The city of Athens

In a tavern in the city, Gesne was drinking with a few troubadours.

Figs, pastries, and wine were placed on the table, and some of the troubadours were gifted by Apollo and became guests of the nobles and kings.

But some of them were selling in the streets, and Gesne was instructed by Prince Paris not to look for those who were famous, so they were all very down, and everyone ate the food on the table and drank the wine in their hands.

A troubadour with a goatee spoke: "Thank you very much for your hospitality, Gesne, I can't imagine that you have become so generous with Prince Paris." ”

An old man burped and drunkenly said, "Gesnie, when I knew you, you were just like me, but I didn't expect you to stop writing poetry and become so rich, it's better to follow Prince Paris." ”

Gesne looked at the troubadours in front of him, and sighed in his heart, and at the same time a sense of pride was born, but one of his faces was slightly thin, and he had not spoken to the troubadour, quite disapproving, and said: "Gesnie, it is good that you have climbed Prince Paris, but you will be both prosperous and lossy, and if Prince Paris loses power one day, you will be much worse than us by then." ”

When Gesne heard this, his face changed, and the two around him were also embarrassed, so in order to avoid Gesnie's anger, he quickly asked Gesne to continue to talk about the prince's deeds.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the distance, and someone shouted: "Bear man, bear man." ”

Several troubadours thought that the bears had entered the city, and immediately jumped in fright. After looking carefully, he was relieved to find that it was not the bear man who had entered the city.

Pei Ziyun was standing on a garland chariot at this moment, smiling, waving to the crowd around him, while the people in the city cheered and celebrated the arrival of the bearman's head in Athens.

"Paris. ”

"Paris. ”

There was a shout from the crowd, and everyone admired Prince Paris for his ability to slay the bearman.

"Why did Prince Paris kill the bear man, he only entered the mountain yesterday, right?" The troubadours widened, as if they couldn't believe that Prince Paris could return so quickly.

"It seems that there is nothing wrong with that, you see, the kings have come to meet Prince Paris. ”

King Menastheus greeted him in the streets, with the guards behind him, and said to Paris with joy: "Prince Paris, you are so brave that you have returned so quickly with the head of the bear." ”

"It's all the blessings of the gods that I can quickly complete this mission. Pei Ziyun said.

King Menas Thos gave Pei Ziyun a hug, and in the curious eyes of the people, he did not return to the palace, but turned to the temple of Zeus.

Temple of Zeus

The temple is located in the southeast of the Acropolis, in the middle of a vast flat land on the bank of the Irisos River, the whole temple is surrounded by green valleys and clear streams, the scenery is elegant, there is a dense forest not far away, the greenery is rich, the forest path is sparse with flowers and trees, competing for strange and beautiful.

Pei Ziyun, led by King Menastheus, quickly arrived outside the temple of Zeus in a chariot.

The temple is rectangular in shape, 108 meters long and 41 meters wide, and the entire building sits on a complete foundation. The temple is supported by 104 cylindrical marble columns, each of which reaches a staggering 18 meters.

The priest of the temple waited at the door early, leading King Menas Thos and Pei Ziyun into the gate of the temple together.

The temple has four huge arches, each 15 meters high and 8 meters wide.

When you enter the archway, you will see a rectangular dome carved with colorful murals related to the gods, and the walls around the temple are vividly carved in relief.

The priest was silent all the way, as if he had no intention of introducing the temple gods, and the servant followed with two bulls, holding bears' heads and gold.

Passing through the temple corridor, an altar several times larger than any god was in front of the three of them, and in the center of the altar was a statue of Zeus, which was 12 meters high.

As soon as the three of them walked to the statue and stood up, Pei Ziyun felt a gaze on him.

"It's Zeus. Pei Ziyun thought secretly.

The servant took two bulls and gave them to the priest.

Several assistants were very satisfied, and brought garlands to the two bulls, and sent them to the altar, and the priest sprinkled the altar and the bull with clear water, and prayed, and with the efforts of the assistants, after a while, the two bulls were slaughtered, and the priest was very skillful in cutting off the heads of the bulls and sorting the meat.

Then, Pei Ziyun personally took the bear's head and a 200-gram gold brick and put it on the altar, raised his hand and prayed: "O great and resourceful king of the gods, I have been able to kill the bear man under your protection, and all this glory will be to you, may you accept my sacrifice." ”

This time, the gold and the bear's head were gone, apparently taken by the gods, but the beef was only a little missing.

The priest smiled at this moment and said to Pei Ziyun, "Prince Paris, the gods are very satisfied with your bear head and gold. ”

King Menastheus accompanied the whole process of the sacrifice, and there was no shortage of beef, which is not surprising, or the reason why the great Zeus once changed the bull.

