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- 296. People in the Oracle
Hearing Aristotle¡¯s words, Amon couldn¡¯t help but think deeply, and then thought of Thales, the sage of Meduli. Thales preached and imparted various knowledge to people in the square all day long, but everyone laughed at him that his knowledge was of no use to the merchants in the city of Miduli. 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 only went into business to prove one thing. The knowledge he passed on was not useless to businessmen, but that was not what he wanted. Thales has proven that he is an excellent businessman, but he is indeed not a businessman. Looking at the great theorist Aristotle in front of him, he is indeed not a theorist, and there is no need to pursue the career of a theorist. 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, and this is a fact that cannot be changed no matter what. So how can we abide by this agreement and still find inner peace? As soon as he met Aristotle, Amon got his answer.
Mortal people often say thank you to the gods in their hearts, but Amon could only say thank you to Aristotle at this time.
Seeing that Amon was silent, Aisen finally couldn't help but ask: "How should we deal with these assassins? Especially the High Priest Merlin, he is an important figure in Yalen City!"
Aristotle glanced at the assassins lying unconscious on the road, thought for a while and replied: "Take them all away and wait until we are in a safe place."
Amon said: "Mr. Aristotle, as long as I am here, you are a safe place."
Eisen asked again: "What should we do with these people after the interrogation? We can't take so many prisoners on the road."
??The current status of these assassins is equivalent to prisoners of war. In the conflicts between the city-states of Heaton, the methods of dealing with prisoners of war were basically the same. Nobles with status would be detained and asked to pay a large ransom. Civilian prisoners of war without "value" might be resold as slaves. Sometimes they were executed or released.
Since these people were caught by Amon, they are Amon's "trophies", and Amon's opinion must be sought on how to deal with them. Aristotle added: "This group of assassins is very important to the Kingdom of Heaton. If possible, I want to take them all back. Amon, Metanzo, if you want a ransom, the Kingdom of Heaton You can pay, please let me take the person away.¡±
Amon waved his hand: "You can do whatever you want, I don't need any ransom. From now on, they are your prisoners."
Eisen frowned and said: "How can we escort these assassins back on such a long journey? These people are here to kill people and silence them. If the news leaks out, I'm afraid someone will kill these assassins on the way to silence them."
Metanzo smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are just here to escort Mr. Aristotle. Just let me escort these thirty assassins. I promise to let them go on their way honestly, so you don't have to worry." ¡±
Aristotle ordered the guards: "First disarm these assassins and search for any extra things on them, which will be considered your trophies. They set up an ambush in the deep mountains. They cannot come on foot. The horses must be hidden somewhere nearby." Place. We have lost some of our war horses, go and find those horses as well."
When the guards heard that there was an advantage to be taken, they happily searched for the assassin. Some even looked for the horses hidden in the mountains. Thanks to the generosity of Amon and Aristotle, everyone has made a small fortune. Not to mention anything else, even the weapons carried by the assassins are also very valuable.
At this time, a great warrior had woken up. He was sore that he could not move. He found a guard groping in his arms. He blushed and shouted angrily: "I am Moilai, the great warrior of Yalun City. You can't be so rude! Even if I am a prisoner, I still want the courtesy of a prisoner!"
Medanzo stepped forward and kicked him lightly, and sneered: "Courtesy? Why didn't you mention courtesy when you were lying in ambush here to kill someone? Are you a great warrior? Don't show your prestige here, be honest. Lie down!¡±
Sure enough, the guards found dozens of war horses in the hidden places of the nearby mountains and forests. Medanzo woke up the assassins and not only used magical techniques to limit their power, but also tied their hands behind their backs into two strings and asked them to follow the mission. Walk behind the convoy. Medanzo rode a horse to the rear to escort him, while Amun and Aristotle rode in a chariot.
Only then did Aisen 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 scared. Fortunately, Amon and Metanzo took action, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Such a team looked so strange. That afternoon they walked out of the mountains and came to a town, which aroused the excitement of the local residents.??'s onlookers.
