Pivot of the Sky

Instead, Iso volunteered to explain to his relatives: "They do not know if I have any heirs, and I have not been able to prove my identity, and the origin is suspicious. And the house and the estate are real property, already belong to them, they are smart or stupid, only the gods know. ”

Amon shrugged his shoulder, “I don't know, I'm in a hurry! ”

“You're rich enough to buy the house and the estate," Medanzo asked, "and if you do, I think they'll be happy to recognize you as a relative. ”

And Iso asked, “Medanzo, we live in this world. Have you ever considered a question —— who am I? You're Medanzo, but why are you Medanzo? … If I do that, I lose the point of finding my homeland. Actually, I don't mind giving them a lot of money, but for what? Start by proving yourself, I'm Iso, and act as Iso. ”

Medanzo asked, "What kind of emotion do you have when you meet a relative like this? Are you a little disappointed? ”

“Actually, I'm not surprised, let alone disappointed," Isotan said. They are all small figures in the life of the arts and crafts. The so-called 'small’ does not refer to their low status, but to their general human weakness, which may appear to be urban, selfish, suspicious and ridiculous, but their thoughts and practices are common in the world and very normal people, even the playwrights in Aaron often portray the gods as such.

If this is the case with all kinds of arts and crafts, then why can't my Iso's relatives be such small figures? Their reaction was understandable, in fact I had no resentment at all, but rather I was even grateful and grateful to the gods. I went back home to meet the family of the Ackermans, and I grew up with my father's estate. ”

Amon the driver couldn't help but sigh: "Iso, you may be the closest to the gods in this city state. ”

……

Old Ackerman's son Iso is back, 60 years after he disappeared! This caused quite a stir in the city of Miduli, which became a leisure time conversation. It was said that Iso had made money outside, but had to take back his ancestral estate and manor. It was also said that the outsider was not Iso, but had heard about the old Ackerman family, pretending to be the wealthy returning Iso, trying to trick him.

Iso lived in the inn with a muff and an escort. Anyone who was old enough to see him said that he did look a lot like the Ackermans, maybe really Iso-Ackerman. Some people started arguing again, since Iso was rich, why should he take back his cousins' assets, which he had been running for 60 years?

Red Ackerman is a very productive man to keep his property. After all these years of fighting, the house and the estate are probably long gone. If Iso returns, who can he go to? Sages who like to preach in Temple Square also talk about this, and in their opinion, if Iso is Iso, then the house and the estate are his, and Iso's generosity and niggardliness do not change this fact.

Even if Iso were willing to give the house and the estate to his cousin, he would have to prove it to him before he could speak of generosity and devotion.

Iso's identity will be determined by the Urban Council of Citizens, a request submitted by Iso himself, by 50 permanent representatives of the Urban Council of Citizens. This is not the same as being brought before a judge because the court can only entertain complaints of property disputes brought by Iso, or allegations of fraud brought by Red-Ackman against Iso, but all this presupposes the determination of Iso's identity.

Red-Ackman did not file a complaint with the City Court, but merely claimed that the identity of the old man could not be established.

On the day of the Citizens' Meeting, many interested city residents went to see the lively audience and the city hall was full of people. The Citizens' Council appointed a delegate to preside over the ruling, the famous wise man in the city of Miduli, Tyrus. After Tyrus accepted the commission, he first invited eighty years of age and older in ten city states, all of whom had met Iso-Ackerman in that year.

Longevity has always been regarded as a blessing of the Spirit, and those who have lived in the same city and state for such a long time after the years of war are respected elders, as long as they are not traitors. There were not many such people, but it was harder to recall what happened 60 years ago, and it was easy to invite 10 people.

It is indeed unrealistic to want these elders to recall clearly a juvenile they met 60 years ago without paying particular attention. Several of the elders, after seeing Iso, told Tyrus that his five officers did look like Iso-Ackerman in memory, but for too long, their impressions had long been blurred, not to mention that Iso was now an old man and could not be confirmed!

Nor did Tyrus expect the elderly to confirm that they would recall Iso's time in order to prove the verdict to be meaningful rather than farcical. A person cannot just come to the city state and claim to be someone he was decades ago, and the city council will rule on him.

Next, Tyrus asked Iso in front of the crowd: "Old people who have returned from abroad, you insist that you are Iso-Ackerman. Do you have any identification documents? ”

“I have documents that prove my identity in the cities of Ecu and Salem, but I can only prove my identity there, which is meaningless for this ruling," replied Iso. Such an instrument can only be signed by the Citizens' Assembly of the State of Miduli, which means that it will be possible for me to possess it after the conclusion of this ruling. And when the paperwork was long gone, even if I still had it, it was hard to prove that I was the person in the paperwork. ”

Next, the Citizens' Council of the City State held an important ceremony in which, on the proposal of the majority of citizens' representatives, it requested that the Spirit be sent down to the Oracle. If the Oracle confirms Iso's identity, then there is no need for a verdict. There is a statue of the patron saint of the city state in the lobby. Under the auspices of two city state priests, Taylor represents the people of the city to pray to the gods and pray for the coming of the divine message.

