Pivot of the Sky

Having heard Aristotle's words, Amon remembered Taylor, the wise man of Miduli, with some thought. That Tyrus had spent all day in the square preaching and teaching people all kinds of knowledge, and they laughed at him for not being useful to the merchants in the city of Miduli. As a result, Tyrus borrowed a fortune from Iso to do business, made a lot of money, and then went on to preach and impart knowledge.

Tyrus does business to prove only one thing, and the knowledge he teaches is not useless to the businessman, but neither is what he himself seeks. Tyrus has proven himself to be a brilliant businessman, but he is not a businessman, and if you look at Aristotle, the great magician in front of you, he is not a magician, and there is no need to pursue the identity of a magician.

Amon thought of himself again, and Zeus promised him, "Here, you can't be a god!” This covenant sounds kind of funny, because Amon is a god, a fact that cannot be changed in any way. How then can this promise be respected while seeking inner tranquillity? When I met Aristotle, Amon got the answer.

Where people often say thank you to the gods in their hearts, Amon can only say thank you to Aristotle at this time.

When Amon was silent, Eisen finally couldn't bear to ask, "What are we going to do with these assassins? Especially the Merlyn High Priest, who is an important figure in Aaron City! ”

Aristotle looked at the unconscious assassins lying on the avenue and thought, "Take them all away and wait until they're safe. ”

"Mr. Aristotle, with me, is a safe place," said Ammon. ”

Eisen asked, "What are we going to do with these people after the interrogation? We can't take so many prisoners on the road. ”

These assassins are now equivalent to prisoners of war. Prisoners of war are basically handled in the same manner in the conflicts in the Hilton states, where nobles in their capacity are detained, demanding a large ransom from each other, and civilian prisoners without “value” may be sold into slavery and sometimes executed or released.

Since these people were captured by Amon, and they were Amon's “spoils of war", they had to be consulted on how to dispose of them. Aristotle added: "This group of assassins is important to the Kingdom of Macedonia, and I would like to bring them all back if possible. Amon, Medanzo, if you want ransom, the Kingdom of Macedonia can pay, please let me take people away. ”

Amon waved: "You dispose of it, I don't need any ransom. From now on, they will be your prisoners. ”

Eisen frowned: "How can we take these assassins back so far away? These men are here to kill and if the news gets out, I'm afraid someone will try to kill these assassins halfway. ”

"Don't worry, we're here to escort Mr. Aristotle," said Medanzo. These 30 assassins can be transported to me alone, and I promise to keep them on the road honestly, so you don't have to worry. ”

Aristotle ordered the guards to "disarm the assassins first and search for any excess, even if it is your trophy. They lay in the deep mountains, couldn't have come on foot, the horses must have hidden somewhere nearby. Our horses have lost money. Go find them too. ”

As soon as the guards heard there was cheap to take advantage of, they searched the assassins with joy, and others went to the hidden horses in the mountains. Thanks to the generosity of Amon and Lord Aristotle, we have all made a small fortune, not to mention that the weapons carried by the assassins are also valuable.

By then, a great warrior had woken up, covered in acid and soft motion, and found a guard stroking in his arms, blushing and yelling angrily: "I am Moira, the great samurai of Aaron City, do not be so rude! Even if I am a prisoner, I demand the privilege of being a prisoner! ”

Medanzo walked up to him and kicked him with a smile. “Courtesy? Why didn't you mention courtesy when you were ambushing here to kill someone? Great warrior, don't shake the wind here. Stay down! ”

Indeed, the escorts searched dozens of horses in the secluded area of the nearby mountain forest, and Medanzo woke up the assassins, not only limiting their power by magic, but also tying their hands back in two rows and letting them walk behind the convoy of the mission. Medanzo was escorted back in a horse house, while Amon was on the road in a car with Aristotle.

Only then did Eisen know that there was not only a great magician in the assassin team, but also two great warriors! Even more fearful, thanks to Amon and Medanzo, otherwise the consequences would be unthinkable.

