Pivot of the Sky: 318, the wolf is coming

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After Amon left, Aesop had been living an easy life in Midori, and he was a good friend with the famous sage Thales, and he often went to Temple Square to chat with people. He is old and has nothing else to do, he likes to tell stories. He has been to all parts of the Tianshu mainland and experienced too many things. It is also quite wonderful to briefly tell a few paragraphs about his life.

Many young people and children especially like to listen to Aesop telling stories. Gradually, Aesop telling stories on Temple Square has become a landscape of Midori. Aesop tells people about the stories and legends in various places. The protagonist of the story is not himself. Of course, Amon is often mentioned when reviewing his experience. From Egypt to the Duque Plains, including the original Tianshu mainland countries, Amon has left many legends.

A young man who walked out of the mountains, eventually became a human legend. Such an experience is very fascinating to other young people in the world. People can't help but think of Aesop's former coachman also called Amon, perhaps the name given by the old man, which symbolizes the nostalgia for the past years. Dori.

Aesop ’s story unwittingly affected many people, and even some young people began to worship Amun, which caused dissatisfaction among others, especially the priests of Midori. Communicating with people in the Temple Square, it is inevitable to be asked questions about gods and beliefs. In the city-states of Heaton, the atmosphere of conversation is quite open.

Someone noticed that although Aesop was rich, he never went to the temple to offer sacrifices to the gods, nor did he participate in the city-sacrifice ceremony. Someone asked him: "Aesop, do you believe in gods?" Aesop replied: "I have my God in my heart." Someone asked again: "Why have you never sacrificed in the temple?" Aesop asked: "Listening to my story, do you still not know where my **** is?"

The wise man understood, of course, that Aesop did not directly speak out of disrespect for the gods, but the **** in his heart was not in the temple on the square. So someone deliberately alienated him, but some people were willing to listen to him tell stories. Aesop's eloquence is excellent. The stories he tells are both interesting and reasonable, and his experience seems to be endless.

One day, a young man came out of the temple and came to Aesop. Aesop actually knew him, and had seen it in his own shop, a passer-by who had asked for a price by pointing at the idol. Amon once reminded Aesop that this person was Hermes who came to the world.

Hermes said to Aesop: "This old man, can I make a request to you?"

Aesop nodded with a smile: "Young man, please say it."

Hermes: "This is the temple square of Midori. The patron saint of this city-state is Hermes. When someone asks if you believe in a god, should you give Hermes enough? Respect? "

Aesop replied with a smile: "I did not answer that I did not believe in the existence of the gods of Hermes or Olympus, young people, when I saw you, I believed they existed. But people The 'faith' I asked was not a belief, but a true belief and following in my heart. It was precisely because in the temple square and under the eyes of the gods, I could not deceive myself. I did not deny people's belief in Hermes, nor Without directly answering my belief, it is already respect for the gods. "

Hermes stared at Aesop and said, "Can't you agree to a request? When people ask you again, you answer them. You believe in the gods. Although you have your **** in your mind, you can't communicate with others. Do people go to the temple to sacrifice to Hermes? Even if you do n’t contribute your belongings, just attend the ceremony. In that case, you will be more popular. "

Aesop did not directly answer Hermes ’question, but told him a story of“ the wolf is here ”.

There is a child with sheep on the mountain, who is idle and yelling for wolves. The adults under the mountain catch up with the mountain to fight the wolf but find that they are cheated. A few days later, the child shouted again that there were wolves, and people caught up with the mountain and found out that they had been cheated. After a few more days, the wolf really came. The child shouted that there was a wolf, but no one came up to save the mountain.

The story is short, and a few sentences are finished, and then Aesop looked at Hermes with a smile and asked, "Are the wolves coming?"

Hermes did not say a word, walked back to the temple with a straight face, and there was no way to get Aesop. He actually asked Aesop to pretend to be a believer, but Aesop asked him what is the meaning of this kind of fake worship and sacrifice? If the world is like this, sooner or later it will lose its true faith, and the gods on the altar will no longer exist. Aesop's reasoning is very clear, since Hermes is a god, he can no longer entangle this issue with him.

After a while, Aesop told a group of young people on the square the story of the creation of the city of Salim in the Duque Plains. The high priest of the Temple of Midori came over. Everyone went to salute, and Aesop got up and saluted: "Dear Master, what are you doing?"

The high priest said: "I heard the voice of the angels of the gods and said that you are the most eloquent person in the city of Midori. Why didn't you use this talent to praise the gods? You told so many stories, I have never heard your praises to the gods. Our patron saint of the city-state symbolizes the glory of the city-state, why do n’t you tell more about his legend? "

Aesop spread her hands: "Adult, you know, I left here when I was very young, and I returned to my hometown when I was old. I am talking about my experience in various places, but I have not heard of too much. The legend of Dohermes. "

The high priest smiled with Yan Yuese: "It does n’t matter. With your mouth you can tell so many wonderful legends, why not use the name of Hermes and the gods? This is just a small skill, and it is also a **** ’s Expectations. "

Aesop also laughed: "Then I will tell you a story about the gods."

