12. Crimes
"Apis, the situation is not right, there is a woman's cry from it, not the noise of the dinner party. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"Quick, rush in! My mother! ”
At night, when Appis arrived outside Appius's villa with a few soldiers, he saw not the bright lights before the dinner, but a dark and terrifying picture, the cold door was closed, and from inside, there were women's screams and moans of pain, like heart-rending cries after abuse, Appiston understood what was going on, but after ordering Klein and Seklas to crash the door open, it was too late. Anelka, covered in blood, hanged from the vines in the atrium.
"Look, Appis, this is what you want to see, your mother, your Virgin, look, she is bleeding, she is struggling, she is groaning in pain, it is you who have caused her death. It's all your fault! ”
Appius, covered in blood, was standing beneath Anelka, who was twitching all over, like a demon watching its prey scream in pain from bleeding, and gradually bleeds to death.
Anelka, on the other hand, was covered in blood, her intestines had even flowed out, and her skin was blurred with blood. Apis didn't say a word of nonsense, but directly pulled out the short sword of the guards beside him, rushed to Appius, and then, in a rage, knocked down the beast.
Seeing that Appius wanted to say something, Appis didn't want to listen to his nonsense anymore, and the tip of the dagger was aimed at his throat!
"Wait! Appis, you must calm down, kill him at this time, the Roman nobles will say that you kill innocents indiscriminately, and you don't have the right to execute a Roman nobleman! ”
Sekras shouted, and several veterans rushed forward to rescue Anelka, who was dying.
"He sent people to set fire to the warehouse, and he also abused the Roman nobles at home, is he still innocent?!"
Appius roared in rage, still holding Appius by the collar with one hand, while Appius, who had been captured, laughed and mocked Appius for his cowardice and failure, yes, Anelka was also dying, and all of Apis's relatives were to die, just as Sabinus died at the hands of the Gauls.
"He deserves it, but he must be convicted by justice, and then let the servants put him to death, and not here, by your sword, and then you will be a man who has broken the laws of Rome, and your impulsiveness will make Caesar very difficult, and if he wants to save you, and if he tries to save you, and if he tries to speak for you, he will be opposed by the other nobles." Calm down, Appis, this bug in your hands will die sooner or later, and there is no need to lose your future on the spur of the moment. ”
Sekras tried his best to convince Apis and stabilize Apis' mood. Only then did Appis recover from his raging rage. Looking at Appius, whose mouth was stained with blood, he writhed his body like a fat worm, threw it casually, and then kicked Appius in the abdomen, causing Appius to roll to the corner, covering his belly, but he was still able to laugh in his mouth, maybe he saw that he finally succeeded in taking revenge on Appis once, maybe it was ecstasy after killing people in despair, in short, this is no longer an act that a normal person can do, or it is not that he can't be counted as a human at all.
"Mother's ......"
The rescued Anelka was covered in blood and covered in knife wounds, and the shattered flesh reflected Appius's cruelty. The blood gushed out, the wound was already blurred, and a section of intestines was exposed. Anelka, who was twitching all over, wanted to hug Appis, but she couldn't breathe anymore.
"Don't move, doctor! Call the doctor! ”
Apis yelled, and Sekras ran out, however, everyone present knew that it was too late, even if the best doctors in all of Rome were found, they would not be able to save Anelka's life, and a soldier who had suffered such a wound on the battlefield could not carry it down, not to mention that Anelka was a noble woman over fifty years old.
……
Anelka struggled to die in Appis's arms, blood staining Appis's robes, but she was unable to say a word again until she died. Appis just looked at her pained eyes, full of infinite attachment to his child.
"Bury her."
After a long time, Appis said to Klein sadly. This is a tragic family change, the originally harmonious and warm family, in the end, fragmented. Families are ruined.
"And you, I can't wait to kill you with a sword!"
Appis turned to Appius, who was sitting in the corner, laughing wildly, spat on him, and kicked his front teeth off with two more kicks. Two veterans of the Tenth Legion, one on the left and one on the right, set him up. Bundled.
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"It's all over, what's your next step?"
Looking at the blood on the ground in the courtyard of the mansion, Crane asked with a sad sigh.
"Let Fabius deal with him with the heaviest crimes, I want him to never get out of the dungeon, and it is better to be tortured and die inside."
It was rare for Klein to see his brother speak so gnashingly, and this time, Apis was clearly hated and angry. This is inhumane. It is equivalent to the ancient Ling Chi of the Heavenly * Dynasty. It's just a mad person who can do it, not to mention that the person is his wife who has followed him for decades, and Anelka still has some feelings for Appius, and Appius sees his wife as a pawn to use, and has no emotions at all.
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"You're doing well, at least sanely, Appis. I am saddened by the misfortune of your family, but you are indeed outside, maintaining my image and respecting the laws of Rome. So, what are you going to do with Appius next? ”
Two days later, Caesar met Apis in his administrative residence, his gaze so calm that it seemed to respect the dead and full of relief for Apis.
"I will make him never leave that dungeon, never see the light of day, and his flesh will rot in the dark dungeon, eaten by rats and maggots. He has to pay the price. I'll use the same way he did Anelka against him. ”
Apis gritted his teeth.
"Yes, then, if you want to do this, you need some skill, a means of covering people's ears. I can teach you to do that. ”
Caesar said, a pair of large rough hands on Appis's shoulders, like the care of the elders for the juniors.
"How?"
Appis humbly asked.
"Divert the attention of the people, make some news that will interest them more, make them forget about it, and when no one cares about Appius's life or death, and how he died, you can torture him in the dungeon. But it will take some time for the population to divert their attention. ”
Caesar slyly returned.