Such a team seemed so strange that that afternoon they walked out of the mountains and into a town, causing local residents to watch.

Medanzo tied the assassins back to their hands and followed the convoy with a string of ropes, but Aristotle did not stop them, and Amon guessed the intentions of the wise man, so he quietly ordered Medanzo to say a few words.

How did Merlin, the high priest of Aaron City State, experience this humiliation? He was tied with a string of ropes in his reverse hands, walked with a group of captives in a street alley to be watched, and a child threw stones at him like watching a monkey. The town officials were dismayed to learn that the Royal Macedonian Mission had been attacked in the mountains and relieved to learn that there had been no casualties, but then began to mourn, as Merlin and two other great warriors had been identified.

Local officials came to offer their condolences and apologies while resting in the pavilion this evening. They expressed the hope that the Special Envoy, who had encountered the criminals here, would hand them over to the local magistrates for harsh punishment as a result of mismanagement of the security. Eisen received the group and shook his head: "They are not gangsters, but assassins, now our prisoners, to be taken back to the Kingdom of Macedonia for disposal. ”

Local officials added: "We are all willing to pay for how much ransom Aristotle and Lord Eisen need.” However, Eisen refused this request with Aristotle's authorization, and the redemption of prisoners of war was to be submitted to the Kingdom of Macedonia until the mission returned to Macedonia, without the need for local officials in Miduli to intervene.

Officials in the town were helpless and had to send a message to Arlen City State at night. Aristotle's convoy continued the following day, leaving Miduli to enter Olinthos City State. Thirty assassins were still tied up in two convoys in the state of Olinthos, almost sparking sights of the whole city, and Merlin and the two great warriors were of course recognised.

The same thing ensued, with requests for the redemption of “prisoners of war" and requests for Aristotle to hand over the “assassins" to the local magistrates, which were rejected by Aristotle on the same grounds. Aristotle did not ask who the assassins were, nor did he question anyone along the way. The captives were also in shock. It was unclear what Lord Aristotle meant, and what fate awaited them?

Especially the three arrogant great achievers, who suffered more than a knife to kill them, demanded to be interrogated several times along the way, but Medanzo ignored it. They were assassins who assassinated the Macedonian mission, and even if someone tried to save or silence them, they could not do so openly; they could only lay in hidden places. When the convoy left the state border of Olinthos City, another group of "assassins” were encountered in the mountains.

The assassins did not target Aristotle's convoy, but the irresistible prisoners who followed it. As a result, after the team walked out of the mountain forest, Medanzo took the prisoners from 30 to 90, and walked on the main road with a little tremendous significance, before heading north into the territory controlled by the Kingdom of Macedonia.

The second assassins were also sent by Aaron City State on an emergency basis and were taken by Amon and Medanzo. Medanzo deliberately mixed the first assassins with the second and tied them up again with a rope so that they could talk to each other on the road, and the captives argued themselves.

The captured great samurai Moira blabbed the commander of the second assassin squad, claiming that he risked his life to assassinate the mission of the Kingdom of Macedonia on the secret orders of the city state. Unfortunately, he was captured by mistake, and the city state sent reinforcements to try not to save him, but to kill them. It is shameful!

Medanzo couldn't help but scold: "Mr. Aristotle has no grievances with you, he just signed a covenant and tried to tear it apart, but he resorted to despicable assassinations and was ashamed to scold others!” The prisoners bowed their heads.

With more than 90 prisoners of war, the missions of more than 20 people crossed the towns of the Kingdom of Macedonia and watched the entire journey of the population to the state of Macedonia. They had not yet seen the walls of Macedonia, soot had been raised from afar, the banner of horseshoes had soared and King Philip II had led the Guard out of the city to greet them, giving the returning mission the highest standards of courtesy.

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The Kingdom of Macedonia was a state that emerged in the late Hippo war, and now King Philip II is a remarkable hero. At the beginning of the invasion, the Kingdom of Macedonia had once bowed to Poz, who had requisitioned local civil servants to build military fortifications and transport logistical munitions.

