Roman Slave Owner

Chapter 355: Contradictory Orders

"We have to keep an eye on the city gate during this time, and don't close it."

said the military tribune.

"That's right."

Memius said, "By the way, have you started any action in your city?"

"It's almost started."

"You... what are you going to do?"

The soldier said with a look of fear on his face, he seemed to be rebelling after hearing what they said.

"It's okay, just rest assured, it's just to participate in the citizens' meeting. Whatever you should do, you all get out of the way and don't block the way."

Memius said.

Hearing this, the crusaders quickly made way for the people to pass.

"No, the order I received seems to be to liquidate those senators who opposed Li Wei, to declare them public enemies of Rome! Kill the whole family! And confiscate their property!"

cried the military tribune.

"Really? Why didn't we receive this order? Did you receive the wrong order!"

Memius also said loudly.

"Absolutely, this is an order personally issued by our army commander! You have come from afar, you may not have received this order!"

"Really, I may need to send someone to ask the legion commander for instructions."

"..."

The dialogue between the two terrified those people. Many of them were witnesses of the Sula Massacre. They did not expect that this scene would happen again today.

They threw away the things in their hands one after another, and fled to their own homes as if fleeing for their lives, and those shops were closed one after another.

Even some soldiers guarding the gate dropped their weapons and quickly disappeared.

However, there are also soldiers who come to make friends. Troubled times are a good opportunity to make a fortune. If they can take the opportunity to occupy all the property of a veteran, then they will really make a fortune.

"I'm not very clear about this matter. You'd better not move around, or we won't be responsible for anything that happens."

Memius said expressionlessly.

"Please don't worry, we understand, please take care of the two adults in the future."

Some soldiers said flatteringly that they felt that troubled times were coming soon, and if they could curry favor with the two military tribunes, they would be considered as backers.

But they didn't notice the mockery in Memius' eyes.

About an hour later, the endless crusaders appeared in their field of vision.

Dressed in neat armor, they marched towards the city of Rome with neat steps.

Seeing this, Memius heaved a sigh of relief, they finally came.

Just when Memius had just arrived at the gate of Rome, a large number of crusaders swarmed out of Livi's villa on the Palatine Hill, and then surrounded the Metellus villa on the hill.

At the same time, a large number of crusaders also marched from the square to Palatine Hill.

The guards of Metellus's house discovered this situation immediately and reported to Metellus immediately.

"What did you say? A large number of crusaders rushed to the Palatine Hill? How many of them are there?"

Metellus said with a look of fear, Li Wei finally figured out.

"There are all over the mountains and plains, and there are at least 4,000 or more people."

The guard said in panic.

"This is how to do?"

Keller found that his legs began to tremble.

"Quickly call Napos and Muxia, let's fight out."

Metellus gritted his teeth and said.

Due to the limited space, only more than a thousand people were stationed in their villa, and more people were distributed in the city of Rome.

"Do you really want to do this? They have more than 4,000 people."

Kyle said in horror.

"We have no way out. If we don't fight, we will die. Do you want to be crucified?"

Metellus asked back.

"Is it Scipio?"

"Leave him."

Metellus said bitterly, if not for his unauthorized actions, their family would not be in this situation.

So Keller hurriedly sent someone to find Napos and Mucia,

It didn't take long before he found them, and everyone rushed out together.

But as soon as they left the gate, they found that a large number of crusaders were already waiting.

They lined up neatly, with their shields placed directly in front of them, their crossbows already wound up, and they were looking at them seriously.

"I am Lysias, tribune of the populace, by order of the consul of Rome, of Jerusalem, of Armenia, of Pontus, and of Livy, of Pontus. I swear in the name of the true God, that all but the family of Metellus In addition, as long as you lay down your weapons, you can leave, and you will never be held accountable."

At this time, Lucias stood in front of the battle and shouted loudly.

Hearing this, the veterans looked at each other.

They are very clear about the recent rumors in Rome. There are Li Wei's people on the opposite side, and there are a lot of them. What should they do?

"Don't believe his words, go up and kill him."

Metellus said loudly.

"We have a legion here, and we have deployed 8 legions this time. Don't you think you are our opponents?"

Lucias said loudly.

Hearing this, many veterans gasped.

Someone judged that there should not be so many people in front of them, but more soldiers are coming from below, maybe there is really a legion.

More importantly, they knew that Li Wei really had 8 legions. Because of the meeting of the Senate, this news had already spread.

"Senior Metellus, the Consul asked me to tell you that we will not kill you, and we will abide by Roman law. We just learned that you are going to escape, so your personal freedom is temporarily restricted."

said Lucias.

"Hahaha, you think I'll believe Levi's words. He's a hypocrite. If I believed him, I'd be dead."

Metellus laughed loudly, but there was a hint of madness in his tone.

"So you want to drag so many people to be buried with you?"

Lucias said sharply, "Don't worry, there is no mutiny here. It's just that we deliberately surrounded this place when we learned that Metellus was going to escape. By the way, remember to take your money, or you think your lives are at stake." Worth tens of dinars?"

Hearing this, many veterans were extremely moved.

There are more and more enemies in front of them, and tens of dinars want to make them desperate, they are not stupid.

"I'm leaving now."

A veteran said loudly.

After finishing speaking, he dropped his weapon and walked down, and the crusader immediately gave way to a road down the mountain.

"Everyone, don't believe them, he is lying to you. Give them all to me and kill them."

Metellus said loudly.

"I have made an oath in the name of the true God, and all the crusaders can testify. Do you think you will violate my oath?"

Lucias said loudly.

Those veterans nodded one after another. People in this day and age believe in gods.

