Chapter 10: The Judgment of the God-King
In the Golden Hall of the Pantheon, Zeus, the king of the gods, sits on the main throne in the center, on the left is Themis, the goddess of justice and order, on the right is Hera, the queen of heaven, on the upper hand is the goddess of wisdom Athena and the divine envoy Hermes, on the lower hand is the god of war Ares and the goddess of love Aphrodite, and on the opposite side is the queen of the underworld, Persephone.
Zeus looked at the gods and said, "What's going on, let's talk about it!"
The queen then stood up and told the story of what had happened before. Because the soul of Hippolytus' stepmother Phaedra is also in the underworld, she has interrogated Phaedra before, so there is basically no big difference, only that Hippolytus's soul did not report to Hades, and Adonis was killed by someone as the emphasis.
After the narration, Persephone's face was gloomy, and he said sadly: "God-king, Artemis killed innocents indiscriminately, and disturbed the fate formulated by the goddess of fate, please ask the god-king to uphold justice!"
After hearing this, Zeus waved his hand to signal her to sit down, looked at Athena on the left, and said with a smile: "My good daughter, didn't you look for Artemis yesterday, why did you come by yourself today?"
"I can't escape the eyes of the god-king! I'm here on behalf of Artemis, and she can't come if she has something. Athena's heart sank, and she said very respectfully.
Zeus's face sank, and he sneered: "It's not that she can't come, but she doesn't dare to come, what does she have to say?"
Athena said, "Hippolytus was a pure, kind and beautiful young man, and I don't think he should have died for no reason. Artemis thought so too, so ......"
Before she could finish speaking, Zeus immediately interrupted her and said coldly, "So she just managed to save that kid, right?
"No, it's a human doctor, and Hippolytus wasn't seriously injured at the time. Athena hurried.
"No, you can bring the lawsuit here? Fortunately, she knows the severity and doesn't do it herself. Who are you looking for, that son of Apollo, he should have died a long time ago!" Zeus looked at the gods and said, "Is there anyone else who wants to say anything?"
Artemis, the goddess of love, had made a deal with Athena, who promised her to find a way to save Adonis, but she had to speak for Excellence. At this time, when he saw Laares who had pulled him out of the world, Ares came back to his senses and quickly got up and said: "Father, that kid is the only son of Hippolyta, and he is also your great-grandson, please father can spare his life!"
Athena was in a hurry, and said in her heart, you stupid, did you ask for intercession, don't you know that the god king is the most annoying for others to disturb the law with family affection?
Zeus laughed when he heard this, and pointed at Ares and teased Hera: "My queen of heaven, this is the good son you gave me?"
"Yes, but it seems to be your sister-in-law!" Hera was still smiling, although she was annoyed.
"I don't care what you think, I only tell you one thing, and that is that no one can change their fate, including me. Zeus laughed enough and stood up from the main seat, his face sank, his eyes swept the gods coldly, and he said to Athena: "My daughter, you go and sue Artemis, and ask her to hand over the man immediately, and don't wait for me to do it myself, otherwise I will punish her together." ”
Athena smiled bitterly and said, "God King, Hippolytus is gone, and we are looking for him. ”
Zeus frowned, looked at Athena, and sneered: "I don't care if he is true or not, I have a way to find him." ”
As soon as he said that, a spherical thing appeared in his palm, and the surface of the ball was all folded and wrinkled skin, and there seemed to be two feet. Zeus put the thing on the table in the middle with his feet on the ground, and his mouth moved softly, and after a while the outer skin of the ball slowly shrank upward, revealing what was inside, and it turned out to be a huge eyeball.
"This is my newly refined thing, called the Scout Guard, as long as I silently recite the name of the person I am looking for, as far as my consciousness can reach, it can search as I want. Zeus was quite proud of this thing. Laughing
Athena's heart trembled, and she said in her heart that damn Apollo didn't know what method to use, and he wouldn't be found by this monster, right?
It's just that Zeus laughed for a long time and still didn't find his whereabouts, and the proud smile on his face became embarrassed, and after a while, he still disappeared, and he couldn't help but laugh at himself: "It seems that this kid is really dead, otherwise how could he not find it." ”
Athena then put her heart down, and Zeus said, "I see where that son of Apollo is, he dares to disobey my orders many times to save those who have died, and this time I want him to die without a place to be buried." ”
After a while, Zeus laughed, laughed enough, and said to everyone: "Apollo, this kid is smart, I really let him be deceived without this scout guard." ”
Seeing that the gods were all looking at each other and bewildered, Zeus waved his hand in the air, and a piece of space was immediately restored in front of him. I saw that in the dim space Asclepios was talking to a young man, who was not Excellence.
"I said I couldn't find this kid, but I didn't expect to meet him here, which is called stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and it takes no effort to get there. It's fate, and you can't escape. Zeus was in a good mood, and his previous depression was swept away.
Athena knew bad things as soon as she saw excellence, and her mouth was bitter, and she said in her heart, Apollo, you really know how to hide, you know that 'eggs can't be put in one basket', can't you separate the two of them?
Seeing that Zeus was smiling happily, he slowly moved his steps outward, intending to sneak out to report the news.
I had just walked two steps when I heard a mocking voice say, "I said my good girl, what are you going to do?"
You don't need to look at it, it's the nasty voice of the queen of the underworld.
Athena couldn't, so she turned around and went back to her seat. Before he sat down, Zeus smiled and said: "Everyone, follow me to the temple of Apollo in Delphi, and I will personally enforce the law once, so that you can see the fate of changing your life against the sky." ”
The gods were happy, helpless, and indifferent, and soon came to the sky above the temple of Apollo in Delphi, and Zeus said loudly: "Apollo, Artemis, the gods have come to see you, and they have not come out to greet you?"
Artemis was in a state of anxiety in the temple, when Zeus led the crowd to come, his heart calmed down, and he threw himself into the air and bowed to the gods.
"My good daughter, you don't stay in your own Moon God Palace, what are you doing here?" Zeus looked at her, looking harmless.
Artemis was not knowing how to answer, when she saw Athena gesturing for her to look down. When I looked down, I saw a person praying for an oracle in the temple, so he said, "Back to the God King, there is something in the Temple of Light of Apollo that I can't leave, let me temporarily manage it for him in the temple." ”
As soon as Zeus wanted to speak, he saw a white light flying from the southeast, and it was Apollo, the god of light.
Apollo came to the front, saluted the gods, and asked Zeus, "God King, why do you think of Delphi?
"Will I give you a notice so that you have time to transfer them away?" Persephone sneered, not waiting for Zeus to reply.
"The god king hasn't spoken yet, how can you speak like a, get out of the way!" Although Hera has always been at odds with the Apollo sisters and brothers, but now what is even more annoyed is the queen of the underworld, she was already full of anger when she was sarcastically ridiculed by Zeus in the Pantheon, and she has been looking for an opportunity to take revenge, and at this time she scolded loudly at first sight.
Zeus looked at Apollo and smiled: "Yes, it is worthy of being my son, and the methods used are different, if it weren't for the fact that I had newly refined a scout guard, I would have really deceived you." ”
As soon as Apollo saw the arrival of the gods, he knew that he was exposed, but his mind was calm, and he pretended to be confused and said: "Apollo is stupid, please make it clear to the god king." ”
Zeus frowned, looked at him and said, "Forbos, do you really want me to destroy your temple too?"