athens city
In a tavern in the city, Gesni was drinking with some troubadours.
Figs, snacks, and fine wines were placed on the table. Some of the troubadours received talents from the favor of Apollo and became guests of nobles and kings.
But some were down and out performing on the street. Gesne was instructed by Prince Paris and did not need to find those famous people, so these few were down and out. Everyone ate the delicacies on the table and drank the wine in their hands. Fine wine.
A troubadour with a goatee said: "Gasne, thank you very much for your hospitality. I never imagined that you would become so generous following Prince Paris."
An old man burped from wine and said drunkenly: "Gesner, when I met you, you were just like me. I didn't expect that you would stop writing poems and become so rich. It would be better to follow Prince Paris."
Gesni looked at the several troubadours in front of him and sighed in his heart. At the same time, he felt a sense of pride. However, one of the troubadours, whose face was slightly thinner and had never spoken, was quite disapproving and said: "Gesni, you climb It's good to fall in love with Prince Paris, but you'll get both glory and loss. If Prince Paris loses power one day, you will be much worse off than us."
When Gesnie heard this, his expression changed, and the two people around him were also embarrassed. In order to avoid Gesnie being angry, they quickly asked Gesnie to continue talking about the prince's deeds.
At this moment, there was a noise in the distance, and someone shouted: "Bear man, bear man."
Several troubadours thought that bear-men had entered the city, and immediately jumped up in fright. After carefully looking carefully, I realized that it was not a bear-man entering the city, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Ziyun was standing on a chariot covered with garlands, smiling and waving to the crowd around him, while everyone in the city cheered to celebrate the bear man's head being transported to Athens.
"Paris."
"Paris."
There were shouts from the crowd, and everyone admired Prince Paris for being able to kill the bear-man.
"Why did Prince Paris kill the bear man? He just entered the mountain yesterday, right?" Several bards stared wide-eyed, as if they couldn't believe that Prince Paris could return in triumph so quickly.
"It looks correct. Look, the king has come to greet Prince Paris."
I saw King Menastheus greeting him on the street, with his guards behind him, and he happily said to Paris: "Prince Paris, you are so brave, returning in triumph so quickly with the head of the Ursine."
"It's all the blessings of the gods that allowed me to complete this mission quickly." Pei Ziyun said.
King Menastheus gave Pei Ziyun a hug. Amid the curious eyes of the people, he did not return to the palace, but turned to the Temple of Zeus.
Temple of Zeus
The temple is located in the southeast of the Acropolis of Athens, in the center of a vast flat land on the banks of the Irissos River. The entire temple is surrounded by green valleys and clear streams. The scenery is elegant and elegant. Not far away is a dense forest with rich greenery. The paths are even more sparsely decorated with flowers and trees, making them extremely beautiful.
Pei Ziyun, led by King Menastheus, quickly arrived outside the Temple of Zeus in a chariot.
The temple is rectangular, 108 meters long and 41 meters wide. The entire building sits on a complete foundation. The temple is supported by 104 cylindrical marble columns, each of which reaches an astonishing 18 meters.
The priest of the temple had been waiting at the door early and led King Menastheus and Pei Ziyun into the temple door together.
The temple has four huge arches, each of which is 15 meters high and 8 meters wide.
When you walk into the arch, you will see a rectangular dome. The dome is covered with colorful murals related to the gods. On the walls around the temple, the reliefs are lifelike, showing the grace of the gods.
The priest was silent all the way, as if he had no intention of introducing the wonders of the temple. The servant led two bulls and followed closely behind, holding the bear's head and gold.
Passing through the temple corridor, an altar several times larger than any other god's altar is in front of the three of them. In the center of the altar is a statue of Zeus, which is 12 meters high.
As soon as the three of them walked to and stood in front of the statue, Pei Ziyun felt a gaze coming towards them.
"It's Zeus." Pei Ziyun thought to himself.
The servants brought two bullocks and gave them to the priest.
Several assistants checked it and were very satisfied. They put garlands on the two bulls and brought them to the altar. The priest sprinkled water on the altar and the bulls and prayed. With the efforts of the assistants, after a while, the two bulls were slaughtered. The priest He is very skilled at cutting off the cow's head and sorting the meat.
Then, Pei Ziyun personally took the bear's head and a 200-gram gold brick and placed it on the altar. He raised his hands and prayed: "Great and resourceful King of the Gods, with your blessing, I was able to kill the bear man. All glory be to you, may you accept my sacrifice.”
This time, both the gold and the bear's head disappeared, which was obviously taken by the gods, but the beef was only a little missing.
The priest smiled at this moment and said to Pei Ziyun: "Prince Paris, the gods are very satisfied with your bear head and gold."
King Menastheus accompanied him to watch the whole process of the sacrifice, and there was a lot of beef. This is not surprising, or it may be the reason why the great Zeus once transformed the bull.
