If what they said at the beginning was a little alarming to the civilians, the next slander against Marcus touched the sensitive nerves of the civilians: "I know you, you are a lackey of the Cominellius clan, and you were the one who framed Lord Marcus at the citizens' assembly in the first place!" ”

"Graus, you were one of the nobles who captured Lord Marcus in the first place, and you still dare to appear in front of us!"

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Just as the crowd was excited, a voice shouted, "Kill them and avenge Lord Marcus!" "Soon, the quarrel turned into a brawl, and the hall became chaotic, with screams and cries. m.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing this on stage, Tolmid was afraid of chaos, so he hurriedly asked Davers for instructions: "Do you want to stop it?" ”

Davers shook his head, "Wait a minute. ”

After a while, the trumpet sounded, and the soldiers on the sidelines roared again, and sent a detachment to squeeze into the crowd, only to see that the dozen or so nobles and diners who were beaten were beaten to death, and the soldiers dragged them out and threw them on the sidelines, but sent doctors to treat other wounded civilians.

At this time, Davers continued to say loudly in front of the calm crowd on the high platform: "I'm afraid you don't know that Marcus quietly wrote a letter to his family after learning that he was falsely accused, showing his determination to die, do you want to know what he said in the letter?!" ”

The people of Rome listened to the interpreter and their curiosity and guilt prompted them to shout without hesitation: "I want to !! ……”

"Then let Publius. Let me read this letter to you. When Davers had finished speaking, the people of Rome were amazed: Publius. Manlius is the patriarch of the Roman Senate, the current patriarch of the Manlius clan, and he actually took refuge in the Dionians?!

The skeptical populace widened in surprise when they saw the man on the high platform: it was indeed Publius. Manlius.

Facing the gaze of the Roman people, the current patriarch of Manlius bowed his head in shame. At this moment, Davers's voice rang in his ears: "Begin, Master Publius! ”

He trembled even more, and the thought of the fierce Dionian soldiers last night cut off the heads of a dozen Roman nobles he was familiar with in front of him in a row, and the blood and human heads all over the ground shattered the fragile resistance in his heart, and for the survival of the family, he chose to give in, just like when Marcus was executed by the Senate, he quickly made a decision to "give in to the senators and no longer use the family name Capitolinus".

Under Davers's smiling gaze, his hands trembled slightly, and he pulled out the letter that Davers dictated and was imitated by himself in imitation of Marcus's notes and letters: "...... General...... Publius, my brother, you don't have to ...... Persuade me again, I know very well those despicable tricks of the Senate, slandering me for restoring the royal government is to put me to death!

I have fought valiantly all my life, and have never bowed to anyone, so I will never kneel before them and beg for mercy, even if they slander my reputation and usurp my honor with great charges, and make the common people who are with me doubt me!

The only thing I regret is that I have made a promise to help those who believe in me and follow me in the struggle against the Senate, to help them to relieve their heavy debts, to give them their own land, and to let their cattle and sheep graze on the Roman lands! In fact, there is another promise in my heart that I have not told them, and that is to give them the opportunity to run for high office in Rome, to become senators, to serve as consuls...... It's a pity that none of this can be achieved anymore.

I now understand that it is almost impossible to fight for power for civilians through words! If the gods could give me another chance, I would surely arm the people, overthrow the terrible and greedy rule of the Roman aristocracy with sharp spears and the fury of my heart, and establish a good government like the kingdom of Theoria south of Rome, as I have often told you, with equal rights for every citizen, both nobles and commoners! "At this point, Publius. Manlius glanced up at Davers, who was not far away, and the real author of the letter was listening as if it really existed.

When his eyes turned to the high stage, he saw that many people were already sobbing, he was stunned for a moment, subconsciously raised his voice, and continued to read: "Publius, my brother, in the future, the affairs of the family will depend on you, if possible, try to help a group of civilians in difficulty...... I am not willing to die as a dictatorship! The gods are above and will punish me for my wrongs, so don't rejoice too soon for those who have benefited from my death! Attribution: Marcus. Manlius. Capitolineus"

When Publius finished reading the letter, there was already a cry in the square, and most of the people did not doubt the authenticity of the letter, they were moved by Marcus's persistence in fighting for their rights before he died, and they were ashamed that they had not been determined to save such a great and noble leader.

