Chapter 2: Ramses
I was about to ask someone, but I saw a noise not far away, and it seemed that someone was arguing. Curiosity led me to walk there, and through the gap in the crowd I saw an Egyptian boy of six or seven years old lying on the ground, covered in blood, and although he was in disarray, his big black eyes stared fearlessly at the man who had beaten him, a middle-aged man bloated and dressed as a splendid Egyptian nobleman.
"Excuse me, what's going on?" I turned my head to ask a woman next to me, and the pill really worked wonders, and I was so fluent in ancient Egyptian.
"What a pitiful thing, the boy accidentally trampled on Lord Uther's cat, and Lord Uther said he would beat him to death." The woman shook her head.
From ancient times to the present day, there have been such people everywhere, and I can't help but be a little annoyed, in the eyes of these nobles, a cat is far more valuable than a slave.
"Stop!"
Seeing that the little boy was dying, I couldn't help but let out a loud shout, and I forgot what I had said about the promise of not being nosy. The man named Uther looked at me in astonishment, and then said with a swagger:
"Alien, do you know who you're talking to?"
"Didn't you hear me, I said stop!" I stepped forward.
"Are you crazy? Grab me! Uther waved his hand, and immediately several men dressed as squires came up to me and reached out to grab me. I smiled secretly, can you catch me?
I only heard a "bang", and all the attendants were bounced away by my barrier. For a moment, the people around him were shocked, and Uther's brown face looked as if he had been punched.
"You, who are you?" He took a step back in panic.
I took another step forward and said, "Let that boy go, he's just trampling a cat to death." β
Uther looked a little frightened, but still insisted on it: "That cat was given to me by the king, and now it has been trampled to death by this damned slave, can't I kill him?" β
"It's the cat, so it's okay to pay you one, right?" I glanced at the trampled kitten in the corner, with black, yellow eyes and brown stripes on its body.
"Compensation?" He looked shocked, looked at me contemptuously and said, "Just you? β
"It's up to me." I smiled slightly, took out the charm, and recited the incantation silently, the green light flashed, and the charm transformed into a little black cat that was exactly the same as the original one.
Although Si Yin said not to use spells casually, this is Egypt. If I had done this in medieval Europe, I would have been immediately arrested as a witch, but here everyone would only be amazed and awe-inspired, and perhaps it would have been easier to attract the attention of the priests.
Sure enough, I heard the sounds of gasping air around me and whispering with people.
"Oh my God, did you see that interracial girl, she conjured a cat!"
"It's amazing how she can conjure a cat."
"It's amazing, could it be that she is a messenger sent by the cat god Best......"
I couldn't help but feel a little complacent. Since the crossing,It's always been a girl.,Maids and other roles.,Finally, there's a feeling of raising eyebrows here.,Can spell.,It's really good.γ
Look at the Uther again, he was already there, looking straight at the black cat in front of him.
I bent down to pick up the little boy and whispered, "Are you alright?" He looked at me with adoration in his eyes and whispered, "Are you sent by the cat god to save me?" β
I smiled and shook my head, "It's okay, you can go home quickly." β
He smiled gratefully at me and limped away.
I also stood up and walked past Uther, who was still in a daze, and couldn't help but laugh in my heart.
"Wait a minute, interracial girl over there."
A deep voice rang out beside me. I followed the prestige, and at some point under a tall palm tree not far from me, a rectangular sedan chair was stopped, and two strong Nubian slaves were standing on either side, and behind them stood a man dressed as a personal attendant. Under the rolled up white curtain in the sedan chair sat a man dressed as an Egyptian nobleman, dressed in a starched and straight white linen official robe, with a small statue of the god Mart hanging around his neck.
He was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but his complexion was a rare fair-skinned figure among Egyptians, and he had a handsome face, with soft lines and a handsome look, and a pair of brown eyes looking at me gently.
"Are you calling me?" I nodded myself.
A faint smile tugged at the corner of his lips, "It's you." β
I looked at him, and he seemed to be a high-ranking nobleman, and he might know the whereabouts of Fekti.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
He didn't speak, just pointed to the alley in front of him: "Get there, I have something to ask you." β
I hesitated and nodded. I don't want to miss this opportunity to find out about Fekti's whereabouts.
"What country are you from, and your costume, I've never seen before." He pointed to my jeans and T-shirt.
"The East, the East is more Oriental than India." I guess when it comes to China, he doesn't understand either.
"Did you just use your country's witchcraft?" He didn't dig deeper, and seemed to be more interested in my spells.
"Not bad. Who are you? I also wanted to confirm the identity of the man in front of me.
He smiled again and said, "My name is Asher, and I am the prime minister here. β
Prime minister? My eyes widened, and the young man in front of me was actually the prime minister! For a long time, the image of the prime minister should be the image of a gray-haired man and a full chin goatee. It seems that this time the luck is not ordinarily good, as soon as he meets the prime minister of Egypt, then he must know the whereabouts of Fekti.
"Your witchcraft is special, I want to ask you to do me a favor." He paused and said, "Help me save someone." β
"Save someone?" I was a little surprised.
