[Egyptian doujinshi] The legend of flattery and misfortune

As soon as Xili's thoughts came up, the loyal Rushafa knew what to do.

He touched his deflated purse and found that he could still count a few golden beans.Because their original plan was to send Xili back to Hattushas, ​​as long as they entered the seaport of Saligale by boat, they would be greeted by people along the way, so they did not bring a large amount of money with them. There is a feeling of being stretched for a few days.Egypt is also an extremely prosperous city. Food and beverages are the best in the Great Green Sea. Naturally, the prices are far more expensive than those in Western Taiwan. If Xili and his team don't hurry up and resolve the issue, they may not be able to continue in a few days. stayed in Egypt.

Rushafa licked his dry lips anxiously, gathered his composure, and walked towards the farmer. The donkey flicked its tail and almost fell on him.

"Excuse me," Rushafa leaned forward and talked to the farmer. The people gathered on the river bank were all waiting for the boat to cross the river: "Your partridge is so fat!"

The farmer was honest and ignorant, seeing others complimenting him, he thought it was a business visit, so he could only smile apologetically, "Fat is fat, but I'm really sorry, these partridges cannot be sold."

Rushafa looked surprised: "Why? How can there be any reason to keep it and not sell it?"

The farmer became proud: "You don't know, my partridges are the best, and they will all be sent to the palace."

Sure enough, Rushafa made an expression of sudden realization and great regret: "It is said that roasted partridge is a special product of Egypt. My sister and I came from afar, but it's a pity that we didn't have the chance to taste it."

The farmer felt that he was sorry for him, so he smirked foolishly.

Xili immediately took over the performance, grabbed Rushafa's arm and said, "Brother, he said he was going to the palace. I also want to visit the palace."

Rushafa deliberately put on a look of embarrassment: "We are foreigners who came to travel, and the other side is the palace of the Egyptian pharaoh. How can you get in?"

Seeing that the "brother" disagreed, the eyes of the "sister" turned red immediately, but Rushafa was unmoved, and instead said in a stern tone: "Don't mess around!"

The farmer couldn't see it, and felt that Xi Li was a very ordinary girl with a clean face and a small stature, so he softened his heart for a moment and said, "Don't scold her, I'm sending partridges to the palace. If you are delivered to the gate and cannot go in even one step, there will be a female officer in the palace to take over. If the little girl doesn't mind, just say that she is here to help, and just stand at the gate and take a look."

Xili immediately exchanged glances with Rushafa, and cheered, "Thank you! Thank you!"

Rushafa counted out one golden bean and handed it to the farmer, which was worth more than he could have sold a partridge, and the farmer thankfully accepted it until the boat docked. The two "brothers and sisters" boarded the boat with the farmer who met by chance, and went straight to the palace.Because Rushafa is a man, it is easy to arouse suspicion, so he had to wait and see from a distance, and let Xili wait for the opportunity to inquire around the palace.

However, Xili has also undergone long-term training and performed tasks alone, and Rushafa has great confidence in her.

Sure enough, the farmer came alone several times, and the guards had an impression of him, and the extra partridges were sometimes rewarded to them as extra rewards. For the guards, this is a rare delicacy.So after greeting the farmer, and after the routine inspection, he asked Xili, who had suddenly appeared, "Who is this?"

The farmer quickly nodded and bowed his head and replied, "This is a girl from my family. There are a little too many partridges this time. Let her help."

The guards were not wary of a skinny little girl, not to mention that there were quite a lot of partridges this time, flopping about in the coarse linen sack, and the rather strong donkey felt overwhelmed and anxious He scratched his hooves on the spot.At this time, the guards had already informed the female officer in charge of the kitchen to come over, because many important guests had come to Thebes, the servants in the palace had been working at full capacity, and the kitchen was even more busy.

And the concubine is pregnant with an important heir, so that the concubine can eat more, Pharaoh has made countless demands on the female officer who is in charge of meals. If it is not for the fact that the salary is really good, the female official really wants to quit. .She looked critically at the several thick and heavy linen bags. The partridges inside were not peaceful for a moment, and there was a faint disgusting smell of bird droppings. She had no one to help, and there were more partridges than usual. She saw Seeing the honest farmer and the little girl huddled aside, he said to the guard: "I have no one to help me right now, so you send someone to help me, and watch these two take the donkey and send the partridge to the kitchen."

Xili didn't show her face, but she was overjoyed, she never thought that she could enter the palace so smoothly.The original plan was just to look at the defense and layout of the guards at the door, so as to find a gap and wait for an opportunity. She turned her head to look at Rushafa hidden behind the wall in the distance, secretly made a gesture not to worry, and followed the guards He drove his donkey into the palace.

Senasa was a pharaoh with a natural military demeanor, so although Fayoum was originally a harem, after reconstruction, it was not as full of comfort as the Thebes palace.If it weren't for the gorgeous and exquisite scenery everywhere, just looking at the configuration of the guard defense, it would be like a border fortress.

Xili didn't dare to raise her head, bit her lip, thinking that this mission would not be completed too easily.Senasa is Kailu's younger brother. In all fairness, if it weren't for the natural status difference brought about by his birth, Senasa's talent might not be inferior to Kailu's, and even Xili sometimes felt that his gentle and sometimes playboy style It's just an appearance, he's just playing the role of an obedient younger brother of the emperor's elder brother.

