ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 587
"You mean he's lying?" Selicis blinked.

"There is no doubt! But I did not send anyone to the address of Catanay mentioned by the free man to continue the investigation. According to the law, he has canceled the report, so the patrol team has no need to continue the investigation, and I don't want to alarm someone. These people..." Diocasis whispered with a mysterious expression: "To be able to spend so much money to make a father forget about the disappearance of his daughter... Celysis, don't tell me, you can't guess this. Who is behind this?"

"Paphogris!" Selicis blurted out.

Diocasis pointed at Celysis and said excitedly: "I also think it's the guy you've reported to us many times about his 'abuse of female slaves'!"

At this time, the door was pushed open and the waiter came in with a dish. The two immediately stopped talking.

"Selysis, try this before you drink." Diocasis couldn't wait to grab a palm-sized oyster with one hand. Regardless of how hot it was, he carefully inserted the white flesh in the shell with an iron fork and put it in In the mouth, chew it carefully, then drink up the remaining soup in the shell, and then pick up another one.

"This thing is so soft, I can't get used to it." Selicis said, grabbing a roast leg of lamb and biting off a piece.

"You don't understand this. Do you know who invented this 'steamed oyster' dish?"

"I'm not interested in knowing."

"Haha..." Diocasis showed a satisfied look after eating several in a row, and then pretended to be mysterious and said: "It's your Majesty!"

"Really?!" Thelysis was surprised.

"Do I still have to lie to you! Seven years ago, when His Majesty Davos went to inspect the military port being built in Tarantum Harbor, he saw these things all over the reef beach, and the workers were still smashing them into pieces. , mixed with silt and volcanic ash, ready to be poured into boulders to facilitate the construction of a pier. His Majesty immediately stopped their behavior, saying that they were wasting a good thing, and asked the guards to collect the oysters, and invited the naval admiral who was inspecting that night They had an oyster dinner and told them that eating this food can improve men's abilities... Since then, Christoya's restaurant has added a dish - steamed oysters, with various kinds of oyster meat coated on it. Grow the sauce and cook it in boiling water. It tastes amazing!”

The intoxicated look on Diocasis's face made Celysis stunned: "It turns out that the words 'eating oysters can improve a man's abilities' were said by His Majesty. I thought the restaurant made it up to sell this kind of thing."

"Otherwise, how could your Majesty easily handle two beautiful princesses and give birth to so many children? Besides, without this thing, I wouldn't dare to go to brothels frequently." Diocasis said jokingly.

Selicis did not dare to take the issue. He turned to look at the closed door and said seriously: "Stop joking and let's get down to business. Do you want me to help you check on Pavlovris?" ?”

"You're not helping me, you're helping yourself!" Diocasis pointed at him with his finger and smiled slightly: "Don't you want to go to Thurii at the end of the year?"

Selicis opened his eyes when he heard this.

What Diocasis said about "going to Tulii" was not to go on a trip, but to participate in the tribune conference of the Kingdom of Dionia at the end of each year. However, not every city's tribune can There are quotas for participation. A city like Naxos has three tribune quotas. Only tribunes with outstanding performance can be elected.It is the main responsibility of the tribunes to reflect the suffering of the people, safeguard the interests of the civilians, expose violations of law, corruption and fraud. Due to the constraints of the Laodicean family in the main jurisdiction of Selicis, he reflected upwards Most of the problems were not solved well, which affected the public's perception of him. Naturally, he was not among the three tribunes elected by the people of Naxos every year.

According to the law: the tribunes are mainly responsible for the Demo where they are located. Of course, they can also participate in the affairs of other areas when other Demo tribunes do not act or need assistance.This time, if Selicis can use this incident to seize Pavgoris by the braid, scare Laodice into settling down, and avenge the free people, it will surely attract the attention of the people of Naxos.

Thinking of this, the blood in Selixis' eyes became more intense. He leaned forward and said, "You, an inspector, have given up on this case. I, a tribune, can't do anything other than shout out grievances and incite the people." In addition, what effect can it play, I don't have the right to forcibly search people's homes!"

"Selysis, as the tribune of Prosdemo, the people there have a close relationship with you and can get some information that I can't get. You are familiar with the environment there and can avoid the attention of the family. The purpose you want..." Diocasis talked eloquently, and then he lowered his voice and said solemnly: "I will tell you an important news. A good friend of mine was watching in the fields of Laodicean's house yesterday afternoon. Two slaves from the Laodicean family appeared from behind the hill in their field. When they saw my friend, they were very panicked and turned around to run away... This situation is very suspicious. I'm afraid it has something to do with the missing girl. Are they going to The girl is imprisoned somewhere in the mountains or—"

"Kill her!" Selicis squeezed the mutton leg bone in his hand: "Do you still remember that I once reported to you that 'Paphogris abused the female slaves and may have even killed the female slaves' ?”