However, the disappearance of the bear's head and the gold shows that the gods are still very satisfied with Prince Paris, so that he can still maintain his friendship with Prince Paris as always.

When the two left the temple, Pei Ziyun formally bid farewell to King Menastheus, and the king said with a little regret: "Prince Paris, you will gain my friendship." ”

So saying, he told his servant to bring the remaining eighteen bulls.

Pei Ziyun watched King Menas go away, thinking about this sacrifice and what happened in the Temple of Zeus, and he was shocked in his heart.

Servants drove eighteen bulls, the temple of Zeus walked through the streets, one bull was worth a lot in ancient Greece, and eighteen bulls were a huge amount of property.

When the bull passed through the city, the people talked about it.

"Behold, this is the bull that King Menastheus gave to Prince Paris. ”

"These bulls were paid to him by Prince Paris for the destruction of the bear people. ”

"Prince Paris is a brave warrior and respects the gods. ”

The citizens of the city came to see the eighteen bulls, as if they had earned them, and the bulls cooperated, and followed the road all the way to the port, and with the efforts of the servants, caught up with the boat.

At this time, a car slowly approached the port, and from the car, someone sent a small box.

Pei Ziyun instructed the servant to transport the box to the cabin, and when he opened it, he found that it was bronze and gold, and the gold was 500 grams, which was a large amount.

Pei Ziyun looked at it and said with a smile: "Akamas is still very knowledgeable, so I will have the cost of two sacrifices to the gods." ”

This is the end of the matter, as long as Akamas does not find trouble for himself, and he does not find fault with himself.

"Gesnie, how is the contact with the troubadours in the city?" Pei Ziyun asked Gesnie.

"Prince Paris, I have come into contact with all the troubadours of the city, and some of them are my original friends, except for a few stubborn, everyone else is willing to approach the noble Prince Paris. Gesne said.

"Well, you're doing a good job, let's go to the next destination, you have to hurry up, and our ship has to be full. Pei Ziyun said that travel is business, or even if you have gold from the treasury, you can't hold it.

"Understood, Prince Paris. Gesne bowed.

"Ke Celia, what's wrong with you?" Pei Ziyun asked.

"Prince Paris, I have placed a detailed account of the goods and expenses on your table, and I have also recorded the list of troubadours with whom Lord Gness came into contact, and the list is also on your table. Cocelia said.

"Well, you're doing a great job too. Pei Ziyun praised him, and then summoned the captain and commanded: "Wait a minute, set sail, and go to Delos Island and Cyprus immediately." ”

"While the bull is still fat, let's hurry up, it's not good to lose fat. ”

"Got it, Prince Paris. The captain replied.

It was only a moment, the shouting, sailing, and rowing were all busy, and someone looked at the battleships carefully, only to see that these battleships, all with long bronze ramming angles, were long and narrow, with three layers.

The guards and soldiers were busy up and down, everything was in order, and in a moment, the battleship slowly went out to sea.

Seeing the fleet far away, Akamas's face in the corner was full of anger, but Demophon persuaded: "Brother, this time, it is Prince Paris who has mercy, because you go to assassinate him first, he can leave you behind, and if he gives you and the other corpses to King Menatheus, the king will not let go of this opportunity to attack us, and the king will give us a higher reward." ”

"And the gods are above, these soldiers ......" Demophon pointed to the battleship in the distance: "I counted just now, and there are fifty warriors in each ship, and seven ships are three hundred and fifty warriors." ”

"An ordinary city-state is mobilized, that's the number!" Demophon said solemnly: "Brother, you still don't go against Prince Paris in the future, you are not his opponent. ”

Demofeng patiently persuaded.

Not to mention that this is not fine, as soon as he said it, Akamas was very angry: "Paris didn't dare to fight face to face, and even sprinkled sand on the battlefield, and if it weren't for you coward, if you could help us, I wouldn't have lost so badly." ”

With that, he turned and left.

Demophon shook his head and pondered for a long time: "Prince Paris, I can't see through it!"

Arriving in Athens, it is not the first stop, there are rumors along the way, although it is also a little demeaning, but in general it is positive, enthusiastic, good at music, and martial arts is also good.

And he knew the rules, which prince did not call for all, but when Prince Paris entered the city, he left all the warriors in the harbor, and gave money to buy food and water, and brought into the city only ten slaves himself.

That's why the kings along the way were willing to be warmly entertained.

"Prince Paris should be our friend, not enemy, so we have a much greater chance of retaking Athens, but unfortunately it was ruined by the reckless Akamas. "At this time, Demorphon did not know about the battle of Troy that was about to take place, and someone may have heard the wind, but it was the upper echelons of the human race.

The sons of Theseus, who had lost their throne, did not yet know this,

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