At that moment the angelic Menos said, "Where shall I go, my dear child? shall I inquire which nobleman's house shall be visited, in this rocky rocky island of the North Mountain, or shall I meet your mother and go directly to your house?"

Hearing this, the thoughtful Jiming replied, "If this is not the case, I will urge you to come to my house, and as the host, we will not lack food for the guests.

"But it is worse for you to go, for I will not be there, and my mother will not see you, she seldom comes out, and the house is full of suitors, and she always stays in the upper house, and spends time in front of the loom.

"But I may introduce another landlord, and you may visit Marcos, the glorious son of the brilliant Rupos, whom the people of the great city of Nuo look upon as if they were angels.

"He is far from the best mortal there, and the most closely pursued of the suitors, trying to marry my mother, and thus take away his own honor, his king.

"However, the mighty ones on Mount Catherine, who dwell in the heavenly air, know whether they will bring about their own destruction and rush ahead of their marriage, this is their fate, and no one can change it!"

As he spoke, a bird appeared on the right, a harrier eagle, the swift messenger of Apollo, with a dove in its talons, and a scattered feather that fell between the ship and Jiming.

Menos called Jimin away from the group, took his hand, called him by name, and said, "Jiming, this bird flies in the space on the right, with the will of the Almighty, I see it and know it.

"This is a sign from a mighty angel, and no man is like the king of your house, and you will reign over this land forever. ”

Hearing these words of Menos, the thoughtful self-evident replied, "May your word, the strange guest, be fulfilled in the future, so that you will soon appreciate the sweetness of friendship."

"When you see me again, you will be richly rewarded by me for many gifts from me, and more importantly, I will have people praise you for your good fortune if you meet you together. ”

After that, he turned to a loyal companion: "Of all the companions who have traveled with me, you are more determined than anyone else to obey my words and deal with things."

"Therefore, I ask you to take your guest home with you, and give him the honour and hospitality he deserves, and entertain him with all that we have, until I return to the city. ”

The companion who was good at spear and spear, whose name was Os, heard Jiming's command. He replied, "Even if you stay there for a long time, I will entertain the guests, and we will have everything to entertain them." ”

After saying this, he lifted the cabin board, and at the same time called his companions to get on the boat, and untied the rope at the stern, and everyone quickly boarded the boat, sat in the oars, and everyone untied the tail cable, pushed the boat into the sea, and sailed to the edge of the city, according to his instructions.

Ji Ming fastened his fine shoes, grabbed a thick spear with a bronze point, and stepped out of the deck of the sea ship to the beach, and then Ji Ming took a big stride and walked forward.

It was necessary to go to the farm yard in front of it, where there was a large herd of pigs, and the noble pig herdsman slept beside them, thinking of his master, and his heart was full of sincere emotion.

At that time, Noji and the noble pig herdsman gathered the wood from the hut and greeted the light of dawn, prepared breakfast, and sent out the shepherd, with the herd of pigs that had been released.

At this time, the noisy shepherd dog shook his head and shook his tail and stood beside Jiming, and barked silently at the latter who came to him, that is, Menos, and noticed the charm of the dogs, and heard the sound of footsteps, and immediately informed the pig herdsman Os.

Noji spat out the winged language: "Oth, someone is coming this way, it must be your companion, or someone you are familiar with, and the dogs do not bark, but shake their heads and tails beside him, and the sound of this man's step has reached my ears." ”

Before he had finished speaking, his beloved son had landed at the door, and the pig herder stood up suddenly, dumbfounded, and dropped the jar with which he was making a shining liquor.

He went up to his master, and kissed his head, and his handsome eyes kissed his hands, and shed tears, like a father, with a loving heart.

He welcomed his precious son with great joy, and in the tenth year after his separation, he returned from a distant land, the only son in the family, who was loved in every way, and for whom his father suffered many sorrows.

And so the noble swineherd clung to the noble angelic Jiming, and kissed him fervently, as if he were escaping death, and he wept aloud.

He spoke, speaking in winged words: "You have returned, Jiming, like a bright ray, and I thought I would never see your face again, and you went to a distant land, and took a ship on the sea.

"Come in, dear child, let me enjoy the pleasure of seeing you, and see your riches again in the shed, and my heart will be glad to have just returned from a distant land.

"You seldom come here to visit the shepherds and your estate, you like to stay in the city, yes, you seem to have developed some kind of interest, watching the suitors, the bastards!"

Hearing this, the thoughtful Ji Ming replied, "Even so, my good fellow, but this time I have come for you, and I want to see you with my own eyes and hear your briefing."

