Before AD [Babylonian Favorites]

As soon as the words fell, a bearded man wearing a golden round short hat stepped in. He was wearing a dark blue Persian gown, and the golden pendant around his waist slightly lifted the overlong hem.Once inside, those deep black eyes searched nervously.

When he saw this side, he turned around the long table with big strides, and simply bowed down: "My most respected King of Kings, His Majesty Alexander."

His Persian accent was very strong. Alexander smiled and raised his hand slightly: "Baizus, how did you feel on the first night in the camp? Did I disturb your sweet dreams?"

Baizus stood up.

"Of course not, Your Majesty, it is my honor that you have summoned me."

Alexander raised his eyebrows: "Really?"

"Yes, you are the greatest king, I sincerely surrender to you."

Alexander fiddled with the exquisite water glass on the table, and suddenly said casually: "Then do you think, compared with Darius, is it more honored to be summoned by me or by him?"

Baizus smiled and said, "Of course it is Your Majesty."

Alexander put the ceramic water cup back, slowly raised his head to look at Byssus, then looked away, and said word by word: "I don't believe you."

All of a sudden, there was no one in the battalion commander.The generals looked at the two of them, and their playful eyes became serious and abnormal.

"Your Majesty, I can swear to God that I am absolutely loyal." Bysuth began to sweat coldly on his forehead.

"As a subject, he can kill his king without hesitation in order to save his life," Alexander stopped smiling, his eyes darkened, "Baisus, can I assume that if one day, I fall into this In a difficult situation, you will also take my head to ask for credit from the enemy?"

Baizus shook his head quickly: "No, Your Majesty, I will not do this! Darius is a tyrant, he is not as wise and powerful as you, I am helping you in accordance with the destiny, and I am only loyal to the great and brave king! Yours The power is enough to protect the whole of Persia, and I hope that Persia can grow up in a truly comfortable environment, instead of being used for pleasure by that tyrant."

"General Byssus, there is one thing I don't understand." Kassander, who was sitting next to Ptolemy and had been silent for a while, suddenly said, "Please explain to me, since you already know that Darius is a tyrant, why You have been a general by his side for 30 years and you haven't done justice for the sky?"

Baizusi insisted: "This general! I don't have great talent, nor do I have enough strength. To kill the king under such circumstances is tantamount to suicidal!"

"Oh," Kassander nodded, showing a provocative smile, "so the most important thing is to save your life, even if you need to give us the group of black and yellow ugly Persian people and a large piece of territory, isn't it? Bye for the sake of the people General Seuss, your reason is really high-sounding."

"You!" Byssus was so angry that he couldn't speak, he clenched his fist and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I resolutely cut off Darius' head for you!"

He jumped in front of Alexander excitedly, and Alexander took a step back vigilantly, trying to grab the sword but failed.I hurried to pull him, but I saw Baizus was grabbed by the shoulders by the two guards patrolling the door.

It was a false alarm, and I broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that he was really going to assassinate Alexander.

"Your Majesty! What are you doing?" He wailed and struggled twice, "Your Majesty! I traveled thousands of miles to lure Darius out and kill him. I just hoped that you could lead Persia to light. Can't bear it..."

Kassander raised his chin in a leisurely manner: "Alexander, I told you earlier that this Persian cannot stay."

Alexander didn't say a word, changed his drunken appearance just now, and turned to the other generals with clear eyes.

Krest said succinctly: "Kill him."

Ptolemy frowned and said, "Wait, it's too reckless to do this. It will scare the courtiers who want to surrender. Wouldn't we save a lot of trouble with their presence?"

Seleucus shrugged: "You know, I have never had an attitude towards this kind of thing."

Lucien Marcus straightened his back: "I support Ptolemy."

Kassander sneered: "Uncle Ptolemy, Aristotle once said that stealing is the greatest sin of mankind, and betrayal is a more shameful thing than stealing. For the sake of Iris, don't pretend to be merciful." , what do you care about after those Persian idiots have done this kind of thing?"

……

Gradually, the quarrel was divided into two distinct factions: one faction, headed by Kassander, supported Alexander's killing of Byssus, while the other, that is, Ptolemy and others, tended to safely keep Byssus's life. Thereby enticing more enemies to surrender.

Seeing them arguing red-faced, Alexander didn't seem to be in a hurry to express his opinion, and his expressionless face was even more unpredictable.I can't help but start to wonder, what kind of result will Baizus get?Nabazan, who was in Persepolis before, was also a traitor, and he seemed to have a good life.According to this precedent, Alexander probably wouldn't embarrass Baizus too much, especially since he has made great contributions.Ptolemy obviously followed Alexander's habit.

However, the current situation does not seem to be beneficial to Beisusi.

Alexander sat in a different position, propped his head on one hand, and slowly massaged his temples.

I pour him a glass of water.

"What do you think I will do?" He took the water and stared intently at the tense discussion among the courtiers at the table.

I thought I was hallucinating, but then Alexander gave me a vague look.

I pondered.

His character is too difficult to grasp.He is not a merciful person, I knew it from the time he killed Philotas, but he is also a very emotional person, no indifferent person would secretly shed tears in the middle of the night because of someone he cared about.His smile was as holy as a newborn baby, but he was an emperor who took away the souls of countless people in one fell swoop.

"What would you do?" I asked him back.

Alexander did not answer.

"Tell me what you think, Hephaestion." He suddenly broke the discussion loudly, and looked at the brown-haired man in the corner far away from him.

Everyone looked at him together.

Hephaistion was stunned, and slowly got up: "Killing him is too cruel, Alexander, I hope you can think about it, betrayal is certainly despicable, but locking him up won't cost us too much..."

