Hearing Aristotle's words, Amon couldn't help thinking, and thought of Thales, the sage of Midori. That Thales preached and imparted all kinds of knowledge to people in the square all day long, but everyone laughed at his knowledge as useless to the merchants in Midori City. As a result, Thales borrowed a sum of capital from Aesop to start a business, made a lot of money, and then went on to preach and impart various knowledge.
Thales did business only to prove one thing. The knowledge he passed down was not useless to businessmen, but neither was what he wanted. Thales has proved that he is an excellent businessman, but he is indeed not a businessman. Looking at the great magician Aristotle in front of him, he is indeed not a magician, and there is no need to pursue a magician. identity.
Amon thought of himself again, Zeus had made an agreement with him: "Here, you cannot be a god!" This agreement sounds a bit funny, because Amon is a god, which cannot be changed no matter what. So how can we abide by this agreement and seek inner peace? As soon as he met Aristotle, Amon got the answer.
Ordinary people often say thank gods in their hearts, but Amon can only say thank Aristotle at this time.
Seeing that Amon was silent, Eisen finally couldn't help asking: "How should we deal with these assassins? Especially the High Priest Merlin, he is an important figure in Yalun City!"
Aristotle glanced at the unconscious assassins lying on the avenue, thought for a while and replied, "Take them all away and wait until they are in a safe place."
Amon said: "Mr. Aristotle, with me, it is a safe place."
Eisen asked again: "After the interrogation, what should we do with these people? We can't take so many prisoners on the road."
The current status of these assassins is already equivalent to prisoners of war. In the conflicts among the city-states of Heaton, the treatment methods for prisoners of war are basically the same. Nobles with status will be detained and demanded to pay a large ransom. Civilian prisoners of war who have no "value" may be resold as slaves. Sometimes they were executed or released.
Since these people were caught by Amon, they were Amon's "trophies", and Amon's opinion had to be consulted on how to deal with them. Aristotle said again: "This group of assassins is very important to the Kingdom of Heaton. If possible, I would like to bring them all back. Amon, Medanzuo, if you want a ransom, the Kingdom of Heaton Can pay, please let me take people away."
Amon waved his hand: "You can deal with it, I don't need any ransom, from now on, they are your captives."
Eisen frowned and said, "It's such a long way, how can we take these assassins back? These people are here to kill people and silence them. If the news is leaked, I'm afraid someone will kill these assassins halfway to silence them."
Mei Danzuo smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are here to escort Mr. Aristotle. I can escort these thirty assassins by myself. I promise to let them go on the road honestly, so you don't have to worry about it." gone."
Aristotle ordered the guards: "Disarm all these assassins first, and search out the extra things on their bodies, which will be considered as your trophies. They set up an ambush in the mountains, and they couldn't have come on foot. The horses must be hidden somewhere nearby. place. Our war horses are lost, go and find those horses as well."
When the guards heard that there was something to be gained, they happily went to search the body of the assassin, and some people went to find the horses hidden in the mountains. Thanks to the generosity of Amon and Aristotle, everyone has made a small fortune, not to mention, even the weapons carried by the assassins are also very valuable.
At this time, a great warrior had woken up, his whole body was limp and unable to move, and when he found a guard groping in his arms, he blushed and shouted in an angry voice: "I am Moilei, the great warrior of Yalun City, you Don't be so rude! Even if I am a prisoner, I still demand the courtesy of a prisoner!"
Mei Danzuo stepped forward and kicked him lightly, and said with a sneer, "Courtesy? Why didn't you mention courtesy when you were lying in ambush here to kill someone? Is the great warrior amazing? Don't show your prestige here, be honest. Lie down!"
Sure enough, the guards found dozens of war horses in a hidden place in the nearby forest. Medan Zuo slapped the assassins awake, not only limited their strength with magical techniques, but also tied their hands behind their backs and tied them in two strings, letting them follow the mission. Walk behind the convoy. Medanzo rode a horse to escort the rear, while Amon and Aristotle took the same car on the road.
