Pei Ziyun looked at Menelaus's long sword on his waist and was about to draw his sword, and his tone was cold: "Menelaus, if I were you, I wouldn't draw my sword, this is the Trojan Palace, do you want to challenge the entire Troy with just three people?"

When Pei Ziyun said this, he said with a murderous face: "As long as you draw your sword, you will no longer be an envoy, but a thug attacking Troy, and I can kill you reasonably and legally." ”

Saying that, Pei Ziyun's cold gaze swept over the three envoys, Odysseuston shivered, smelled the breath of death, he pressed Menelaus's hand, and said: "Paris, you are right, we are now messengers, we should not draw our swords, but you did rob Queen Helen of Sparta, as well as the palace property, in front of other people's husbands, don't you feel ashamed?"

"What's more, once there is a war, I don't know how many people will lose their lives for it, don't you feel ashamed in front of God in the face of this?"

Odysseus's words and swords brought back the passive situation that had been caught by Menelaus's actions at once.

Pei Ziyun secretly screamed, Odysseus occupied the moral high ground everywhere when he spoke, and now all the charges were on himself.

I can't let him take away the "righteousness", otherwise, the responsibility for this Trojan battle will have to be borne by himself.

"Odysseus, favored by God, you have also attacked our city, even destroyed our homeland, and robbed my innocent aunt Hesione, what I did in Sparta this time was a legitimate revenge. ”

Pei Ziyun said, seeing that Odysseus wanted to refute, he waved his hand again and stopped it.

"As for bloodshed, which will cost more lives, I know that your fleet is coming, so I have a proposal that will prevent more people from losing their lives. ”

"I also hope that you can think of everyone and not easily provoke a needless war that will cause more people to lose their lives. ”

"Oh, what do you propose?" Odysseus asked.

"Menelaus, please let the Trojans and Greeks lay down their arms first, and I am willing to fight a duel alone with you, the king of Sparta, for Helen's sake. ”

Pei Ziyun walked up to Menelaus, stared into his eyes, and said solemnly.

Odysseus didn't expect Prince Paris to be so difficult, just now he finally snatched the righteousness to his side, making the other party fall into passivity, but he didn't expect Paris to directly turn the war between Troy and Greece into a duel between him and Menelaus.

The other party's meaning is obvious, he said that starting a war will cause many people to lose their lives, then he directly gave a solution - he duel with Menelaus alone.

The outcome of a separate duel between them could determine whether Helen would stay or not, and Greece would still insist on waging war, and Greece would be the first to blame for the war.

"It's amazing. Odysseus thought to himself.

Of course, Pei Ziyun didn't know Odysseus's thoughts, and continued: "Whoever of us wins in the battle will take Helen back. I even agreed that if I lost, I would not only pay Helen back, but I would also pay for my life and all my wealth. ”

Odysseus's pupils shrank slightly, he didn't expect Paris to be so determined, in this case, Menelaus would not be able to refuse.

"Therefore, if you Greeks want to fulfill your oath to the gods while reducing the bloodshed and sacrifice, whether it is the blood of the Greeks or the blood of Troy, please duel!"

"Unless you Greeks have not come for Helen at all, but only for plunder, then I can say to the gods that the Greeks will bear the burden of bloodshed. ”

This is said very horizontally, loudly.

Olysius's heart sank, and he groaned in response, and saw Paris talking to Menelaus again.

"Menelaus, you are the son of Zeus, the king of Sparta, you will not refuse a duel for fear of defeat and bloodshed, will you?"

This is mean, Sparta is a country of warriors, if the king does not even dare to duel with the hatred of the enemy, the king will not be able to stand, let alone bet on the reputation of Zeus.

When Odysseus heard Pei Ziyun say this, his heart sank, knowing that Menelaus had been forced into a corner, and there was no room for refusal.

Sure enough, Menelaus did not refuse, and immediately said, "Okay, Paris, we will duel before God and all the people." ”

"Don't worry, this time you are messengers, and it is certainly not suitable for a duel, but we can conclude a treaty, and when your Greek fleet arrives, we will have a fair and fair duel in front of the Trojans and the Greeks, in front of the gods. ”

"Good. Menelaus said, hating Paris in his heart, and he was confident in his own strength, and immediately agreed.

Seeing that Menelaus agreed, Pei Ziyun called the servant to fetch the parchment, and drew up a duel treaty between the two sides on the spot, in duplicate, with one copy for each side, and signed each other's names on the parchment.

