Pei Ziyun watched Demofeng leave, his expression gradually flattened, just pondering.

"Theseus usurped the king in the minds of the Athenians, and many people were dissatisfied with him, and he used force to suppress it, but his efforts failed, both implicit and overt, and Theseus decided to abandon the uncontrollable city altogether, and had already sent his sons Akamas and Demophon to Elevnoa, the king. ”

"Aren't Akamas and Demophon in Yuba, why are they back, but it seems a bit likely. ”

"If you don't come back for a long time, how can Demorphon take the throne of Athens?"

"Athens must have the latent power of the Theseus family!"

After thinking about it, he turned to Gesne and said, "This is Athens, when you buy a bull, you have to choose carefully, don't be in a hurry, don't be afraid to spend money, compare more, be sure to choose the best bull - as long as I can arrive tomorrow morning when I worship the gods." ”

Seeing Prince Paris's expression, Gesne put away his smile and said seriously: "Prince Paris, I understand, you can rest assured!"

Gesne did understand the meaning, and it was a reasonable and logical opportunity to seek out the troubadours, for the troubadours were most familiar with the situation, and there was nothing wrong with looking for them—and, in the previous city-states, it had been used for that reason.

Practice has proven to be quite good and impeccable.

Gesne paused for a moment, and then said, "The monster is said to be a giant, and the problem has not been solved, and the king is discussing it." ”

Pei Ziyun nodded, although he already had speculations and prejudices in his heart, he still said: "You ask again, and report to me carefully tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes!" Gesne replied, bowing.

The next morning

The sun was shining all over Athens, and when Pei Ziyun got up, he saw Gesne, who obviously hadn't slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot, and there was a bull in the courtyard.

"Prince Paris, the bull has been brought here, this is not an ordinary ox with a yoke on his back and a heavy cart, it is a special sacrificial ox, you see?"

Pei Ziyun took a look, and sure enough, this bull is fat and strong, the horns are complete and shiny, and the fur is smooth, it is indeed a good cow.

Nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing that Prince Paris was satisfied, Gesne stepped forward and whispered, "I have done what you have told me, and I have investigated what you want to know." ”

"Theseus died, and before he left Athens, he sent his sons Akamas and Demophon to Eubea, where they defected to King Elphnoa, and then sailed to Skulos, where the king kept a large fortune left to him by Theseus' father. ”

But King Lycomedes was afraid of the hero, or he made a secret agreement with Menas Theseus to take Theseus to a cliff on the island, falsely pretending to let Theseus look at his father's property, and took advantage of Theseus's unpreparedness and pushed him off the cliff with a push from behind, and Theseus fell upside down into the sea and died. ”

"Theseus is dead, the danger has plummeted, and King Menastheus has been on guard, but he has not yet allowed Akamas and Demophon to return. ”

"It's just that there are giants in Athens, and they eat the herdsmen who have entered the mountains, and the king has failed several crusades, and he himself is too old to kill himself. ”

Akamas and Demophon contacted King Menastheus and said that they would kill the giant if King Menastheus allowed them to return and return a portion of Theseus' possessions. ”

However, King Menastheus was only allowed to return a portion of Theseus' personal property, but was unwilling to accept them as citizens, and was only allowed to come to Athens by chance as a Gentiles. ”

"Now the impasse is here. ”

Pei Ziyun heard the big realization, it turned out that he was still a giant's pot, he just groaned: "In the original myth, it was not said that he encountered a tide of monsters before the crusade against Troy!"

"Was it originally undocumented, or was it a variable caused by me?"

Thinking about it, he listened to Gesne continue: "Also, the friendship with the merchants and troubadours of Athens is also smooth, for everyone is willing to approach the noble and pious prince. ”

"Well, good, you're doing a good job, Gessner. Pei Ziyun praised: "You go down and rest first!"

"Yes, Prince Paris. Gesne left.

"Bring the bull, let's go to the Parthenon!" Pei Ziyun instructed the servants to lead the bull, take the guards, and go down the street together.

High on the hill rises a majestic structure, the Parthenon, which stands on the highest point of the Acropolis.

