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What happened, Hawktimus imprisoned all the guards who were on duty that night, and when he was about to interrogate them one by one, he didn't find Duo Kui's figure. When he asked the subordinates around him, they shook their heads and didn't know where Duo Kui had gone.
Interrogating the guards of the palace, how could the direct commander be absent, and ordered people to find Duo Kui quickly, and Hawktimos frowned and paced back and forth in the room waiting.
After a while, the person sent to look for Duo Kui trotted in the door, knelt down and reported that Duo Kui was nowhere to be found, and Hawktimus realized that something was wrong.
Immediately ordered the whole city to search for Duo Kui, but proceeded cautiously and did not disturb the palace.
This search takes a day.
The curtain is low, the search is still fruitless, no one is alive, no corpse is dead.
The general of the Royal Palace Guards disappeared, which cannot be concealed, and Hawktimus bit the bullet and reported the matter to Tusasita.
After a moment of silence, she looked at Hawktimus thoughtfully, touching the fear that suddenly shrank in his eyes, but Tusasita's eyes remained calm as before.
Order Marie to search for Duo Kui, and she will give an account whether she is dead or alive.
It just happened to give this kid a chance to exercise his muscles and bones, so that he would not be worried about not being able to go to Sinai, and he would be listless like a defeated bull all day long.
Living up to expectations, it only took Marie three days to find the absconded Dokui.
"My lord, General Marie is here."
A notification broke the somewhat dull silence of the room.Tusasita glanced at Xia Yuebai, then straightened his upper body and left the window, nodding to the guard. "Let him in."
"Yes." Just as the guard's voice disappeared, a faint smell of blood suddenly came in from outside the door.As the sound of slightly sluggish footsteps approached from the outside to the inside, the stench unexpectedly flooded the room filled with incense like a tide.
Xia Yuebai who was sitting behind the table couldn't help but put down his pen and looked out the door because of the strong and pungent smell.
The suspicious sideways glance happened to meet the gaze of Sasita above with a slight smile, Xia Yuebai pretended not to see it, resting her chin with one hand, her eyes still followed the increasingly strong smell and stared at the door, without a trace. Just ignore her.
There were two blood-red figures standing outside the door.
The clothes and armor were extremely worn, and the dust and sand all over his body was mixed with dark red and half-dried blood clots. Under the refraction of the surrounding gold and jade, he exuded a dilapidated and rotten breath of death.
"King." Just after passing the threshold, Marie, who was standing at the back, suddenly raised his leg and kicked the back knee of the person in front, watching Duo Kui fall to the ground like a ball of mud with cold eyes. Get down on your knees. "Duo Kui brought it."
"Thanks for your hard work, Marie." When he said this, the young pharaoh did not look at Duo Kui, who fell to the ground and was convulsed by the wounds all over his body, and smiled at Marie who was kneeling on the ground, as if watching An old friend who suddenly came to visit one day. "Get up."
Marie said nothing, just lowered his head, and a hint of pride flashed quietly in those sharp eagle-like eyes.
Even the dust and blood on his face could not conceal Duo Kui's sturdy appearance. I don't know if it was because of his serious injuries or other reasons, but in the quiet and plain voice of Tusasita, his whole body trembled even more.
Xia Yuebai could even clearly distinguish the chattering of his teeth from his trembling lips.Surprised by the blood clots and scars on his body, there was a faint discomfort in his stomach, and he couldn't help frowning.
"Where did you go?"
"To the west of the Valley of the Kings, we are almost at Sand Island."
"Sand Island..." repeated thoughtfully, and Tussita took a step in their direction with his hands clasped behind his back. "Want to disappear into the desert from there?"
"King!" The shivering figure on the ground suddenly straightened up, rolled and crawled to Tusasita's side, and hugged her ankle tightly. "King! Forgive me! Forgive me! I dare not! You are only loyal to the king..."
Seeing this, the guards on both sides were about to come over to pull him, but saw Tusasita raised his hand and waved it lightly.
So they stood still again, put their hands on the scabbard, and stared intently at the suddenly hysterical man in front of them.
"Only loyal to me?" Seeing Duo Kui crying bitterly at his feet, Tusasita's tone remained unchanged. "Then... why are you running away?"
"My lord, I have no choice! I don't want to escape, but my family..."
"Family?" He smiled, his indifferent eyes were as beautiful as the crescent lake in the desert because of this smile, but in Duo Kui's eyes, he seemed to see some kind of scourge, vividly from his dirty face that could not tell its original color , showing a layer of dead ash on the verge of collapse.
His hand unknowingly loosened from Tusa Sita's ankle, but the entire lower jaw was gently pinched by her suddenly outstretched hand, unable to move. "I don't know what you think you did? If it wasn't for your favoritism, corruption, and lawlessness, who could threaten you, the general of the Guards?"
Tusahita looked him in the eyes and spoke in a low voice that seemed hypnotic.And that look, like a snake spitting out a letter, is as charming as a bewildering cup. "The price of betraying me, you should have calculated it in your heart, is it worth it..."
Suddenly loosening his fingers, Duo Kui fell down without any precautions, but the moment he landed, he was slapped by Tusasita's flying slap and rolled back to the gate.
His tone was as sharp as an ice arrow in an instant, and Tusasita quietly stared at his figure curled up on the ground, and said word by word: "If you dare to do it, you must dare to do it. Don't make excuses for what happened today."
The fear seeping out of the eyes, after hearing the last few words that Tusasita said, suddenly shrunk into a ball of dark despair.Duo Kui lay on the ground, motionless, looking at the Egyptian queen who was walking towards him with eyes as cold as icebergs.The general, whose face was like a corpse, suddenly struggled uncontrollably. "It's Sepp! It's him! It's him--uh!"
Before the words were finished, after a burst of choking whimpers, Duo Kui suddenly stopped breathing with a face distorted by despair and anger.
A pitch-black short sword pierced his throat straight, and the golden hilt was silently held tightly in Tusasita's slender palm.
There was dead silence all around, and even Marie stared at the figure of Tusahita drawing his sword from behind with puzzled eyes.
Tusasita is looking down at something, with a pensive look, I don't know if the focused eyes are looking at the corpse at the foot, or watching the sword crawling silently all over the ground after it is pulled out, pattering like a bright red The blood of the stream.
Silence, the air gradually lost its ability to flow because of her stillness, fresh blood flowed heavily in such a thick and sluggish air, for a moment, it was so thick that one felt the urge to vomit.
Covering her mouth and nose tightly with her hands, she suppressed the scream that almost blurted out. As early as the moment Duo Kui was pierced with a sword through her throat, Xia Yuebai's eyes were filled with horror, and her whole face was even paler. bloodless.
For the first time in my life, I saw someone die in front of my eyes.
Nausea, the feeling of being hollowed out in the stomach, overwhelming discomfort.
But at this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Tusasita raising his eyes and smiling slightly at the guard at the door. "Did you hear what he said just now?"
Almost at the same time, all the guards fell to their knees in unison. "My lord, Duo Kui didn't say anything just now."
Slightly nodding, she put the sword back into the sheath hanging at her waist, pondered for a moment, and said softly: "The rebel Duo Kui tried to assassinate me through interrogation, and I have now executed him. Can you all see clearly?"
"Yes."
"What happened here today, I don't want to hear a word outside."
"Yes."
