To Four Thousand Years Later

The city of Thebes straddles the banks of the middle reaches of the Nile River and is the largest capital city in Egypt. Its architectural scale is extremely grand, and Homer once praised it as "Thebes with a hundred cities".

"In front is Karnak and across the river is the Temple of Karnak."

Jesus said casually: "I remember that there is a strange lake behind Ramesses. It does not overflow all year round. It is like a boat of life." Where is the Temple of Solomon? "

"But it wasn't built during the reign of Solomon.

Jesus thought for a moment, then Qing said, "If there is.

Harvey looked over in surprise.

He couldn't figure it out—he didn't know much about the deeper cultural environment or even the diet and daily life of the Egyptians.

But only on the issues of architecture and theology, even Ms. Zhu Hong would ask him. The field that His Excellency Pale has dabbled in is really strange.

"My lord, is King Solomon's pyramid there too?"

Judas, who was standing next to him, asked Jesus. **** immediately replied: "Solomon did not have a golden tower. Because he left no body.

"Just like the previous ceremony, Judas." Harvey interjected: "You know, King Solomon disappeared in the past. He probably knew in advance that he would return to the God Realm without the pyramid, so he didn't build it. .

Moreover, there are no pyramids to be found here.

Phoenix next to him said casually: "The pyramid is in the Valley of the Kings, in the heart of the mountains, on the west bank of the Nile. If you want to find the pyramid, you have to span the entire Thebes. We are not here to rob the tomb. Anti-style, and its symbolism are completely different.

For the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Therefore, the east bank of the Nile River is the "city of the living", where bustling and noisy markets and temples worshiping the gods are built here. The west bank is the "city of the dead", the resting place of the dead. Home to countless pyramids. Unless it is an important priest and the legion in charge of guarding, most people will be killed if they try to enter. It was Jesus' advice that they were going to the temple of Karnak.

At that time, **** said, "In order to ensure safety, we need to stay in a sufficiently solemn and sacred place for two days." This sentence made Harvey feel very strange. Judas followed his advice completely.

And Harvey didn't know where and when the assassination of Pharaoh would start, so he could only follow the large army. They were carried across the Nile River by boatmen, and they were forced to go through the trivial matters of life on the way. This made Harvey very bored, but **** listened happily and thoughtfully, and even pretended to be a child and chatted with the old boatman all the way, no matter what era and where the taxi drivers are, are they all the same?

After getting off the boat, **** exclaimed:

"What did you say? What miss?'

"Ah. You don't need to write this down, Judas." Facing Judas' question, **** just smiled lightly and warmly, and said gently, "It's nothing important. Just some emotions about the trivial things in life.

I am not a **** either. **** sighed slightly, but was not noticed by others.

In order to divert the topic, he casually asked: "Speaking of which, has there ever been an earthquake in Thebes?"

Have.

Although I don't know where Pale Your Excellency knew about this. But Harvey can be sure that there are indeed. Because he was from Thebes. He experienced that earthquake when he was a child, and became an orphan because of it.

But just as he was about to answer, he was preempted by Phoenix because he was in a trance for a moment: "Yes, yes. About twenty years ago was the year when Alexander VI came to the throne.

"It was twenty-three years ago. Harvey added: "According to the pharaoh himself, it was because he defeated the demon hidden in the underground of Thebes. His nonsense. The real reason is obviously because he was hated by the gods—this is the warning the gods gave us back then.

The skinny man smiled wryly: "It's a pity that no one realized it at the time. And it's too late now." It's not too late. **** shook his head and didn't say much.

In front of you is the Temple of Karnak. The Karnak Temple covers an area of ​​24 hectares, and all the buildings are made of huge stones. You know, Egypt is a country that is very short of stone. All precious stones are used to build temples for the gods, or to build pyramids for themselves. One of the reasons why Alexander VI is said to be blasphemous is that he actually used a large amount of stone to build an official palace for himself to live in, so that the palace he lived in was also immortal. when. Pharaoh was regarded as a **** on earth, the incarnation of God, the son of Amon. But such a concept was more than three hundred years ago. During the transition to the Alexander dynasty, it was deliberately downplayed by the priests. And now. Alexander VI tried his best to ignore all the voices of the priests, and took away the stones that had been used to build temples for the gods Amon and Thoth. He built a huge and gorgeous palace for himself, and he also requested that his palace be built near Karnak God.

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At that time, the best craftsman in Egypt, the architect who specialized in building houses for the priests and temples for the gods, decisively rejected Alexander VI's request. And refused three times in a row. He didn't change his words until he was killed for "stealing Pharaoh's shoes". But unfortunately. After his death, the construction of this usurped palace still started. It took seven years to get the stones that could be used to build the four temples. The large section where Alexander VI lived was finally completed. What made the priests intolerable the most was that he even placed the house of life where he taught his students in his own palace. and the temples of Amun and Thoth. The method that he also encloses in the range of the palace is to build it next to the temples of the two great gods, and then enclose the temples when the walls are erected. This caused an uproar at the time. Numerous priests came to reprimand and scold him for his advocacy. However, Alexander VI executed all the priests who resisted him most fiercely, and forcibly treed him for thousands of years. Egypt's greatest tyrant. But people only cared about his atrocities, but no one thought about his motive behind it. One of the three craftsmen who built the official palace for Alexander VI committed suicide in shame, and one was crushed to death by his father with a millstone in his sleep when he returned to his hometown. The last one, terrified by the assassins who threatened to kill him, has never left Alexander VI's palace until now.

"The first thing we want to assassinate is this craftsman. When we are near the Karnak God, Phoenix uses magic to hide everyone. Avoid other people's suspicion and interrogation. Wait until the nearest temple of Ramses II When they were nearby, **** finally opened his mouth and said, "Because the lives of the Egyptians are so good now.

"You said that life is too good?" Harvey questioned: "They work every day, but they can't do anything. They live in such a prosperous city, but they eat the most basic food, and they don't even enjoy education. , They gave everything, and what did they get?" **** simply said, "People often complain. But it comes from jealousy, not awareness. When change comes, they regret it "because people are always looking at what they lost. They will care about what they lose, thinking that it should belong to them; and ignore what they have gained, because it belongs to them originally.

"But is the world really getting worse? Of course not, time is the best gardener, it will make everything better.

And the only way to make people stop complaining, resenting, and resisting is to let them know how bad the world used to be. In the dark age when any change is admirable, people will realize Who is their savior. Not to stone their savior to death. As **** said, the sky in the north was covered with thick clouds. The clouds were so low that people couldn't breathe, and the wind was howling with ice to the bone blow up.

"The storm is coming." Judas said, "My lord, go in and take shelter from the rain." But **** and Phoenix looked at each other without saying anything.

It wasn't just the storm that was coming.

he also came