"A man who has been subjected to black witchcraft."
"Who?"
"You don't need to know who it is, but I think your witchcraft might save her." There seemed to be something hidden behind the smile on his face.
I was hesitating, when I suddenly heard the attendant beside him whisper, "My lord, is this possible?" If you let the great priest Fekti know......" The words behind it were immediately interrupted by Asher, but I had already heard the name "Fekti" clearly, and I was overjoyed for a while, and without thinking too much, I nodded and said, "Okay! β
It didn't take much work, and if all goes well, I think I'll be able to find Fekti soon......
Asher smiled at me and said, "Well, come back with me first." β
This prime minister doesn't have a lot of shelves, and I haven't found a place to stay tonight, and there happens to be such a free hotel, so I can't live in vain.
The Prime Minister's residence is really not ordinarily pretty. The white faΓ§ade, the tall and thin pillars, the gate beams decorated with palm leaves, and the doorway of the house is planted with marigolds, and the golden petals fall to the ground as if they are laid out into a gorgeous carpet. Handmaidens with lotus flowers arrived, and the traditional Egyptian tuset, Karacis, accentuated their curvaceous figures.
Asher pointed to a maid beside me and said, "This is Nelly, she will take you to your room, you can rest first." β
I glanced at the maid, who had brown skin, dark eyes, youthful and toned, and was very attractive, and I couldn't help but smile at her, and she was stunned for a moment, and then she laughed shyly.
"Well, can I take a bath?"
"Okay, let Nelly take you." Asher nodded, and went inside.
I couldn't have imagined that the bathroom equipment in ancient Egypt was so advanced without seeing it with my own eyes. The limestone floor, laid at right angles, is flanked by a long brick chair, and the brick wall is covered with limestone blocks to protect the bricks from moisture. In addition, the ground is slightly sloping, allowing the water to flow down to the drain mouth and then through a terracotta pipe buried deep underground.
I pointed to the brick chair and said, "Nelly, what is this for?" β
She smiled and said, "If you want a shower, I can stand on a chair and flush it for you." β
That's what it does, but I'm not used to having people around when I'm in the shower. I pointed to a granite tub next to me and said, "No, no, I'll wash it here." "It's nice to be able to soak in warm water and feel refreshed here, and you don't have such a treat here, and you don't have such a pleasure when you were in Babylon.
After taking a shower, I also changed into a carathys. Nelly said enviously, "Why is your skin so white and so soft." β
I glanced at her plump figure and secretly thought that I had lost in terms of figure, and I didn't rely on her skin color to save some face. As I walked out into the courtyard to dine, I felt the eyes of the maids focused on me, and I was naturally amused.
Asher's eyes flashed with a faint glint when he saw me, and he smiled, "Calassis is a good fit for you. β
"Thank you," I smiled pleasantly at him and sat down.
Seeing the dishes in front of me, I couldn't help but sigh again. All kinds of bread and vegetables, fish, beef, goose, and even cucumbers, a strong smell of spices came to my face, and I smelled the familiar smell of pepper, cinnamon, and fennel. I didn't expect that ancient Egypt more than 3,000 years ago had such a complete range of spices, God, compared with her, the dishes of the European Middle Ages seem to have gone back tens of thousands of years.
As I ate, I suddenly found that in addition to the maids around me, it seemed that only I and Asher were eating, and what about his big and small wives? Didn't the Egyptians marry early?
"What's wrong?" He took a sip of wine from his glass.
"Why don't you see your ladies?" I studied the soup spoon made of ivory in my hand.
"Ladies?" He seemed to pause, then laughed again, "I haven't married a wife yet." β
"Don't have a wife yet? I'm so disappointed, I thought I could see a spectacular scene of wives and concubines. I blurted out.
He laughed and drank the wine from his glass.
"By the way, what's your name?"
"My name is Hidden." I took a sip of fig juice.
He nodded, and suddenly waved his hand, and all the maids around him retreated in recognition. I knew he was going to talk to me about saving people.
"I can only do my best, whether it will be effective or not, I can't guarantee." Before he could speak, I had spoken.
He smiled faintly and said, "Do you know who you're trying to save?" β
I stared at him, his brown eyes were bottomless, there was no trace of emotion, and a faint smile only floated on the surface. I was too excited to hear the name of Fekti just now, and now that I think about it, this man must not be a simple person to sit in the position of Prime Minister of Egypt at such a young age. The person he wants to save must not be an ordinary person, and many witchcraft in ancient Egypt are often used to curse against members of the royal family, is it ...... My heart jumped, could it be......
"It's someone from the palace?" I whispered.
A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he regained his composure and said, "Yes, it is the current Queen Mother Tuya." β
Sure enough, it's someone in the royal family, and it's still the queen mother, but I still don't understand......
"Since she is the queen mother, don't the priests in the temple also have the ability to remove the witchcraft on her?" I asked.
"Priest," his eyes complicated, "because the priest can't heal." β
"How come, the Queen Mother is the King's mother, how can they not be cured?"
