In most and most parts of the classical era, people were reluctant to offer sacrifices to Hades.
This is not quite in line with the identity and status of Pluto, but the belief in classical times is very simple. Sacrificing gods naturally requires gods.
Sacrificing the God of agriculture can pray for harvest, sacrificing the God of war can pray for victory, sacrificing the God of beauty can pray for love, what is the purpose of sacrificing the Pluto?
No one thinks life is long, let alone sacrifice, and no one is even willing to mention the name of Hades.
Because there are too few beliefs in the world, and Hades does not live on Mount Olympia, Hades is not among the twelve main gods.
Zeus fell asleep, Ares fell, Poseidon disappeared, three seats were given in the hollow of the main God, and Hermes took out one of them and gave it to Hades.
With December approaching, what method should Manda use to send a sacrifice to Hades?
Hades looked forward to it, Manda was embarrassed, and Hermes was curious. He opened his mortal vision and looked at the king''s capital.
Manda is holding a sacrifice. The purpose of the sacrifice is to pray for happiness for the dead relatives.
This was the only suitable reason that Manda could come up with, but even if it was persuasive, it didn''t get a good response.
People don''t want to go to the temple of Hades, there are few temples of Hades in the Kingdom, and people don''t want to offer sacrifices for Hades. Even if they miss their dead relatives very much, they don''t want to make any prayers to Hades.
What if the Pluto was moved by their sincerity and took them to the underworld?
When there were few responders, Manda launched a mandatory order. All nobles must sacrifice to the king of Hades, and civilians can voluntarily participate. The sacrificial power of the king''s capital was given to Stanley, while Manda shuttled through various towns to check the sacrificial status.
Although Manda did her best, the harvest of sacrifice was far inferior to the goddess of agriculture and stove fire.
In Manda''s opinion, the results are not very good, but the Pluto was moved. For countless years, the beliefs harvested by the Pluto came from the ghosts of the underworld. The ghosts'' beliefs will not turn into pearls, and Hades''s spring of faith is nearly exhausted.
Now seeing the Pearl rolling in the spring, Hades decided to send a gift back to the world immediately.
Manda was afraid of this. Fortunately, Pluto was rational. Instead of sending mortals directly on the road, he brought their relatives to the front of his eyes.
Bringing the dead directly to their loved ones will have disastrous consequences. Pluto ordered the three thousand dream gods to bring the souls of the dead to their loved ones'' dreams.
The response of this move was not small. Most people expressed deep gratitude to Pluto for being able to reunite with their relatives in their dreams, but some people also expressed deep hatred and resentment. Manda was one of them. He thought that the God of dreams would send encia, but he sent his own brother and sister.
His brother fox became a pig and his sister sadina became a sow.
They knelt on the ground and prayed for Manda''s forgiveness. Manda beat them up, kicked them back to hell and continued to suffer.
Hermes closed his mortal vision, smiled and sighed, "you can handle such a difficult thing. It''s good that they should be half as smart as you."
He quietly went out of the temple, came to the Bank of Tianhe in the night, waved his hand to the flowing river, and the thunder Scepter emerged from the river.
"This thing is so strong," Hermes smacked his lips. "Even the water of the Milky way can''t destroy you. What better way can I do?"
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At dawn, Manda had just woken up and there was a prayer in her ear.
"The great Hermes, the patron of merchants, please look here."
"I''m about to buy a valuable volume of books. Please identify the authenticity for me."
Transaction appraiser, one of Hermes''s main businesses.
Amanda sat by the bed yawning. Should she care about it?
Let''s see what the book is first.
Manda concentrated her thoughts and sneaked into the mind of the prayer. The prayer was a businessman in his thirties. He was very pious and focused. There was only the look of the book in his mind.
At the first sight of the book, Manda came to her senses. The material of the book was a little special. It was not made of parchment, but wood.
This is a scroll of bamboo slips. In previous lives, this is the history of our hometown. In this life, this is the product of Qin Gus people.
Manda replied to the merchant, "buy the book. It''s genuine. You''ve made a lot of money."
Blue Bay, in the medium-sized guest room of the tavern, the merchant trembled when he heard the oracle. On second thought, he was a little excited. He prayed piously and offered a can of wine as a sacrifice. Isn''t it just to get the instructions of the gods?
