behind the mountain!” You know, in order to avoid each other Attention, they made a big circle and turned over several mountains before they got here from the side and back.

Selysses’ voice just fell, “Gah! Gah! Gah!…” A shrill cry resounded through the mountains, startling Selysses.

A flock of crows perched on the branches.

Provalus looked at Celisis’ embarrassed look, couldn’t help but wanted to laugh, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands.

“Damn the crow!” Celesis couldn’t help but scolded in a low voice.

“That’s the messenger of Hades, who is here to help us!” But Afitis in front turned around, saluted the crow reverently, and said sternly to Celisis, “If Paphogres recently If something is buried here, it’s probably here.”

“Here?!” Provalus looked at the place where Aphitis was standing, and the trees and grass seemed to be no different from other places.

Celisis was tall, but he could see it: the grass in the area where Aphitis stood was obviously shorter than the surrounding area, as if this small area was sunken.

“Let’s dig it!” Selysses’ eyes were full of mechanical eagerness. During this period of time, he inquired from various sources, and none of the information returned did not see the missing girl in Paphogres’ mansion, but instead It is a very small amount of information that confirms the fact that the slaves of Paphogres wandered in the forest many times. The most accurate information comes from the famous hunter Aphitis of Prosdemos, who will visit him many times. Help, this piece of land in front of him is his last hope!

He raised the pick up high and smashed it hard.

Provalus took a breath and started digging.

You must know that although this mountain forest belongs to the kingdom of Dionia and is not divided among individuals, Laodisian’s fields are on the mountainside of the former mountain. Due to the power of his family, there have been several conflicts.

Over time, the people of Prosdemo went to the mountains to hunt and gather wood, and they tried to avoid the mountains as much as possible.

He would never have ventured here if he hadn’t been kind to him by Celesis.

It was very quiet in the col, and even the crows stopped chirping, only the sound of low panting and the sound of a pick hitting the ground…

The soil here was wet and soft, and soon a small hole was dug…

“Wait!” Aphitis, who was standing on the side watching the wind, suddenly shouted and stopped the two of them from swinging their pickaxes. He fell down and stretched out his hand to lift a small “twig” sticking out of the water at the bottom of the pit, but he pulled it up. Do not move.

He stretched out his hand laboriously to wipe off the black mud on the “twig”…

The two people next to him widened their eyes: it was a swollen and corrupt finger!

“Aphitis,

do you know where Inspector Theocassis and his men are hiding now?”

“I know, just when we came…”

“Go and bring them here right now! ”

I see.”

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By the time Diocassis arrived, it was already half-dark, but he was very excited. As soon as he saw Selysses, he said excitedly: “Celysses, You have finally brought me good news!”

Celisis was sweaty, standing by the pit with a pickaxe, looking a little tired, and said in a very heavy tone: “I found a rotting The female corpse, it is estimated to be the missing girl. Two corpses were also found…I don’t know if there are more in this land?”

Dio Cassis was shocked, looking at the dark pit in front of him, angry Said: “Damn Paphogres, he should go to hell and accept the never-ending torture!”

He suddenly turned his head and shouted: “Brothers, light the torches for me and continue to dig this land!”

“Yes, my lord!” Many inspectors responded.

“This will alarm Paphograss!” Celesis hurriedly said.

“Now that the evidence is conclusive, and Paphogras still dares to stop me, isn’t he afraid to add more charges to him?!” Dio Cassi waved his hand confidently: “Dig it for me!”

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The next day, an explosive news quickly spread throughout the city: six skeletons were dug up in the mountains west of Naxos. It was strangled to death…

The news heard by the Hittites shocked the Naxos people: Since the establishment of Dionysus, there has never been such a terrible murder. Who is that crazy murderer?

!

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Just when the people were panicking, Diocassis had led a patrol to surround Laodice’s mansion.

Although his butler, Antrus, vigorously defended that the corpse behind the mountain had nothing to do with his family, and also loudly protested the illegal behavior of the patrol team to break into private houses, but soon some slaves under pressure admitted: In the past few years, five The young slave girl who served Paphogres disappeared unknowingly.

There is also a slave identification: a skeleton with a missing tail finger on its left hand may be one of the female slaves.

The wife of the freedman who was brought in also recognized that the decomposing body was wearing the same clothes that her daughter was wearing when she disappeared.

