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Chapter 591 Laodicean

Asistes looked at his aunt, who was more than ten years younger than him, talking to him apologetically. Although he had strong objections to Laodicean, he still felt that Antonios had chosen the wife for Doreen. It was very good, so he said tactfully: "How could I be angry with uncle? It's just that it's getting late, we should go home, and we'll come back another day."

As he spoke, he said meaningfully to Antonios: "Uncle, think carefully about what I just said."

As soon as Antonios snorted, Doreen punched him lightly again, swallowing all the words that followed.

After sending Asistes and his family away, Doreen said angrily to Antonios: "What happened? You lost such a big temper."

"This is a business matter, so don't ask any more questions." Antonios said angrily.

"Okay, I won't ask! Don't talk to me anymore in the future!" Doreen pouted angrily.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong..." The Kingdom's Minister of Military Affairs, Antonios in his fifties hurriedly hugged Doreen in his arms, and apologized repeatedly: "Asistes disagrees with my selection of him as Nako Administrator Soth, the result was...a quarrel."

"Why? Isn't it good to be the administrator of Naxos?" Doreen was confused.

"Who knows what he thinks. Now that Yaxi's wings have become stiff, he doesn't want to listen to my uncle!" Antonios said still a little angrily.

"No matter what, he is your only close nephew." Doreen stretched out her hand, stroked Antonios' bearded face, and kissed him lightly, her eyes showing charm: "Ante Doris ran and danced tonight. After a while, Yuna was able to put him to sleep easily. I took a bath and waited for you in the house..."

"Okay, okay..." Being seduced by his wife, Antonios's heart became even more angry.

Doreen married him when she was 17 years old. She was more than 20 years younger than him. Not only was she beautiful and virtuous, she also gave birth to a son for him. Therefore, Antonios always felt that he was too old and felt guilty. He dotes on her very much, and therefore loves Wujiwu, and takes good care of his father Laodicean and his family.

Seeing his wife's graceful figure walking towards the main building, he couldn't wait.

"Antonios! Antonios! Something big happened! Something big happened!..." At this time, Laodicean's urgent shout came from the corridor.

Laodicean has always been as comfortable in and out of Anton Rios's mansion as his own home. Antonio's interest was interrupted, and he couldn't get angry with Doreen's father. Laodisian said: "What happened again?!"

The impatient Laodicean did not notice anything strange about Antonios, and said loudly: "Pavgoris was imprisoned in Naxos! Stromboli never released him!"

"What trouble did Paphogris get into again?!" Antonios immediately frowned and asked impatiently.Among Doreen's family members, he had the least favorable impression of Pavlovrace. You must know that when he was in Thurii, this libertine actually harassed Alexis's daughter Kitia, which resulted in a lot of trouble. Big storm.In order to prevent Alexis from pursuing this scandal to his death, Antonios spent many years of his comrades-in-arms begging for forgiveness. At the same time, he also roped in Capps and other comrades to intercede for him. In the end, Pavgris managed to get through with a lighter sentence of four months in prison and a fine.

What happened to this bastard this time? !He actually let Stromboli hold on to him? !Antonios felt uneasy.

"What's wrong with Palfrey?" Doreen's voice sounded behind Antonios.

Seeing his daughter's appearance, Laodicean immediately changed the subject of his conversation: "Dolene, your brother has been wrongly accused and is in prison. His life is in danger!..."

Laodisian told his daughter what happened. Of course, in his narration, it was the slave who killed the slave girl and the freeman's daughter, not Paphgoris.

"A slave dares to frequently kill female slaves in the family?! Do you really think that everyone is a fool!" Antonios yelled at Laodicean: "You should have listened to me at the beginning and let him be locked up for two or three years. Even if I learn my lesson, I won’t end up like this!”

Laodicean had never seen Antonios so angry. He subconsciously avoided looking and said to Doreen: "I'm not in Naxos, so I don't know the specific situation. This is all Antrus." You wrote to me to tell me, but even if it was Pavgoris who killed the person, but now that slave has taken the initiative to confess, and the dead are just female slaves, there is no need for Stromboli to be so serious! Is it just that? Because of this matter, the death penalty for treason against Pafogras will really fail!"

