Chapter Eighty-Eight: Persepolis

Jiu'er was calm and directly helped the emperor finish his words.

"I know, the emperor treats me as a man, it's okay, I just want to ensure your safety, there have been a lot of unexpected things happening recently, I'm afraid things will change."

"Oh, it turns out that you didn't leave because of this, but Seleucus seems to be in danger too, these two inexplicable drownings, you still stay by his side, and I will arrange a few more guards here."

"No, I'm on your side."

"It seems that I am more important than Seleucus." The Emperor smiled and walked towards his dormitory.

Jiu'er silently watched His Majesty leave, leaving two lines of nameless tears.

Ling'er leaned over to Jiu'er's side, "Miss, what you like is the Seleucid general, but the emperor seems to be more important in your heart, is that so?" Miss. ”

"What do you girl know," Jiu'er poked Ling'er's cheek with her hand and smiled bitterly, "It doesn't matter who you are, I have my mission." ”

Yes, Jiu'er has her own mission, and she came for the White Tiger in this life.

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The Greek legions left Susa to march on Persepolis, the eastern capital of Persia, and had just come out of Susa when they received a letter from the Eucasian people.

Euxia was divided into two parts, the plains, which came under the jurisdiction of Persia, and which was now part of Alexander's empire with their supervision; Since the Exian Highlanders did not belong to Persia in the first place, they were originally self-contained, so Alexander's troops were not welcomed by them, but instead sent a letter to the effect that if Alexander wanted to go after the Persians through their territory, he had to leave the money to buy the road and pay the toll to Euxia.

By the time Perdiccas had finished reading the letter, the Greek soldiers were already laughing.

Philottas was the first to shout, "This is the funniest thing I've heard from my journey to Macedonia!" Hahaha......"

This is indeed a big joke, and he dared to ask Alexander for money to buy a road, Jiu'er couldn't help but sigh in his heart, who gave them the guts!

In a country or a tribe, the IQ of the leader is very important, and hitting a stone with an egg like this is not bravery, it is stupidity, and Euxia will pay a terrible price for the stupidity of the leader.

If Babylon and Susa are like Babylon and Susa, seeking peace for the people, why not be vassals to the emperor, and what can they gain if Euxia is destroyed tomorrow.

This is good, take the initiative to find something to be destroyed.

To whom will Alexander the Great, the undefeated king who can make the whole of Greece and Persia subjugated, from Macedonia to Susa, pay for the road?

Pity the ordinary people there, with the character of the emperor, bowing down to the vassals will get the most free arrangement; Standing up and resisting, you will be destroyed, for the emperor's approach, in the eyes of modern people is a little cruel, but in that era, indecisiveness is a peaceful and prosperous era is reluctant to win people for the king; The commander-in-chief of the war years must be bloody, as long as he does not kill innocents indiscriminately, he is very lucky.

Sure enough, Alexander smiled and sent a reply letter with Euxia to wait at the gate where they were collecting the money.

At the same time, Alexander led the royal guards and the cavalry of his friends to infiltrate Euxia through another entrance, and took Euxia's lair overnight, and then when the Emperor arrived at the pass, he gave them a special "money to buy the road".

On the second day, the remaining Eucaians sent to the Greek legions, asking for an annual tribute to Alexander, as long as they were allowed to continue to live in Euxia.

At first Alexander did not agree, but it is said that later Darius's mother came out to intercede, and Alexander reluctantly agreed.

Darius's mother, when she was in the capital of Susa, Jiu'er specially visited her, although she followed the legion all the way, Jiu'er never had time to see the face of the queen mother, in order to find Xuan Ye to get more information, Mo Jiu went to meet her, she was a kind eyebrow, elegant manners, should be a beauty when she was young.

Now Alexander is his godson, and the emperor also has great respect for her, and in recent years, whenever there is a Persian holiday, Alexander will definitely accompany Darius's mother, and he once asked the emperor why he did this to her.

The Emperor said that there was no personal grudge between him and Darius, but that he had to fight for their respective countries, and that Darius's mother could not reunite with her son, which was caused by him, and he wanted to make up for it as much as possible.

Mo Jiu felt that the emperor regarded Darius's mother as Olympias, from the expedition in 334 BC to his death in 323 BC, the emperor's mother and son never met, and his nostalgia for his mother was only turned into a letter to his family, so his filial piety to Darius's mother was not surprising to the soldiers.

A few years later, Darius's mother died of a hunger strike due to the death of the emperor, and Alexander's charisma should not be underestimated.

After dealing with the affairs of Eucaxia, Alexander sent Parmanuel, Ptolemy and his troops to attack Persepolis in three directions, and at this time received a message that the governor of Persepolis would not surrender.

And there were ambushes on the roads, interceptions at the passes, and guards at the walls.

In order to prevent the Persian garrison from robbing their own city's finances, Alexander led the Greek army to rush into the city of Persepolis at full speed, and the Polish army fled in a hurry.

