"Why?!" Diocassis hurriedly said, "My lord, if we don't raid and give Paphgres enough time to prepare, it will be very difficult to catch him!" ”

"Why?! Just because he is the son of Laodisian, and his brother-in-law is Antonios, you have been in Naxos for several years, and you don't know how influential Raordisian is here, and you are just guessing, and there is no evidence, once the search fails, how much damage will be done to the reputation of Laodisien and his son, do you know! Then you and I will face the wrath and revenge of Laodisian! Stromboli said solemnly.

"As an old senator, I am about to leave Naxos, and Laodisien does not dare to do anything to me, but you and Galademos will stay here for two or three years (due to the rapid expansion of the territory of the Kingdom of Dionia, the frequent change of officials in various cities is not conducive to the stability of the region, so the Senate passed a revised law, the term of office of the city administrator is three years, and the term of office of middle and low-level officials is generally five years), and last year Galademos was suppressed and excluded from work because of taxes, and you don't know. If you provoke Laodisian this time, your life here will be very difficult for the rest of your life! As an elder, I'd rather you don't take care of this case than get hurt in any way! ”

Strombori's words were sincere, but Diocassis did not appreciate it, and he shouted unconvinced: "This is the land of the Kingdom of Dionia, and His Majesty Davers has the final say, how can a Raodisian be allowed to mess around like this!" I don't believe he dares to do anything to me! ”

"Do you really want to check?"

"Yes, my lord, I must find out about it! It doesn't matter if it has anything to do with the Raodisian family or not! Diocassis said with a firm expression.

Strompori looked noncommittally to the other side: "Galademos, what do you think?" ”

"My lord, I support Diocassis!" Galademoth paused and said, "I will also do my best to help him, after all, I am familiar with that village." ”

"It's good to be young!" Strombori looked at them and sighed.

"My lord, you used to be a notoriously harsh and unsympathetic judge when you were a senior judge, but you didn't expect to ...... now," Diocassis said to him.

"To be harsh, I'm not as good as Scombras, but unfortunately he's gone to the Élysée......" Strompori said with some sighs: "Sicily is different from Great Greece, there are not many Ionian citizens of free people here, most of them are exiles from the original Sicilian city-states, they are too easy to get together." After the Southern Italian War, most of His Majesty's energy was devoted to governing and unifying the land of Southern Italy, and in order to ensure the stability of Sicily, the Senate absorbed many Sicilian exile leaders......"

Strompori turned the wine glass in his hand, and his eyes glistened with a faint light: "...... If you want to put the territory of Sicily in order, unless your majesty makes up your mind. I do not want to prevent you from investigating this matter, but I hope that you will act secretly, gather conclusive evidence, and not be seized by the men of Laodisian, so that I can report this matter directly to Your Majesty. ”

Diocassis's eyes lit up: "I see, my lord! ”

"Even if this thing fails, it doesn't matter." Strompori encouraged them: "You are citizens from Amendorala, you have the 'Silver Buckle of the Founder of Amendolara', and you have the support of Amendolara and many elders in the army, and no one dares to mess with you (because most of the mercenaries under Davos's command were married to Amendolara women, and these veterans of the military department have a deep relationship with the original citizens of Amendora)." ”

"Don't worry, I'll find out the truth!" Diocassis said confidently.

"My lord, are you about to step down?!" Galademoth only had a chance to ask.

"Yes, it's three years in September. With my age, I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to come out and serve again!" Stromboli touched his gray beard and sighed, "According to the information I have received, it is likely that I will be succeeded by Lord Asistes or Master Lesipellatus. ”

"According to the law that was introduced a few years ago, didn't it stipulate that 'the senator could not be the chief executive of the city where he was born'?" Galademoth said suspiciously.

"You are mistaken, Lord Lesipellatus is a native of Catanae, but they Sicilians have always loved to walk together...... In addition, Arcistes' uncle is Antonios, no matter who is the administrator of Naxos, he will take care of the Raodisian family, so I don't want you to make a big deal about it just now, so as not to be detrimental to your future development! Strombori reminded.

Galademos and Diocassis looked at each other.

