"Evil Leous, you have embezzled our property, plundered and exploited us, and today, your good days are over!"

Two months later, a group of enraged Roman knights roared loudly in the public court, accusing the aristocratic Leous of setting up a scheme to invest in business during his year in Rome, and finally failing to invest in their assets, along with evidence of Leous abusing his power and accepting bribes during his tenure as a lawyer. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Leous sat still, his lawyer defending him loudly, but he was refuted by several knights, and the momentum was so loud that it even threatened to cause a riot, and it did not turn into more dangerous bloodshed when he slammed the rod with the court.

Leous sat on the other side of the circular seat in the lobby, looking coldly at these rioting knights, he gave these knights benefits, asked them to perform well, and to perform hard, if the scene got out of control, they would not get a penny, so Leous just sat there the whole time, pretending to look serious. In my heart, I was thinking about the next plan, how to make this play more realistic.

"Everyone, be quiet, Leous did not arbitrarily annex your property, he just fulfilled the terms of the contract......"

At the same time, Leous's defense lawyer was also working hard to defend his master.

"Damn it! That's plunder! ”

However, before Leauus's defense lawyer could finish speaking, the knights on the other side began to let out a noisy roar of dissatisfaction, interrupting Leaus's defense lawyer's speech.

It wasn't until noon that the painstaking plea came to an end. Under intense pressure, the magistrate convicted Leous of abusing his power and stealing the assets of others. The knights cheered in huddles before escorting their lawyer out of the courtroom.

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"Octavian, there was a recent incident in the city of Rome, Leous was prosecuted, and those knights did not know where to get hold of a large amount of tangible evidence of this guy, and it was impossible to say anything about this Leaus in court."

A few days later, the court clerk Leous had already resigned under the pressure of public opinion, and the villa on the hill of Carlos in Rome was closed all day, and after losing the lawsuit, every day the knights hired ruffians to wait at the door to collect the debt, or the knights themselves went into battle and surrounded the door of the former court officer's house. When Masinus learned of this, he spoke to Octavian about it three days ago. In the young man's view, this was just a common thing, and in the past, it was not uncommon for Roman officials to be retaliated against for embezzlement, taking people's money and not doing things for others. And it is not surprising that Leous has held a position in this oily position for many years, causing some people to be jealous and retaliate.

"Leous has been sued? And was let a group of knights win the case? ”

Masinus spoke of it as if it were an anecdote, but the young and wise Octavian was immediately suspicious.

"Yes, those knights are now blocking the door of Leous's house every day, demanding compensation."

Macinus replied with a smile.

"Masinas, you must think about how easily a Roman judge could be sued by a group of knights and let the knights win? The court officials were high and powerful, and Leauus's power and strength were very large, and Rome had twelve law officers every year, and these twelve people and consuls controlled almost the entire interpretation of Roman law. No matter how many problems Leous has, it is not something that a group of knights can bring down together. If Leaus really wanted to protect himself, those knights had no chance at all. You tell me, how long did the whole process last from the knight's indictment to the fall of Leous? ”

Octavian inquired seriously, for more than three months, the young Octavian had been personally supervising the reconstruction of the city walls of Rome, and the task of cleaning up the forces of Apis had been entrusted to Masinas. At least, it shouldn't be temporary. Octavian pondered.

"More than a month."

Masinus noticed Octavian's tone stiffen, recognizing the seriousness of the problem.

This is all the more indicative of the conspiracy of Leaus. If it were an ordinary civilian, it would not take him a week to convict him, and the civilian could hardly afford a lawyer. And if it is a knight, it will take about half a month to a month. During this time, the knight has a certain amount of capital to stir up legal matters and toss with the plaintiff for a while. If the nobles are accused, the process is even more troublesome, indeed, it will take two or three months, or even longer, because the nobles have the capital to appeal repeatedly, even until the consul makes a ruling. A nobleman like Leous, who is in the position of a lawyer himself, how long do you think it will take if you want to protect yourself? I think it's normal for half a year, or even a year. Until he leaves office, I am afraid that the prosecutor will not be able to win against him. But now, according to you, it took only a month and a half for those knights to bring down Leous. Isn't that doubtful? ”

Octavian sat on the recliner and calmly analyzed.

Masinaston understood the magnitude of the problem. He jumped out of his seat.

"I'm going to investigate this now, do you want someone to keep an eye on him?"

"There's no need to be so nervous for the time being, as long as Leous himself hasn't left Rome, there's no big problem. However, you must send someone to keep an eye on his men and his residence. No one could let him leave Rome to deliver the message. I reckon Leous was told the truth of the matter by someone in this performance. ”

Octavian said in a deep voice. His eyes were so deep that no one could read his mind.

"Who could have revealed the news?"

Macinas gritted his teeth.

"There was only one old fox in the city of Rome. I think that no one in Rome now, except for Cicero, can get hold of first-hand information. ”

Octavian leaned back in his chaise longue and said calmly.

"There's got to be an excuse to get rid of this fox."

Macinas then spoke.

"Yes, an excuse had to be made. But Cicero was a little difficult, in the past, I could use Antony's hand to remove this restless pawn, but now, Antony is no longer in Rome, and Cicero still has a high reputation among the people. Apis was a formidable opponent, and he placed Cicero in Rome to keep Cicero safe and get the Rome he wanted. ”

Octavian became serious, and continued—

"Of course, if you want to assassinate Cicero directly like Anthony did back then, it's not impossible. It's just that I have to consider the pros and cons, Cicero was the protagonist in the Senate back then, and now, he has no value in the Senate, assassinating him, the people are bound to doubt me, and Cicero is this value worth me to do? This is a question worth pondering. I'm not Anthony, wantonly killing politicians will only make people fear me, they will think I'm a tyrant. ”