Before AD [Babylonian Favorites]

When I failed the exam, when I was scolded by the coach for not dancing well, when I was in a bad mood, I always liked to run to the bed at home.While forcing himself to suppress the gloom that can overwhelm people, he comforted himself to sleep.When I wake up tomorrow, I will still be the same Francisco that everyone loves.

In fact, I am just a bystander, probably because the night is too blurry and I am too far away from home, so I am so depressed.

I don't know when I fell asleep, until the next day when I opened my eyes and my head was still foggy, it felt like everything that happened yesterday was like a dream.

Outside the window is the melodious call of the goldfinch, and the morning sun brings fresh coolness. I take a deep breath of air and stretch myself.

Such a stable state of mind was interrupted by an unexpected guest when I was about to call someone for breakfast.

"God Zeus, Bagos, I just heard from His Majesty that you are going to be a servant from today!" The chief eunuch rolled towards me like a ball, "I remember that you were the smartest when your Majesty Darius How about the boy? Remember those rules?"

rule?

I asked, "Are you talking about the bare-chested rule indoors?"

The chief eunuch's face pulled when he heard this, and he looked at me several times with scrutiny.

"You still remember table manners and wake-up rituals?"

I scratched my head and faltered: "This..."

I know a little about modern table manners, but what is this wake-up ceremony?

The chief eunuch's face turned dark, and sweat began to sweat on his red face: "What about the rules of dressing and undressing? You should still have some impressions!"

I continue to shake my head.It took me a long time to wear the clothes here for the first time, let alone for others to wear.

The steward couldn't bear it any longer, and excitedly swung his feather fan on my face a few times: "Are you still Bagoas? Why have you changed since the day your Majesty entered the palace?! My Zeus, listen! Said that you were very bad at riding a few days ago? I remember that Auromedang praised you for being very good-looking on the horse!"

While dodging, I said, "Who is Aurome?"

The steward finally despaired, and wailed in disbelief: "Athena, take me away! You even forgot your court etiquette teacher? Can you fail any more?"

I nodded, seeing him staring at me, shrunk my neck and said, "Master, I still don't know your... surname?"

"B-G-S!!!!"

In his nearly half an hour of howling that was comparable to a ghost, I finally remembered this great eunuch who was so soy sauced in the movie that I never knew his name.His name is Bobacus, and he used to be Darius's steward. His position has not changed now, but his name has changed to Alexander's steward in Persepolis Palace.

He has always been in charge of the personnel transfer of the attendants in the palace. It can be seen that he has a good relationship with Bagoss, otherwise he would not have tried so hard to recommend Bagoss to Alexander.

I explained to Bobacs that I had a high fever a few days ago and was confused, and I didn’t remember many things, so he ignored it, and just waved his fat hand impatiently: “I don’t care if you’re Bagos or fried chicken shreds. , I’ll tell you now, remember to do this! If you make a mistake, don’t come to me crying!”

Serve the plate, pour the wine, put the plate on the table, pass the cup to the owner... If you are wearing clothes, you need to fold the clothes from the bottom up and stack them in the order from coat to underwear, coat and belt I need to help him put it on myself... The shoes should be worn from the right foot...

As Alexander entered the inner chamber with the scent of his body bath, my mind was already filled with countless details of the rules.

I glance at the steaming droplets on the ends of his light hair.

Ah, what should I do if I take a shower?

My mind went blank.I forgot all about it!How did I forget!

"Bagoss, good morning." Alexander showed his white teeth, "I'm glad to see you so soon."

My God, is it necessary to kneel and salute at this time?How about kneeling and prostrating?Is it like kowtowing to the Buddha in a temple?Wouldn't Alexander be angry if he wasn't used to it and didn't want to do it?

I didn't speak, but countless anxious questions flashed through my mind.

"Bagoss?" Alexander approached me. He was only wearing a snow-white silk dressing gown, and his milky white skin was as smooth and delicate as silk.He leaned over, his handsome face enlarged in front of me.

what to do?what to do?I bowed my head nervously, do I need to salute?

"Bagos!"

He suddenly yelled my name angrily, and my heart almost flew out of shock.

I hurriedly knelt down awkwardly: "Your Majesty! Bagos wishes you a good morning."

"It's fine to say good morning, but you don't need to kneel down." Unexpectedly, Alexander immediately stretched out a hand and pulled me up with a smile on his face. "Take this as your own room and relax."

I froze for a moment, and suddenly remembered something.That's right, Alexander was Greek, but Bobacus taught me Persian etiquette, so even if he did something wrong in front of Alexander, he probably wouldn't see anything.

call!I patted my chest, which made me so nervous that I memorized a bunch of dogmas without even eating in the morning.

Alexander wiped his hair with a woolen bath towel, and slowly walked back to his big gold-painted bed.

