Bouquet of Narcissus

On the country road, there are debris everywhere, and the sound of the foal's hooves is full of rhythm.

The city gate is crowded with people coming and going.

When Narcissus entered the city, he heard the song he heard in the morning again, but this time the song was full of joy and joy.

The laborers cheered: "It's time to quit work. The day's hard work is over. May God grant us sunshine and food tomorrow."

Someone sarcastically said, "Let's say it's a reward from the king."

The overseers I saw in the morning had long since disappeared. The laborers were divided into two groups, one group entered the city, and the other group disbanded on the spot. Small groups scattered into camps in small towns outside the city.

Narcissus rode a pony into the city with the crowd and mixed with the laborers. The city-state's bazaar had already closed.There is a moon hanging in the sky at this moment, and the moonlight is bright and clean.

The big men in twos and threes laughed and shouted. Narcissus found it interesting and walked slowly.

Someone grabbed the little green parrot, and then let it go suddenly. The little green screamed a few times in fright, and lost more than a dozen feathers. laughing out loud.

The little parrot was furious, and flew down quickly to peck the pony's tail, causing the pony to run, scurrying in the crowd, turning people on their backs, and galloped on the road back to the palace after entering the city very quickly.The little parrot proudly watched the people dodging around, fluttering its wings with joy.

Unexpectedly, the people around felt disgusted. A black-faced man picked up a stone on the ground and threw it at the pony's buttocks. The pony roared and ran even more chaotically.

"Slow down!" Narcissus exclaimed.Seeing that the pony was about to bump into an old man who was carrying water, he hurriedly tugged on the rein, but couldn't control it for a while—at this moment a figure rushed out and kicked the pony to the right.

The foal fell down, and Narcissus almost fell, he was angry: "What are you doing?"

This man was dressed in black, tall, with a straw hat, and had great strength.

The foal neighed in pain, and there was blood on the horse's neck.

"Horses are not sensible, but people should be sensible." The man looked down at Narcissus, and said in a calm tone, "It is not allowed to ride horses on the main road of the castle at this time." He knelt down and checked the foal, "Take it back and raise it for a few days , I can’t die.” After saying that, he was about to leave.

"Stop—" Narcissus became impatient, he had never met such an unreasonable person with such a bad attitude.So he made a move, but was gently waved away—because of his mother, the goddess of water, Liriope, he also inherited part of the divine power.Generally speaking, ordinary people and mortals are not his opponents.As for this person, Narcissus watched himself being forced to take two or three steps back, feeling more complicated and angry.

"Pay me for the foal." This was a gift from the great prince Priam, a purebred foal of red Hilati bloodline.

"You can't just leave like this, at least, you have to help me bring the pony back to the palace." Narcissus insisted, and he followed the man in black for a few steps.

The man in black ignored him at all, his steps were fast like a gust of wind, and Narcissus felt that he was not simple, "If you do this, won't your conscience hurt? Don't you pay compensation for hurting someone else's pet? "

He was out of breath, the little green parrot didn't follow, and the veil was ripped off by him—"Stop! You bastard!" He casually picked up a stone by the side of the road and threw it at the man in black.

"You!" The man in black turned his head, seemed very angry, but stopped suddenly - the beauty of Narcissus shocked him, and the pain in his back that was hit for a while did not hurt so much.

The man in black's wide hat pressed his brows and eyes, and he could only see his lips moving, "He is so beautiful, but he has no brains." He sneered: "If you follow me again, your little pony will be killed by someone soon." Take it away, be sold or eaten. And your broken parrot will soon be taken away and fed to the dogs."

Narcissus stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and looked into the distance. Many people gathered around the pony, talking a lot.He didn't see the parrot anymore, he didn't know what to believe for a while, and when he turned around, the man in black had disappeared.

He stomped, "If I meet you again, I will definitely catch you and feed you to the dogs."

Narcissus returned to the palace, and the eldest prince Priam saw him, "Why is it so late, today's dinner is extraordinarily rich, but you didn't eat it." Priam had already married a wife and had children.In his eyes, this new boy is just like his younger brother who deserves to be cherished.

Narcissus pouted, "The pony you gave me was injured." He asked Priam to help him find the man in black, and he must teach him a lesson.Priam agreed, and also said that he would give him a new white horse, and found him a copy of the laws of the city-state of Troy.

"That person is right. No one can ride a horse within an hour after sunset. The king and the common people are guilty of the same crime and receive ten lashes."

Narcissus was dissatisfied and had no choice but to eat something sullenly.After reading the law for a while, and then thinking of the browless man in black, he was still very angry.

