The murder happened in the city of Dudes, King of Eju. The identity of the victim was a magician, and it happened to be such a sensitive time. Although no clues to the murderer have been found, the most direct suspect and behind-the-scenes instigator is John, and people can't doubt him.
Pharaoh was furious. If John dared to do this, wouldn't it be lawless! And investigating John's resume background, he is really a guy who dares to do anything. The pharaoh specially sent envoys to the cape city-state for interrogation. The main investigations were two things. One was whether John had said that the pharaoh’s order was to fart, and the other was whether he had sent someone to kill the priest
John received Pharaoh's envoy in the military camp, and after hearing what he had come for, he drew his sword and cut off the table in front of him, scaring the envoy so much that he almost wet his pants. Rod Dick was also on the sidelines at the time, worried that John would hurt Pharaoh's emissary impulsively, so he hurried forward to dissuade him. John pushed Rod Dick away and said, "Don't worry, I just want to make things clear."
It was supposed to be the envoy who interrogated John, but it turned out that John interrogated the envoy. He asked the envoy an honest answer, and explained the cause and effect of the matter clearly.
John sneered and replied: "I said fart, in front of the pharaoh's messenger. I am a soldier. Even if I don't agree with the order in my heart, I will execute it at that time. You can reply to the Eju military department like this. As for the priest's Death has nothing to do with me, I don't want to kill him in this way, I will just fight him directly. If he is still alive, I will kill him, and you can answer Pharaoh like this."
The pharaoh's envoy left the cape city-state in this way, but before he left, he accepted a large sum of money from Rod Dick, and the lord Dick asked the envoy to mediate and make some minor changes to John's answer. John said farting, but that was scolding the emissary for guessing Pharaoh's intentions, not directly targeting Pharaoh's order. As for the murder case in the capital, no one can say anything about the unsubstantiated matter.
Several important members of the Eju military, such as Blaze and Long Teng, were also very dissatisfied with Pharaoh's investigation and punishment of John. John's family was also involved in it, and the final result of the settlement was not serious.
The priest's death was not necessarily related to the impeachment of John. He owed a lot of gambling debts during his lifetime. It is hard to say what the murderer's purpose was for the murder. It is difficult to investigate without evidence. John did treat Pharaoh's envoy unreasonably, and his words were wrong, and he thought about his mistakes at the first level, and Rod Dick was temporarily appointed as the head of the An-Ra Legion.
After the war, John was promoted to three extreme ranks because of his military exploits. Now that he has cut off one rank, it is equivalent to being promoted to two ranks, but the legion commander failed to make it. Rod Dick has worked hard enough. After Julian's death, the city lord also served as the chief priest of the cape city-state. He had just resigned from the position of the legion commander of the Seth legion, and picked up the burden of the legion commander of the An-La legion. . It seems that he holds great power in the cape city-state, but he has to take care of himself if there is any trouble.
The official decision of the empire to deal with John was to "reduce the rank of the first rank, think about the mistakes, and wait for the call." You should apologize and repent to General Amon if you are responsible for the cultivation of General Amon."
The hidden meaning in the document was obvious, and for Amon's sake, he sent John lightly. It is inconvenient for John to be punished heavily for his military merits, but he cannot be arrogant because of his military merits, and Amon himself should be a warning.
Since John was asked to apologize to General Amon, John didn't bother to report to the Military Affairs Department after returning to Memphis, and followed George directly to Amon. After hearing what had happened, Amon shook his head and sighed, and asked John, "Why did you answer the Pharaoh's envoy like that? Anyway, there were no records of divine magic at that time, and they were all words without proof. If you refused to admit it, who would you say?" I can’t catch you. Besides, the impeacher is dead, so it’s inconvenient for others to stand up publicly and continue to pester you.”
John said decisively: "That's what I said. Even if the old man asked me personally, I would answer that way. If it wasn't farting, why did he immediately withdraw the order and appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield? Just after the battle, I thought Rectifying people, I thought of you when I was looking for someone to die!"
Amon frowned: "But why did you swing your sword in front of the Pharaoh's envoy, and even cut off the table, if it wasn't for Rod Dick's mediation, and the frightened envoy went back to add some crimes, you couldn't stand it. You Is the irritability and impulsiveness in your heart uncontrollable, so that you lose your calm?"
John replied seriously: "I was indeed angry at the time, and I could feel the restless power, but it was no longer out of control, just like the potential that existed at any time, and I could use it freely. That sword just showed my attitude , Although I am angry, my heart is very clear and calm, and I know what I should do and how to answer."
Amon stared at John for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "After you recovered from your serious injury, you have changed a lot. It is a remarkable achievement to keep your mind calm amidst the restless force! It seems that you don't want to be that legion commander. , I took the opportunity to escape, even if I was cut one rank, it doesn't matter."
