Chapter 108 Conspiracy and Decision
This time, Adpigis came from Kosenza and reported to Alistilas: After the failure of the Battle of Ramato, the Fifth Legion soldiers released by Dionysius had some impact on the Bruti area, hoping to arouse the vigilance of the Senate. Unexpectedly, he encountered this incident. Because he had often grazed every year when he was a slave, he was very skilled in riding and was very familiar with the terrain of the Kosenza Plateau. It is possible to succeed in sending letters from long distances in the dark.
At this moment, after understanding the whole story, Alistilas 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, go see Lord Mariji with me immediately!"
Why go to meet with the business officer Mariji, instead of the inspector Sesta, who really has the right to punish the elders who leave their posts, or Kunogorata, who is temporarily in charge of the entire Dionian administration?
That's because Mariji is the confidant of Lord Davers and is familiar with the intelligence department responsible for Alistilas. Alistilas has seen Kunogorata several times and obviously feels his disgust for him. As for Sesta, he is mainly unfamiliar with him, afraid of delaying time.
After hearing this amazing news, Mariji went to see Sesta without hesitation. Sesta immediately sent people to check these veteran mansions. It turned out that the building was empty.
So everyone immediately joined the clerk to come to Kunogorata Mansion.
After all, Kunogorata is old, and although it is not late at night, he has already fallen asleep. After being woken up, he is still a little confused. But Sesta said: "Petaru, Bergam, and Kadurk leave Turiy without authorization and quietly head to Bruti, which may cause verdict!"
His sleepiness was scared.
"Whether they left because there was an urgent matter in the tribe to deal with, or for other reasons, without the approval of the Senate, leaving without authorization is a violation of the law of the alliance!" Kunogorata said in a tactful manner, but it was hard to hide his anxiety: "Immediately send a cavalry to the Bruti area to see if they can be recovered! If you don't catch up, hurry to Cosenza and inform Hilos to strengthen their vigilance and search. Once they are found, they will immediately "care" them!"
At this time, there were only 500 cavalry left in the city, but they were all citizens and did not have armed forces. If they were so late, they would definitely have to wake them up from house to house. So Kunogorata reminded him again: "When you go to gather the cavalry, don't make too loud noises, so as not to cause panic among the people!"
"What if the cavalry catch up with them and they resist?" Sesta asked in a cold tone.
"It's better not to hurt them. There's 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, Alistilas has sent someone to rush to Cosenza to inform Hilos before Petalu and the others." Mariji interrupted in time to show his merits for the intelligence officer of Davers.
"Oh, is it?!" This was a real surprise! Kunogorata hurriedly looked at Alistilas standing in the corner of the living room.
"The situation was urgent at that time, and I made a decision without authorization. I just wanted to make Chief Executive of Cosenza Hilos more vigilant. My people were rushing to Cosenza. It was dark now and the road was hard to walk. I hope he could arrive at Cosenza before them." Alistilas explained.
Because of the previous prejudice, Kunogorata was unable to express his praise for the intelligence leader. He just nodded and said to Mariji: "Although it's very late now, we must notify other veterans and tell them what tonight, so that they can be mentally prepared. So Lord Mariji, please go there and let them come to me." Kunogorata made up for it afterwards, to avoid others saying that he was arbitrary, so that he could explain to Davers.
"Okay!" Mariji replied simply, turning around and walking out.
Alistilas also went out and was stopped by Kunogorata: "You stay for a while."
Alistilas looked at Kunogorata in surprise and asked, "What's your name?"
“Aristilas.”
"Alistilas, you did a good job before!" Kunogorata said with a serious expression: "I know you are the eyes of Lord Davers. The situation in Dionia is not very good now, and I hope you can help me for a while."
"As a citizen of Dionia, it is my duty to contribute to the alliance." Alistilas immediately stated.
"I want you to send someone to pay attention to the movements of several other Bruty veterans in the Senate. Before Lord Davers returns, please tell me if there is any abnormality. When Davers comes back, I will explain it to him." Kunogorata looked at him.
Alistilas hesitated for a while, nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, Lord Kunogorata, I will report to you every day."
After leaving the Kunogorata mansion, Aristillas waved his fist lightly and showed a smile on his face: In the past, they could only do things secretly and were disgusted by some veterans. This time, they were recognized by Kunogorata, an important figure among the veterans. It can be said that they have taken a big step from the intelligence department to the open.