Metanzo tied the hands of the assassins behind their backs and strung them together one by one with ropes to follow the convoy. Aristotle did not stop him, so Amon guessed the sage's intention and quietly gave the order. Medanzo a few words.
How has Merlin, the high priest of the city-state of Jaron, ever experienced such humiliation? With his hands tied behind his back and strung with a rope, he walked with a group of prisoners in the streets and was watched. There were also children who spat at him and threw stones at him, as if he was watching a monkey. The officials in the town were shocked when they learned that the Macedonian Kingdom's mission 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 them. Merlin had two other great warriors.
That night while resting in the post house, local officials came to express condolences and apologize. They said that the special envoy encountered gangsters here and was responsible for poor public security management. They hoped that the special envoy would hand over these gangsters to the local sheriff for severe punishment. Eisen received this group of people, he shook his head and said: "They are not gangsters but assassins. They are now our prisoners and they will be taken back to the Kingdom of Macedonia for disposal."
The local official added: "We are willing to pay whatever ransom Aristotle and Lord Eisen require." However, Eisen rejected this request at the instruction of Aristotle, and had to submit a request to the Kingdom of Macedonia to redeem the prisoners of war. Please wait until the mission returns to Macedonia, so that the local officials of Miduli will not have to intervene.
The officials in the town had no choice but to send people to the city-state of Arran overnight to report the news. The next day, Aristotle's convoy continued to leave the territory of Miduli and entered the city-state of Olintos. In the city-state of Olintos, thirty assassins were still tied into two strings and followed the convoy, attracting almost everyone in the city to watch. Of course, Merlin and the two great warriors were recognized again.
So the same thing happened again. Some people asked to redeem the "prisoners of war", and some asked Aristotle to hand over the "assassin" to the local magistrate for severe punishment, but Aristotle refused again for the same reason. Along the way, Aristotle did not ask the identity of the assassins, nor did he interrogate anyone. The prisoners were also frightened and confused. They didn't know what Aristotle meant and what fate was waiting for them?
Especially for the three arrogant great achievers, such torture was more uncomfortable than killing them with a knife. Along the way, they made several requests to be interrogated quickly, but Medanzo ignored them. They were the assassins who assassinated the Macedonian mission. Even if someone wanted to rescue or silence them, they could not do it openly and could only set up an ambush in a hidden place. When the convoy left the border of the Olintos city-state, it encountered another group of "assassins" in the mountains.
The target of the assassin's attack was not Aristotle's motorcade, but the group of defenseless prisoners following the motorcade. As a result, after the team walked out of the mountains and forests, the thirty prisoners escorted by Medanzo turned into ninety. Walking on the road felt a bit majestic. Going further north, they entered the territory controlled by the Kingdom of Macedonia.
The second batch of assassins were also urgently sent by the city-state of Arlen, but they were captured by Amon and Metanzo. Medanzo deliberately mixed the first group of assassins with the second group of assassins and tied them again with ropes so that they could talk to each other on the way. As a result, the prisoners started to quarrel among themselves.
The captured warrior Moira cursed the commander of the second assassin team, claiming that he was following the city-state's secret order to risk his life to assassinate the Macedonian Kingdom's envoy. Unfortunately, he was captured by mistake. The city-state sent reinforcements but did not try to rescue him. Killing them to silence them is so shameless!
Metanzo couldn't help but scolded: "Mr. Aristotle has no enmity with you. He just signed the covenant and wanted to tear it up in the blink of an eye. However, he resorted to despicable assassination methods and had the nerve to scold others!" All the prisoners bowed their heads. Say nothing.
The delegation of more than 20 people took 90 prisoners of war, passed through various towns in the Kingdom of Macedonia, and arrived at the city-state of Macedonia with people watching all the way. Before they could see the Macedonian city walls, smoke and dust rose in the distance, horses' hooves rumbled and flags flew. King Philip II personally led his guards out of the city to greet them, and gave the returning envoys the highest courtesy.
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The Kingdom of Macedonia was a state that emerged in the late stages of the Greco-Persian War, and its current king, Philip II, is also a great hero. When the Boze army first invaded, the Kingdom of Macedonia once surrendered to Boze. The Boze people requisitioned local civilians to build military fortresses and transport military supplies.
