Chapter 67: Xerxes I

"Li, Li, I have found something here!" After paying tribute to more than 200 sisters, Zhou Yu led more than 100 trumpeters to walk back to the castle slowly, and Bamble hurriedly came to report.

"Where?"

"Well, there's a water dungeon over there!"

"Water dungeon? What's so unusual? ”

"There's a guy in there!"

"Oh, go check it out!" Zhou Yu pointed forward, meaning to let him lead the way.

Sure enough, there was a cellar on the ground at the back of the castle side, on which were pressed a grid-like ventilation window, locked with huge iron cables. Looking down from the grid, the cave was waist-deep rain, and a man stood in it, with a heavy chain around his neck, and the other end wedged in the wall, he remained motionless and stared at the inner wall, unmoved by the loud noise outside.

"Hey! HI? Uh-huh! No matter how Zhou Yu shouted at him, the man didn't look up. Since he is a prisoner imprisoned by Bruno, he is also a slave, so there should be no danger.

"Cut the lock and get him out!"

"But, Captain. This guy can't tell the hell, so there's no danger, right? ”

"As far as you kid talk a lot, I think you're a talker! Sensei nonsense, work! Zhou Yu kicked Bambur in the ass, and Kazik and Masha were sent by him to strengthen the city defenses, and the other to welcome Cassido and the others to move here.

Although he fished out the person, Bamble still had a heart, tied him up with his hands behind his back, and escorted him to see Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu was sitting on the throne of the lord in the castle at this time, playing with novelty.

Hey, good guys, this throne is covered with tiger skin cushions, right? It's so warm and the hair is so smooth, it's high-end at first glance. Yo, this is amazing, this is an ivory handrail, right? Damn, it's extravagant, carved from whole ivory.

"Captain, someone brought it."

"Well, let's go down." Zhou Yu didn't lift his eyelids and continued to visit Bruno's high-end collection.

"I say, man, what's your name?"

"Humph!"

"Is there anyone else snorting?" Zhou Yu said slowly. Looking sideways, the man was about fifty years old, as if he had been imprisoned for some days, his beard was almost growing to his feet, lice could be seen crawling on his long shawl hair, and his legs were covered with wounds from the bite of hydra insects and sores that could not be cured.

"Death, infidels!" The man said a word, his words were not very standard, but Zhou Yu understood.

"What heretics? What's that? ”

"I say you, all heretics, you must die!" The man said word by word!

"Heretics? Hey, that's kind of interesting! Aren't you? Zhou Yu squatted on the lord's throne without taking off his shoes, weighing the sword of atonement that he had just found in the side hall, and said to the person in front of him with great interest.

"Hmph, when the heavens are thundering and the earth is on fire, Ahuramazda will come to the world, and all the heretics will die! Ha ha! The man laughed wildly, and his aura was strong and resounding throughout the hall.

"Oh? Then tell me, when was the time when the sky was thundering and the earth was on fire? ”

"Ignorant junior, holy Zoroaster gives birth to a son every thousand years, and when his third son is born, the Messiah will come and purge the devil once and for all, and bring mankind into the kingdom of light, justice, and truth."

"Isn't this Zoroastrianism, you said?" Zhou Yu asked with a frown.

"Hey, you yellow-mouthed kid actually knows about Zoroastrianism?" The man's eyes lit up.

"You know, this is a religion that only exists in my world, but I didn't expect it to be here?" Zhou Yuqi said.

"What? Where are you from, too? The man could not hold back any more, and he shouted and screamed, and he was about to rush up.

"Huh? Don't care, don't mind, just stand there and say it, I can hear you. ”

"What's your name?" Zhou Yu asked him again.

"Xerxes!" The man said lightly.

"W-What? You repeat? Zhou Yu didn't believe his ears.

"I said, my name is Xerxes!"

"How many lifetimes are you?"

"What lifetimes?" Xerxes apparently didn't know what he meant, for generations of modern people had given them identification symbols for the sake of distinguishing them.

"Oh, I mean Ling Zun is the honorable King Darius?" Zhou Yu asked him tentatively.

"Huh? You kid has some insight, and you actually know some of my family affairs? ”

"Well, stop talking nonsense. Come here, I'll untie you. What's up, your old-timer Gilgamesh next door is still helping me fight! With that, Zhou Yu hurriedly jumped down to untie Xerxes.

"Why are you being locked up here?" Zhou Yu asked him while untying the rope.

