Chapter 508: The King's Mission
Pei Ziyun looked at the ceiling and thought about the chess game of the gods, and a servant came in: "Prince Paris, King Menastheus invited you to the palace and said that there is something important to discuss with you." ”
Sure enough, not long after he returned from the Parthenon sacrifice, the king sent someone to invite him into the palace, and he must have known something.
"The news of the oracle has been known to the king?" Pei Ziyun thought to himself: "You go and tell the messenger, I will leave immediately." ”
"Yes, Prince Paris. Then the servant withdrew.
Athena had accepted her sacrifice and told herself that the way to be forgiven was through her wife. ”
"If the king knew the news of the oracle, he must have known about the forgiveness, that is, the king could use himself without fear of offending the gods. Pei Ziyun thought.
He finished his outfit and walked out slowly, a carriage waiting outside for a long time.
King Menastheus's servant saw Prince Paris coming down the steps, opened the door of the carriage courteously, and bowed: "Prince Paris, please get in the carriage." ”
Pei Ziyun nodded, stepped into the carriage, and as soon as he sat down, the coachman flicked the reins, and the carriage gradually started.
"Smack. A crisp whip exploded, and the carriage sped away towards the palace.
After a short while, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of the palace, and Pei Ziyun stepped out of the carriage and looked at the royal palace in Athens again.
The palace of Athens is slightly larger than the palace of Troy, the palace gate is arched, 20 meters high and 10 meters wide, and the main roads in the palace are paved with white marble, which can be called luxurious.
As soon as Pei Ziyun entered the hall, King Menastheus stood up on the throne and said in a loud voice: "Prince Paris, you are so heroic, kind, and pious, even the gods appreciate you, we in Athens are shining because of your arrival, may the gods always bless you." ”
Pei Ziyun was a little surprised, but he didn't expect King Menatheus to be more enthusiastic than when they first met, and hurriedly returned the salute: "King Menathous, you are the king of Athens, the pearl of the city-states, the king of kings, and the gods will definitely bless you." ”
"The king of kings does not dare to be, that is the glory that belongs only to the great Zeus. King Menastheus changed his words to Pei Ziyun and said, "Prince Paris, your bravery has also spread to Greece, and recently in the mountains near Athens, there is a monster, I heard that you are a warrior who captures monsters, if you can help me deal with this monster, I will pay you twenty cows." ”
Pei Ziyun was a little surprised, he didn't expect King Menather to make such a direct request, but he quickly smiled and said, "Dear King, I am willing to serve you." ”
At this moment, I am happy that I have been upgrading slowly recently, and I am looking around for news of monsters, but I didn't expect King Menastheus to give one to me, and the reward is quite low.
This kind of thing that can be upgraded and paid again, Pei Ziyun is tired of it.
"Prince Paris, if you go into the mountains to capture monsters, if there is anything you need my help with, I will do my best. Menas Thos said.
"King Menastheus, all you need to do is give me a guide, and nothing else is needed for the time being. Pei Ziyun said that he didn't want to learn from Yi Asong and share the glory with others.
A mansion
"What?, Prince Paris accepted Menastheus' assignment?" a voice roared, and several men were walking back and forth in a room.
The news just now made them very anxious and angry, they thought that they would be sure of everything, but they didn't expect such a change, and everyone was thinking about how to deal with it at this moment.
A man pressed the short sword at his waist, and his voice was hoarse and low: "Why should he get involved in our dispute with Menastheus, what is his plan?"
The question of the man pressing the sword asked everyone's inner doubts, what was the reason for Paris to be involved?
It stands to reason that Athens and Troy are not in direct contradiction, and no one knows about their plans, and it is impossible for Prince Paris to target them, but if there are any plans, there is nothing worth plotting - Paris is the prince of Troy, and it is impossible for him to develop in Athens unless he is a refuge.
Demophon, though the youngest of them all, was the most composed, and he said, "Akamas, Prince Paris is healthy, intelligent, and generous, and he may not know what we are doing with Menastheus. If we don't know that we have contradictions, it is not surprising that at the request of Menastheus, we accepted the task of cutting off the monster!"
"That being said, but Menastheus has seized my father's throne, although he is old and cannot use force, we originally wanted to use monsters to force Menastheus to step down, so we have not solved the monster for a long time, and now that Prince Paris has solved the monster, then our idea is not bankrupt?"
When everyone heard this, their faces couldn't help but change, their attempt to oust Menatus from power through monsters, and then seize the throne, must not be easily disturbed by Prince Paris.
Akamas's eyes flashed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Did we kill him?"
In his opinion, killing Paris would be done once and for all, and their use of monsters to oppress King Menaeus from power could be repeated.
