Chapter 49 Section VI

A year in ancient Egypt was divided into three seasons: Akht, when the Nile River flooded, Pirit, which represented cultivation, and Sumu, which meant harvest.The Opat festival, held in the second month of the Akht season, was one of the most important festivals in ancient Egypt.On that day, the statue of God Amun will be taken out of the Temple of Karnak, placed in the shrine on the top of the flower boat, and then carried by the priests and prominent nobles from the Temple of Karnak to the end Temple of Bess. According to the current calculation, the distance is about three kilometers. Generally speaking, the roadside will be crowded with people praying and asking for divination, and the procession formed by dignitaries and priests is also very large.

This is the most important part of Opate Festival.Usually, the celebration of the festival will last for 20 days or even longer, during which the pharaoh will distribute a large amount of bread and wine to his people to achieve a grand occasion of universal celebration. What Ivy saw was the most lively part of the Opate Festival.The people of Thebes were all dressed in their neatest clothes, standing bustlingly on both sides of the road leading from the Temple of Karnak to the Temple of Thebes, the hot sun could not take away the excited expressions on their faces, they were happy They talked eagerly, eagerly waiting for the coming flower boat.

On the way over, Bifeitu bought a clean white linen jacket from a stall where ordinary people buy clothes.Afterwards, he looked at Ivy with satisfaction, and muttered: "It's very suitable now." Ivy stared at him blankly. He smiled and pointed at her, "Every time I see you, you are in a white dress, spotless, as if you are not from this world." Ivy continued to look at him.He felt a little embarrassed, and twisted her head, "Don't look at me, look, the flower boat is coming." The surrounding crowd burst into loud cheers, and a procession composed of dignitaries and priests came here!

In order to show respect to God Amon, they are all dressed in white linen robes today, but each of them wears various colorful jewelry.Ivy can't help being fascinated by the decorations that people wear, turquoise, orange onyx, amethyst, green turquoise, feldspar, lapis lazuli, garnet, quartz, mother-of-pearl, inlaid in silver or ivory The bracelets, neck ornaments, pectorals, and rings are colorful and dazzling, but harmonious and gorgeous. Ivy seems to have fallen into a colorful treasure chest. Bifeitu thought she was curious about the identities of these dignitaries, so he stood beside Ivy and patiently introduced her to the team.

"The group of youths with golden hair ornaments on their foreheads are my brothers and sisters, and the hair ornaments on their foreheads are a symbol of their status as direct princes." "The bald, white-clothed and long turquoise neckdresses carrying the flower boats are the priests of Thebes. In order to keep clean, they are not allowed to have any hair." "But that man, he has such beautiful long hair." Ivy reached out and pointed to the black-haired boy standing in front of the flower boat.There was a slight smile on the corner of the young man's mouth, and his obsidian eyes were shining with wisdom. He walked unhurriedly in the middle of the team, with a faint breath like sunlight and flowing water faintly fainting from his body.

Bifeitu replied with a smile: "That's Li Tah, the priest of the Karnak Temple. Because he is someone close to me, he will help me with some political affairs, so he still has his hair." He paused, " Don't think about it just because he is good-looking." Aiwei laughed, "What am I thinking about, I haven't said you yet..." Luo, who I met earlier, suddenly flashed across my mind, and I felt a little unhappy in my heart, but I didn't know how to speak.So she forced herself to look up, and continued to look at the parade, but she didn't expect to see the girl all of a sudden.

Her gems are gorgeous and dazzling, the most luxurious in the whole team, even surpassing Bifeitu's brother.She smiled, standing beside a man with a gray beard and elegant temperament, and waved arrogantly to the people around her. "That, isn't that your little girlfriend?" She blurted out, ignoring the displeasure in her tone.Bifeitu followed her gaze, and the moment he saw Luo Kebumin Dockley, his face suddenly sank. "She's not my lover." He took Ivy's hand with some strength. Ivy didn't answer. He couldn't help being a little annoyed, and clasped her shoulders with both hands to make her turn to him, "You don't have to doubt. Her name is Luo Kebmin Dockley, haven't you heard about Xiang Dockley?" ?Have you never heard that Dokri's power in the court overwhelmed the old minister Siman, that he colluded with General Tata to form a party to cover the sky, and that he sold military horses to the reactionary forces in Cush without permission? Doc Taking advantage of the fact that the father is busy fighting outside, he became more and more arrogant."

He was almost furious, "Even his daughter, a little girl in her teens, can scare the common people so much that they dare not take a breath!" His ending was swallowed by another excited shout from the crowd, and what flashed in his amber eyes was no longer the pure and pity-filled light that Ivy had always seen, but a kind of ruthless , hazy, cold as if to put people to death. "I want to kill Prime Minister Dokri. I just want to tell you, remember, whether you are forbearing or indifferent, everything I do is to clear away the moths in the court, so that the pharaoh's rule will be restored." For a long time, the smiles of the people will always bloom like today."

