Chapter 13 Chapter 12 Reincarnation

The sun slanted over the century-old temple of Karnak, the light scattered, and the huge stone pillars cast staggered black shadows on the ground. The clerk held the document sent by the West Bank Death House, knelt down respectfully, and read it carefully.The black-haired high priest sat on the large seat in the hall, leaning on the back of the chair, with his hands gently resting on the side of the chair, his obsidian-like eyes carried a faint smile as usual. It has been a month since Cush sent Princess Ivy back, and the "Yibu" has completed the purification of the corpse, and Peer Nafeel has about three days to complete the filling of spices, and then he will be sent to the final death House for the final mummification.For the reincarnation of Princess Ivy's life, the sacrifices in the temple have never stopped, and their scale and frequency have far exceeded the funeral of the "daughter of the royal family" - the little princess.

It shouldn't be like this. In the ten years that they lived together as a monarch and minister, he had never seen him act so extravagantly and emotionally at a royal funeral. Moreover, he never thought that there would be any affection between Pharaoh and that "Princess Ivy".He really couldn't figure out what Pharaoh was thinking this time.Reitah exhaled lightly, and the clerk's voice trembled.The young priest put on a smiling mask again, and said slowly: "It has nothing to do with you. The report is good, let's go down." The clerk put away the papyrus, saluted, and retreated backwards facing Ritah.

Reitah looked at the direction he was leaving, his gaze froze, as if he was thinking about something, but the sudden rush of footsteps interrupted his contemplation.As soon as he raised his head, the elderly high priest had already completed a series of actions of saluting, greeting, and speaking, and went straight to the point, "My lord, the key of the secret treasure has indeed been exchanged." Li Tahe raised his eyes abruptly, and there was already a bit of sharpness in his still gentle expression, "How many coins are missing?" "Originally..." the high priest hesitated, "At first we thought we had gathered four pieces, but now we have confirmed that the Key of Wind and the Key of Earth are already fakes. The Key of Water on the bow of Prince Rama of Cush has been It has been kept according to His Majesty's wishes, and the key to the fire of Hatshepsut's sacrificial temple is not yet known. We will start to identify it immediately after His Majesty returns."

Li Tahe rubbed his forehead, "When was it changed? Is there any clue?" "I'm sorry, it should have been a while. Before His Majesty ascended the throne, or longer." Reitah suddenly raised his left hand, and his slender arm seemed to slam down on the side of his chair, but he didn't, he just paused in the air, and then slowly retracted it.He took a deep breath, "Your Majesty said that he will get these four secret treasure keys no matter what." The high priest remained silent, daring not to respond. He sighed again, "Forget it, you are ready to identify matters related to the Fire Key, so that Komitor can return to Thebes as soon as possible. The decision on the treatment of everyone who is in charge of the Secret Treasure Key will wait for Pharaoh to return."

The High Priest staggered back.Reitah picked up the papyrus and settled down in front of the table. The world only knows that His Majesty regards the construction of Princess Ivy's tomb as a top priority, but he knows that Ramses attaches far more importance to the secret key than anything else.He had instructed that he must get the Eye of Horus, no matter what the price. If the key of the secret treasure has been exchanged, then I am afraid that the Eye of Horus has already fallen into the hands of others.The key to the secret treasure that the temple has carefully guarded for hundreds of years is inexplicably lost, and who will fall into the hands of the real Eye of Horus that has never appeared.This legend has been ignored for many years, but now it is widely valued by various countries.The appearance of the Key of Water in Cush made things even more complicated, and the ancient fables that had been passed down for many years gradually became alive on the shattered murals.There was a wave of uneasiness in Li Tah's heart, and he unfolded the fable he had copied from the wall of the ancient temple——

Mysterious dreams warp time. The seal of the Eye of Horus was broken, and the wheel of time and space rolled forward. Destiny pushes Egypt to the edge of a cliff, making decisions and laying the foundation for the future. Egypt's future. Ivy followed behind Ramses. His horse was at the front of the procession, hers was behind him on a sideline, even in front of his bodyguard.The young pharaoh could see her and talk to her just by turning his head. It only takes about half a day to return to Thebes Palace from Deir Medina on the west bank, but this half-day journey is the most difficult half-day for Ivy.After going through the scene in the morning, she was extremely nervous. Although Ramses just pulled her to follow behind, she never dared to relax, not knowing what his plan was.

