Roman Slave Owner

Cicero was also excited. He had been determined to restore the glory of his family since he was a child, and of course he would embark on the road of politics.

Unexpectedly, Li Wei promised the position of financial officer at once. Although 20 financial officers are born in Rome every year, this is the starting point for senior officials. After the term of office expires, they can become the elders of the Roman Senate.

"Okay, I agree."

Cicero said.

"Believe me, follow me and you will have an extremely bright future."

Li Wei said with a smile.

"Then wish us a happy cooperation."

Cicero raised his glass.

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The time for the court session finally arrived, and the weather has become cold, but it still can't stop people's enthusiasm.

The court is located near the Civic Square, and the trial is also open-air.

At this time, the surrounding area was crowded with people. People had already heard the news that Lepidus sued Li Wei, and they all came to watch the excitement.

Justice Cassius Longinus, wearing a fringed toga, was instructing the staff to arrange the venue.

Some members of the jury were already there, and they were talking in small groups about the trial in low tones.

Although on the surface this is a battle between Li Wei and Lepidus, it is actually a big collision between the forces of Lepidus and Sura.

But almost no one is optimistic about Lepidus, because Sura's power is too powerful.

After massacring a large number of elders, Sulla increased the number of elders from 300 to 600. Those elders who survived were either friendly to Sulla, or they were Sulla's people at all. Almost all of those who were stuffed into the Senate It's his men.

Although Sulla has left his post, he still has unparalleled influence on the Senate.

The jury was selected from the elders, how could Lepidus win.

Not long after, Lepida arrived here with 12 guards holding pistols.

In addition to him, there are many people who look very familiar.

"Isn't that a free slave of Nasika Scipio? I remember him."

"And that tall man, I remember he was the son of an exiled senator."

"..."

There was a lot of discussion among the people. It seemed that those anti-Sulla forces had all gathered under Lepida's banner, and Lepida could get more support. He might even become the new leader of the populist faction.

Facing the discussion of the crowd, Lepida looked indifferent, and occasionally said a few words to the people around him.

At this time, there was a commotion not far away, and then the crowd parted. Sura was wearing a toga, with eagle eyes and lion nose, and strode towards this side. Sura's appearance made the scene silent for a while, although things had already Three years have passed, but many people still have fresh memories of the massacre that year.

He was followed by a smiling Levi, who looked as relaxed as an outing rather than a courtroom trial.

Then a large number of elders, nobles, and knights, at least 100 elders appeared here, expressing their support for Li Wei.

This made everyone sigh,

Sure enough, it was Sulla who, even after resigning from the position of dictator for life, still had unparalleled influence in Rome.

Su stared at Lepida coldly, a hypocritical smile appeared on Lepida's face.

"I didn't expect so many of you to come. Although you have a large number of people, I believe that justice will be delayed, but it will never be late."

Damn, this guy is amazing, he immediately put himself in the position of the weak and won everyone's sympathy, Li Wei praised secretly.

Sura's face was gloomy, while the others started cursing directly.

"Lepida, what do you think you are? If you hadn't been loyal to Sura back then, you would have gotten to where you are now."

"You hypocrite, how many properties did you buy at a low price? Now you say you want to return the properties of the public enemies of Rome. I have never seen such a hypocrite like you."

"..."

Hearing those people's scolding, Lepida's expression became ugly.

At this moment, a free slave stood up.

"Everyone, please don't slander the esteemed Consul Lepidus. He bought our family's property at a low price. He was entrusted by my master. Here is my master's personal letter."

Just as he finished speaking, another slave stood up.

"Also, our Patriarch also entrusted the esteemed Consul to keep the property. This is our Patriarch's personal letter. Our Patriarch is willing to donate the property to the esteemed Consul Lepidus for free."

"..."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded. They didn't expect Lepida to contact the owners of those properties. They should have reached many deals secretly, and they had already completely united under Lepida's banner.

Thinking of this, some people's faces became serious, as if they saw the dark clouds hanging over Rome.

"Well, are you sure?"

Li Wei said in a low voice.

"no problem."

Cicero said disdainfully that with the help of Marcian, he had found a lot of materials, and such a trivial matter would not trouble him.

Hortensius looked at Li Wei with some dissatisfaction. He originally thought that Li Wei would come to ask him to be his defense lawyer. He even waited for Li Wei to come to his door, and then sold him a favor. He did not expect that he would find Cicero, could it be Because he beat himself in the last courtroom confrontation?

"Silent! Please keep quiet! Now that everyone is here, the court will begin!"

At this time, the extremely obese justice Cassius Longinus said.

Those jurors took their places one after another, and the entire jury consisted of 50 senators from the Roman Senate.

Li Wei and others also took their seats.

"The plaintiff's defense attorney is here to speak."

"Respected judges, jury, and respected citizens of Rome, just three months ago, something that shocked Rome happened..."

A thin-looking lawyer stood up and spoke eloquently, launching a strong accusation against Levi.

Li Wei couldn't help curling his lips. This man is a very famous lawyer in Rome, but unfortunately he is far behind Hortensius and Cicero.

After the lawyer finished speaking, the audience was silent.

"The plaintiff's lawyer has finished speaking, and the defendant's lawyer Cicero will speak next."

Cassius Longinus said, and gave Cicero an encouraging smile after speaking.

Cicero stood up immediately, facing many Roman people and noble officials in the cold wind, he did not panic at all.

After more than three years of studying in Greece, he has grown a lot.

"Dear citizens of Rome, honorable judge and jury, I think the plaintiff's lawyer is a complete load of nonsense. The "Roman Journal" wrote that the consul Lepidus bought real estate in Rome at a low price. I have some The data, including the auction records of the auction and some official real estate data, all prove that the price of the real estate purchased by the Lepidus administration was much lower than the usual price..."

"I object, Consul Lepidus..."

At this time, the plaintiff's lawyer said, but he was interrupted by Longinus before he finished speaking.

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