Zeus, the father of the gods, had a whimsy one day and wanted to choose the most beautiful bird in the world as the king of birds. The crow knows that he looks ugly, so while the birds are grooming by the water, they secretly pick up the most beautiful feathers that fell on the water and insert them on their bodies. When Zeus arrived, Hundred Birds lined up to meet, but found that the crow was the most beautiful. The birds became angry and retrieved their own feathers, and the crow was still a crow.

Aesop ’s story was finished, and the high priest shook his head after hearing it, and turned to the temple without saying anything. Soon after, the city of Midori was conquered by Macedonia and was under the rule of the Kingdom of Macedonia, but it still retained the original city-state shrine and civic assembly to handle the internal affairs of the city-state.

The annual Delphi oracle ceremony on the Heaton Peninsula is coming soon. The Midori City State attaches great importance to this ceremony, and the merchants paid a large tax as a tribute to the Delphi Temples , Of which Aesop paid the most money. It is not that Aesop believed in the gods of Olympus, but because this is a decree of the city-state, merchants must pay this tax. Aesop is now the richest businessman in the city of Midori.

The taxes for the gift are collected, and you need to send the messenger to Delphi to present to the temples. In accordance with established practice, the temple priests will recruit nobles and civic representatives to select envoys, and first sacrifice to the patron saint in the city-state shrine. This year's sacrifice ceremony has an additional content. According to the decree of the Kingdom of Macedonia, it is necessary to sacrifice Zeus, the father of the gods, and then to the patron saint of the city-state.

At this time, Hermes lowered the oracle and appointed Aesop, the most eloquent speaker of the Midori city-state, to Delphi, and the clever messenger decided to dedicate the gold of the Midori city-state to Which deity and temple must be the deity he deserves to give.

Delphi is a holy place in the world of the Olympus. It has many temples, large and small. In addition to the twelve Master of Godss today, those ancient gods also have temples here. A long time ago, the most important temple here was the Temple of Themis, but now the main place is the Temple of Apollo, which is also the most magnificent among the Delphi temples.

In the near future, the Kingdom of Macedonia will build a more magnificent Master of Gods temple in Delphi, breaking the historical convention and no longer enshrining a **** alone, but dominated by Zeus, the father of the gods, Olympi Sri Lankan gods sacrifice.

Delphi oracles this year will still be promulgated by the Temple of Apollo. The gold brought by Aesop should naturally be the most dedicated to the Temple of Apollo. The rest of the large and small temples must be exposed to rain and dew. , To show respect for the gods, no one should offend. Because the priests of Delphi are a whole of interest in a sense, symbolizing the theocracy on the Heaton Peninsula. You can't ignore other gods because you value one god, otherwise you will offend the entire Delphi priest group.

But the status of the gods in the world is different, and each city state will inevitably have some snobbery. In general, each temple will sacrifice, but it will decide how much distribution is based on the city ’s interest needs. Limited gifts play the biggest role. This time, the oracle appointed Aesop as the messenger, and gave Aesop the power of independent decision.

Aesop led the Midori city-state mission and came to Delphi with a large sum of gold. He spent more than ten days in Delphi. Every day he went to the gates of the temples to see the sacrificial crowd and the priests. Has never given away gold. Just the day before the ceremony, on the road leading to an ancient temple in the middle of the mountain, a rolling stone blocked the half of the road-it has been in disrepair for a long time.

The stone is so big that people need to walk around when they pass by, and Aesop just sits and watches. He finally stood up after dusk, when a priestess came down from the mountain. The woman's strength was not small, and it took her a long time to move the stone away, and then found gravel to fill the pit on the road. It was already dark and Aesop watched her enter the Temple of Themis.

The next day, Aesop came to the Temple of Themis with a full plate of gold, and found the priestess: "This is a gift I gave to the temple on behalf of the city of Midoly. It is enough to rebuild the road to The mountain road here. "

The priestess frowned: "Kind and generous people, you should say first to give to the gods."

Aesop laughed: "It is dedicated to the temple where the gods are located, but the person who uses it is the priest in the temple."

The priestess said again: "But that road does not only lead to this temple."

Aesop placed gold on the altar and saluted the priestess: "But I only saw you."

The next day, the Delphi oracle ceremony was officially held. As an envoy appointed by the city-state, Aesop also participated in the ceremony and offered sacrifices to gods. The so-called sacrifice has a double meaning, one is to perform ceremonies in accordance with the ceremony, and the other is to present gifts to the temple, and Aesop just participated in the ceremony and did not send gold.

