"These fish monsters are liars. It's very simple, because your warehouses still store dried human meat and stolen cargo from merchant ships. If you are the robbed people, how can you be qualified to eat the robbers, and how can you be on the merchant ship?"
Cargo?" Odysseus gave his own judgment after being silent.
The smell of dried human flesh?
Wen Rensheng smiled. He was indeed a famous wise man and gave physical evidence.
Catching thieves and catching stolen goods is a principle that has never changed since ancient times.
However, the other party can actually smell the smell of human flesh. He is indeed a wise commander who has experienced many battles...
"That's right, King Odysseus!" the sailors cried with joy!
"Yes, this is irrefutable proof!"
They couldn't be sure of this before, so they didn't dare to say it, but Odysseus was able to confirm it with one mouthful. This is the difference in wisdom between the two sides.
"Hmph, what kind of evidence is this?" the old strange fish said without hesitation, "The dried human meat was the robber we killed, and the goods were obtained by defeating the robber!"
At this point, these strange fish can still quibble and refuse to admit it.
"Hey, which one of you is right?"
The big shark was confused. It opened its huge mouth again, the kind that could swallow half a merchant ship in one bite.
"Well, if you don't admit that you are robbers, then I want to ask, what do you do for a living?" Odysseus asked again.
"Of course we make a living by fishing," the old fish said disdainfully.
"Why don't I see the nets and hooks?"
"Because those fish will automatically jump onto our raft."
"You must have been deceived, just like these merchant ships. I have heard a rumor a long time ago that a group of fish monsters have appeared in the Mediterranean. As long as you encounter them and bring them goods, you can obtain pearls in the deep sea.
And shipwreck treasures," Odysseus revealed.
"That's right, we came here just because we heard this rumor!" the merchant ship's first mate affirmed.
Odysseus continued, "Fish monsters, can you bring out pearls and sunken treasures from your raft?"
The old strange fish said tit for tat, "Huh, that rumor is ridiculous. It was spread by people who wanted to rob us."
Wen Rensheng shook his head.
It is difficult to make these strange fish whose power is based on deception bow their heads by just relying on words. They have endless lies, unless they find a dilemma and put the other party into an irrefutable situation.
Can Odysseus find it?
Odysseus was silent again. He observed the raft carefully. Suddenly he pointed at the big shark and said
"In that case, do you dare to swear to the darling of the sea in front of you?"
The strange fish swore the oath without hesitation.
To them, oaths and promises are just like old people who borrow money.
Odysseus smiled and then he said
"In that case, open the warehouse and room doors and prove your innocence to this darling of the sea!"
"Open it, open it!" The strange fish had just vowed. If he could not prove his innocence, it would be disrespectful to the big shark.
Because Odysseus is not asking them to prove their innocence to him, they have no obligation or need to prove their innocence to him.
The warehouse was opened.
There was nothing inside, except for the dried salted fish and some seaweed.
However, in Wen Rensheng's eyes, dried salted fish were strips of dried human flesh, while seaweed was like bones.
There are also wooden boxes tied with hemp rope, containing various goods.
They are not robbers. Who are the robbers?
It's a pity that the sailors can't see this, they can only bow their heads helplessly.
"Damn it, why is there no evidence?" the first mate said angrily.
"They must have thrown them into the sea."
However, Odysseus did not panic, he just looked at the big shark.
I saw the big shark suddenly spraying a large mouthful of seawater into the warehouse.
Then those illusions disappeared, revealing a horrifying reality.
The sailors were stunned. This was indeed a monster's lair. They had heard many legends of cannibalism at sea.
For example, the sirens would confuse sailors with their songs, and then eat them while they were asleep.
"Oh, darling of the sea, as I just said, these things belong to the robbers. We defended ourselves and defeated them, and finally got these trophies." The old strange fish calmly said what he had said before,
Repeated it again.
But Odysseus burst out laughing
"Looters, there are obviously many bones and flesh of children under five years old here. Do you want to say that they are also robbers?"
The strange fish were speechless.
They were finally checkmate.
After a long time, a strange fish finally stammered, "These children were brought by a slave trader and they killed them..."
"Don't be sophistical, my darling of the sea, with your eyesight, you can tell at a glance that the knife marks on the corpses of adults and children are from the same group of people."
Lies will eventually be exposed.
Wen Rensheng saw the wisdom of Odysseus. He first talked here and there to lower the defensiveness of these strange fish, and then used oaths to force them to make a commitment to the most powerful shark, and finally forced them to open the warehouse.
examine.
And he seemed to have known for a long time that there were children's bones inside, probably from the preliminary investigation.
Children make good candidates for slavery, and the slave trade was common in ancient Greece.
Odysseus could actually see that the big shark had the ability to break illusions, which puzzled him.
Maybe the other party received an oracle?
He understood very well that in ancient Greek mythology, there were oracles in many stories.
"Damn it, how dare you deceive me, the great, the wise, the upright, the kind, the lovely..." Xiao Huan couldn't continue.
Then the big shark crashed into the raft.
The rafts fell apart one after another, and the strange fish screamed and fled in all directions.
"I'm saved, thank you, wise King Odysseus!" the sailors praised one after another.
"No, you have to thank this fair and wise darling of the sea. It has seen through everything long ago. It just wants to give mortals a chance to show their wisdom. We want to use the altar to thank it." Odysseus gestured to everyone.
road.
Then the altar was hurriedly set up on the merchant ship and began to offer sacrifices to the big shark and deliver gifts.
"Thank you, fair and wise darling of the sea, for freeing us from liars and robbers."
"It's really interesting that he can actually come up with a way to break the tricks of these strange fishes, and he doesn't even pray to immortals or Buddhas." Xiao Huan said to Wen Rensheng in the water.
"After all, he was the wisest man in ancient Greece. He relied on a Trojan Horse trick to spread his wisdom for thousands of years. Everyone at home and abroad knows his name." Wen Rensheng smiled.
He saw the true nature of Odysseus.
He is good at investigation, prepares in advance, and has a sharp vision. He can identify the main contradiction and the strongest force at the first time.
These are the necessary conditions for a wise man.
He is also cunning enough and extremely greedy for money.
Why was this added? Because Wen Rensheng clearly saw that when the big shark disappeared and the sailors were busy making sacrifices, Odysseus was the first to order his men to put down the boat and salvage the floating shark on the water.
precious cargo.
The people on the merchant ships were busy making sacrifices and could not find time to collect the goods.
The most precious and valuable cargo fell on Odysseus' battleship.
This is a real person, not a selfless wise man on paper.
From the beginning to the end, he did not contribute any effort or take any risk, but he got the most generous benefits.
