At this moment, the people of the royal palace came to greet him, and said cheerfully, "Prince Paris, King Memnon of Ethiopia is here." ”

"Oh, is Memnon here?" Pei Ziyun said in surprise.

Memnon is here, which means that the war is coming to an end.

"When you go back and tell me, I'll come at once. ”

The servant bowed down and went back to the king's palace.

Everyone looked at Pei Ziyun, waiting for Pei Ziyun to make up his mind, and someone asked, "Prince Paris, do you still want to continue to carry out the order?"

Pei Ziyun didn't want to interrupt his plan because of Memnon's arrival, and Memnon's arrival could not change Troy's fate in the slightest, he said resolutely: "Execute the plan immediately." ”

Since Pei Ziyun has made up his mind, there is only resolute implementation.

Pei Ziyun led everyone out of the mansion, and there were already many chariots ready to go, Onone and Helen got on the chariot, and the things that needed to be prepared were basically loaded on the chariot.

"Be sure to take care of yourself, my dear. Onone said to Pei Ziyun.

"Paris, take care. Helen said goodbye to Pei Ziyun.

Pei Ziyun nodded, watching the chariot slowly drive away, everyone took advantage of the night to urgently withdraw from the city, as soon as they left, watching everyone disappear into the night, Pei Ziyun boarded the chariot and murmured: "Now, I will no longer have any worries in Troy City, I can give it a go." ”

So saying, he commanded, "Go to the king's palace." ”

Arriving at the gate of the royal palace, King Priam was already waiting there.

A large number of Trojan soldiers stood aside, and a golden chariot was parked nearby.

"Paris, let's go together to greet our esteemed ally, King Memnon of Ethiopia. ”

Pei Ziyun nodded and said, "Yes, father." ”

The team slowly departed for the secret docks of Troy.

King Memnon of Ethiopia, the son of Eos, the goddess of dawn, and Tinotos, the prince of Troy, set out for Troy very early, but Ethiopia was far away and had not arrived until now.

Everyone rushed to the secret dock, and Pei Ziyun saw a fleet slowly approaching.

The Trojan warriors stood in two columns, with a red carpet in the middle, to greet their allies from afar, and after a while, the ships docked, and Memnon and his soldiers stepped off the ships.

"Dear King Memnon of Ethiopia, welcome to your journey. Priam said.

Memnon, a burly man, also saw Priam, who greeted him, smiled and said, "Priam, King of Troy, thank you very much for your warm welcome. ”

After saying that, the two gave each other a warm hug.

"Dear King Memnon, I am Paris Prince of Troy, and I am very pleased to welcome you. Pei Ziyun stepped forward and said, in this situation, those who can support Troy are all hardcore allies, and they have shed the last drop of blood for Troy.

"Oh, Paris, I've heard of your name for a long time, and you kidnapped the queen of the king of Sparta. After speaking, Mennon laughed, and Pei Ziyun was not embarrassed, and laughed together.

After so much time, everyone can handle this matter calmly.

"King Memnon, we have prepared a sumptuous dinner for you at the royal palace, and invite your distinguished guests to come with me. Priam led Mennon into the golden chariot drawn by four horses.

When the king was seated, the coachman threw the reins of his horse, and the chariot slowly started and headed for the palace.

The chariot stopped at the gate of the royal palace, and the imposing Trojan palace made Memnon say: "Your palace of Troy is indeed more magnificent than ours. ”

King Priam smiled and said nothing, and took Memnon by the hand and went to the banquet hall of the palace.

In the banquet hall, the tables were piled with all kinds of delicacies, fruits were neatly arranged on trays, and sweet wine was filled with bronze flasks.

Troubadours are singing beautiful poems, and a group of dancing girls are dancing in the middle of the hall.

The servants rushed in, holding trays in their hands, all covered with white silk cloths, so that they could not see the specific contents of the trays.

"King Memnon, these precious gifts are a little bit of our heart, and we hope you will accept them. Priam said.

"King Priam, thank you very much for your warm hospitality, and equally for your generous gift. Memnon said.

"It is our friendship that is most precious to King Memnon than these gifts. ”

"Haha, King Memnon, come, for the sake of our friendship, toast. Priam took the golden cup full of wine in his hand and drank it down.

And Memnon also drank all the wine in his hand, and did not forget to pour the cup after drinking, to show that he had drunk it all.

