Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 7: Malignant cases
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Celicis kicked it away, and then warned: "Provalos, shut up! Do you want to recruit all the slaves of Laodixian behind the mountain!" You know, for Avoiding the other's attention, they went around a long way and over several mountains before they came here from the side.
Selicis's voice just fell, "Gah! Gah! Gah!..." The shrill scream resounded across the mountains, frightening Celsis.
A flock of crows perched dazedly on the branches.
Provalles looked at Celisis in embarrassment, couldn't help but want to laugh, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.
"Damn crow!" Celtics couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.
"That is the messenger of Hades, who is here to help us!" Affitis in front of him turned around, saluted the crow devoutly, and then said sternly to Celis: "If Pafoge If Reese recently buried something here, it might be here."
"Here?!" Provalles looked at the place where Afitis was standing, and the trees and weeds seemed to be no different from elsewhere.
Selicis 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 was sunken down as a whole.
"Excavate!" Celisis' eyes were full of mechanical eagerness. During this period of time, he used various channels to inquire about it, and none of the information he gave back did not see any missing girl in Paphogrice's mansion. The figure, on the contrary, is a very small amount of information that confirms that Paphragris's slaves wandered in the forest many times. The most accurate news is from the famous hunter Aphitis of Prosdemo. He only repeatedly Come to ask him for help, the land in front of him is his last hope!
He raised his pick high and smashed it down hard.
Provalles took a breath and then started digging. You know, although this mountain forest belongs to the Kingdom of Dionian and is not distributed to individuals, Laodixian's field 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 want to go hunting and gathering wood in the mountains, trying to avoid this mountain as much as possible. If Celisis hadn't been kind to him, he would never have risked coming here.
The col is very quiet, even the crows stopped calling, only a low panting sound and the sound of a pickaxe hitting the ground...
The soil here is wet and soft, and a small hole was dug soon...
"Wait!" Afetis who stood watching the wind suddenly shouted and stopped the two of them from swinging their picks. He got down and stretched out a small piece of water from the bottom of the pit." The branch" lifted up, but couldn't pull it. He stretched out his hand laboriously to wipe the black mud from the "branches"...
The two people next to each other opened their eyes wide: It was a swollen and corrupt finger!
"Afitis, do you know where the inspector Diocassis and his men are hiding now?"
"I know, just now we came..."
"You go and bring them here right now!"
"Got it."
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When Diocasis arrived, it was already half dark, but he was very excited. As soon as he saw Celtics, he said excitedly: "Selisis, you can finally give me Good news!"
Selicis was sweaty, standing next to the pit with a pickaxe, looking a little tired, and said with a heavy tone: "I found a rotting female corpse, probably the missing girl. Two bones were also found...I don’t know if there are more in this land?"
Diocasis was taken aback, looking at the dark dirt pit in front of him, and said angrily: "Damn Pavalis, he should go to **** and accept the never-ending torture!"
He suddenly turned around and shouted: "Brothers, light a torch for me and continue to dig this land!"
"Yes, my lord!" Many inspectors responded.
"This will alarm Paphogres!" Celsis said anxiously.
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, Pafergrace still dares to stop me, is he not afraid to add a few more charges to him?!" Diocassi waved his hand smugly: "Dig me!"
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The next day, an explosive news spread quickly throughout the city: Six bones were excavated in the mountains west of Naxos. According to the inspector’s investigation, the six bones were all female and all were strangled. Dead...
The news that this Hittite heard shocked the people of Naxos: Since the establishment of Dionia, there has never been such a terrible murder. Who is that frenzied murderer? ! !
Just as the people were panicking, Diocassis had led a patrol team to surround the house of Laodixian.
Although his butler, Andrews, tried his best to argue that the remains of the mountain had nothing to do with his home, and he loudly protested against the illegal behavior of the patrol team's trespassing of the private house, but soon slaves admitted under pressure: In the past few years, Five of the young female slaves who served Pavogues disappeared unknowingly.
There is also the identification of slaves: a bone with a left hand missing a tail finger may be one of the female slaves.
The wife of the freedman who was brought also recognized that the clothes worn by the decomposed body were the ones worn by her daughter when she disappeared.