The sun was shining as usual, and there was not even a tree shadow around.This group of people who are used to living in the desert seem to have no feeling.Earlier, a guard came up to report, and the first greeting was that today is a comfortable and fine weather, suitable for travel. When I heard this, Ivy felt that the irony was ridiculous, but before she could laugh, she was already a little dazed by the sun. Just when she was clenching her teeth to stay awake, Ramses began to ask questions.He asked the guards to slow down and distanced themselves from the two of them, but he didn't look back at her, but asked her about irrelevant things one by one.

For example, he would ask her where her home was.She had to bite the bullet and say that she was born in Egypt and had lived in a small fishing village in the Sinai Peninsula. He asked with a half-smile: "Which village, I'm quite familiar with that area." In the past few years, he has been competing with Syria every day, and he is really familiar with it.But Ivy was not familiar with it, and she regretted it a little, so she said, "It's just where I lived when I was a child. Later, because all the family members died, I came to Thebes with my brother to make a living."

"You live in Thebes?" She thought for a while, "Before, I stayed in Thebes all the time, and then my brother went somewhere, and came to Deir Medina when he couldn't survive." He paused, and then slowly uttered two words, "lying". His tone was flat, but those two words resounded like thunder.Ivy couldn't help but feel the pressure subconsciously, and her hands gripped the rein in front of her even harder.Her chest felt tight, and bursts of blackness suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, covering her sight from all directions.But he turned his head, his amber eyes were calm, and he seemed to have lost interest in going around in circles with her.

"Your appearance, if I had appeared in Thebes, I would have found you ten or fifteen years ago." His words were flat and decisive.Ivy didn't understand what he meant.Had he started looking for her long ago?Why? Her head was dizzy from the sun, and Ivy couldn't figure it out no matter how she thought about it.At this moment, he continued to ask: "Give you another chance, to be honest, what is your name?" For some reason, when he asked this question, Ivy only felt that he seemed to be particularly focused, and even a little nervous.However, she was already unable to think, her body was stiff, and cold sweat was gradually oozing from her forehead.Her eyes were completely dark, and only her consciousness was still barely functioning. She exhausted her last strength and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am indeed a woman, and my name is Nefertari."