"King Memnon, you have had a hard time trekking through mountains and rivers all the way. Priam said.

"King Priam, it's hard work, but this journey has made us see a lot more knowledge, starting from our Ethiopia, I ...... this way"

Memnon tells the story of the long distance he had traveled from the coast to Mount Ida to the city of Troy, and told the story of his adventures on the way, and on several occasions Memnon encountered dangers, which thrilled those around him.

Priam listened with relish, laughing from time to time, and the people around him listened with fascination, as if he were the next Memnon.

He shook Memnon's hand warmly and kindly, and said, "Memnon, how I thank God for giving me glory in the palace to catch the wind for you! ”

"Therefore, I am sure that you will join us in destroying our enemies!" said King Priam, raising his glass again to toast the newcomer Confederate

Memnon admired the precious goblet in his hand, the masterpiece of Hephaestus, which became a royal heirloom of Troy and is now one of the gifts.

Memnon looked at it for a while, withdrew his gaze, and replied: "I don't want to talk big and make promises at the banquet, a man can only show his true heroic qualities on the battlefield." ”

"Well said, King Memnon, bravery on the battlefield is the true man, and no amount of private talk can prove it. Priam said loudly.

"Yes, honorable king of Troy, now, let us go to bed and rest, for tomorrow there is a fierce battle that awaits us, and we must prepare ourselves for the great battle of tomorrow. So saying, the steady Mennon stood up and was about to take his leave.

Priam did not expect that Memnon would leave as soon as he said it, and he would not force him to stay, after all, there would indeed be a big battle tomorrow, and he said: "King Memnon, then you can follow my servant to the guest rooms of the palace, and these precious gifts will be sent to you together." ”

Memnon nodded, and under the guidance of the palace servants, he left, while the other guests also withdrew with Memnon.

Priam looked at Memnon's figure fading away, and then glanced at the hall, all the guests were gone, and now only himself and Pei Ziyun were left, and his face was gloomy at the moment, and he asked Pei Ziyun: "Paris, can this powerful hero save us?"

As much as it would be tempting to think that Memnon was the one who saved Troy, he wasn't, and no one could save Troy.

Pei Ziyun shook his head and said in a resolute tone: "No." ”

"Is it?" King Priam was not disappointed, as if he had long expected such an outcome, and was silent for a long time, saying: "Hector was favored by Apollo at a very young age, and he also sheltered his victories on the battlefield many times, and because of this, Hector died, and I understood the fate of Troy. ”

"Although there was some speculation before, but I myself could not accept this reality, and now that even the people who protected Troy City have left me, what is there that cannot be accepted?"

"Paris, everything in Troy is up to you. ”

Pei Ziyun sighed in his heart, knowing that Priam had lost his former ambition after Hector's death, and now he was like a tiger that had lost its teeth, and his majesty was no longer there.

Priam once rebuilt Troy in the ruins, and now seeing that Troy is about to be destroyed again, he doesn't want his life's work to be wasted, and hopes that Paris can take on this responsibility and rebuild Troy in the right opportunity in the future.

Pei Ziyun didn't make a promise, and said: "Father, I want you to write an order for Andromache to bring her son with me, she has a bit of a prejudice against me. ”

When Priam heard this, tears burst forth and he cried out, "Hector, do you hear, your brother, who has protected him with all his might, is also protecting your son." ”

"You can leave in peace, don't worry about the road, Paris will protect them, and he will continue to protect Troy. ”

Priam's voice grew a little hoarse until he could no longer make a sound, but the tears kept flowing, obviously thinking of Hector, and he was also sad about the future of Troy.

"Father, as long as I am in Troy for a day, I will guard it well, and I will not let the enemy trample it easily, in fact, I prefer you to retreat with your mother, just have me here. ”

Priam shook his head and said, "Paris, Troy was built by me from a ruin, it is just like you, it is my child, and I will not give up my own child. ”

"Even if I can't save it in the end, I'll defend it to the death, and your mother thinks the same way. ”

"We are all old, we can stay, you are different, the future belongs to you young people, and you also have to shoulder the responsibility of rebuilding Troy, so if you can go early, you can go as early as possible. After saying that, Priam sighed softly and stopped talking.

He looked up at the starry sky, stunned, as if there was an answer to be found.

Pei Ziyun shook his head slightly, turned around and left the palace.