At that time, Philip II was the uncle of the young king. He sent a group of cronies to infiltrate the ranks of the civilians to spy on and collect various intelligence on the Boze people, and analyzed and sorted out the location of the Boze army on the Heaton Peninsula. A series of information such as the distribution of troops and material transportation routes were provided to Qibada and Yalen in the south. In the subsequent decisive battle of Greece and Persia, the military intelligence provided by Philip II played an important role.
After the end of the Greco-Persian War, the Persian army withdrew from the Heaton Peninsula.??The situation in Macedonia was very chaotic for a time. Philip II took the opportunity to depose the young king and ascend the throne in person. Not only did he calm down the situation in his own country, the Kingdom of Macedonia also took advantage of the situation to rise and fill the chaotic and ownerless power vacuum in the surrounding area after the withdrawal of Poz. .
At this time, in the south of the Heaton Peninsula, the League of Aaron and the League of Qibada were fighting for hegemony, and civil wars were raging one after another. In the north, where the situation was relatively calm, the sphere of influence controlled by the Kingdom of Macedonia had been quietly expanding. The places where the Bozes withdrew were immediately occupied by Macedonia. By the time Aaron and Gebadah, who were trapped in the quagmire of civil war, were both severely weakened, the Kingdom of Macedonia had become the most powerful force in the northern part of the Heaton Peninsula.
With its territory expanding and its national power growing stronger, with no internal or external worries, 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 young son Alexander. When the careerist Fox instigated the melee between Jaron and Gibada to an uncontrollable situation, and the Boze power came back, Philip II finally decided to pacify the southern part of the Heaton Peninsula.
He sent an envoy to the city-state of Arran to discuss alliance matters, with the intention of ending the civil war, unifying Heaton, and completely driving out the power of the Boze people. The Arren people made an alliance, but then reneged on it and sent assassins to try to make the mission disappear forever. However, the assassin failed to capture him and was taken back to Macedonia.
Before Aristotle arrived, Philip II received the news. The king was not angry, but overjoyed. In his opinion, Arren, who was at the end of his rope, was looking for death. Originally, he was just making a covenant according to the traditional customs among the countries of the Heaton Peninsula, but the treacherous behavior of the Arlen city-state gave him an excuse to completely unify. .
Aristotle was able to capture the assassin alive and take it back to Macedonia as living evidence. It was so beautiful! Under this situation, if the Macedonian army went south, the states of the Heaton Peninsula would have nothing to say, so Philip II personally went out of the city to greet the envoy. There was another reason why he didn't hesitate to go dozens of miles out of the city and was in such an urgent mood.
The main god of Macedonia is Zeus. The night before Aristotle returned, Philip II received an oracle from Zeus, telling him that someone would follow Aristotle to the Kingdom of Macedonia and that person would give him a gift. This kingdom brings unprecedented achievements, even beyond everyone's imagination!
The oracle did not say who this person was, and Philip II was very happy. In his opinion, just the captives brought back by Aristotle already had great value.
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Aristotle completed his mission when he handed over the signed covenant and the prisoners to the king. This was perhaps the most dramatic covenant in the history of the United Kingdom of Heaton, because it was torn up before it was handed over to the other side.
I don¡¯t know if the dignitaries in Yalon City will cry, because the covenant clearly states that the two countries will form an alliance, non-aggression against each other, and will jointly resist foreign enemies. But now the covenant has expired, and those captives are evidence that the Jaronites have broken the covenant.
Since the oracle of Zeus did not mention the name of that "person", theoretically he could be anyone brought back by Aristotle, or he could be among those prisoners of war. Therefore, Philip II had to deal with it carefully. He did not kill any of the captives. He put them all under house arrest alone and interrogated them separately. They were given preferential treatment but did not allow redemption.
The interrogation was not difficult, and many people confessed voluntarily without even being tortured. Metanzo had tormented them enough along the way, and Philip II, who treated them favorably, was like a savior sent by the gods.
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