As a member of the royal family, Ella had seen countless people kneeling down and begging for mercy. But this was the first time she had seen someone kneel down and beg for mercy because Ella gave him a gift.
Ella felt a little guilty when she thought that this "gift" was even fake.
"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 and pay responsibility for your crimes! Just robbed Those who have passed the gems, cut off one of your arms immediately to show God your repentance!”
As soon as Tesosomoc said these words, the Aztlan soldiers raised the scissors without saying a word, and everyone had a look of death on their faces.
"No, what are you doing?" Ella hurriedly stopped, "I told you this is not a trial, 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 reached 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 when 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 were so grateful that they got the "green gem" and kept their arms, and kept kneeling to Ella on the ground.
——Now that things have happened, I can’t tell you 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 taught Ella seriously, "The shopping mall is like a battlefield!"
But after all, Ella felt a little guilty after accepting the Aztlan soldiers' kneeling, and gave each of them a small silver medal.
…
After placing the Aztlan soldiers, Tzozomoc 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 is a map spread out in front of Ella's desk, and Ella herself is sitting behind the desk, pressing the table board with her fingers "tap, tap".
"Tesosomok." 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." Ayla interrupted Tesosomoc, "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.
"Sure enough, 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 one 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 have any intention 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 to trade, Ayla must find out one thing - where is Hestein now. Although Amy said that "not being called means that you can move freely" is quite reasonable, but Ella does not want to delay the military operations of the Pirate Kingdom because of herself. Ella had previously speculated that Aztlan was the one who had a conflict with Hestein, but that was just speculation. Now that Tesosomok 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 has 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 nearly a 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 Get an ally for Aztlan from across the sea."
(End of chapter)