Slightly narrowing her eyes, her smiling eyes flicked over the tense faces of the guards at the door one by one. She nodded slightly, squinted at the corpse on the ground, and waved her hand.
The guards surrounded him silently and swiftly. After a short while, they wrapped the corpse on the ground with a cloak, carried them forward and backward, and disappeared into the dark corridor outside the palace.
There was still a dead silence all around.
The person died, the body was moved away, and everything seemed to be over, but a thicker depression than before was silently moving along the motionless figure standing beside the bloodstain in Tusasi Tower. Spread throughout the palace.
Xia Yuebai wanted to leave, but the depression was so real that she couldn't move, her legs were weak and she could only sit on the chair in a daze, watching everything that happened just now with a pair of horrified eyes.
"Marie, go down and rest."
"Yes." Dazed for a moment, he nodded towards the figure who was walking towards the soft chair.
After Marie left, the room fell completely silent.
Leaning a sideways glance at Xia Yuebai, Tusasita was leaning sideways in the chair, the hand that held the sword just now was holding a delicate golden cup at this moment, and her brown eyes with rippling smiles looked as if nothing had happened. "What's wrong?"
She frowned and said nothing, she was afraid that she would spit it out if she opened her mouth.
Raise your eyebrows and laugh. "First time seeing a dead person?"
nod.
Knowing the expression in his heart, he took a sip, put down the cup, sighed faintly, was blown away by a gust of summer wind beside him, and fell silent.
Taking a deep breath, suppressing the urge to vomit, trying to find his voice, he asked, "Why did you kill him? You didn't ask anything... Motives, purpose, mastermind and accomplices, didn't you ask?"
"No need to ask."
Confused, she really couldn't understand Tusasita's answer.
"He said 'Sep' just now, so you didn't hear it?" Duo Kui knew he was going to die, he called out this name in order to protect himself, there must be a lot of hidden secrets, but Tusasita ended it with a sword at this moment He, obviously, just to keep his mouth shut.
"Yes."
Half surprised, half suspicious, with a look of confusion. "Tusasita, why?!"
"Yuebai, there are some things that don't need to be clear."
In an instant, a thought flashed through Xia Yue's mind, and Xia Yue was startled suddenly by this thought. She looked directly at Tusasita who was shaking the wine glass, and when she held the glass close to her lips, she said firmly: "Have you already started?" Then we will know who Duo Kui's accomplice is."
There is a slightly raised lip line on the rim of the golden cup, eyes lightly closed, drinking silently, under the slightly drooping eyelids there is a golden light, and the evil charm of monsters and beasts makes people tremble.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when facing such an elusive Tusasita, Xia Yuebai's words were stuffed in his stiff throat, unable to utter a single word.
This Egyptian pharaoh, a queen with a mind as deep as the sea, the world only saw her iron fist when she was in power, but did not see her hidden resourcefulness. Such a person is always respected and feared.
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The next day, Delta sent news from Libya again. This was the second enemy report from the border within ten days.
The Libyan army approached the delta in large numbers, and they camped in the oasis between the two countries. As a result, the caravans in the past were afraid to continue their journeys and had to turn back.Fortunately, the people in the delta have already started to migrate ahead of time, and the poor trade has not affected people's lives too much.
However, the oasis occupied by the Libyans is a piece of public domain that does not belong to the two countries. The bottom line of Egypt's tolerance.
Holding a piece of parchment, Tusasita quietly glanced at the civil and military ministers in the hall one by one. When they met her eyes and lowered their heads, she looked down at them with a cold expression.
"Send troops." She said, her voice was as calm as water, without agitation or anger, like a wind blowing from a river, calming everyone's worries and speculations about the border situation for many days.
"Ordering Kemont to attack will inevitably make the Libyans withdraw from the oasis."
"Yes." Bahari nodded.
"Marière, order your lieutenant in Sinai to be ready to support Kemont at any time. In addition, you must also keep an eye on Syria and prevent it from attacking Libya at the same time." Looking at Marière, Tusasita explained in an orderly manner.
"Yes, King."
"Once the Libyans exit the oasis, the army will withdraw to the territory and there is no need to pursue them." She glanced at Bahari and added.
"Yes, the minister will explain clearly."
Nodding, the parchment slid from the loosened palm to the table, and the crumpled creases were slowly stretched in the warm wind. Before it unfolded, Tusa Sita held it down with one hand Parchment on the table, stand up.
"The new year is approaching, but the war is starting. You all have to be more vigilant. The more you have to be calm at this time, everyone should have a measure of what to do and what not to do."
"Yes, I understand." The ministers responded in unison and bowed in salute.
The tip of the eyebrows was slightly raised, and the cold brown eyes condensed the rich color of the sun, blooming a metallic luster as clear as ice crystals.
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"Hittie... Anashika." She narrowed her eyes and remained silent.
"My lord, I heard that although this Hittite princess and the Hittite king Mombasa are half-brothers and sisters, they have a very good relationship. The Hittite king cherishes her very much. Since Anashiga became an adult, there have been many princes and nobles coming to propose marriage. Incessantly, but were rejected by Mombasa for various reasons, so that she was 23 years old and still lived alone in the palace. She came to Egypt to attend the New Year in name, but when they arrived, the New Year had already passed for many days, so it can be seen that the purpose of her trip was not to congratulate the new year, you see..." Hawktimos looked at the tall and tall man overlooking the window The figure, the meaning behind the words is already ready to come out.
Holding the window frame with one hand, scratching the white wooden window frame with his fingertips, his careless eyes glanced at the dazzling greenery outside the window. "Since she is coming, she is a guest from Egypt, so just greet her according to the etiquette. Egypt and the Hittites trade with each other, and we have no differences with the Hittites at present. No matter what intentions the Hittite king has in sending her to Egypt, don't be negligent on the surface. Those two princesses."
"Yes, I understand, I will order careful preparations. Lord Bahari is busy with other things for the New Year, and I will handle this matter carefully."
"Okay." Nodding, smiling.Su Er said something, a bit inexplicable. "Alnis is almost at Thebes."
Startled suddenly, the moment the name came into his ears, Hawktimus lowered his head and remained silent.
Looking sideways, the corners of his eyes turned to the general who was over [-] years old behind him. His temperament of steel and iron bones was branded on him by many years of military service, which would never be erased in his life. "You should also prepare well. You haven't seen each other for several years."
His body trembled, his shoulders were frozen in the breeze of light fragrance and tea, his drooping face never lifted up, frowning, he replied cautiously: "Yes, I know."
Unexpectedly, he smiled, a gentle and charming smile, his hair fluttering in the wind, hiding a trace of inaudible narrowness on his face, and his brown eyes moved out of the window again, intoxicated by the summer wind moving the pool water. Yi Lian is gentle and sparkling.
Staring at each other, silent.
The author has something to say: Do you think that the autumn will be updated every other day, ahaha, but no!
Chapter 19
"Is there really going to be a war?"
"Ah."
"Didn't the Babylonian army not arrive?" He frowned, and his voice was full of doubts. He didn't expect this battle to come so soon.
"Can't wait." Glancing at the courtyard outside the window, the breeze was mixed with the whispering laughter of the maid, ambiguous and gentle, as light as a feather brushing against the skin.
Looking anxiously at the indifferent Tusa Sita, Xia Yuebai really didn't understand how she could still be so leisurely and lazy now. "Then what to do?"
