Hercules was afraid that he would cheat, so he thought for a while and said, "For such a big gamble, someone must testify, is there a fair and honest person?"

As soon as Augeas wanted to call someone, he heard a close attendant whisper in his ear: "Your Highness, this guy can be so confident, maybe there is any way, it is better to be careful." ”

Ogas was right when he thought about it, a tenth is three hundred cows, which is really not a small number, and I have to prepare for both.

So he clapped his hands and whispered to the waiter who spoke, and the fellow went out with a smile on his face, and soon came with a man with him.

Seeing that the man was kind and kind-eyed, with a childish face, and an elder figure, Ochas introduced Hercules' name as Plant, and he was the most respected elder in the city of Elis.

Hercules didn't look like a liar to the man, so the gamble was settled.

When they came to Beicheng and talked about the three of them, Excellence laughed and said that one-tenth of the cattle was probably earned. The four of them spoke again, and together they walked towards Mount Elis, north of the city.

When they came to the mountain, they found that the overseer and his two guards were still hunting, and there were already a lot of prey beside him.

Zhuo Zhuo pointed at the overseer and smiled: "Big brother, do you see, this is the standard cheap bone, snob, if you don't beat him, he won't be honest." ”

It was already evening after a few people ate and drank, and the three of them did not return to the city in order to avoid suspicion, and directly found a flat place on Mount Elis to set up a tent to live, while the four of Hercules went back to the city.

They don't mention it on the mountain, they just talk about Hercules. When he and the three overseers returned to the city, one of them began to carry stones from outside the city to the cattle pen.

Those stones are three or five hundred pounds small, and one or two thousand pounds are large, and they are not red on their shoulders, their hearts are not beating, and they are not breathing.

Hercules moved for a while and saw that it was almost enough, so he stopped and rested directly by the river, where the overseer was now very well-behaved, and both the tent and the quilt beckoned to him.

The stalker went back and told Ogeas the news, and Ogeas admired his divine power and pondered the purpose of his moving stones, but he didn't have any idea after thinking about it for a long time.

The waiter who had come up with the idea before said at this time: "It is said that he and the three of them went around the river in the afternoon, and he carried so many stones, it didn't mean that he wanted to block the river and dig a ditch to wash it with water, right?"

When he heard the scream, Augeas yelled badly, and if he really washed it with water, it might be done in a day, and it seemed that my three hundred cows could not be saved. said that he grinned in distress, and his face was full of unwillingness.

The attendant whispered, "The king remembers, when did we bet with him?"

Only then did Augeas wake up from his remorse, laughed, and patted the waiter on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you kid is smart and rewarded, and I will give you a cow when I turn around!"

The waiter was full of smiles, and secretly gave his family a day, and said that Lao Tzu tried his best to help you save 300 cows, and you bastard will give Lao Tzu one, and one day you will have to die in this greed.

The next morning, Hercules began to dig a ditch around the dung heap, and the three of them came down to help, Hercules smiled and said, "No need, my brother can still cope with these tasks, and it will save Augeas from making excuses that someone will help." ”

The three of them thought about it, and the guy who was reluctant to pay for cleaning up the dung heap must be a stingy ghost, so he didn't help.

With little effort, Hercules dug several deep ditches to connect the two rivers. After digging the ditch, he began to carry the boulders to the small river in the north-south direction, and threw them into the water with a pop, and these stones were indeed used to block the river.

At this time, a large area of the northern city that had not been ghostly before was already full of people, many people handed water to Hercules, and some handed food, and more cheers, Hercules was like a big star.

Hercules was originally a person who liked to brag and fart, and he had a big grinning personality, chatting nonsense with the people around him while working, and the atmosphere was a little higher.

Soon the river was blocked, and when the afternoon saw that the river water had gathered high enough, he dug the opening of the deep ditch, and saw that the white river water rushed down the ditch, and a dung mountain took more than two hours to wash it clean.

At this time, the surrounding applause and admiration were wave after wave, and some people even took a fancy to Hercules and wanted to tell him a daughter-in-law, and the three of them couldn't stop laughing.

Hercules thanked the enthusiastic crowd and cleaned the remnants of the pen, and the three of them began to walk towards the palace.

Lu Zhuo smiled and said: "Big brother, you are so awesome, I'll write you a poem!"

"When the Greek was auspicious, the king of dung in the world.

Thirty years in one day, the world is famous.

Big brother, how is my poem?"