Then he took out the scroll, the little parrot pecked at the cheese, and said, "Catch that scoundrel, my hair has been ripped off, my head is bald, I can't see anyone anymore."

Narcissus admired the picture of the scroll, and said, "Let's go to Mount Ida tomorrow. The Poro people are so nice, I like getting along with him very much."

He was about to draw the picture on the scroll when Hesione ran over.

She is the youngest and most beloved daughter of Laomedon, with an innocent face and a willful personality.She has a pair of green eyes and satin-like long hair. She saw the scroll of Narcissus at once and snatched it. "Brother, what is this? Have you received a gift?" She spread it out in amazement , "It's really magnificent, this one is even more magnificent than the one in father's bedroom. Brother, who gave you this?"

Narcissus wanted to take the scroll back, but Hesione held it and refused to give it to him, and said in admiration: "If the father sees it, he will definitely want to keep it."

The current king of Troy, Laomedon, is a hero who returned from an expedition. With the gift of God, he chose a site to build his own country.Laomedon boasted of his achievements countless times to Narcissus and his mother, the goddess of water, Lyriope:

"I have incomparable divine power and courage, and I won my kingdom with wisdom." He introduced the power of Troy in exaggerated and emotional language.Troy is the largest city-state on the Drosian Plain, and there are two or three small city-states adjacent to it, namely Romandro, Tovan, and Croti.

There are also several islands around the Deros Plain, Tenedos Island, Lesbos Island, Pedas City, and Lurnas City.Although I have never conquered them, my queen is from here, and we are good allies.On the opposite side is the Mediterranean Sea, where the long and narrow coastline stretches far into the distance, where many miracles appear.This is also the reason why many heroes go out into the world. They long for the footprints of God and forge ahead with endless courage.

"And I once explored with many heroes on the Argo. How exciting the journey was. You must have heard countless descriptions. When I came back with the treasure I found in the ocean-bring it back Bring back a ship full of gold and silver, jewels, shells, grain, and bronze vessels.

I also brought medicine and crop cultivation technology to the Trojans. I think those ordinary people are grateful to me.After many years of hard work I am old, but my son Priam shall inherit my throne and my people, and I will leave him such a great and strong wall-though all is not yet built, but I believe it is indestructible and extremely strong.In the future, no one will be able to break through it, and even gods will shy away from it. "

His bragging made his children admire him very much, as did Narcissus, but his mother always warned him: "Never trust anyone."

Thinking of this, Narcissus snatched back the scroll, put it under his bed, and said to Hesione: "Now I am going to rest, please leave."

Hesione was dissatisfied, "Why are you so angry at me? Shouldn't you share something good? I gave you a share of all my head flowers."

"Are you saying you gave me the wild chrysanthemum you hate the most, or the coriander flower I hate the most? Then you took away my favorite narcissus jade pillow, and snatched the violets my mother gave me with tears , and then" Narcissus pointed out bluntly, "You cut off my long hair while I was sleeping, and I am sorry for sharing it like this. Now, Hesione, you can go out, I want to sleep."

The little parrot flapped its wings and flew up and down, circling Hesione, saying: "It's ugly, it's jealous, it's ugly, it's jealous."

Hesione bit her lip: "Your heart is as vicious and indifferent as your appearance. I hate you the most, huh." She pulled the curtain and left angrily, and said, "And you little brat, sooner or later I will I want to rip off your hair, boil it and eat it!"

The little parrot screamed: "I'm so scared! I'm so scared!" Then he pecked her and was about to shit on her head, but Hesione ran away. "I'm going to find my father, you all bully me! Woooooo..."

Narcissus shook his head, lay down on the bed, and soon fell asleep.He had a dream, dreaming of his mother.In the dream, Laomedon was showing off his achievements again, and begged his mother to bless his city with sufficient water source and beautiful water quality.

The goddess of water, Liriope, praised him with a smile and agreed to him.However, as soon as he returned, he said to his son Narcissus: "Such a rejoicing person will not last long, but my son, I can't take you back to the hometown where we grew up. Warning, you will be in danger in the deep forest, and I have to stay here to avoid Hera." Mother was always so cautious, as if avoiding unknown fears.

Narcissus was puzzled by this, but he was used to it—he was used to his mother's sudden appearance and disappearance, her nervousness.The mother is jealous and insecure, as if someone will persecute her and eat her soul.She tried to mutter to herself and laugh and cry bitterly.When she is insane, she will curse the fairy in the forest, curse the father he has never met, and curse the unknown fate; when she is sober, she will confess her rudeness and ignorance, and will seriously cook delicious food for Narcissus of soup.

Then, he woke up, a little disappointed.

He misses his mother.