"It doesn't have to be the help of the Babylonians. With the current situation, Egypt can handle it." This is true, provided that the remnants of the Syrian army do not come to make trouble, and the delta army is more than enough to deal with the Libyans.
Born in a peaceful age, Xia Yuebai's knowledge of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign wars is limited to texts and film and television works. No matter how rich her imagination is, she can't construct a bloody picture of an ancient battlefield.
Even though the battlefield was thousands of miles away in the desert, when she heard the news that Egypt would go to war with Libya, she still felt timid.
Knowing what she was afraid of, just as she was about to speak, a maid's voice came from outside the door, with a hint of panic in her breath.
"My lord, General Mangka is in the chamber."
"Him?" His eyes froze, and he jumped off the window sill while putting down his wine glass.
"What's the matter?" Then he got up, stood by the table and looked at Tusasita blankly, the lazy smile licked by the sun faded from the brown eyes, and the sharp and gloomy light occupied the pair of mild and playful eyes just now. suddenly.
Holding on to the window sill with one hand, looking sideways, his quiet eyes swept Xia Yuebai's face lightly, pausing for a while at the bottom of her suspicious eyes, retracting his gaze, and took a step forward. "It's okay, we'll talk later."
If Tusasita's steps were not too hasty, Xia Yuebai would really believe her words, watching her figure disappear into the summer wind blowing in by the door, frowning, feeling inexplicably uneasy.
"Penny, who is General Manka?"
"General Mangka is the general who follows His Highness Alnis. Since His Highness left Thebes, the king has sent General Mangka to protect His Highness."
Tusasita said that Alnis still had a few days before he could reach Thebes. Why didn't the general who was dedicated to protecting the prince perform his duties by Alnis' side, but arrived alone earlier?
Looking up, looking at the door, the bright light licked the white door frame and flew in. The same pure white ground was reflected with a dazzling and colorful brilliance, which made people's eyes hurt, and squinted uncomfortably, Xia Yue Bai slowly sat back in the chair.
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"How is Arnis?"
"Your Highness is fine, but Lord Unas was injured a little to protect His Highness." Manka stared at the young king who was pacing back and forth by his side, and lowered his head.
With his hands behind his back, he walked slowly to the table and stopped. "How dare you do it outside the city of Abidor, which is only six days away from Thebes, how brave you are."
Manka's body trembled, and the moment Tusashita hit the table with his fist, he suddenly knelt down.He came from Abidor City without sleep, his tired face was stained black with sweat mixed with dust, and when he looked at the silhouette at the table that was bathed in the sun but exuded an extremely cold silhouette, Mangka felt tired from his body. was suddenly completely shocked.
"Caught alive?"
"No, seeing that the attack failed, they retreated very quickly."
"Who is it?"
"The king, according to my opinion, is likely to be a Hebrew or a Libyan." Only the Hebrews who have lived in Egypt all year round, as well as the Libyans whose neighbors are located near the delta, know the Nile River Basin in this way. terrain type.From the favorable location they chose to ambush and the route of retreat later, it is not difficult to see that these people are quite familiar with the terrain of the lower Nile.
The fist full of anger was still pressed against the wooden tabletop, and the shiny black tabletop reflected the bluish joints.After a while, the guards communicated, and Bahari and Hoktimos begged to see him outside the hall.
The door was opened from the outside, and two people walked in one after the other. Hawktimus caught a glimpse of Manka kneeling on the ground, and his face changed slightly.Kneeling down to salute with Bahari, he glanced at Manka again from the corner of his eye, just in time to meet Manka casting a glance at him from under his lowered head, hastily.
"Get up." She walked around the desk and sat down.
"My lord, how is His Highness Alnis doing now?" Bahari asked a little anxiously. He looked at Manka, and Manka nodded at him.
"He's fine."
Bahari let out a long sigh, Hawktimus was obviously not so relieved, his eyes were sharp, and he seemed to be trying to suppress his anger. "Please allow the king to rush to Adobe City and escort His Highness Alnis back to Thebes."
His brows moved slightly, his eyes moved to Hawktimus, and he remained silent.
"King," Manka glanced at the man beside him who was kneeling on one knee but with a stiff back, and said, "General Hawktimus can go with me, and I will set off tomorrow morning."
Bahari didn't speak. He looked at the silent Tusasita, and saw that her thoughtful eyes were wandering with the fingertips sliding on the table.From time to time, her fingertips touched the files on the side, stopped, and then turned back the same way, going back and forth for about a moment, with a flick of her finger.
It was just a small gesture, and anyone who knew her well knew that the Egyptian queen had already made a decision.
"Hoctimus, you stay in Thebes."
"But, Wang——" The next thing I wanted to plead stopped on my lips.
As Tusasita raised her eyebrows, she said, "I'll go pick him up."
Dazed, it came from three people at the same time. After hearing Tusashita's order clearly, they only paused for a short moment. Three different voices sounded in the silent room, speaking different words, but they meant the same thing.
Prevent.
Raising his hand, the hall suddenly fell silent.
Bahari, with his arms spread out in the air, still rolled half a sentence in his open mouth, which he swallowed abruptly. He could only look at the pair of brown eyes behind the table that were staring at the courtyard outside the window with anxious eyes. , a touch of gold shone in her eyes, the coquettish color was so treacherous that it made one's heart chill.
"Leave tomorrow morning, Manka and I will go. During my absence, Bahari and Hawktimus will be in charge."
Hawktimos took half a step forward and was about to speak when a hand was stretched out behind him to block his arm. Looking back, he saw Manka shaking his head lightly.
Grit your teeth and close your eyes.
"Someone asked me where I was going, and said that I went to the river valley. Don't disturb anyone, I will leave quietly." Her voice, accompanied by the soft laughter of the maid outside the window, was very soft, like a spring breeze passing over the water .
"Yes." Unable to stop, unable to persuade, her stubbornness is always respected and hated.
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The three walked out of the side hall, and Bahari was going to make some preparations for Tusasita's departure. He asked Manka about Alnis's recent situation. left.
Just as Bahari left, Hawktimus turned his head and punched Manka on the side of his upper body. Poor Manka didn't even have the slightest preparation, and received a solid punch all over his face. He turned his head to the right and staggered He took a few steps back.
Touching his chin, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his split lip, which he wiped off with the back of his hand.Manka didn't seem to be angry, he just frowned angrily, and said, "Brother, can't you go back and fight? This is the palace."
"When the king sent you to protect His Highness, how did you promise me?"
"As long as I have breath, I will never let Your Highness suffer any harm."
"What now? Raid! How did you become a general? Can't you stop a mere raid?" Angry, forgetting that they were still in the corridor of the side hall, holding back his anger, his voice raised uncontrollably. How much higher.
"Do you know how many people they sent this time? 300 people! In our country, beside the Nile River, who would have thought that these people would attack us so blatantly?" Prince, who would have guessed?
Pointing at Manka's nose, Hawktimus spewed out his anger like an unstoppable volcano. "Where are your people? One thousand guards, are you afraid of three hundred unknown soldiers who dare not even report their identities?"
"I didn't take all the guards with me this time. I only brought 50 people. Including Unas' bodyguards, there are less than 100 people in total."