When Thetis saw that Hercules was about to say yes, she hurriedly said: "Big brother, don't pay attention to him, he will embarrass you! ”

Hercules laughed and said: "This has to be thanks to your good sister, otherwise I won't even be able to dig out the dung, and I won't be suffocated to death!

When he came to the palace, he was already greeted at the door, and it was very affectionate, and he shouted one brother after another, and when he came to the palace, he saluted him with a bowl of wine. Not to mention good wine and meat, there are more than a dozen beauties of different sizes waiting, and all kinds of praises are endless, but they don't mention the cow.

In the end, Hercules frowned, stood up and said, "Augas, when will you give me the bull we bet on?"

With a look of surprise on his face, Ogas said in confusion, "Cow, what cow?"

Hercules' face sank, and he said unhappily: "The cow you bet on yesterday, you said that as long as I can clear the dung heap in one day, you will give me one-tenth of the cow, do you still want to cheat?"

Ogas said even more strangely: "Brother is mistaken, I was hunting in Nancheng all day yesterday, how could I bet with you! ”

Hercules was furious and said loudly: "The testimony is an elder named Plant in your city, and you will find out if you invite him to ask him." ”

Ao's face sank and said, "Friend, don't you want to be crazy, when did we have an elder named Plant in Elis City?"

Then he asked the attendants beside him, "I have never heard of this person, have you heard of him?"

Those subordinates still don't know the king's thoughts, not to mention whether there is such a thing, even if there is such a thing, they have to deny it, the righteous are silent, and the flatterers are shouting that there is no such person.

Hercules also knew at this time that the so-called Plant yesterday was probably fake, and this bet was not there, but it became his own attempt to blackmail him. He was trembling all over, his face was even redder, and he could explode at any time.

Xiao Zhuoyan also wanted to set fire to it in a huff, but Titis comforted her for a long time before persuading her.

When he was at a stalemate, he heard a slightly immature voice coming from the palace gate: "I can testify that there is this gambling contract." ”

When they looked up, they saw that it was Prince Felius, the son of Augeas.

It turned out that this Feleus was playing in the palace yesterday afternoon, and he saw the 'Plant' on the road, and when he saw that this man was very familiar, but he was so honorable, he became curious, so he quietly followed, and when he came to the front hall, he saw 'Plant' as a notary, and Augeas and Hercules were betting against each other. Later, he quietly followed the 'plant', and only then did he discover that the man was a housekeeper in the palace.

When Augeas saw Felius, he was furious, and said in his heart that I had raised a white-eyed wolf and dismantled my platform in public.

Phyllus then knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Father, a tenth of an ox is small, and the reputation of our family is great! ”

Augeas was so angry that he kicked him in the heel, and immediately had people pull him down.

As soon as he looked up and saw Hercules' mocking and disdainful eyes, he shouted angrily: "You are sent by Eurystheus to clean up the cattle pen, I have done my best to entertain you with delicious food and drink, I didn't expect you to want to covet my cattle, it is really unreasonable, I Elise do not welcome people like you, get out of here immediately!"

Hercules didn't expect that he, the lord of a country, would dare to be a scoundrel at this time, so he slapped the table angrily and shouted: "Okay, I have recorded this section Hercules, and one day I will let you pay back tenfold or hundredfold!"

Ochas laughed when he heard this, pointed to Hercules and said to everyone: "See, this is the villain who killed his relatives and sons, can you believe such words?"

After speaking, he pointed at Hercules and shouted: "Hercules, do people like you still have the face to live in this world? I and I would have been killed headlong, what a beast, no, it's not as good as a beast!"

Hercules was so angry that he was smoking, and his red eyes were so red that he could drip blood, and he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and said in a low voice: "Now is not the time, let's wash away our sins!"

Hercules nodded, turned his head to look at Augeas, and said coldly: "Yes, I will write down this hatred, and one day I will let you know what the price of blood is!"

His voice was cold, and it seemed to contain a huge amount of energy, and Augeas trembled when he heard it, and then shouted as if he was cheering himself up: "Don't think that if you are the son of Zeus, I am afraid of you, my father is not a mortal, I am the son of the sun god Helias, and it is not certain who will kill whom when the time comes!"

Hercules did not speak any more, and the three of them left the palace directly in the direction of Tirenus.

Later generations have a limerick poem and sigh:

The hero bets Elise, thirty years of dung a day.

The king was greedy for profit and lost his righteousness, and he was dead in the king's palace every day.