Troy
"Prince Paris returned and slew Morion and Menipus."
"But Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons, died in battle, killed by Achilles."
The return of Prince Paris was good news, but many people felt extremely sad when they heard about the death of Amazon Queen Penthesilea.
In particular, the kings and princes of several kingdoms, such as Lurnassus and Thebes, who came to the rescue, all felt a sense of sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox.
Maybe Queen Penthesilea’s today is their tomorrow? But these kings and princes had no choice, because the Greeks had already launched an attack on their city-state, and Myssia was even attacked again. If they did not resist, what awaited them would be the destruction of the city and the death of people.
When King Priam of Troy heard the news of the death of Queen Penthesilea of the Amazons, he was also very sad. Unexpectedly, Penthesilea, who had been victorious a few days ago, would enter the domain of Hades in the blink of an eye. .
The king ordered people to build a huge pyre, and ordered the craftsmen to quickly build a wooden bed and place it on the pyre. Queen Penthesilea's body had already been put into new clothes, smeared with the best sesame oil, and was placed ceremoniously. On the wooden bed.
The prince and the hero gathered around the pyre and looked quietly at Queen Penthesilea, who was lying on the wooden bed. She seemed to be sleeping, peaceful and quiet.
King Priam ordered many precious funerary objects to be placed around the pyre. These funerary objects needed to be buried with the ashes of Queen Penthesilea.
Everyone walked quietly around the pyre, remembering Queen Penthesilea.
King Priam lit the pyre with the torch in his hand, and the flames rose into the sky and the fire burst into flames.
"Queen." Several female warriors from the Amazon Kingdom shouted her name hoarsely as they watched the flames engulf Queen Penthesilea.
The fire burned for a long time, and when the body was incinerated, the Trojans doused the embers with sweet wine, picked up the bones of Queen Penthesilea, and placed them in a gold chest.
However, everyone's attention is diverted, even Hector and Aeneas are looking at a suit of armor.
This is Queen Penthesilea, fully armed. The main part is the armor given to her daughter by Ares. It sparkles with gold in the firelight. The scabbard is made of silver and ivory. The helmet is decorated with shining gold feathers. , and a double-sided ax given by the Goddess of Discord.
Many people looked over and were attracted by this set of divine weapons and armor.
Pei Ziyun stood up with a heavy face and loudly said: "These are the weapons and armor of Queen Penthesilea. I will send her and the queen's ashes back to the Amazons and hand them over to Hippolyta in person. She is an Amazon The princess, who is also the daughter of Ares, is eligible to inherit her sister’s weapons.”
Pei Ziyun looked at the discussion and ignored it, saying: "But before that, I will avenge her. Although I am not able to kill Achilles for the time being, I will make him pay for what he did today sooner or later. .”
"I want to ask for some interest from the Greeks first. I want to use tactics to make the Greeks shed more blood. May Ares help me."
"Now, I want to offer sacrifices to Ares." Pei Ziyun said with his hands raised in the air. He believed that Ares must be watching here and will definitely avenge his daughter.
After saying that, in front of the altar, Pei Ziyun ordered someone to bring a bull to sacrifice to Ares.
The bull's feet were quickly tied up by the servants and placed on the altar. The palace priest picked up the butcher's knife and slaughtered the bull skillfully.
Unlike before, the bull's blood flowed to the altar and disappeared. It seemed that he drank all the blood with a big mouth. The bull's blood flowed out quickly, but not a drop of blood was seen on the altar. Everyone onlookers couldn't help but gasp. Take a breath of air, how angry Ares must be to drink all the blood!
"This is the anger of Ares. He wants to drink blood and take revenge on Achilles and the Greeks. It seems that Achilles has completely angered Ares." Pei Ziyun thought to himself.
The priest's face was full of surprise. This was a situation he had never encountered before. All the items placed on the altar were taken by the gods, and not even a drop of blood was left, indicating that he was very satisfied with the sacrifices. He said immediately By: "The gods were very pleased with the sacrifices."
Pei Ziyun nodded, said no more, and followed the others out.
He had been away from home for so long, and he had to rush back immediately to avoid worrying Oenone and Helen.
Although King Priam had many questions to ask Pei Ziyun, he also knew that Paris had just returned and had gone to the battlefield before returning home, so he did not stay.
The chariot at the entrance of the palace had already been arranged. Pei Ziyun boarded the chariot and sped towards the mansion.
The chariot slowly stopped at the door of the mansion. Because the matter was urgent when rushing to the battlefield, there was no prior notice, and no one at home knew that he was coming back.
When Pei Ziyun stepped off the chariot, the servants at the door looked at him dumbfounded, completely unaware that Prince Paris, who was said to have disappeared, suddenly returned home.
Pei Ziyun smiled slightly: "Why don't you hurry up and inform Oenone and Helen."