"What? Five...ten people! Has your brain been blown dry by the wind? What's the use of bringing such a few people, Manka——"
"This is His Highness's meaning!" I couldn't help it anymore, growled out, and then immediately looked at the tall golden palace gate not far away, the two exquisite gates were quietly closed, and let out a sigh.
"..."
"Brother, go home first, if you want to beat or scold you, I know that I was negligent and frightened His Highness. Your Highness is safe, otherwise I will die, and I will have no face to come back to see the king and you." He touched Hawktimus' saber and was slapped away by his palm. Hawktimus glared at him resentfully. The burly and tall Manka lowered his head, looking like a child who has done something wrong.
"Go, wash your face and go home. Mother is nagging you every day that you are coming back. Seeing you like this, she must be worried to death."
"Yes, brother." He grinned and pulled the wound at the corner of his mouth, causing his eyebrows to twitch in pain.
The two walked in the small square in the palace, the water sprayed by the lion's head fell into the water, and the emerald green pool water had golden ripples, which disappeared layer by layer by the pool. "He...Your Highness, how is your health?"
Shaking his head, he sighed deeply. "After the beginning of spring, I have been sick for a while. The weather is getting hotter, and His Highness has more uncomfortable days. You can't go to the temple every three days, and you can only stay in the bedroom."
His thick black eyebrows twitched suddenly, breaking the shadow of the sun above his head, and the guards walking towards him saluted him, and were taken aback by his livid face. "What's going on? Last month's letter also said that the health has improved, and the medical officers in Memphis should kill and feed the wolves, a bunch of useless waste!"
"Your Highness is afraid that the king will be worried, so he made up those words to comfort the king. When the king sees His Highness, he will definitely blame His Highness for concealing his illness." He sighed and shook his head again. Sita concealed his illness, but could not report it truthfully. Being caught between the siblings, he was even more in a dilemma.
Without saying a word, Hawktimus touched the saber, holding the black hilt with his fingers, and exerted force quietly.
This pair of brothers and sisters, one is the queen of Egypt and the other is the high priest, the same origin brings them so different fates.
Originally, the person who had the chance to sit on the throne should be Alnis as a man, but from the moment he was born, God deprived him of the right to be the heir.
However, Tusahita, who has never been among the heirs, relied on the power he secretly cultivated, and finally took the iron-blooded means of killing his brother and seizing the throne to wipe out the alien party, and climbed to the top of Egypt's power. Pharaoh's crown.
This is fate. It seems to be just a casual design of life, but in fact it is carefully arranged by God, and there is no subtle ending that cannot be guessed.
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It was late at night when I learned that Tusasita was leaving Thebes.
He ordered all the maids to retreat, leaving only the hiss of flames sneaking in the evening wind.Out of nowhere, a quiet atmosphere enveloped the ground, like a dark night, whirling and silently drawing everything into the night.
Xia Yuebai was sitting on the rattan chair by the window, the night wind flew in through the gauze curtain, and a faint fragrance from the courtyard brushed across her cheeks, faintly, the smell was very pleasant, but concealed a little bit of loneliness .
"Is Abidor City far from Thebes?"
Staring intently at Xia Yuebai whose face was slightly pale, Tusasita spoke calmly. "It's not too far. It takes about ten days to go back and forth. When I'm not in Thebes, you'd better not go out of the palace. People from Marie will protect you. The palace is safe, so you can rest assured."
"I'm very relieved, it's just..." Frowning, eyes slightly turned away in the wind, looking at the half-person-high brass floor lamp beside the cabinet, not used to Tusasita's undisguised direct gaze, and her looking at When he looked at himself, his eyes were unusually bright but flickering.
"What?" She asked with a smile, holding the corner of her mouth lightly.
"Is it right for you to leave Thebes now? It's the New Year, and there's war again. If you leave at this time, will you..."
"It's okay, Bahari and the others can handle other things well. When it's you, don't run around, just stay honest, understand?"
"Understood, I stay at home and copy documents in the palace every day, okay... Wang?" He replied angrily, using a playful and disdainful expression to hide the unreasonable worries in his heart.
She raised her eyebrows, and the corners of her raised lips curled into a hint of mischievousness, and she smiled silently.
Suddenly, silence.
"You should rest." After an unknown amount of time, Tusasita got up slowly, his eyes flashed a little tired.
Nodding, watching her walk steadily towards the door, his heart suddenly tightened, and he blurted out eagerly. "Safe travels."
The white back immediately stood and stopped, and the corners of the robe inlaid with gold rims rippled slightly like water, rising with the wind.Turning the head, the half-smiling eyes reflected the brilliance of the lights, and it was hard to tell whether it was the charming golden scenery swaying from the fire, or the flowing shadow of golden sand overflowing from those evil golden pupils was more intoxicating... For a moment, It is slightly at a loss.
Without saying a word, Tusasita smiled, and the moment he took a step, his figure disappeared by the door where the evening wind was blowing.
Looking at the door absently, the empty white door frame cuts off the silent twilight of the summer night, only the cool evening wind hovers alone on the threshold carved with exquisite patterns, weaving sparkling and colorful patterns together with the silent candlelight. night view.
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Tusahita led a guard army and left Thebes quietly without disturbing anyone. Everyone thought that the queen had gone to inspect the valley and did not raise any suspicions.
Xia Yuebai kept his promise, and after washing and eating every day, he went to Nanyuan to transcribe the documents.
Bahari and other ministers still come to Nanyuan to deal with state affairs every day. They are used to Xia Yuebai's existence, and almost no one cares about the figure bowing his head behind the small table in the corner. Disagreement and loud quarrel.
From their conversation, Xia Yuebai heard something about the battle situation in the delta. Kemont led the Fourth Army to attack the oasis and fought fiercely with the Libyans. Although there were casualties on both sides, it was obvious that the Libyans were at a disadvantage. Marching into the oasis forced the enemy back and won the first victory.
This is an exciting good news, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The New Year is approaching, and it is said that Sirius will appear on the horizon at the same time as the sun in seven days. At that time, the rolling waves of the upper reaches of the Nile will carry a lot of silt. I wonder if Tusasita can rush back to the bottom in time bis.
Looking up, turning his sore neck, his eyes glanced at the huge desk in the middle of the room that was shining with golden light. Several exquisite gold reed pens were neatly placed in the pen holder, and a stack of scrolls lay quietly in the warm breeze. A ray of sunlight passed over the parchment and landed on the table, calm and elegant, just like the queen's quiet smile.
The chair that belonged to the pharaoh did not appear lonely and dispirited because it was empty, but still exuded the domineering and silent kingly aura as always, reminding people that it represented the supreme and divine kingship.
Sighing, the shadows of the tables and chairs were reflected in the misty black eyes... The majestic appearance, for some reason, looked lonely and lonely in Xia Yuebai's eyes.
The breeze entwined the sunlight and quietly infiltrated into the quiet space. Obviously, she always liked the quiet environment, but when she was alone in this exquisite and luxurious room, Xia Yuebai felt that the desertedness was a bit annoying.
It seems that something is missing, but I can't tell what is missing...
Shaking his head helplessly, sighing melancholy again, laughing at his strange feeling, his eyes returned to the paper, and the pen in his hand continued to rustle on the delicate paper.
Behind him, the scented summer wind wraps around a row of blue and white gauze curtains, like butterflies dancing, creating a quiet and leisurely scene.
