Legend of Ishi

The original atmosphere of luxury and happiness and joy between the host and guest was instantly broken, and the two black slaves took a step forward in unison, adding to the tense atmosphere immediately.

The man named Saru who spoke was quite proud. As the nephew of the king of Tire, he was a big businessman who had more than a thousand slaves under him and almost controlled the entire cloth business of Tire.

Just because of these slaves who work from dawn to dusk, and have sufficient political connections, even if his competitors are quite unconvinced, he has to admit that his goods have always been the best and sell the fastest.

Inanna looked at his feet, even his shoes were made of purple cloth with gold thread, as if he had stepped on two gold nuggets on the soles of his feet.

Prince Izmi didn't want to make troubles at first. He was neither here to do business nor to spoil the situation. He was just here to prove his doubts. Now that his goal has been achieved, there is no need to insist on it.

He approached a few steps politely, because his appearance was originally modest and handsome, he said in a very sincere tone very convincingly: "My name is Ymir, I am just a businessman who walks on the sea, today is indeed an eye-opener It's a pity that it's not that I don't want to, but that I can't. I'm really not good at what's in the glass."

Saru saw that he was quite tactful and did not want to ruin the business, so he couldn't help being a little interested: "Then what business is your Excellency here for?"

Izmi smiled without saying a word, raised his hand and nodded the camel's hair, linen, lambskin and silk on the stage: "My ship is in the harbor, if it is convenient to move the goods now, I can also offer gold immediately. "

Saru was taken aback, considering his wealth and status, he had never seen such big-spending businessmen, but these people usually purchased goods for the royal family, so he asked curiously: "What is your destination? "

"Egypt." Izmi didn't hide it.

Saru smiled knowingly: "The king of Egypt has just ascended the throne, and the countries are constantly paying tribute, but these things are rare things that I may not see in a whole year. It seems that your Excellency will definitely show itself in the Egyptian court."

He clapped his hand in the air, and then sent someone to follow Izmi to deliver the goods and pay the bill. Although the business was completed, he still took a few extra glances at Izmi's leaving back.

At this moment, General Hazas was yelling at Casey in the cabin: "You idiot, what do you buy glass and amber cups for?! Those are originally made in Egypt. Also, these purple fabrics fade when placed in water. It’s clearly an inferior product dyed with grass roots, you idiot, you spent so much money for nothing!”

When the prince lowered his head and entered the cabin, General Hazas was still cursing vigorously. Luca coughed, and the old man finally came to his senses and pushed Casey to stand aside embarrassingly.

"It seems that I went to the market right now." The prince asked the slave to carry the goods into the cabin, avoided the side and stared at Casey, and said, "Can't you even do this well?"

Casey was a dark and rugged man with a square face. He was about to kneel down when his legs gave way. General Hazas stabbed him in the waist with the hilt of his sword, and then he stopped staggeringly, not making a fool of himself in front of outsiders.

Prince Izmi also knew that it would be difficult to let Casey, a guy who only knew how to dance swords and throw guns, manage these things, but he didn't expect him to be so stupid, and his face was very cold at the moment.

Luca picked out a large bag of gold sand from the prince's personal luggage and handed it to the manager of the business company who followed him. After the manager's flattering voice of "please come back later", he sent away the unrelated people, and he listened to the prince's order: " Let the soldiers assemble on the ship before dark, there is no need to rest for another day, we will set off tomorrow."

The bronze plateau eagle is placed on the bow of this merchant ship, which is very recognizable, and the hull is also moored in the harbor. It is one of the best merchant ships in this row, but it is actually similar to the small fishing boat of a middle-income fisherman's family in later generations. , sailing in the sea is extremely bumpy.

During the ten-day voyage, Inanna clung to the side of the ship and vomited, and the frequency of vomiting was directly proportional to the size of the wind and waves.Later, she stopped vomiting because she had no strength to vomit.

The boat sailed for No. 20 days and finally entered the Nile Delta. Since Sirius had already appeared, Lower Egypt had become a swamp country at this time due to the flooding of the Nile River.Looking up, there is only a vast ocean and mud desolation everywhere. The whole of Lower Egypt is like a big mud pool. Some reeds, dead animals, and pieces of rotten wood float on the river from time to time.

Luca pointed to the logs and warned Inanna not to reach out out of curiosity, otherwise she would be dragged into the river by the crocodile who was good at camouflage.

But in such a harsh environment, Prince Izmi was surprised to find that groups of Egyptian soldiers were constantly rushing to find people in the waist-deep river, as if they could not see crocodiles, lions and lions that might be lurking in the reeds on the bank. hyena.

And after he passed the first checkpoint and handed over the passing documents, the squad leader stationed asked him a strange question: "Have you ever seen a girl with golden hair?"

After getting a negative answer, he searched his merchant ship carefully. Except for a group of tall and thick men and a small and thin black-haired girl, there was nothing suspicious in the cabin full of cargo, and finally he let it go.

Because he didn't want to arouse suspicion, Prince Izmi ordered the speed of the boat to slow down when entering Egypt, and it took another half a month to arrive at Debe, the capital of Upper Egypt (Note: It can also be translated as Thebes).

They abandoned the ship and went ashore to look at the city of Derby, which has the reputation of "the capital of a hundred gates", which is unmatched by any country in the world today.The Egyptians polished each piece of granite stone weighing dozens of tons to form a ten-story city wall. Four chariots could run side by side on the city wall. The total length of Beicheng's city walls reaches more than ten kilometers, and there are nearly a hundred city gates, large and small.

The great Greek poet Homer of the later generations gave it the reputation of "the capital of a hundred gates", and the Arabs even recorded in the history books that there is such a magnificent city like a palace.

Facing the gate of Derbe, on the west bank across the river, is the resting place of the pharaohs of all dynasties - the Valley of the Kings.

