CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER XXIII
A bright moon hung in the night sky in the east, the earth was a milky white color, the summer night was breezy, the world finally fell silent from the noise of the cicadas, in a wilderness thirty miles west of the city of Thebais, two people shouted and jumped, and fought from the afternoon until the middle of the night.
Just like the last time in the Nemi Forest, the pain in Excellence's body finally disappeared after fighting for a while, and at this time he was concentrating on the marksmanship taught by Athena and fighting with the big man. The four air currents in his body were all used, and he found that there was still a gap between his strength and that big man, and now he was ninety percent sure that this big man was Ann Figlis, the apprentice of Caron.
I can't help but sigh in my heart that this guy's terrifying power is infinite, not to mention the infinite power, the big stick in his hand is also relaxed and used freely, and what is even more terrifying is that this guy doesn't seem to use all his strength at all, and Excellence now finally knows why Charon can't help but be happy when he mentions him, which teacher will be extremely proud of having such a student.
The two fought for a while, and Zhuo Zhuo felt thirsty, jumped out of the circle with a false shot, waved his hand and said: "Don't fight, I'm not your opponent, it's not interesting to fight again." ”
"Haha, it's been a long time since I've fought so happily with someone, it's really enjoyable!" the big man laughed. As he spoke, he took out a leather pouch from his waist, opened it and poured it twice, and threw it to Excellence casually.
Excellence was not polite, and he took it and drank it in a big gulp, it was a drink. Zhuo Zhuo drank for a while and then handed it back, and asked, "This big brother, dare to ask if you are Amphigris from Thebais City?"
The big man laughed and said, "Yes, I am Amphiglis." Brother, who are you, it's not easy to have such a great martial art at such a young age?"
Excellence smiled and said: "My name is Zhuo Bufan, ten days ago, the old man of Piliwen Mountain Caron came over, and he asked me to bring you a good one." ”
"Brother Zhuo, how is my teacher now, is it okay?" Anfiglis was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked about the teacher's current situation.
Seeing his nervous face, Zhuo Zhuo suddenly wanted to tease him, his face turned solemn, and he said mournfully: "The old man is in very poor health, he is almost sick, and he wants to see you for the last time." ”
Amphiglis laughed out loud, and only after laughing enough did he say: "Brother Zhuo, you lied to me, but it's a pity that you still don't know the teacher, otherwise you wouldn't have said such a thing." ”
"Your master is still happy when he is sick, his old man is really blind to accept an apprentice like you!" with an angry look on his face, he spat on the ground to show his disdain.
Amphiglis smiled: "It's useless for you to pretend to be like it, the teacher has the body of a god, how can he be sick." ”
"Thinking about it, I actually forgot about it, what a mistake. Excellence patted his head angrily and became annoyed.
Amphigris said: "I'm hungry after fighting for a long time, let's go hunt some prey to eat!"
The two went around in the mountains and forests not far away, and this Amphigris was really good, and his vision was like a torch at night, and he saw him open his bow and arrows, and shoot two pheasants and a roe deer with three arrows.
Zhuo Zhuo looked straight and grinned, and said in his heart This sister is better than General Fei, don't talk about it, I didn't even see what was going on, he had already shot down the prey.
The two of them carried their prey to the river and began to make a fire to roast meat, and when it came to the lion, Zhuo Zhuo remembered that the guy seemed to be invulnerable, and he stabbed it in the body, and he couldn't help but ask about it.
"Well, this guy is like the nemesis of my fate, and he has been messing with me since he was eighteen years old, and I haven't caught it for more than ten years. Anfiglis was extremely depressed when he talked about the lion, and his previous arrogance was swept away, and he sighed, "Brother, you don't know, that beast is not only infinitely powerful, invulnerable, but also extremely cunning, I have chased it many times and have not found where its nest is, it really annoys me." ”
Zhuo Zhuo said some comforting words, seeing that he was also in his thirties, he said strangely: "Big brother, why didn't you go outside to make a break if you are so powerful, it's a waste of youth to nest here!"
"Brother, it's not that my brother doesn't want to break in, I'm trapped here by my oath. Amphigris smiled bitterly and said, "When I was eighteen years old, this lion appeared shortly after I returned from my teacher, and I was also young and vigorous at that time, and I immediately vowed not to catch it and never leave the city of Thebais, but more than ten years have passed, and I have not caught it, so I can only be trapped here." ”
Excellence said that you are too sincere, but I also admire him for his words and faith, and he does what he says.
The two talked about other things for a while, and the topic of men would always go around to women, and Amphiglis's two bull-like eyes looked at Excellence, and said with a big mouth: "Brother, it's not my brother I boast, you are far behind in terms of women, brother, I am eighteen years old, and I am even fifty women." Oh, thanks to the lion. Then he bragged about it.
Zhuo Zhuo saw him blowing wildly, and teased: "Big brother, you are so good that you can even be a royal fifty women, is that thing under you still hard in the back?"
Amphigris stood up and showed off the muscles of his ** upper body, slapped his chest with his big hand and said, "Brother is not blowing with you, he is really a royal fifty girls." At that time I pursued the lion to the west to Thespian, and their king's name was Thespios, and his people were also plagued by this lion, so they welcomed me warmly. I stayed with him for fifty days, and he used a virgin to accompany me every night.
