The murder took place in the city of Dudez, the king of Eju, and the victim's identity was a sorcerer, and it happened to be at such a sensitive time. Although there is no clue to the murderer, the most direct suspect and mastermind behind the scenes is John, and people can't suspect him.

Pharaoh was furious, if John dared to do this, wouldn't he be lawless! And looking into John's resume, he really was a guy who would dare to do anything. Pharaoh specially sent envoys to the city-state of the headland to interrogate, mainly investigating two things, one is whether John said that Pharaoh's order is to fart, and the other is whether he sent someone to kill the priest?

John received Pharaoh's messenger in the barracks, and when he heard what he meant, he drew his sword and cut off the table in front of him, so that he almost didn't pee his pants. Rod Dick was also on the sidelines at the time, fearing that John would hurt Pharaoh's messenger on impulse, and hurried forward to dissuade him. John pushed Rod Dick away and said, "Don't worry, I just want to get things straight." ”

It was supposed to be the messenger interrogating John, but it turned out to be John's interrogation messenger, and he asked the messenger to answer honestly, giving a clear account of the cause and effect of the matter.

John sneered and replied, "I said farting, in front of Pharaoh's messengers. I am a soldier, even if I don't agree with the order in my heart, I will carry it out at that time, and you reply to the Eju military department like this. As for the death of the priest, it has nothing to do with me, and I am not guilty of taking his life in this way, but only directly dueling with him. If he were alive, I would kill him, and you would answer Pharaoh as such. ”

The Pharaoh's messenger thus left the city-state of the headland, but before leaving, he accepted a large bribe from Rod Dick, who asked the messenger to mediate a small change to John's answer. John had said that he had farted, but that was the messenger of the herald speculating on Pharaoh's intentions, not directly against Pharaoh's commands. As for the murder case in Wangdu, no one can say anything about the unsubstantiated matter.

Several important members of the Eju military, such as Blaze, Longteng and other legion commanders, were also very dissatisfied with the Pharaoh's investigation and punishment of John, and John's family also acted in it, and the final result was not serious.

The death of the priest is not necessarily related to the impeachment of John, he owed a lot of gambling debts during his lifetime, it is difficult to say for what purpose the murderer killed people, and it is difficult to investigate without substantiated evidence. John did treat Pharaoh's messenger unreasonably and inappropriately with his words, and thought about it, and the commander of the Legion of Allah was temporarily Rod Dirk.

After the war, John was promoted to a third-level knighthood due to his military exploits, and now he has been reduced by one level, which is equivalent to a two-level promotion, but the commander of the regiment has not done it. Rod Dick worked hard enough, and after Julian's death, the lord of the city served as the chief priest of the city-state of the headland, and had just stepped down from his position as the captain of the Set's legion, and took on the burden of the captain of the An-la legion. It seems that the city-state of the headland has great power, but if something happens, he has to bear it himself.

The official decision of the empire to deal with John was to "think about it and wait for the call-up", and at the same time emphasized that this decision was because "he remembered that he had contributed to the country, so he should be punished lightly", and the official document also added a sentence "If you have lost the cultivation of the great general Amun, you should apologize and repent to the great general." ”

The implicit meaning in the document is obvious, seeing that Amun's face is lightly dismissive to John. John's military exploits are inconvenient to impose heavy penalties, but he must not be arrogant because of his military exploits, and Amon himself must take this as a warning.

Since John apologized and repented to General Amun, John didn't bother to report to the Military Affairs Bureau after returning to Monfils, and ran directly to Amon with George. When Amon heard what had happened, he shook his head and sighed, and asked John, "Why did you answer Pharaoh's messenger like that? Anyway, there was no record of magic at that time, and it was all unfounded, even if you bite to death and refuse to admit it, no one will be able to grasp your handle." Moreover, the impeacher is dead, and it is inconvenient for others to publicly stand up and continue to entangle. ”

John said categorically: "That's what I said, and if the old man asks me personally, I will answer the same way." If it weren't for the fart, why did he immediately withdraw the order and appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield? As soon as the battle was over, he wanted to rectify people, and when he was looking for someone to die, he thought of you again!"

Amon frowned: "But why did you swing your sword in front of Pharaoh's messenger, and cut off the table, if it weren't for the mediation of Rod Dick, the frightened messenger went back to add some guilt, you couldn't stand it." Do you have such irritability and impulsiveness in your heart that you have lost your cool?"

John replied earnestly: "I was really angry, I could feel the restless power, but it was no longer out of control, like a potential that was always there, and I was free to use it. The sword was just an indication of my attitude, and although I was angry, I was very clear and calm, and I knew what to do and how to answer. ”

Amon stared at John for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "After you recovered from a serious injury, you have changed a lot, and it is a great achievement to keep your mind calm in the restless power! It seems that you don't want to be the commander of the legion, so you take the opportunity to get out, even if you are cut by the first level, it doesn't matter." ”

John laughed and said, "Yes, thanks to your constant guidance, I have finally got rid of the double shackles of body and mind, I have never been so easy, the restless power can no longer drive me, but into my body and mind." ”

Amon stood up and said to George, "The three of us used to be the three commanders of the Allah Legion, and it is rare for us to meet here today to have a good drink in the evening and celebrate John becoming a great warrior!"