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Chapter 20
Abidor City - Palace
Since Manka went to Thebes to report the attack, Arnis had temporarily stayed in Abidor City. They dared not continue to take risks. No matter how daring the attackers were, they had no chance to do anything in the city;
Interrogating the guards of the palace, how could the direct commander be absent, and ordered people to find Duo Kui quickly, and Hawktimos frowned and paced back and forth in the room waiting.
After a while, the person sent to look for Duo Kui trotted in the door, knelt down and reported that Duo Kui was nowhere to be found, and Hawktimus realized that something was wrong.
Immediately ordered the whole city to search for Duo Kui, but proceeded cautiously and did not disturb the palace.
This search takes a day.
The curtain is low, the search is still fruitless, no one is alive, no corpse is dead.
The general of the Royal Palace Guards disappeared, which cannot be concealed, and Hawktimus bit the bullet and reported the matter to Tusasita.
After a moment of silence, she looked at Hawktimus thoughtfully, touching the fear that suddenly shrank in his eyes, but Tusasita's eyes remained calm as before.
Order Marie to search for Duo Kui, and she will give an account whether she is dead or alive.
It just happened to give this kid a chance to exercise his muscles and bones, so that he would not be worried about not being able to go to Sinai, and he would be listless like a defeated bull all day long.
Living up to expectations, it only took Marie three days to find the absconded Dokui.
"My lord, General Marie is here."
A notification broke the somewhat dull silence of the room.Tusasita glanced at Xia Yuebai, then straightened his upper body and left the window, nodding to the guard. "Let him in."
"Yes." Just as the guard's voice disappeared, a faint smell of blood suddenly came in from outside the door.As the sound of slightly sluggish footsteps approached from the outside to the inside, the stench unexpectedly flooded the room filled with incense like a tide.
Xia Yuebai who was sitting behind the table couldn't help but put down his pen and looked out the door because of the strong and pungent smell.
The suspicious sideways glance happened to meet the gaze of Sasita above with a slight smile, Xia Yuebai pretended not to see it, resting her chin with one hand, her eyes still followed the increasingly strong smell and stared at the door, without a trace. Just ignore her.
There were two blood-red figures standing outside the door.
The clothes and armor were extremely worn, and the dust and sand all over his body was mixed with dark red and half-dried blood clots. Under the refraction of the surrounding gold and jade, he exuded a dilapidated and rotten breath of death.
"King." Just after passing the threshold, Marie, who was standing at the back, suddenly raised his leg and kicked the back knee of the person in front, watching Duo Kui fall to the ground like a ball of mud with cold eyes. Get down on your knees. "Duo Kui brought it."
"Thanks for your hard work, Marie." When he said this, the young pharaoh did not look at Duo Kui, who fell to the ground and was convulsed by the wounds all over his body, and smiled at Marie who was kneeling on the ground, as if watching An old friend who suddenly came to visit one day. "Get up."
Marie said nothing, just lowered his head, and a hint of pride flashed quietly in those sharp eagle-like eyes.
Even the dust and blood on his face could not conceal Duo Kui's sturdy appearance. I don't know if it was because of his serious injuries or other reasons, but in the quiet and plain voice of Tusasita, his whole body trembled even more.
Xia Yuebai could even clearly distinguish the chattering of his teeth from his trembling lips.Surprised by the blood clots and scars on his body, there was a faint discomfort in his stomach, and he couldn't help frowning.
"Where did you go?"
"To the west of the Valley of the Kings, we are almost at Sand Island."
"Sand Island..." repeated thoughtfully, and Tussita took a step in their direction with his hands clasped behind his back. "Want to disappear into the desert from there?"
"King!" The shivering figure on the ground suddenly straightened up, rolled and crawled to Tusasita's side, and hugged her ankle tightly. "King! Forgive me! Forgive me! I dare not! You are only loyal to the king..."
Seeing this, the guards on both sides were about to come over to pull him, but saw Tusasita raised his hand and waved it lightly.
So they stood still again, put their hands on the scabbard, and stared intently at the suddenly hysterical man in front of them.
"Only loyal to me?" Seeing Duo Kui crying bitterly at his feet, Tusasita's tone remained unchanged. "Then... why are you running away?"
"My lord, I have no choice! I don't want to escape, but my family..."
"Family?" He smiled, his indifferent eyes were as beautiful as the crescent lake in the desert because of this smile, but in Duo Kui's eyes, he seemed to see some kind of scourge, vividly from his dirty face that could not tell its original color , showing a layer of dead ash on the verge of collapse.
His hand unknowingly loosened from Tusa Sita's ankle, but the entire lower jaw was gently pinched by her suddenly outstretched hand, unable to move. "I don't know what you think you did? If it wasn't for your favoritism, corruption, and lawlessness, who could threaten you, the general of the Guards?"
Tusahita looked him in the eyes and spoke in a low voice that seemed hypnotic.And that look, like a snake spitting out a letter, is as charming as a bewildering cup. "The price of betraying me, you should have calculated it in your heart, is it worth it..."
Suddenly loosening his fingers, Duo Kui fell down without any precautions, but the moment he landed, he was slapped by Tusasita's flying slap and rolled back to the gate.
His tone was as sharp as an ice arrow in an instant, and Tusasita quietly stared at his figure curled up on the ground, and said word by word: "If you dare to do it, you must dare to do it. Don't make excuses for what happened today."
The fear seeping out of the eyes, after hearing the last few words that Tusasita said, suddenly shrunk into a ball of dark despair.Duo Kui lay on the ground, motionless, looking at the Egyptian queen who was walking towards him with eyes as cold as icebergs.The general, whose face was like a corpse, suddenly struggled uncontrollably. "It's Sepp! It's him! It's him--uh!"
Before the words were finished, after a burst of choking whimpers, Duo Kui suddenly stopped breathing with a face distorted by despair and anger.
A pitch-black short sword pierced his throat straight, and the golden hilt was silently held tightly in Tusasita's slender palm.
There was dead silence all around, and even Marie stared at the figure of Tusahita drawing his sword from behind with puzzled eyes.
Tusasita is looking down at something, with a pensive look, I don't know if the focused eyes are looking at the corpse at the foot, or watching the sword crawling silently all over the ground after it is pulled out, pattering like a bright red The blood of the stream.
Silence, the air gradually lost its ability to flow because of her stillness, fresh blood flowed heavily in such a thick and sluggish air, for a moment, it was so thick that one felt the urge to vomit.
Covering her mouth and nose tightly with her hands, she suppressed the scream that almost blurted out. As early as the moment Duo Kui was pierced with a sword through her throat, Xia Yuebai's eyes were filled with horror, and her whole face was even paler. bloodless.
For the first time in my life, I saw someone die in front of my eyes.
Nausea, the feeling of being hollowed out in the stomach, overwhelming discomfort.
But at this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Tusasita raising his eyes and smiling slightly at the guard at the door. "Did you hear what he said just now?"
Almost at the same time, all the guards fell to their knees in unison. "My lord, Duo Kui didn't say anything just now."
Slightly nodding, she put the sword back into the sheath hanging at her waist, pondered for a moment, and said softly: "The rebel Duo Kui tried to assassinate me through interrogation, and I have now executed him. Can you all see clearly?"
"Yes."
"What happened here today, I don't want to hear a word outside."
"Yes."
Slightly narrowing her eyes, her smiling eyes flicked over the tense faces of the guards at the door one by one. She nodded slightly, squinted at the corpse on the ground, and waved her hand.