Only then did he realize that he had misunderstood, but he still felt a little nonsense, and said with a smile: "Big brother, are you someone's uncle or what, he will find fifty virgins to accompany you, do you believe what you say?"
"I can't help it if you don't believe me, that's the way it is. Amphiglis laughed, "The old man was kind to me, and then he had to recruit me as a son-in-law, but I gave up when I had someone I liked." ”
"You just blow it, you can't prove it anyway. Excellence is still a virgin, so he said it itchingly, pouting and disdainful.
The two of them talked nonsense, and after eating and drinking, it was already dawn, and Amphigris invited him to play in Thebes, and Zhuo Zhuo thought that it was also a way to go anyway, so he walked with him to Thebais.
The city of Thebai is deep in the pool, the black city wall has an indescribable sense of majesty, after entering from the west gate is a huge square, in front of the square is a huge statue, and when you enter it, it is a hideous sphinx.
Amphiglis proudly pointed to the statue and said: "This monster is called the Sphinx, it was sent by Hera many years ago to punish Thebais, it stood at the gate of the city and asked the people who came and went a riddle, and if it could not answer, it was devoured, and then Oedipus answered its riddle, and it also committed suicide by jumping off a cliff according to its own oath, and the Thebais erected its statue on this square to announce to the world that Thebai was fearless." ”
Only then did he vaguely remember that the Sphinx seemed to have something to do with ancient Greek mythology, and when he heard Oedipus again, he couldn't help but lose his voice: "King Oedipus?"
Amphiglis's face was gloomy at this time, and he said in a deep voice: "It's him." Brother, since you know him, you should also know his story, right?"
Excellence nodded, and said in his heart King Oedipus I don't know, this story is too famous, famous to the twenty-first century, and many people are analyzing the connotation in it, and the famous mother-love complex is analyzed using him as an example. Thinking that Oedipus was once the king of Thebais, I don't know what relationship this wife of Amphigris has to do with him.
In fact, Amphiglis and Oedipus really have something to do with him, and his father-in-law Creon is the elder brother of Oedipus's mother and wife Iocaste, and the two are cousins.
Amphiglis said bitterly at this time: "This is all the curse of the gods, and he will kill his father and marry his mother under the guidance of ruthless fate, in fact, we Thebans do not dislike this wise king, he himself felt shameless to face his people, so he blinded his eyes and exiled himself." The world said that he was a wicked man cursed by the gods, a demon of the earth, and no one dared to take him in, and finally wandered to Athens, where he died in the sacred grove of the goddess of vengeance under the protection of the Athenian king Theseus. ”
Excellence secretly said that although my father is lustful, he has also done a lot of good things.
Soon he came to a house, and when he knocked on the door, he heard a woman's voice complaining, "Dead ghost, I haven't come home all night, where have you gotten around?"
Then there was the sound of the door opening, and immediately after the door opened, three children ran out, all chattering around Amphiglis, and one of the little ones looked timidly at Excellence, and his big round eyes were very cute.
The woman, who was in her twenties, had a good complexion, but her expression was a little fierce, and she came to Amphigris and twisted his ear and said, "Say, where did you fool around last night?"
"You stupid, what nonsense, I went to chase that lion yesterday, don't you know?" Amphigris gently broke his hand, and complained with an extremely frank expression: "Later, I met my excellent brother again, and the two of us had a fight, and you started to nag when you came back late, and you were not afraid of my brother's jokes! ”
Mogara came to him and sniffed, then looked at the expressions of the two, and then said: "I think I'm annoyed to find one! This excellent brother, you come to judge the judge, he knows how to fight and hook up with a woman who fights and hooks up all day long, do you say there is such a thing as him?"
"Is my eldest brother such a person, I don't feel like it!" Zhuo Zhuo was amused in his heart, and said with a solemn expression: "On the way we came, he was still praising your sister-in-law for your ingenuity, gentleness and virtue, saying that he only loves you in this life, saying that it is difficult to find a woman like you in the whole world, and it is really a blessing for him to marry you for thousands of years!"
Megara smiled at what he said, and her previous grievances were swept away, and when she thought that they should not have eaten breakfast early in the morning, she immediately let the two of them go to the inner room and cook by herself.
Seeing that his wife was gone, Amphigris raised his thumb and praised: "Brother, your mouth is really sweeter than honey, and you can boast about that tigress, my brother really convinced you." ”
Zhuo Zhuo smiled: "You can do it, my sister-in-law said that it is true**, you must often hook up with women, you don't cherish such a good wife, be careful not to regret it." ”
It was almost noon after eating, and Excellence mentioned that he was leaving, and Megala was more enthusiastic than Ann Figlis, so he wanted to stay with Excellence for another day anyway, and Excellence shirked for a long time and saw that he couldn't get rid of it, so he had to tell him about Callisto.
Megala didn't hold back when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Brother, after picking up my brother and sister, I must come to Tebai, and my sister-in-law will also see what kind of beauty can tie your heart." ”