Roman Slave Owner

"What's wrong?"

Levi asked.

"Those pirates captured a lot of women, and they treated them as prostitutes."

Annius said angrily.

Li Wei followed him to another cell and found that hundreds of women were being held naked in some cells.

Their expressions were blank, their faces were ashen, and even though many guards stood in front of them, they didn't seem to see it.

Only a few dozen women were looking at them in surprise. They knew these people, these were Roman soldiers, and they were saved.

"Excuse me, are you a Roman soldier?"

Said a young woman with scars on her body and dust on her face.

"Yes, I'm Lucius Porcius Livi, Admiral of Campania, and I'm here to rescue the hostages this time."

Li Wei said with a smile.

"Wow……"

Hearing this, the woman burst into tears immediately.

A few more women began to cry, and it didn't take long before there was a lot of crying here.

Li Wei sighed, while the guards were cursing.

They were brutal, but they didn't treat women that way.

"Those pirates must all be executed."

Lucias clenched his fist angrily and said.

Li Wei nodded, these pirates are too much.

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At the pier in Naples, giant ships docked one after another.

A guard escorted the pirates down, and then some rescued hostages. When they saw Naples, many of them were in pain.

Seeing this, many citizens of Naples asked what happened.

"Of course our Patriarch defeated the Purple Sails pirates, captured thousands of pirates and a large number of slaves, and rescued a large number of hostages."

said a guard.

"It turned out to be the Purple Sail Pirates? You really defeated the Purple Sail Pirates!"

Some citizens said with a look of shock that the Purple Sail Pirates were the strongest group of pirates near Italy and were famous for defeating the Sicilian army.

"Of course, if you don't believe me, ask those hostages!"

The guard said arrogantly.

The news that Li Wei broke the Purple Sail pirates flew out as if he had grown wings, and spread everywhere. But soon more explosive news came out. Li Wei ordered people to prepare a cross on the coast of Naples, and he wanted to crucify all the pirates to the cross.

This made Naples and even the Roman citizens who knew the news clapped their hands and cheered. If you want to say that the pirates are actually a big problem.

Not to mention the citizens living on the coast, even the Roman citizens in the interior suffered from it.

Moreover, a large number of grain transport ships in Egypt and Syria were intercepted by these pirates, which caused the price of food in Rome to skyrocket, and even famine appeared in some places.

Although Rome organized a small-scale bandit suppression campaign, the effect was not great because the Mediterranean Sea was too large and the pirates were too active.

"Levy,

Can you let me take over these pirates? I want to interrogate these pirates carefully and ask about the whereabouts of Justice Belinus. "

Before leaving Naples, Coponius, the Naples administrator, came to the door.

"I don't think you need it, the justice has already been killed by them."

Li Wei said lightly that when he was on the ship, he had already asked the pirates, and after knowing that he was killed by them, he ordered the pirate to be crucified to death on the bow.

"What did you say? This is simply too hateful, you must kill them to avenge the justice."

Coponius said angrily.

"You can rest assured that they will pay for their crimes."

Levi said.

"Can you let me meet these pirates? Some citizens in Naples were also kidnapped by them. I want to confirm their situation."

Coponius continued.

"This... well, tell me, who do you want to see?"

Li Wei looked at him deeply and said.

"Of course, the higher the level, the better."

Coponius said of course.

"Okay, I'll send you two tomorrow, remember not to let them get away."

"What are their names?"

"It's not clear, it must be of a very high level."

"Wait, it's better to be the leader of the Purple Sails Pirates, Lysix and the deputy leader, Pylos."

"Don't worry, they haven't been caught."

Li Wei smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"That's good... no, Li Wei, what do you mean?"

Coponius' face changed quickly.

"I'm sorry, I made a slip of the tongue, don't take offense."

Levi said.

"Haha, forget it, remember to send them over as soon as possible."

Coponius laughed dryly, said a few more words, and hurriedly left.

Not long after he left, Morris emerged from a corner.

"Are you sure this has something to do with Coponius?"

Levi asked.

"If there were two points to be sure before, then there are four points now."

Morris said.

"reason?"

Levi asked.

"In addition to the dock official being his confidant, we also found that some pirates' stolen goods were sold in Naples, and these stolen goods had some legal procedures."

Morris said.

"These are not enough."

Levi said.

"Coponius has become very rich over the years. He held many gladiatorial matches to please the Neapolitans, but we could not find his legitimate source of income. He did not borrow money from money dealers, nor did he take bribes, all Naples knows he is a clean official."

Morris said.

"Is there any more?"

"Yes, he has a nephew named Tiberius Relius. He is also a Roman nobleman. Because he opposed Sulla, he was listed as a public enemy of Rome. His family property was confiscated, his parents died tragically, and he disappeared. It is said that the Relius family He has been friendly with the Scipio family for generations, and the relationship between Relius and Nasika Scipio is very good, just like brothers."

Morris said.

"He actually got involved with Scipio. It seems that the water here is very deep."

There was a meaningful smile on Li Wei's face, he thought of those people who appeared beside Lepida, maybe he still has contact with Lepidus.

"By the way, why does this name sound familiar? I should have never seen him before."

Li Wei rubbed his chin and thought.

Morris opened his mouth, and finally said: "The villa you live in on the Palatine Hill now belongs to him, and you also bought several properties of his family at a low price."

Li Wei couldn't help opening his mouth wide, so that's the case, but this grudge is really big, no wonder he keeps staring at himself.

"I see, hurry up to collect evidence, and kill Coponius if necessary."

Levi said.

Although he has some influence in Naples, it is not enough to bring down Coponius. He needs a lot of evidence, and then he directly stabs the matter to the Senate.

"I see."

Morris said.

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On that small pirate island, Pylos and Lysix looked very badly at the burned town.

Once the accumulation of many years is reduced to ashes, no one will feel well.

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