Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Celices kicked it away, and then warned: "Provalos, shut up for me! Do you want to recruit all the slaves from Laodisian's house!" Note that they made a big circle and turned several mountains before they got here from behind.

Celisis's voice just fell, "Gah! Gah! Gah!..." The stern cry rang through the mountains, frightening Celisis.

A flock of crows perched on the branch.

Provalles looked at Celissis' embarrassment and couldn't help but want to laugh, quickly covering his mouth with his hand.

"Damn crow!" Celices could not help but whispered.

"That's the messenger of Hades, who came to help us!" Afitis turned in front, salutes the crow, and then said directly to Celis: "If Pavgiris recently If anything is buried here, it is probably here."

"Here?!" Provalles looked at the place where Afitis was standing suspiciously. The trees and grass seemed to be no different than elsewhere.

Celisis was tall, but he saw it: the grass in the area where Afitis was standing was obviously shorter than the surrounding area, as if this small area as a whole was sinking down.

"Let's dig!" Celisis' eyes were full of machinery eagerness. During this time, he inquired variously through various channels. In the feedback information, he did not see the figure of the missing girl in the palace of Paphogris, but instead It is a very small amount of information that confirms that the slaves of Pavgrius wandered in the forest many times. The most accurate news came from Prophet’s famous hunter Afitis, who would come to him many times. Help, this piece of land in front of him is his last hope!

He raised the pickaxe high and smashed it hard.

Provalles took a breath and began to dig the soil.You know, although this forest belongs to the Kingdom of Dionysia and is not divided among individuals, the field of Laodicean is 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 collect wood, and tried to bypass this mountain.If it were not for Celissis to be kind to him, he would never risk coming here.

The mountain was very quiet, and even the crows stopped crying, only to hear a low gasp and the sound of a pickaxe hitting the ground...

The soil here was soggy, and a small hole was dug soon...

"Wait!" Afitis, who was standing on the side of the wind, shouted suddenly to stop the two from picking their picks. He fell down and reached for a small branch of "tree" sticking out of the water at the bottom of the pit. Lifted, but could not pull.He reached out again and wiped the black mud from the "branch"...

The two people next opened their eyes wide: that was a swollen and corrupt finger!

"Afitis, where does Inspector Dioccass and his people hide now? Do you know?"

"I know, just now we came..."

"You go take them here right now!"

"understood."

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When Diocassis arrived, it was already half dark, but his mood was very excited. As soon as he saw Celisis, he said excitedly: "Celicus, you finally brought me good news!"

Selissis was sweaty, standing with a pickaxe and standing next to the earthen pit. He looked tired and said very heavily: "I found a decaying female corpse, presumably the missing girl. Two were also found. With a bone...I don’t know if there is more in this land?"

Dioccass was startled, looking at the dark pit in front of him, and said angrily: "Damn Pavgris, he should go to hell and accept torture that never stops!"

He suddenly turned around and shouted, "Brothers, light a torch for me and continue to dig this land!"

"Yes, sir!" many inspectors responded.

"This will disturb Pavgaris!" Celisis hurriedly.

"Now that the evidence is solid, Paphogres dares to stop me, is he not afraid to give him a few more charges?!" Dioccassie waved sullenly: "Give me!"

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The next day, an explosive news quickly spread throughout the city: six corpses were dug in the mountains to the west of Naxos. According to the survey by the inspector, the six corpses were all females and all were strangled... …

The news heard by this prominent man shocked the people of Naxos: Since the establishment of Dionysia, there has never been such a terrible murder. Who is that heartbroken murderer?!!

Just as the people were panicking, Dioccass had led the patrol to surround Laodisian's mansion.

Although his steward, Andrews, tried to argue that the bones behind the mountain had nothing to do with his home, and also loudly protested the illegal conduct of the patrol team to break into private houses, but soon slaves admitted under pressure: in the past few years, there were five The young female slave who served Pavgris disappeared unconsciously.

There is also slave identification: a bone with a missing left finger in his left hand may be one of the female slaves.

And the wife of the freeman who was brought in recognized the clothes the rotten corpse was wearing when her daughter disappeared.

