Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

Those who oppose the candidate, please keep your right hands raised high."

However, after the night talk was over, no one dared to raise their hand this time.

At this moment, the elder lying on the ground heard the words "raise your hands" and suddenly cursed with resentment and fear, as if he was stimulated: "Hands - my hands, ah ah -!

Lista, you lunatic...

You evil devil - the gods will not tolerate your atrocities.

You will suffer the worst retribution."

Ye: “If you cut off one hand, can you grow another one?

I'm very curious, what gives you the courage to speak so arrogantly to me after you only have one arm left..."

That night, he chuckled and spoke in a cold tone.

The old man with the broken arm was frightened to death. His courage was much lower than his tough talk.

At this time, some elders could not stand it anymore.

He began to denounce Ye's atrocities and asked - "Is this what you call justice?

The innocent Lord Babos had his arm chopped off by you. He did not commit any crime, but simply chose to vote against it and was subjected to such atrocities.

He kept saying that Roman law was sacred and inviolable, but he was the first to trample on the law.

Lista Ye, you are the thug who should repent before the sacred statues of the Twelve Lords.

Do you want to be a dictator? Or make Rome your own place of authority!"

At this time, the elders around looked at the elder who had just spoken with some admiration.

That man was the patriarch of the Pompey family - Pompey the Elder.

Just as the civilians were looking at him with worry.

Although Ye's actions just now were somewhat brutal, it must be said that the people, who had long been unhappy with the ugly faces of the elders, were actually a little frightened by what had just happened, but they were not actually disgusted or frightened.

Instead, he clapped his hands in his heart---! But Ye had indeed violated Roman law at this time...

The civilians are ready to turn a blind eye, or even lie with their eyes open.

Anyway, when they were at the Tiber River, the people were very smart and knew how to cooperate with Ye to deal with these ugly Senate nobles.

but--

Ye: "Dictatorship?! Of course not, I think Mr. Pompey may have misunderstood something.

I didn't cut off Senator Babos's arm because he voted against it.

That’s what I’m going to tell the public.”

Chapter 121 Elders: Why doesn't the Twelve Tables work for us?

At this time, many senators in the Senate felt it was extremely absurd!

In full view of the public, Lista cut off the arm of an innocent senator in the central square at night. If this is not considered to have triggered Roman law, then what could be darker than this?

The elders only felt a blackness before their eyes.

At this time, Ye also spoke to satisfy their unwilling and angry "curiosity".

"According to Roman law, when a person betrays his country and there is solid evidence of his crime...

As a noble, I have the right to execute first and report later, to impose a certain degree of punishment on the criminal for treason and to prevent him from escaping.

If necessary, he can even be sentenced to death directly!

This is also the second thing I want to mention at the Civilian Assembly, in addition to the establishment of the new law.

A public trial for some guilty persons!"

What? ! !

Crime of treason?

"You...you are slandering us!" The elders trembled in shock and anger.

"Are you trying to say that Lord Babus betrayed Rome? How is that possible...

As a member of the Senate, Mr. Babus has always been conscientious and loyal to his duties, and he would never betray Rome!"

"Slandering the nobility is punishable by death, Lord Listaya...

In addition, you committed the crime of intentional injury to Lord Babos, and it would not be a pity even if you were executed twice.

Not to mention that according to the Ninth Table of the Twelve Tables, no one has the right to convict or sentence someone to death without trial.”

Ye: “Mr. Pompey, it seems that there is something wrong with your ears.

I have made it very clear—

I have in my hands the fatal evidence of Lord Barbos's treason, and as a noble I have the right to impose punishment first.

When laws conflict with each other, the one that better suits the circumstances should be accepted.

Special circumstances require special treatment!"

Ye spoke slowly and calmly, then he ordered people to bring a lot of evidence that had been prepared long ago.

Those were some letters and documents.

When Ye was preparing to deal with a group of elders, he would naturally not be unprepared.

Although it might be very satisfying to violently kill the Senate...

But this is not enough to completely ruin its reputation, and it is easy to be criticized and leave a bad reputation.

It doesn't matter if he is alone. It's a simulated universe after all. If he makes a name for himself as a tyrant or a demon king, he might even get a legendary bonus.

But the succession chose to support Tiberius. Even though Night, who was now able to kill his way through the Senate with the blessing of Rome, did not change his plan.

Continue with the original plan -

Not only did he have to kill the nobles of the Senate openly and in public, he also had to kill them so hard that the Senate would be convinced and would have to endure the dissatisfaction.

Ever since Tiberius began to contact and win over the Roman military forces.

Although some noble generals led by Scipio the Younger either did not support, oppose or interfere, they obtained a lot of useful intelligence from the basic civilian officers under them that night.

Ever since he was sold out by the Roman officials during the Spanish campaign.