Only now did Eisen realize that there was not only a great magician in the assassin team, but also two great warriors! I couldn't help but feel even more frightened. Fortunately, Amon and Mei Danzuo took action, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Such a team looked really strange. They walked out of the mountain and came to a town that afternoon, which aroused the onlookers of the local residents.
Medanzuo tied the assassins' hands behind their backs, and followed the convoy one by one with a rope, but Aristotle didn't stop him. Amon guessed the sage's intentions, so he quietly ordered Medanzuo said a few words.
How could Merlin, the high priest of the Yalun city-state, have experienced such humiliation? With his hands tied behind his back and tied with a rope, he walked with a group of captives in the streets and was surrounded by onlookers. There were also children spitting at him and throwing stones at him, as if he was watching a monkey. The town officials were shocked when they learned that the mission of the Kingdom of Macedonia had been attacked in the mountains. They were relieved when they learned that there were no casualties, but then they began to worry again because someone recognized the mission. Merlin also had two other great warriors.
When I was resting in the posthouse that night, some local officials came to condolences and apologized. They said that the Special Envoy encountered gangsters here was responsible for poor security management, and hoped that the Special Envoy would hand over these gangsters to the local magistrate for severe punishment. Eisen received this group of people, he shook his head and said: "They are not gangsters but assassins, and now they are our captives, and they will be brought back to the Kingdom of Macedonia for disposal."
The local official said again: "We are willing to pay whatever ransom Aristotle and Eisen need." Please wait until the mission returns to Macedonia, and the local officials in Midori don't have to intervene.
The town officials had no choice but to send people to the city-state of Yalun overnight to report. The next day, Aristotle's convoy continued to leave the territory of Midori and entered the city-state of Orintos. In the city-state of Olympus, thirty assassins were still tied up in two strings and followed the convoy, almost attracting the crowds of the whole city to watch. Of course, Merlin and the two great warriors were recognized again.
So the same thing happened again, some people asked for the redemption of the "prisoners of war", and some people asked Aristotle to hand over the "assassins" to the local magistrate for severe punishment, but Aristotle refused for the same reason. Along the way, Aristotle did not ask who the assassins were, nor did he interrogate anyone. The captives were also terrified and confused, wondering what Lord Aristotle meant, and what fate awaited them
Especially for the three proud great achievers, this kind of torture was more uncomfortable than killing them with a knife. Along the way, he asked several times to be interrogated immediately, but Mei Danzuo ignored them. They are the assassins who assassinated the Macedonian mission. Even if someone wants to rescue or silence them, they can't do it openly. They can only set up an ambush in a hidden place. When the convoy left the border of the city-state of Olympus, they encountered another group of "Assassins" in the mountains.
The target of the assassin's attack was not Aristotle's convoy, but the group of defenseless captives following behind the convoy. As a result, after the team walked out of the forest, the thirty captives escorted by Mei Danzuo became ninety. Walking on the main road was a bit majestic, and they entered the territory controlled by the Kingdom of Macedonia when they went further north.
The second batch of assassins was also urgently sent by the city-state of Yalun, but they were still captured by Amon and Mei Danzuo. Medanzuo purposely mixed the first batch of assassins with the second batch of assassins, and tied them together with ropes so that they could talk to each other on the road, but the captives themselves quarreled.
The captured warrior Moilai yelled at the commander of the second assassin team, claiming that he was under the secret order of the city-state to risk the assassination of the Macedonian mission. It's too shameless to kill them to silence them!
Mei Danzuo couldn't help cursing: "Mr. Aristotle has no grievances or enmity with you. He just signed the covenant and wanted to tear it up in a blink of an eye, but he used despicable assassination methods. He has the nerve to scold others!" All the prisoners bowed their heads. No words.
A mission of more than 20 people took 90 prisoners of war through various towns in the Macedonian Kingdom, and arrived at the Macedonian city-state surrounded by the people. Before they saw the Macedonian city walls, smoke and dust rose in the distance, horseshoes rumbled and flags fluttered. King Philip II personally led the guards out of the city to greet them, and gave the returning mission the highest standard of courtesy.
