Chapter Seventy-Three: The Spirit Snake Appears
The endless end of the vast desert, although there is no longer walking around the circle, but there is still no clear path, it has been three days since the cat mound traveled, the initial joy of getting out of the control of the cat demon gradually faded, I thought I could get out of the desert as soon as possible, and arrived at the place where the god is located, but the imagination is very beautiful, the reality is really skinny, the desert south wind for several days, no day, flying sand and rocks are out of control and crashing everywhere, the whole desert has become a hell on earth, and the animal power that followed has all died in the desert storm.
The soldiers had no food but to eat the dead livestock, the generals lost their old grace, disheveled, and their faces were full of dirt, and even the two super handsome men, Hephaestion and Alexander, were like beggars, disheveled and discarded.
Mo Jiu and Ling'er were even more miserable, their cloaks were scattered, and they could join the zombie team with two fangs, and they followed behind the generals with difficulty, walking in an unknown direction with difficulty.
"Old and Young" finally closed his nasty mouth, these days without his chatter, Jiu'er was very uncomfortable, kept peeking at Philotas, hoping that he could contribute some "jokes" to the desperate desert trip, occasionally met the eyes of the old and young looking back, Philotas didn't even bother to move his expression, and moved his gaze like a zombie.
The advancing team is getting smaller and smaller, many soldiers have died, and what is even more terrifying is that the team can't discern the direction of progress at all, I really hope that Queen Lampedo can be miraculously resurrected, and then "call" everyone back, so that there is food and water, and beautiful women.
"Look, there's a snake!" Ling'er was shocked to wipe back the messy hair that was blocking her eyes, and her stiff face suddenly appeared bright.
"The Spirit Snake has finally appeared!"
"The spirit snake has appeared! The language of the Imperial Maiden has been fulfilled! ”
There was a commotion.
"It's Peassi's little green snake!"
Ling'er's words immediately made Jiu'er grateful, what can this little snake do, it is a big snake that leads the way.
But after thinking about it, it's okay, after all, it's the daughter's little snake, should the daughter let the little green snake come to her?
Mo Jiu stretched out his right hand and let the little snake climb up, seeing it seemed to see his daughter's cute little face.
The little snake and the nine daughters of Moore looked at each other, and suddenly Jiu'er saw Peyasi at the other end, this is a thousand-mile tracking technique! This girl can even use this spell of Mo Jiu's mother!?
"Mother, follow the little snake, it will take you out of the desert and find the temple of Amun."
"Daughter, are you okay, why don't you leave...."Before Jiu'er's words were finished, the image on the other side disappeared, it seemed that he didn't want to listen to Mo Jiu's chatter.
Then follow the little snake and leave this terrifying desert.
Finally, under the leadership of the little snake, on the morning of the second day, an oasis that had never been seen before appeared in front of him, and there was no more beautiful oasis in this world, and the whole oasis shone brightly under the sun.
- Siwa Oasis, Libya, finally found you!
Everyone shouted and ran towards the oasis.
The oasis of the divine realm, walking into her beauty, there is nothing else in my heart, worthy of being a desert paradise.
Longevity olive trees, verdant palm trees, fruit-bearing date palms can be seen everywhere, springs are everywhere as far as the eye can see, and the sound of bubbling water cools the hot mood of the warriors.
A shiny white in the distance attracts everyone, it can't be the legendary salt lake, right?
Following the light, everyone ran over, it is indeed a lake, the lake is green, the embankment built with "crystal" is the legendary salt embankment, I have never seen such a large particle of salt, each one is three fingers thick, the sun shines, flashing with five-colored light, and it is even more rare that the salt lake can be seen everywhere this crystal-like salt grains, they are "growing" from the ground, all kinds of roses bloom all over the place where the stream passes, with the pure sky above the oasis without a trace of impurities, the nine women of Melocco stretched out their tongues to lick the air hereIt's clean with a hint of sweetness.
"Our female priestess has finally laughed!" Philotas looked at Jiu'er with a sneer, this was the first time Mo Jiu laughed out of the cat mound, and the pain in his heart was finally baptized by the pure air here, and he felt a little more comfortable.
"Look at your face, Philotas, now I believe you are sixty years old!" The priestess laughed.
The people around me, you look at me, I look at you, they all laughed, all of them were like dirty "flower cats", everyone rushed to the lake to wash their faces.
"Look there," Ptolemy said, pointing to the place in the distance, obscured by greenery, revealing only a little white, "and there must be the Temple of Amun!" ”
"What are you waiting for, the generals come with me." Alexander was the first to rush to the temple and strode towards it.
Follow the gravel path, all the way up, and you will arrive at the bluestone steps 100 meters outside the big temple.
On the side of the steps, the priests who had already received the emperor's imminent visit to the temple greeted them from afar with a welcoming procession.
