Chapter 59: Return to Libya
"Miss... Miss, wake up."
"Who found out about the Imperial Maiden?"
"Jiu'er, wake up... Wake up" The noisy voice in his ears woke Jiu'er from the haze, her body was warm and she felt very comfortable.
Mo Jiu slowly opened his eyes, a handsome face was almost touching Jiu'er's cheek, a pair of familiar charming eyes stared at Jiu'er tightly, surrounded by a layer of ambiguity, Mo Jiu blinked, sure that he was not dreaming.
He sat up abruptly and called, "Seleucus! Tears poured out instantly, and Jiu'er hugged Seleucus's hot body tightly.
Maybe even she didn't know why she was so excited to see Seleucus.
Jiu'er muttered, "I thought I'd never see you again? โ
After more than 1,000 years of time and space travel, Mo Jiu never imagined that he would be able to find this embraceโthis bosom that he didn't know who it belonged to, and at this time, it made Mo Jiu, who was running around in the past, feel safe.
"Mo Erjiu, you finally woke up," a tear rolled down the back of Jiu'er's hand, "Where have you been for more than a year?" I'm looking for you everywhere, why don't I have any news of you? โ
"Yo he, you also said that you don't want to marry our female priest, what does this hugging posture mean?" It was Philotas, who came out of nowhere, Mo Jiu hurriedly pushed Seleucus, who was still immersed in a long-lost meeting, and General Selotas reacted quickly enough, got up and stood beside Jiu'er, as if nothing had happened.
Mo Jiu raised his eyes and looked around, and asked Fei'er beside him, "Where are we??" โ
I thought I would wake up in bed, but how could it be outside, surrounded by a vast sea of sand, and there were heavily armed warriors standing next to him.
Wearing a blue robe, Fei'er held the bronze mirror that Mary gave to Jiu'er, Ling'er looked at Jiu'er with a smile but tears in her eyes, followed by Philotas, the commander of the cavalry of her friends, Queretas who was rescued by the Granicus River, Cosimachus, Perdiccas, Ptolemy, and white-haired Chletus, behind him was a guard composed of about a thousand people, and in the middle of the crowd stood King Alexandria, who exuded the breath of a king, and behind the emperor was the handsome and uninhibited Hephaestion, two beautiful men stood together, With the vast desert and the army of soldiers and iron horses as the background, Jiu'er has an amazing feeling of wanting to cry, a god-like beautiful young man, who has such resistance, Mo Jiu has a hundred worships in his heart.
"What are you looking at? Every time you see the Emperor, you have such an expression? It can't be that you have a crush on the emperor, right? Ha ha... Stop dreaming. "It's that Philotas again, it's annoying.
"The Nine Maidens of Moor, where have you been in a year? How did you find us? Alexander squatted down and stared into Mo Jiu's eyes and asked, the king was wearing a scaly metal breastplate, an Egyptian-style robe and leggings under the armor, sword eyebrows and peach eyes, his face blackened by the desert looked more sturdy and toned, and a pair of sexy thin lips exuded a seductive luster.
Mo Jiu dodged Alexander's sunny and pure peach blossom eyes, but made all the women look dizzy, lowered his head and said, "I..." How to answer Alexander's question, saying that he went to Minos a thousand years ago? Or did you come here through the bronze mirror held by Fei'er?
"Is there anything else you can't say? You say," just as Jiu'er lowered his head and thought about how to deal with the Great Emperor's question, the hateful Philotas asked eagerly and turned to Ling'er.
"I don't know how Miss got back.... There was a particularly dazzling light at that time.... Then I saw the young lady lying here...."Ling'er stammered, obviously she didn't know whether to tell the truth, or was afraid that telling the truth would have any effect on the young lady, Ling'er, who had never lied, finally stammered and told the truth what she saw.
"You nasty ghost, why are you so fierce, I knew you would be here, I was waiting for you here for a long time, the weather was too hot and I accidentally fell asleep and woke up.... You're all here. Jiu'er pretended not to care, and looked up at Philotas nonchalantly.
"Okay, General Philotas, it's good for people to come back, and let the Nine Daughters of Moore give a divination of where the road leads to the Temple of Amun, we have been wandering around here for two days, we haven't walked out of the desert for half a step, we have walked for two days and two nights, and we have gone around and around or returned to the same place, the Nine Maidens of Mer, you divination, where should we go?" It was Cosimachus who spoke, and he was able to relieve Jiu'er.
Temple of Amun?
Mo Jiu's brain spun quickly, searching for relevant information.
At this time, this place must be the great desert of Egypt leading to the Siwa oasis of Libya, in the year that Jiu'er stayed in Minos, now Jiu'er can't figure it out, in order to stay in Minos for only three or four days, a year has passed here, and no one knows the time exchange rate of different time and space.
But here a year has passed, from 334 to 332 B.C., during which Alexander set out on an expedition to Asia Minor, conquering more than a dozen city-states along the coast of Asia Minor, conquering Troy, and defeating Memnon at the Granicus River.
From modern-day Turkey all the way south to Syria and Pakistan, in 333 BC while advancing towards northern Syria, he encountered the army of Darius and fought the Battle of Issus, capturing the mother, wife, and daughter of the king of Persia.
