Chapter 108 Conspiracy and Decision

This time, Adepigis came from Cosenza on purpose to report to Aristillas that after the defeat of the Battle of Lamato, the soldiers of the Fifth Legion, released by Dionysius, had been attacked by Bruti. Some of the effects caused by the region, I hope to arouse the vigilance of the Senate. Unexpectedly, this happened. Since he used to graze for years when he was a slave, he is skilled in riding and is very familiar with the terrain of the Cosenza Plateau. It is possible to successfully deliver long-distance letters at night.

At this moment, after knowing the whole story, Aristillas knew that the matter was of great importance and did not dare to take it lightly, and immediately made a decision: "Go, you and I will go to see Lord Mariji immediately!"

Why go to see Marigi, the Commercial Officer, instead of Sesta, the Ombudsman who really has the power to punish the elders who leave AWOL, or Kunogorata, who is temporarily in charge of the entire executive power of Dionia?

That's because Marigi is the confidant of Lord Davos and is familiar with the intelligence department in charge of Aristillas, and Aristillas has seen Kunogolata several times, and he clearly feels his disgust for him. . As for Sesta, he is mainly unfamiliar and afraid of delaying time.

After Marighi heard the amazing news, he went to see Sesta without any hesitation. Sesta immediately sent someone to check on these old mansions, and it turned out that the building was empty.

So, everyone immediately came to the Kuno Gorata mansion.

Kunogolata is old after all, although it is not late at night, he is already sound asleep. After being woken up, he was still a little confused, but Sesta could be heard saying: "Petaru, Bergam, and Kadulke left Turii without authorization and went to Bruti quietly, which may lead to a sentence. chaos!"

All his sleepiness was frightened away.

"Whether they leave because the tribe has urgent matters to deal with or other reasons, without the approval of the Senate, leaving without authorization is a violation of the laws of the alliance!" Anxiety: "Send a cavalry immediately to the Bruti area to see if they can be chased back! If they don't catch up, go to Cosenza and notify Hiros to step up their vigilance and search. Once they are found, they will immediately They 'care' up!"

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 wake up from house to house, so Kunogorata reminded again: "When you go to gather the cavalry, , don't make too much noise, so as not to cause panic among the people!"

"If the cavalry catches up with them, what will they do if they resist?" Sesta asked coldly.

"It's best not to hurt them. There's really no way to hurt them, but it must not--" Kunogolata's voice just fell, and Sesta had already strode out.

"There's one thing I forgot to mention... In fact, Aristiras has already sent people to get ahead of Petaru and the others,

Rush to Cosenza to inform Hiros. "Maligi interjected in time to honor the intelligence officer of Davos.

"Oh, is it?!" What a pleasant surprise! Kunogorata hurriedly looked at Aristillas who was standing in the corner of the living room.

"The situation was urgent and I made a decision on my own, just to make Cosenza administrator Hiros vigilant. My people are rushing to Cosenza, and it's getting dark now, and I hope he can get there before them. Cosenza," Aristillas explained.

Due to previous prejudice, Kunogorata could not speak his praise for the intelligence chief, he just nodded, and then said to Mariji: "Although it is very late, we must inform the other elders, tell them tonight Let them be mentally prepared. So Lord Marigi, please come and let them come to me." Kunogolata is a remedy after the fact, to avoid others saying that he is arbitrary, so that he can treat Davos There is an explanation.

"Okay!" Marigi replied simply, turning around and walking out.

Aristiras also went out, and was stopped by Kunogolata: "You stay."

Aristillas looked at Kunogorata in amazement as he walked in front of him and asked, "What's your name?"

"Aristillas."

"Aristiras, you did very well before!" Kunogolata said with a serious expression: "I know you are the eyes of Lord Davos. Now Dionysian's situation is not very good, I hope Can you do me a favor for a while."

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

"I want you to send someone to pay attention to the movements of several other Bruty elders in the Senate. Before Lord Davos comes back, please let me know if there is anything unusual. When Davos returns, I will explain it to him. ' Kunogorata watched him.

Aristillas hesitated for a while, then nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, Lord Kunogolata, I will report the situation to you every day."

After leaving the Kunogolata mansion, Aristillas lightly waved his fist, and a smile appeared on his face: In the past, they could only do things secretly, and they were disgusted by some elders. This time they can get important people among the elders. Kunogolata's approval can be said to be a big step forward from the intelligence department's emergence.

