v7 Chapter 7： Malignant case

Celis kicked it off and warned: "Provalos, shut me up! Do you want to bring the slaves of the Ottoman family behind the mountain!" To know, to avoid each other Attention, they circled a big circle and turned over several mountains before they came around from the side.

The voice of Celissis just fell, "Hey! Hey! Hey!..." The screaming screams through the mountains and scared Celticus.

A group of crows rushed to the branches.

Provalles glared at the wolf of Celticus, could not help but want to laugh, busy with his hand to cover his mouth.

"Damn crow!" Celicius couldn't help but whispered.

"That is the messenger of Hades, it is to help us!" Aventis in front turned back, piously prayed to the crow, and then said to the righteousness of Celis: "If Paphos recently If there is something buried here, it is probably here."

"Here?!" Provalus looked puzzled at the place where Aphentis stood. His trees and grass seemed to be no different from other places.

Celisis was tall, but he saw it: the grass in the area where Aphitis stood was obviously shorter than the surrounding, as if the small part was sagged down.

"Excavation!" Selissis was full of mechanical eagerness. During this time, he used various channels to inquire, and the information in the feedback did not see the missing girl in the house of Paphos. It is a very small amount of information that confirms that Pafgres’s slaves have been wandering in the forest many times. The most accurate news comes from Prosdemé’s famous hunter, Aphitis, who will come to him many times. Help, this land in front of him is his last hope!

He raised the cross with a high head and slammed it hard.

Provalles took a breath and began to dig. You must know that although this mountain belongs to the Kingdom of Dionia, it is not given to individuals, but the field of La Odesian 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 Prosdemmo want to go hunting in the mountains, collect wood, and try to circumvent this mountain. If it wasn't for Celticus to be kind to him, he would never venture here.

The mountains were very quiet, and even the crows stopped screaming, only to hear the low panting and the sound of the crossbow hitting the ground...

The soil here is so soft that I quickly dig a small pit...

"Wait!" Aftis, standing on the sidelines, suddenly shouted and stopped the two men's swaying. He crouched down and reached for a small "twig" sticking out of the water at the bottom of the pit. Lifted up, but did not move. He struggled to reach out the black mud on the "twig"...

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

"Aftis, where the inspector Dick Cassis and his people are hiding now, do you know?"

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

"You are going to bring them here now!"

"understood."

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When Diocassius arrived, the sky was already half dark, and his mood was very excited. When he saw Celis, he said excitedly: "Selissis, you can finally bring me good news!"

Celisis was sweaty, squatting on the cross, standing next to the pit, looking tired and said very heavily: "I found a rotten female body, estimated to be the missing girl. Also found two With bones... I don’t know if there is more in this land?"

Diocassis was shocked and looked at the dark pit in front of him. He said angrily: "Damn Paphos, he should go to **** and accept the torture that never stops!"

He suddenly turned back and shouted: "Brothers, give me a torch and continue to dig this land!"

"Yes, adults!" Many inspectors responded.

"This will alarm Paphos!" Selissis hurried.

"Now the evidence is conclusive, Paphoris dare to stop me. Is he not afraid to give him more crimes?!" Diocasi is a smug wave: "Give me a digging!"

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The next day, an explosive news spread quickly throughout the city: six bones were dug in the western mountains of Naxos. According to the investigation by the inspector, the six bones were all female, and they were strangled... ...

This horrible news shocked the Naxos people: Since the establishment of Dionia, there has never been such a terrible killing incident. Who is the murderer? ! !

On the occasion of the public's fears, Diocassis has led the inspection team to surround the house of La Odesian.

Although his butler, Antrus, tried to argue that the bones of the mountains were not related to his family, and he also loudly protested the illegal activities of the inspectors in the private house, but soon the slaves admitted under pressure: in the past few years, there were five The young female slave who waited for Paphos disappeared unconsciously.

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

The wife of the free man who was brought in also recognized that the clothes worn by the rotten body were worn when the daughter was missing.