The temple faces east with its back to the west, which is very different from the layout of Da Xu's sitting north and facing south, standing on a three-story marble staircase, surrounded by 46 marble pillars chiseled and grooved, and at the door, a priest, who looks like a middle-aged man, with a beard, bows slightly: "Prince Paris, the king ordered me to wait for you here, you come in." ”

Pei Ziyun nodded, took the reins of the bull held by the servant, led the bull up the 3-story marble steps, and followed the priest into the gate of the temple.

The ceiling of the temple, with reliefs covering the entire dome, is covered with reliefs on all four walls.

The cloisters are all cylindrical in marble, and through the cloister, a huge altar suddenly opens up in front of you.

In the center of the altar is Pei Ziyun has seen Athena before, and the statue of the god is much taller than a real person.

Pei Ziyun immediately led the bull and handed it to the priest.

The two assistants inspected it, and were satisfied, and put a garland on it, and presented it to the altar, and the priest took out the water from the jar and sprinkled it on the altar and the bull, and prayed.

The bull was a little alarmed, but the two were tied up and could not move, so the priest stabbed him with his knife, and with a "poof", the bull neighed, and blood flowed on the altar like a fountain.

The priests skillfully cut off the heads of the cows, removed the entrails and bones, sorted the meat, and prayed.

The best piece of beef "poof" is gone, and I remember that when I went to the temple to worship Athena in the past, Athena ignored and did not refuse the sacrifice, but this time it seems to be a little different.

When the priest saw this, he first smiled: "Prince Paris, the goddess is satisfied with your sacrifice. ”

At this moment, a light flashed, and the priest's face changed, and he said, "The gods have descended oracles, Prince Paris, and the goddess says that you will suffer bad luck in the future." ”

The priest looked at Pei Ziyun in a complicated manner, and in his opinion, there was no doubt that the gods had sent down an oracle saying that Prince Paris would suffer bad luck in the future.

"Will there be bad luck in the future?" Pei Ziyun had no doubt about this, Paris had died unexpectedly, and Troy was directly destroyed.

Pei Ziyun's face changed, he made a frightened expression, tore his clothes, and said, "Please also ask the great wisdom Athena to have mercy, I am willing to offer gold." ”

So saying, he ordered the servant: "Take the gold from the cart at once." ”

After a while, a gold brick was offered, which weighed 200 grams.

Don't look at the unit of Tallent gold in some stories, but in ancient Greece it was worth 25.5 kilograms, and at the time of Alexander's accession to the throne, the Macedonian treasury had only 70 Tallent silver, and at that time silver and gold were one to eleven, that is, only 6 Tallent gold.

Even if the Macedonian kingdom did not expand greatly, it was a hundred times the population and area of all the city-states, and he couldn't take out 10 Tallent gold, let alone Troy?

The priest gasped, and suddenly understood the richness of Troy, and continued to pray, and then the gold disappeared, and a new oracle was handed down.

"Prince Paris, the goddess says that your wife will save you. As he spoke, the priest smiled again.

"Your wife will save you. Pei Ziyun's heart moved, this word is a bit subtle, in the original script, there was an oracle that said: "Only the abandoned wife Onone can save Paris from death." ”

After Paris was poisoned with arrows, he had to be carried by servants to Mount Ida, where his ex-wife had been living all along, but Onone had waited on the mountain for ten years, and when they met, resentment prevailed, and she said resentfully: "I am the one who has been abandoned by you, go, or go to the young and beautiful Helen, and beg her to save you." Your tears and cries will never be exchanged for my sympathy!"

With that, she kicked Paris out of the door, killing Paris.

But now, there is a subtle change in the oracle.

"Your wife will save you. ”

This is not only the result of Pei Ziyun's kindness to Onone, but also the determination to kill without hearing in it, even if it is a hostile Athena, otherwise the oracle would not say so.

"Gods, do you have the will to kill me?" Pei Ziyun immediately felt this keenly, and his situation seemed to be better than he originally thought?

Thinking about it, he was full of thoughts, and ordered the car to return to the residence, but as soon as he went back, before he had time to ponder, Ke Celia came in to report to Pei Ziyun.