John laughed and said: "Yes, thanks to your guidance all the time, I finally got rid of the double shackles of body and mind, and I have never been so relaxed. The restless power can no longer drive me, but has merged into my body and mind. "
Amon stood up and said to George: "The three of us used to be the three chief officers of the An-La Legion. It is rare to meet here today. We will have a good drink tonight and celebrate John becoming a great warrior!"
George also smiled and said, "It turns out that the general also saw that John has been promoted to a great warrior. I didn't say it on purpose just now."
John became a little shy on the contrary: "This achievement cannot be compared with the general and the high priest. What about Medanzo? He is also a great warrior, so he should be here. I really want to fight wine with him."
Amon: "What a coincidence, I sent him out on business a few days ago. If General John is willing to stay here for a while, he will naturally be able to wait until he comes back."
That night, the three of them drank and talked happily together. John thought sitting in the small hall was not lively, so Amon simply ordered his servants to set up a big tent in the open space, put the banquet there, and called the personal guards to eat and drink together. The scene was very lively, as if he was back on the march Time to fight.
John was very drunk and was helped back to rest. After the banquet was over, George called Amon into the small hall alone, handed him a beautiful copper box and said, "General, this is the book you want to read, this box can only be opened intact by a great magician Without destroying the contents inside, that’s why I personally delivered it and took it out in front of you.”
Amon said with some embarrassment: "It's hard for the high priest to go there in person. I didn't expect this tome to be so exquisite. When I was in the archives, I only knew that it was locked in a cabinet. It turns out that there are still books in the cabinet. organ."
George smiled wryly and said: "It's your face, General, otherwise it would be impossible for this kind of classic to leave the Temple of Isis. If you want to read it, it's not impossible, but you have to go to the scene to check it yourself, and you can't take it away. My respect to the saint My lord said a word, and my lord saint asked me if I wanted to come to you to relax, and I said yes, so she sent me to bring the classics, and then I had to be responsible for bringing them back with my own hands."
Amon was slightly surprised: "What kind of classic is this?"
George was taken aback: "Don't you know the file number you gave?"
Amon said with a smile: "I have traveled to many places and heard many rumors. I just know that there is such a file number, but I don't know the content."
George glanced at him: "Where do you know so many strange rumors? Forget it, I don't want to ask, just read it if you like! To be honest, I haven't even read this volume of classics. According to the archives The records in the catalog index are ancient myths and legends, which may involve the private past between gods and gods. It is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. Such human myths that may be disrespectful to the gods should have been destroyed, but this document has been handed down since ancient times It was collected, so it was sealed. I checked the records, and the last time someone borrowed it was more than two hundred years ago!"
Amon asked a little strangely: "So, no one has opened this box for at least two hundred years?"
George looked at the box with a strange expression: "According to the records of the archives, it should be like this. As for whether anyone has opened it during this period of time, I don't know. It's not always in my hands... Said, even I am curious, after you read it, I will look it up."
Both of them are proficient in high-level information magic. Of course, this box was sealed by magic, but the traces of sealing are obviously in the past few decades, which means that someone has opened it privately without registration. Who did it? Nine out of ten it was Bell back then, and they tacitly didn't mention it.
George opened the copper box in front of Amon, revealing a roll of light yellow and whitish documents, then said goodbye and went back to rest. Amon brought the document back to his bedroom, and without lighting the lamp, he opened the window to read it under the moonlight, and he could see it clearly with his current eyesight.
This volume was written on straw paper hundreds of years ago. It is slightly incomplete, but it is still very well preserved. Surprisingly, it turned out to be written in secular script instead of divine script, and the notes were a little messy and neat. It was in the format of a poem, and the content was like an ancient myth and legend recorded by a folk bard.
The first long poem tells the story of the goddess Isis and the god An-Ra. In this long poem, it is claimed that Isis is the first human woman who mastered language, and An-Ra is the ancient god who governs the heaven and earth, and the earliest sun god in Ecu. He symbolizes life and the rising of hope.
Isis made a snake out of sand, placed it where An-la passed by every day, and bit the god. An La was poisoned and felt very painful. Isis came to him and sang: "God, have you been bitten by a poisonous snake? Language has the power of wisdom, and it can overcome pain. Please tell me your original name and hidden language, so that I can get a cure."
An-Ra replied: "I am the ruler of heaven and earth, the creator of gods, and as far as you can see the horizon is my domain. I am called Ann at night, Ra during the day, and Hepri in the morning." , called Atum at dusk."
Isis said again: "This is not your original name, please tell me the real secret, and all this pain will disappear."
So An-La uttered her original name and hidden language. Isis gained his magical power and became stronger than An-La. She became the patron saint of Memphis and the entire Lower Egypt. An-La retreated to the clouds at the source of the Ronnie River.
This volume of long poem made Amon blink his eyes. Many parts of the stories told by bards hundreds of years ago are plausible and difficult to understand, such as "language", "original name", and "hidden language". meaning, or just the poet's out-of-the-box imagination of things he doesn't understand, which is absurd but also symbolic.