Just as Dioccas forcibly arrested Pavgris, a male slave took the initiative to admit that these people were killed by him, and he was willing to conquer the law!

While Dioccass was surprised, he still took the "murderer" with the "murderer" back to the inspectorate next to the city hall on the grounds that "Pavgrius had a major suspicion".

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Stromboli recruited the young city inspector to the city hall and asked, "Diocassis, has the case progressed now?"

"Pavgaryz has never admitted that he was the one who killed him, only that he is not strict with the slaves and is willing to be punished. And the slave who admits to the murder, according to other slaves, he is the two henchmen of Pavgaryz One of the slaves, the other had committed suicide the night we found the body. I guess they have been burying the body all the time, otherwise he will not say the location of each bone so clearly...but he does not care about us Torture, always said that he killed himself..." Dioccass said with some frustration.

"Members of parliament have come here to intercede for Pavgrius these days, and I can't cope with it. If you can't find conclusive evidence of his murder, I'm afraid..." Stromboli touched Beard, thinking, said: "How to punish slaves for indulging to kill?"

"According to the judge,'serious person was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined a large sum of money.' But all those who died were slaves, and there was only one daughter of a freelancer who was registered, and neither was a citizen, so even if it was indeed he who actually murdered And it is very likely that he will not be sentenced to death! Judge Ardalus today also urged me to bring that slave and Pavgrius to the court as soon as possible, to try and close the case as soon as possible, to avoid things getting bigger and bigger and causing panic in the city... I think he took advantage of the family!" Dioccass said angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense! The court is independent, I can't affect them, and I can't interfere! Maybe Judge Ardalus thought it was nothing to die a few slaves." Stromboli comforted him, but his face There are still some concerns: "But in this way, Pavgris is okay, and he cannot be involved in Laodisian. He is not punished by the Senate. You can offend him completely..."

"I'm not afraid of them at all!" Dioccass said sternly.

Stromboli sighed and said: "With our backs, of course you don't have to be afraid, but after all it is trouble... It seems that I will write to your majesty again..."

"Why do you write to your majesty?" Dioccassis asked doubtfully.

"Because His Majesty hated the abuse of slaves by citizens. A few years ago, a member of the Crotone local council beat his own slave seriously and the local judge fined him. When His Majesty knew it, he asked the court to impose additional penalties. , Not only fined him heavily, but also sentenced to one year... this time, if he knew that so many slaves were killed, think about how angry he would be, can Pavgris still live!" Strombo There was a sneer on his face.

Dioccas nodded suddenly.

At this time, Stromboli slapped his forehead and suddenly remembered something: "Yes, you immediately went to ask the priests of the Temple of Hadi to see if they could let the slave tell the truth..."

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For the Greek city-states of this era, there are three most common ways to punish criminals: light penalties; severe physical punishments, such as accountability, whipping, and punishment; severe city-states such as Lockley; Except for brutal means, execution is extremely serious; of course, there is also a common way of depriving citizens of their rights and deporting them.

However, no Greek city-state has imprisonment and sentence, because in this way, not only do criminals not have to work, but the city-state must also provide food for them. This is unacceptable for city-states with fewer people and less money, so these Greek city-states There is no fixed public facility in prison.

However, the Kingdom of Dionysia is different from other Greek city-states. In Dionysia’s law, there is no punishment for mutilation, but there are provisions for the length of imprisonment based on the severity of the crime, so every city in the kingdom has Most of the prisons are in inspection stations.

At this moment, Corinthus, the priest of the Temple of Hades in Naxos, entered the prison of the inspectorate with the courteous welcome of Dioccass.

Corinthus was originally a priest in the Temple of Athena in Turri, but when the Temple of Hades was established, its faith spread quickly throughout the alliance and won the hearts of the people. Less came, and he himself was attracted by Hades's doctrine, and finally turned to serve Pluto.A few years later, with his ability, he won the trust of the priest Plessinas.After the Temple of Hades in Naxos was completed, he had been promoted to priest to take charge of the temple affairs of Naxos.