It was really a gorgeous and huge bed, taking up almost the entire wall, covered with thick and soft quilts.The quilt was red, and the golden silk patterns covered the fabric like vines, so extravagant that even a modern person like me was very jealous.The bed seemed to have been smoked with spices, which was very similar to Alexander's usual smell, not strong, but very comfortable.

He lifted the quilt and put it down again, as if he was looking for something.After a while, he looked at me: "Bagos, can you please bring me a robe from the closet, um, and underwear, thank you."

I hurriedly followed the direction he indicated, took out the clothes from the deep red carved wooden cabinet, and handed them to him with both hands.

Alexander took it, and took off his dressing gown.

And then without warning I admire him naked.

I was stunned.It turned out to be so... naked.

But I have to admit that his body proportions are really well-proportioned, and his muscle lines are undulating and smooth.There are no abruptly developed muscles, everything is soft and manly, just like the famous David statue.It's just that there is a deep cut on his shoulder, which can be seen from a long time ago, leaving a scar, which is slightly lighter in color than the side, and is a bit dazzlingly white.Broad but not exaggerated shoulders, thin waist and narrow crotch... I dare not look elsewhere.

I felt my face turn red, so I quickly looked away.

"Am I in good shape?"

Alexander didn't seem to shy away from my gaze, he put on his clothes in an orderly manner, and said: "I was actually very thin when I was young, and my mother was always very worried, afraid that I would be bullied when I grew up."

"Really? Was your Majesty ever bullied when you were a child?" I asked.

He smiled and didn't answer, just said: "What does it matter, which king is not an existence of nothingness?"

He put on his clothes, rubbed his forehead and said: "When I become a myth, everyone will only see the great glory on my body, probably no one will care, have I ever been bullied like an ordinary boy?" .”

I put my head down.

No, at least that's what I want to know.

Follow him out of the dormitory to a place similar to the dining room.Inside was a long black table with few chairs.There was silverware trimmed with gilt on the trays, and a tablecloth of fine embroidery.

Alexander sat alone at one end, propping his chin with one hand, watching the food being served one after another boredly.

I tried my best to recall the pile of things that Bobacus said, pour the wine first, then serve the plate, ah, no, no, the plate should be served first!

In a hurry, Alexander suddenly tugged on my sleeve lightly.

I turned my head, but saw him smile and said: "Boy, don't mess with it, just sit down and talk with me."

I Cancan put down the plate in my hand, and took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the seat on Alexander's right.

"What does Your Majesty want to say?" I asked.

He waved his hand and said, "For you, let me listen. I have known you for a few days, and it seems that you haven't said much about yourself."

I'm a little restless, I know too little about Bagos.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing to tell my story." I started to be sloppy.

"Oh?" He glanced at me with a half-smile, his pupils were bright blue, "Actually, I've always been surprised, I think your thoughts and habits are different from those I've met."

If I say that I am a person from the future more than 2000 years later, will he accept it?

"What's different?" I asked guiltily.

He took a sip of milk, thought for a while, and said, "Ordinary servants are always docile, and they do their own things cautiously as if resigned to their fate. But you are different. Although you are also very docile, you are a bit, um, barbaric in your bones." .”

brutal!I almost fell off my desk when I heard that word.

OMG!What a failure I am as a human being, even the primitive people thousands of years ago thought I was barbaric!

"Your Majesty, this is not barbarism!" I rubbed my forehead and corrected loudly, "This is called being principled!"

Hearing this, Alexander's deep eyes turned to me, he paused for a moment, but suddenly laughed lightly.

He poked my cheek with his finger and said, "Bagos, my little boy, you are so easy to be teased."

As soon as he touched my skin, my heartbeat started to speed up inexplicably, so I quickly backed away, and I accidentally leaned over.

"Bagos!"

I only heard a loud noise, and I hit the ground firmly, and my head was dazed for a long time.

"Bagoss," the concerned face tried to hold back a smile and zoomed in on me, "Are you still alive?"

It hurts!It hurts so much!This blow almost broke my skeleton!

XX, where is Alexander!This is simply Yali Mountain!Following him, my pressure is greater than a mountain!

After dinner, he took me to the Baizhu Palace in the main hall.A hundred blue-gray columns are neatly arranged at the entrance of the circular palace, and the reliefs on the walls are about various heroic deeds of Darius.Standing on the steps and looking at it like this, it looks like a huge opera house.

Alexander has been full of praise for this, and said to me: "I have been thinking about what kind of person my opponent is. He commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a mess on the battlefield-it is said that he himself is very gentle."

I thought about it with difficulty, but I couldn't think of a reason, so I had to agree: "Your Majesty Darius is a good person."

After I finished speaking, I wanted to smash myself to death. I was so stupid to praise his enemies in front of Alexander!

But Alexander didn't seem to care very much, he stroked the relief mural with his fingertips, thoughtfully: "But anyway, he was never ambiguous in these aspects, so meticulous and so particular... no wonder he would call me an idiot. barbarian."

