"To preserve the deeds which men have built, and to make evil words and deeds fearful of the reproaches of the Hereafter." -- Tacitus on the function of history is quite similar to Confucius

What a terrible thing it would have been if Corinna had betrayed and betrayed herself, and Turinus suddenly vomited at the thought of this, and then he wiped it with his sleeve, and time flew by, but in this room, he could only see the hourglass and the movement of the narrow daylight projection outside, and he felt like he was in a black ocean, alone in a ship, full of terrible reefs, hurricanes, and sea monsters.

What he didn't know was that the high priest who was holding on to the railing had repeatedly secretly handed over notes to the magistrates demanding that the case be investigated until Fonteus, and that he would be punished as soon as he was punished.

But Cicero's note was stuffed like snowflakes, but he did not give it to the jury, but to the young prosecutor, who finally asked for the examination of the witness, Fonteus.

"Today's time is full, and I'll finish here." The chief judge, Pisso, proposed this suggestion not only out of favor for the defendant, but also because he was old and lacked energy.

But the young prosecutor, who was very energetic, kept asking Pisso to summon Fonteus, promising him to ask only a few crucial questions and not to deliberately delay time.

Pisso looked at the auditorium below, and did not dare to make a decision on his own, so he talked to Pansa and the others on either side of him, and ordered that the matter be decided by a jury vote - the vote was very efficient, and eleven votes were in favor. Four votes against. plus the remaining abstentions. "Fontejus can be summoned."

Not long after, Fonteus walked in in a civilian suit, "You confessed in your testimony that you were the sole mastermind of the mutiny?" ”

"Yes." Fonteus replied.

The prosecutor then went on to ask, "So what was your motive for inciting the Twins to attack Lilibal?" ”

"Because Caesar's veterans are all in series, they are extremely dissatisfied with the usurpation of power by someone in the auditorium." Fonteus was straight to the point.

"But planning this mutiny requires a huge amount of money. According to the unified testimony of many soldiers, they had been rewarded with a large amount of money beforehand. After the prosecutor finished speaking, he handed over the tablet engraved with the testimony to the jury for inspection, "And His Excellency Fonteius, as an ordinary corps general, and Turinus's former assistant in the Greek theater of operations, will not be able to come up with this amount at all!" Now I wonder who came up with the money. ”

There was a lot of emotion inside and outside the courtroom, "You mean to say that Fonteus is not the real messenger?" Pansa asked the prosecutor. Got the approval of the other party.

"It was donated collectively by the freedmen and knights of the Julius family!" Fonteus "panicked".

Then Pisso got up and angrily rebuked, "Witness. Where do you place this testimony in me? You must know that although the freemen and disciples of the Julius family had previously made the distribution of inheritance, the specific direction and table book were still in the hands of the contemptible people, and the meaning of your words is that I also participated in this conspiracy? ”

Now the court was in chaos to the point where it could not be sustained, the high priest and his servants and the guards left the court angrily, and the other judges could only shake their heads, saying that they would take Fonteus into custody for the time being, and wait for the next day's trial.

Instead of returning to Villa Prima, he went to the High Priest's Mansion to stay, and at nightfall, Leo and Hu Cong suddenly appeared in front of the house of Turinus's house on Niushou Street, and when they saw him, Attia and Octavia immediately burst into tears, grabbed Leo's sleeve, and asked why Turinus had suffered such a catastrophe.

"I can only say that my father and I originally wanted to suppress this sudden incident, but this matter has spread too widely, and to this point, it is no longer something that my father can control." Leo said bitterly.

"What will happen to Turinus?" Mother Attiyah cried out, "Phillips and his son have gone out to save him!" ”

"The same is the purpose of my visit, my father has returned to the high priest's palace to plan this matter, and we all believe that Turinus will not be involved in such a thing, and I am entrusted by my father to mediate - this matter should not end so miserably, at most disqualification, because according to the rules, candidates are not allowed to have lawsuits during the election campaign." Leo sat down on a chair in the courtyard and analyzed to the women, "So, the suspicion should be to target the competitors of Turinus." ”

Leo's words relieved the women, since this incident is just a repetition of the previous republican election drama, then the fate of Turinus is limited, because even if you fight to the death, there is a bottom line in the Roman tradition.

In the end, Attia chose several names, Helcius, and Cicero, the former possibly hiding behind the fog, and the latter apparently wishing to kill Turinus. For no other reason, in the previous slash, Turinus had wanted to work with Antony to put Cicero on the list of public enemies, but now it was Cicero's ferocious counterattack.

"The most troublesome thing is Cicero, and Helcius is very easy to deal with, because he was cultivated by my father, and if my father rebukes him, he must not dare to be too arrogant - but Cicero" Leo squeezed in his chair a few times, feeling very embarrassed, because Cicero was very difficult to buy, and he was now at the peak of his position and reputation, and he was not a man of particular interest in money.

At this time, Octavia anxiously pulled Leo up, and went to the back garden, and despite the presence of the slaves, she buried herself on Leo's shoulders and wept, "You and your father must help Turinus, our family has always been a well-off knightly family, although my stepfather also served as an archon, but he is only known for his oratory and rhetoric, and has no wealth to boast of. And what I'm going to do right now, I want you to do, is really hard to say. ”

"I know that Turinus was not a miser who liked to accumulate wealth, and he gave all his inherited property to the army and the doormen. Say, Octavia, don't go into a trance any longer. Leo encouraged her to speak her mind.

"Bribe six lawyers, bribe nine knights who serve as judges, as long as they are willing to vote, so that Turinus is not guilty, even if it is a minor crime, then a qiē is good!" When these words came out of Octavia's mouth, even she felt desperate and frenzied, so she could only sit down with her face covered and continue to cry.

But Leo gritted his teeth and said, "I will ask my father for help, and the bribe may cost a hundred or even two hundred tarents, but I will do it anyway!" (To be continued......)