George also smiled: "It turns out that the great general also saw that John had been promoted to the great samurai, I deliberately didn't say it just now." ”

John was a little shy: "This achievement cannot be compared with the great general and the high priest." What about Medanzo, too, he is a great samurai, so he must be here, and I really want to drink with him. ”

Amon: "It's a misfortune that I sent him out on an errand the other day. If General John is willing to stay here for a little longer, he will be able to wait until he returns. ”

That night, the three of them drank and talked together. John was not busy sitting in the small hall, so Amon simply ordered his servants to set up a big tent in the open space, set up the banquet there, and called the personal guards to eat and drink together, and the scene was very warm, as if returning to the time of marching and fighting.

John was so drunk that he was helped back to rest. After the banquet was dismissed, George called Amon to the small hall alone, handed him a beautiful copper box and said: "General, this is the scroll you want to read, this box can only be opened intact by the great magician without destroying the contents of the box, so I will personally send it and take it out with your own hands in front of you." ”

Amon said with some embarrassment: "It's hard for the high priest to make a trip in person, I didn't expect this book to be so exquisite." In the past, when I was in the archives, it was only clear that it was locked in a cabinet, and it turned out that there were mechanisms in the cabinet. ”

George smiled bitterly: "That is, the face of the general, otherwise it is impossible for this kind of classic book to leave the Temple of Isis, if you want to see it, it's not impossible, but you have to go to the scene to check it yourself, you can't take it away." I said to the Holy Maiden, and the Holy Maiden asked me if I wanted to come here to relax, and I said yes, and she sent me to bring the books with me, and then I had to take care of bringing them back with my own hands. ”

Amon was slightly surprised: "What kind of book is this?"

George was stunned: "Don't you know the file number you gave?"

Amon sneered, "I've traveled a lot of places, and I've heard a lot of rumors, but I just know that there is such a file number, but I don't know the contents of it. ”

George glanced at him: "Where did you know so many strange rumors? Forget it, I don't want to ask, you can read it if you like! To be honest, I haven't even read this volume, according to the records of the archive catalogue index, it is ancient myths and legends, which may involve the ** past between gods and spirits, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Human myths like this, which may have been disrespectful to the gods, should have been destroyed, but this document is a collection that has been handed down since ancient times, so it was sealed. I've checked the records, and the last time someone borrowed it was more than 200 years ago!"

Amon asked a little strangely, "So, no one has opened this box for at least two hundred years?"

George looked at the box with a strange expression: "According to the records of the archives, it should be like this, as for whether anyone has opened it during this time, I don't know, and it has not always been in my hands." ...... When you say that, even I'm curious, and I'll flip through it after you read it. ”

Both of them are proficient in advanced information magic, and of course this box was sealed by magic, but the traces of the seal are obviously from recent decades, indicating that someone has opened it privately without registration. Who did it, ten of the best is Bell back then, and they tacitly didn't mention this stubble.

George opened the copper box in front of Amun, revealing a pale yellowish and whitish scroll of papers, and then took his leave and went back to rest. Amon took the scroll back to his bedroom, and without lighting the lamp, he opened the window to read it in the moonlight, and could see it clearly with his current eyesight.

Written on grass stalk paper from hundreds of years ago, this scroll is slightly mutilated, but it is very well preserved. Surprisingly, it was written in secular rather than divine script, and the notes were a little messy and not very neat, and in the form of a psalm, the content resembled an ancient myth and legend recorded by a folk bard.

The first long poem tells the story of the goddess Isis and the goddess An-La. In this long poem, Isis is claimed to be the first human woman to master the language, and that An-la is the ancient deity who rules the heavens and the earth, and that he is the first sun god of Eju, who symbolizes the rise of life and hope.

Isis made a snake out of sand and placed it in the place where An-la passed by on his daily journey, and bit the deity. An-la was poisoned and was in great pain. Isis came to him and chanted, "O gods, have you been bitten by a poisonous serpent? Words have the power of wisdom, and it can overcome pain, please tell me your true name and hidden language, and you may be healed." ”

An-la replied, "I am the ruler of heaven and earth, the creator of the gods, and as far as you can see the horizon is my divine domain. I am called Ann by night, Ra by day, Hepri in the morning, and Atum at dusk. ”

Isis added, "This is not your original name, please tell me the real secret, and all this pain will be gone." ”

So An-la said his true name and hidden language, Isis gained his magical powers, became more powerful than Am-La, and became the patron saint of Monfilth and the whole of Lower Eju, while the ancient An-la retreated to the clouds where the Ronnie Kamigawa originated.