"This king was exiled here for offending Hades, the king of Hades. How do you know that a group of foolish people here believe in paganism, and they actually worship rain as a god, and their sins are unforgivable! The Lord of all things can only be Mithras (Mithraism was one of the main objects of worship in ancient times, and the worship of fire, light, and the sun god all originated from Mithraic worship), and everyone else who believed in it was Gabal (pagan). ”

"Alright, you don't have to give me a lesson. I see, you are Zoroastrian, he is the Rain God Cult. Fire and water are incompatible? Let me ask you, do you want to overthrow the rule of this pagan who believes in the god of rain?

"There are seven stages of creation...

"Stop! Stop! Stop! ”

"What's wrong?"

"I've said it several times, don't go to class, okay? I don't believe in the Rain God Cult! I'll ask you, do you want to do the revolution with me! ”

"!"

"Isn't that the end of it? When I ask you in the future, it's concise and to the point! Don't talk nonsense! Let's go, get some medicine on your leg. Bamble, where is the infirmary in his castle? What, there is no infirmary? And what about the first aid post... ”

After tossing for a night, Zhou Yu and the slave soldiers fell asleep in all corners of the castle. Xerxes did not sleep, and when he was first freed, he was very vigilant about the movements around him, and stood on the tower of the city for the night.

"Ahaha!" At three o'clock in the morning, Zhou Yu stretched his waist and walked to Xerxes's side. Looking down at his bandaged legs, which looked like plasters, he sighed and said, "Alas, although I am drugged, it will take some time to recover." If you hadn't met me, soaked for another ten days and a half months, I would have seen that your two legs would be useless, and you would have to amputate them! Zhou Yu sighed.

"Xerxes knows, thank you for your help!" Xerxes's face was expressionless, frosty as snow.

"Alas, I'm too lazy to talk to you, a guy who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world! Old card, old card? What about people? ”

"In, in, grown!"

"I told you to kill chickens and pigs, did you kill them? Slaughtered? ”

"Well, it's all right, it's all baked and cooked. Just wait for the elder to give an order, and you can start the meal. ”

Zhou Yu took Xerxes to the square in the center of the castle, surrounded by more than 2,000 slaves, roasting suckling pigs, whole chickens, whole sheep on a dozen fires in front of him, and a dozen cauldrons boiling hot water, stewed with various bones and vegetable leaves.

"What? Waiting for me? ”

"Yes, we won't dare to eat if you don't come!" Cassido leaned over and flatteringly dusted off the collar of Zhou Yu's clothes.

"Oh? Am I not a dogleg, a soft bone, a traitor lackey? Cassido heard it and coughed embarrassedly twice.

"What? Don't feel ashamed and ashamed of my parents? The more Zhou Yu spoke, the louder he became. Cassido hurriedly got down on one knee, his crutches thrown aside.

"Cassido has no eyes, and he doesn't know the painstaking work of the grown-up. The sin deserves death, please be whipped! As he spoke, he shuddered to his feet, took the whip from Kazik's waist and handed it over.

"Less. There are many people who misunderstand me, how old are you? What time is it today? Forget it, forget it, just celebrate Sunday! Eat with me, brothers! After saying that, Zhou Yu was playful, ran to the nearest roast lamb, broke off a leg of lamb and stuffed it into his mouth.

Meat! It was really meat, and many of the people in the slave camps had never even eaten meat, and although they lived with these animals, they were not allowed to use fire, let alone eat meat, and even if they ate eggs secretly, they would be whipped twenty times. Nowadays, you can eat oily meat with indulgence. What a kind of happiness this is.

The scene was extremely chaotic, and even Xerxes, who had been locked up for half a year, joined in. He punched and kicked and carved a bloody path for a roast chicken leg that fell to the ground.

Zhou Yu sat cross-legged on the ground, watching the group of laughing and oily slaves.

"Old Ka, doesn't he have any wine in this castle?" Zhou Yu shouted.

"Oh, I forgot, there really is, there really is a wine cellar! Old man drank alcohol once when he was young. A lot of people in this camp don't even know what wine is! Cassido's eyes reddened.

"What's that nonsense? Move out! Zhou Yu shouted, and more than a dozen young men rushed into the side hall.

Barbecues, stews, shochu, and smoke rising from the cooking. Zhou Yu had a crooked stomach and lay straight on the stone platform, with the sound of fighting and drinking in his ears. You guys who don't know how to die, you haven't drunk and don't know how powerful the wine is, and you will look good in a while. Yes! Haha, it feels so good to be free!

However, looking at the clear blue sky, there are no clouds. Why, two lines of tears fell from the corners of his eyes. Zhou Yu wiped it, damn, the wind and sand are too big, it's all in Soracia, and it's so windy and sandy, how did the screenwriter write this?

