Rhode Island Royal Palace

Rhodes Island is located in the southeastern Aegean Sea, at the junction of the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and the king at this time was Telepolomos, the son of Hercules.

The messenger sent by Agamemnon slowly entered the palace and bowed slightly to King Telepolos, who was reclining on a sheepskin blanket.

"The honorable King of Telepormos, the Trojan prince Paris, took advantage of the visit of King Menelaus of Sparta to Pylos, kidnapped Queen Helen and washed the palace in blood, causing Sparta to suffer unprecedented shame and loss, said King Agamemnon, the shame of Sparta is also the shame of the whole of Greece. ”

"In view of the promises made to the gods by the princes and kings of Greece at the wedding of Menelaus, Agamemnon invites you to form a coalition of Greece with the kings and princes of Greece to conquer Troy. ”

The messenger's words fell clearly down the hall.

"Prince Paris of Troy is so rampant that he dares to blatantly kidnap the queen of Sparta, and we Greeks should indeed teach the Trojans a good lesson, lest we women be kidnapped by the Trojans in the future. King Telepolos listened, pondered, and spoke.

"Moreover, I did make a promise back then, and even so, I believe that this time there is no reason for everyone to refuse to form a coalition against Troy. ”

"Tell Menelaus and Agamemnon that I am willing to go on a war against Troy, and that I will soon be there, and I don't know where the meeting place is?" asked King Telepomos.

"Honorable King Telepolmos, Agamemnon has booked the meeting place in Orris. ”

"Oh, Orris, I see. Telepolos said, waving his hand.

The McKenny Emissary slowly retreated.

Argos

The messenger of McKenny bowed to Diomedes, king of Argos, who was seated on the throne, and presented a token, saying: "Dear king Diomedes, Prince Paris of Troy, forcibly took Helen, Queen of Sparta, captive and washed the royal palace in blood, Menelaus, king of Sparta, and Agamemnon, the great king of Mykenny, cordially invite you to join the alliance of the kingdoms of Greece. ”

"Agamemnon wants you to keep the promise you made in front of the gods and fight against Troy together, and the meeting place is set at Orris, and the time is half a month. ”

"Well, I heard about it not long ago, and Prince Paris of Troy has gone too far, and his actions are undoubtedly provoking the whole of Greece. Go back and tell Agamemnon that I will immediately lead the ships to the alliance. "Diomedes, the son of Titius, king of Argos, readily agreed to the crusade against Troy.

Dozens of Agamemnon's envoys traveled to various Greek city-states and kingdoms with tokens, and almost all of Greece responded to Agamemnon's call and promised to come to the alliance to crusade against Troy.

Only the cunning Odysseus hesitated.

Kingdom of Itake: Royal Palace

Compared with the royal palaces of some large Greek countries, Itaice Palace can be said to be simple, a garden, surrounded by more than a dozen palace rooms, if compared, it may be better than the Amazon royal palace.

The fundamental reason for this is that the whole island is only 781 square kilometers, and it is divided by several families, of course, it is also related to the personal preference of Odysseus, the king of Itake, who has always been accustomed to simplicity, and the royal palace was not built on a large scale, for example, when Odysseus built the palace, there was an olive tree in the middle, as thick as a pillar, so he did not cut it down, so that the tree had its branches and leaves cut off, leaving the trunk, which became the pillar of the bed and the room.

At this time, it was in the room, it was raining outside, and it looked a little bleak, and Queen Penelope was still very young at this time, she was elegant and slender, and she said with a candle.

"My dear, are you really not going to accept Agamemnon's invitation to join the alliance, as far as I know, all the princes and kings of Greece have gone. ”

"All the princes and kings of Greece answered Agamemnon's call?" Odysseus asked rhetorically.

"Yes, my dear, you and Peleus are the only ones left who have not accepted Agamemnon's invitation. Queen Penelope said worriedly.

"Oh, Peleus didn't go either, didn't they all answer Agamemnon's call. Odysseus spoke in a relaxed tone, with a sly smile.

Penelope scooped out a small basin of hot water to wash his face at this time, and the mutolin with spices to moisten his skin, and said in a brisk tone: "Yes, I think that so many princes and kings will go, Troy will definitely be able to fight, and if you don't go, you will lose a chance." ”

"Opportunity?" Odysseus smiled bitterly, his expression a little gloomy, and after a while, he asked again, "I heard that Prince Palamedes agreed to Agamemnon to invite me?"

"Yes, you refused the messenger last time, this time it was Prince Palamedes who personally came to invite you, and now you are on your way. Queen Penelope said.

Odysseus looked at the young queen and her young son Telemachus, and cursed in his heart: "You stupid guy who looks smart, but is actually stupid, you have invented many things, which seem to be powerful, and have brought convenience to everyone, but you have offended the gods, and you still can't see through this situation." ”

"The Greek coalition's crusade against Troy is a game. ”

"I don't know how many years it will take to fight and how many people will die!"