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The Kingdom of Macedonia was a state that rose in the late period of the Hippo-Persian War, and the current king Philip II is also a great hero. When the Potts army first invaded, the Macedonian Kingdom once surrendered to Potts, and the Potts conscripted local civilians to build military fortresses and transport logistics supplies.
At that time, Philip II was the uncle of the young king. He sent a group of cronies to join the ranks of civilians to spy on and collect all kinds of information about the Pozi people. A series of information such as the distribution of troops on the Internet and material delivery routes were provided to Kibata and Yalun in the south. In the subsequent decisive battle of Hippo, the military intelligence provided by Philip II played an important role.
After the Hippocratic War, the Potts army withdrew from the Heaton Peninsula, and the situation in Macedonia was once chaotic. Philip II took the opportunity to depose the young king and ascended the throne himself. After Potts withdrew, there was a chaotic power vacuum in the surrounding area.
At this time, in the south of the Heaton Peninsula, the Yalun League and the Kibata League were fighting for hegemony, and civil wars continued one after another. In the relatively peaceful north, the sphere of influence controlled by the Kingdom of Macedonia has been quietly expanding, and the places where the Potts withdrew were immediately occupied by Macedonia. By the time Yalun and Kibada, who were trapped in the quagmire of civil war, were seriously injured, the climate of the Kingdom of Macedonia had matured and it became the most powerful force in the northern part of the Heaton Peninsula.
With the expansion of the country and the growing national strength, there is no internal or external troubles, and the Kingdom of Macedonia has ushered in a golden period of development. Philip II specially invited the famous sage Aristotle as a court teacher to teach his youngest son Alexander. When the careerist Fox provoked the melee between Yalun and Kibata to an unmanageable situation, and the Pozzi forces made a comeback, Philip II finally decided to pacify the southern part of the Heaton Peninsula.
He sent a mission to the city-state of Yalun to discuss alliance matters, with the intention of ending the civil war and unifying Heaton, and completely expelling the power of the Bozi people. The Yalun people made a covenant, but they backed out as soon as they turned around, and sent assassins to try to make the mission disappear forever. But the assassin missed and was captured, but was taken back to Macedonia.
Before Aristotle arrived, Philip II received the news. The king did not become angry, but was overjoyed. In his opinion, Yalun, who is at the end of the road, is looking for death. Originally, he just made a covenant according to the traditional habits among the states of the Heaton Peninsula, but the treacherous behavior of the city-state of Yalun gave him an excuse for complete unity. .
Aristotle was able to capture the assassin alive and bring it back to Macedonia as living evidence, which is simply too beautiful! Under such circumstances, if the Macedonian army went south, the states of the Heaton Peninsula would have nothing to say, so Philip II went out of the city to meet the mission in person. There was another reason why he did not hesitate to go out of the city for dozens of miles, and his mood was so urgent.
The main god believed in Macedonia is Zeus. Just the night before Aristotle’s return, Philip II received an oracle from Zeus, telling someone that he would follow Aristotle to the Kingdom of Macedonia. This kingdom has brought unprecedented achievements, even beyond the imagination of everyone's wishes!
The oracle did not say who this person was, and Philip II was overjoyed. In his opinion, just the captives brought back by Aristotle already had great value.
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Aristotle handed over the signed covenant and the captives to the king, and he had fulfilled his mission. This was perhaps the most dramatic treaty ever made by the Heaton United Kingdom, for it was torn up by the time it was handed over to the other side.
I don't know if the dignitaries in Yalun City will cry, because the covenant clearly states that the two states will form an alliance and will not invade each other, and will jointly resist foreign enemies. But now the covenant has expired, and those captives are the evidence that the Yalun people broke the covenant.
Since the name of that "person" was not mentioned in the oracle of Zeus, theoretically he may be any one newly brought back by Aristotle, or he may be among the prisoners of war. So Philip II had to deal with it carefully. He didn't kill any of the captives, and put them under house arrest for interrogation separately. He gave preferential treatment but did not allow redemption.
The interrogation was not difficult, and many people confessed voluntarily without even using punishment. It was enough for Medanzo to torment them all the way, and Philip II, who treated them preferentially, was like a savior sent by the gods.