Pei Ziyun raised his hand to pray to the gods, in fact, he understood that he and Menelaus were the cause of the war, unless there was a special change, the gods would not let themselves kill Menelaus, on the contrary, but he also wanted to test whether he could kill Menelaus on the spot.

When the treaty was concluded, the court priests prayed and told the gods about the treaty, so that the gods could bear witness, so that the treaty would be more binding.

Odysseus' face was gloomy, and Palamedes also had a bad face, feeling that the situation was far beyond his control, and he did not get the righteousness, not to mention, and was led in a bad direction by Paris.

Seeing that the treaty had been concluded, Priam nodded secretly, very satisfied in his heart, Troy had been made very passive by the three Greek envoys, but he didn't expect Paris to come, and the situation was easily changed.

Although there are some concerns about Paris's duel with Menelaus, it can also be seen that Paris is a responsible prince who evades responsibility without the support of Troy.

Besides, although Menelaus is a descendant of Zeus, but so is his own family, Paris dared to take the initiative to bring up this matter, indicating that he was somewhat sure in his heart, thinking of this, King Priam announced the dissolution of the meeting, and there was a solution, although the three hateful Greek envoys were not welcomed, but after all, they were messengers, and they were afraid that the three messengers would be attacked by angry Trojan citizens after they went out.

So Priam said, "Elder Antenor, in order to prevent the three Greek emissaries from being attacked by the angry citizens of Troy, I beseech you to shelter them for the time being, and to settle them in your home. ”

"Rest assured, King Priam, I will take care of the safety of the three messengers. Said the wise Antenor, a little depressed in his heart, which had been his own idea, but now it had become the king's order.

As the crowd of the palace gradually dispersed, Antenor protected the three messengers and brought them to his house, where they were warmly entertained according to the courtesy of the guests, while at the banquet both Palamedes and Odysseus were a little dull and worried.

Palamedes whispered, "Paris is very difficult to deal with!"

Odysseus nodded heavily, agreeing with Palamedes' words.

Paris is not easy to deal with, it is simply difficult, and today he is gradually grasping the initiative in front of the Trojans, and it is natural to shift the responsibility for the war to Troy.

However, as soon as Paris came, the form reversed, making himself very passive, and now putting Menelaus in a dangerous situation.

Odysseus thought for a moment and asked Antenor, "Elder Antenor, can you tell us about Prince Paris?"

Antenor pondered for a moment and decided to continue his good relationship, after all, he was not optimistic about the Trojan war against Greece in the first place.

"Prince Paris, who was herding sheep on Mt. Ida, is said to have come down one day when three goddesses came down and asked Paris to judge who was the most beautiful, and to give the golden apple to the most beautiful goddess......"

Antenor told the Greeks all about Prince Paris, including the slaying of the Kraken, the Two-Headed Lizard, and the Bearman, as well as the former Advisory.

However, Menelaus was only surprised and not afraid to kill the kraken, the two-headed lizard, and the bearman, because as long as the hero is prepared, these are not too difficult.

It's not about facing a cyclops, if that's the case, Menelaus has a taboo.

Elder Antenor and Palamedes, Menelaus, and Odysseus continued to enjoy the feast.

"Antenor, Prince Paris killed the three-headed monster, I don't know who taught the martial arts?" Odysseus asked, Menelaus could not care, he still cared, in his opinion, Paris was good in force, Menelaus easily agreed to Paris's duel, which cast a haze on his heart.

"Paris's martial arts?" said Antenor, in reminiscence.

"Maybe it's the grace of God, Paris used to be a shepherd, and he had never been exposed to martial arts, but he was very good at bowing and arrows, and he won the first place in archery at once, and only then did the king find out and become a prince again. ”

Hearing this, Odysseus thought, "Could it be the gift of Apollo?"

Apollo was the god of light, music, prophecy and medicine in ancient Greek mythology, at least at this time, not the sun god Helius (Helios), who was skilled in the bow and arrow.

"However, it is said that he went to the Amazon once and learned the sword and shield skills of Ares from Queen Penthesilea. ”

"Is it God's grace again?" the three pondered.

In this way, Paris has always received God's grace. Only divine grace can explain why Paris mastered powerful martial arts so quickly.

After saying this for a long time, Antenor's mouth was dry, and a servant hurriedly stepped forward to pour Antenor full of wine, and Antenor took a sip of wine, and just wanted to continue, Palamedes couldn't wait to ask: "Forget about martial arts, what about knowledge? He doesn't look like a shepherd in the mountains at all, how did he learn this knowledge and etiquette?"