"My father is right, Bixia." Stratonis realized that the captain of the guard, Obisius, was her father, who was only a poor theater musician, but Mithridates was fascinated by the daughter of the leading musician, Stratonis, during a performance, and immediately summoned Obisius and gave him a luxurious villa, thirty slaves, four horses, ten eunuchs, and enough goods to fill all the rooms of the villa. Then, the musician became the chief of the palace of the king, and the musician's daughter became the favorite concubine of the king of the king.

Ever since Metdorus had advised Mithridates not to trust his wife and concubines and eunuchs too much, the father and daughter had hated this "father".

Mithridates applauded the suggestion of his concubine, and he commanded the warrior next to Obisius: "Oh, the first swordsman from the Galatian Highlands, the hero of the Celts, the right hand of the goddess of war Ebona, Pytuita! I don't know if you are satisfied with the two slave girls I gave you last time? ”

The warrior named Biduita, with his face painted in a dark blue and frightening oil paint, wore an oriental-like pointed round helmet, and bare beeps with huge, strong arms, and his eyes were full of murderous and lewd desires, and he smacked his lips and said, "Except that their screams in bed are not melodious enough, everything else is fine." ”

Mithridates Haha laughed, and then said, "When Father Shang goes to Ataxetta, I ask you to protect him all the time." Remember, always waiting for my pigeon's instructions, the reward is fifty tarents. ”

Biduita smiled and ordered him to retreat, and then Obisius also retired, and Stratonis undressed the king of Pontus, ready to accompany him into the beeping bath, and suggested softly: "If Shang's father is not good, not only Bixia's daughter who married Armenia, but Bixia's sister Naisa may be able to turn the situation around." ”

"Oh?" Mithridates removed the gold bust around his neck, "You mean, that Tegrenice guy, is he still in love with my sister?" ”

Stratonis smiled in agreement.

In the white Atakseta, standing in the midst of the black mountains, in the deep halls of the Armenian kingdom, King Tegrenice and Queen Beep, also the daughter of Mithridates, sat on two thrones: Methorus, the father of Pontus, who was one step ahead of the Roman envoy Apis.

Tegrenice was the most powerful man in the whole of eastern Asia Minor, with his long curly hair, neatly trimmed beard, and his low stature, showing the ability and majesty of a king everywhere. He stared at the old man at the bottom of the stairs, who was also the messenger of his father-in-law, and listened to the long rhetorical account of the other party's entanglement between Armenia and Pontus, and finally became impatient, and asked: "Metdorus, it is said that you are the wisest man in the whole shijie, why do you babble so much, and now according to your judgment, think that I, the king of kings, should send troops to help my father-in-law and make enemies of the Romans?" ”

Hearing the King of kings ask such a question, Metdorus was relieved, but he still hoped that his rhetoric would be impeccable, and Zuihou said the stupidest thing of his life: "If it is according to my lord's opinion, it is natural that your kingdom will join hands with my lord; If, in my opinion, your country is hostile to the Romans, it would be a great disgrace. ”

As soon as these words came out, even Tegrenis was amused, he craned his neck and laughed, and his voice shook the palace, and Metdorus didn't know what his words were, so he could only stay with him and have a silly laugh together.

But Otperi was on fire, and she couldn't help but get up from her throne, pointed at Methdorus and scolded: "My father supported you and trusted you, but at this moment you have shown the evil virtues inherent in a man of letters, may the gods and kings punish you together." Then she turned to her husband and said sarcastically: "I have heard that the Romans have only an army of 10,000 men, and that they lack horses and food, and now that you, my husband, and my father, have allowed the Romans to run amok in their own territory for so many years, is it true that there are no bearded men in Anatolia?" After saying that, accompanied by several maids, he left the hall in a huff.

Thus devastated and disgraced, Tegrenice waved his hand in exasperation for all to stand down, then stood up and cried out to one of his courtiers: "Misaro, I have been listening to the quarrel of women and rhetoricians all day long, and I really cannot tell the difference between the two—or hunting is best for me at the moment, go and prepare!" ”

This young courtier named Misaro, with red lips and white teeth, and a handsome figure, had always been the most important and trusted male pet of Tegrenice, and although he had something to say at this moment, he bowed down and bowed down, and then took the order to leave.

In a short time, at the small door of the back wall of the palace, several men in military uniforms on horseback came out, and the first was naturally Tegrenys, and Misaro and the prince "Little Tegre" were accompanied all the way, and they were in the spacious hunting garden behind the palace, riding horses and shooting, flying eagles and lackeys, and at the moment of rejoicing - several Celtic warriors, kneeling outside the fence of the hunting garden, said that it was his father-in-law's bodyguard, who had come with Methdorus, and that there was something important to do.

"It's endless!" Tegrenys, though he was bored, could only carry his horse over a few fences and come to them, all of whom were unarmed, and the tall man at the head was covered with indigo tattoos, and was extremely vicious, holding a plate covered with silk silk, and looked up to the king of Armenia and said: "The despicable man is Bituita, the guard of the king of Pontus, and it is rude to talk before he speaks, and this is a gift from our lord to you, the king of kings." ”

Tegrenice gently picked up the silk silk with a horsewhip, and what appeared on the plate was the head of Metdorus, as well as the severed hands!

The king of kings of Armenia roared, gritting his steel teeth at Bituita, and scolding his father-in-law for his cruelty, which cost the life of a well-known scholar of all Greece simply because of the confusion of an old man.

"Metdorus instigated friendship between the two countries and ended his life on his own." Bidouita was unfazed.

At this time, there was a terrible trombone from the tower built on the edge of the hunting garden, and Tegrenice and the others looked up, but saw a person from a hundred-meter-high tower, pushed down by several people upside down, falling like a kite, and then there was a muffled sound of flesh and blood scattered.

"Who is that man, and who dares to commit murder in my palace?" Tegrenice shouted, and several of his servants rushed to their horses—and in a moment they ran back, sweating profusely, and knelt at Tegrenice's feet, and reported, "It's Amphicoradi, the logic teacher of the court." ”

"Teacher!" Little Tegre burst into tears, and Tegrenis, annoyed, continued to inquire about who had dared to kill the prince's teacher. Those few people were divided and divided, and Zuihou replied: "It should be the king of the beep queen bixia, my king." At the tea party, Anfikoradi made a disrespectful remark, saying that the Armenians should not send troops to help Pontus, and that he was going to Seleucus that day, saying that Armenia "cannot accommodate a big boat in a small river". ”

The king's anger reached its peak, and he broke the horned bow in his hand, shouting that the king's decision-making still needed women and slaves to dictate!