Li Wei is the founder and prophet of the holy religion. In order to maintain the majesty of the true God, Li Wei will not tolerate Lycias breaking his oath to the true God.

So more and more veterans put down their weapons and walked down the mountain. Even some slaves began to go down the mountain, and Lucias sat and watched them leave.

Metellus tried desperately to stop them, but to no avail.

This made him look desperate, what should we do?

Pompeo should have gotten the news now, I don't know what he will do.

"Please rest assured, Elder Metellus, we will not kill you, we will only act according to the law."

Lucias said loudly.

Metellus couldn't help laughing, the most ridiculous thing in the world is Li Wei's handling of affairs according to the law.

"Do things according to the law...do things according to the law..."

He laughed until tears flowed, and then returned to his home.

A smile appeared on Lucias's face, and he quelled a possible battle, which was considered a great achievement.

***

After spreading by some interested people, the news that Li Wei will clean up those senators and civilian tribunes who opposed him has spread all over the street.

Some elders who had been prepared for a long time immediately acted like frightened birds. They either put on makeup or fled in a hurry with a few slaves.

Catullus was no exception, although Levi had supported him before and had a good relationship with him.

But a while ago, he opposed several key proposals of Li Wei, which made him very guilty.

Not long after he left the house with a few slaves, he found that Belieus was leading more than twenty crusaders looking at him jokingly in front of him.

"Elder Catullus, where are you going?"

Belieus said with a smile.

"Hahaha, the weather is fine today, I plan to go out to visit friends."

Catullus couldn't help wiping the cold sweat off his head and said, why was he stopped.

"By the way, today is Monimie's birthday. Consul Li Wei has decided to invite you to the birthday party. I hope you will appreciate it."

Belius said.

"What did you say? Monimie's birthday?"

Catullus said with a look of surprise.

"Yes, I don't know if Elder Castus will appreciate it."

Belieus looked at him with threatening eyes and said.

"This... I've been a little busy recently, you see how I asked my wife to go there on my behalf."

Catullus laughed awkwardly.

"Are you planning to reject us?"

Belieus said viciously.

"Do you have to go?"

"Yes."

"..."

"All right then."

"Haha, I knew Elder Catullus was a good friend of Consul Li Wei."

Belieus laughed and said.

Catullus was mmp for a while, but now he really would rather Li Wei treat him as a good friend.

****

Pompey was wearing a military uniform, and his face was extremely serious.

Now the news that Li Wei is going to purge those elders on the street has already been spread, and of course he cannot be ignorant.

He has decided to lead his own soldiers to fight out. If Li Wei dares to stop him, then he doesn't mind fighting with Li Wei.

It's just that he doesn't know how many troops Li Wei has transferred to Rome, and whether he can kill it.

There were more than a dozen senators gathered in his room. These were his die-hard supporters. They had already made an appointment to gather at Pompey's home if things changed.

Not long after, Gabinius, who looked embarrassed, came over under the leadership of some guards.

"Pompeii, something is wrong. Li Wei has finally led the army into the city. The news is everywhere in the street that Li Wei is going to cleanse those elders. Let's run away."

Gabinius said in horror.

"I see, are there many crusaders outside now? How many troops do they have?"

Pompeo asked.

"There are crusaders everywhere outside, and they have occupied the square. But the strange thing is that they didn't kill people, and they didn't even search. They didn't even ask me when I passed by."

Gabinius said.

Pompey looked surprised, what the hell is Li Wei doing.

Since it has been said that the elders will be cleaned, how could there be no action.

"This is definitely Li Wei's conspiracy. He must want to lower our vigilance and wipe us all out. One of my slaves heard a crusader's military tribune say that he will clean up all those who oppose Li Wei. of the elders."

One of the elders said excitedly.

"That's right, my slave has also listened to a lot of Crusader officers. If he wasn't Sulla, why did he bring so many soldiers into the city? I'd better run away and don't wait here for those soldiers to come."

Another elder said anxiously.

"Do you know what's going on in Metellus?"

Pompeo asked.

"It is said that Li Wei dispatched a legion of crusaders to surround it. Many veterans dropped their weapons and left there."

Gabinius said.

"You see, I'm right. He definitely wants to do something. Maybe the Metellus family is dead. Let's stop waiting for those veterans."

Said an elder.

"Go quickly, if you don't go, you won't be able to go."

Another elder said.

"Okay then, everyone, get ready and get ready to kill me."

Pompeo said.

Then he sent someone to look for his own child. In fact, he was already ready, and immediately rushed over with his personal slave after hearing about it.

The horn of assembly also sounded outside, and a large number of veterans lined up neatly and walked outside the villa.

Many veterans were cursing, and they were very worried at the thought of a possible battle with the Crusaders.

"Father, do we ignore grandpa and mother?"

Little Pompey said wearing a sweater inside and a delicate leather armor outside.

"I can't take care of them now, Li Wei has too many troops, and everything will be discussed after we kill them."

Pompeo said.

Little Pompey nodded sadly, then followed his father outside.

More than 3,000 veterans had already gathered outside. At this moment, a guard ran over and said, "Report to the Patriarch, Li Wei's emissary, Elder Annius, is asking to see you."

"What is he here for?"

"Could it be to persuade you to surrender?"

"We must not surrender."

"..."

All the elders said one after another.

Pompey thought for a while and said, "Bring him here."

Not long after, Annius appeared in front of them wearing a woolen cloak.

Seeing Pompey and the others in military uniform, Annius said in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Everyone is a little puzzled, do you need to ask? Of course it was killed.

Pompey's face darkened, "Annius, let me ask you why Li Wei sent so many crusaders into the city."

"Of course I'm here to attend the Citizens' Assembly, otherwise what can I do?"

Annius said.