My XX deal with Sister Nero

"Quick! Let them in!" Tony was delighted when he heard this report. It seemed that there should be a breakthrough in this case!

Soon, under the leadership of the Chief Executive, a middle-aged man in a white toga and a barefoot young man in very ragged clothes came to the room in the center of the mansion. As soon as they entered the room, the man in the white toga bowed deeply to Tony and said loudly, "Greetings, His Royal Highness Prince Odney."

Tony was not even interested in knowing the name of the young man in the toga. On the contrary, he was very interested in the slave next to him who subconsciously knelt on the ground and dared not raise his head as soon as he entered the room.

"You said... you know one of the assassins?" Tony stood up and asked, looking at the slave with interest.

Tony had made a request to the Chief Executive before, and when issuing the reward notice, he specifically included descriptions of these assassins, to see if anyone would recognize them.

I didn’t expect that someone actually knew him!

"Yes... Your Highness..." The slave looked up at Tony with some fear, and said in a trembling voice: "There is a person inside and I... I are both from the Ka...Kadi tribe."

Chapter 380: The mastermind behind this?

The Khadi tribe?

Khadi?

Tony had heard of this name.

The Chatti were a branch of the Germanic people. Two years ago, the Roman Empire had fought against the Chatti and defeated them, capturing many civilians and soldiers. It is said that a Chatti princess was also captured at that time.

So… this was one of the Khadi captured at the time?

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Tony subconsciously turned his head to look at the Roman man in a white toga standing next to him.

The Roman saw that His Highness was looking at him. He was quite tactful. He lowered his head and said to Tony, "Your Highness, this man is indeed the Khadi I bought at the slave market."

"Yes." After confirming the identity of the slave, Tony turned his gaze back to the Khadi man kneeling in front of him and said, "So... who is the one you know?"

"His name is Hans, and he's... a friend from the same tribe as me."

Hans? That name is... okay.

In the future, Hans will be a very common German name, as popular as Tom and Jerry, but in this era...is this name common?

Who knows.

That’s not the point anyway.

"That is to say, you were captured a few years ago when the Empire was fighting against the Kadi tribe, right?" Tony asked, touching his chin.

"Yes, Your Highness." The slave knelt on the ground and nodded vigorously.

"Then... do you know who bought your friend?" Tony looked at the slave thoughtfully and asked.

"I know, I know. Your Highness..." The slave raised his head cautiously and glanced at Tony, then looked at his master standing next to him with some fear. He swallowed his saliva before asking, "Your Highness...are those twenty silver coins going to be given to me, or...to my master?"

"Of course I'll give it to you." Tony looked at the slave with amusement, then turned his head to look at the master standing next to him and said with a smile: "I'll talk to him. These twenty silver coins are at your disposal."

"Thank you, Your Highness." The slave kowtowed to Tony respectfully several times before saying to him, "He was bought by a nobleman named Tarquin. I remember that nobleman said that my friend was very suitable to be a gladiator, so he bought him. But later I heard... I heard that Hans was bitten to death by a lion during a training session to fight with wild beasts..."

Killed by a lion?

Of course Tony knew that these gladiators had to undergo a certain degree of training before they could go into battle, but Mr. Hans who was bitten to death had become a death warrior at this moment. In other words, did the nobleman named Tarquin... have already thought about organizing a group of death warriors at that time?

So... who is this Tarquin?

After asking a few more casual questions, Tony had the slave taken away.

"... Tell me, how credible are the words of this slave?" After sitting in the first seat and thinking for a while, Tony suddenly spoke and asked the chief executive of Aosta City who was standing next to him.

"Your Highness, this... I can't guarantee how credible it is, but at least, what this slave said is a direction that can be investigated."

"You have a point." Tony stood up and asked someone to call Mary over. He whispered a few words to her and then asked her to leave the house.

"Tarquin?" About half a day later, in the palace of Rome, Nero looked at the report sent back by Tony in his hand, and his brows couldn't help but frowned.

This name...she didn't have much impression.

Either this person is not a famous nobleman, or this person is the rich second generation of a nobleman's family.

But since my younger brother has made some breakthroughs, as his older sister, I have to cooperate with him.

So Nero called Evebia and asked her to go out and find out if there was anyone named Tarquin.

Tarquin was not a very common name in Rome. It took Nero about an afternoon to find out the information she wanted. And the most important thing was that it was said that Tarquin had secretly contacted a barbarian in the suburbs yesterday!

"Barbarian?"

It is not surprising for nobles to keep assassins and gladiators, but this rich second-generation named Tarquin not only kept assassins but also participated in the assassination of the queen mother. He even got close to a barbarian in recent times. All of this revealed something.

This nobleman named Tarquin is a major suspect in the crime!

When Tony received the receipt from Nero, he did not hesitate and directly returned to Rome with his men. He personally led his men to capture the son of the senator named Tarquin and brought him back to the palace.