This long volume of poems made Amon blink at the sight of the story told by the bard hundreds of years ago, many of which are plausible and difficult to understand, such as "language", "original name", "hidden language", these may have other meanings, or just the poet's imagination of something he does not understand, some absurd but also some symbolic shadows.

In this psalm, it is clear that Isis was once a man and not a god. According to Amun's understanding, Isis should have mastered some kind of cultivation secret, which is the "language", and obtained the secret of becoming a god from An-La, which is the "hidden language", and the "original name" may refer to something else.

How did Isis gain the power of An-La? Was it just a bard's imagination, or an exaggeration of folklore? But Amon remembered clearly that Schrödinger had said that she wanted to find someone who could save her from her precarnation without seeking the power to imprison her again. It seems that there may really be such a thing, but I don't know the mystery!

Amon shook his head, put aside the doubts in his mind for a moment, and moved on to the next long poem. The content of this poem is somewhat contradictory to the previous one, and it may be said that in different versions of the folk, it is about the "family" of the nine heavenly gods.

A-Lah is the oldest of the nine gods, born in the primordial lotus at the source of the Ronnie Divine River. An-la spat out the wind god Shu, and the water god Fu, who in turn gave birth to the earth god Gab and the sky god Nut, and Gab and Nut gave birth to four gods, Osiris, Isis, Neftis, and Seth.

The name of the present-day god Horus is not mentioned in this psalm, and Amun already knew that the relationship between the gods and spirits was not a human kinship, but that it was understood. In this poem, Isis is separated by several generations from An-La, and her divine powers do not come directly from Allah.

If we look at these two poems together, we can make a guess that Isis gained power from Shute and Gabe, and then with this power and other means, she defeated Allah, obtained the secret and divine power of Allah, and became the supreme queen. After An-la retired, Horus, the son of Isis, became the king god of Eju, and occupied the position of the main god among the nine gods.

Amon opened the third long poem, and the story in it turned out to be the battle of the ancient gods, it turned out that this conflict also broke out between the nine gods, and some of the plots in the poem still have discrepancies and contradictions with the first two poems. The characters in the story are not like gods, but like a record of a human court struggle, as if what is happening on the continent today.

It is said that Osiris became the most powerful god and was known as the king of the gods, he symbolized abundance, ruled over the prosperity of all things and the life and death of people, and established the Eju Empire and was revered as the pharaoh. His younger brother Seth, who was originally the protector of royal power, murdered Osiris by trickery and became the king of Upper and Lower Eju.

Seth threw Osiris in a coffin into Ronnie's Kamigawa, and Osiris's wife, Isis, went through great trouble to retrieve her husband's body. When Seth found out, he cut Osiris's body into many pieces and threw it in different parts of Eju. Isis recovered the various parts of the body piece by piece, except for a piece of flesh, which was said to have been eaten by fish in the Ronnie River.

Isis became pregnant next to Osiris's corpse and gave birth to Horus. Isis raised Horus and imparted his powers, defeated Seth with the help of the other gods, reclaimed the throne and became the new king of the gods, the king god of eternal rule over Eju.

The psalm is not over here, and there is a tail behind it, and Isis, with the help of Neftis, retrieves the fragmentary body of Osiris in the swamps and deserts, and Osiris rises from the dead. The straw paper is a little damaged here, as if it means that Osiris's soul has reappeared, and seeing that Horus has become the king of the gods, he returned to Hades and became the god of the Nine Gods.

Amon finished reading the third long poem, looked up at the window and fell into deep thought. The content of the psalms has naturally been processed by the poet's imagination, but there are a few things that can still be confirmed, and the legend is not unfounded.

The Eju people do not eat fish and never fish in the Ronnie River, which is said to have the flesh and blood of Osiris in the Ronnie River. This sacred river leads to Hades, and Osiris is the patron saint of the Ronnie River, and the annual flooding of the Ronnie River, the alternation of vegetation and vegetation, symbolizes the cycle of life and death, and also symbolizes the resurrection of Osiris from the dead.

The Psalm mentions that Osiris's body was divided into many portions by Seth, and that some of the flesh was eaten by fish in the Ronnie River, which is the source of today's Ejuan customs. Another unmistakable proof is that one of Osiris' ribs, now in Amon's possession, was a relic that Bell had stolen from the temple of Isis.

In this way, Osiris should have given up his original body and did not return to the human world, but became the god of the underworld. Whether he had a new body, or was he a soul-like being? Amon did not know.

Pharaoh Eju, known as Horus on earth during his lifetime, and Osiris as the underworld after his death, had to build a magnificent mausoleum for himself, and the corpse could be preserved for a long time after special treatment, looking forward to resurrecting like Osiris, which also proves the existence of myths and legends a long time ago.

Amon sighed, and then lowered his head to look at the last one, which mentioned the story of the Eju cat god Best. Seeing this, Amon finally understood why Schrödinger let himself consult this volume, and the secret of her loss of divine power and being sealed may be hidden in this ancient legend.

(To be continued)