spartan ancestor

The sound of rain is still tirelessly drilling into the ears, as if isolating people from the real world.

After the Governor and the two guards fell, the wounded in the front yard gradually stopped moaning and stared in shock.

After maintaining this dumbfounded goose state for a while, someone belatedly screamed through the rain: "Apollo——"

As soon as Oss settled Alan, he turned the door and saw this scene: "..."

"Oh!"

He didn't pay attention for a while, the arm muscles holding the wooden door tensed, and he forcibly broke off the frame of the poor wooden door.

Oss was not in the mood to take care of the door panel, he threw it away and strode up to Jacintos: "Are you crazy?!"

Hyacinthus' brows were originally huddled together, but they separated as if he had realized the sound. He glanced at his elder brother: "It's not crazy. My speculation is even more crazy. You didn't notice that the governor The attitude of a political official? He is as sure as if he is sure that he will be in office for one year and the next year."

Jacintos thoughtfully wiped away the red marks on the back of the sword with his fingertips, and some breakpoints in his memory lit up, sorted them quickly, and connected them into lines: "At that time in the olive grove, Alan asked you to take care of me. What the hell is a 'baby bird'?"

He turned to Oss, who was frowning instinctively, and before the other party denied it, he said: "Not long ago, when the governor first took office, he sent a small team to assassinate one of my black laborers."

"The combat skills of that team of recruits were terrible. I wondered why the governor would send such a team to take on the assassination mission that only elite fighters would perform? It's even more strange how they behaved like they just Not long into training."

"At that time, based on various signs, I concluded that the Governor and Cleo wanted to deal with the instigator who was responsible for the group of recruits. But when I asked the recruits, and even asked their father, they were all confused about the identity of the instigator. , the oddities of this recruit remain silent."

"Is there a possibility..." Jacintos said slowly, "The encourager of the group of recruits is Alan?"

"You have always been committed to fighting for more rights and interests for Mortax. Perhaps the Senate had secretly approved Alan to select a team of adult Mortax as an experiment. That's why the group of recruits behaved so poorly, because they I have just been selected into the team, and I really haven't trained for long."

This can explain some problems, for example, those soldiers still maintain some arrogance, with a little contempt for Heluoshi.

Yacintos observed the change of expression on Oss's face: "I guess, even if the stubborn old people in the Senate approve it, they won't be able to accept so many mixed-bloods with Helotes blood in their bodies to join the army. Those mixed-bloods are not Alan. You picked it yourself, right? Otherwise, Alan would definitely pick the kind of mixed race that doesn't have racial prejudice, after all, his mother is a black laborer."

"..." Various expressions flashed across Aussie's face, he was tangled in contradictions for a while, and finally gave up and said, "That's right."

Austin took a moment and glanced at Jacintos: "After all the rumors before, I thought you... Those recruits were indeed selected by the Senate. Their fathers were Spartan nobles, more or less It has an intricate connection with the group of great nobles represented by the Senate. My mother is a border dweller who runs a business at home and has relatively affluent family conditions."

When Oss said this, his expression was slightly mocking.

It's hard to say what kind of mentality this group of recruits look down on Hei Luoshi. They may think that the other half of their body is of border people's blood. How can they be superior to Hei Luoshi?

The Senate obviously made things difficult on purpose. They obviously did not want Alan to succeed by picking such a group of people for Alan.

"—Then it's normal for them to be pushed out as pawns." Hyacinthus put the dagger back into its sheath, "In fact, when they failed to assassinate, I tested the governor and Cleo. At that time, I It's also very strange, judging by their attitude, it seems that whether the assassination is successful or not, it is in their hands."

Now I can figure out why.

The Senate itself is not of one mind. There are moths like Darth's father, and there are upright people like old Tidallie.

If the assassination was successful, Jacintos would definitely hate the Senate, so the black hand behind the scenes successfully separated the Yagiade family from the upright part of the Senate, leaving the Yagiade family in an isolated and helpless situation.

If the assassination is unsuccessful, they can also blame the group of mixed-race soldiers and Alan, and scold how unreliable the idea of ​​"absorbing more Mortax into the army" is.

Yacintos thought a little more. Alan does not have military or financial power in his hands. What's the point of the black hands behind the scenes trying so hard to design Alan?

The only possibility is that, just like this Olympic Games, the black hand behind the scenes wanted to use Alan as a springboard from beginning to end to spread the matter to his brother, and then spread to His Majesty Una.

"It's hard for them..." Yacintos murmured.

He remembered that when he warned the recruits to pay attention to safety, a stunned young man once muttered that their encouragers were very busy and almost never saw them.

In other words, Alan has been preparing for the Olympic Games since then.

Assassination and the Olympic Games, two plots were planted at the same time.

The people who planned it all planned quite well and were ready to walk on two legs.

It's a pity that when the governor and Cleo were about to quarrel, the plot was revealed by Jacintos and exposed in public, and Jacintos accidentally chopped off a leg.

But the remaining leg still stumbled to reach the goal.

As for the goal... so much trouble, just to destroy the reputation of the Yagiade family?