"Then ---- also depends on whether they have the heart to heal." His expression suddenly became a little strange.
Priest, could it be Fekti?
"Grand Priest Fekti?" I blurted out.
His pupils shrank and he said, "How do you know?" β
"I heard some of what the guards next to you said just now." Fortunately, his attendant showed a little bit of a tone just now.
"Tomorrow, I will take you into the palace." He stood up.
"But," I also stood up, "why do you believe that I can undo the Queen Mother's black witchcraft?" β
"Why?" He smiled back, "Because you're the messenger of the cat god." β
Cat God ...... of the messenger......
I was stunned, did he think so? Still is......
Forget it, I don't have time to think about this now, I'm going to enter the palace tomorrow, maybe I'll see Fekti, maybe I'll see Ramses II, I can't imagine that everything is so smooth......
As for that sorcery, I'm just going to put it to the test...... Witchcraft that has evolved for more than 3,000 years should ---- no problem, right?
When I saw Pharaoh's palace, I suddenly felt like a hillbilly's house.
Next to the palace, a tall barn seems to rise into the clouds, the palace is surrounded by lush acacia and figs, and the doors of the ornate houses are decorated with blue glazed tiles, and the whole palace shines with gold and turquoise.
Walking into the palace, the imposing hall is decorated with tiles with yellow and brown backgrounds lined with blue, red and black dots. In the royal palace there was a fence of small columns, each of which was engraved with the name of the pharaoh. The surrounding walls are beautifully painted, with naked women swimming, birds and birds with wings spreading, and green fields that are really pleasing to the eye.
Asher told me to wait in the hall for a moment, and then I went out of the hall.
I looked around curiously, and several young maids were looking at me curiously. I glanced at myself, and at Asher's request, I had changed into a Caracis, and wore the same hair as theirs, but with a purple hairpin and a small backpack that didn't seem strange.
I walked out of the hall and saw an open garden full of brown shelfs, figs, jujube trees, avocados, pomegranates and holy willows, and walked along the path in the garden, and a large blue pool appeared in front of me, and the white lotus flowers unique to Egypt were blooming on the surface of the pool, and the fragrance of lotus flowers wafted in the wind.
It's so beautiful, and the Pharaoh will be blessed.
I sat down in the shade of a fig tree by the lotus pond, my back against the tree, my eyes closed.
"Boom!" Something suddenly knocked on my forehead, and when I opened my eyes, a fig fell beside me, and it turned out to be a fruit from the sky. I closed my eyes again, "Boom! β
Again, what happened, when I opened my eyes again, I found a boy of six or seven years old standing in front of me with a flamboyant face.
Needless to say, it must be this child, I just wanted to scold a few words, when I suddenly saw the hairstyle on the left side of his head, and immediately held back the words in his mouth, the lock of Horus, the unique hairstyle of the prince of Egypt. Don't cause trouble if you don't have to.
"Hey, get out of the way!" He said proudly, and then turned back to the people dressed as several attendants: "Immediately release the water of this pond and pull out all these lotus flowers!" β
Pull out such a beautiful lotus, is there a mistake!
"Why!" I jumped.
"My amulet fell into the pond." He looked at me and said.
"It's not enough to send someone to salvage it." I glared at him.
"You still need to say that it has been salvaged a long time ago, you slave quickly get out of the way of this prince, otherwise I will punish you!" His arrogance is not ordinary.
Little ghost, dare to call me a slave, my eyelids began to beat.
"If you find the amulet, you won't pull out these lotus." I pointed to the pond road.
He seemed a little surprised, but immediately said curiously, "Can you find it?" β
"Well, flash the edges."
I pointed back, told him to step back, pulled out the charm, and after reciting the spell, the charm immediately transformed into a large fish. I gently placed it in the water and whispered, "Go, get the amulet." β
The fish wagged its tail and plunged headlong into the water, and in a short time it emerged from the surface of the water, holding a glittering golden scarab amulet in its mouth. I took the amulet and recited the incantation, and the fish returned to a piece of paper and fell into my hand.
Putting away the talisman paper, I handed the talisman into the hands of the little boy who was already stunned, and said, "Here you go, you won't pull out those lotus flowers now, such a beautiful thing, you should appreciate it, not destroy it." Wouldn't it be nice to let them live freely there? β
The little prince looked at me as if he didn't understand, and didn't seem to react yet.
"Who are you?" A clear, slightly majestic voice came from behind me.
I turned my head, only to feel a dizziness in front of me, the young man in front of me, his whole body seemed to radiate the light of the sun, the ring of gold ornaments made of eagles and cobras pressed a long black hair with fine and smooth light, the long black eyebrows of the handsome face swept into the temples, and a pair of obsidian dark eyes were looking at me domineeringly and curiously. He wore only a short gold-encrusted waistcoat, revealing a healthy body of wheat, and a body as slender and strong as a palm tree. The amulet carved from turquoise, malachite and gold into the Eye of Horos resembles a shimmering golden shimmer of Nile water around the neck; Press the scarab's armband with the wrist and upper arm just right.
It was the first time in my life that I saw such a dazzling ---- man......