Just when Diocasis was forcibly arresting Paphogris, a male slave took the initiative to confess: These people were all murdered, and willing to commit suicide!
Diocassis was surprised, but still used "Pafergris has a major suspicion" as the excuse, and brought him back to the inspection station next to the city hall along with the "murderer".
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Stromboli recruited the young city inspector to the city hall and asked as soon as they met: "Diocasis, is there any progress on the case now?"
"Pafergres has never admitted that he was the one who killed him, only that he was not strict with slaves and was willing to be punished. And the slave who admitted to killing, according to other slaves, he belonged to Paphras. One of the two confidant slaves, the other had committed suicide on the night we found the body. I guess they had always been burying the body, otherwise he would not have said the location of every bone so clearly... But he No matter how we use torture, we always say that we killed ourselves..." Diocasis said with some frustration.
"In the past few days, members of the parliament often come to intercede for Pafergrace. I can't handle it. If you can't find conclusive evidence of his murder, I'm afraid..." Strombo Li stroked his beard, thought about it and said: "How to punish a slave for indulging in murder?"
"According to the judge,'Severe ones are sentenced to ten years in jail and a large amount of money.' But all the dead are slaves. Only a registered freedman’s daughter is not a citizen, so even if it is actually him If you really kill someone, you probably won’t be sentenced to death! Judge Aldarus also urged me today to hand over the slave and Pafogres to the court as soon as possible. Panic...I think he took advantage of that family!" Diocasis said angrily.
"Don't talk nonsense! The court is independent, I can't influence them, and it's impossible to interfere! Maybe Judge Aldarus thinks that killing a few slaves is nothing." Stromboli relieved him. , But there was still some worry on his face: "But in this way, Pavogues is okay, and Lao Dixian cannot be involved. He will not be punished by the Senate, but you will completely offend him..."
"I'm not afraid of them at all!" Diocasis said stiffly.
Stromboli sighed and said: "With our support, of course you don't have to be afraid, but it will be trouble after all... It seems that I have to write to your Majesty again..."
"Why do you want to write to your Majesty?" Diocasis asked suspiciously.
"Because Your Majesty hates citizens' abuse of slaves. A few years ago, a member of the Crotone Regional Council severely injured his slave for no reason. The local judge fined him. After his Majesty Daves knew, he asked the court The additional punishment will not only impose a large fine on him, but also sentence him to one year... This time, if he knows that so many female slaves have been killed, think about how angry he will be, can Paphogrice still live!" A sneer appeared on Trombori's face.
Diocasis nodded suddenly.
At this time, Stromboli slapped his forehead, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, you immediately go to the priest of Hadi's temple to see if they can make 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: the lighter is fined; the severer is physically punished, such as accountability, flogging, and punishment, severe city-states such as Lokri, and chopped hands. Cruel methods such as gouging and gouging, the most serious is execution; of course, there is also a common way is deprivation of citizenship and deportation.
But none of the Greek city-states has imprisonment and imprisonment sentences, because in this way, not only do criminals need to work, the city-states must also provide food for them, which is unacceptable for a city-state with fewer people and less money. Therefore, None of these Greek city-states has a fixed public facility like a prison.
However, the Kingdom of Dionian is different from other Greek city-states. In Dionian’s law, there is no punishment for mutilating limbs. However, there are provisions for imprisonment based on the severity of the crime and the number of years of imprisonment in the kingdom. There are prisons in cities, most of which are in inspection stations.
At this moment, Kolyentus, the priest of the Hades Temple of Naxos, entered the prison of the inspection station under the respectful welcome of Diocasis.
Corientus was originally a priest of the Temple of Athena in Turii, but when the Temple of Hades was established, his beliefs quickly spread throughout the Alliance and won the hearts of the people. He came to the Temple of Athena to worship There are fewer and fewer people, and he himself is attracted by the teachings of Hades, and finally turns to serve Hades. Over the past few years, he has won the trust of Priestess, the priest of the scepter, with his ability. After the completion of the Temple of Hades in Naxos, he, who had been promoted to priest, was appointed to be responsible for the teaching affairs of the Temple of Naxos.