Odysseus had mixed feelings about Palamedes, at the beginning Palamedes was very smart, he felt that there was one more smart man, and as this man invented more and more things, more and more effective, he slowly offended the gods.

Odysseus knew that the gods did not want humans to become wiser, and Prometheus stole the fire to humans, was punished by Zeus, tied to the Caucasus Mountain, and was exposed to the wind and the sun and pecked by the eagle eagle.

That's not all, the point is that the gods are very taboo about heroes of high prestige, and now the Greek coalition is crusading against Troy, and they are going to cut off the powerful heroes of the human race one by one, Odysseus saw through this trap at the beginning, but he can't mention it to anyone, including Queen Penelope and his young son Telemachus.

"Whoever enters Troy can die, even if I am a man who is favored and favored by the gods. Odysseus thought.

Odysseus knew this, and did not want to leave his young wife and young son Telemachus for the unfaithfulness of the Queen of Sparta.

He walked over and whispered a few words to his wife, Penelope.

"Honey, are you really going to do this?" Penelope looked at him like he did at Hydra Shuridra.

Odysseus said, "Dear Penelope, war is not a good thing, and how can I bear to leave you and my son?"

"King Odysseus is mad?" said Prince Palamedes as he arrived at Itake, where he heard the news from the people.

He hurried to the palace of Itaice and met Queen Penelope.

"Dear Queen Penelope, when I first entered the city, I heard people talking about King Odysseus going mad, and I want to confirm to you the truth of this news. Palamedes said with a slight bow.

"Prince Palamedes, I'm sorry to tell you that this news is true, in fact, Odysseus had bad symptoms a long time ago, but he didn't expect to have a seizure now. Queen Penelope made a look of tears, and those who did not know the truth might have been deceived by her.

Palamedes was a person who knew Odysseus well, and had never heard of Odysseus having symptoms of madness, so he immediately looked suspicious and said: "Dear Queen Penelope, it is very uncomfortable to hear this sad news, but I have been an old friend of Odysseus for many years, and I hope to be able to visit him." ”

Queen Penelope did not doubt him, nodded, and led Palamedes to a remote corner of the garden.

When Palamedes arrived with Queen Penelope, he saw Odysseus driving a donkey, ploughing the fields in such a way that he even sprinkled salt as seeds in the freshly cultivated fields.

"Prince Palamedes, you see, he sprinkles salt like a seed!" Queen Penelope looked at Palamedes helplessly, "I thought there would be more salt in the fields!"

Palamedes was very smart, and looked carefully at Odysseus who was cultivating in the fields, and sneered in his heart: "How can mortals hide me?"

Thinking to himself, he said goodbye to Queen Penelope, turned around and sneaked into the palace, and took the baby Telemachus with him.

Palamedes carried the young Telemachus to the corner of the garden and found Odysseus, who was plowing the field.

He placed Telemachus on the ground where Odysseus was about to plow, and Odysseus carefully lifted the plough and let it go from his son.

This revealed that Odysseus was very sane, and he was pretending to be crazy.

Palamedes immediately jumped out and laughed: "Haha, Odysseus, do you still want to pretend to be crazy?"

Odysseuston hated Palamedes so much that he could have pretended to be crazy and survived the "crisis" in front of him, but Palamedes came to expose him on the spot, which made him lose face and at the same time, it meant that he could not escape the war against Troy.

"Well, son of Nauprios, noble prince, my good friend, your wisdom always makes me jealous. Odysseus pretended to be very annoyed and helpless, but there was a hint of murder in his heart.

Palamedes is the prince of the island of Evia (Euboea), the second largest island in Greece with an area of 3,654 square kilometers, which is considered above the middle level of the entire Greek kingdom.

So Palamedes was often presumptuous with his cleverness, and Odysseus usually endured it like other princes, but at this time, he really had murderous intentions.

"I promised to go to the Auris Alliance with eight ships, and to be at the disposal of Menelaus and Agamemnon—Palamedes, who are you going to invite next?" Odysseus thought to himself, and since he did not answer the call, he must not want to go.

You Palamedes forced people to go, and you thought you were proud—how many people have you offended? Is it possible to think of a way to unite those princes and cut off this "good friend" in one fell swoop?

"Next, I'm going to invite Peleus. Palamedes triumphantly gave Odysseus an expected reply.

Odysseus muttered in a low voice, "The process is too fast!"

"What are you talking about, Odysseus?" asked Palamedes.

Odysseus's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent again, but he didn't intend to tell Palamedes the truth, perfunctory: "It's nothing, Palamedes, let's go, I'll go with you to see Peleus, hoping to invite him to participate in this meeting." ”