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On the road leading to Kosenza, dozens of people, including Bergam, Petalu, Kadurk, and others, held torches and walked all the way.
The sight crossed the range of the fire, and there was a dark wilderness ahead. Only the strong mountain wind could be heard passing by the unblocked plateau, making a shrill whistling sound, as if a woman was crying...
Petalu wrapped his leather robe tighter. On this bad winter night, he not only felt cold, but also a little cold: Although he had made up his mind to leave the Dionian League, he took real action. What will happen to him and his tribe in the future? Just like this road ahead, he had no way to estimate...
"Listen, what's the sound?!" Kadulke suddenly shouted loudly.
"It's the wolf's call!" Someone distinguished it from the sound of the wind and reminded loudly: "Be careful of a wolf in front of you!"
Everyone gathered together in a hurry and did not dare to get separated. Meeting a wolf in the wilderness of night is a headache.
Everyone moves forward carefully.
Not long after, they saw five or six wolves gnawing on the roadside. Everyone used torches, spears and daggers to disperse these evil wolves with green eyes and grinning teeth. They did not go far, but wandered around.
"It's a horse corpse!" Everyone saw clearly what the wolf was biting.
"It should have just died not long ago." After hearing the tribe's words, Burgam's face became solemn: "It seems that someone rode a horse past here not long ago."
Petalu's heart skipped a beat, and his face also became ugly: "It is very likely that someone discovered our actions and rode his horse to Kosenza to report it!"
"We walked so secretly that they could not know in advance, and the fastest way to Kosenza is to go to Cosenza. Even if we were discovered, we would not be ahead of us. This time it was just a coincidence. Someone's stable must have been closed and the horse was sneaked out and was bitten to death by a wolf..." Kadulke argued.
"But this is not a Bruti horse." Bergam, who was approaching the horse corpse and carefully observed it, reminded him: "The skeleton of the horse corpse on the ground is larger than that of the short Bruti horse."
"You don't know. Now there are many tribes on the Kosenza Plateau that have also raised some horses from other places." Kadurke retorted again.
"Okay, don't fight. No matter where the horse comes from, we must be vigilant." Petalu hurried to smooth things over, and said, "I decided to go to the south of Kosenza, my original tribe (the tribe of Petalu, one of the main initiators of the Bruti War, was split after the war, one near Kosenza, and the other was moved to the edge of the territory of Knapetia).
"I have to go back to Kosenza," said Kadulk. He opened the city gate and led Dionia into the inner city of Kosenza, so he was rewarded by Dionia. His tribe was intact and had not been moved. He is now a dominant group of many small tribes in Kosenza.
"You have to be careful." Petalu could only say this, because Kadurk did not sneak back to the tribe and took away enough warriors, which would not help their rebellion. This is why he put aside his previous prejudices and was willing to join forces with him.
"When you convince your tribe, don't forget to lead them to Ambalia as soon as possible! Only when we get together will we become stronger and make the Dionians dare not invade easily, we will have enough time to make more choices!" Burgam reminded the two.
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After Bruti was incorporated into Dionia, the city of Cosenza has undergone great changes in recent years.
The inner city is an administrative area, mainly including the city hall, the meeting hall, the court, the temple, the square, the military affairs department next to the square, the official residence of the chief executive and the residence of the official.
The main role of the chamber is: Chief Executive Kosenza discussed with the leaders of the various tribes of Bruti to discuss some management matters in the Bruti area. From this point of view, other Greek cities are still preparing for local councils, and Kosenza has long implemented a similar mechanism. Of course, this is related to the living state of tribes as the main body in the Bruti area, and a similar mechanism is also implemented in Grummentum, Lucania.
Speaking of the courts in the city of Cosenza, the "Dionia Law" stipulates that if the people violate the law, the tribe can punish them according to their racial rules. However, if the people are not convinced, they can appeal to the Court of Cosenza, and the judge will be retried according to the "Dionia Citizen Law" and finally negotiated with the tribe leaders to resolve. Since tribes often start based on the interests of the tribe as a whole or the interests of the leader, most of the perpetrators do not obey the punishment they made and turn to the Court of Cosenza. Although this makes the judge's work more and more busy, and the courts have increased from the initial one to five, its fairness is increasingly recognized by the people of Bruti.
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Chapter completed!