Ivy looked at him, his face suddenly became familiar and strange, close but far away. In his heart, with such a grand dream, he has tens of thousands of hectares of land in Egypt, with countless people-she seems to be able to see that the road to the supreme power of Egypt is slowly being built for him. Expand. He exists for this country, he belongs to this kingdom of the sun, the son of God. This is his destiny, no matter how many obstacles, how much blood, and how lonely the road will be, he must go on, no one has the power to stop him, let alone anyone has the ability to stop him... There was a sudden jump in the chest, pulling every nerve, causing a dull pain.She couldn't help but look to the sky and take a deep breath.

"His Majesty--" "Long live Your Majesty—" "Thanks Your Majesty for giving us bread and wine—" Pharaoh Seth appeared in the parade, and beside him stood a luxurious and elegant woman. The headdress of Horus and the cane of lotus suggested her supreme status.Bifeitu, who had regained his composure, smiled and introduced softly in Ivy's ear, "That one is my mother—Queen Tuya." Ivy nodded, with a bit of reverence in her eyes, and looking back, she saw a woman with a rather strange appearance standing beside her.The delicate white gauze dress wraps her exquisite body, the gold decoration on the neck is more noble and elegant, and the deep purple eyeshadow sets off the slender and beautiful eyes, but she is different from the surrounding scenery and characters. coordinated.Not because of her beauty or dignity, but because of her looks.Her skin is as white as a lotus flower, her hair is beautiful silver, shining like diamonds in the sun, and her eyes are light gray, and the dark pupils in the middle even look a bit abrupt .

