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Chapter 441 Conspiracy and Decision

This time, Adepgis came from Cosenza to report to Aristilas: After the failure of the battle on the Ramato River, the soldiers of the Fifth Legion released by Dionysius were very angry with Bruti. I hope the Senate will be alert to some of the impacts it has had on the region.Unexpectedly, he ran into this. Since he had been herding cattle for many years when he was a slave, he had excellent riding skills and was familiar with the terrain of the Cosenza Plateau. It was possible for him to successfully deliver messages over long distances at night.

At this moment, after Aristelas understood the whole story, he knew that this matter was of great importance and did not dare to ignore it at all. He immediately made a decision: "Let's go, you and I will go to see Lord Marij immediately!"

Why did you go to see the business officer Mariji, instead of Sesta, the inspector who really had the power to punish the elders who left their posts without authorization, or Cunogorata, who was temporarily in charge of the administrative power of the entire Dionia?

That's because Marij is a confidant of Lord Davos and is familiar with the intelligence department that Aristiras is in charge of. Aristiras has met Kunogorata several times and clearly feels that he dislikes him. .As for Sesta, the main reason is that I am not familiar with it and I am afraid of wasting time.

After Mariji heard the shocking news, he went to see Sesta without any hesitation. Sesta immediately sent people to check the mansions of the senators, and it turned out that they were empty.

So, everyone immediately joined forces and came to Kunogo Lata's mansion.

After all, Kunogolata was old. Although it was not yet late at night, he was already fast asleep.After being woken up, still a little dazed, Cesta could be heard saying: "Petalu, Bergam, and Kadurk left Thurii without permission and quietly went to Bruti. This may trigger a sentence." chaos!"

His sleepiness was all gone.

"Whether they are leaving because there are urgent matters to be dealt with in the tribe or for other reasons, leaving without the approval of the Senate is a violation of the laws of the alliance!" Kunogolata said it euphemistically, but could not hide his deep feelings. Anxiety: "Immediately send a cavalry to the Bruti area to see if they can be chased back! If you can't catch them, rush to Cosenza and notify Xilos to strengthen the alert and search. Once they are discovered, they will be captured immediately." They're taking care of it!"

At this time, there were only 500 cavalry left in the city, but they were all citizens and were not always armed. It was so late that they would have to go door to door to wake them up, so Kunogolata reminded again: "When we go to gather the cavalry, , don’t make too much noise, so as not to cause panic among the people!”

"What if the cavalry catches up with them and they resist?" Sesta asked in a cold tone.

"It's best not to hurt them. There is really no way to hurt them, but you must not-" As soon as Kunogorata finished speaking, Sesta had already strode out.

"There is one thing I forgot to say... In fact, Aristilas has sent someone to Cosenza to inform Hilos before Petaru and the others." The intelligence officer showed his merit.

"Oh, really?!" This is really an unexpected surprise!Cunogorata hurriedly looked at Aristiras standing in the corner of the living room.

"The situation was urgent at the time, and the decision I made without authorization was just to make Cosenza Chief Executive Hilos be more vigilant. My people are rushing to Cosenza. It's dark now and the road is difficult to walk. I hope he can get there before them. Cosenza,” Aristiras explained.

Due to his previous prejudice, Kunogolata could not praise the intelligence chief. He just nodded and said to Mariji: "Although it is very late now, we must inform other elders and tell them tonight Let them be mentally prepared for the matter. So Lord Mariji, please go and ask them to come to my place." Kunogolata was making amends afterwards to avoid others saying that he was arbitrary, so as to deal with Davos There is an explanation.

"Okay!" Mariji replied simply, turned around and walked out.

Aristelas followed him out, but was stopped by Cunogorata: "Please stay for a while."

Aristelas watched in surprise as Cunogorata walked up to him and asked, "What is your name?"

"Aristelas."

"Aristelas, you did a good job before!" Kunogolata said seriously: "I know you are the eyes of Lord Davos. The situation in Dionia is not good now, I hope Can you do me a favor for now."

"As a citizen of Dionia, it is my duty to contribute to the alliance." Aristelas immediately stated his position.

"I want you to send someone to pay attention to the movements of the other Bruti elders in the Senate. Before Mr. Daves comes back, please let me know if there is anything unusual. When Davers comes back, I will explain it to him. ” Kunogorata stared at him.

Aristelas hesitated for a while, nodded reluctantly and said: "Okay, Lord Kunogorata, I will report the situation to you every day."

After leaving Cunogorata's mansion, Aristelas waved his fist lightly and smiled on his face: In the past, they could only do things secretly and were hated by some senators. This time they can get important figures among the senators. Kunogolata's approval can be said to be a big step forward for the intelligence service to become more visible.