Suddenly, the whole square fell silent. Zhou Yu wondered, what's wrong? See the traffic police? He propped up his upper body on his elbows, his eyes surveying around. Kazik and Masha helped him up, one left and one right. Bamble brought in a chair, and three or four slave men somehow pulled out Bruno's ornate umbrella to hide the scorching sun above his head.

"What are you doing? Do you have to do the whole ceremony? Zhou Yu wondered.

With a bang, more than 2,000 slaves knelt down and bowed to Zhou Yu together. Except for Xerxes, this guy stood behind Zhou Yu and took advantage.

"What the hell? Did you drink too much? Zhou Yu asked Cassido, who was the first in the first row.

"Captain, please forgive us for our ignorance and forgive us for our evil words. You are right and we are wrong. ”

"What are you talking about, messy, I see you've all drunk too much. Come, come, all arise! Zhou Yu said and went to help him. Cassido burst into tears and slapped away his hand.

"Captain, do you know? It's been thirty-seven years, and I want to eat a bite of meat, I want to drink a sip of wine! Just one bite, just one bite, woo woo-" Cassido was in tears, and the men next to him were also crying bitterly, crying silently.

"I know, I know." Zhou Yu saw these five-foot men in tears one by one, and his heart was very uncomfortable.

"Captain, do you know? Thirty-seven years have passed, and I want to sleep all night without mosquito bites and moldy manure. Woo-woo-" More and more slaves began to cry.

"Captain, do you know? Look around, look at these children, how many of them yearn for a fire on a cold night. Just roast for a while, how much warmth can it bring us! ”

Zhou Yu stopped talking. Yes, no longer being a slave is not only spiritual freedom, but also physical liberation.

"You, let us have these. Even if it's just one day, it's 10,000 times stronger than the kind of life that pigs and dogs don't live as good as a lifetime. Ahh Cassido fell to the ground, his hands hammering the marble tiles with all his might, and blood marks were found on his palms.

At this moment, Zhou Yu shouldn't stop them from expressing their hearts and venting their anger. Only silent companionship is the best encouragement. Xerxes saw this in the back, and even guessed everything that the Metropolitan Governor had experienced in the past few months, how could he not have been like this in the past six months? A hot palm slapped Zhou Yu on the shoulder, as if with some kind of hope and responsibility.

"Survive, there is still a long way to go!" Zhou Yu said six words, then turned around and went back to the castle. He didn't want to say a word more, these six words were really his blessing to everyone outside.

After only one morning, Zhou Yu packed up his mood and planned how to gain a firm foothold and stick to the city. Since Bruno said that he would ask for help from the Lord of the Three Roads, and that reinforcements would arrive within two days, then there was one day left for them to prepare.

"Bambul, gather all the brothers who are eating in the first stall, and follow me out of the city and set a trap." Zhou Yu stood on a high hill outside the castle, looked at the endless plain in front of him, and then looked back at the dense rainforest behind him and fell into deep thought.

During the uprising, no Bruno's scouts were seen marching into the woods, and the direction in the rainforest was difficult to discern and it was easy to get lost, and even the slave camps were only built on the edge of the rainforest. Therefore, judging from this, it is unlikely that the enemy soldiers will be attacked from the forest.

That is to say, the reinforcements from the three routes are all going to the north, northeast, and northwest, and will attack from the grassland. Thinking of this, Zhou Yu touched Xerxes and said his judgment, and Xerxes also nodded.

"Lao Xue, the battle in the future is not easy to fight!" Zhou Yu put his hand on the pergola and seemed to be talking to himself.

"Captain, have you heard of the Battle of Hot Springs?"

"I've heard of it! Didn't you hit that? ”

"Yes, ashamed, ashamed!"

"You are ashamed to spend 10,000 men gnawing for three days to gnaw off 300 Spartan warriors. Is there a shame in it? ”

"Haha, that's the result of the interpretation of the people of later generations. At the Battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans sent no less than 5,000 troops. Three hundred? Are you kidding? ”

"And you used it for three days?"

"yes, what's inside, I got lost after landing. I searched for the way for two days! Xerxes scratched his scalp in embarrassment.

I'll strangle it, Zhou Yu will appear to be absolutely down.

"But that's not what I'm talking about, Lieutenant."

"And what are you going to say?"

"I want to say, Persian Immortals, understand?" Xerxes blinked and looked at Zhou Yu. Immortals? No, you really want to...