As a member of the royal family, Ella had seen many people kneel down and beg for mercy since she was a child. But this was the first time she had seen someone kneel down and beg for mercy because Ella gave him a gift.
When she thought that this "gift" was even fake goods, Ella felt a little guilty.
"Don't be like this, why are you doing this?" Ella smiled awkwardly, "Don't worry, this is not a trial. I said I would give you gifts. You all like green gems, right? Then I will replace all the gems with
Green?"
"Be thankful that the messenger of Quetzalcoatl has forgiven you!" Tesosomok turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "But before God shows mercy, you yourself must feel guilty for your crimes and pay responsibility! Just robbed
Those who have worn precious stones, cut off one of your arms immediately to show God your repentance!”
As soon as Tesozomoc said these words, the Aztlan soldiers raised their scissors without saying a word, and everyone had a look of death on their faces.
"No, what are you doing?" Ella hurriedly stopped, "I said this is not a trial, so you don't need to regret it, right?"
Tesozomoc lowered his head in front of Ella: "Messengers of God, please allow them to atone for their sins in this way, so as not to lower Quetzalcoatl's evaluation of the entire Aztlan. In order to invite Quetzalcoatl back to Aztlan
Tran, this is the consciousness that every Aztlan warrior has!"
When the situation developed to this point, Ella had no choice but to continue to use the lie of "messenger of God" to reprimand Tesosomok:
"Tessosomok, I said no punishment, don't you understand? Where did you get the courage to actually use your own orders to overrule God's instructions?"
This kind of rhetoric was indeed effective. Tesosomok shook his head in fear: "No...I...how dare I?"
"The Quetzalcoatl is going to return to Aztlan, and these people present are its oarsmen, sailors, and navigators. By then, do you hope that all the servants of these gods will be missing limbs and arms?"
"No, I..."
"Shut up if you know you're wrong!" Ella waved her hand, "Here, replace the gems with other colors and give each of them a green one!"
The Aztlan people who got the "green gem" and saved their arms burst into tears of gratitude, and kept kneeling to Ella on the ground.
——Now that things have happened, I can’t say that these beads are not gemstones.
"Your Majesty, this is a good move." Amy praised in a low voice, "It not only convinced those Aztlan soldiers, but also weakened Tesosomoc's authority. It's amazing!"
"But Amy, I feel more and more panicked." Ella said with a sad face, "Isn't this just telling new lies?"
"Your Majesty, why have you suddenly become timid...Don't you often lie to others during wars?"
"But that was a war! Now are you preparing for trade?"
"Trading is war!" Amy seriously educated Ella, "The shopping mall is like a battlefield!"
But after all, Ella felt a little embarrassed after accepting the Aztlan soldiers' kneeling prayers, and gave each of them a small silver medal.
…
After placing the Aztlan soldiers, Tesozomoc was carried into Ella's study on a stretcher by the pirates.
In the quiet study room, there were only three people, Ella, Amy, and Tesosomok. There was a map spread out in front of Ella's desk, while Ella himself was sitting behind the desk, tapping the table with his fingers "click, click".
plate.
"Tesosomoc." Ella asked, "Do you know why I brought you here alone?"
Tesosomok immediately raised his body half up and replied: "Messenger of God, if you have anything to ask, I will answer to the best of my knowledge!"
"In that case," Ella said, "then answer me honestly, why did you cross the ocean and come to this continent?"
Tesosomok was stunned for a moment: "I should have explained this before..."
"For the heart? But this is logically unreasonable." Ella interrupted Tesozomoc, "If Aztlan dominates the entire continent where you are, so that there is no one to wage war against, then
Maybe we really need to go to sea to find the source of the heart. But I guess there shouldn’t be one, right?”
Perhaps because he got to the crux of the problem, Tesosomok's expression suddenly became serious.
"As expected, I can't hide it from you." Tesozomoc replied, "Aztlan is much stronger than when Quetzalcoatl left, but there is still a powerful empire in the south that is evenly matched with us. There is still no such empire in the north.
What a mature country, there are only a few tribes that keep migrating with the seasons. In addition, there are also some other countries scattered in the hinterland of the Aztec Empire, and they regularly engage in crown wars with us for the purpose of obtaining prisoners of war."
"If it were me, if I wanted to collect hearts, I would definitely choose to start a war with neighboring countries before crossing the ocean to fight an unknown country. So collecting hearts will not be the reason for you to come here - at least
It won't be the main reason. Similarly, you are not looking for Quetzalcoatl. If you were, your actions would not be so reckless."
Ella analyzed carefully in front of Tesosomok:
"So I guess that the main purpose of your coming here is actually to collect intelligence, and it is mainly intelligence about our pirate kingdom, right?"
Sweat broke out on Tesosomok's forehead.
"Your guess is correct - but it's not that I want to hide it. Your men are too similar to those uninvited guests from the north. I don't know what your relationship is, so I don't dare to speak carelessly."
Ella and Amy looked at each other, and a thought flashed through their minds at the same time - it was indeed Hestein.
Before going to sea for trade, Ella must find out one thing - where is Hestein now. Although Amy said that "not being summoned means that you can move freely" is quite reasonable, but Ella does not want to
He delayed the pirate kingdom's military operations because of himself. Before, Ella speculated that Aztlan was the one who had a conflict with Hestein, but that was just a speculation. Now that Tesosomoc said this, the matter can be confirmed.
"They are indeed related to me, but they are not my subordinates." Ella responded, "But what happened between you? Was there any conflict?"
"Let's put it this way," Tesozomoc replied, "To Aztlan, the land in the north is of little value. And those tribes also know the power gap with Aztlan and regularly pay tribute in exchange for peace.
, this has been the case for the past hundred years. But since the arrival of those uninvited guests, the northern tribes have turned to their protection and stopped paying tribute to us. Aztlan cannot bear this kind of loss, but the Sun King does not understand this group of people.
Because of the strength of the uninvited guests, we have not taken action yet. Therefore, we sent an expedition eastward a year ago to find out where their country is. And the main purpose of my coming here in person this time is to