Following the undefeated army, which had always been majestic, Mo Jiu strode towards the Persepolis Palace.

- Xuanye, sister is here; Coward, it's okay.

The grand scale of Persepolis, can not see his full picture, this huge palace built in 522 BC, it took 60 years to complete, into the palace gate, full of bright and full of rose ponds, and the fragrance of the nose, the Persians love gardening, the garden design of the palace is extremely beautiful, there are the world's most fragrant roses, the most variety of flowers.

The magnificent Persepolis was once the heart of the most powerful Persian Empire, there is the largest treasure trove in the world, it is said that every time the king meets the day, the envoys of various countries, celebrities, and wealthy merchants who come to meet him have to wait in line for a day, bringing countless gold and silver treasures, and the people who meet can only enter the front door and exit the back door to avoid trampling, which shows how glorious the Persian Empire was.

There are no eternal kings, and there is no eternal prosperity, and the wheels of history ruthlessly handed over this great Persian imperial palace to Alexander.

Persepolis Palace is built on a huge stone staircase, covering an area of 135,000 square meters, and the entire palace is made of huge stone blocks and is decorated with fine marble, which shines softly and fully in the sun.

The east side of the palace is backed by Mount Rahmat, facing west, and it looks down on the vast plain, including the six palaces and one hall, Jiaofang, the treasury and the mausoleum of the emperor and queen.

Climb the steep steps of eight meters wide, in front of you is more than ten meters high Wanguo Gate, look up at the huge winged human-faced beast sculpture, tall and strong body, smooth with a faint shimmer texture, let you feel full of strength, in Persepolis is the most indispensable is relief, everywhere you go you can see exquisite relief, telling one beautiful story after another.

The group came to the Apadana Palace, which is the king's reception hall, the soldiers put down their weapons and enjoy the luxury and luxury of the Persian Empire, the Apadana Palace has thirty-six stone pillars, the columns are sixty feet high, each pillar is carved with lifelike golden reliefs, the gap between the pillars is very large, the sunlight can shine directly, just reflected on the gold and silver slabs at the foot of the hall wall, shining with dazzling light, attracting attention, Mo Jiu quietly walked over, there are a few lines of Persian characters engraved on it, in praise of Cyrus's meritorious deeds.

Jiu'er quietly left the crowd and came to the "Hundred Pillars Hall" next to the Apadana Palace, this hall has ten rows of pillars, each row has ten, these hundred pillars are used to support the palace, it can be seen how grand this palace is, the dome of the palace is inlaid with gold and silver, and the exquisite and delicate patterns do not know that it took the craftsmen to work hard.

The wall tiles inlaid with thin glazed porcelain tiles bring the decorative art of the entire hall to the extreme.

Everywhere there are crystal clear glass reliefs, as well as colorful mosaic frescoes, and the entire floor of Persepolis is covered with noble Persian carpets with gold thread hooks, with palms, vines, animals and other patterns.

There are many palaces in the palace, and it has the feeling of a city within a city.

Mo Jiu learned from Darius's mother that Xuanye's name in Persia was "Canad", born to Darius and a palace maid, this palace maid was sold to the Persian palace by a barbarian, such a lowly status, of course, it was "hidden", but his mother died a few years ago, and Darius brought "Kanad" into the palace. In order to hide people's eyes, it was announced that "Canad" was Darius's personal attendant, and only Darius and Darius's mother knew about this matter.

The day when "Canad" entered the palace should be when Jiu'er and Xuanye passed through this world from the Egyptian pyramids, Xuanye, this kid has a good life, and he is not there when he suffers, and people want to enjoy wealth and wealth, he appeared.

The Empress Dowager told Jiu'er that Xuan Ye was staying in a chamberlain's room, just behind the Thirty-Two Pillars Palace.

There are stone pillars everywhere in front of him, each palace is composed of many stone pillars, the number of Mo Jiu's rooms, through ten courtyards, came to this palace with thirty-two stone pillars, in a corner of the palace, Mo Jiu found a door wrapped in gold edge.

Gently push open the door, a not too big courtyard appeared in front of you, the various flowers in the courtyard in the round flower bed compete to open, a piece of petals fall in the courtyard, naturally become a thick carpet, it seems that no one has come here for a long time, red roses, provoke a group of butterflies to dance.

Mo Jiu walked along the flower bed, along dozens of columns, into the hall of this courtyard, the layout inside is quite careful, reliefs, glazed ceramics, all kinds of pottery, placed in all corners of the hall, it seems that Darius is quite good to his son.

Jiu'er walked through the hall, pushed open a door that was also wrapped in gold, and entered Xuanye's dormitory.

Mo Jiu turned around and closed the door gently, there must be a clue left by Xuan Ye here, although the coward is timid, but his mind is still bright, he should be able to predict that Jiu'er will come here to find him.