"I would like to ask you if my mother is still living at home, or if she has been taken away, leaving her bed behind, with no one to sleep on, and covered with dirty cobwebs. ”

Hearing this, the swineherd, the leader of the swineherds, said, "With great perseverance and forbearance, she waited in your palace, burst into tears, and washed away the days and nights of pain. ”

Then the hunter took his bronze spear, went into the hut, and crossed the threshold of the stone hewn, and got up and left his seat to give way to the one who came in the door.

But Ji Ming dissuaded him on the other side of the shack, and said, "Sit down, stranger, and we will prepare another soft seat, and in the shack, this person is close at hand, and we will do it." ”

When he had said this, he turned back and sat down, and the swine shepherd laid down the green branches, covered them with sheepskins, and made them ready, and his beloved son sat down on them.

The swine herdsman brought out the pots and plates, and laid them before them, and filled them with the pork they had roasted, and quickly took out the bread that had not been eaten last time, and piled it up in baskets, and made out fine wine, as sweet as honey, and sat down opposite him in an ivory bowl.

They stretched out their hands and grabbed the food in front of them, swallowing it to their heart's content.

When they had satisfied their desire to eat and drink, he opened his mouth to speak and asked the noble swinewler, "I say good man, who is this living man, and how did the sailors get him here?"

"And where did he claim to be from? I don't think he could have come to this state on foot. ”

Hearing this, the shepherd Oss replied, "Well, my child, I will tell you all my truth.

"He claimed to have been born in Crete, in the vast lands, and said that he had fled from the land of Hakka and wandered through many mortal cities, the web of fate that the Almighty had woven for him, and this time he had fled to the ships of the Tians and came to my farmhouse.

"And now, I deliver him unto thee, and entertain thee as thou wish, and he is thy guest, and he says, pleading before thee. ”

Hearing this, the thoughtful self-evident replied: "Your words, Os, pierce my heart deeply, and you say, how shall I receive and entertain a living man in my house?"

"I'm still young, I don't have confidence in my own hands, and if someone provokes an incident and fights with me, I can't fight on my own and win.

"Besides, my mother, who is single-minded and considers two choices, is to stay in the house with me, to guard the property, to be faithful to her husband's bed, and to respect the voice of the people?

"Or at last she left, followed the best of the people, and pursued her in her palace, where the man had given her the most gifts, and promised to take care of her for the rest of her life and make him happy.

"As for the living guest, since I have come to your shed, I will give him a garment, a cloak with a collar, fine garments, shoes for him to wear, and a two-edged bronze sword, and send him out of the house, wherever he is going, driven by the spirit of the heart.

"Or, if you wish, let him stay at the farm yard while you take care of it, and I will give him his clothes, along with all the food he needs, so that he will not be a burden to you and your companions.

"But I will not let him into the palace and associate with the suitors, who have run rampant to the point of outrage, and I fear that they will make me grieved for the ridicule of him!

"A man, even if he is very brave, can hardly deal with hordes of adversaries, they are more powerful, far stronger, they will bully a living person, and they will go against my hospitality. ”

When he heard this, the illustrious and tribulous replied: "My dear friend, it is fitting that I have the honour to answer your words, which gnaw at my heart.

"When I heard that the suitors were dissolute and shameless in your house, against your will, and that you were such a great man. Tell me, have you given up the fight?

"Or is it because you are hated by the people, and the people of the whole region are driven away by those great forces? Or are you complaining about your brothers? The people trust in their brothers' help, and they huddle together in fierce quarrels.

"May I be as young as you are, and match my pride, and may I be the son of the noble Nuoji, or the hero himself, and return from wanderings, and we still have hope for that.

"Let some stranger cut off my head at once, from my shoulder, and if my coming does not bring sorrow to all of them, when I enter the house of Noku, the house of the son of Lamech.

"If, because I am alone, overwhelmed by them, and surrounded by many people, I would rather die and die in my own home than watch these people do their evil endlessly.

"They treated their guests roughly, dragged their maids, walked through the fine palaces without shame, drank and drank uncontrollably, devoured food without restraint, indulged in indulgence, every day, and never ended!"

Hearing this, the thoughtful man replied, "Well, my friend, I will speak frankly and tell you everything, not because the people, the people of the whole land, are disgruntled and hate me.

"I cannot complain about my brother, who trusts in his brother's help and huddles together in fierce quarrels, but the Mighty One has made me live in a single family, and I have only one seed, and that is me.