At the head of the procession was an elder man with a leopard-skin cloak on his shoulders, a leopard's head hanging down to his waist, a priest's hat with a red bottom and a golden peak, a fake beard, and a simple but silky white linen robe with a smooth white headless Karasilis—a robe worn by ancient Egyptian men on important occasions such as religion, and this was supposed to be the high priest of the Temple of Amun.
Behind the high priest is the "Marret Singer", a woman who sings for the gods, dressed in an ankle-length women's caracillus robe, decorated with multicolored beads around her waist, and sandals inlaid with small amethyst beads in leather. Dignified with sexy, the singers smile the same, Jiu'er concluded that this kind of smile has been trained for at least half a year, it can be seen that although the temple of Amun is in the oasis that it is extremely difficult to cross into the desert, the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, the mountains are not high, there are fairies and spirits, whether an institution is prosperous, look at the femininity and dress in it.
The female singers not only smile "high-end", but also dress extremely elegantly, the neck ornaments arranged in strings are made of ivory sculptures, dark "Cole" eye makeup, and the waist is inlaid with various colored gemstones.
Mo Jiu paid attention to the soldiers who had lived on the battlefield for a long time, and his eyes were on these "Divine Comedy" singers, no wonder Cleopatra charmed the hearts of so many "kings" a few years later, Egyptian women were indeed beautiful and domineering.
The group followed the welcoming procession along the "welcome guard of honor" of two lines of sphinxes lying opposite each other to the first gate of the temple.
The sacred temple of Amun is in full view, the admiration of the soldiers behind him is endless, and the eyes of the high priests inadvertently show proud expressions.
The temple of Amun in Siwa was built in 588 B.C., and the first gate of the temple was built between two giant towers with symmetrical sloping walls, so it is also called the tower gate.
In front of the tower gate, a red obelisk carved from a whole piece of granite, dozens of meters high, is engraved with hieroglyphs and murals praising the pharaohs; The tip of the stele is wrapped in gold leaf, shining in the sunlight to shoot out ten thousand rays of light, standing at the foot of the obelisk, the whole person looks extremely small, so that you have to have a heartfelt amazement in your heart.
Through the first tower gate, a spacious and atmospheric open-air hall is displayed in front of everyone, on both sides of the hall stand a hundred and ten papyrus pillar-shaped tall columns, standing in the hall as if in the forest of towering ancient trees, looking up, unattainable, the respect for God is even higher.
The soldiers in the hall held their breath and did not dare to make a sound, for fear of disturbing the gods, whether you are a bloodthirsty hero who has experienced a hundred battles, or a king worshiped by thousands of people, you are all God's people here.
This is the "Divine Realm Station" that Alexander, Egypt and other conquerors must visit, and it can foreshadow your future and know your past.
In the courtyard of the temple, the priests held a grand welcome ceremony for the soldiers, and the priests held incense burners in their hands, chanted words in their mouths, and circled around the emperor; Dressed in Carasilis robes and colourful jewelry, the Marret girls sang and danced.
If you follow the king, you will enjoy the treatment of the king, and the Egyptians welcomed the conquerors who came from afar.
"I'm so hungry that I can't get us something to eat?" Philotas muttered quietly.
Indeed, the soldiers have been in the desert for too long, and they have become so evil that even the gods have to eat enough.
Jiu'er gave a thumbs up to Philotas and signaled that he was right, "Be louder!" Old and young, it's up to you! ”
At this time, you can't lose your manners, but you are indeed hungry, it depends on whether this "old and young" has the courage to eat loudly.
"High Priest, Marret sings so well," Hephaestion gracefully walked up to the High Priest, whose surprised expression once again validated Hephaestion's beauty.
Hephaestion smiled and continued, "The song of Marret seems to make us feel the call of God, it's amazing. ”
"This is Hephaestion, the reserve general of the Emperor's side."
Hephaus nodded, "It would be perfect if the High Priest could prepare some delicious food for the soldiers. "It is worthy of being our reserve general, always remember the responsibility on his shoulders, after saying so many words, it turns out that the point is here, Jiu'er pouted to Philotas, leaned closer and whispered: "Look at Hephaestion, you are much bolder than you, in vain you are still the general of the Royal Guard, and you don't even dare to open your mouth to ask for a stutter." ”
"I will grow up to be like him, and I will ask the high priest for food from the moment I enter the door." Philotas was full of reason.
"What does it have to do with looks? You're too strong a man! Jiu'er pursed her lips and retracted her disdainful eyes to look at Hephaestion, this general who figured out her lifeline was indeed unreasonably handsome.
This handsome man is indeed very reserved, Alexander fought in the front, and the food and grass in the rear, including the need to build bridges and pave roads for the advance, and many other matters such as verbal mediation with various countries, were all handled by Hephaestion, and he never made a mistake.
Shi said that Hephais was good at arguing, but he had to admit that he relied on his prosperous appearance, and Mo Jiu chattered again in his heart: Please remember this sentence, no matter what year or month, it depends on the appearance, who can bear not to help such a handsome guy?
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