This is the oracle of Delphi this year. Apollo lowered the oracle and declared that among the messengers of the city-states, some people blasphemed and offended the gods and would be punished by the gods. The Delphi priests will send a messenger to find this person and bring formal charges against him. When the priest announced the news, there was an uproar at the ceremony. People were talking about the messenger who was going to be punished for blasphemy?

After the ceremony, Aesop returned to Midori. The full plate of gold he dedicated to the priestess was only a small part of the gift. Most of the other gold was brought back intact. This move Naturally angered Delphi's priests. The entourage in the mission was also very uneasy, but the oracle gave Aesop the decision-making power and they were not easy to interfere.

Bringing the gold dedicated to the gods back to the city-state. This is something that Midori has never happened before. People are worried when they hear the news. Aesop offended the gods and the Holy Land Delphi at the same time. The priests, failing to do so will bring disaster to the city-state. Aesop accepted the question of the noble council and the representatives of the citizens in the city-state shrine and asked him to explain his actions.

Aesop explained: "I have not violated the oracle, that is, in this temple, the oracle has given me the power to make choices and dedicate gold to gods and temples that I think are worth giving. I I have answered long ago, I have my deity, and here I do n’t want to say his name. I am also loyal to my duty. As the messenger of Midori arrived in Delphi, it took ten days to find only one. The priest who really needs this sacrifice. As for the remaining gold, I brought it back to the city-state. It was raised by the merchants of Midori. Since there is no contribution, it should be returned to the merchants. "

People's emotions are boiling, and even the merchants who took out the gold found that the gold they gave was returned by Aesop, and they felt frightened and angry. In their view, this is equivalent to losing the opportunity to pray to the gods, or the gods refused their request. All this was caused by Aesop. They cursed Aesop one after another and filed a complaint with the city-state court, demanding that Aesop be severely punished!

There are also bystanders who think that Aesop brought back gold because of greed and selfishness, and returned the gold to the merchants to buy the hearts of the people, because Aesop himself made the most money among these merchants.

Aesop argued: "You want to sue me because of your faith, but you don't know the price you have to pay to protect your faith. The oracles here gave me the power to make choices, and the choices I made are in line with my Believe, your accusation is the price I paid. The oracle made this arrangement, but the person accusing me is you. "

At this moment, the messenger sent by the Holy Land Delphi came to Midori, he saw this scene, and believed that the person who desecrated the spirit pointed out in the Oracle of Delphi was Aesop, and he brought a complaint against him in public. . In this case, Aesop ’s defense was useless, and he was sent to the city-state court for trial.

The trial has its own trial procedure. The messenger from Delphi is named Antonio. The Oracle of Delphi did not name Aesop. Antonio wanted to accuse him and prove to the world that Aesop was that person.

So Antonio investigated many of Aesop ’s past events in Midori and brought formal charges against him—promoting new gods, poisoning and corrupting the younger generation.

If this conviction is established, combined with the performance of Aesop Delphi, then it is certain that Aesop will become a person who profanates and offends the gods in the Oracle. manage's judge in this trial was Thales' friend, and he allowed Aesop to defend himself before making a judgment.

Aesop did not explain what he did, but told another story in court about a wolf and a sheep. The wolf is upstream and the sheep is downstream. They drink water in the same river, but the wolf accuses the sheep of contaminating the water it drinks. No matter what the sheep explained, the wolf ate the sheep. Because its purpose is not to discuss with the sheep who polluted whose water, or to eat the sheep.

Some people are puzzled, some are irritated by Aesop's attitude, and curse him for contempt of court. The judge understood Aesop's meaning and frowned and asked, "Are you no longer defending yourself?"

Aesop nodded and said: "I have already defended and have not violated the oracle."

The judge said with regret: "You did not violate the oracle of the patron saint. The patron saint gave you the power to make your choice, and you made your own choice. But your choice angered people and you have to pay a price. , Not violating that oracle does not mean you are innocent, I will convict you. "

Tales suggested in public: "According to the city-state decree, Aesop can choose to apologize to the gods and pay a sum of money to the city-state for his atonement. His actions did not violate the substantial interests of the people here, if any Just stand up, otherwise, the court should give Aesop such an opportunity to choose. "

The judge asked: "The merchants of Midori, Aesop brought back the gold you paid, but they did not greedy themselves, nor did they deprive you of the right to sacrifice to the gods. Here, you can give your gold to this messenger and bring it back to the Holy Land. If anyone thinks what I said is wrong, you can stand up. "

No one stood up, the judge said to Aesop: "I give you a choice, you can give a sum of money to the Temple of Atonement."

Aesop smiled: "Well, I will make thirty silver coins."

Everyone was stunned. Aesop, the richest businessman in the city of Midori, only gave out thirty silver coins in order to atone for himself! The judge frowned and asked, "Why is there so much money?"

Aesop laughed: "Because it is only worth so much!" RO