Chapter 82
Pericre, the leader of the Athenian city-state during the Peloponnese War and the founder of the early democratic system.
Bellicille worked hard to clean up the mess and rebuild Athens after the fierce Hippola War.
He strongly supported culture and art, and focused on building the Parthenon, the main gate of the Acropolis, the Temple of Hephaestus, the Temple of Sunian and other buildings.
These buildings, together with their supporting statues and reliefs, have been passed down to the modern times and have become immortal masterpieces of art.
Pericre made great contributions to the development of Greek classical culture, and his cultural policies were closely linked to his political, economic and foreign policies.
Whether it is building public buildings or holding festival performances, it is to consolidate the democratic politics he advocates, improve the material and cultural life of Athenian citizens, and promote the development of industry and commerce.
Pericre hopes to improve Athens' image in the hearts of Greek city-states in this way, form a lighthouse effect, make the people of the entire Greek yearn for Athens' lifestyle and encourage them to immigrate to Athens.
However, due to the limitations of the times, there are many contradictions in Pericre's policies.
He supported the immigrants of other city-states to Athens, but the standards for becoming Athenian citizens were tightly collected.
As we all know, only Athenian citizens can have the right to vote and run in various elections, and it is difficult for foreign immigrants to obtain this right.
In addition, although Pericre led Athens to win the First Peloponnese War, his negative performance in the Second War affected his position in the hearts of the people.
It happened that during this period, a person who is good at wrapping lies with sweet words appeared.
He is the biggest political enemy of Pericre, Kleon, known as the "heartthrob", and the saint of the branch of the Deluxe League of Order.
Kleon was also a noble family, but his family had always been in business.
When you hear this, many people may feel a sense of déjà vu.
That's right, just like the one who understands the king in the Democratic Beacon Kingdom.
Kleon, a businessman, is good at using speeches to motivate the public and exaggerately inciting the masses to vote and start a war.
Xin Sheng didn't know what kind of person Kleon was in the official history. In the Odyssey world, he was an absolute conspirator, and all his actions were for his own interests.
Bellikri in the Odyssey world is portrayed as a mild social phobia and is not good at speaking. Asparcia, the good wife of Bellikri, helped him a lot in this regard.
Every once in a while, the Manor in Pericre gathers celebrities from the Athenian cultural circles to provide them with a place to speak freely and debate with each other.
The banquet was mainly hosted by Aspacia, who is considered the highest consultant hidden behind the glorious back of Bellicille.
Xin Sheng believed that Belikri did not rely entirely on Asparcia's assistance. He himself was also a very capable politician who knew when to do what.
In order to unify the entire Greek, Pericre hoped that Athens could end the war peacefully with Sparta and avoid falling into long-term internal friction.
But his negative rational consideration was misread as weak and bullied by someone's instigation, trying to make Athens kneel down before the barbaric Spartans.
This person who incited him from the side was Kleon, who caused a lot of trouble to the rule of Pericre.
Now Pericre is eager to increase its influence and restore its image in the eyes of Athenian citizens.
The evidence in Xin Sheng's hands could indirectly help Bellicill quickly stabilize the political situation in Athens and eliminate the poop that Kleon had stuck on his head.
As long as Bellicille's mind is not confused, he knows how to use these letters.
Barnabas received the letter and solemnly promised: "Well, I will rush to Athens as fast as possible."
"Where are you? Judging from your tone, you don't seem to be planning to leave the island with us."
"Um."
Xin Sheng turned to look at the Governor's Mansion located on the height of the city: "I want to stay here and pay attention to Schirex's movements at any time."
"Once the news spreads in Athens, Sparta will soon learn about Schirex's scandal."
"In order not to be caught by Athens and make a big fuss about Persia, Sparta will definitely send someone to arrest Schirex, and it is likely that he will be executed on the spot."
A ray of light flashed in Xin Sheng's eyes: "Schillex cannot die so easily. There should be clues worth digging on him, and he may even point directly to the saints of the Peloponnese Alliance."
Barnabas sighed: "Since you have made up your mind, I won't say much, be careful."
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Seeing the Adristya at full speed, Xin Sheng stayed in Kalkis City in a low-key manner and silently waited for the situation to change.