"I have not pleased him when I have remained in the palace, but now there are many wicked people in the palace that are too numerous to count, and all the powerful and powerful men of the outer islands are doing the same thing.

"They came from all parts of the country, and together with the local nobles, the rocky kings of the northern mountains, all pursued my mother, who had neither rejected a hateful marriage nor was powerless to put an end to the turmoil.

"These men have squandered my possessions, devoured all my possessions, and in a short time they will tear me apart!

"Go, Oth, my good fellow, tell the cautious Luo Pei, that I have returned safely, and that I will remain here for the time being, lest she continue to worry.

"Go to the city, and send the message to her, and let it be heard, and let no other people hear, for there are many evildoers plotting against me. ”

At this, the pig shepherd replied, "Yes, I understand this, and the man who hears your command has a head that knows what is going on." ”

The hunter sprang into action, took up his shoes, fastened them, and set out for the city, when the sheep-eyed angel saw the pig herdsman Os leave the farm yard and approach him, taking on the form of a woman, tall, beautiful, and skillfully handmade.

She stood in front of the doorway, allowing her to be seen, but she could not see her, nor could she sense her presence, and the angels would not let everyone see their form clearly.

So, when Noji and the shepherd dogs saw her coming, the dogs did not bark, but cowered and dodged, sobbed and whimpered, and were terrified of her, and retreated to the other side of the hut.

The woman who had been transformed into a sheep-eyed angel raised her eyebrows, and the noble nobility saw that it was true, and stepped out of the shack, walked along the tall courtyard wall, and stood before her.

The sheep-eyed angel spoke, saying, "Now tell your son, son of Lamech, son of the mighty, who is resourceful to repudiate himself.

"Then your father and son will go together to the glorious city and plan for the suitor's calamity, and the destined death. I will not be away from you for long, I can't wait to kill. ”

After saying this, the sheep-eyed angel stretched out his golden rod, touched it lightly, and conjured a clean, shining shirt and cape, and enlarged his body on his chest and shoulders, adding to the strength of manhood.

Noji's skin returned to copper, his cheeks suddenly became plump, and the beard around his chin became dark, and when he had done this, the sheep-eyed angel departed again, and when he walked back to the hut, Aiko looked up in amazement, and looked away, fearing that he must be an angel.

Ji Ming opened his mouth to speak, and said in a winged voice: "Why have you suddenly changed, my friend, you have changed your body just now, your clothes have changed, and your complexion has abandoned the old and welcomed the new."

"There is no doubt that you are one of the angels who hold the vast sky. May you have mercy and mercy, and we will give you comforting offerings and gifts of gold, good things that are finely crafted, but ask for your mercy. ”

When he heard this, the illustrious and tribulous replied: "No, I am not an angel, why do you think I am an angel? I am your father, and for him you have been grieving and suffering, and enduring the atrocities of others." ”

After saying this, he kissed his son, tears running down his cheeks and dripping to the ground, and he endured until now, and forced his feelings, but he did not believe that this man was his father.

He answered and said to him, "No, you are not taking yourself away, my father, but this is the mighty work of the angels, which is intended to beset me in order to cause me greater sorrow and make me weep bitterly.

"No mortal can make such a conspiration, relying only on his own scheming, no, unless there is some great power to help, descend from the sky, and change the youth and old age of man, it is as easy as a snap of his hand.

"Just now, you were an old man, wearing shabby clothes, but now, you are like a powerful angel who rules the vast sky, and no mortal can compare to it. ”

When he heard this, he replied resourcefully, "This is not an impropriety, and you must not be too confused, and do not be suspicious, and you should not be suspicious of your father's return;

"I am the only one who stands before you, as you have seen, returning to my homeland after all the hardships, and as for those changes, it is the power of the Marauder's blessed sheep-eyed angel, who has made me change this and that, as he pleases, and he has this power.

"Sometimes I am like a beggar, and sometimes I am like a young fellow, clothed in splendid clothes, and it is easy for me to grace or despise a mortal, mortal, mortal being, to the mighty angel who rules the vast sky. ”

After going through all the hardships and sitting, Ji Ming already knew at this time that this was the father he had been looking for for a long time and was eager to see! Ji Ming stretched out his arms and couldn't wait to pounce on him.

Ji Ming hugged the noble father, and wept bitterly, tears flowed down his face, and the desire for sorrow rose in the hearts of the father and son, and the tears of the two of them flowed at the same time, like a heavy rain, falling from the sky, like a bucket pouring down.

