Achilles listened, and did not shirk, and ordered the soldiers to carry down the gifts as ransom in the chariot of King Priam.

Most of the gifts were gold and bronze, but there were also a few spices and curiosities.

All the gifts were removed and placed on the Achilles warship, leaving only a cloak and a straitjacket, which were used to cover Hector's body.

Priam was able to see his son, Hector's body was scratched, gently caressing the wounds, Priam could imagine how Hector's body was mistreated after his death, and for a while he burst into tears.

Achilles called out to his friend's name: "Patroclus, if you hear in Hades that I returned Hector's body to his father, please don't be angry with me! ”

"And Zeus also commanded me not to abuse Hector's body, and not to keep it all the time, and I now return his body to his father, according to the will of the gods. ”

Achilles called out to Patroclus, hoping that his actions of returning Hector's body to Priam would be understood.

Hermes stood incognito at Priam's side, watched him weep, and said secretly: "Old king, you ransomed your son with a lot of money. But when Agamemnon and the other Greek princes and heroes find out about this, they will detain you and demand a threefold ransom from your son at home!"

Priam was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly summoned his retinue, together with Hector put on a straitjacket and a cloak, and quietly drove out of the Greek camp with the corpse.

And Hermes, as he came, descended into a fog that made the Greeks invisible, and soon he was far from the camp of the Greeks.

Priam and his retinue drove their chariot toward the city of Troy, hurrying along the way, and at dawn, they reached the outside of Troy.

At dawn, everything was asleep, and only Kassandra, the daughter of Priam, watched from the tower.

When she saw her father sitting in the chariot from afar, and saw the body of Hector on the chariot, she could not help but cry bitterly.

Hector, her eldest brother, took special care of these younger siblings, and now Kassandra's heart was wrenched at the sight of his corpse lying on the chariot as if he were asleep.

Pei Ziyun waited on the city wall very early, and when he saw the car coming back, he ordered the soldiers to open the city gate.

The chariot slowly drove in at the city gate, Pei Ziyun waved his hand, and there were soldiers to protect the chariot, and at the same time drove the chariot to guide the chariot that Priam was riding towards the palace.

As soon as the procession reached the gate of the palace, Andromage, who had been waiting for a long time, came up to her, and when she saw the body of her husband lying on the chariot, she held Hector's head and wept to death.

When the crowd heard Andromace's heart-rending cry, they couldn't help but shed tears, and King Priam wept for it.

Pei Ziyun was silent, although he didn't cry, he was infected by the atmosphere at the moment, and there was also a trace of sadness in his heart.

"Dear husband, you have made me a poor widow, leaving me alone with a poor child. ”

"Alas, my son may not be able to raise him to adulthood, and Troy will soon be destroyed, and you will no longer be able to protect the city, and all its men, women, and children. ”

"Soon we will be taken prisoner and put on the ships of the Greeks, and I will not be spared. ”

Andromache wept to his son Astyanax, saying, "And you, my poor son Astyanax, will also share the shame of your mother in the hard labor of a cruel master." ”

"Or you will be pushed down from the tower by a Greek and fall to your death, because your father killed his brother, or his father, or his son!"

Pei Ziyun listened to Andermarok's words and knew that what she said was fate, so he sighed at the moment: "Andromace, don't worry, I will protect you and your son." ”

"My husband, Hector, you see, in the end it was Paris, who had always been hostile, to protect me and your son, but Troy was about to be destroyed, and Paris was powerless to protect us. ”

"How can you protect us because your own fate is out of control?" said Andromace, weeping bitterly, as if he had lost all hope.

Pei Ziyun shook her head slightly, knowing that no matter what she said, Andromache would not believe that she could protect them, and if she wanted to protect Troy from destruction, she would not believe it.

Pei Ziyun didn't intend to convince either, everything spoke with facts, turned to the tired, white-haired Priam and said, "Father, you haven't slept all night, go back and rest, and leave the rest to me." ”

As he spoke, Pei Ziyun called a herald: "You go and order someone to prepare firewood, find a craftsman to build a wooden bed, and build a cremation table in the open area of the palace garden as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes, Prince Paris. The herald was immediately ordered to bow down and leave.

Pei Ziyun ordered someone to move Hector's body into a room, wipe his body personally, and the scars and gaps dragged out of his body were also stitched with needles and threads.

