As the soldiers pressed, Shinon said, "Prince Paris killed Achilles and Ajax the Great. The Greeks could not hold on any longer and placed their hopes on the goddess Athena.
"The Greeks used a trick. Before they left, they built this huge wooden horse and offered it to the goddess. If you damaged the horse, Athena would be furious and protect the Greeks.
"But if you dragged the horse into the city, Athena would protect you and not the Greeks.
"I, on the other hand, should have been killed and sacrificed, but because of God's will, I escaped the disaster and told you the truth."
This was absurd, but the Trojans felt that it was reasonable. They said, "I see. If that's the case, then we have to drag the horse into the city.
"Although you are a Greek, since you have become a sacrifice and have been treated unfairly, you can cut the Greeks in half. Troy welcomes you."
These words were very unusual. At that time, the city-states rarely accepted foreigners. They had to go through strict vetting, and some had not become citizens even after several generations.
But now, they did not have to think. The Trojans worked together to move the huge wooden horse onto the largest chariot. They tied it with ropes and used eight horses to pull the chariot. They slowly drove towards Troy.
City of Troy
Laocoon, the priest, received the news and went up to the city wall to patrol. He saw the Trojans moving the huge wooden horse from the Greek camp back to Troy.
Laocoon was a priest, so his senses were sensitive. He was suspicious. "This wooden horse is too strange. The Greeks burned the entire camp. It is impossible for them to leave this huge wooden horse in the camp for the Trojans to use as a trophy."
"Also, I feel that something is wrong."
Laocoon said to his two sons, "I plan to stop the Trojan soldiers from pulling the ominous wooden horse back. Do you want to come with me?"
"Yes, Father, we will go with you to persuade the Trojans to give up on this idea."
Poseidon immediately heard Laocoon's words. He said, "This priest, if you want to change the gods' decision, you will have to face death."
As he said this, he waved his hand. There was a snap, and two giant sea snakes swam ashore. They flicked their tongues, and their eyes flashed with a terrible light.
They moved very quickly on the shore, faster than ordinary people running.
Laocoon and his two sons rushed to the Greek camp. From afar, they saw the Trojan soldiers carrying the huge wooden horse.
Laocoon shouted, "Warriors of Troy, what a dangerous thing you have done. You should not have brought this wooden horse back to the city, for it will bring misfortune."
Laocoon was a little far from the Trojan soldiers. Although the soldiers heard the words, they did not stop. Laocoon was about to take his two sons and continued to rush forward. Just then, two sea snakes swam over.
Laocoon saw the two sea snakes and felt something was wrong. He said to his two sons, "Look," his two sons. He said to Laocoon.
The two sons of Laocoon nodded and slowly approached the sea serpent with their weapons in hand.
However, the speed of the Clown Sea Serpent was beyond imagination. Before the weapon in his hand could strike, the Clown Sea Serpent suddenly bounced off the ground and pounced toward Raokon's two sons like an arrow released from a bow.
Before they could react, they were bitten in the neck by the two sea snakes. Their faces turned black, and the poison spread to their brains in an instant. Their bodies fell heavily.
"My sons!" Laocoon shouted in grief and indignation. He did not expect the two sea snakes to be so powerful. His two sons were excellent warriors, but they were bitten to death by the sea snakes.
"No, that's not right. These are ordinary snakes."
"This is God's punishment. There's something wrong with this wooden horse." Laocoon was very sad for his two sons, but at this moment, the priest immediately understood everything. He quickly turned and ran toward Troy.
"I must report this to the king. Only the king is partially immune to God's influence."
But before he could run far, there was a sudden gust of wind behind him. With a whoosh, something pounced at him at an extremely fast speed. Laocoon immediately knew that it was impossible for him to escape.
In the face of the sea snake's attack, Laocoon pounced and dodged it. He pulled out his sword and slashed, but before he could slash, another sea snake rushed over.
In the face of this attack, Laocoon could no longer dodge. The sea snake wrapped around him and bit his neck.
Laocoon's face instantly turned black, and he stopped breathing after a while.
The two sea snakes stopped Laocoon and killed him and his two sons in less than a minute or two. After killing Laocoon and his two sons, they did not escape. Instead, they quickly swam toward the Temple of Athena in Troy and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Only three blackened and purplish corpses were left in place, as if mocking the fate of mortals who overestimated themselves and tried to disturb the gods!
Although the Trojan soldiers noticed the situation, they were a little far away and could not rescue them in time.
This was a very special thing, enough to make any normal person's hair stand on end and instinctively become vigilant. But the Trojans just laughed.
"These two sea snakes are messengers of God. They are here to punish Laocoon for his disrespect."
"Let's quickly transport the wooden horse back." The Trojans did not think about Laocoon's warning and treated this horrible incident as the priest's punishment for suspecting the wooden horse.