Tarquin was very stubborn at first and refused to give in, but with the "help" of Evebia, he quickly "remembered" some things he had "forgotten".

Including Hans, the group of assassins who assassinated Agrippina the Younger were indeed Tarquin's men, and they were indeed sent by Tarquin to assassinate Agrippina the Younger.

As for the reason, according to Tarquin, he wanted to help his father.

Tarquin was not the eldest son, and he did not have enough talent, so correspondingly, he received less distribution of some family resources. If this situation continued, Tarquin might only get a new title in the end, and then live a life of idleness and waiting for death under the protection of his brother.

When Tony heard this, he almost jumped up with excitement. Isn't this the life he expected? !

However, he did not want to live such a life. He wanted to do something for his father in exchange for corresponding resources. In the past few years, Tarquin, for some reason, gathered a group of death squads. However, this group of death squads did not have any mission at first, until... the assassination of Agrippina the Younger.

As for why he chose to assassinate Agrippina the Younger, Tarquin also explained truthfully. It was probably that one day when he was strolling outside, he met a German nobleman. After getting drunk with him one time, this German nobleman inadvertently gave him a suggestion, which was that the biggest stumbling block of the Senate at present was the Claudius family. If you want to help your father, it's simple, just kill Agrippina the Younger and it's done.

If Tony was standing in front of this German nobleman, he might have beaten him up, on the grounds that what the German nobleman said was an insult to his intelligence. However, Tarquin actually believed it!

At the same time, the German noble also promised that as long as you succeed in the assassination, we will give you some good things. You see, you can help your father and get some benefits from me. Why not do it?

So this fool really did it.

Chapter 381: Taking action against the Senate!

"So... sister, do you also think this matter is a bit simple?" Inside the palace, Tony lay on his sister's thighs with a comfortable look on his face, enjoying his sister's back massage while closing his eyes and asked softly.

"Although everything seems so natural, but...but I always feel that something is wrong." Nero said thoughtfully while gently massaging his brother's back.

"Yes, I feel the same way." Tony supported himself on his sister's thigh and sat up, saying in a serious tone, "An unsuccessful son of a senator wanted to gain his father's trust, so he took a risk to assassinate the queen mother. After being arrested, he couldn't stand the pressure and confessed that he was instructed by the Germans. All of this seemed so logical and reasonable, but... but it was too easy."

Tony shook his head. If Tarquin had a motive to kill Agrippina the Younger, then what was the motive of the Germans?

The Germans were different from the Romans. At this moment, there was no unified government among the Germans. There were countless large and small tribes distributed in the Germanic region. Their strength varied. The strong ones could make Augustus shout at Varus to return my legion, while the weak ones might be drowned by the Roman army just by spitting.

But no matter which tribe it was, there was no reason to fight the Roman army at this moment.

"But brother, the people hired by Evebia are professionals. Even they can't pry anything new out of this man. It either means that he is very tight-lipped, or that he is telling the truth." Nero said, supporting his chin with both hands.

"Or rather, it's a fact within his known range." Tony scratched his head. Although that's what he said, but... does something outside the known range really exist? If it does, what would it be?

"By the way, brother, has that German been caught?" Nero asked, gently stroking his brother's very soft hair.

"No, it seems he ran away a long time ago." Tony shook his head gently: "Sister, now...what are your plans?"

"Plan?" Nero was a little confused by Tony's question. He looked at Tony subconsciously and asked with a puzzled look: "What plan?"

"Should we... take this opportunity to reshuffle the Senate?" Tony took a deep breath and said seriously.

Tony is a coward, most of the time.

He is just an ordinary person, an ordinary person with some contradictory personality.

He can muster up the courage to do something, but most of the time he would inexplicably back off halfway through because of fear of difficulty.

Unless someone touches his bottom line, most of the time you will see him as a coward squatting in the corner and shivering.

After crossing into the other world, because the time was not long and there was a lack of a certain sense of immersion, Tony's personality improved a little. At least... he was no longer so cowardly.

Moreover, once it comes to his own plans, he is not timid, on the contrary, he is somewhat radical.

Such as now.

That’s right, the assassination of Agrippina the Younger actually had little to do with the Senate, but that didn’t stop Tony from putting the two things together. After all, the master of the assassination was the son of a senator, and after the assassination, the Senate also intended to cover up the crime and force the governor of Aosta to take the blame.

Although I don’t understand why the Senate did this for the time being, but at least... it provides an excuse, doesn’t it?

The assassination of the Queen Mother not only attracted great attention from the entire Roman Empire, but even the surrounding countries wanted to find out who was so bold as to do this, because... the outcome of this case directly affected the decision of the Roman emperor and the future direction of the Roman Empire.

"Action against the Senate..." Nero hesitated: "This... is not a good idea, right?"

Although the Claudius family and the Senate did not like each other, there was one thing that Nero could not deny: the Senate made an indelible contribution to the construction of the empire.

If we purge the Senate at this time...is it really appropriate?