"Come on, drag Byssus outside!" Alexander interrupted him abruptly.

Byssus yelled and was raised by the soldiers. He wanted to call out, but his mouth was covered.

Alexander didn't look at anyone, turned around and grabbed my arm and walked out.I tense up.

"Alexander!"

Hephaestion called him from behind, his usually indifferent voice was actually a little anxious.

Alexander turned a deaf ear and went straight out with the guards.

The sky was slightly bright, and torches were lit in the quiet camp.The woods not far away rustled, and occasionally there were a few birdsong.The sandy soil on the ground is depicted as cracks by the drought, so fragile that it will shatter when stepped on.

Alexander strode me to an open space and pointed to the center: "Bring Baizus here and tie him up."

The generals followed one after another, and many people gathered around to watch, but no one spoke.

Baisusi's eyes showed unwillingness and despair, he was lying on the ground, his mouth was also strangled.

Alexander paced back and forth in the sand until he saw Hephaistion approaching.

"Say." He suddenly folded his arms and nodded Baizus with his chin, "Tell me, who are you loyal to?"

Baizus knelt there and began to tremble: "You, my lord."

"Very well," said Alexander Flatly, "Melanie, cut off his nose and earlobes[1]."

Everyone was in an uproar.I was also so shocked that my heart jumped, this kind of punishment is not as pleasant as killing me with a knife.I can't believe how Alexander suddenly became so cruel, even a little strange.

Melanie drew out his sword and slowly walked towards the bound man on the ground.

Bysuth's face twisted, and he begged: "No! Your Majesty! No—"

The pleading sound suddenly turned into a scream, piercing the sky.

This time Alexander didn't cover my eyes. I was scared and wanted to look away, but he firmly held my head with both hands behind me.

"Watch with me, Bagoas," his voice was bloodthirsty tenderness, "just watch."

I will never forget that horrible scene as long as I live.My heart contracted sharply, such a living and intact person suddenly turned into a bloody hole at the bone of his nose, his face was covered with blood, blood dripped from his earlobes to his shoulders, he was as hideous as a ghost.

Baizus was lying on the ground like a fish flopping in the mud, twitching and making strange noises.

"Your Majesty! Save me! Your Majesty!"

After tossing and tossing for a long time, he screamed and began to crawl towards me little by little, with the whites of his eyes rolling out.

This purgatory scene made me feel suffocated. I wanted to escape, but my body was imprisoned by Alexander.

"Don't go, stay with me, okay?" His snort was next to my ear, I couldn't see his face, but he held my hand tightly, "Too many times... I don't want to bear it alone. "

The smell of blood came to my nostrils, I stopped moving, and stood in front of him alone, watching Baizus' fingertips approaching me a little bit.At that moment, the creepy feeling made me almost collapse.

Baizus crawled and suddenly stopped moving.He raised his head, his eyes widened: "Bagos?"

How did he know my name?

He screamed: "Bagoss! Save me! Save me!"

Goose bumps all over my body stood up, and I leaned back desperately.But Alexander remained motionless like a mountain.

"Who are you loyal to?" Alexander's unmoved voice sounded again.

"Darius, Your Majesty, I am loyal to Darius!" Byssus replied without hesitation.

There seemed to be a second of stagnation in the air.

Alexander Road: "The enemy general, return to Ecbatan immediately, and behead him in public at noon today."

Baizus cried like a madman.

"Alexander! Alexander, you devil!"

Alexander let go of my shoulders and turned away.

"Is this what you think?" Hephaistion's voice suddenly appeared behind me, and I couldn't help but look back.

Alexander walked towards him.

"No, don't come here." Hephaestion's wet blue pupils were bottomless, and his tone was no longer warm, "Alexander, why does everything have to be like this? Where is it placed?"

"You know I've always been controlling."

"I don't know, I don't want to know anything, I just want to ask you, Alexander, why don't you even try? How do you know that I am not willing to lower my status and make sacrifices? As long as you say, Alexander, I can , I swear to Aphrodite, I will give you everything you want." Hephaistion raised his head uncontrollably, "If you still care about me, I will think about it, I... I don't mind being Male favorite."

His voice was extremely humble, and it was especially sad in Baizus's howling, like a crumbling kite.

All eyes were attracted by the ghost-like Baizus.

Time seems to freeze at this moment.

Then Alexander took a step back and wrapped his long fingers around my shoulders.

"Don't be kidding." He picked up a lock of my hair and put it on his lips, his voice was very steady, "Hephas, although I like you, but as a male favorite, how can you be better than my Bagoss? "

However, Hephaistion didn't know that Alexander's hand on my shoulder was trembling slightly.

Alexander, I really want to tear off your disguise.Hurting someone you love, hurting yourself, what the hell are you doing?

Caught off guard, my ankle suddenly tightened, feeling like someone was grabbing me.When I lowered my head, I saw four bloody fingers.

Byssus was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and there was a blood hole in the center of his face. He was smiling at me strangely: "Bagoss! Alexander, this bitch is also a traitor! He fled from Darius, then turned around and fell into your arms! I don't accept it! Why don't you torture this slut! Hahaha! Bagoss is born lascivious, anyone can fuck him, this disgusting dirty thing! I'm really curious, didn't Oxa specifically find clients with sexually transmitted diseases to fuck you back then ,you……"

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[1] In the event of the killing of Baissus, Alexander condemned his treachery, cut off his ears and nose, and then killed him in front of the local people.This too cruel capital punishment has been controversial in later generations.Reference from Arrian's "Alexander's Expedition"