Yacintos looked down at the Governor: "Under what circumstances, Your Excellency the Governor will be extremely sure that he can break the old rule of retiring for one year and not being re-elected?"

And who is it that would think so hard, just wanting to overthrow the mountain of the Yakiade family?

Oss almost gasped for a moment: "Do you think it was the work of the Euripontide family?"

Yacintos shrugged: "Be bold, I still think that the old Kesang and his son want to overthrow the double king system and control Sparta alone."

A deep Yin Lei rolled across the sky.

After a while, Oss acted like a marionette, acting subconsciously: "According to Alan's current situation, the group of recruits will definitely be silenced as useless chess - I will ask the guards to lead them out , Bring over the group of recruits that Alan is in charge of."

At this moment, he was extremely thankful that he had remained humble when he stepped into the settlement for ten years, and never let his soldiers follow in, but only stationed on the outside.Otherwise, with Jacintos' behavior, he didn't know how to end it.

Jacintos nodded: "By the way, brother, please go to the back mountain and bury these three."

"..." Oss stared at his younger brother for a while, "What about after the burial? Have you thought about what to do next?"

Yacintos looked extremely calm: "Alan and these people can't stay here any longer. When the group of recruits arrive, tell them to take the wounded and set off immediately to Poseidon in southern Laconia if they want to survive. Temple."

By some ancient and traditional agreement, it had been agreed that the Hilos—that is, the Helos—could take refuge in that temple.

Jacintos and Oss looked at each other: "Remember to remind them that even if there is a refuge, they'd better not rely on it. Turn around and start from the back mountain, try to hide your traces so that they won't be discovered. Don't expect to be with Klein What kind of agreement does the Ou and his sons or the moths of the Senate talk about? They only follow what they want to follow. In the interests of the present, they will not hesitate even if they need to disrespect the gods. When the time comes, there is no reason to use violence to drag people out of the Temple of Poseidon possible."

"..." Oss had to admit that although Hyacinthos' insight into human nature was cruel and cold, it was the most likely to happen, he whispered, "Have you ever thought about it, even if you don't care about the governor for the time being?" , let’s send Alan and the others away, according to what the Governor revealed, the Senate is likely to declare war on Helots?”

The composure on Yacintos's face was not disturbed at all: "I thought about it. So I have a way to get the best of both worlds."

Oss is slightly taller than Jacintos, and Jacintos raised his head to look at his elder brother: "I don't know if I should pray that human nature is not as dark as I imagined, but if the enemy can't refuse this proposal I prepared, I'm afraid we must be prepared."

"Prepare what?" Oss asked subconsciously.

Hyacinthus' eyes were heavy: "Prepare for a war that is bound to come."

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There is no doubt about the efficiency of Oss's actions. The group of old acquaintances and recruits carried disbelief, unwillingness, grief... all kinds of emotions on Alan and Helos. An eagle with gray feathers.

This unruly creature seemed to be very impatient with rainy days. When eating rations in his mouth, his eyes showed contempt and disdain. He didn't jump to Jacintos's side reservedly until he was full.

Hyacinthus was writing on the strip:

【… Whether you find the mercenary's hideout or not, or have any clues, don't go back to Sparta.Go to the Temple of Poseidon in the south of Laconia, and take care of Alan's family and other Helots for me. 】

Hyacinthus wrote this, paused for a moment, and let Gray Eagle rub his face with the top of his head.

According to Aka's character, is he really obedient?With Aka's stubborn temper, even if he heard that Sparta was about to be smashed to ashes by lightning, he would stubbornly run back.

So he took up his pen and added a few more words:

[If everything goes as I expected, I will leave Sparta for a while soon, so you won’t be able to find me even if you come back.

Don't worry too much, in fact, it just so happened that I was worrying about it before, and wanted to find a legitimate reason to leave the city-state... This is actually a mistake. 】

He racked his brains for some words of persuasion, and didn't stop until Gray Eagle impatiently pecked at the penholder with its beak.

Gathered the cloth strips and tied them to Gray Eagle's feet. When Jacintos walked out of the courtyard to release Gray Eagle, his brother's overcrowded courtyard was already empty: "All gone?"

Oss nodded: "Alan's father has also been on the battlefield many times, leading or training that team of recruits is easy to catch." He looked at the pouring rain and murmured, "This rain is convenient for escaping, and the footprints in the mountains will soon be wiped out." Rinse off."

It also includes traces of three new graves.

There was a sound that Oss was familiar with from the foot of the mountain. He withdrew his gaze from the back mountain, walked to the window and looked down the mountain.

An army was approaching against the wind and rain, and the two leaders rode horses in a non-pragmatic manner. Even though the road up the mountain was slippery due to the steep rain, they had no intention of getting off their horses.

"Father Cleo." Jacintos smacked his lips, "That's awesome. Could you please tell me, how did His Majesty the old Ksang, who always rides horses on mountain roads, go out and lead troops to fight? "

"..." Oss looked back at Jacintos for a while, and for the first time said an unsteady and rather poisonous evaluation in front of Jacintos, "How do you think I became the only one other than the king?" General."