Just when Diocassis was forcing the arrest of Paphogres, a male slave took the initiative to admit that these people were murdered by him, and they were willing to obey the law!

In addition to being surprised, Diocassis still took him and the “murderer” back to the police station next to the city hall on the grounds that “Paphogres is a major suspect”.

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Stromboli recruited the young city inspector to the city hall, and as soon as they met, he asked: “Diocassis, is there any progress in the case now?

” , only to say that he was not strict with his slaves and was willing to be punished. And the slave who confessed to killing, according to the other slaves, was one of two confidant slaves of Paphogres, the other was already on the night we found the body. Suicide. I guess they have been burying the corpses all the time, otherwise he would not have said so clearly the location of each corpse… But no matter how we tortured him, he always said that he killed himself…” Di Ocassis said with a bit of frustration.

“In the past few days, members of the parliament have often come to intercede for Paphogres, and I can’t handle it. If you can’t find conclusive evidence of his murder, I’m afraid…” Stromboli felt Bearded, thinking about it, he said, “What is the punishment for indulging slaves to kill?”

“According to the judge, ‘Severe cases will be sentenced to 10 years in prison and a large sum of money.’ However, all the slaves who died were slaves, and there was only one freed daughter who was only registered in the register. , is not a citizen, so even if he did kill, it is very likely that he will not be sentenced to death! Judge Ardaurus also urged me today to hand over that slave and Paphogras to the court as soon as possible for trial as soon as possible Closing the case to prevent things from escalating and causing panic in the city… I think he took the benefit of that family!” Dio Cassis said angrily.

“Don’t talk nonsense! The courts are independent, I can’t influence them, and I can’t interfere! Maybe Judge Ardaurus thinks it’s nothing to die for a few slaves.” Stromboli comforted him, but his face He was still a little worried: “But this way, Paphograss is fine, so he won’t be able to get involved with Laodician, he won’t be punished by the Senate, you’ve completely offended him…”

“I’m a little bit. Don’t be afraid of them!” Diocassis said sternly.

Stromboli sighed and said: “With our support, of course you don’t have to be afraid, but it is trouble after all… It seems that I have to write to Your Majesty again…”

“Why do you write to His Majesty?” Diocassis asked suspiciously.

“Because Your Majesty hates the abuse of slaves by citizens. A few years ago, a member of the Crotone Local Council severely injured his slave for no reason, and the local judge imposed a fine. After His Majesty Davers knew it, he asked the court to re-impose the punishment. , not only fined him a lot, but also sentenced him to a year in prison… If he knew that so many female slaves were killed this time, think how angry he would be, can Paphogras still live!” Strombo A sneer appeared on his face.

Diocassis nodded suddenly.

At this time, Stromboli patted his forehead and suddenly remembered something: “By the way, you immediately go to the priests of the Temple of Hadid to see if they can get the slave to tell the truth…

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For the Greek city-states of this era, there are three most common ways of punishing criminals: fines for the light; corporal punishment for the severe, such as accountability, whipping, and punishment. .com Strict city-states such as Loclery, as well as cruel methods such as chopping hands and gouging eyes, and extremely serious executions; of course, there is also a common method of deprivation of citizenship and deportation.

But none of the Greek city-states have imprisonment and sentence of imprisonment, because in this way, not only do criminals not have to work, but the city-state must also provide them with food, which is unacceptable for a city-state with few people and money, so these Greek city-states There is no fixed public facility such as a prison.

However, the kingdom of Dionia is different from other Greek city-states. In the laws of Dionia, there is no punishment for mutilation of limbs, but there are clauses based on the severity of the crime and the number of years in prison, so every city in the kingdom has Prisons, most of which are located in police stations.

At this moment, the priest of the Temple of Hades in Naxos, Corinthus, entered the prison of the patrol post with the respectful welcome of Diocassis.

Coriontus was originally a priest of the Temple of Athena in Turii, but after the Temple of Hades was established, his belief quickly spread to the alliance and won the hearts of the people. He came less and less, and he himself was drawn to the teachings of Hades, and finally turned to Pluto.

Over the years, he has won the trust of the Priest of Wands, Plessinas, with his abilities.

After the temple of Hades in Naxos was built, he, who had been promoted to priest, was assigned to be in charge of the temple of Naxos.