When these words came out, suddenly, she seemed to feel that his breathing stopped for a second.And when he spoke again, there was already a bit of imperceptible eagerness in his usually calm voice. "Then, don't you recognize me?" There seemed to be some uncertainty in the affirmative tone, and there was already some undeniable persecution between the words and sentences.Since she returned to this time and space, he has always been so high above, indifferently and calmly, putting everything around him in a chess game firmly controlled by him.She had never heard such an uncontrollable voice from him, and his slightly anxious assertion reminded her of the young man who cared so much about herself in another time and space. He seemed to be expecting her to exist in his life as a Nefertari individual. really? "But, I have never seen His Majesty..." Indeed, in this time and space, she had never seen him in his real body. He froze for a moment, and then hummed lightly, "You recognized me right away, without even a single ounce of uncertainty. I want to be honest." Her breathing was already a little short, and her nerves reached the highest level of tension. As he turned around and questioned again, she completely collapsed, "I can't see anything in front of me." "what?" The familiar voice was close and far away, and Ivy finally couldn't hold on any longer. The darkness surrounded her vision and her consciousness.Her hands and feet were cold, she lost her balance, leaned over and fell down along the side of the horse. In the dark, but can feel warm. If you open your eyes, if you look at him, he is a stranger who doesn't know himself. And only at the junction of fantasy and reality, on the edge of waking up and falling asleep, and hearing his voice, can you still believe that he is her lover, who never left her and promised her eternal love people. Every time she falls asleep, she thinks like this.If she could dream of him, she would rather never wake up.And never had it felt so real to her like this time.He seemed to hear Bifeitu's voice, Li Tahe's voice, and Montus' voice in his ears.They are so close, it seems to be a vivid and bright yesterday.Therefore, she was even more reluctant to wake up. If she closed her eyes, she would stay in the yesterday she loved so much. But whoever shook her shoulders without mercy, ordered her to open her eyes.He hugged her and clasped her shoulders like a prison.A soft, soft voice, a firm, tough command.Floats lightly into the air, draws heavily in the heart. "Nefeltaly, wake up." Nefertari... are you calling her? "Wake up, Your Highness has woken up!" "Great, go and tell Your Majesty!" Before I opened my eyes, I heard the joyful and noisy voices of the crowd.The sound of footsteps scattered around, and when I opened my eyes, I was wearing a long white dress, with a golden scarab on my chest, my hands folded, lying on a stone platform, and my body was full of sacrificial artifacts.In front of him was the statue of Amon Ra standing tall, surrounded by formally dressed priests. There seemed to be creatures used for sacrifices tied up on the altar, Li Tah held the sacrificial sharp blade and slowly turned his head.Obsidian's eyes reflected Ivy's weak figure, and his smile was still like sunshine and flowing water. If this is a dream, it will be the most real dream she has had in the past hundreds of days and nights. "Princess Ivy, welcome back." As he said this, Ivy was stunned.She reached out to pull her hair, which was still short, but covered her cheeks.However, picking up a lock on her forehead, she was surprised to find that the color she had dyed had been washed away, revealing a soft golden color. Reitah smiled, put down the sacrificial knife in his hand, walked to her side, and bowed politely to her. "Welcome you back from the residence of God Osiris. Your reincarnation is a gift from God, the hope of the Nile, and the glory of Pharaoh. Your Majesty has been looking forward to your return. He has been by your side before, and will soon come from The Palace of Thebes hastened back to see you." Ivy tried to straighten her body, but she was too weak.Li Tah hurriedly continued: "Your new body has lost consciousness for three days, and your body must be relatively fragile. Please stay here for now, we still need to complete the last part of the sacrifice." Three days... After heat stroke, he was unconscious for three full days.She looked really exhausted, and must have been fast asleep. She rubbed her eyes, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "What did you call me?" Reitah smiled and replied: "Princess Ivy, what's the matter?" Ivy froze for a moment, frowning and trying to deny it.Li Tah, however, seemed to stop her, and continued: "You have just returned from the protection of Osiris, and you must have forgotten many things. But with the blessings of your majesty and the gods, you will surely recover soon. Just restore the original memory." Blessing of the God Osiris... Ivy raised her head and looked around her.The huge statue of Amun-Ra stared coldly into the distance, and hundreds of priests held green plants to sincerely bless her.The rising sun swept its proud light into the empty temple, golden dust floated in the air, deep low music wafted with the wind in the distance, and the majestic voice of the high priest echoed over Karnak, repeating endlessly A tedious prayer, praying for Princess Ivy's soul to return to her body. They revere death.They think that the death of a person is only a short separation.The dead may pass trials and return to the living from another world.They believe that she is the return of the soul of Princess Ivy. Reitah put away his gentle smile, he put his hands together with the sharp blade, and chanted the priest's incantation in his mouth, and the blade fell quickly to the platform.At that moment, Ivy saw a pleading look in her eyes, and she staggered down to the place where she was lying. Regardless of her weak body and the obstruction of others, she threw herself on Li Tahe, pulling the young priest Pulled aside. The sacrificial knife fell to the side and landed on the ground, making a piercing sound.The priests around were stunned. They kept their original postures and looked at them. The sound of ceremonies and music in the distance did not stop, but the hall was completely silent.Ivy hurried to the altar without caring about confirming Li Tah's situation.The young girl was tied up, her mouth was gagged, her eyes looked at Ivy in horror, and she couldn't stop crying. "Anafetti..." Ivy hurriedly used her hands to untie the rope on her body. Retah rose to his feet behind her, flanked