20. Urging the update of the History of the Peloponnesian War, 2
Leaving behind the stunned Athenian soldiers, and the Persian slaves, Menes galloped out of the city: he seemed to be extremely familiar with the terrain, and soon left the Athenian cavalry far behind.
Arriving in a low forest, Menes turned over and dismounted, patted the horse on the neck, and let the horse go, and he followed a path in the forest to a hidden cave. Lighting the torch at the entrance of the cave, Menes slowly walked towards the cave with the torch.
With Menes' footsteps, the firelight gradually illuminated the entire cave, and there were some uneven marks on the stone walls of the cave. If you look closely, it is an extremely scribbled square word:
[NO.420 OBJECT: THUCYDIDES]
Author of "History of the Peloponnesian War", father of the "history of science". The Athenian nobleman, who was elected as one of the ten generals of Athens in 425 BC, was exiled for twenty years in the "greatest war of the ancient Greek world" in the 5th century BC.
Finally, on the way back to Athens, he was assassinated and died suddenly, and the History of the Peloponnesian War is still to be continued.
[Mission Objective: Use up all the ways and means to make "History of the Peloponnesian War" end, completion: 0%, mission points: 2000]
Menes, Du Zhe to be precise, looked at the Chinese characters he wrote on the stone wall with some irritation, and finally couldn't help but punch the wall: a malicious brush, an unforgettable love, oh, and then there was a rogue system that forcibly helped him open the task!
God TM maliciously brushes the negative! God TM confirms the next mission!
Du Zhe was full of complaints and wanted to say to the system, but after this rogue system sent Du Zhe to this world and handed over the task information, it turned on the [maintenance mode] and refused to accept a bad comment from Du Zhe.
This time, Du Zhe crossed into this is a sacrifice in a small country near Greece in Persia, who has received a good education since he was a child, practiced martial arts, studied and served the gods, and his status was noble, but his country was defeated in the process of fighting with Greece, and the royal family members were captured in the Greek world along with the sacrifice, and became slaves.
Although he still remembered Cao Xueqin in his heart, Du Zhe had to force himself to get out of the emotional confusion and face the tricky situation in front of him: he couldn't live a lifetime in such a slave ancient society, Du Zhe already had a set of plans in his heart, including today's riot at the dock, which he had designed in advance.
But even if there are a thousand plans, you must first find Thucydides himself before they can be put into practice.
Du Zhe thought for a while, picked up a sharp stone, and carved a new line of handwriting on the stone wall of the cave:
[Kill Oakley, approach Thucydides, break the siege of Amphipolis, and prevent that assassination]
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"Thucydides?" At the home of the chief general of Athens, Perikles, the chief general of Athens, frowned dissatisfiedly, and reminded Thucydides who was standing in front of him, "Did you listen to what I just said?!" ”
Thucydides hurriedly came back to his senses, glanced at Perikles with a slightly sullen face, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will bring troops over to support the conflict between Collins and us." ”
Perikles nodded, among the young Athenian nobles, only Thucydides reassured him: since the Spartan barbarians founded the Peloponnesian League, which changed the situation of the entire Greek peninsula, not to mention, it is now behind the backs to support Corinth's wanton invasion of Athenian territory Corton.
The rise of the Spartans was evident to all in the Greeks, including those of the Delian League, who had joined Athens.
The bandits used the power of the nobles to maximize their power as much as possible. Pericles, on the other hand, was more convinced that democracy and citizens' assemblies could give hope to Athens and all of Greece.
"Don't worry, general, I will definitely live up to my mission." Thucydides promised Perikles and turned to leave, only to hear Perikles frown and shout "Wait".
"What else is going on with you?"
"It's your father," Perikles said, rising from his chair, the expression on his face a little strange, "he said, there are some things that are inconvenient to say directly to you, maybe you will listen to a sentence or two." ”
When Thucydides heard the word "father", he had actually guessed five or six points, and when he saw the strange look on Perikles' face, the speculation in his heart became **inseparable-
He is twenty-five years old this year, and many aristocratic women used to have a blue eye for him, but they were finally rejected by him for various reasons.
Sure enough, Perikles coughed lightly, as if to hide his embarrassment, "You still ...... about marriages Can't let go of that person? ”
“…… You know," Thucydides smiled, remembering the painting hanging in his bedroom, and his eyes unconsciously flashed with affection and tenderness that he was not even aware of, "That person is the destiny of my life, and I will treat him wholeheartedly and never abandon him, and swear that whether it is in the past life or in this life, I will be together, and the white head will not be separated." ”
"Even if he's dead......"
