king of war

Chapter 22 The War of the Council
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When Demis saw Hieronios, he was suspicious, and suddenly he had a bad premonition in his heart. He just taught this troublesome playboy a lesson yesterday, and ordered him to be locked up in prison. He reflected for a few days.

Unexpectedly, he was released and led the city guards into the hall of the council. What is going on? Didn't he arrange for someone to control the city guards?

"Hironios!" Themis stood up directly, "Aren't you supposed to be in prison? Why are you here?"

Hieronios casually flicked the dust on the robe, and said disdainfully: "Why am I in prison if I have broken the law. As for why I appear here."

He looked around proudly, and said with a playful smile: "This is the parliament hall, where the citizens of Athens discuss their affairs. Anyone can come here, why can't I."

Themis didn't bother to talk to him, and immediately said sternly: "You are not a member of the 500-member council, nor are you an official of Athens. You should go out immediately, and the city guards will leave immediately."

"Socks! Sox! Take the city guards and leave the council hall immediately!"

Themis yelled the name of his confidant, but no one agreed.A strange officer flashed behind Hieronios, with a cold face, and calmly said: "Captain Berik has some urgent matters to deal with, and I will be in charge of the city guard for the time being."

At this time, Dimis was shocked and angry. He knew very well that the disappearance of his cronies meant that he had lost control of the city guards.

He cast his angry eyes on Hieronios. This man is just a playboy who has more than enough success, but his father is the general of the Athenian navy-Epines.

Demis quickly thought of something, the general who was not on the list was probably the father of the playboy general in front of him.

Themis remained silent for a long time, and his entourage became anxious, and stood up to protest: "Mr. Speaker, the city guards openly entered the parliament hall. This is a trample and humiliation to the Athenians. I request the speaker to order the disarmament of the city guards, and put them away." They were expelled from the hall."

Then the members of the Themis faction also began to protest, and the speaker pondered for a long time with no expression on his face, "The city guard is an important force for maintaining law and order in Athens. It is really inappropriate to disarm, and the order in the parliament hall needs to be maintained...but , since the MPs are against it, let them exit the parliament hall."

"Obey, my Mr. Speaker!" Hieronios bowed with a smile, turned and walked out of the hall.

Themis clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down.

Don't panic, the matter of the city guard is not the key, the next thing is to vote on the agenda. Today's topic is to oppose the peace negotiation with Persia and immediately prepare the army for war.

As long as the vote is passed, he will automatically be authorized by the parliament to become the supreme commander of Athens. At that time, he has higher authority over the army than everyone else, and the city guard can be dismantled with just one order.

Once the opposition to the Persian peace resolution is passed, all acts of adultery with Persia will be regarded as espionage and treason, and then executed according to Athens law.Under the general situation, he did not dare to expose any of his actions in support of Persia.

At this time, the speaker loudly announced the start of the meeting, "Today's topic is...whether to negotiate peace with Persia!"

"Boom!" Demis's head seemed to explode, and he looked at the speaker in shock. This topic was completely different from what he had said before.

peace talks?

What is there to talk about between Athens and Persia? Should we talk about how to kneel down and be beaten?
The most fatal thing about this issue is that it seems to be softer than the issue of declaring war. The neutral party does not care about this issue, and it does not matter whether it is passed or not.

But for Themis, if the issue of declaring war cannot be passed today, it means that the traitor bribed by Persia will have time to act again.At that time, their influence will be even greater.

It is even possible that after the meeting is over, they will take action directly to eliminate Themis and his forces.

"Objection!" Themis roared directly.

"be opposed to!"

"be opposed to!"

Members of Themis faction raised their hands one after another, and a total of dozens of members stood up.

"Yes!"

On the other side, as if they had made a deal, they raised their hands in unison, and the number of people was twice as large as that of Demis.

The other neutral MPs hesitated, looked left and right, lost in thought.

……

At this time, the dense fog in the morning gradually dissipated, but the sun was still invisible, thick dark clouds shrouded the sky, and the whole city of Athens looked gray and gloomy.

Outside the city of Athens, Qin Rongshuai led his men towards the city gate.He rode slowly behind the team, thinking hard.

He felt a little uneasy in his heart, and he was very worried about Themis, but the help he could provide was very limited.At this time, the council had already started, and all he could do was find someone to pass the list to Themis, but it was hard to say how effective it would be.

What worried him the most was the unknown general, like a lurking poisonous stinger, who might kill someone at any time.

"Crossos." Qin Rongshuai frowned, and asked casually, "Do you think the gods of the Aegean Sea often deal with the sea?"

Crossos thought for a while, "According to the confession, these people should be engaged in maritime trade, or pirates or captains."

"Pirates or captains, then they should be most familiar with the navy." Qin Rongshuai cast his eyes on the sea next to him, and from a distance, there were continuous warships docked on the pier.

The last guy wouldn't be from the navy, would he?
Crossos' eyes lit up, "Perhaps it is possible, you are really the smartest person I have ever met."

"Stop talking nonsense." Qin Rongshuai cursed with a smile, and suddenly saw a person stumbling towards them in the distance, "Hey, that person looks familiar, is he a follower of Themis?"

"Yes, I know him, it's Suokes!" Crosos also recognized the person coming.

Sox ran up to him with blood on his face, and shouted loudly, "Sir, it's bad, it's bad, Master Themis is in danger."

Qin Rongshuai's complexion suddenly changed, and when he finished listening to Suokes' narration, his complexion turned livid.It never occurred to him that the problem would be a playboy who caused trouble.

Krosos was also anxious, "His father, Epines, is the naval admiral on duty today. Regardless of whether the parliamentary agenda is passed today, Themis will be in danger. What should we do?"

"Don't panic!" Qin Rongshuai yelled, and said calmly, "Socks, do you know any other admirals? They must be people that Demis can trust."

"Kesantipos, he can be trusted." Sox replied without hesitation, and then said with some embarrassment, "But I am not qualified to see him."

"I'll go with Sox." Croesus stood up immediately, "I'm good friends with Pericles, the son of Xantippos."

"Then you all go together, meet Xantipos as soon as possible, and let him take over the navy immediately."

Krosos froze for a moment, "But the general on duty today is Epines. According to the rotation rules, no one can take away his command if he doesn't hand over his command."

"Then let Death take him away." Qin Rongshuai replied coldly.

(End of this chapter)