by young priests who were still teenagers, carefully supporting him.He frowned, and said gently: "Princess Ivy, we must pay our respect to God Amon Ra. This slave girl is pure, please step aside, the ceremony will end soon." "What are you talking about!" Ivy turned her head and shielded her body in front of Anafetti, "I won't let you guys kill her." Reitah stroked his forehead, and there seemed to be a look like "this is really troublesome" flashing through his smile.He turned his head and whispered a few words to the person next to him.The young priest turned around and ran out in a hurry, Li Tah turned back to Ivy and said slowly: "Your Highness, you must have experienced a lot in Cush. Please allow us to take you back to rest, priest You don't have to worry about things..." Hearing this, Ivy used her body to tightly protect the gagged Anafetti, and said loudly: "I'm not Princess Ivy! I'm not his sister—" Her voice became like that It's icy cold, just like polar snow water, flowing violently, colliding with sharp rocks, causing violent splashes, "Look at me!" She raised her head, and her blue eyes in the temple exuded a coquettish light.She looked directly at the most powerful First Prophet in Egypt in front of her, and sharply frowned her exquisite brows, "My hair is golden, and my eyes are blue. I was never his sister!" The priests in the whole hall suddenly became silent, Li Tah still smiled, but his smile was a little stiff, "Your Highness, you must be too tired, otherwise you wouldn't say such words. Your Majesty has been worried about you." Whether it is intentional or not, it seems that Li Tahe is going to play her identity to the end.Ivy stretched out her hand and pointed to Anafertie behind her, "I don't care what you want, Anafertie cannot be killed." "Your Highness..." "Just a slave girl, give it to her." The indifferent voice slowly echoed in the huge sacrificial hall. The young monarch stood at the entrance of the hall, and the golden sunlight shone from behind him, making him feel like a god.The surrounding priests bent down one after another and fell to the ground.Reitah stepped back and saluted him respectfully.Ivy raised her head, and the figure of Pharaoh was reflected in her blue eyes. The golden Uarras shone on the top of his forehead. He stepped forward and came to the center of the hall. A solitary and tall shadow fell on the blue and white stone floor. "You're back." His voice was tired, and there seemed to be turbulent waves hidden under his calm tone.And his face was as calm as usual, his amber eyes swept across Ivy, and then fell on Li Tahe beside him. He didn't expect Ivy's answer, but continued to order, "Go down, and use ewes to continue the sacrifice. From today on, this slave girl is the property of Princess Ivy." The priests respectfully agreed.With a wave of Li Tah's hand, they put Anaferti down from the altar, and then supported her and retreated out of the hall in an orderly manner. "Anafetti—" Ivy called her name worriedly, trying to follow, but was stopped by Ramses' hand. "She's yours now, no one will touch her." He seemed to be comforting. The priests left one by one, even Li Tah retreated quietly.There were only the two of them in the hall.He still stretched out his hand to stop her, perhaps, it was more like hugging her and keeping her by his side. The hall is so big, but they are so close. "You're back." He repeated, lowered his head, and looked at her. She opened her eyes wide and looked at herself in his eyes, with short blond hair and blue eyes. She looked at his strange expression, and there was a soft light in her amber eyes.This was a look she had never seen when she was in the silver-haired Princess Ivy.He knew that she was not the Princess Ivy who had gone to Cush, but he was still deliberately emphasizing her status as his sister. Why? Knowing that speaking rashly may put oneself in unnecessary danger, curiosity still prevails. She worded her words carefully, and said tentatively, "I... am not the Princess Ivy you think." There was a dead silence in the air.His eyes were elusive, and this uneasiness seemed to place her in the deep sea. She continued nervously: "Although, although I have her memory, I am not her." He seemed to have heard her, but he didn't seem to be listening to her, but he unknowingly pulled her tighter, and there was a bit of imperceptible pleasure in his deep voice, "Nefer Tali, you will soon know that Egypt is a Great place." She stared blankly at him.What does this answer mean? He let go of the hand around her waist, and took her hand instead, his fingers tightly intertwined with hers, and pulled her to the entrance of the Karnak Temple.Hundreds of ram stone sculptures connect the road to the palace, the sunset gradually turns from gold to orange, and the sound of the Nile River not far away is like the breath of the earth.With a smug smile, he lowered his head gently, looked at her blank face, and said without hesitation: "Egypt belongs to the kingdom of the sun. There is a fertile land, the endless Nile River and loyal people here." He continued to pull her, walked out of the temple, and walked towards the palace of Thebes along the sacrificial path connected by rams.The setting sun is about to fall into the Nile River, a piece of red orange is reflected on the blue river, and the west bank on the opposite side seems out of reach.The priests remained in the temple, and the pharaoh's guards did not dare to step into the sacrificial path, only dared to follow from a distance outside.There are only the two of them on the long road.He continued: "I am the pharaoh of Egypt, and I own Egypt." He then looked at her, and the amber eyes concealed the enthusiasm she hadn't seen for a long time, as if he had been waiting for her for a long time, and she finally came to him side.His words still carried the arbitrariness of a king, but they always carried a certain kind of uneasiness. His hands held her so tightly that it hurt. He continued: "You stay in Egypt, stay beside the goddess Habi, on the banks of the magnificent Nile, at my hand." He paused, "One day, you will walk through this place with me again. the way, to receive the blessing of the people..." His words were so sincere, but Ai Wei felt extraordinarily out of it.He doesn't know who he is.Even he himself didn't know who he was speaking to, what she wanted was not such a nonsensical paragraph.However, he didn't ask the question, but he interrupted her again, looking at her carefully with his eyes, and his words were somewhat decisive, "Nefer Tali, I don't want to hear your reply. I don't I didn't intend to ask for your opinion."