Diocasis nodded: "Now you have a chance to confirm this rumor."

"Is that friend of yours Galademos?" Selicis asked cautiously again. Seeing Diocasis showing a hint of surprise, he said, "Because I know that he was the only one who went to Laodi yesterday afternoon. The village where Xi’an’s family is located checked the fields, and since he said it, I feel relieved.”

Celysis said resolutely: "I take care of this matter!"

"Great, let's have a drink! I wish you good luck!" Diocasis raised the wine can.

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For seven days, Prosdemor remained as calm as ever.Farmers carefully take care of the wheat fields that are about to mature, waiting for the arrival of the harvest.

The city of Naxos was much more lively. Stromboli attended the farewell banquets held for him by his colleagues and businessmen every day, while the people in the city cheered for the final Naxos rugby championship team and expressed their heartfelt wishes. I wish this team good results in the Dionia Kingdom Rugby Finals which will be held in Thurii after the Hades celebration ceremony on September 9th.

At dusk on the eighth day, three people were trekking through the mountains to the west of Mayaro Town.The man in the middle is Selicis, carrying a pickaxe on his shoulder.The slender man in front kept observing the surroundings, and at the same time used the long stick in his hand to keep removing the weeds and branches that almost covered the mountain road.

"Uh, Aphetis, we've been walking for so long, why haven't we found it yet! Did you forget the place?!" The man behind couldn't help complaining.

"Provales, let me tell you, my memory is very good. I can still clearly remember what happened ten years ago, let alone what happened just one year ago. Besides, the situation on that day was so special. How could I forget!" Aphetis retorted.

"But what if you looked at the wrong place? Look, the dense trees here make me dizzy." Provales said unconvinced.

"I am the best archer in the Eighth Army's light infantry brigade. I have very good eyesight. I can see your face clearly from a mile away!" Aphetis said confidently.

Provalus snorted and wanted to say more. Celysis in the middle asked: "Aphetis, how far is it from the place you said?"

"Come on, captain." Aphetis pointed forward with a wooden stick: "Bypassing this ridge, we will reach the back mountain of Laodicean's field."

Selicis looked forward. Thick trees blocked his sight, making it impossible to see far ahead. The setting sun penetrated beams of light through the gaps in the leaves, making the surroundings look a bit dark.

He asked slightly worriedly: "Will the sun have set by the time we get there?"

"No, it won't get dark until after 21 o'clock this season, it's totally in time!" Aphetis said confidently.

As soon as they climbed over the ridge, Aphitis motioned for the two of them to lower themselves.

Standing on the top of the mountain, the line of sight immediately becomes extremely wide, taking in a panoramic view of the mountains and forests ahead.

Affitis pointed forward and said in a low voice: "I went hunting in the mountains a year ago, and it was here that I saw Pafogelis and his slaves burying something in the opposite mountain..."

"Why didn't you dig it up and take a look?" Provalus couldn't help but ask.

"That's Paphogris! His father is a senator of the kingdom, and his brother-in-law is also a senator of the kingdom, and he is also the former conqueror of Catania. I will not get involved in these troubles! If it weren't for you, captain Even if you ask many times, I won't come today!" There was a bit of fear in Aphetis's eyes.

Celysis patted him on the shoulder in encouragement.

Aphetis observed for a while and said: "There is no one on the mountain in front, let's go down."

"We have been observing for several days, and we came just because we confirmed that there are no more slaves from the Laodicean family on the mountain ridge opposite in the past two days!" Provalus said in agreement.

"Everyone should try to speak as little as possible when we get down in a moment!" Celysis reminded.

The three of them walked down the narrow mountain path and finally arrived at the mountain col.

"It's right in front." Aphetis said excitedly. He walked forward with some difficulty against the weeds that were almost as tall as a person.

The trees in this area are more leafy, so the light is darker, and you can hear the faint sound of running water. If you look carefully, you can see a small stream flowing into this area under the cover of rocks, fallen leaves, and withered grass. In Pianshan Col, there are dense red worms dancing non-stop in the black and red stream. While it makes people's hair stand on end, it also makes people understand why the vegetation in this area grows wildly. The land is too fertile.

The three of them stepped on the soft soil, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked forward laboriously.

"Ah!" Provalus exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Selicis quickly turned around and asked.

"Something...something crawled up my foot!" Provalus' whole body was shaking.

Selicis carefully opened the grass and took a look. A huge toad lay on his feet.

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