Just as Diocassius forced to arrest Paphos, there was a male slave who took the initiative to admit that these people were killed by him and would be willing to turn to the law!

When Diocassis was surprised, he still brought it back to the inspector next to the town hall along with the "murderer" on the grounds that "Pavgres had a major suspicion."

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Stromboli recruited the young city inspector to the town hall. When he first met, he asked: "Dio Cassis, is the case progressing now?"

"Pavegrass has never admitted that he is a murderer. He only said that he is not strict with slave discipline and is willing to be punished. And the slave who confessed to killing, according to other slaves, is the two confidants of Paphos. One of the slaves, the other who had committed suicide on the night of our discovery of the body. I guess they have been burying the body all the time, otherwise he would not say so clearly about the position of each bone... but he doesn’t care about us. Use the sentence, always say that he is killing himself..." Diocassius said with some frustration.

"In the past few days, members of the parliament have come to pay for Paphos. I can't cope with it. If you can't find conclusive evidence of his murder, I am afraid..." Stromboli touched Beard, thinking and saying: "How to punish slaves for killing people?"

"According to the judge, 'Serious people sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined a large sum of money.' But the dead are all slaves. Only one free-living daughter who is only registered is not a citizen, so even if it is indeed he himself really kills It is highly probable that he will not be sentenced to death! Judge Ardalus also urged me to bring the slave and Paphos to the court as soon as possible, and to close the case as soon as possible to avoid the troubles and the panic in the city... I think he took the benefits of the family!" Diocassius said angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense! The court is independent, I can't influence them, and I can't interfere! Maybe Judge Aldarus thinks that killing a few slaves is nothing." Stromboli comforted him, but his face There are still some concerns: "But this way, Paphos is fine, you can't involve La Odesian. He is not punished by the Senate. You can offend him completely..."

"I am not afraid of them at all!" Diocasis said hard.

Stromboli sighed and said: "There is no fear of us supporting us, but of course it is trouble... It seems that I have to write to my Majesty..."

"Why do you write to your Majesty?" Diocassius asked in confusion.

"Because His Majesty hates citizens for abusing slaves. A few years ago, a member of the Crotone Guinean parliament made a serious injury to his slaves for no reason, and the local judge gave him a fine. After he knew it, Daves asked the court to impose additional penalties. Not only was he fined him, but he was also sentenced to one year... This time, if he knew that so many female slaves were killed, you think about how angry he would be, and Paphos can still live!" Strombo There was a sneer in his face.

Diocassis nodded.

At this moment, Stromboli took a forehead and suddenly remembered something: "Right, you immediately go to the priest of the temple at Hardy to see if they can let the slave tell the truth..."

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For the Greek city-states of this era, there are three common ways to punish criminals: the fine is fined; the severe one is physical punishment, such as accountability, whipping, punishment Severe city-states such as Lockley, There are cruel means such as pickpockets and eye-cutting, and the most serious ones are executions; of course, there is a common way to deprive citizens of citizenship and deportation.

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

However, the Kingdom of Dionia is different from other Greek city-states. In the law of Dionia, there is no punishment for physically damaging the body, but there are clauses according to the severity of the crime and the sentence of imprisonment. Therefore, every city in the kingdom has Most of the prisons are in the inspection center.

At this moment, the priest of the Hades Temple of Naxos, Collintus, entered the prison of the inspector with the kind welcome of Diocassis.

Collientus was originally a priest of the Temple of Athena in Turi, but when the Temple of Hades was established, his faith quickly spread throughout the Union and won the hearts of the people. The more people worshipped at the Temple of Athena, the more The less he came, and he himself was attracted by the teachings of Hades, and finally turned to serve Pluto. In the past few years, he has won the trust of the scepter Plesinus with his ability. After the completion of the Temple of Hades in Naxos, he was sent to the priesthood and he was responsible for the temple teachings of Naxos.