He took out his purse and poured out four gold coins, six silver coins and more than twenty copper coins.
The merchant asked for five gold coins. I wonder if he would sell four gold coins.
If you refuse to sell, add two more silver coins.
If you still refuse to sell, you can''t help it. You have to leave yourself some travel expenses.
Out of the guest room, upstairs, there are spacious first-class rooms, three silver coins a night. All the people living here have identity. In addition, after receiving God''s instructions, the merchant believes that he will not be deceived.
Pushing the door into the room, a blond middle-aged man smiled at him and said, "have you made up your mind?"
"Think about it!" the merchant sat opposite the old man. "You say it''s a book. Although I can''t see a book, I think it should be valuable. I''m willing to give two gold coins."
The middle-aged man smiled: "if you are sleepy, find a place to sleep. Don''t come here to talk in your sleep."
"Three gold coins, no more."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "go elsewhere and buy something you want."
"I really want to buy it! But your price is too high! If you buy a book with five gold coins, others will say I''m a fool!"
"Those who regard you as a fool will never make a lot of money. The government minister in the king''s capital paid a lot of money to buy qingus people''s books. Guess how much he would bid? Ten gold coins? Twenty gold coins? This money is not worth mentioning to him! If I hadn''t been old and didn''t want to go so far, I would never give you this business."
The merchant bowed his head and said, "but I really don''t have so much money..."
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and sighed: "four and a half gold coins can''t be less."
The merchant gritted his teeth and emptied his wallet: "I have only so much."
After counting the number of middle-aged people, he couldn''t help laughing: "take the copper and the rest belongs to me. It''s still far from Wangdu. You may have to suffer along the way."
The merchant took away the bamboo slips and was confused.
A little excited, he firmly believes that this thing can make him a lot of money.
A little distressed. Four gold coins and six silver coins are not a small number, and the middle-aged man is right. It takes at least more than ten days to get to the king''s capital. How can you live on those copper coins.
Return the guest room of the tavern first. I can''t afford to stay for another day.
Then go to the farmer''s house and buy some black bread. Twenty copper should be enough to eat Wang Du.
The carriage can''t afford to sit, so you can only go through the wind and rain
At the door of the tavern, the merchant shivered. It was too cold.
Shivering, just took two steps, suddenly saw a teenager following up.
"It''s so cold, don''t you want to go in for a drink?" Manda pointed to the tavern.
The merchant was surprised. What does this man mean?
I don''t know you. Why did you suddenly come to talk?
Manda didn''t want to beat around the Bush: "I''m here to buy a good thing, a book, a book made of wood."
The merchant was shocked. He had just started. Where did he hear about it?
I don''t know how much time it would take to explain. Manda directly took out her purse and said, "give me a price. How much do you want?"
"I don''t know you!" the merchant raised his voice. There were many people in the street. The boy looked very thin. He certainly didn''t dare to rob openly. Even if he had help, in broad daylight
Manda took out thirty gold coins: "is that enough?"
"You, are you, really, really?" the merchant couldn''t believe his eyes.
Manda took out ten more gold coins: "is that enough?"
"Yours, gold coins, fake..."
"I can''t even tell the true from the false gold coins. How do you come out to do business!" Manda threw him a gold coin. "Have a good test, is it true!"
The merchant tested every gold coin. Forty gold coins were true.
The gods really won''t cheat. This business really made a lot of money. They made ten times as soon as they changed hands.
It''s not safe to put so much money on you. You have to take it home quickly.
The merchant put away his money bag, trotted away and disappeared into the morning fog. Manda took the bamboo slips and opened an upper room in the tavern.
The tavern is really a place to miss.
In the room, Manda opened the bamboo slips. Since he came to the world, except for the simplified characters written by himself, this is the first time he has seen words without letters.
Neat, beautiful and square pictures are the writing art of our hometown.
After reading two lines, Manda fell into meditation.
He doesn''t recognize the word.
It should be the mother tongue of previous generations, but this ancient way of writing makes him too strange.
Take it back and study it word by word. You should be able to guess the outline. It seems to be a word "heaven"
Manda spread the bamboo slips to the end and suddenly saw a fire coming out.
No, there''s fraud!
Manda jumped up, the fire followed, and a voice appeared in the flame: "Claude, we meet again."