But Ivy felt that she was very similar to herself.They're not exactly the same, but it feels like two other letters appear in a world full of A's.And they are the two lonely others. Perhaps she was also the one who fell into this dream. Seeing Ivy's curiosity about the silver-haired woman, Bifeitu couldn't help but reluctantly said, "That's His Royal Highness Yidi, my father's concubine." Ivy keenly heard from Bifeitu's tone that Hidden contempt.Bifeitu didn't respect this "His Royal Highness Yidi" in his heart.In his mind, he vaguely remembered the foreign woman he had said before, monopolizing his father's favor, bewitching the crowd, and overwhelming the host.Presumably, this is His Royal Highness Yidi. But Ivy didn't think this woman was as bad as Bi Feitu said, she even read a familiar feeling in her. At that moment, Yi Di, who was far away from the crowd, looked at Ivy as if feeling something, the thin black pupils in her light gray eyes suddenly tightened the moment she saw Ivy, her calm expression Become tense and dignified, so Ivy can almost confirm that she is looking at herself. Maybe this is an opportunity to return to reality from the dream. Ivy's palms could not help but sweat slightly, and she said to Bi Feitu, "I want to talk to her." "what are you saying?" She didn't turn her head, her water-blue eyes seemed to be rooted and stared at His Royal Highness Yi Di for a moment, "I want to talk to her, please help me, I want to talk to her!" The procession stopped, and Seti held out his hands to signal the crowd to be quiet.The second pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, who entered middle age, was the warrior pharaoh who established the stability of Ramses II. The red and white crown on his head symbolized the "combination of two powers" between Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. One", wearing a fake beard required for formal occasions, with arms crossed in front of his chest, holding a gold hook and a scepter in his hands. He opened his mouth slowly, with a thick and hoarse voice—— "The god Amon Ra endowed Egypt with infinite life, The goddess Hathor brought the ardent sun of Egypt with her sacred horn, God Horus defends the justice upon which we all depend, The god Osiris guides us to another world. This is our country, Kingdom of the sun. Let us worship and be grateful, The Nile that nourishes all things, fertile land, Create an everlasting Egypt..." The cheers of the people came violently like a tide, and Seti was condescending, like a lion, looking down at the people who were in a state of overexcitement at their feet.Surrounded by too intense emotions, Ivy squeezed forward with difficulty. She wanted to stand closer to the flower boat, not to compete for the upcoming divination, not to see Seti clearly, she wanted to get closer Yidi is a little bit, she has a lot of questions, I want to ask her... At this moment, a shout that was very discordant with the harmonious atmosphere sounded in the crowd. The distorted, almost sharp voice caused a brief silence, and then, the shout of joy turned into a scream of fear, and the crowd It began to riot inexplicably. "The giant python...the giant python began to devour Amon Ra..." "The sun god will be swallowed by the giant python!" The people around frantically flocked in the opposite direction to the corridor that the flower boat was about to pass through, desperately looking for various bunkers. Ivy's thin body was squeezed by the crowd, making her almost unable to breathe.Just when she was about to fall to the ground, Bifeitu grabbed her elbow forcefully, and then she was rolled into his arms, protecting him tightly. There was also a trace of anxiety in his eyes, "The priesthood did not predict this matter, the current situation is very ominous, follow me to avoid it." Ivy couldn't help being a little puzzled, so he raised a finger to point to the sky.Ivy then raised her head. It was clearly noon, and the blue sky was cloudless. However, the dazzling golden sunlight gradually dimmed like this.Ivy squinted her eyes, and quickly swept towards the sun. The golden round wheel seemed to be bitten by something, and gradually, it was swallowed up bit by bit, turning into a thick black.She lowered her eyes, the strong golden light seemed to still stimulate her eyes, the eyes were in chaos, her eyeballs hurt so much that she almost shed tears. But she saw that the sun was slowly disappearing, and it was a very amazing sight, yet somehow, from the bottom of her heart, she didn't seem to be afraid of this phenomenon.But at this time, the celebration in front of the eyes has become a mess, people are screaming and praying, the priests put down the flower boats one after another, and scattered in all directions like crazy, the nobles, princes, and ministers also scattered desperately at this time open.In the shadows under the corridor of the temple not far away, someone knelt down on the ground and muttered something.But she didn't understand why everyone was in such a panic. Suddenly, there was a very clear message in his mind, "Bifitu, you have to protect your father, it may be dangerous." Bifeitu, who was about to pull her away, suddenly realized this. Just as he was about to look at Seti, he saw a short figure suddenly rushing out, heading straight for Seti who was too late to leave on the flower boat. "Damn it!" Bifeitu couldn't help cursing, and he quickly ordered Ivy to evacuate as soon as possible, then drew out the sword he carried with him, dexterously avoided the crazy crowd, and quickly chased the thin figure to the flower boat . Ivy hurriedly followed his figure, while carefully looking for gaps in the flow of people, while also approaching the flower boat. I saw that Bifeitu had already caught up with the assassin rushing towards Seti. He stood sideways in front of his father, drew out his sword, and swung it at the little assassin mercilessly.Wait, although the assassin covered his face, Ivy knew that he was not short in stature, but... that was a child, maybe only about ten years old! Although this assassin was young, his attacks were vicious. His sword and sword went straight to Bifeitu's vital point, and every move was deadly.Ivy couldn't help being so worried that she almost forgot to breathe, and she didn't dare to make a sound.While hesitating, another figure flashed beside her. She looked over nervously, but it was the red-haired Montus. Only then did she feel relieved, Meng Tusi was worthy of being the bodyguard next to Bifeitu, he was very strong, and he rushed to Bifeitu's side in just a few steps, the two of them used their swords together, and soon drove the child to a desperate situation, Dropped his weapon to the ground.The child couldn't help cursing in a low voice, turned around deftly, jumped off the flower boat, and ran towards Ivy. Before Ai Wei had time to react, the child seemed to have arrived in front of her eyes. His face was completely covered by a black cloth, and his deep-set eyes were devoid of emotion, like lifeless inorganic objects. He raised his right hand, fingers Close together and move forward, as if to clear Ivy who is blocking the road in front of you. Bifeitu's face had changed, he jumped off the flower boat one step ahead of Mengtusi, and couldn't help but shouted quickly: "Montusi, protect the father, Li Tah! Li Tah!" Suddenly, Ivy's eyes flashed white, and a slender hand clasped the child's wrist tightly from the side.In front of the boy's closed fingers were extremely hard, almost black nails. Before being blocked by that hand, the hideous black was only a few centimeters away from Ivy's chest.Ai Wei couldn't help feeling a chill down her spine, and the cold sweat dripped down.She looked up, and it turned out that the young priest standing in the crowd as calm as sunshine and flowing water was the one who had blocked the catastrophe for her. That handsome young man who was as warm as the sun but as cold as running water looked at that child and suddenly showed a smile so beautiful that he didn't belong to this world.As soon as the child lost his mind, in just a second, a sword had pierced his back and penetrated his body. Blood spurted out along with the sword, and fell on Ivy's white skirt, turning into dazzling spots of bright red. . "Your Highness, you can't kill him yet." Li Tahe's voice sounded extraordinarily gentle and peaceful, like a stream that had never been disturbed by anything, maintaining a cool attitude as always. Bifeitu was about to pull out the sword body, but stopped when he heard the words, but only thought for a second, then turned the sword body again, watching the child's blood seep through the mask and flow down. "Pull away." He simply ordered. Ritah pulled up a corner of the mask, and with all his strength, the child's face was exposed to the fading sunlight. It was an immature, foreign-style child's face, with high browbones, deep-set eye sockets, and a small mouth tightly closed, the blood dripping from the corners of the mouth has gradually turned black. Bifeitu snorted disdainfully, and pulled the sword out of his body. "I have already taken poison myself. The Israelis, even such a young child is trained as a killer." Li Tahe then let go of his hand, and the child's body seemed to have been taken away from all the bones, and it became limp, like a ball of soft mud, blending into the soil in front of Ivy.Li Tahe bowed respectfully to Bifeitu, as if he didn't mind that the child who died at his feet was only a child in his early ten years old, but he still quietly showed his usual smile, "Your Highness, go and avoid Let's make plans after Amon Ra comes out." Bifeitu let out a "hmm", bent down and pulled up the cloth on the assassin's body, wiped off the blood on his sword indifferently, and put it into the scabbard beside him.Then he stretched out his hand to Ivy, "Quick, let's avoid it."