"Prince Paris, I have made detailed records of the documents you have given me to record the goods and expenses, please take a look at them. After speaking, he took out the paperwork and handed it to Pei Ziyun.

"Well, you put it on the table first. Pei Ziyun said.

Cocellia put the paperwork down and continued: "Also, I have also recorded the list of merchants and poets of the friendship of Lord Gesne, and if the gifts are to be given, according to your orders, we will not send them directly, but give them to them for indirect and reasonable reasons—this is a detailed list, please take a look." ”

Ke Selia took out another piece of parchment and handed it to Pei Ziyun.

Pei Ziyun smiled bitterly, Ke Sailia was resolute, he didn't sit hot just when he came back, so he brought a bunch of headache things, and now he is not in the mood to look at this thing for the time being.

However, having such a capable subordinate saves a lot of energy, and Kocelia keeps things in order, which allows him to have more time.

"Kocelia, you put the list on the table too, you have worked hard, go and rest. Pei Ziyun said with a smile.

"Prince Paris, I'll go down first!" Corcelia saw that Prince Paris was not very interested, and hurriedly offered his farewell, so as not to arouse Prince Paris's disgust.

"Well, there you go. ”

After Ke Selia left, the room fell silent, and Pei Ziyun sat quietly and thought alone.

"I remember that Paris was not on the must-kill list, and there was still a glimmer of life, but Paris himself didn't grasp it, so the Trojan royal family was completely cut off. ”

"Could it be that because of the descendants of Zeus, the Trojan royal family originally had a glimmer of hope for blood?"

"No, no, you can't think like this, even if the Trojan royal family still has a glimmer of hope for blood, it turns out that Paris is actually a fuse in the script, and when it comes to fighting, he is the one who fights soy sauce. ”

"Zeus cut off powerful heroes, this kind of weak people who can be killed or not, and naturally have a glimmer of life. ”

"But I can level up, and it will become stronger and stronger, in this case, this trace of vitality is afraid to be ......" Pei Ziyun thought of this, exhaled heavily, and his eyes darkened.

"But I can't help but upgrade, pin my hopes on the hope of just in case, I still plan step by step, and try my best to fight a bloody way in this game. ”

Pei Ziyun's mind returned to the original path, and he muttered: "Menatheus participated in the coalition and didn't do much, but as I guessed, he was a weak man, but he retreated with his whole body, only to come back and be seized the throne by Theseus's son Demophon." ”

"I can't storm the gods, and the plan to attack Greece itself is not feasible. ”

"But the Ming plank road is not good, but the darkness is can, if the battle of Troy is critical, there is a letter in Athens in the rear, saying that Theseus's son Demophon rushed to Athens to connect with the citizens, what will Menastheus think on the front line of Troy?"

"Not only Athens, but also other city-states, the great commander Agamemnon did not return for a long time, and the queen Clytemnestra colluded with Aegyestus and assassinated him when he returned. ”

Odysseus did not return for a long time, and there were suitors who wanted to take his wife and usurp the throne. ”

"I don't believe that after many years of fighting on the front lines of Troy, no one in Greece itself wants to plot against these heroes in order to seize their inheritance!"

"Maybe there are people who wish that some heroes on the front line would die soon, and then they could take possession and the throne. ”

"I don't have to lie, it's easy for the gods to find out, and find out that I'm doing it, but under normal circumstances, people who are far away from home will also get a message or letter from their hometown, and I just let the right message be delivered to the right place and the right person. ”

"I'm not even a spy or a secret organization, even if the gods accidentally noticed, it was normal commerce and correspondence. ”

"Didn't it take me so much energy and time to collect information on local people and commodities and to have a good relationship with the troubadours, just for this little change at this critical moment?"

"The whole situation will be swayed by this little change, and the art of war is not just a storm, but a drizzle and breeze that even the gods have not noticed, how can we guard against it?"

"The next step is almost to Sparta, great gods, you have made a move, but for now, I have made a move. ”

Pei Ziyun suppressed his mood and smiled, if it weren't for this trick, why would he be patient and try to visit the city-states along the way one by one?

In this kind of world, there is a gentle breeze and drizzle, and then waves of rain and waves are superimposed on top of each other, until they finally become huge waves.