Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Four

When the first stone flew over, it just passed Jia Boye's shoulder, and then knocked down the corner of a wall behind him.The second stone was blocked by the Greek Bedo with his thigh, but he cursed in pain. Before Jia Boye had time to figure out the situation, he saw more than 20 men in ragged clothes, wearing high helmets and cotton jackets, with their chests open and their faces unkempt, rushing out from all corners of the street, and shouting... … "Thief, thief! Liar! Greek bastard!" They raised their fists high, holding some stones in their hands, and three of them fell feebly between Jia Boye and Bei Duo.

"I guess there are some idiots hiding behind me." The Greek muttered, quickly bending his tall body into a safe arc. While speaking, another smaller but well-shot stone happened to hit him on the head. After the red cotton hat that never left his body was shot off, he had to wear a big bald head.In the end, he was still beaten all over his head.Jia Boye wanted to give him a hand, but suddenly, stones rained down, and the force of the noise was comparable to the yelling and cursing.Bedo, who was hit in the ear, was angry and hurt, his face was flushed, and the bright red blood flowed down, sticking to his beard.

Jia Boye couldn't straighten up in pain.He drew his sword and dodged to avoid another attack from the rocks, while Bedo covered his face with his hands. "Hide in the castle!" Jia Boye yelled, "Quick, go! I'll deal with them." "They'll kill you," murmured the Greek. "It's not me, it's you, if you still want to resist!" Stumbling away from the threat of flying stones, the Greeks retreated all the way to the gate they had just passed. "Are you all crazy?" Jia Boye pointed his sword at the distraught crew members. "Crazy, yes, that's why I listened to that devil's lie!"

"There's nothing here! There's no gold here at all." "And the walls are plastered with gold! There's not even a morsel of food to be found, and not a single ghost of an Indian!" "Bedo didn't lie. He's been here, he's seen gold!" "Ah, is it? Trust him when you find your gold in these wastelands!" "This city was destroyed by the civil war initiated by the Indians themselves," Jia Boye tried to refute, "How do you think the governor would know?" "He doesn't know anything! He doesn't even know where he's going!"

"Then what do you know? You bastard, you don't even know whether he has actually been here!" "I know very well that I have seen the tribute he brought back to the king. I have seen it with my own eyes! There is enough stuff to fill a coach." "It's all bullshit! Why should I believe you?" "You're like them, boy! You're like God, you just suck up to them all day long!" "You don't care at all. You have no family and no house anyway. Oh, I forgot that you are an illegitimate child! You are as crazy as the man who calls himself the governor!"

"But the King isn't crazy," Jia Baiye yelled, "and the Overseas Colonial Committee isn't crazy! They'd nominate him Governor for no reason. You're the ones! You've got as many holes in your brains as you have in your shirts! It's a war among the Indians, I tell you—" "so what?" "So bear with me. Do you think you can defeat a country, or capture a city, in a day?" "Yes, patience! Your rhetoric is the same as Pizarro's, boy, and it's all clichés..." "You would rather choose to board the ship and leave?"

The other party did not speak, but judging from their complaining and angry eyes, Jia Boye had an ominous premonition. "They can't take it anymore!" Su Tuo said indifferently, shifting his eyes from the bloody Greek face to Mr. Francesco. "They don't want to suffer anymore for nothing. They haven't eaten for weeks, some are even seriously ill, and they're constantly being betrayed by the Indians, all for this ruined town and your nothingness Promise. Governor, they are right. I wonder what you are going to do, what else can we expect?" Mr. Francisco did not immediately rebut.Apart from the twitching of the beard on his face, his blood was boiling with anger, there was no expression on his face.

"Take a look around you, Captain Su Tuo." He finally said in an unusually calm tone. In fact, the surrounding landscape is stunning.Everything looks like a castle, protected by five high wall barriers, and each wall is separated by a hundred steps. Because of the solid foundation of the wall, it still stands firm in the war that almost destroyed the entire city.The walls have been carefully painted throughout, with bright colors and special patterns, including animals, constellations and geometric figures with precise lines... "Aren't these the symbols of a rich and powerful country?" Mr. Francisco replied.

"I still haven't seen the gold." "Gold, gold...Captain Suto, I know you would love to replace me. However, my first thought is to dedicate this whole country to the Virgin Mary and the King. Then, we will naturally get gold. Virgin Mary Leah will give us the gold herself!" Although all the clothes he carried were lost, Su Tuo still dressed neatly, his eyes showed the unyielding look that only the elders who have been in important positions for a long time can have. He sneered contemptuously and said: "Don't do that with me, Pizarro! Don't keep talking about the Virgin Mary, I beg you!"