"Yes," Thucydides interrupted Perikles dryly, looking him straight into the eye, and repeating solemnly, "even if he is dead, even in this life I will never meet anyone better than him." ”
"He is my destiny, this life, even the next life, even the next life, he is my destiny. I'm the only one with him. ”
"......" seemed to be stunned by Thucydides' words, and the chief general of Athens, Perikles, was silent for a while before he deliberately changed the subject, "Oakley...... Trouble at the docks today, right? ”
Thucydides didn't know much about the slave revolt at the docks, but Oakley's penchant for "slavery" was well known in Athens, and he couldn't excuse his friend. He discussed many details of the expedition with the chief general of Athens, and waited until it was getting dark, and then returned home.
Kerry, the old butler, dutifully stood at the door of the small courtyard and opened the door for him, "You're back." ”
Thucydides nodded and opened his mouth to speak, but a person suddenly jumped out in front of him and shouted at him: "Hey! ”
"Oakley?" Thucydides raised his eyebrows, punched the other party helplessly, leaving the old boy Oakley and walking straight into the house, "What are you doing here?" In the afternoon, the general was invited, but you didn't go, and there was such a big mess, and the general asked me about you. ”
"Huh? The general knows? Oakley wilted instantly, and he pouted, "If it weren't for the leading slave making trouble, how could I ......?" ”
"Don't blame anyone else, what did your soldiers and you do about the docks?" Thucydides was very faceless to save face for his old friend, and he looked at Oakley with a smirk, "If anyone else knew about the son of an Athenian prison officer, he would be scared like that by a slave......"
"That's it! That's it! Oakley cried out in a heartless voice, "Thucydides! You—You still have the face to say? You bring someone here, you just know that you can watch the excitement on the side, you obviously have a way but you didn't save me earlier, I ended up so wolf, are you very happy? Also choreographed my ......"
"Or pass the blame on someone else," Thucydides teased Oakley, until the latter blushed awkwardly, then slowly turned his head to look at the moonlight outside, and sighed slowly, "Oakley, I'm on my way." ”
"Expedition?!" Oakley was stunned for a moment, then shouted again, "Why are you going out to fight again?!" Old friend, everyone else is rushing to live a stable life, why do you just run to the battlefield all day long? ”
"For our country," Thucydides took a sip of his wine and raised his glass to Oakley, smiling meaningfully, "I've waited too long for this day, Oakley, you won't understand." ”
"Yes, I don't understand," Oakley shrugged, but a mocking look suddenly appeared on his face, "but there is one thing I understand. ”
"What's the matter?"
"Of course it's a big deal," Oakley looked at Thucydides mysteriously with a mocking face, "old friend, when you have this kind of need in the future, it's inconvenient to tell others, just come to me, I don't have anything under my hands!" Satisfied! Come, you come with me. ”
"What? God mysterious. ”
Oakley dragged Thucydides all the way to a clearing in his backyard, where a group of fair-skinned and beautiful slaves, both men and women, knelt in the darkness of the night. They wore all kinds of metal ornaments, and it was obvious that they were all Oakley's handiwork: the position and the place of restraint were all sensitive places, and they knelt on the ground, and the slightest movement would involve the private part.
Thucydides gasped, pointed to the group of men and women in the courtyard, and looked at Oakley dumbfounded, "This is ......"
"I see that there is no one around you, and you were moved by the Persian slave boy today," Oakley had tried to say as decently as possible, "So, I have chosen some clean people for you, you see that you are going on an expedition, and Corfu is a very remote place, and it is good to bring one or two in case you need it." ”
Oakley didn't mention it, Thucydides remembered the reason why he let Menes go today, he was embarrassed, and his face couldn't hold back, but he still held back a cold snort, "You like to meddle in things." ”
"Well, it's normal for men to have this need, you can't just entertain yourself like this all your life," Oakley said boldly when he saw that Thucydides was not very resistant, "these are all trained by my butler, and they are docile, they are good at bed, and they are absolutely ......loyal to their masters."
"Enough!" Thucydides suddenly interrupted Oakley's words, looked at Oakley's shocked expression again, took a deep breath before slowly speaking, "Oakley, I remember that I sued you, emotionally, I am not as abusive as you. I'm the only one. ”
“…… I know you always like to look at the Oriental beauty in the painting," Oakley muttered cautiously, quietly glancing at Thucydides' eyes before clapping his hands again, "Well, no matter what, I'll leave someone for you, and I'll have my share of it." Even if you don't have this mind, you need someone around to take care of you. ”
Without waiting for Thucydides to refuse, Oakley took it upon himself to leave behind a tall and beautiful slave girl. The slave girl stood up from the crowd and walked over, with a cold and disdainful expression on her face.
Moreover, when Thucydides first looked at it from afar, he had the illusion of seeing the mysterious Menes again.
"I will not submit to your Gentiles," the beautiful slave girl said lightly, looking at Thucydides, in a somewhat stiff Greek language, "and he will punish you barbarous Gentiles on behalf of the god Mithra, on behalf of fire and light!" ”