"Paris is not an ordinary man, he is the prince of Troy, killing him will cause a war between Athens and Troy, right?" said a worried voice.
"The hiding spot we made said that the bearman had killed him. ”
"And, even if war is caused, it will be Menastheus who will deal with it, and won't our chance come?" said Akamas.
"No, Brother Akamas, Prince Paris is a guest of Athens, and is destroying monsters for the people, so we can't do anything about it. Demophon said.
Although Demophon has been exiled, he still thinks that Athens is his home, and now that the family has a guest, he should not deal with him if he wants to help the people destroy the monsters, this is not hospitality.
"Hmph, coward, if you don't do it, we'll do it. Akamas scoffed.
In his eyes, his younger brother Demophon has always been indecisive and can't do great things, and he still has to rely on himself to regain the throne, revitalize Athens, and restore its former glory.
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The weather was dark and gloomy, it seemed to be night, it was very dark, Pei Ziyun didn't know why, he was a little panicked in his heart, and he was upset and irritable for a while, and in front of him was a mountain forest, a three-meter-high statue of Zeus was standing quietly in the center of the altar, and he was leading a bull and was about to put it into the altar and sacrifice to Zeus.
"Crackling" rain fell, making people unable to see the surroundings clearly, at this moment, a thunder fell from the end of the sky, illuminating the space, and then I saw that a dagger with cold light stabbed from behind, seeing that the dagger was about to pierce the skin, there was no way to avoid it.
Pei Ziyun was startled for a moment, sat up on the bed, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he was obviously shocked by this dream.
"Whew. With a long exhale, Pei Ziyun realized that he was lying on the bed in the mansion, and it took a long time before he came to his senses.
"It turned out to be a dream, otherwise, it would be dangerous, and I don't have iron and copper in this world for the time being. However, he frowned again: "Is this a dream omen? The dagger behind this, is this someone trying to assassinate me?"
Coming to this world, Pei Ziyun has never been assassinated, and he worries every day that the gods will wipe him out with absolute power, but as for the assassination, he is not afraid at all.
"The idol of Zeus, is Zeus protecting me?" Although my body is a descendant of Zeus and has the blood of Zeus, there are too many descendants of Zeus, not to mention that I am a descendant with thin blood, this is the first time that Zeus has expressed protection and kindness.
Anyway, if I can get his reminder, at least I am alert in my heart, and I don't stop talking about it.
"Since Zeus has given me protection and kindness, I should be more grateful for his protection, which is the reason for the mass sacrifice, and it will not arouse the disgust of the gods. Pei Ziyun thought.
Just thinking about it, a plum quickly appeared in front of him, and quickly enlarged, turning into a data frame with a faint sense of light, and a line of small characters was displayed in the data frame.
"Mission: Fight back against the interceptors and capture Akamas alive for compensation. ”
"Akamas?" This name is very familiar, it is the son of Theseus, Pei Ziyun is a little ridiculous, the Theseus family is really in conflict with himself, and he was originally planning to wait for Menastheus to attack Troy, and reveal the news of Theseus's son Demophon's imminent usurpation to Menastheus, so as to weaken the Greeks in order to accumulate a small amount of money, but he didn't expect that his plan had not yet been implemented, and the son of Theseus seemed to be looking for trouble with himself first.
"What is the reason?"
"Oh, obviously, it was the son of Theseus who wanted to bargain with Menastheus through the bear man's affair, but if I accepted the task, it would be tantamount to ruining their plans, no wonder, no wonder!"
"However, this raw capture is remarkable!"
"Is it the system that reminds me, before the battle of Troy, don't kill heroes, so as not to have bad consequences?" Pei Ziyun thought thoughtfully, the tasks released by the system were the key points of fate, and he had already known this, and after thinking for a while, he got up and shouted: "Come on, eat breakfast quickly, also, give me armor, call the guide, and we will enter the mountain immediately." ”
There was not much time, and the slaves were all lined up, and when they saw Prince Paris coming, they all leaned slightly, bowed to their masters, and lowered their hands.
The guide was woken up and a little unhappy, but he didn't dare to neglect the king's distinguished guest, the prince of Troy, so he had to admit that he was unlucky, and saw Pei Ziyun wearing a white corset, a bronze belt around his waist, and a long sword in his hand, and shouted: "Let's enter the mountain immediately." ”
After speaking, Pei Ziyun led the team out of the door.
It was still dawn, a light hot wind followed them, and the streets were quiet and dark.
When passing by a place, a figure snooped and saw the movement of Pei Ziyun's team, and quickly turned around and walked away quickly.