When the father and son had confessed their fathers and sons, they wept more than the neighing of birds, or the seahawks or vultures with bent claws, and they were indignant at the children taken away by the peasants, while their wings were not yet full, and in this way they cried out in sorrow, and washed their faces with tears, and when the light of the angels of the sun would reflect their weeping, he spoke swiftly and said to his father: "What kind of ships have the sailors brought you here, dear father? I don't think it's possible for you to walk on foot and go back to your own country. ”

Hearing this, the illustrious and tribulous Noji replied, "Well, my child, I will speak back to you and tell you all my true feelings, and the Kians, who are famous for their boats, have brought me here, and they have also transported others to that place, and they have carried me back to sleep in swift clippers, and have carried me up to the ground of the North Mountain, and have given glorious gifts, with a great number of bronzes, Come, tell me the number of suitors, and tell them how they are, that I may know their number, and what kind of people they are, that I may consider in my noble heart, whether we may use your strength to make enemies against them, without the help of external forces, or whether we need to turn to others and help them. ”

After hearing these words, the thoughtful self-knowledge replied: " Father, I have often heard of thy great reputation, and of thy great reputation, that thou art a warrior, and that thou art invincible in his eloquence, and with strong hands, but thou hast spoken a little too much, and has shocked me, that thou and I alone cannot beat the strong men, and that the great crowd is not ten, nor twice as many as tens, and that the number of suitors is far greater, and that I shall tell you how many of them are at this very moment, and from Kion came fifty-two young men of good and hand, with six servants, and from Samo, twenty out of twenty, and twenty sons of the Cayenne, from Soth, and suitors from the nativesTwo out of ten, the best of the best, with the messenger Medon with them, plus the singer of the gods, and the meat-cutting feast, and two attendants, if we fight against all the opponents in the palace, I fear that your revenge, and the cruelty you will inflict on them, will bring a tragic and dangerous end, so think of what you can do to help the account, and fight in good faith, in order to defend us. ”

When he heard this, the brilliant, long-suffering, replied, "Well, listen carefully, listen to what I have to say." You may ask yourself, is it enough for you and me, the Sheep-Eyed Angel and the Almighty Angel Boss, to help us?

After hearing his father's words, the thoughtful Ji Ming replied, "The two whom you have told are indeed excellent helpers, although they sit high in the clouds, and they rule over heaven and earth, over mortals, and even over other angels. ”

When he heard this, the illustrious and tribulous one replied: " The two mighty angels will not be idle for a long time in the fierce battle, and once the power of the angels of war has been tested, in our palace, the two sides involved in the war, us and the enemies of the suitor, so that you can go out and return to our house at the dawn of the Buddha, and intervene in the brutal suitors, and then the pig herdsman will take me to the city, and I will take on the form of a beggar, like a sad old man, and if they insult me, in your palace you and mine, you must be patient with your heart, even if I suffer from their cruelty, even if I pull my legs and drag me out of the palace, or throw and smite me, you must see in your eyes and endure in your heart; But you can speak pleasantly, and beg them to stop their madness, though they will not listen, for the end of this group is at their feet, and I have one thing to tell you, which you must keep in mind. When the skilful angel of the sheep's eye gives the command, I will nod to you, and when you have seen it, you may put away the weapons that are in the lying room, and all the men of war, and move them to the corner of the house, to the hidden house on the high place, and when the suitor remembers them, and asks where the weapons are, you can deceive them with kind words, and say: ' I have removed my weapons from the smoke of black smoke, they have been unrecognizable, and have lost their former appearance, and I have left them behind to go to the battle of Dongcheng, and my weapons have been soiled, and the green smoke that fills them has changed their shape, and besides, the mighty ones on high have injected in my heart a more thoughtful thought, lest you wait to take advantage of the wine, stand up and fight, and leave each other scars, and ruin the plans of the feast and the marriage proposal, and the iron objects themselves can tempt people to grasp them. 'But leave some for you and me only, two sharp swords, two spears, and a pair of war shields of oxhide, in their hands, and rush forward and fight them, and the sheep-eyed angels and the scheming mighty ones will confuse their hearts, and I have one thing to say to you, that if you are truly my seed, and inherit my blood, you will not let anyone know that you are in the palace, and that the swine shepherds will not hear of it, and that no one in the house, including Luo Pei, will judge the woman's mentality, and besides, we will test some of the male servants to see which of them is loyal and respectful of us, and who despise your existenceTo dare to despise a man as wonderful as you, I think he is tired of life. ”

