22. False Accusations

"Aduneus, the King of the Colosseum, is now completely unrelated to the Graeus family, and the generous Graeus had sold the King of the Arena to the Roman Senate member - Batinus for a high price a week ago. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

In the noisy Roman bazaar, a bald Greek freeman was standing on the podium, reading aloud the copy that Graeus had drafted, telling the citizens of Rome that the legendary gladiator who had become famous overnight had nothing to do with him, and that he had sold it to others at the best price at the peak of his gladiatorial life.

However, the crowd was not convinced, in the history of Rome, there was no slave owner, noble merchant, sold his gladiator to others when he was just famous, fools know that when the champion gladiator was just born, it was the time when the slave owner made the most money, at that time, the gladiator's appearance fee, as well as the reward after winning each game, were the most, and Graeus sold his gladiator at this time, isn't it equivalent to giving his cash cow to others?

But the real reason Greyus could not tell these pathetic commoners that the struggle between the Senate and the Triumvirate could not be known to the citizens of the well.

At this time, from the Roman court not far away, a terrible news came - last night, the great nobleman Lucius was assassinated by the assassins, and the murderer had been brought to justice, that is, the Aduneus, the gladiator mentioned in Graeus's official documents.

For a moment, the market was full of people, and people paid attention to this explosive news, not paying attention to the contract of sale read by the Greek guy standing on the podium. Combined with Graeus's performance, many people don't have to think about it, they know that Graeus forged this proof of buying and selling slaves in order to exonerate himself.

"Damn! Damn it! Damn it! ā€

When the news reached Graus's house, Graeus, who was eating lunch, jumped up, and cursed the hateful Batinius in his mouth, in the vain that he trusted him so much yesterday, that in order to climb the high branch of Caesar, he ruthlessly attacked himself, making himself his cover, a victim of his plan.

The servant on the front foot had just received the news that on the back foot, the Roman magistrate led a group of heavily armed guards to break into Graeus's house.

The slaves, who were busy with housekeeping, made way for the guards in horror, and remembered that these slaves had not encountered such a thing since they were sold here. Although Graeus is a declining aristocratic family, he was honest and did things in the first half of his life, and he would never have thought that there would be a day like today.

It was all but a victim of the struggle for power, and it dawned on Graeus that there was no excuse for it, and perhaps he had sown endless bitter fruit for himself since the day he believed in Bartinius.

Bolivia watched in horror as several Roman guards set up their husbands, who were changing their clothes, and then walked out of the compound as if they were no one.

However, the guards did not do anything to Bolivia, because his father, Titus, was a wealthy man in the city of Rome, and like Crassus, he worked as a tax collector, and at the same time supported the Triumvirate behind his back, so the guards did not arrest the panicked hostess, but walked in front of her as if it were air.

In the courtyard, Gray's body was violently dragged away, and as he stepped over the edge of the pool, the water splashed on the pathetic nobleman.

So many things happened in just one day, first Graeus had his butler deliver the paperwork to the Roman magistrate who read the news, then the news of Lucius's assassination spread through the streets of Rome, and now the magistrate broke into his home with great fanfare. Graeus connected everything, only to find that it was all premeditated......

"Marc Aduneus, you have been accused of the murder of the great nobleman Lucius, and now tell you who instructed you to do this most heinous thing?"

On the day Graeus was arrested, Zhang Ce was taken by the guards to the judicial hall, which was filled with curious nobles and officials. In the capital of the Republic, such a horrific murder case occurred, and people were terrified and everyone wanted to know who was the mastermind behind this case. However, it is clear that Aduneus is a slave of the Gray family, but it is just to know what Gray's motive was for murdering Lucius?

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Faced with the judge's unsubstantiated accusation, Zhang Ce wanted to defend the innocent Gray, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. This was a conspiracy in itself, and Battinius sent himself to assassinate a Roman magnitary named Aulus, however, he pointed himself to another ordinary Roman nobleman. There must be some deception in this, all of this was planned by Bartinius a long time ago, and even Gray was framed and caught here, all of which were premeditated. In the face of such a well-thought-out conspiracy, what else can I justify?

Thinking of this, Zhang Ce didn't say a word.

However, the chief judge gave the guard a look, and the guard punched Zhang Ce in the face like a murderous executioner, and in the severe pain, Zhang Ce felt as if the bridge of his nose was about to crack, and bright red blood was coming out of his mouth and nostrils.

"It was Graeus, who instructed me to assassinate that aristocratic and wealthy merchant."

Faced with the fierce guards and gloating spectators, Zhang Ce made a sad statement in desperation. He put all the blame on his original master, Graeus. That's what Bartinius and the justices would like to see.

After Zhang Ce finished stating this sentence, the chief justice immediately showed a satisfied smile.

How much bribes did this thing take from Bartinius? Working so hard for him? Zhang Ce looked at the Grand Magistrate, and suddenly felt that the Roman nobles in front of him were simply ugly. In such a dark and corrupt society, where is there any justice left? But I'm still a slave, so what? And living is the best explanation for yourself.

"So, what caused that Graeus to do such a mad thing to assassinate an unarmed Roman merchant?"

The Chancellor continued to ask. This is also the motive of the nobles and merchants present.

Want a slave to tell his master's motives for doing things? It's ridiculous to think about it, but that's what the justice asked, maybe he didn't need any evidence at all, he just wanted to get the testimony he wanted from Zhang Ce...... As ridiculous and ridiculous as this testimony sounds, who cares? All you care about is the result......

"Because the Roman merchant once in a large trading activity, trapped Gray's large fortune, he mixed the grain with yellow sand, filled the crates, no one noticed, until Gray's men opened the cereal box, box by box inspection, only to find that sixty percent of the grain in it was mixed with yellow sand and fine soil, but Gray had already handed over the payment, and when he asked the merchant to theorize, he did not admit it, this transaction made Gray lose a lot of money, so he held a grudge, came up with such a desperate assassination plan. ā€

As soon as Zhang Ce's words fell, there was an immediate uproar on the field, and everyone was looking at each other, Gray, as an orthodox Roman nobleman, had done something inferior. But despite the look of surprise on the surface, everyone knew in their hearts how it was possible for a slave to know about his master's plans and those business matters. What a ridiculous testimony this is. But no one dared to raise an objection, because the human and material evidence was ...... It's all ......

Zhang Ce's statement made the justices even more satisfied, obviously, without prior notice, this gladiator slave could still cooperate with him so smartly, and the justices even had the idea of leniency for Zhang Ce.