But the disappearance of the bear head and gold showed that the god was still very satisfied with Prince Paris, so that he could still maintain a considerable friendship with Prince Paris as always.
After the two of them left the temple, Pei Ziyun formally bid farewell to King Menastheus. The king said regretfully: "Prince Paris, you will gain my friendship."
With that said, he asked his servant to bring the remaining eighteen bulls.
Pei Ziyun watched King Menastheus go away, thinking about this sacrifice and what happened in the Temple of Zeus, and was filled with surprise and uncertainty.
Servants drove eighteen bulls all the way through the temple of Zeus. One bull was worth a lot in ancient Greece, and eighteen bulls were worth a huge amount of property.
As the bull passed through the city, people started talking about it.
"Look, this is the bull that King Menastheus gave to Prince Paris."
"These bulls are the reward given to Prince Paris by the king for killing the bear-men."
"Prince Paris is really brave and good at fighting, and he respects the gods."
The citizens of the city came to watch the spectacle of the eighteen bulls, as if they had earned them. The bulls also cooperated and followed the road to the port. With the efforts of the servants, they caught up with the ship.
At this time, a car slowly approached the port, and from the car, someone delivered a small box.
Pei Ziyun asked his servants to transport the box to the cabin. When he opened it, he found that it was bronze and gold. The gold weighed 500 grams, which was a huge amount.
Pei Ziyun looked at it and said with a smile: "Akamas is very knowledgeable, so I can pay for the two sacrifices to the gods."
This matter is settled like this. As long as Akamas doesn't cause trouble for him, he won't make any more trouble.
"Gesnie, how is the contact with the troubadours in the city?" Pei Ziyun asked Gesnie.
"Prince Paris, I have been in contact with all the troubadours in the city. Some of them are still my friends. Except for a few stubborn ones, others are willing to get close to the noble Prince Paris." Gesni said.
"Yeah, you did a good job. You have to hurry up when we go to the next destination, and the cargo on our ship needs to be full." Pei Ziyun said, traveling is just doing business, otherwise it means having a treasury I can't hold on to the gold.
"Understood, Prince Paris." Gesne bowed.
"Coselia, how is your situation?" Pei Ziyun asked.
"Prince Paris, I have written down the incoming and outgoing goods and expenses in detail and placed them on your desk. I have also recorded the list of the bards that Master Gnes has contacted. The list has also been placed on your desk. It's on your desk," Coselia said.
"Well, you did a good job too." Pei Ziyun praised, and called the captain to give the command: "We will set sail later and go to Delos Island and Cyprus immediately."
"Let's go quickly while the bull is still gaining weight. It won't be good until it loses weight."
"I understand, Prince Paris," the captain replied.
In just a moment, the sounds of shouts, sails, and oars were all busy, and someone looked at the warships carefully. They saw that these warships all had long bronze horns, were long and narrow, and had three floors.
The guards and soldiers were busy up and down, everything was in order, and after a while, the battleship slowly set out to sea.
Seeing the fleet go away, Akamas in the corner was full of anger, but Demophon persuaded him: "Brother, this time, Prince Paris showed mercy, because you went to assassinate him first, he can leave you alone." Please, and if he hands you and other corpses to King Menastheus, the king will not miss this opportunity to attack us, and the reward from the king will be higher."
"And Gods above, these soldiers..." Demophon pointed to the warships in the distance: "I just counted, there are fifty warriors in each ship, seven ships equals 350 warriors."
"An ordinary city-state is mobilized with this number!" Demophon said seriously: "Brother, you better not go against Prince Paris in the future. You are no match for him."
Demophon patiently tried to persuade me.
Not to mention this, Akamas was very angry when he said it: "Paris didn't dare to fight face to face at all, and even sprinkled sand on the battlefield. Also, if it weren't for you, a coward, who didn't participate, if you could help us , I wouldn’t have lost so miserably.”
With that said, he turned around and left.
Demophon shook his head and thought for a long time: "Prince Paris, you can't see through it!"
Arriving in Athens was not the first stop. There were rumors along the way. Although some were derogatory, they were generally positive, enthusiastic, good at music, and not bad at martial arts.
And he also knew the rules. Which prince would not support everyone? However, when Prince Paris entered the city, he left all the soldiers at the harbor and gave them money to buy food and water. He only brought ten slaves into the city.
This is why the kings along the way are willing to give warm hospitality.
"Prince Paris should be our friend, not our enemy. In this way, we will be much more sure of retaking Athens. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by the reckless Akamas." At this time, Demophon did not know that Troy was about to take place. Perhaps some people have caught wind of the war, but those are the upper echelons of mankind.
The sons of Theseus, who had lost their throne, did not know this yet, and they only felt it was a pity.
(End of chapter)