The city on earth and the underground city face each other across the river. The living people believe in the rebirth of the afterlife under the persuasion of the temple of Amon, while the dead pharaohs pass through the gate of the dead on the coffin in the underground king's tomb, feeling the spirit of Derbe. Lively, longing for immortality.

The two face each other in life and death, but they are also wonderfully harmonious and peaceful.

Prince Izmi left half of the people outside the city, and led the rest of the people through the towering Derbe bronze city gate by himself, leading the camels. What he saw was the magnificent Temple of Amun.The people of Egypt brought their own chickens and ducks, as well as the white lotus flowers of the Nile that were picked early in the morning, and the lotus leaves were rolling with fresh dew. Daughter of the Nile.

Seeing that the things were worthless, the fat bald priest frowned and put on a hairless and disgusted face, refusing to answer.

Prince Izmi thought this scene was very strange, but he didn't have time to hesitate. After passing the temple and turning to a civilian area, he led people into an inconspicuous residential building.

This hidden place is the base of Bitaiduo's spies. Someone has received the news a long time ago, and everyone is waiting for the prince to drive.The prince didn't stick to any etiquette, and when he entered the house, he called the head of the spies to ask for the latest news.

Inanna saw the perplexity on the spy's face at a glance, and knew that something bad must have happened. She saw him carefully take out a black object from his waist pocket and hand it to the prince.

Because she was standing next to the prince, Inanna could see clearly that what was presented was a string of chain-like things, but for some reason it was scorched and peeled off shockingly. Thinking of the possible tragedy that happened to the owner of the chain, Inanna felt like The brand marks on his face started to ache again.

Prince Izmi got it in his hand, looked it over carefully, stood up abruptly and roared, and held the chain tightly with both hands, so strong that the gemstones adorned on it flew out obliquely with a "click".

When everyone saw the veins on the prince's forehead bursting out, and his eyes seemed to be filled with great anger, they all knelt down on the ground in fear.

The prince seemed to be unable to see the frightened subordinates. He held the chain tightly in his hand and murmured in a low voice, "This is the silver and platinum that can only be produced in Lydia, a vassal of Pitheido. .”

What he didn't mention was that the forehead ornament was scorched black, and the mottled stains on it were dried purple-black human blood. His sister had obviously suffered an accident, while the Egyptians, as well as the city of Derby, were singing and dancing. Little did they know that the country on the top of the mountain in the distance was about to burn with vengeance.

After all, Prince Izmi was mature and prudent, and he had already prepared in his heart. He took a deep breath and sat back. He calmed down and asked, "Where did this thing come from?"

"It was stolen and sold by a slave in the palace. His subordinate bought it under false pretenses and even ordered someone to secretly tie up the slave, but the slave didn't give any valuable clues until his death," the spies replied kneeling on the ground: " We also have no way to enter the Egyptian palace to investigate, we can only wait for the prince to come and make up his mind."

Izmi thought of the strange things he encountered after entering Egypt, so he asked carefully, "Has there been any major events in Egypt recently?"

The spy seemed to have been touched by the chatterbox, and he reported incessantly: "There is a great event. A few months ago, Princess Midavan wrote a letter to my king and complained to the king that Memphis, the Egyptian pharaoh, hurt her heart. The king was furious. , ordered the envoy to throw a cobra in the palace to deliberately assassinate him. Unexpectedly, King Memphis was bitten but survived. It is said that he was rescued by the divine power of the daughter of the Nile River."

In this era, cobras are like highly poisonous potassium cyanide. They are quick-acting gods of death and never saved. Prince Izmi was shocked: "Daughter of the Nile River?! Who is this?!"

Speaking of the person who created the miracle, even Bitai’s multinational spies respected him: “This woman appeared out of thin air in Egypt a few months ago, and my subordinates had seen it from afar in the envoy group. Like folklore, she has a gold medal.” Ordinary hair, blue eyes like the sky, white skin, and extraordinary intelligence. It is said that she saved the poisonous King Memphis, and threw herself into the Nile River on the day Sirius appeared, and mysteriously from the bottom of the river a few days ago. appeared and performed the miracle of turning muddy water into clear water. Now the Egyptians all believe in the daughter of the river god, and Memphis is so devoted to her that she even abandoned her marriage contract with the king’s sister Isis.”

In this way, there is a reasonable explanation for the interrogation encountered when going down to Egypt, but Prince Izmi didn't really believe it, so he glanced at Inanna, who was kneeling silently, and said ironically: " Does the turbid water turn into clear water? Hmph!"

General Hazas naturally knew the whole story, so he persuaded: "My subordinates think that King Memphis's move is clever."

Anyone with a little bit of political common sense knows what General Hadzas meant. A few generations before Memphis, there was a deviant Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV who openly broke with the god Amon and persecuted God The priests of the temple even gave up the prosperous capital of Derbe, moved their capital to Akhtadon in the desert with Queen Nefertiti and their children, and asked the subjects to believe in Aton, the sun wheel god.

But this pharaoh did not live very long. After his death, the power of the Temple of Amun came back and formed a stronger counterattack. Compromise with it.

But now, due to the appearance of this unknown and mysterious daughter of the Nile, the Egyptian people have a new living idol of faith. Memphis is holding a good card to fight against the temple forces, and with In the name of affection, he tied the daughter of God with himself, and the highest priest of Lower Egypt, Queen Isis, who was also included in the temple forces, might not even be able to touch the edge of the queen's throne in the end.

Prince Izmi sneered, and the hatred in his tone made people shudder: "Memphis wants to be beautiful, but our princess Midavan has not avenged her. How can it be Egypt's turn to be proud?! If he makes my father and mother sad and miserable, I will make him sleepless!"