The guards surrounded him silently and swiftly. After a short while, they wrapped the corpse on the ground with a cloak, carried them forward and backward, and disappeared into the dark corridor outside the palace.
There was still a dead silence all around.
The person died, the body was moved away, and everything seemed to be over, but a thicker depression than before was silently moving along the motionless figure standing beside the bloodstain in Tusasi Tower. Spread throughout the palace.
Xia Yuebai wanted to leave, but the depression was so real that she couldn't move, her legs were weak and she could only sit on the chair in a daze, watching everything that happened just now with a pair of horrified eyes.
"Marie, go down and rest."
"Yes." Dazed for a moment, he nodded towards the figure who was walking towards the soft chair.
After Marie left, the room fell completely silent.
Leaning a sideways glance at Xia Yuebai, Tusasita was leaning sideways in the chair, the hand that held the sword just now was holding a delicate golden cup at this moment, and her brown eyes with rippling smiles looked as if nothing had happened. "What's wrong?"
She frowned and said nothing, she was afraid that she would spit it out if she opened her mouth.
Raise your eyebrows and laugh. "First time seeing a dead person?"
nod.
Knowing the expression in his heart, he took a sip, put down the cup, sighed faintly, was blown away by a gust of summer wind beside him, and fell silent.
Taking a deep breath, suppressing the urge to vomit, trying to find his voice, he asked, "Why did you kill him? You didn't ask anything... Motives, purpose, mastermind and accomplices, didn't you ask?"
"No need to ask."
Confused, she really couldn't understand Tusasita's answer.
"He said 'Sep' just now, so you didn't hear it?" Duo Kui knew he was going to die, he called out this name in order to protect himself, there must be a lot of hidden secrets, but Tusasita ended it with a sword at this moment He, obviously, just to keep his mouth shut.
"Yes."
Half surprised, half suspicious, with a look of confusion. "Tusasita, why?!"
"Yuebai, there are some things that don't need to be clear."
In an instant, a thought flashed through Xia Yue's mind, and Xia Yue was startled suddenly by this thought. She looked directly at Tusasita who was shaking the wine glass, and when she held the glass close to her lips, she said firmly: "Have you already started?" Then we will know who Duo Kui's accomplice is."
There is a slightly raised lip line on the rim of the golden cup, eyes lightly closed, drinking silently, under the slightly drooping eyelids there is a golden light, and the evil charm of monsters and beasts makes people tremble.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when facing such an elusive Tusasita, Xia Yuebai's words were stuffed in his stiff throat, unable to utter a single word.
This Egyptian pharaoh, a queen with a mind as deep as the sea, the world only saw her iron fist when she was in power, but did not see her hidden resourcefulness. Such a person is always respected and feared.
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The next day, Delta sent news from Libya again. This was the second enemy report from the border within ten days.
The Libyan army approached the delta in large numbers, and they camped in the oasis between the two countries. As a result, the caravans in the past were afraid to continue their journeys and had to turn back.Fortunately, the people in the delta have already started to migrate ahead of time, and the poor trade has not affected people's lives too much.
However, the oasis occupied by the Libyans is a piece of public domain that does not belong to the two countries. The bottom line of Egypt's tolerance.
Holding a piece of parchment, Tusasita quietly glanced at the civil and military ministers in the hall one by one. When they met her eyes and lowered their heads, she looked down at them with a cold expression.
"Send troops." She said, her voice was as calm as water, without agitation or anger, like a wind blowing from a river, calming everyone's worries and speculations about the border situation for many days.
"Ordering Kemont to attack will inevitably make the Libyans withdraw from the oasis."
"Yes." Bahari nodded.
"Marière, order your lieutenant in Sinai to be ready to support Kemont at any time. In addition, you must also keep an eye on Syria and prevent it from attacking Libya at the same time." Looking at Marière, Tusasita explained in an orderly manner.
"Yes, King."
"Once the Libyans exit the oasis, the army will withdraw to the territory and there is no need to pursue them." She glanced at Bahari and added.
"Yes, the minister will explain clearly."
Nodding, the parchment slid from the loosened palm to the table, and the crumpled creases were slowly stretched in the warm wind. Before it unfolded, Tusa Sita held it down with one hand Parchment on the table, stand up.
"The new year is approaching, but the war is starting. You all have to be more vigilant. The more you have to be calm at this time, everyone should have a measure of what to do and what not to do."
"Yes, I understand." The ministers responded in unison and bowed in salute.
The tip of the eyebrows was slightly raised, and the cold brown eyes condensed the rich color of the sun, blooming a metallic luster as clear as ice crystals.
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"Hittie... Anashika." She narrowed her eyes and remained silent.
"My lord, I heard that although this Hittite princess and the Hittite king Mombasa are half-brothers and sisters, they have a very good relationship. The Hittite king cherishes her very much. Since Anashiga became an adult, there have been many princes and nobles coming to propose marriage. Incessantly, but were rejected by Mombasa for various reasons, so that she was 23 years old and still lived alone in the palace. She came to Egypt to attend the New Year in name, but when they arrived, the New Year had already passed for many days, so it can be seen that the purpose of her trip was not to congratulate the new year, you see..." Hawktimos looked at the tall and tall man overlooking the window The figure, the meaning behind the words is already ready to come out.
Holding the window frame with one hand, scratching the white wooden window frame with his fingertips, his careless eyes glanced at the dazzling greenery outside the window. "Since she is coming, she is a guest from Egypt, so just greet her according to the etiquette. Egypt and the Hittites trade with each other, and we have no differences with the Hittites at present. No matter what intentions the Hittite king has in sending her to Egypt, don't be negligent on the surface. Those two princesses."
"Yes, I understand, I will order careful preparations. Lord Bahari is busy with other things for the New Year, and I will handle this matter carefully."
"Okay." Nodding, smiling.Su Er said something, a bit inexplicable. "Alnis is almost at Thebes."
Startled suddenly, the moment the name came into his ears, Hawktimus lowered his head and remained silent.
Looking sideways, the corners of his eyes turned to the general who was over [-] years old behind him. His temperament of steel and iron bones was branded on him by many years of military service, which would never be erased in his life. "You should also prepare well. You haven't seen each other for several years."
His body trembled, his shoulders were frozen in the breeze of light fragrance and tea, his drooping face never lifted up, frowning, he replied cautiously: "Yes, I know."
Unexpectedly, he smiled, a gentle and charming smile, his hair fluttering in the wind, hiding a trace of inaudible narrowness on his face, and his brown eyes moved out of the window again, intoxicated by the summer wind moving the pool water. Yi Lian is gentle and sparkling.
Staring at each other, silent.
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Chapter 19
"Is there really going to be a war?"
"Ah."
"Didn't the Babylonian army not arrive?" He frowned, and his voice was full of doubts. He didn't expect this battle to come so soon.
"Can't wait." Glancing at the courtyard outside the window, the breeze was mixed with the whispering laughter of the maid, ambiguous and gentle, as light as a feather brushing against the skin.
Looking anxiously at the indifferent Tusa Sita, Xia Yuebai really didn't understand how she could still be so leisurely and lazy now. "Then what to do?"
"It doesn't have to be the help of the Babylonians. With the current situation, Egypt can handle it." This is true, provided that the remnants of the Syrian army do not come to make trouble, and the delta army is more than enough to deal with the Libyans.
