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The words I used to prevaricate ended up on my own.
Plans can't keep up with the changes. I had a plan, but a change followed.
It was true that she was going to leave for Egypt, but I fell ill before she arrived.
It was the first time I had been so seriously ill, and I was so sick that I was bedridden and had no strength at all, and after the doctor had diagnosed me, I told Pharaoh that I had to be sent somewhere else to recuperate. I can't figure out why I'm so sick all of a sudden, and I don't think I usually do anything that would harm my health...... It's hard to say, what can't happen in this house? Maybe...... Perhaps, everything is possible.
Pharaoh pondered it and said let me go back to Thebes, which is better than here to recuperate. Moreover, Thebes is the birthplace of Princess Isis, who will ...... It's a bit early to say this now, in the future, when Pharaoh is gone, I have half of Egypt's dominion like Xiao Man, the upper eagle and the lower serpent, the mark of upper and lower Egypt, since I was a child, Xiao Man and I have each accounted for half. I would like to take this opportunity to familiarize myself with the situation in Thebes and sort out the government affairs there.
Xiao Man was so angry that he almost killed someone, and said that he would accompany me to recuperate. I struggled to speak, and pinched his hand vigorously: "You can stay here...... We can't all get out of here. β
Yali had to leave with me anyway, and she wouldn't change her mind even if I said I'd kick her out of the palace.
"Princess, things can be done later, but your body is the most important."
I sighed weakly, now I am like a tiger with its teeth extracted, whatever they say is what they say, and I cannot be deterred by anyone. Maybe it's because I'm usually too kind? I didn't execute a few people at every turn, nor did I have the audacity to make it a blessing, so that Yali was not afraid of me at all. And Xiao Man himself can't go with me, so Yali wants to follow me to serve him, and he strongly approves of it.
So, before the arrival of the princess Tayili, whom she had called the toad princess, I had left Thebes and sailed south, up the Nile, to Thebes.
Although Egypt is an African desert country, agriculture and vegetation in the Nile Valley are not uncommon, papyrus is lush and green, reeds dance in the wind, and on the third day of our journey, there was a rain on the river.
I sat in the boat, but a heart seemed to have wings and flew out of the window.
Actually...... It's raining.
I hadn't seen rain in a long time, and listening to the rustling of the drizzle, I hardly knew where it was. I haven't seen a single rain in Memphis in years, and even some people in the city are poor, so their houses are not roofed. It doesn't rain here anyway, and you don't need a roof to shelter from the wind and rain.
I felt a little dazed, as if ...... Something vaguely passed by my eyes, and some unpredictable voices in my head, in the sound of the rain, in the wind, in the soft song of the boat lady on the bow, slowly floated up.
I...... I've been on boats, and it's been on the river very often, on boats, like this......
Sit like this.
"Princess, the wind is cool, close the window, right?"
"No, you don't have to." I reached out my arm and let the drizzle fall on my hand.
"Yali, you go out, I want to be quiet and think about something."
She slowly stepped back and closed the hatch.
I leaned against the porthole, and the rain was blown to my face by the breeze, and it was slightly cold.
The voices seemed to be getting clearer and clearer, like an old man, whose face could not be seen clearly, but I could hear familiar footsteps, approaching me from near and far.
The rain is getting heavier and the wind is getting tighter. The drizzle turned into a rain line, looking out of the window, dragging the traces of the light of the Dao in the dark night.
There is a personal voice...... He was calling me, one by one, gently and firmly.
I listened, and the voice was familiar to me, and it made me want to cry.
Knowing all the things,
"Small...... Small......minded"
Carelessness.
I sat up suddenly!
Suddenly, the sound disappeared, and all that was left in my ears was the continuous, boundless sound of rain.
Careless! That's my name.
I remember, my name is He Yuyi, my name is He Yuyi!
Who is that, the person who called my name?
I have a vague image in my mind, just a veil missing, but I can't lift it, I can't see through it.
The man seemed to be standing right in front of me, smiling at me, calling out my name and holding out his hand to me.
I reached forward in a daze, trying to get closer, just a little bit, and I could catch him, just a little bit......
Suddenly, my body lost its balance, and I fell headlong, and the cold water poured from my mouth, nose, and ears straight in, and the huge pressure of the water rushed towards me from all directions.
I was choked sadly, but I also came back to my senses, held my breath and tread the water hard, the water became more and more turbulent because of the heavy rain, I finally surfaced on the water, but I saw that under the heavy rain, the sky was as black as ink, and the river was wide and vastβ
What about the ship? What about my fleet?
I looked around anxiously and shouted at the shadow of the fleet, which was still faintly visible, "Hey! Come back! I fell into the river! β
The sound of the rain drowned out my shouting, and even my own ears were filled with the sound of water, and I could barely hear myself shouting.
"Hey! Feed! Come back! Help me! β
"Yali! Help me! β
I cried out in vain, but the ship grew farther and farther away.
I tried to swim hard to catch up, but my body, which had just started to improve from a serious illness, couldn't exert any strength.
I hurriedly shouted again: "Come back quickly!" I've fallen into the water! β
But the rain was so heavy that I couldn't open my eyes, and the little black and hazy shadow of the ship gradually became one with the night in my field of vision, and I could no longer see clearly. My body temperature was quickly carried away by the river, and my body was stiff and heavy like a stone, and I could no longer stabilize it when I was washed away by the current, and my shoulders were crooked, and I sank into the depths of the river.