They acted as if they did not see it and did not pay attention to the priest and his two sons' corpses. They slowly pushed the chariot with the huge wooden horse. Under the pull of many horses and manpower, the wooden horse slowly moved toward Troy.
Even on the way, every time the wooden horse jolted, the sound of metal clashing could be heard from the horse's belly, but the Trojans did not hear it.
"Bang."
When the wooden horse was still some distance away from Troy, the chariot finally could not bear the weight and collapsed. The eight horses were also sweating from exhaustion, and the Trojan soldiers pushing the chariot forward were also panting heavily. It was obvious that the wooden horse was extremely heavy.
But still, no one doubted its weight.
The Trojans were only vexed. Such a large wooden horse was the biggest loss in the chariot. There was no chariot that could carry the huge wooden horse.
Just when everyone was at a loss of what to do, someone thought of a solution. "Use a strong rope to pull the wooden horse forward from afar, and install axles on the legs of the wooden horse."
Hearing this solution, some Trojan soldiers hurriedly returned to the city. With the help of the craftsmen, they opened a large hole in the city wall. Some soldiers, with the help of the craftsmen, installed axles on the legs of the wooden horse.
Someone even twisted a thick rope and wrapped it around the neck of the wooden horse.
The people in the city pulled the rope with all their might, and the soldiers outside the city pushed the wooden horse with all their might. Everyone worked together, and the huge and heavy wooden horse finally slowly moved toward Troy again.
After a long time, with everyone's efforts, the wooden horse was dragged into the city. The Troy city gate had a high threshold, and the heavy wooden horse was blocked four times when it passed, but on the fifth time, it still passed.
The Trojans cheered as they dragged the huge wooden horse into the city. When the people in the city saw the huge wooden horse, they also let out waves of cheers and shouts.
The people had never seen such a huge wooden horse before, and they all started a heated discussion.
"Look, this wooden horse was captured by our Trojan warriors from the Greeks."
"Such a huge wooden horse, the Greeks must have spent a lot of effort to make it. When the time comes, we can place it on our castle, and let everyone see the spoils of war of our victory over the Greeks."
"Warriors of Troy, welcome back in triumph." King Priam personally came out to welcome them.
"I heard the news of the Greeks' retreat. When they left, they burned down their camp, but they didn't have time to destroy this huge wooden horse. Thank God, you were able to drag this wooden horse back to the city."
"This wooden horse is the proof of our victory in this war. I will place it on the highest point of the castle, and let everyone see the spoils of war of our victory over the Greeks."
"We have won, I will open the treasury, and give everyone wine and food. Let us rejoice!"
King Priam's words caused another round of cheers and jumping. Everyone celebrated the victory of this war, and it became a sea of joy.
Groups of people brought out their collections of wine, cheese, and dried meat. In the streets, squares, and the palace, they held one feast after another.
Even the soldiers were intoxicated with the wine of victory.
Mount Olympus
The wooden horse was moved back to the city of Troy. The gods who supported the Greeks silently stopped, and their expressions were not good. Deceiving the feelings and wills of so many people took up a lot of energy.
Especially when they entered the city gates, the fate of Troy made its last resistance. Even with the power of the gods, it failed four times.
But for the sake of the Greeks' victory, the gods had to make a fifth attempt, and finally succeeded.
This time, the plan of the wooden horse could be said to be full of loopholes. Without the gods working together, it was impossible for the Trojans to fall into the trap.
The most obvious was that the Greeks had even set the barracks on fire. It was impossible for the giant wooden horse to be captured by the Trojans.
But with the gods working together, the effect was obvious. Other than Laocoon, no one in Troy questioned this.
"Success."
The gods guarding the Trojans were filled with anger, but Zeus threw out a thunderbolt to suppress them. The gods on the Greek side were cheering loudly, and drinking wine in big mouthfuls.
Hera, on the other hand, still bore a grudge against Pei Ziyun. Just now, she was busy with something important and had no time to be distracted. Now that it was done, she did not even have the time to feel the joy of success. She waved her cloud, and Pei Ziyun's current situation appeared on it.
"Paris treated Onone well, so he received her help and gradually recovered."
"This is not what I wanted." Hera was very angry. According to her original plan, Pei Ziyun, who was hit by Hercules' poisonous arrow, would be killed by the poison like Kronos, but now he was showing signs of recovery.
Hera had been offended by Pei Ziyun because of the Golden Apple. Seeing that Pei Ziyun had escaped the judgment of fate, her heart was filled with anger.
She wanted to kill Paris and let all mortals know the consequences of offending her.
She said to Athena, "Does Paris want to escape the fate of death? No, he should be destroyed together with the Trojans. We can't let him escape just like that."
Athena replied, "Paris once asked me for an oracle in Athens, so he had a chance to live. But since it is your will, I will let him die."
Hera listened to Athena's words and nodded in satisfaction.
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