In the midst of the crying, someone shouted excitedly: "Marcus! ”

Received a loud response from countless people: "Marcus!! Marcus!!! Marcus!!! ……”

The people in the square shouted his name excitedly.

The shouts echoed over the city of Rome, causing the senators and nobles on Capitoline Hill to gaze into the square, where they saw the crowd gathered in the square and thought that the Romans were fighting against the Dionians, but they did not know that the Roman commoners were excitedly mourning one of their most hated noble traitors.

The agitation of the Roman people lasted for some time before it gradually subsided.

At this time, Davos exclaimed: "A year after the death of Marcus, there was a plague in Rome, and this is by no means a warning from the priests to 'the gods against the dictatorial Marcus,' but the punishment of the gods for those who framed a great Roman hero!" And today, we Dioonians have come to Rome in response to the curse of Marcus, to overthrow the Roman nobles who have been on high and cruelly oppressed you, and to build a new Rome with you, as Marcus said in his letter! ”

When Davers was in a passionate speech, Publius. Manlius nodded incessantly.

The Roman people, though still wary and suspicious, looked at Davers with less anger.

Someone had the courage to ask aloud, "How are you going to build a new Rome with us?!" ”

"Good question!" Davos immediately responded: "It is now up to my newly appointed adjutant of Rome to answer your questions and issue my orders!" ”

Then the people of Rome saw a splendid Burton man dressed in black piping and white stripes walk up to the high platform with his head held high, and after saluting King Davos respectfully, he turned to face the crowd.

Someone at the front of the crowd who lived in the favelas of Rome suddenly widened in surprise: Isn't this Valquez?!

Someone else couldn't help but shout: "Valcke, is that you?!" ”

With his head held high, Valquez said proudly: "I am now the adjutant of administration of Rome appointed by His Majesty the King, a little higher than the position of the municipal magistrate you are familiar with, please show me respect the next time you speak!" ”

As soon as his words fell, there was an uproar in the audience, and everyone talked about it one after another, and soon the news spread throughout the audience: a Roman commoner who had been like them, and who had been reduced to slavery, had now become a high-ranking official of the Kingdom of Dionia, and stood on a high platform to lecture them.

Davers calmly watched the commotion from the stage, very satisfied with the great impact of Valcze's example on the Roman commoners, he knew very well: in Italy, in the land of the Western Mediterranean, from time to time the citizens of one city-state for some reason left the original city-state and joined another, maybe even the enemy, but they were basically not reused, did not enter the inner circle of the city-state, and often became commoners, This is also one of the important sources of Roman commoners (of course, there will be some clans from other states who bring hundreds of people to Rome together, and are accepted by the Roman clan communes and share power, but then they become nobles). The ability to be as open to foreign fugitives, even enemies, as Persia did, was a very small minority of the entire Mediterranean country, and this also caused the Greeks and Persians to be mortal enemies, but once they were expelled from their own state, they often went to Persia.

And what will the Roman plebeians do now after they suddenly see a dramatic change in Valquez's social status? Davers will see.

The neat roar of the Dionian soldiers restored calm to the square once again.

Valquez cleared his throat, took several breaths, recalled what he had tried to memorize yesterday, and said loudly: "Well, His Majesty King Davos declares to all the Roman people, 'Since Dioonia took possession of the city of Rome, all debts owed by the Roman plebeians to the nobility have been abolished, and all the slaves of the Roman nobility and the former princes of the city of Rome have become freemen.'"

As soon as Valkx finished saying this, the slaves at the back of the square let out cheers.

In comparison, the Roman commoners were somewhat calm, Rome was occupied by foreigners, and most of the senators and nobles had fled to the Capitoline Hill, and of course it was impossible to ask them to pay their debts, but they also frowned, knowing in their hearts: as long as the nobles could not repel the Dionians, their debts could be written off forever!