Cylicis kicked it away, then warned, "Provalos, shut up!" Do you want to bring all the slaves of the Raodisian family behind the mountain? "You know, in order to avoid the attention of the other party, they made a big circle and climbed several mountains before they came here from the side and back.

As soon as Celicis's voice fell, "Gah! Ga! Ga! ......" The mournful cry resounded through the mountains, startling Celicis.

A flock of crows fluttered and perched on the branches.

Provalus looked at Celicis's embarrassed appearance, couldn't help but want to laugh, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.

"Damn crow!" Celicis couldn't help but curse quietly.

"That's Hades' messenger, here to help us!" Aphitis, who was in front of him, turned around, saluted the crow reverently, and then said to Celisis, "If Paphgres has buried something here recently, it is probably here." ”

"Here?!" Provalus looked suspiciously at the place where Aphitis, whose trees and grass seemed to be no different from the rest.

Celisses was tall, but he could see that the grass in the area where Aphitisus was standing was noticeably shorter than the surrounding area, as if the whole small area was hollowing down.

"Let's dig it!" Thelicis's eyes were full of mechanical eagerness, during this time, he inquired through various channels, and did not see the missing girl in Paphogris's mansion, but a very small number of information confirmed that Paphlegris's slaves wandered in the forest many times, and the most accurate news came from the famous hunter Aphitis, who came to the door many times to ask him for help, and the land in front of him was his last hope!

He raised his pickaxe high and slammed it down.

Provalus took a breath and began to dig. You know, although this mountain forest belongs to the kingdom of Dioonia and is not distributed to individuals, Raodisian's field is on the mountainside of the front mountain, and there have been several conflicts due to the power of his family. Over time, the people of Prosdemo went to the mountains to hunt and gather timber, and they tried to avoid the mountains as much as possible. If it weren't for Selicis's kindness to him, he would never have ventured here.

It was so quiet in the col that even the crows had stopped chirping, and only low pantings and pickaxes hitting the ground could be heard......

The soil here is wet and soft, and a small pit is quickly dug out......

"Wait!" Aftitis, who was standing by and watching the wind, suddenly shouted, stopped the two of them from swinging their pickaxes, and he leaned down and reached out to lift up a small "branch" sticking out of the stagnant water at the bottom of the pit, but he couldn't pull it. He laboriously reached out to wipe the black mud off the "branch......

The eyes of the two people next to them widened: it was a swollen, rotten finger!

"Aphitis, do you know where Inspector Diocassis and his men are hiding now?"

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

"Go and bring them here now!"

"Got it."

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When Diocassis arrived, it was already half dark, but he was very excited, and when he saw Celicis, he said excitedly: "Celesses, you have finally brought me good news!" ”

Cellisis was covered in sweat, standing by the pit with a pickaxe, looking a little tired, and said in a very heavy tone: "A decomposing female corpse was found, presumably the missing girl." Two skeletons were also found...... I don't know if there is more in this land? ”

Diocassis was startled, looked at the black pit in front of him, and said angrily: "Damn Paphragris, he deserves to go to hell and be tortured forever!" ”

He suddenly turned around and shouted, "Brothers, light a torch for me and continue digging up this land!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Many patrol members responded.

"It's going to alarm Pavlegris!" Celesses hurried.

"Now that the evidence is conclusive, and Paphragreth dares to stop me, isn't he afraid of adding a few more charges to him?!" Diocassy waved his hand in a swaggering manner: "Dig it for me!" ”

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The next day, an explosive news spread throughout the city: six bodies had been exhumed in the mountains west of Naxos, and according to the inspectors, all six were women, all of whom had been strangled to death......

The news that the Hittites heard shocked the people of Naxos: Never before had Dionya had there been such a terrible murder since its founding, and who was that mad murderer?!!

While the people were panicking, Diocassis had already led a patrol to surround Laodisian's mansion.

Although his butler Antrus tried his best to argue that the bones behind the mountain had nothing to do with his family, and loudly protested the illegal trespassing of the patrol team, one of the slaves soon came under pressure to admit that five young slave girls who had been serving Paphgres had disappeared unknowingly in the past few years.

There is also the designation of slaves: a skeleton with a tail finger missing from her left hand may have been one of the slave girls.

The wife of the freeman who was brought in recognized the clothes worn by the decomposing corpse as the one that her daughter had worn when she disappeared.