"Well, let's not talk about it. Tonight, a farewell banquet I had held for myself and for you, was almost ruined by Diocasis, your child. At this, Strombori raised his glass and exclaimed, "Come, children, let's make a toast to tonight's party!" ”

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On this night, in order to thank Strombori for taking care of him in recent years, the Diocassis family and Galademos frequently toasted and returned drunk.

Shortly before noon the next day, Diocassis, after a hangover, arrived at the town hall and received the news that the freeman had cancelled the report, explaining that he and his wife were so busy with work that they had forgotten that his daughter had been taken to Katanay by relatives the previous afternoon.

At dusk, the number of customers at Christoya's restaurant in Naxos gradually increased.

A middle-aged man with a scar on his face walked in and walked straight to the waiter at the counter: "I have an appointment with Diocassis, may I ask—"

"Please follow me." The waiter led him up to the second floor and pushed open a room in which Diocassis sat alone.

As soon as he saw the arrival, Diocassis said dissatisfied: "Captain Selicis, how can you manage your soldiers if you are so unpunctual." ”

Celisses didn't bother to talk to him, and sat down directly across from him: "What did you invite me to dinner for?" ”

Diocasis did not answer immediately, but turned to look at the waiter: "Hurry up and bring me all the food I ordered, I am hungry." Selicis, what do you drink? ”

"Beer, of course."

"Two more cans of beer, and close the door when you go out."

"Okay, your wine and dishes will be delivered right away." The waiter went out and brought the door.

Cylicis looked at Diocassis and asked again, "Is there anything wrong with coming to me in such a hurry?" ”

Diocassis propped his right elbow on the dining table and asked in a deep voice, "Lord Tribune, don't you know what has happened in the past two days in Prosdemo, where you are?" ”

Theliches is the tribune elected by the citizens of Prosdemmore. According to the provisions of the Dionian Law, the Tribune is elected every two years, one by one Dermo district, and a maximum of ten Tribunes can be established in a city. Therefore, in large cities such as Turiyi and Crotone, where the number of demo is far more than ten, or even as high as twenty or thirty, 20 citizens from each of the demos will have to vote for the pre-electors selected in the first round, and finally ten tribunes will be elected. Naxos was not a big city in the first place, and it was only a decade old, with only seven Demo districts.

Ten years earlier, Selicis had been an exiled soldier who had fought alongside the First Army and had fought against the Syracuse coalition forces. Later, after the Catania Plain was completely owned by the Kingdom of Dionia, Davers ordered the Ministry of War to establish the Eighth Legion in the Sicilian territory.

In the past ten years, he has become the captain of the brigade, but he has never wanted to develop in local government affairs. It is precisely because of his prestige in Prosdemo and his own good conditions for election (the hero of Naxos Kuangfu, the scar on his face is proof that the captain of the Eighth Legion, pays taxes on time, and has no illegal record), so he was elected Prodemmo's tribune twice in a row.

At this moment, he thought about it carefully: Diocassis is a city inspector, who is engaged in maintaining law and order and catching murderers and thieves, and he came to him in a hurry, mostly for this matter, after all, the two have cooperated with each other many times in the past because of violations of law and discipline in the city. And what happened to Prosdemo in the past two days......

He said uncertainly, "You mean the loss of the daughter of the Free People?" ”

"Looks like you're a good tribune." Diocassis teased.

"I heard that the freeman has found his daughter." Selicis said again.

Theocassis banged his fist on the table and said in a deep voice: "Bullshit! He said that his daughter had gone to Katanai with her uncle, but I had asked his neighbours carefully, and no one had seen any guests come to his house, let alone his daughter to the port. Instead, I went to Christoya's bank and found that he had deposited a sum of one thousand drachmas this morning......"

You must know that the background of Christoya Bank is too hard, and there is a rule that "no customer deposit information is disclosed to anyone", and it is impossible for anyone to make the employees of this bank bow their heads. However, at the suggestion of Davers, Christoya later added a provision that "if the safety of the people of the kingdom and the city is concerned, it may be duly cooperated by the order of the local magistrate".