At that time, Philip II, as the uncle of the young king, sent a group of close relatives into the militia to spy on and gather information about the Potts and to analyse and collate a series of information on the distribution of the Potts army's forces on the Heaton Peninsula, the route of material delivery, and so on, to provide it to Kibada and Aaron in the south. The military intelligence provided by Philip II played an important role in the subsequent Hippo showdown.

Following the withdrawal of Potts troops from the Hippo peninsula after the war, the situation in Macedonia was once chaotic, and Philip II seized the opportunity to abandon the young king himself, not only to calm the situation in his country, but also to take advantage of the rise of the Kingdom of Macedonia to fill the chaotic power vacuum around the periphery after Potts' withdrawal.

At that time, in the south of the Heaton Peninsula, the Aaron Alliance fought against the Kibada Alliance, and the civil war was raging. In the relatively calm north, however, the sphere of influence under the control of the Kingdom of Macedonia has been quietly expanding, and the retreat of the Poz people was immediately occupied by Macedonia. By the time Aaron and Kibada, caught up in the mud of civil war, the climate of the Kingdom of Macedonia had become one of the most powerful forces in the northern part of the Hitton peninsula.

The Kingdom of Macedonia has begun its golden development period with the expansion of the land and the growing strength of the country, with no internal worries or external problems. Philip II deliberately invited Aristotle, a famous sage, to teach his youngest son, Alexander, as a palace teacher. Philip II finally decided to calm the south of the Heaton Peninsula when the ambitious Fox provoked the conflagration between Aaron and Kibada to become impenetrable and Potts returned to power.

He sent a mission to Aaron City to negotiate alliances with a view to ending the civil war and reunifying Hitton and banishing the Poz forces altogether. The Aarons entered into a covenant, but turned their backs and sent assassins to try to make the mission disappear forever. But the assassin was captured by mistake and taken back to Macedonia.

Aristotle hasn't arrived yet, and Philip II was informed. Instead of being ashamed and angry, the king was overjoyed. In his view, Aaron, who had already lost his way, was searching for his own death. He had merely made a covenant in accordance with the traditional customs among the States of the Hilton Peninsula, while Aaron City's treachery gave him an excuse for complete reunification.

Aristotle took the assassin alive and brought him back to Macedonia as proof of his life. It was beautiful! Under the circumstances, if the Macedonian army went south, the States of the Hitton Peninsula would have nothing to say, so Philip II greeted the mission himself out of town. There was another reason why he was so desperate to leave the city for decades.

The Lord God of Macedonia is Zeus. On the evening before Aristotle's return, Philip II received a message from Zeus that someone would follow Aristotle to the Kingdom of Macedonia, who would bring unprecedented merit to the Kingdom and even exceed all expectations!

The Oracle did not say who this man was, and Philip II was heartened that, in his view, the captives brought back by Aristotle alone already had tremendous value.

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Aristotle handed over signed covenants and prisoners to the King, even if he fulfilled his mission. This is perhaps the most dramatic covenant in the history of the United Kingdom of Heaton, as it was torn apart when it was handed over to the other side.

I wonder if the rulers in Aaron City will cry, because the covenant clearly states that the two states will form an alliance and will not violate each other, and will resist foreign enemies together. But now that the covenant has expired, the prisoners are proof of the destruction of the covenant by the Aarons.

Since the name “man" was not mentioned in Zeus' Oracle, he could theoretically be any new person brought back by Aristotle, or possibly in that group of prisoners of war. So Philip II had to be cautious, and none of the prisoners killed him, all under house arrest, interrogated separately, given preferential treatment but not allowed to be redeemed.

There was no difficulty in interrogating, and many people took the initiative to confess without even having to press charges. It was enough that Medanzo tormented them on this journey, and giving preference to their Philip II was like a savior sent by the gods.

* * (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.)