Chapter 37: The Night of Rebellion
CHAPTER XXXVII
Having a broken hand is already a waste in the eyes of almost everyone, and if he has a broken hand, he can no longer be a gladiator, and even continuing to travel has become a huge problem. The fat consuls of Capua had long forgotten about Lin Li, and the Han Dynasty was too far away from Rome for Lin Li to be an interesting story for the consuls, but now that Lin Li was crippled, it was obviously rude to introduce him to the Roman senators.
In the gladiator school, Batista also regarded Lin Li as dispensable, and he had long lost his former respect, he just temporarily left Lin Li in the face of Spartacus, as if he was raising a dispensable waste, and the current Battista did not lack this dinar.
Lin Li was silent about all this, whether it was a vicious language or a disregarded attitude, Lin Li was silent, it seemed that all his edges and corners were smoothed out after his hand was broken, and Spartacus was the only one in the entire gladiator school who knew that Lin Li was a tiger who was quietly licking his wounds and waiting for an opportunity.
Lin Li couldn't really raise him in vain in the gladiator school, usually when the gladiators were training, Lin Li would do chores for them, pack up the training weapons for the gladiators, serve tea and water, and occasionally Batista would let him follow him to do chores, and even he took Lin Li to the slave market to see what price Lin Li could sell. Lin Li was silent, unrefutable to all of this, until the day before Batista invited the Kapua nobles to a dinner.
There were only three people in the quiet dungeon who were coldly facing each other, Lin Lee, Spartacus and Cress. Cress's girlfriend Nivea has the key to the dungeon's front yard, and most of the gladiators listen to Cress, and Spartacus can't avoid Cress if he wants to take revenge on Batista.
"You are all crazy, you want to betray your master, I tell your master your plan now, and you will die!" Kress stared at Lin Li and Spartacus with unkind eyes, vigilant and ready to rush out of the dungeon at any moment. Kress is the god of capua gladiatorial fighting, and although Lin Li and Spartacus teamed up to kill the Shadow of Death, Kress is confident that he will be able to break out of the dungeon even if he can't beat the two of them.
"We're really crazy, now it's up to you to have the guts to go crazy with us!" Lin Li held down Spartacus, who wanted to speak, and slowly said to Kressie, "You can choose to do it with us or not, but before you choose, think about whether you want to be a slave for the rest of your life?" Do you want Nivea to be a slave for the rest of your life? Do you want Lucleicia to find out about you and execute Nivea? Will you regret not working with us today? You should know about Spartacus, if you don't do it with us, his today is your tomorrow. ”
Lin Li's words made Cress's face change violently, and the muscles on his face twisted for a while, obviously his heart fluctuated greatly because of Lin Li's words. Kress and the Carthaginian beast Barka are the best friends, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are brothers, but others don't know about Sulla, but Kress knows a little bit about it. Batista could have killed Sulla in order to keep Spartacus, but it was impossible to kill Nivea for anything, and it was impossible for Lucrisia to keep Nivea alive if he knew about his Nivea.
Rebelling against one's own master will choose an extremely difficult path for one's future, but this path is at least a way to live, and if it is not done, sooner or later Nivea will die. Kress sat down, his haughty head buried deeply, and when he looked up again after half a sound, there was only a blank look left in Kress' eyes.
"Sula was killed by Barka, and Batista sent him to do it. I'll ask Nivea to bring the key to the dungeon at the banquet tomorrow night, but the weapon is Docot guarding it, and if he doesn't give us the weapon and start to alarm the people in front of us, we won't be able to succeed! In today's terms, Barka was the name of the Cress handover, and he knew that he had to gain the trust of Lin Li and Spartacus, otherwise they would not let him out of the dungeon easily. …,
The gladiator school Batista was so strict that if it weren't for the fact that Lucleicia would often summon Cress to 'Favor', Nivea would not have had access to the key to the dungeon, which cut off the slaves from entering the front yard. On the other hand, after the gladiators finished a day's training, all their weapons would be put away and taken care of by Batista's most trusted trainer, Dorcot, who was so powerful that he was not his opponent when several gladiators joined forces, and he was very relieved to take care of the weapons.
"I'll solve it with Dorcott, and we'll do it tomorrow when the keys are brought. This matter does not need to be known to others, everyone will not have a way out if they do it, and if they don't do it, there is only a dead end! "According to the laws of the Roman Empire, once one of the slaves in a group dared to rebel against the master, then the group of slaves would be executed, so as long as someone was the first to do it, all the slaves had no other choice even if they were unwilling, not to mention that not everyone was willing to be slaves all the time.
The night is getting deeper, and someone is destined to have sleepless nights this night, but this person does not include Lin Li, on the contrary, Lin Li sleeps very soundly, because after tomorrow night, this fateful main quest is finally coming to an end, and the faint pain in his head and the broken arm of his left hand oozing a trace of blood from time to time can constantly remind him how dangerous this place is.
The next day, at dawn, all the gladiators did not participate in the training, they were led to the front yard in shackles, where they were guarded by a pair of Roman soldiers and began their work. The front yard was to be cleaned, the cistern in the middle hall of the courtyard was to be filled with water, a cow and five sheep were to be slaughtered, the slaves were to be prepared for the meat, and then the maids were to be roasted, all kinds of fruit and wine were to be brought in and unloaded, and the torches on the walls were to be re-wrapped with strips of cloth soaked in grease, so that no torch could be suddenly extinguished while entertaining the distinguished guests.
In the evening, when the sky was just beginning to darken, a carriage stopped outside the high gate in the front yard, the gate was slowly opened, and the first guest appeared, and soon after the arrival of one after another.
"Kress, what are you going to do? I'm very busy today, and the host will call me at any time, why do you have to come over now? After it was completely dark, Nivea hurriedly appeared outside the dungeon, she looked vigilantly into the dungeon, there was only Kress alone behind the iron door, and only after making sure she opened the door and kissed Kress before Nivea asked.
"What are you doing? Damn slaves dare to leave the dungeon! Just as the young couple was about to speak, there was a sudden angry shout from the stairs of the dungeon, and a Roman soldier in full armor walked down the dungeon.