Just when Diocassis forcibly wanted to arrest Paphlegris, a male slave man took the initiative to stand up and admit that he had killed these people and was willing to surrender to the law!

Diocasis was so surprised that he took him back to the inspectorate next to the town hall with the "murderer" on the grounds that "Paphragis was a serious suspect".

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Strompoli summoned the young city inspector to the town hall and, as soon as they met, asked: "Diocassis, is there any progress in the case now?" ”

Paphragres never admitted that he was the one who killed him, saying only that he was not strict with the slaves and was willing to be punished. And the slave who confessed to the murder was, according to the other slaves, one of two henchmen of Paphragres, the other who had committed suicide on the night we found the body. I guess they were the ones who buried the bodies all along, otherwise he wouldn't have made the location of each skeleton so clear...... But no matter how we torture him, he always says that he killed the man......" said Diocassis with some frustration.

"These days, members of parliament often come to intercede for Pavlegres, and I can't handle it anymore. If you can't find conclusive evidence that he killed someone, I'm afraid ......" Strombori touched his beard and pondered, "How to punish indulging slaves and killing people?" ”

"According to the judge, 'in serious cases, the sentence is 10 years in prison and a large fine.' However, the dead were all slaves, and only one was only a registered daughter of a freedman, and none of them were citizens, so even if he did kill himself, it is very likely that he would not be sentenced to death! Judge Aldarus also urged me today to bring the slave and Paphgres to the court as soon as possible, so that the trial could be concluded as soon as possible, so as not to cause panic in the city as the matter became more and more complicated...... I think he's taking advantage of that family! Diocassis said angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense! The tribunals are independent, I can't influence them, and I can't interfere with them! Perhaps Judge Aldarus thought that the death of a few slaves was nothing. Strombori comforted him, but his face was still a little worried: "But in this way, Paphragres is fine, and Raodisien cannot be implicated, and he is not punished by the Senate, so you will completely offend him......"

"I'm not afraid of them at all!" Diocassis said stiffly.

Strombori sighed and said, "With our support, of course you don't have to be afraid, but after all, it's trouble...... It seems that I am going to write to Your Majesty again......"

"Why do you want to write to Your Majesty?" Diocassis asked, confused.

"Because Your Majesty hates the mistreatment of slaves by citizens above all else. A few years ago, a member of the local council of Crotone was fined for seriously injuring his slave for no apparent reason. When His Majesty Davers found out, he asked the court to impose a new penalty, not only to fine him heavily, but also to sentence him to one year's imprisonment...... If he knew that so many slave girls had been killed this time, how angry he would be, would Paphragres still be alive! Stromboli sneered.

Diocassis nodded abruptly.

At this time, Strompori slapped his forehead, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, you immediately go to the priests of the temple of Hadi and see if they can get the slave to tell the truth......"

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For the Greek city-states of this era, there were three most common ways to punish criminals: fines in light cases; Severe physical punishments, such as accountability, whipping, and punishment, severe city-states such as Lockrie, as well as cruel methods such as chopping off hands and gouging out eyes, and in the most serious cases, executions; Of course, there is also a common way to do this is to deprive yourself of citizenship and deport you.

But none of the Greek city-states had imprisonment and prison sentences, because the criminals not only did not have to work, but the city-states had to provide them with food, which was unacceptable for a city-state with few people and little money, so these Greek city-states did not have a prison as a fixed public facility.

However, the Kingdom of Dionya was different from other Greek city-states, in the laws of Dionia, there was no punishment for mutilation, but there were provisions according to the severity of the crime and the sentence of imprisonment, so every city in the kingdom had prisons, most of which were in the inspection camps.

At this moment, Colientus, priest of the Temple of Hades of Naxos, entered the prison of the Inspectorate with a respectful welcome from Diocassis.

Corientus was originally a priest in the temple of Athena in Turii, but when the temple of Hades was built, his faith quickly spread throughout the alliance and won the hearts of the people, and fewer and fewer people came to worship at the temple of Athena, and he himself was attracted by Hades's teachings, and finally turned to serve Hades. A few years passed, and with his abilities he won the trust of the priest of the scepter, Plecinus. After the completion of the temple of Hades in Naxos, he was assigned to be in charge of the temple in Naxos, who had been promoted to priesthood.