"Sister, don't forget that the reason why mother and the late emperor were able to get together was because of the gimmick of the Claudius family marrying the Augustus family. If you want to marry... marry me, will the Senate agree?"

"I think this is a very appropriate time to take action." Nero nodded: "I'll leave this matter to you, brother." As he spoke, Nero suddenly held Tony's little face and gave him a light kiss on the forehead.

???

"I..." Tony opened his eyes wide and looked at his sister in disbelief.

"What's wrong?" Nero's face turned a little red when his brother looked at him like this.

"Nothing... nothing." Tony shook his head and subconsciously touched his forehead.

My sister can kiss my forehead today, can she kiss my mouth tomorrow? !

Hiss... I'm suddenly very excited about this. What's going on?

……

In recent days, a piece of gossip has been circulating in Rome.

The Senate was behind the assassination of the Queen Mother.

"Have you heard? The one who assassinated the Queen Mother was the son of an elder." In a tavern, a young man took a sip of the cheap beer in the glass and suddenly lowered his voice and spoke to his companion sitting in front of him.

"What's the big deal? I knew it a long time ago." His friend didn't give him any face and said with disdain.

"You already knew this, but you may not know another thing." The young man subconsciously turned his head and looked around. After making sure that no one was paying attention to him, he put down the cup in his hand, leaned in front of his friend and said in a low voice: "I heard that not long after the Queen Mother was assassinated, the Senate sent someone to find the governor of Aosta and made him confess his guilt."

"The chief executive of Aosta?" The young man's friend raised his voice subconsciously, and then he lowered his voice as if he realized something, and said in shock: "What does this have to do with the chief executive? Confession? This is probably taking the blame, right?"

"What else?" The young man slowly sat back in his seat and said smugly, "Let me tell you, I know something you don't know, right?"

……

"Nonsense! Nonsense!" In the prison in the southeast corner of Rome, a senator in a toga looked at his pale-faced son in the cell and wished he could slap him in the face.

"Do you know how much trouble you have caused!" He looked at his son with some disappointment. He really didn't expect that his son would do this. In order to attract his attention, he actually dared to assassinate the Queen Mother!

Chapter 382: The Senate That Brings Fire to Themselves

With a loud crash, Vanore smashed a glass cup. Standing in the middle of the Senate Hall, he shouted angrily, "Who on earth is it! Who came up with this bad idea?"

No one answered, and no one dared to answer.

It is obvious that those who forced the Governor of Aosta to take the blame were only a few elders who did it in private. They may have had good intentions, but now, they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Many senators have already heard the news. At this moment, a piece of news is circulating in Rome: the mastermind behind the assassination of Agrippina the Younger is the Senate!

Tony often likes to say that everyone has a motive for doing something. The Senate had no motive or reason at all to assassinate Agrippina the Younger. Even though Tony was the first person to know that the Senate forced the governor of Aosta to take the blame, and even though he had no idea why the Senate did this, one thing was certain, that is, the Senate did it.

The public is simpler. They don't care about your motives. They only care about whether the news is explosive enough and can be used to have a good chat with their friends.

Therefore, the news of the Senate's assassination of Agrippina the Younger spread quickly throughout Rome like a plague.

Such news, let alone the possibility that the Claudius family would react, even if they did nothing and simply allowed the news to continue to spread, would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the reputation of the Senate!

Assassinating the Queen Mother? Who can take the blame?

"Manicus, Tarquin is your son. Tell me, what made him do such a rebellious thing?" After taking a deep breath, Vanore looked at a senator sitting in the corner with an indifferent face and asked.

"This..." The elder named Manicus stood up, looked at his colleagues with a wry smile, and said, "My second son... is actually dissatisfied with me pouring all the family resources into my eldest son. In order to prove himself, under the instigation of the Germans, he got carried away and chose to assassinate the queen mother to prove himself."

"Assassinating the Queen Mother to prove himself? What kind of logic is this?" A wrinkled elder snorted coldly and mocked Manicus: "Manicus, your son... seems to be not very smart."

"My son's brain problem is not your concern." Manicus glanced at the senator calmly and said, "Don't forget one thing. Although my son is the murderer who assassinated the queen mother, he did not push the matter onto the Senate. Therefore, the main reason for the public opinion pointing to the Senate, in addition to the Claudius family who fanned the flames behind the scenes, is of course the senator or senators who tried to force the governor of Aosta to take the blame. These senators seem to be the main murderers who pushed the Senate into the abyss, right?"

Hearing what Manicus said, several elders sitting not far away subconsciously looked up and looked at Manicus standing there with indifference.

"They... probably have good intentions, right? They just did something bad with good intentions." After hesitating for a while, Pasu finally looked at Vanore and Manicus awkwardly and said, "After all, except for a few, the elders of the Senate should be of one mind and one heart. It's impossible for them to betray themselves."

"Hmph." Hearing these sarcastic words, no matter how good-tempered Seneca was, he couldn't help but snort coldly at this moment.