Cleaned and processed, Pei Ziyun carefully applied balm on his body, and put on luxurious clothes, everything was taken care of, Hector's body was new, no longer embarrassed, and at this time he seemed to be asleep and lay on the bed.

"Prince Paris, the cremation table has been built. "A herald came in and gave a message.

"Well, you go find a few people to carry Prince Hector's body to the wooden bed of the cremation table. Pei Ziyun said orderly.

Everyone obeyed the order, and before they knew it, the power was transferred to Paris.

Paris has a bad reputation in history, so even if Hector died, it was not his turn, but now, Paris is good at resourcefulness and great achievements, and Hector's death is so-called what everyone wants.

The palace garden and open space

A two-metre-high cremation table is built of wood by palace craftsmen, topped with a beautiful wooden bed and surrounded by flammable firewood.

Next to the cremation table is a temporary altar, and the middle altar of the altar is also two meters high, on which statues of Zeus and Apollo are placed.

Hector's body was transported, passed through a ladder, and placed on a high wooden bed.

In front of the altar, the priestly princess Kassandra was standing quietly, and the servants came up with gold and bulls.

Kassandra took the tray, placed the gold in the altar, and slaughtered the bull for sacrifice.

"O terrible god Zeus, Apollo, god of long-range shooting, you are so noble, I hope you will give grace that Hector's soul may rest in the underworld. ”

After the sacrifice was completed, everyone stood in a circle around the cremation table, moving slowly, looking at Hector lying quietly on the wooden bed, and deeply remembered.

"My dear son, Hector, how cruel you are, leaving us so early, the safety of the city of Troy, the safety of the people of Troy is still on your shoulders, you are gone, what will Troy do, how can you bear to watch Troy destroy in the hands of the mob?"

As he spoke, Priam burst into tears, and the elders around him wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes with their hands.

Hector's mother, Hecaber, cried even more heartbreakingly, and still can't accept the reality of Hector's departure.

Pei Ziyun held a torch in his hand and lightly lit the pyre, and the fire rose to the sky, and the raging flames turned the surrounding area red.

"Hector, my son, my son!" Hector, cried out and fainted.

"Queen, Queen. A maid quickly caught the body.

"Take the queen to rest. Pei Ziyun ordered, the fire burned for a long time, and everyone quietly remembered everything about Hector's life.

Gradually, the flames became smaller and smaller, and only a pile of ashes remained on the high cremation table, and everyone doused the remaining embers with sweet wine.

He picked up some unburned bones from the ashes, wrapped them in purple cloth and put them in a small gold box, and sent them for burial.

Pei Ziyun continued, but turned to Priam: "Father, I want to talk to you." ”

Priam was startled, and as Paris walked through a flower gallery, he listened to his son ask: "Father, what was the biggest difficulty for you to rebuild Troy when it was destroyed by that man?"

Priam was shocked when Paris suddenly asked this, he never expected Paris to ask this, but he realized something about it, and said: "It is not easy to build a city-state, talents, materials, authority, and strength are all indispensable. ”

"But Paris, we are the children of God, and there is no shortage of force and authority in itself. ”

Pei Ziyun is the first priority, he himself is a political master, a master of the art of war, of course he understands that the foundation of all political power is force, and the prince of this world is not the Daxu world, and if there is no one, he will become a mortal who becomes a chicken and duck - the prince has the blood of a god, and it is not difficult to suppress mortals.

"With force, money is not very difficult, only craftsmen, physicians, prophets, and scholars are relatively difficult, and with them, even if the prince loses the city-state, it is not difficult to build another one. ”

Speaking of this, Priam had come to his senses, and looked at his son with sad and tender eyes: "Paris, I will prepare these for you, you can take Onogne and go." ”

"Poof" Pei Ziyun laughed when he heard it, Priam is indeed a good father, he thought that Hector was dead, Paris wanted to escape, or give it convenient.

At this time, he said: "Father, you think badly, I want to prepare these, but this is prepared, don't wait in case something changes." ”

"How can I leave myself, if I want to leave, I must kill Achilles before leaving. ”

When Priam heard this, his heart was shocked, and he wanted to speak, but he saw Paris turn around and say word by word, "Besides, can I walk?"

Hearing this, Priam was silent and let out a long sigh.