The situation in the Olympus Divine System is interesting, and its divine composition is similar to that of the United Kingdom of Heaton, where Zeus is not the master god of every city, and almost every city believes in its own patron god as the master god of the city. For example, Arlena is the patron saint of Aaron City State, Ares, the patron saint of Kibada City State, the god of war and blacksmith, and Hermes, the patron saint of Miduli City State, the messenger of the gods and the god of commerce.

Amon and Medanzo also stood in the crowd watching, and Medanzo's voice sounded quietly in Iso's soul: "Don't worry, old man, if those two priests were bought and deliberately lied and impersonated, I would keep them quiet forever! ”

Iso doesn't worry about this, he just looks at it in silence, ordinary priests don't lie on such occasions, if they truly believe in the gods, how much will it cost them to betray the gods in public? And Amon is very interested in this. Will Hermes give down the message to confirm Iso's identity?

Indeed, there came a message from Hermes on the altar, and Amon sensed very clearly that the priest had not played any tricks, and that Tyrus, who presided over the ceremony, had truly proclaimed the content of the message ——

“O people of Miduli, this old man before you has returned from an exotic land, where he has not received the glory of the Spirit, who will not prove his identity and will need to prove himself. ”

Ammon slightly flashed, and that Hermes should be able to identify Iso, for example, Ammon's use of retrospective magic —— today Iso is Iso-Ackerman back then. Instead, Hermes refused to provide conclusions and asked Iso to prove himself, handing over the power of adjudication to the Citizens' Council of the City State.

But Hermes did not lie, and the gods were telling the truth, and he did not deny Iso's identity. Tyrus didn't seem surprised by this result, and after reading the message, he said to Iso: “The god has a message that will allow you to prove your identity. ”

Iso replied, "I can prove myself, I stand here as proof, but what evidence do I have to provide before the Council of Citizens can make a ruling? ”

Tyrus thought, “This is a problem. You're actually you. You don't have to prove it. However, according to city and state decrees, the basis for the ruling must be three: the mark of past identity, the memories of past experiences awakened, and the traces of the land you retain. ”

Iso nodded: “That's the way it should be. I'll do it one by one. Come on, let's take a closer look at this mark.” He stretched out an arm and held his sleeve close to the elbow fossa on the inside of his upper arm, with a blurred light brown mark that appeared to leave a wound a long time ago.

"I was naughty when I was a kid, and I heard that gold didn't burn down or deteriorate in the fire, so I grilled myself on the fire with something clamping my father's ring, and accidentally dropped it on my arm. The Ackerman family crest was engraved on the ring, when I was only eight years old, and the wounds were exactly half the crest. This wound grew larger as I grew up, but I could still see the silhouette of the crest. ”

Tyrus called Red-Ackman to his front, took off his ring and looked at the family crest, and the mark on Iso's arm was indeed the vague outline of half the crest, apparently not recently left behind. Taylor also called other citizens' council delegates present to take turns, although the wound was blurred, yet identifiable.

Medanzo in the crowd was happy with his mouth and secretly said to Iso that the old man was ghostly enough to hide his hand. He waited for this occasion to abduct his sleeve.

After examining the wounds, Iso put down his sleeve and said, "How can you not remember the past? How else would I find my way back here? Mr. Taylor, I need you to ask Red-Ackman a few words. My old house has been renovated, but the steps in front of the gate have remained intact for 70 years, right? ”

Tyrus turned around and asked Ryder, who nodded in the affirmative. Iso added: "There are five steps of stone in front of the main entrance of the courtyard. It is built with a whole slab of stone pressed against one another, and the four slabs above are removed. The biggest and heaviest slab at the bottom is flipped over, and the engraved pattern on the back, I remember, can be painted in public. ”

Taylor asked, “How did you know? ”

"The steps were built when I was six years old," replied Iso. "I saw them with my own eyes. ”

Tyrus ordered Iso to bring a pen and paper, and Iso drew a scepter on parchment paper with two python wrapped around the top, as is common with Hermes' scepter, engraved under the stone slab on the steps for the guardian's yard. Many of Miduli's buildings were built in this custom, leaving the symbol of the guardian saint of the city in an invisible location. As for where to stay, it is the secret of every household, and it is said that if this secret is revealed by the devil, the protection of the Guardian God will be lost.