In this psalm, it is clearly mentioned that Isis was once a human being rather than a god. According to Amon's understanding, Isis should have mastered some kind of cultivation secret, which is "language", and obtained the secret of becoming a god from An-La, which is "hidden language". ” may mean otherwise.
How did Isis obtain the divine power of An-Ra? Is it just the imagination of bards, or an exaggerated processing of folklore? But Amon clearly remembered that Schrödinger once said that she wanted to find someone who could save her from trouble and not seek divine power to imprison her again. It seems that there is really such a thing, but I don't know the mystery!
Amon shook his head, temporarily put aside the doubts in his heart, and then read the next long poem. The content of this poem is somewhat contradictory to the previous one. It may be said that different versions in the folk are about the "family" of the Jiulian gods.
An-Ra is the oldest creator god among the nine gods, born in the primordial lotus at the source of the Ronnie River. An-ra spit out the wind god "Shu" and the water god "Fu" from his mouth, Shu and Fu gave birth to the god of the earth "Gab" and the god of the sky "Nut", and Geb and Nut gave birth to four The gods are "Osiris", "Isis", "Neftis" and "Seth".
This poem did not mention the name of Horus, the current King of Eju. Amon already knew that the relationship between the gods is not the kind of kinship relationship in the human world, but it is just understood by people. In this poem, Isis is separated from An-Ra by several generations, and her divine power does not come directly from An-Ra.
If you connect these two poems, you can make a guess that Isis obtained power from Shute and Geb, and then defeated An-Ra with this power and other means, and obtained the secret of An-Ra. With divine power, became the supreme queen. After An-La retired, Horus, the son of Isis, became the king god who ruled Eju, and was the main god among the nine gods.
Amon opened the third long poem. The story inside turned out to be the battle of the ancient gods. It turns out that this kind of conflict broke out between the nine couplets of gods. Some plots in the poem still have discrepancies and contradictions with the first two poems. The characters in the story are not like gods, but rather like recording a court struggle in the human world, just like what is happening on the Tianshu Continent.
It is said that Osiris became the most powerful god and was known as the king of the gods. He symbolized fertility and was in charge of the prosperity of all things and the life and death of people. His younger brother Seth was originally the protector of the kingship, but he murdered Osiris with tricks and became the king of the upper and lower egypt.
Seth put Osiris in a coffin and threw it into the Nile River, and Osiris' wife Isis recovered her husband's body through untold hardships. After Seth found out, he cut Osiris' body into many pieces and threw them in different places in Ecu. Isis retrieved all the parts of the body one by one, except for one piece of flesh, which was said to have been eaten by fish in the Roni River.
Isis was conceived by the body of Osiris and gave birth to Horus. Isis brought up Horus and taught him his power. With the help of the rest of the gods, Isis defeated Seth, regained the throne and became the new king of the gods, the king god who ruled Eju forever.
The Psalm is not over here, and there is a tail behind. With the help of Neftis, Isis retrieved the fragmented body of Osiris in the swamp and desert, and Osiris was resurrected from the dead. The straw paper is a little damaged here, as if the soul of Osiris reappeared, seeing that Horus had become the king of the gods, he returned to Hades and became the god of the underworld.
Amon finished reading the third long poem, looked up out of the window and fell into deep thought. The content of the psalm has naturally been processed by the poet's imagination, but a few things can still be confirmed, and the legend is not groundless.
The Ejus do not eat fish, and they never fish in the Loni River. It is said that the fish in the Loni River has the flesh and blood of Osiris in their bodies. This river of gods leads to the underworld, and Osiris is the patron saint of the Ronnie River. The annual flooding of the Ronnie River and the alternation of vegetation withered and prosperous symbolize the cycle of life and death, and also symbolize that Osiris was resurrected from the dead.
It is mentioned in the poem that the body of Osiris was divided into many parts by Seth, and some of the flesh and blood were eaten by fish in the Roni River, which is the source of the custom of the Eju people today. Another unmistakable evidence is a rib of Osiris, which is now in the hands of Amon. It is a sacred object that Bell stole from the Temple of Isis.
From this point of view, Osiris should have given up his original body and did not return to the world, but became the god of the underworld. Does he have a new body, or does he exist like a soul? Amon didn't know.
Pharaoh Eju, who was known as Horus in the world before his death, and Osiris in the underworld after his death, had to build a magnificent mausoleum for himself. The corpse can be preserved for a long time after special treatment, and he looks forward to being resurrected like Osiris, which also proves that The existence of myths and legends long ago.
Amon sighed, then lowered his head to read the last article, which mentioned the story of the Ecu cat god Best. Seeing this, Amon finally understood why Schrödinger asked him to consult this volume of classics. The secret of her losing her divine power and being sealed may be hidden in this ancient legend.