Born in a peaceful age, Xia Yuebai's knowledge of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign wars is limited to texts and film and television works. No matter how rich her imagination is, she can't construct a bloody picture of an ancient battlefield.
Even though the battlefield was thousands of miles away in the desert, when she heard the news that Egypt would go to war with Libya, she still felt timid.
Knowing what she was afraid of, just as she was about to speak, a maid's voice came from outside the door, with a hint of panic in her breath.
"My lord, General Mangka is in the chamber."
"Him?" His eyes froze, and he jumped off the window sill while putting down his wine glass.
"What's the matter?" Then he got up, stood by the table and looked at Tusasita blankly, the lazy smile licked by the sun faded from the brown eyes, and the sharp and gloomy light occupied the pair of mild and playful eyes just now. suddenly.
Holding on to the window sill with one hand, looking sideways, his quiet eyes swept Xia Yuebai's face lightly, pausing for a while at the bottom of her suspicious eyes, retracting his gaze, and took a step forward. "It's okay, we'll talk later."
If Tusasita's steps were not too hasty, Xia Yuebai would really believe her words, watching her figure disappear into the summer wind blowing in by the door, frowning, feeling inexplicably uneasy.
"Penny, who is General Manka?"
"General Mangka is the general who follows His Highness Alnis. Since His Highness left Thebes, the king has sent General Mangka to protect His Highness."
Tusasita said that Alnis still had a few days before he could reach Thebes. Why didn't the general who was dedicated to protecting the prince perform his duties by Alnis' side, but arrived alone earlier?
Looking up, looking at the door, the bright light licked the white door frame and flew in. The same pure white ground was reflected with a dazzling and colorful brilliance, which made people's eyes hurt, and squinted uncomfortably, Xia Yue Bai slowly sat back in the chair.
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"How is Arnis?"
"Your Highness is fine, but Lord Unas was injured a little to protect His Highness." Manka stared at the young king who was pacing back and forth by his side, and lowered his head.
With his hands behind his back, he walked slowly to the table and stopped. "How dare you do it outside the city of Abidor, which is only six days away from Thebes, how brave you are."
Manka's body trembled, and the moment Tusashita hit the table with his fist, he suddenly knelt down.He came from Abidor City without sleep, his tired face was stained black with sweat mixed with dust, and when he looked at the silhouette at the table that was bathed in the sun but exuded an extremely cold silhouette, Mangka felt tired from his body. was suddenly completely shocked.
"Caught alive?"
"No, seeing that the attack failed, they retreated very quickly."
"Who is it?"
"The king, according to my opinion, is likely to be a Hebrew or a Libyan." Only the Hebrews who have lived in Egypt all year round, as well as the Libyans whose neighbors are located near the delta, know the Nile River Basin in this way. terrain type.From the favorable location they chose to ambush and the route of retreat later, it is not difficult to see that these people are quite familiar with the terrain of the lower Nile.
The fist full of anger was still pressed against the wooden tabletop, and the shiny black tabletop reflected the bluish joints.After a while, the guards communicated, and Bahari and Hoktimos begged to see him outside the hall.
The door was opened from the outside, and two people walked in one after the other. Hawktimus caught a glimpse of Manka kneeling on the ground, and his face changed slightly.Kneeling down to salute with Bahari, he glanced at Manka again from the corner of his eye, just in time to meet Manka casting a glance at him from under his lowered head, hastily.
"Get up." She walked around the desk and sat down.
"My lord, how is His Highness Alnis doing now?" Bahari asked a little anxiously. He looked at Manka, and Manka nodded at him.
"He's fine."
Bahari let out a long sigh, Hawktimus was obviously not so relieved, his eyes were sharp, and he seemed to be trying to suppress his anger. "Please allow the king to rush to Adobe City and escort His Highness Alnis back to Thebes."
His brows moved slightly, his eyes moved to Hawktimus, and he remained silent.
"King," Manka glanced at the man beside him who was kneeling on one knee but with a stiff back, and said, "General Hawktimus can go with me, and I will set off tomorrow morning."
Bahari didn't speak. He looked at the silent Tusasita, and saw that her thoughtful eyes were wandering with the fingertips sliding on the table.From time to time, her fingertips touched the files on the side, stopped, and then turned back the same way, going back and forth for about a moment, with a flick of her finger.
It was just a small gesture, and anyone who knew her well knew that the Egyptian queen had already made a decision.
"Hoctimus, you stay in Thebes."
"But, Wang——" The next thing I wanted to plead stopped on my lips.
As Tusasita raised her eyebrows, she said, "I'll go pick him up."
Dazed, it came from three people at the same time. After hearing Tusashita's order clearly, they only paused for a short moment. Three different voices sounded in the silent room, speaking different words, but they meant the same thing.
Prevent.
Raising his hand, the hall suddenly fell silent.
Bahari, with his arms spread out in the air, still rolled half a sentence in his open mouth, which he swallowed abruptly. He could only look at the pair of brown eyes behind the table that were staring at the courtyard outside the window with anxious eyes. , a touch of gold shone in her eyes, the coquettish color was so treacherous that it made one's heart chill.
"Leave tomorrow morning, Manka and I will go. During my absence, Bahari and Hawktimus will be in charge."
Hawktimos took half a step forward and was about to speak when a hand was stretched out behind him to block his arm. Looking back, he saw Manka shaking his head lightly.
Grit your teeth and close your eyes.
"Someone asked me where I was going, and said that I went to the river valley. Don't disturb anyone, I will leave quietly." Her voice, accompanied by the soft laughter of the maid outside the window, was very soft, like a spring breeze passing over the water .
"Yes." Unable to stop, unable to persuade, her stubbornness is always respected and hated.
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The three walked out of the side hall, and Bahari was going to make some preparations for Tusasita's departure. He asked Manka about Alnis's recent situation. left.
Just as Bahari left, Hawktimus turned his head and punched Manka on the side of his upper body. Poor Manka didn't even have the slightest preparation, and received a solid punch all over his face. He turned his head to the right and staggered He took a few steps back.
Touching his chin, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his split lip, which he wiped off with the back of his hand.Manka didn't seem to be angry, he just frowned angrily, and said, "Brother, can't you go back and fight? This is the palace."
"When the king sent you to protect His Highness, how did you promise me?"
"As long as I have breath, I will never let Your Highness suffer any harm."
"What now? Raid! How did you become a general? Can't you stop a mere raid?" Angry, forgetting that they were still in the corridor of the side hall, holding back his anger, his voice raised uncontrollably. How much higher.
"Do you know how many people they sent this time? 300 people! In our country, beside the Nile River, who would have thought that these people would attack us so blatantly?" Prince, who would have guessed?
Pointing at Manka's nose, Hawktimus spewed out his anger like an unstoppable volcano. "Where are your people? One thousand guards, are you afraid of three hundred unknown soldiers who dare not even report their identities?"
"I didn't take all the guards with me this time. I only brought 50 people. Including Unas' bodyguards, there are less than 100 people in total."
"What? Five...ten people! Has your brain been blown dry by the wind? What's the use of bringing such a few people, Manka——"
"This is His Highness's meaning!" I couldn't help it anymore, growled out, and then immediately looked at the tall golden palace gate not far away, the two exquisite gates were quietly closed, and let out a sigh.