"Su Tuo," Enando blushed with anger, and stepped forward, with one hand already on the hilt of his sword. "You'd better be polite to the governor, or I'll be rude to you!" Su Tuo looked him up and down calmly for a while, with a faint smirk in his eyes, and then glanced at Jia Boye and Bei Duo, but immediately turned his gaze back on Anando. "Two brothers from the Pizarro family! It seems that there is also a nephew of yours on the team. Although you are all cousins ​​from the same ancestor, you are not the same..." Anando drew out his long sword and waved it back and forth in the air, Su Tuo immediately drew his sword to face him.

"Don't be impulsive, Enando!" Mr. Francisco stopped in time. "Listen to the governor, Enando. Think again, and see if your brain agrees with you. If I retreat with the army, you will not only lose the gold that was advanced to me... Even Peru! How many of you would you have without me? Fifty? Sixty? Twenty weak horses at the most." "With you, there is no difference between us." Enando muttered. "No difference, but twice the manpower! Since Mr. Francisco wants to conquer Peru first and then find gold, in this case, we are very important, aren't we? Very important! Without me—" "My lord! My lord!" Brother Wei Shengde Vallevide—one of the two Dominican monks who followed all the way here from Panama, he stood in front of the threshold, looking at the two unsheathed swords in front of him, he instinctively opened his hands in prayer: "Gentlemen! Can't you calm down a bit? Don't you feel that it is more necessary to resolve the matter with reason at this time?" "You can tell us to stop quarreling, Brother Wei Shengde," Su Tuo smiled and put the sword back into its sheath. "But there's no way we can't get angry." "How do you know I can't do anything?" Turning to face Mr. Francisco, Brother Wei Shengde sighed after making a holy name, as if he had finally revealed a secret in his heart. "An Indian came this morning, and he said a lot of inexplicable things to Martiniello, our interpreter. I think you should listen to what he has to say, my lord. You too, gentlemen..." The Indian was very short, with deep eyes and an aggressive look.Strangely enough he seemed to adore the strangers who surrounded him.After respectfully stretching out a finger to touch their clothes, beards, daggers and long swords, he smiled contentedly, as if he had found a hope from it. He was only wearing a simple red and yellow cotton shirt.His complexion was dark, rough, and wrinkled, but his hands were deft enough to match his clear and soft voice.He was articulate, and he spoke a language mainly composed of streams and fricatives. To Jia Boye's ears, it seemed that he was singing rather than giving a speech. Martinilo, an Indian as clever as a Spaniard, interpreted earnestly in the clearest Castilian: "He said it was for the only king of the country, the Inca, son of the sun, that he started the war. He also said he was the only one who stayed here to wait for the arrival of the great princes from other regions, because he liked them The way of fighting. He said that the city of Tumbes had a total of about a thousand houses before being burned by the enemy from Puna Island. Unfortunately, during the war, there were heavy casualties, and the rest heard that a group of bearded men came from the sea. After Buggy and some horses, they all ran away. And he, he didn't want to leave, because he knew what war was. He said he had been to Cuzco, the holy city of the only king, and it was the only city in the world where all The streets are all made of gold, whether it is houses, animals or plants, all are covered with gold. He said that the local men and horses with beards are masters of war and are good at fighting. He thinks they should be able to win a big victory. This That's why he didn't want to go like the others, he begged us not to destroy his house." Although the Indians stopped talking, the wonderful atmosphere of silence made everyone want to listen more. Even Captain Su Tuo restrained his usual proud smile. Mr. Francesco knelt down suddenly and made a holy sign facing the Indians. This action reminded Jiaboye of the scene when he saw him kneeling suddenly in Toledo that night.After he stood up again, there was a confident smile on the corner of his mouth. "Captain Suto," he murmured, pointing to the Indian, "this man trusts us more than you. Didn't I tell you, be patient!" "Do you believe what he said?" Su Tuo said bitterly, "A wall made of gold? Animals and plants decorated with gold? Do you really believe it?" "I have many dreams about this country, Captain, and I have long dreamed of a great fortune that will be mine. We shall prove it in a moment, shall we not?" He turned to Martinilo and gave the order: "Tell him that we will not destroy his house, but that we will hang a cross on the wall of his house. Ask him to say more about Cuzco, and ask him how to get there? Is it far?"