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On the road leading to Cosenza, dozens of people including Bergam, Petalu, and Kadulke held torches and walked quickly.

Looking beyond the area shrouded in fire, there is a dark wilderness in front of you. You can only hear the strong mountain wind passing over the unobstructed plateau, making a shrill whistling sound, as if a woman is crying...

Petalu wrapped his leather robe tighter. On this bad night in winter, he not only felt cold in his body, but also a little cold in his heart: Although he had made up his mind to leave the Dionia Alliance, seriously Having taken action, what is the future fate of him and his tribe?Just like the invisible road ahead, he had no way of predicting it...

"Listen, what is this sound?!" Kadurk suddenly shouted loudly.

"It's a wolf howling!" Someone recognized it from the wind and reminded loudly: "Be careful there are wolves ahead!"

Everyone gathered together in a hurry, not daring to get separated.In the wilderness at night, encountering wolves is a headache.

Everyone proceed carefully.

Not long after, they saw five or six wolves gnawing on something beside the road.Everyone used torches, spears and daggers to drive away these wolves with green eyes and grinning teeth. They did not go away, but wandered around.

"It's a horse corpse!" Everyone saw clearly what the wolf was biting.

"He must have died not long ago." After hearing what the tribesman said, Bojam's face became solemn: "It seems that someone passed by here on horseback not long ago."

Petaru felt a thump in his heart, and his face also turned ugly: "It's possible that someone discovered our actions and rode to Cosenza to report it!"

"We were walking so secretly. They couldn't have known about it in advance, and the fastest way to Cosenza was this way. Even if they were discovered, they wouldn't have been able to walk in front of us. This time it was just a coincidence. Someone's stable must have failed. He was so strict that the horse escaped and was bitten to death by a wolf..." Kadurk argued.

"But this is not a Brutima." Bogam, who was getting close to the horse corpse to observe carefully, reminded him: "The horse corpse on the ground has a larger skeleton than the short Brutima."

"It's not like you don't know. There are many tribes on the Cosenza Plateau that also raise horses from other places." Kadurk retorted again.

"Okay, stop arguing. No matter where this horse comes from, we must be more vigilant." Petaru hurried up to smooth things over and said: "I decided to go to my original branch south of Cosenza first. (As one of the main initiators of the Bruti War and the main accomplice of the Pianren tribe, the tribe of Petalu was split after the war, with one branch near Cosenza and the other were relocated to the fringes of Knapetia's territory)."

"I must go back to Cosenza," said Kadurk.At the beginning, he opened the city gate and led Dionia to attack the inner city of Cosenza, so he was rewarded by Dionia. His tribe was intact and not relocated. It is completely the only one among the many small tribes in Cosenza. One team dominates.

"Be careful yourself." Petalu could only say this, because if Kadurk did not sneak back into the tribe and take away enough fighters, it would not help their rebellion. This is why he put aside his previous prejudices, Reasons for joining forces with him.

"After you convince your tribe, don't forget to lead them to Ambaria as soon as possible! Only when we get together will we become stronger and prevent the Dionians from invading easily. We will have enough time Make more choices!" Bogam reminded the two of them.

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After Bruti merged with Dionia, the city of Cosenza has undergone great changes in the past few years.

The inner city is the administrative area, mainly including the city hall, the meeting hall, the court, the temple, the square, and the military department next to the square, the official residence of the chief executive and the residence of officials.

The main function of the meeting hall is: the chief executive of Cosenza discusses with the leaders of the various Bruti tribes about some management matters in the Bruti region.From this point of view, other Greek cities are still preparing for local councils, and Cosenza has already implemented similar mechanisms.Of course, this is related to the living conditions of the tribes as the main body in the Bruti region. A similar mechanism is implemented in Grumentum in Lucania.

Speaking of the courts in the city of Cosenza, the "Dionian Laws" stipulate that when tribes break the law, the tribe can punish them according to their ethnic rules. However, if the tribesmen are dissatisfied, they can appeal to the Cosenza Court, and the judge will decide according to the " Dionian Citizen Law" was tried again and finally negotiated with the tribal leader.Since tribes tend to be based on the interests of the tribe as a whole or the leader, most offenders do not obey the sentences imposed by them and turn to the Cosenza court for help. Although this makes the judges' work become more and more busy, the court has also changed from the original The number of one has increased to five, but its fairness is increasingly recognized by the people of Bruti.

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　　In the past few days, my brothers have been complaining that I did not write the protagonist. The key is what to write about the march from Potentia to Thurii. And don’t you always feel that other characters are too dependent on the protagonist, and there is not much ink? Now is the time when the strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough wind knows the loyal ministers. What's the point of having only one person act in a turbulent historical drama?
　　
　
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