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On the avenue leading to Cosenza, several dozen people, including Bergam, Petaru, Kadulke, and others, hurried along with torches.

The line of sight crossed the range shrouded by the firelight, and in front of it was a dark and secluded wilderness. Only the strong mountain wind swept across the unobstructed plateau, making a shrill whistling sound, as if a woman was crying...

Petaru wrapped his leather robe even tighter. On this bad winter night, he not only felt cold in his body, but also in his heart: Although he had made up his mind to leave the Dionysian Union, he was serious about it. With action taken, what is the future fate of him and his tribe? Just like the road in front of him that can't see five fingers, he has no way to estimate...

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

"It's a wolf howling!" Someone recognized from the wind and reminded loudly, "Be careful of a wolf ahead!"

Everyone hurriedly gathered together, not daring to leave. In the wilderness at night, meeting a wolf is a headache.

Everyone proceeded cautiously.

It didn't take long for them to see five or six wolves beside the road gnawing at something. Everyone used torches, lances and short swords to disperse these wolves with green eyes and grinning teeth. They did not go far, but wandered around.

"It's a horse corpse!" Everyone could see what the wolf was biting.

"It should have been a while since he died." After listening to the clan's words, Bogam's face became solemn: "It seems that someone passed by on horseback not long ago."

Petaru's heart thumped, and his face also became ugly: "It is very likely that someone discovered our actions and rode to Cosenza to inform!"

"We are going so secretly, they can't know in advance, and this is the fastest way to get to Cosenza. Even if we are found, it is impossible to walk in front of us. This time it was just a coincidence, it must be someone's stable. Guan Yan, let the horse sneak out and was bitten to death by the wolf..." Kadulke argued.

"But it's not a Brutima." Bergam, who was looking closely at the corpse, reminded him: "The skeleton of a horse on the ground is bigger than a short Brutima."

"It's not that you don't know. Now there are many tribes on the Cosenza Plateau who also keep horses from other places." Kadulke retorted again.

"Okay, don't argue, no matter where this horse comes from, we must be vigilant." Petaru hurried to the rounder and said, "I decided to go to my original branch south of Cosenza first. tribe (as one of the main initiators of the Bruti War and the main accomplice of the Pianlon tribe, the tribe of Petaru was divided after the war, one near Cosenza and the other relocated to the edge of Knapetia's territory)."

"I must go back to Cosenza," said Kadulke. At the beginning, he opened the city gate and led Dionia to invade the inner city of Cosenza, so he was rewarded by Dionia, and his tribe was intact and not moved. Among the many small tribes in Cosenza today, it is completely A single big.

"You have to be careful yourself." Petaru can only say this, because Kadulke does not sneak back into the tribe and take away enough warriors, which will not help their rebellion. This is also why he put aside his previous prejudices, The reason for wanting to join forces with him.

"After you have persuaded your tribe, don't forget to lead them to Ambalia as soon as possible to meet! Only when we get together will we become strong and make the Dionysians not dare to attack easily, and we will have enough time. Go for more options!" Bergam reminded the two.

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The city of Cosenza has changed a lot in the past few years after Bruti's incorporation into Dionia.

The inner city is an administrative area, mainly including the city hall, the council hall, the court, the temple, the square, and the military affairs department, the chief executive's residence and the official residence next to the square.

The main function of the council is: the chief executive of Cosenza consults with the chiefs of the tribes of Bruti about some management matters in the Bruti area. From this point of view, other Greek cities are still preparing local councils, and Cosenza has already implemented a similar mechanism. Of course, this has something to do with the tribal-dominated survival state of the Bruti region, and a similar mechanism is implemented in Grummentum in Lucania.

Speaking of the courts in Cosenza, the "Dionysian Law" stipulates that if the ethnic group violates the law, the tribe can punish it according to its ethnic rules. The Dionysian Citizenship Law was tried again and finally settled with the tribal chiefs. Because tribes are often based on the interests of the tribe as a whole or the leader, most offenders do not obey their judgments and turn to the Cosenza court, although this makes the work of the judges more and more busy, and the court is also One increased to five, but its impartiality was increasingly recognized by the Brutians.