Tiberius never let go of the investigation to find out who had harmed the soldiers on the front line.

It would have been fine if this had not been investigated, but once it was investigated, it was disastrous, as a huge chain of power was gradually exposed from officers at all levels.

Among them was a clear guideline that a certain noble officer had clear correspondence with Babus, a senator in the Senate, in which they talked about many things about their collaboration to embezzle Roman military pay, which must never be made public.

It's not just Babos - several veterans were mentioned and involved.

Later, Gaius Gracchus, the younger brother of the Gracchus brothers, used his connections in the army to investigate Babus and used some tricks. Finally, he got more important things from Babus's home - such as the embezzled military pay bills and other evidence.

And collecting evidence——relies on the power of the night.

For Ye, who was already a little superman in Rome, it was not difficult to do these things if he wanted to search for the evidence he wanted.

After obtaining this evidence, Gaius Gracchus, a brother who was famous in history for being overbearing and cruel, informed Ye——

The law regarding when special circumstances may arise and when one can use one's noble status to take direct action.

Even though Ye only knew about the Twelve Tables and other Roman laws that became more famous in later generations, at first Ye didn't know that there were such legal loopholes that could be used to commit crimes at will.

According to Gaius, this was a legal explanation specially added when a noble accidentally killed a commoner.

Suddenly, the night didn't feel strange anymore...

After all, in Rome, even the sacred Twelve Tables were not fixed.

The nobles could interpret and define the law however they wanted.

The existence of the law was entirely to serve the nobility. This situation only improved in the later period when Roman law gradually had clearer and more explicit provisions.

However, even after finding the evidence, they did not take action against the elders immediately to avoid alerting the enemy. Instead, they waited until this good opportunity to capture all the elders in one fell swoop.

And then Ye produced evidence to accuse several elders, and presented the evidence openly for all the elders to see.

The faces of many elders turned pale, and they looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Many of the evidences looked very familiar to them, and they had no idea how they had fallen into Ye's hands. Some of them should have been hidden in secret rooms in their homes.

when? !

How did it end up in the other party's hands? Damn it!

“I’m sorry, elders.

I wanted to play with you some more, but the game of house has ended here.

Now, it will be time for your judgment!

I will accuse you of your many crimes, and I will judge you in front of everyone and sentence you to death!"

As the words fell that night, the momentum suddenly changed, becoming as oppressive as a storm.

At this time, the Roman citizens, who had already seen a lot of irrefutable evidence, roared in anger...

They shouted that they wanted to send the senators to the gallows and the guillotine!

There seems to be an attitude that all the senators have been deemed guilty and that they should all be executed.

At this time, the elders were already sweating coldly on their backs.

Listaye has already proved with his actions that he really dares to take action——

Taking those laws that were usually treated as jokes by the nobles, or even - many of them were arbitrarily defined by the nobles themselves, just to protect themselves and set up against the common people.

For example, as a noble, they have the privilege of executing someone first and reporting later when necessary, but now Ye is using the same privilege against those nobles.

This would never be recognized in normal times.

But now, just like the "Hortesius Law", any legal loophole in Ye's hands will become the sharpest blade and weapon, scraping them hard.

Lawless——! It really is lawless.

Chapter 122: You don’t want the Pompey family to be humiliated, old friend!

Many elders feel extremely guilty at this moment. After all, how many of those who can reach the position of elders are clean?

They were afraid that Lista could produce more evidence, some of which might be related to them.

However, the elders at this time did not know that the evidence they saw now was already the limit of the night.

After all, the time is too short. It is not realistic to find the criminal records of all the senators, and it is even more unrealistic to overthrow them all. If too many upper-level people die at once, it will easily affect the stability of the country of Rome.

but--

After the sudden attack the night before and the shock now, the elders, who were already at a loss, had no time to react.

At this moment, the rhythm was completely brought to the night's side.

The elders have been completely dominated by Ye, and Ye's goal has been achieved.

Ye Xian read out a group of names, which were the names of veterans who were involved in embezzling military funds.

Every time a name was called out, the face of the corresponding elder turned pale, and many of the timid ones even fainted from fright.

He knows——!!

He really knows everything we do.

When Ye finished reading out this batch and announced the various crimes of these elders, the elders whose names were not read out breathed a sigh of relief, but when they saw Ye's meaningful eyes, their hearts suddenly skipped a beat.

The elders suddenly realized that this was only the first batch—!

The count was of the Spanish War military spending embezzlement list, but there were other things as well.

They didn't dare to bet on how much Ye had investigated...

If Ye announced it loudly here, all the elders would be thrown into the abyss, bringing shame to their families.

At this moment, Ye slowly walked towards Patriarch Pompeii...

This is one of the remaining elders who were not named.