The guards stopped Moses and asked, "Who are you?" What's the matter here? ”

Moses breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My name is Moses, son of Sith, and I want to see Pharaoh." ”

The guards looked Moses, who was dressed as a shepherd for a long time, and then turned and walked into the palace, and after a short time, he returned to his original post and said, "Pharaoh wants to see you." ”

Moses entered the palace, and in the highest temple he saw Pharaoh on the throne.

Pharaoh looked at Moses at his feet, smiled, and said, "My father wanted you, but you ran away. Now you have come back to me to forgive your sins? ”

Moses shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Oh?" The Pharaoh continued to ask with interest: "Then what did you come to me late at night?" ”

Moses thought for a moment and said, "God asked me to tell you that I am the angel of God and the savior of Israel. Please let me lead the Israelites out of Egypt to our new homeland. And thou, Pharaoh, send-off us in the wilderness, and keep the feasts. ”

After hearing Moses' words, Pharaoh laughed and said, "God? Who is he? I don't know him! Why did you let me listen to his instructions? ”

After saying this, the Pharaoh stood up, opened his arms and said, "I am the god of this world, and my word is the divine will." You want the Israelites to leave Egypt, it's impossible to happen. I will not allow you lowly people to act recklessly. ”

Moses looked up at Pharaoh on high and asked, "Are you really unwilling to obey God's will?" God will inflict sin on you. ”

"Shut up!" Pharaoh pointed to Moses and said, "I have shown the greatest tolerance to you, and that is for my aunt Sith's sake!" Don't provoke me any more or you will face the harshest punishment! ”

Then Moses said, "Then please listen to me." ”

Pharaoh asked, "What else do you want to say?" ”

Moses said, "Since we will not be allowed to leave, then let us go into the wilderness and go three days to sacrifice to the gods, lest we Israelites be punished by the gods." ”

Pharaoh sneered, "No, you'd better go back to the construction site and carry the burden, or I'll punish you." ”

After saying that, Pharaoh no longer allowed Moses to appear in front of him, and told the guards to blast him out of the palace.

Later, Pharaoh summoned the overseer of the mausoleum and ordered the guards to beat him with thirty lashes in front of him, and asked him sharply: "Why did you not take good care of the cunning Israelites?" They were allowed to think wildly and listen to the rumors of Moses. ”

The overseer knelt before Pharaoh and prayed for forgiveness.

Pharaoh pointed to the overseer and said, "From now on, let us show no mercy to the Israelites." Stop giving them hay to make bricks, and let them go to the river to cut grass and make bricks themselves. They usually said that the number of bricks they made should be doubled, and not one piece should be missing. ”

Pharaoh was still babbling on and on: "The Israelites are cunning and lazy, and they want to deceive me with vain gods. Then I'll make them so tired that they don't have that kind of thought anymore. All the work is doubled and must be completed within the stipulated time! ”

The overseer did not dare to slack off, and returned to the site with all the Israelites in a hurry, saying, "Your cunning and laziness have angered the great Pharaoh. He will punish you for your sins. From now on, the amount of work will be doubled, and it must be completed within the specified time. The grass for the bricks is no longer supplied, but you must harvest it yourselves, and the number of bricks handed over is twice as high as before. If you don't obey Pharaoh's commands, you will die! ”

The Israelites were all astonished when they heard this, but before they could realize it, the Egyptian whip had already been drawn on them. They were driven to continue their hard labor at the mausoleum, and women and children were forced to risk being eaten by crocodiles to harvest grass to make bricks.

However, despite their best efforts, the Israelites were unable to fulfill Pharaoh's command.

The overseer took out his anger on the elders, for the Israelites simply could not complete the doubling of the number of grass bricks before dark.

The overseer slapped the elders and shouted, "If you don't hand over a full number of grass bricks, you will be whipped like this every day!" ”

The elders wailed, "But that is an impossible task, we can't do it!" ”

The overseer said, "This is the consequence of your anger against Pharaoh, and you will bear it!" ”

When the tortured elders came to the palace in Memphis to see the Pharaoh, they fell on their knees and cried, "Great Pharaoh, why do you do this to your servant? The overseer didn't give us grass, we couldn't fulfill your orders, we were beaten, everything is our fault for me, please forgive us for our crimes, forgive us. ”

Pharaoh smiled condescendingly and said, "You Israelites are cunning and lazy. Want to find a murderer like Moses to trick me? That's why I punished you. ”

The elders said, "Great Pharaoh, you are our only true God, and we will no longer listen to Moses' temptations, but will be loyal to you forever. ”

Pharaoh shook his head and said, "Go to work, the grass will not be given to you, the work will not be listened to for a moment, and the number of grass bricks handed in will not decrease!" ”

When the elders left the palace, they met Moses on the way, angrily surrounded the shepherd, and shouted, "You liar, traitor to Israel! It is because of your demagoguery that the great Pharaoh has sinned against the Israelites! It is because you have made our Israelites infamous before Pharaoh, that you are tantamount to putting the sword in the hands of the Egyptians and killing us! ”

Shocked by the wrath of the elders, Moses was powerless to resist the rain of fists and fled for his way. Along the way, he was pursued by the Israelites, forcing him to leave Memphis and head out into the wilderness.

In the light of the setting sun, Moses looked desperate and did not know where he was going.

At that moment, a calm voice came from behind him, saying, "Dear Moses, where are you going?" ”

Moses turned around and found Yang Rui standing behind him, smiling at him.

With tears streaming down his face, he fell to his knees and said, "O Lord Almighty! Why did you send me? Why do you do this to the Israelites? Ever since I went to Pharaoh and said those words as you commanded me, Israel has received more suffering, and you have not saved us at all! ”

Yang Rui sat cross-legged on the ground and said, "In a few days you will see how I punished the Egyptians." As for why you are suffering, it is because the hearts of the Israelites have not yet surrendered to me, including you! That's why they were punished like this! ”

Moses was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer, but Yang Rui smiled and continued: "Dear Moses, when you stood before Pharaoh, although you said those words as I commanded. However, I see that even you doubt the true surname of these words! Therefore, you seem to have no confidence at all, and that is because you still don't believe in me. That's why we have the ending we have now! ”

Moses knelt before Yang Rui and said, "My master, how can I believe in you if you do not show your spirit." I didn't feel God with me! ”

Yang Rui said: "You don't feel it because you don't believe that all this is true!" ”

Yang Rui continued: "Moses, I have made a pact with your ancestors that I will bring you out of suffering, but only if you believe in me. Believe in me, and I will keep you free from suffering and have a new home! Because I am God! He is the only true God of this world! ”

Moses asked, "My master, what should I do next?" ”

Yang Rui said, "Go to Pharaoh again and say that you will take the Israelites out of Egypt!" (To be continued.) )