Hearing this, the glorious son replied: "Father, I think you will see my performance, my courage, and I will not let up in the critical moment, but I only think that your proposition will not benefit you and me, so I advise you to think twice." You will waste a great deal of time running to the farms, and visiting every servant, while the suitors are safe and sound, and they are willing to go down when they have eaten up our food in the palace, but I do want to persuade you to visit the women, and find out which ones are wicked and which are innocent, but I do not approve of your visit to the farms, and the temptation of the male workers there, for this may be done later, if you have received the will of the Almighty. ”

Meanwhile, the well-made ship, which had carried Jiming and his companions, had come from afar into the harbor of the North Mountains, and when they reached the deep harbor, they dragged the black ship up to the raised shore, and the high-spirited servants took up their armor and carried their splendid gifts to the courtyard of Theos.

They sent a messenger to the palace of Noji, and with a message telling the prudent Luo Pei that he had returned to his homeland, and that they should sail back to the city, so that the noble queen would not be troubled and shed tears of sorrow, and that the two would meet on the road, and the messenger and the noble swineherd would bring the same message to the noble lady.

When they entered the house of the holy king, the messenger spoke, and stood among the maids: "Your beloved son, my queen, has returned to his homeland!" but the pig herdsman approached Luo Pei, and told the queen all that her son wanted him to proclaim, and then, when he had finished the message to be sent, and with every word, he left the palace and the courtyard, and returned to the place where the pigs dwelled.

However, this message was depressing and dismaying to the hearts of the suitors, and they stepped out of the palace, walked along the high courtyard wall, stopped at the door, and met to discuss and agree on a strategy; Marcos first said: "Friends, Jiming has actually returned, a great voyage, and a presumptuous act! But we thought he could not do this, absolutely not! Come, let us take up the best black boat, drag it down the sea, gather the sailors, paddle forward, and set out quickly, and bring the message to the ambushed companions, and ask them to come back quickly. ”

Before he had finished speaking, Nomos turned around, and saw that the ship was already in the deep harbor, and that the oars were in their hands, and that they were gathering their sails, and they laughed heartily, and Normos said to his companions, "We need not send a message, they have returned to the harbor, either because the Almighty One wants them to return, or because they see the ship passing by, they cannot pursue it." ”

With the end of Nomos, the people stood up and went to the seashore, and the returning people dragged the black boat up the raised shore, and the high-spirited companions took up their armour, and the suitors went to the party together, without letting anyone else take part, and took their seats together, young and old citizens. "It seems that it is the Almighty One who has blessed this man from destruction, and during the day we sit on the windy toress, and look out in shifts, from the time the sun goes down, and never lie down, and spend the night on the beach, but we sail the seas, drift away from the clippers, and wait for the dawn envoy to take his seat, hoping to intercept the arrival of Jiming and take him there, and nevertheless some unknown angel has sent him home."

"So, let's make a plan here, send Jiming a tragic death, and let him die here! I think that as long as he lives, our intentions will not be realized, this man is quick and thoughtful, and the people here no longer have a good opinion of us, and we have to take action, before he gathers a crowd, I don't think he will downplay it: he will vent his anger in his breasts, and stand before all the people, and tell them how we have tried to brutalize him, but we have not arrested him, and when the people know about our evil deeds, they will obviously not applaud, and I fear that they will use violence to drive us out of this land and wander in other people's villages。

"No, let us go first, and get him hunted down, in the countryside far from the city, or on the road, and then we may take his wealth, and divide his property fairly, and leave him a house, and give his mother, and the man who married him, and if these words do not please your heart, and you want him to live, and inherit your father's property, then we cannot continue to gather here and devour his food, and his good things, and let us go from all nations, and give gifts of marriage proposals, and win her favor. She will marry the most gift-giver and will marry her new man. ”

When Tinus had spoken, the audience was silent and silent, and then Nomos spoke, and before the crowd, he was the noble son of Nysos, the son of Tiaz the king, and led the suitors from the land of Lykion, and from the vast pastures and valleys, and was able to speak well, and with his understanding of the intellect, which pleased the hearts of Lopei.

Out of kindness to all, he spoke: "My dear friend, as far as I am concerned, I do not want to murder Jiming, it is a terrible thing to kill the offspring of the king, and we should first ask for a proclamation to the Almighty, and if I have the will of the Almighty, I will kill him myself, and at the same time urge you to move forward, but if the Almighty will not let us act, I advise you to give up the desire to kill." ”

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