There have already gathered more than a dozen ministers.But many people probably saw me coming with Alexander for the first time, so they were a little surprised.

Ptolemy greeted me, Hephaistion glanced at me lightly, Kassander hooked the corner of his mouth at me, Seleucus seemed determined to treat me like air—although I don’t know how Messed with this frivolous artist, and Crest's face was tense like a balloon about to burst.

The things they discussed were very boring. Although I listened attentively, I couldn't help but fell asleep leaning against the cylinder after listening to it for several hours.

"The wealth stored in the palace of Persepolis is enough to subsidize Macedonia's treasury for the next few decades, Alexander. I have already inquired clearly. There are a lot of camels here. We can completely evacuate this palace and move it to the whole place. Macedonia."

When I woke up again, I heard Philotas’s fluttering voice. I wiped the drool from the corner of my mouth, and suddenly found that I was covered with a white robe, which belonged to Alexander.

"I don't think this is a good idea." Alexander flatly refused, "We didn't come here to plunder wealth, but to coexist with them better. The Persepolis Palace is certainly a treasure house, but it belongs to Persia. "

I couldn't help being taken aback, Alexander was so upright.

Kassander came out and said, "Alexander, we didn't have enough financial resources to support our journey to the east. If you want to conquer the world, it's simply impossible to rely on Persia to recharge your batteries!"

I also nodded, this is a problem.

Ptolemy sneered and retorted: "Go all the way and kill all the way, Kassander, I didn't know you had the potential to be a hooligan!"

"Ptolemy, you fake merciful guy, don't take what's ready-made here, so why don't you pay us the travel expenses?" Another person yelled angrily.

Ptolemy continued to sneer, "So you'd rather be a robber?"

"Iris witnessed, we are the victors, we deserve this, go to your robbers!"

……

For a while, everyone was uproarious.

Alexander looked down without saying a word. After pondering for a long time, he suddenly got up.

"The Eastern Expedition will continue, I will not take the wealth of Persia, save your thoughts."

He glanced around, and then said loudly: "Take away what belongs to us, and leave what belongs to Persia[1]!"

I am fully awake.

How dare he say that!He is simply... simply the most unreliable emperor in history!Conquer a country, but don't want the wealth of that country, he is Avalokitesvara or Jesus! ?

I was in a hurry to see the reactions of those ministers.Sure enough, most people's faces were full of exhausted anger.

"Alexander, without wealth, is it necessary for us to move forward!" Someone shouted dissatisfied.

"Of course, why not?" Alexander smiled proudly, "When the wealth is gone, hope will remain, and it will bring us more endless wealth. What is a Persepolis Palace? Follow me Go on, and I'll make each of you the richest man in the world[2]."

Sure enough, as an emperor, it is almost impossible not to be greedy.

Some are greedy for sex, some are greedy for money, and some are greedy for power.

But I've never seen anyone with such ambition and dreams.

I quietly looked at Alexander's resolute side face.

Perhaps his most precious thing is not how many cities he has conquered and how many lands he conquered, but that he knows what he wants, and for this idea, he can give everything without hesitation.

Time passed quickly, and two days passed in a blink of an eye, and I followed Alexander to run around, during which time I had no time to care about anything other than going to Hephaestion to see the unconscious Nessie.

It's just that Alexander has a banquet almost every night, and he won't take me there, but go with Hephaistion.Alexander laughed and said that some people at the banquet might not be well-behaved, for fear of offending me.

But I had a vague feeling that maybe he didn't want anyone to see him in a mess after being drunk, except for Hephaistion.

On the sunny afternoon of the third day, I met Hephaistion on the way to the Hundred Columns Hall with Alexander.

"Bagoss," before he had time to greet Alexander, his big blue eyes met me first, "Nessie is awake, he wants to see you."

I was a little overjoyed and hurriedly looked at Alexander.

He raised an eyebrow and patted me on the shoulder with a smile: "Go if you want."

I ran out happily, and felt so relaxed physically and mentally that I was about to float along the way.Nessie woke up!That's great!In this cruel world, at least I'm doing something good that I can!

When passing by the palace garden, I happened to see a few violets that had just bloomed. The bright colors looked quite pleasing to the eye.I picked a bunch at random, after all the patient woke up, it would not be good for me to go empty-handed.

After entering Hephaistion's courtyard, I ran straight to Nessie's temporary room.

"Nancy!"

I yelled excitedly, and the moment I saw the situation of the room clearly, the hand that was waving the bouquet trembled and dropped powerlessly.

The purple flowers fell, and the light petals shattered to the ground.

My eyes turned red instantly: "What the hell are you doing!"

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[1] Alexander classic quotes.

[2]Alexander's classic quote, the original words are: "Give wealth to others, leave hope to yourself, she will give me endless wealth."