About 10 days later, the Governor's Mansion, which was guarded by his subordinates, suddenly became riot.
Standing at the height of the city and looking out, Xin Sheng could intuitively see the situation in the Governor's Mansion.
Schirex, wearing golden leather armor, was panickingly directing something in the yard. His confidants were hurriedly packing their luggage, as if they were planning to escape.
"It's finally started moving."
Looking at the busy Governor's Mansion, Xin Sheng smiled meaningfully.
"As expected, Schirex had a secret channel to contact Bosanias directly, and began to prepare in advance before Kalkis received any disturbances."
Karkis is still calm, but Xin Sheng can guess that the outside world's discussion on whether Sparta is affair with Persia has entered a heated momentum.
The news deliberately released by Athens soon spread throughout Greece, and the people hiding behind Schirex could no longer sit still.
In order not to get burned into his butt by this fire, he was eager to separate himself from Schirex.
On the surface, Bosanias did not reveal his intention to abandon Schirex, but only told him that Spartan's investigation team would arrive soon.
Because of the conclusive evidence, Bosanias could not have kept Schirex, so in the secret letter he asked him to hide in the Ochi Mountains first to avoid the limelight.
But in fact, Bosanias had long disclosed Scirex's whereabouts to the Spartan investigation team. If there had not been any special circumstances, Scirex would have only one way out.
Moreover, he would be executed on the spot by an investigator who was specially instructed by Bosanias in a manner that he escaped fear of guilt.
After transporting the property and food out of the Governor's Mansion in batches, Schirex also sneaked away among the evacuated guards.
After leaving Kalkis City, Schirex and others headed eastward and entered a dense forest. Xin Sheng could no longer find their whereabouts through visual means.
It was Daedalus' turn to take action.
Returning to Mount Dilfis, he called back Pegas, and Xinsheng quickly went down the mountain along the ridge with less vegetation, blocking the only way for Schirex to go to Mount Ochi.
Governor Abantis, who once had commanded hundreds of soldiers, now only a dozen subordinates accompany him.
The remaining staff had already rushed to the secret station of Ochi Mountain to prepare for the arrival of Schirex.
The morale of the entire team was very sluggish and was forced to hide in the mountains, which was undoubtedly a shame for these lackeys of the divine sect who had previously acted as a mighty god.
The only dozen soldiers were distracted to escort the baggage carriage loaded with a lot of property, and seemed a little absent-minded about Schirex's protection.
Schirex, who was riding a horse, looked very haggard.
For the past half month, he has been living in anxiety and fear, and he can't sleep well at night.
Bosanias's promise of "never leaving" was finally delivered. Schirex, who had been tense, removed his last aura and rode on the horse and let the horse go with the flow. His face looked very dazed.
Xin Sheng hid in the woods in front of Schirex and others and waited silently.
Silently pulling the bowstring into a full moon, Xin Sheng looked directly at the white horse under Schirex's seat with sharp eyes.
"Swoosh!"
“Ye!!”
The white horse with an arrow in his chest suddenly raised its front hooves in pain, and Schirex, who was not in a state of mind, was thrown off by the horse without any surprise.
The frightened white horse rushed left and right in the convoy, messing up the originally relatively strict formation.
"Get ~ get ~"
When the white horse broke through the formation and ran into the woods on the side, the rapid and crisp sound of horse hooves came from the front of the convoy.
A fast-speed dark horse rushed into the convoy along the flaws of the formation, and moved straight towards Schirex, who was lying on the ground in a confused look on his face.
"Come on me!"
When passing by Schirex, Xin Sheng on the horse was stepping on stirrups with his feet to leverage the force, and his steady and powerful right hand grabbed Schirex's leather armor.
The raised hand muscles suddenly exerted force, and he pulled Schirex from the ground and placed it horizontally on the horse's back. The hilt of the knife in his left hand quickly followed up, knocking the former Governor of Sparta who had not yet reacted.
"drive!"
"Get ~ get ~"
Pegasus, with horseshoes on his feet, made his steps very light and flashed through the center of the convoy like a black lightning.
When the soldiers bent their bows and arrows to save their master, the dark horse's figure had already disappeared into the forest, and they could only hear the crisp sound of horse hooves gradually fading away from the woods.
Chapter completed!