After that, he turned south and conquered the Mediterranean coast, and in seven months, captured the city-states of the Phoenician islands, Tyre (present-day Lebanon), Tyre, and Gaza.
After going south to Egypt, Alexander did not shoot a sword in Egypt, and at the age of 24 became the recognized pharaoh of Egyptian dignitaries and the son of the sun god Amun. At this time, Alexander was on his way along present-day Alexandria, via Palatonia, to the Temple of Amun in the Siwa Oasis to ask for an oracle.
If you want Jiu'er to divinate the way to the temple, this Mo Er Jiu Maiden can not divination, but you don't need to divinate Jiu'er to know the final outcome, Mo Jiu stood up, chanted a spell, and a white light slowly spread around Jiu'er, and in the mirror image of the evolution of the white light, a snake crawled into the distance before the army.
Seeing the mirror image, Mo Jiu's red lips opened slightly, and his voice was a little hoarse, and said, "Don't worry, just wait here, there will be a snake to lead the way for our great King Alexander." โ
The generals also saw the mirror image of Jiu'er's divination just now, since there is a spirit snake to help everyone, it will be much easier, and the soldiers sat on the ground with their butts, taking the opportunity to rest, waiting for the guidance of the spirit snake.
The warriors have been tortured by the boundless desert for the past few days, there is no water, the blazing sun is scorching every inch of skin, except for the energetic Philotas, the rest of the people are lying on the sea of sand, Seleucus took a piece of cactus and handed it to Jiu'er, "Squeeze a little water to moisten your throat." โ
Mo Jiu smiled bitterly and said to Seleucus, "I'm not thirsty, you can use it yourself." โ
Mo Jiu couldn't figure out what Seleucus's feelings were for him, but he knew not to provoke him again, lest he fall in love with him and couldn't extricate himself.
I don't know how long I lay in the desert, the sky was getting darker, the temperature dropped slightly, and the soldiers gradually became irritable, "Lord Female Priest, why hasn't the spirit snake you said still appear?" If this continues, we will die of thirst here before the snake appears. Quite a few fighters stood up.
Several generals also stood up.
Mo Jiu was also a little puzzled, there should be nothing wrong, what appeared on the hexagram was indeed that there would be a spirit snake here to lead the way, but this spirit snake did not appear at this time, did it do something else?
"Meow Meow...... Meow ......" A sharp cat-like sound pierced the silence of the desert, I had never heard such a sharp sound like a knife, piercing people's hearts, and in an instant, all the guards raised their swords to protect Alexander's left and right.
I don't know if it was because of the custom of joining the army or out of some instinct, Jiu'er also stood up and stood in front of Alexander, and accidentally stepped on someone's foot, Mo Jiu looked down, it was the foot of the fastest Philotas, there was an emergency, the commander of the royal guard was of course the first to rush to the king's side, raised his head and looked at Philotas who was pouting at him, Mo Jiu moved his gaze to the side of the desert.
Following the direction of the sound, in the vast sea of sand, the red of the setting sun reflected the solidified sand waves piled up by the sand and stones, and near the horizon of the sun, Mo Jiu saw a four-legged animal with a leopard on a black background, an Egyptian cat!
A pair of shiny cat eyes shot a cold light in this direction.
"Haha... Didn't you say a snake, how is it a cat? The soldiers looked at Mo Jiu with a mockery.
Jiu'er shrugged helplessly.
"Whatever it is, since there is a cat, there must be an oasis nearby, follow this cat." Ptolemy shouted.
Ptolemy was right, since there are cats, you will definitely find the oasis, and the soldiers are already thirsty, so it is better to find the oasis to drink some water, and then find the way to the temple.
Everyone quickened their pace and ran towards the place where the black cat appeared, the black leopard cat standing in the desert seemed to be deliberately waiting for the soldiers, standing still in place, the sky was already dark at this time, and the cat's eyes were more prominent.
The soldiers were still a few meters away from the cat, and a gloomy aura covered the entire space: no, this is a "cat" in the underworld, Mo Jiu exclaimed in his heart.
How can this "cat" appear here, you must know that the cat is a mythical beast of Egypt, even if there is a "cat demon" will not appear here, the Egyptians worship cats very much, if their own cats die even if they are not mummified, they will be buried well, and they will never let the cat become a "lonely ghost", not to mention this vast desert, where did the "cat demon" come from?
"Mo Erjiu, hurry up and keep up." Seleucus reminded Jiu'er in front of him.
"Wait ......" don't wait, everyone has disappeared behind the "cat demon", and even Seleucus, who was close to two meters just now, has disappeared, and now there is no choice but to follow and see what tricks this "cat demon" is going to play.
Mo Jiu walked up to the "cat demon" aggressively and raised his eyebrows defiantly, "Count you ruthless, where did you get all the people just now?" โ
The "cat demon" even shook his beard and grinned, revealing his snow-white teeth.
"Mamma Mia, it can laugh!" Jiu'er looked at the desert alone and sighed lonely.
Lowered his head and raised his feet and took a step, Jiu'er's toes just touched the yellow sand under the feet of the "cat demon", and a beautiful castle appeared like a mirage in front of him, Mo Jiu closed his eyes and calmly used the heavenly eye opened by Juzi for himself to quickly sweep the inside and outside of the castle, here-there is no weird atmosphere, it is actually a proper place in the world?!