The courtyard was newly built after Iso's father and Red's father split up, and the symbol of the Guardian God remained on the back of the tablet on the first step of the front steps of the door, a situation that was not even clear to Red-Ackman, Iso said publicly.

This can't be a joke. If it is verified, then, according to custom, the compound will have to be remodeled before it can live, because the hidden position of the Guardian God has been revealed. Tyrus quickly asked a priest to take a strong team of samurai to the compound and tear down the steps to open the slab for inspection.

Some time later, the examiner returned, and the priest reported the results to the representative of the Council of Citizens. There were no traces of passivity on the steps in front of the courtyard door, and the information provided by Iso was accurate. The voices in the lobby suddenly became noisy and people were whispering, and no one had ever doubted Iso's identity.

Tyrus waved and asked everyone to be quiet and let Iso continue talking. Iso was about to say, "My lords, distinguished delegates of the Council of Citizens, no more questions, this old man is my cousin Iso Ackerman, and I am sure of it! ”

Rade-Ackman, a nobleman and one of the representatives of the Citizens' Council in the city state, heard the audience's arguments clearly and clearly. Whether he recognizes Iso as a cousin or not, Iso has been identified in the hearts and minds, and if he waits until after the verdict, he and his three sons will be stigmatized and ridiculed in the future. Red, though a city, knew how to govern, and stood up.

Taylor smiled and looked at Red: “Now the subject of the Citizens' Meeting is to see if the old man before me is Iso-Ackerman, 60 years ago, and on this occasion you admit that it does not represent the end result. Mr. Isaac, Mr. Reid, do we continue to ask, or are we going to put it to the vote now? ”

“Please vote now," Iso said with a smile. "If the representatives of the Citizens' Council of Urban States think it necessary for me to continue to prove it, I will do so again. ”

At the beginning of the voting, the fifty representatives who participated in the voting agreed that Iso needed no further proof to confirm that he was Iso-Ackerman. Praise and applause were heard in the lobby, and Red-Ackman called his three sons to greet Uncle Iso. My eldest son, Blake, was blushing with shame, my second son, Hunter, was embarrassed, and my third son, Welle, looked happy.

Iso opened his arms and gave his cousin a warm hug, then hugged three nephews in turn, then reached out and took out three Flame Elves and gave them one for each of the three nephews: "Dear nephews, I returned home alone, and this is the gift I had prepared for you. Now that you have confirmed my uncle, please accept it, it is a blessing to return from afar. ”

A lot of people in the lobby were stunned and looked at the fire elves in the hands of the three brothers, who had never expected Iso to be so generous that he gave them such a precious gift in public. In fact, when Iso first met his relatives, he planned to send them, otherwise Medanzo would not have taken them out, which was a gift that had already been prepared.

Red Ackerman sweated on his head and thanked his three sons on his knees, stepping forward to grab Iso's arm and shaking his excited lips: "My cousin, you are so generous! How can you give something so precious to a child? Please forgive me...”

When Iso interrupted him, he laughed: “I never blamed you. I heard you were going to buy a merchant boat to do business. I had no other use for keeping this money. If I were your cousin, it would be natural to fund them.... In fact, I thank you very much. After all these years, when I returned home, I could still see my home and my teenager's estate, you and your family kept them, which is too precious for me! ”

It was a very emotional scene, and Taylor cleared his voice and said, "Today's meeting is over, and I congratulate the Ackerman family on recognizing the first subject on which they voted. The second issue will be put to the vote by Hunt-Ackerman of the Ackerman family, and the second proposal will not enter into force until the results of the ruling on the first issue have been reached. ”

Iso turned silently and asked, "Oh, dear sir, is there a second topic today? ”

Tyrese answered somewhat helplessly: "Yes, this second topic is also relevant to you. The Citizens' Council of the City unanimously ruled that you are Iso-Ackerman, son of Sains-Ackman, and that the estate and estate left by Mr. Sains-Ackman should belong to you, as determined at the time of the ruling. Your nephew Hunt-Ackerman raised another subject in advance, requesting another ruling based on this ruling...”

Tyrese's words were not finished, and Hunt-Altman stood up blushed and opened his arms and said out loud: "Pardon my disrespect, representatives of the Citizens' Council, I withdraw my offer! ”

Red-Ackman also said, "O god, forgive this foolish child! I also asked him to withdraw his offer. ”

Tyrus asked with a faint smile, "Mr. Hunt-Ackerman, are you sure you want to give up your request? ”

Hunter nodded continuously: "Yes, I gave up! ”

Taylor simply waved: "So that concludes this meeting. ”

* * (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on recommendations, monthly tickets (qidian.com) and your support is my biggest motivation.)