When he said this, these servants woke up and congratulated Prince Paris on his successful return, while some quickly ran to inform Oenone and Helen.
Not long after Pei Ziyun entered the mansion, Ononee ran over quickly. When she saw Pei Ziyun who was intact, her eyes were filled with tears of happiness. She hugged Pei Ziyun and said, "Dear Paris, I thought I’ll never see you again.”
"How could it be, Onone? Look, I've come back well." Pei Ziyun comforted softly, but he did not dare to imitate Ajax, boasting: "Even the gods on the holy mountain of Olympus want to Even if I die, I will defy heaven."
Ajax was the Greek hero second only to Achilles, but after his victory, he entered the temple of Athena, grabbed her priestess Cassandra by her hair and dragged her out. Athena The scene was filled with rage and shame.
The most desperate thing was that he encountered a storm. Ajax hugged the rock and boasted: "Even if the gods on the sacred mountain of Olympus unite, he will save himself."
When Poseidon heard the arrogance, he was furious and crushed Ajax to pieces with a rock.
If you seek death, you will really die.
"Paris, you have been gone for so long, but you know how worried I am."
"Okay, everything is over. It will be fine, Ononi." Pei Ziyun knew that the news of her disappearance would definitely make her worried.
At this moment, Helen also rushed over from the mansion next door, constantly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands.
Pei Ziyun smiled, went over and hugged her, and said, "Dear Helen, don't be sad, I'm back well."
Helen nodded, buried her head on Pei Ziyun's chest, and said softly: "Paris, you are not allowed to leave us again."
Pei Ziyun was secretly happy in his heart. He told Onone and Helen about his disappearance experience. Of course, he chose to talk about it, which gradually made them feel relieved.
"Paris, I have ordered my servants to boil hot water. You have worked so hard all the way, so go and wash up." Onone said.
Pei Ziyun nodded. Although he took a shower at the dock when he came back, after the fighting on the battlefield, his body was indeed spattered with blood, so he hurried away.
After everything was done, Pei Ziyun changed into clean clothes and sat quietly. At this time, Gesnie came in cautiously from outside.
"Dear Prince Paris, your servant Gesne wishes you a safe return."
Pei Ziyun said: "Gesni, did you slack off during the time when I was away?"
Gesne made a sad face and said: "Prince Paris, I have been handling the tasks you gave me seriously and I have not slacked off."
When Pei Ziyun left, he gave Gesnie a very simple task. In addition to the initial task of getting to know bards from various countries and collecting intelligence on the Greek coalition forces, he also gave him the task of infiltrating the enemy's interior. He asked Gesnie: "Gesnie , Achilles broke Myssia again last time and kidnapped Chryseis, the beautiful daughter of the priest Chryses."
"Yes, Prince."
"Then this time the Greeks increased their troops, were any of your people among them?"
In fact, this is the issue that Pei Ziyun is concerned about. The task given to Gesnie to penetrate into the enemy is also to play a key role at this time.
"Prince Paris, it was difficult for us to blend in in the first batch, but as the war became fierce, batches of Greeks died in battle, many city-states mobilized, and many people who would not have joined the team came in, and A large number of businessmen accompanied the army, which gave us great convenience."
"Now, we already have people in the Greek military camp, Prince." Gesni said respectfully.
"Well, very good." Pei Ziyun whispered, a cold light flashed in his eyes, looking at the snowflakes in the distance, and said coldly: "I will give you a task, please put your ear to it."
After pricking up his ears and hearing Prince Paris' instructions, Gesne looked at the handsome prince in front of him in surprise, as if he saw the Hydra Hydra.
"After this matter is finished, we will invite Chryses, the priest of Charyuse Island, to come over." Pei Ziyun said again.
"Yes, Prince."
"Well, what else do you have to do?" Pei Ziyun asked.
"Prince Paris, I have nothing to do for the time being." After saying that, Gesne slowly withdrew.
Watching Gesne go away, I saw Yimei quickly appearing in front of me, quickly enlarging into a transparent information frame with a faint light.
"Divide Achilles and Agamemnon, annihilate one Greek team, and deal a heavy blow to the Greek coalition."
Pei Ziyun looked at the task of the system with a faint smile on his lips.
"Agamemnon, you and Achilles will definitely clash. This is where my plan is based."
After a long period of planning, Greece has arranged for people to lurk in. Once the Greeks increase their troops, the people who are lurking will appear in the ranks of the Greek coalition forces following the demand for additional troops.
When the time comes that I have rumors that need to be spread among the Greek coalition forces, it will become very simple.
Agamemnon was a man with a strong desire for power and was jealous, but Achilles' strength made him very respected among the Greeks, which undoubtedly violated Agamemnon's taboo.
In view of this weakness, as long as the emotions are stirred up a little, it is easy to form an opposition and create good opportunities for Troy.
"I will do what I say, and I will use the plot to give the Greeks a big blow."
(End of chapter)