At this point, Laodicean saw that Antonios still had a cold look on his face, and he softened his tone and cried: "I know Paphogris is not living up to expectations, but I only have one son, and he is not married yet, let alone having one." My child, if I am really sentenced to death, the bloodline of our family will be cut off! Doreen, can’t you bear to see me die without the face to go to hell to meet your grandfather!..."

Doreen was horrified that her brother had killed so many people so cruelly, but her father's pleading made her a little intolerable. She didn't know what to do for a while, so she could only look to Antonios for help.

When Antonios saw the look in his beloved wife's eyes, his heart softened. He kicked a fragment of a clay pot on the ground into the pool in the center of the courtyard. Then he put his hands on his hips and said to Laodicean: "I don't know the detailed provisions of the law. I understand very well. How do you want to save that bastard? Just tell me and I will listen."

Seeing that Antonios' tone was relaxed, Laodicean hurriedly said: "There is no provision in the Dionysian Code that says 'citizens who kill their own slaves will be sentenced to death', and the freeman has withdrawn the report, and another slave took the initiative If he pleads guilty, the case should be closed, but the Naxos Inspectorate delayed in transferring the case to the court, and the detention time of Paphogres has already exceeded the time limit. This is all against the law! Antonio All you have to do is speak to the Supreme Judge Terry Todemus and ask him to intercede with Stromboli and transfer this case to the court as soon as possible... It is wrong for the local chief executive to interfere in court affairs. of!"

Why didn't Laodicean tell Tritodemus directly? Because although he had made many friends in Thurii with his financial resources in recent years, several social circles did not pay much attention to him.

The elders of Amendolara have always been known for their conservatism and arrogance. They are often proud of being the "earliest elders of the alliance" and cannot tolerate the slippery style of Laodicean, a latecomer.

Most of the elders of Lucania have always only cared about Lucania's affairs, and have close contacts with the former mercenary elders, but they do not like to interact with elders from other regions, especially the elders of Sicily, because they belong to the kingdom In the south and north of the territory, there is no interest at all and there is little contact.Hermon was an exception, but this senator who was famous for marrying his daughters had a falling out with Laodicean because Paphogris once pursued his youngest daughter.

There are also the senators of Thurii. These senators who came from the center of the kingdom are also known for their aristocracy. Moreover, in the case of Polluxes, most of the senators of Thurii were thrown into prison, and the rest were left to act with the less advanced senators. Be more cautious, not only with the elders of Sicily, but also with the elders of other regions in private.

The former mercenary veteran was the former savior of Amendolara, and he spent the longest time with the elder Amendolara. Amendolara also had a close relationship with each other because of the large-scale marriage that year. That's why Laodicean hopes that Antonios will come forward to persuade Tritodemus to intercede with Stromboli. Both of them are from Amendorara, and Stromboli should give him this Face... This is Laodisian's beautiful idea.

"Tritodemus..." Antonios muttered the name, thoughtfully: Compared to the more conservative and stubborn Stromboli, Tritodemus was easier to talk to. He was the one who Protesilaus was the first to take the initiative to get close to the mercenaries.

Speaking of which, Terry Todemus has been sitting in the position of the most senior judge for more than ten years.This is not because of his original contribution to the trial of Polluxes, but because of a bill proposed by King Davos nine years ago and passed by the Senate, which stipulates that judges and tax collectors need to be extremely Kingdom public offices with profound professional knowledge must be held by specially trained citizens, who must be gradually improved through long-term work practice, and other public officials must not be held midway.

This determines that Tritodemus will stay in this position until retirement, because according to Dionian law: citizens after the age of 65 will no longer be allowed to hold any specific kingdom due to old age and frailty. In public office, of course, a senator is still a senator.When this bill was first proposed by Davers, it was passed without much objection, because not many people in this era can live to be 60 years old.

Since there is only the position of "Grand Justice" above the "Senior Judge", which is held concurrently by the King of the Kingdom, some people in the Senate raised the question whether to add a few more "Senior Judge" positions, because The territory of the kingdom expanded and the population increased rapidly. Of course, illegal crimes also increased. Cases that required Tritodemus to review and judge serious cases immediately came one after another, and he was a little overwhelmed.Even Terry Todemos himself agrees with this, and the matter is still brewing.

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