"..."
"Brother, go home first, if you want to beat or scold you, I know that I was negligent and frightened His Highness. Your Highness is safe, otherwise I will die, and I will have no face to come back to see the king and you." He touched Hawktimus' saber and was slapped away by his palm. Hawktimus glared at him resentfully. The burly and tall Manka lowered his head, looking like a child who has done something wrong.
"Go, wash your face and go home. Mother is nagging you every day that you are coming back. Seeing you like this, she must be worried to death."
"Yes, brother." He grinned and pulled the wound at the corner of his mouth, causing his eyebrows to twitch in pain.
The two walked in the small square in the palace, the water sprayed by the lion's head fell into the water, and the emerald green pool water had golden ripples, which disappeared layer by layer by the pool. "He...Your Highness, how is your health?"
Shaking his head, he sighed deeply. "After the beginning of spring, I have been sick for a while. The weather is getting hotter, and His Highness has more uncomfortable days. You can't go to the temple every three days, and you can only stay in the bedroom."
His thick black eyebrows twitched suddenly, breaking the shadow of the sun above his head, and the guards walking towards him saluted him, and were taken aback by his livid face. "What's going on? Last month's letter also said that the health has improved, and the medical officers in Memphis should kill and feed the wolves, a bunch of useless waste!"
"Your Highness is afraid that the king will be worried, so he made up those words to comfort the king. When the king sees His Highness, he will definitely blame His Highness for concealing his illness." He sighed and shook his head again. Sita concealed his illness, but could not report it truthfully. Being caught between the siblings, he was even more in a dilemma.
Without saying a word, Hawktimus touched the saber, holding the black hilt with his fingers, and exerted force quietly.
This pair of brothers and sisters, one is the queen of Egypt and the other is the high priest, the same origin brings them so different fates.
Originally, the person who had the chance to sit on the throne should be Alnis as a man, but from the moment he was born, God deprived him of the right to be the heir.
However, Tusahita, who has never been among the heirs, relied on the power he secretly cultivated, and finally took the iron-blooded means of killing his brother and seizing the throne to wipe out the alien party, and climbed to the top of Egypt's power. Pharaoh's crown.
This is fate. It seems to be just a casual design of life, but in fact it is carefully arranged by God, and there is no subtle ending that cannot be guessed.
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It was late at night when I learned that Tusasita was leaving Thebes.
He ordered all the maids to retreat, leaving only the hiss of flames sneaking in the evening wind.Out of nowhere, a quiet atmosphere enveloped the ground, like a dark night, whirling and silently drawing everything into the night.
Xia Yuebai was sitting on the rattan chair by the window, the night wind flew in through the gauze curtain, and a faint fragrance from the courtyard brushed across her cheeks, faintly, the smell was very pleasant, but concealed a little bit of loneliness .
"Is Abidor City far from Thebes?"
Staring intently at Xia Yuebai whose face was slightly pale, Tusasita spoke calmly. "It's not too far. It takes about ten days to go back and forth. When I'm not in Thebes, you'd better not go out of the palace. People from Marie will protect you. The palace is safe, so you can rest assured."
"I'm very relieved, it's just..." Frowning, eyes slightly turned away in the wind, looking at the half-person-high brass floor lamp beside the cabinet, not used to Tusasita's undisguised direct gaze, and her looking at When he looked at himself, his eyes were unusually bright but flickering.
"What?" She asked with a smile, holding the corner of her mouth lightly.
"Is it right for you to leave Thebes now? It's the New Year, and there's war again. If you leave at this time, will you..."
"It's okay, Bahari and the others can handle other things well. When it's you, don't run around, just stay honest, understand?"
"Understood, I stay at home and copy documents in the palace every day, okay... Wang?" He replied angrily, using a playful and disdainful expression to hide the unreasonable worries in his heart.
She raised her eyebrows, and the corners of her raised lips curled into a hint of mischievousness, and she smiled silently.
Suddenly, silence.
"You should rest." After an unknown amount of time, Tusasita got up slowly, his eyes flashed a little tired.
Nodding, watching her walk steadily towards the door, his heart suddenly tightened, and he blurted out eagerly. "Safe travels."
The white back immediately stood and stopped, and the corners of the robe inlaid with gold rims rippled slightly like water, rising with the wind.Turning the head, the half-smiling eyes reflected the brilliance of the lights, and it was hard to tell whether it was the charming golden scenery swaying from the fire, or the flowing shadow of golden sand overflowing from those evil golden pupils was more intoxicating... For a moment, It is slightly at a loss.
Without saying a word, Tusasita smiled, and the moment he took a step, his figure disappeared by the door where the evening wind was blowing.
Looking at the door absently, the empty white door frame cuts off the silent twilight of the summer night, only the cool evening wind hovers alone on the threshold carved with exquisite patterns, weaving sparkling and colorful patterns together with the silent candlelight. night view.
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Tusahita led a guard army and left Thebes quietly without disturbing anyone. Everyone thought that the queen had gone to inspect the valley and did not raise any suspicions.
Xia Yuebai kept his promise, and after washing and eating every day, he went to Nanyuan to transcribe the documents.
Bahari and other ministers still come to Nanyuan to deal with state affairs every day. They are used to Xia Yuebai's existence, and almost no one cares about the figure bowing his head behind the small table in the corner. Disagreement and loud quarrel.
From their conversation, Xia Yuebai heard something about the battle situation in the delta. Kemont led the Fourth Army to attack the oasis and fought fiercely with the Libyans. Although there were casualties on both sides, it was obvious that the Libyans were at a disadvantage. Marching into the oasis forced the enemy back and won the first victory.
This is an exciting good news, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The New Year is approaching, and it is said that Sirius will appear on the horizon at the same time as the sun in seven days. At that time, the rolling waves of the upper reaches of the Nile will carry a lot of silt. I wonder if Tusasita can rush back to the bottom in time bis.
Looking up, turning his sore neck, his eyes glanced at the huge desk in the middle of the room that was shining with golden light. Several exquisite gold reed pens were neatly placed in the pen holder, and a stack of scrolls lay quietly in the warm breeze. A ray of sunlight passed over the parchment and landed on the table, calm and elegant, just like the queen's quiet smile.
The chair that belonged to the pharaoh did not appear lonely and dispirited because it was empty, but still exuded the domineering and silent kingly aura as always, reminding people that it represented the supreme and divine kingship.
Sighing, the shadows of the tables and chairs were reflected in the misty black eyes... The majestic appearance, for some reason, looked lonely and lonely in Xia Yuebai's eyes.
The breeze entwined the sunlight and quietly infiltrated into the quiet space. Obviously, she always liked the quiet environment, but when she was alone in this exquisite and luxurious room, Xia Yuebai felt that the desertedness was a bit annoying.
It seems that something is missing, but I can't tell what is missing...
Shaking his head helplessly, sighing melancholy again, laughing at his strange feeling, his eyes returned to the paper, and the pen in his hand continued to rustle on the delicate paper.
Behind him, the scented summer wind wraps around a row of blue and white gauze curtains, like butterflies dancing, creating a quiet and leisurely scene.
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Chapter 20
Abidor City - Palace
Since Manka went to Thebes to report the attack, Arnis had temporarily stayed in Abidor City. They dared not continue to take risks. No matter how daring the attackers were, they had no chance to do anything in the city;
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