If Xili's perception is true, then Akenami is really the enlightening star in Senasa's life.

And Xili was cultivated by Kailu. Although she has her own ideas and characteristics, if the other party is Kailu, Xili has no way to find out his palm for the time being.Facing Senasa, who was exactly like Kairu, or the Egyptian pharaoh who had been on the throne for nearly two years and fought in all directions, Xili suddenly lost confidence.

But now that it's in, there's no room for backing down.

Xili observed carefully. After entering the gate, she passed through three checkpoints in total. The palace in the innermost royal living area has a very dense patrol force. Xili is sure that if she takes the opportunity to sneak away, she may not be able to get out of the kitchen. got caught.She wanted to slash through the bag full of partridges and cause chaos, but seeing how heavily guarded she was, she immediately dismissed the idea.

We can only wait for the opportunity, but they don't have much money, this time may be the best opportunity.

Xili absent-mindedly picked out the partridges one by one and handed them to those who worked in the kitchen. The fattest and strongest ones would be scalded and washed, and then roasted on the stove until they were sizzling and golden-yellow. Dedicated to the nobles who live in the palace, and some will be kept in captivity temporarily as stock, but the number will not be too much, otherwise the kitchen will stink.The remaining thinner ones will be divided among the female officials and guards. This time the number is particularly large, and maybe even the servants are lucky.

The lady in charge asked the steward for a large roll of ordinary linen and a bag of brass coins of about thirty debons, handed them to the peasants, and said: "This time the quantity is sufficient. Come back in five days, leave now, the kitchen is busy."

Xili walked outside unwillingly, it happened to be meal time, and she was also very hungry at this time, if she acted without authorization and ran into guards, she didn't have the strength to guarantee her escape.At this time, there was a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl walking out with meals. The meals were very rough, just two bowls of couscous and a plate of beans. The beans hadn't been cooked much, not even soy beans.

Such poor food seemed unusual in a palace where the servants had bread and cakes.

Xi Li kept an eye out and slowed down her pace, only listening to the female officer and her special attention: "You send it over now and watch them finish eating."

The girl nodded, said "Yi Ya Yi Ya" in her mouth, and at the end she made a gesture to show that she knew, Xi Li was shocked, what kind of people are they, they are not allowed to starve to death if they are not given good food, even The food delivery person also specially arranged for a mute person. She was concentrating on her thoughts, but the guards urged her, forcing her to move outside.

Fortunately, the dumb girl went with them for a while. When they parted ways, she went all the way to the west, which was the direction of the palace.Xili had no choice but to slow down as much as she could, and finally stretched her neck, only to vaguely see that the little girl did not enter the palace at last, but entered a temple with an obelisk next to the palace. The tall symbolic temples were designed by the Egyptians to get infinitely close to the sun, and there is a temple of the sun god.

Senasa naturally didn't care much about this kind of belief. It was no secret that he designed this temple as the entrance to the treasure room underground in the palace.

Who would have thought of locking those two people together with mountains and seas of gold, silver and jewels?

Senasa is the emperor's scheming, Xi Li felt ashamed, and rushed to the palace to send partridges off. Although she got permission to enter by accident, but also because of her identity and attire, it was impossible for her to move freely in the most core area.Now that she has determined her target, she still needs to think of a way, not only can she enter the palace, but she can also move freely without arousing suspicion.

She was lost in thought, but the guard who led the way smiled at the farmer and said, "The girl you brought this time has really dishonest eyes."

The farmer still thinks that he has just done a good deed, and who is not curious about entering the palace for the first time. Although he helped to lie about Xili's identity, she is indeed very loyal. The gate of the palace is right in front of her eyes. Isn't everything safe: "What you said is that you won't take her with you next time."

Xili was startled into a cold sweat, but who would have thought that the guard had no malicious intentions at all: "The pharaoh currently only has the concubine as his wife, which girl doesn't have any thoughts, you are quite fair-looking girl!"

Xi Li was quite surprised when she was told that, and the farmer quickly waved her hands: "A country girl, how dare you think about such a thing?"

The guard touched his head and sighed: "There are many beautiful ladies from noble families, but the pharaoh doesn't like it, so what's the use of being coquettish? You don't know, no matter how busy the pharaoh is, he will go back to his room every day at sunset to listen to the concubine singing. Concubine," he pointed to his neck, "I used to have a throat injury. Although it was treated, the sound was not very pleasant, but Pharaoh liked to hear it."

It was at dusk, after the guard said so, it seemed that there was really such a ray of singing coming from the wind, and the Nile River under the embankment in the distance rolled up waves, which seemed to be a brisk one in Xili's eyes. Note.She quickly shook her head, and got rid of the little envy in her heart.

The farmer listened with gusto: "The pharaoh and the queen are a combination of the blessings of the gods. If they have a good relationship, the gods will favor Egypt more."

After going out of the gate, the honest farmer thought about it, and took out the golden bean and returned it to Xili. Xili was surprised, but she heard the dark-faced farmer say: "You saw the palace, right? Your luck actually has nothing to do with me. I will return this gold to you, and I think you brothers and sisters have little money." He shook his money bag: "I earned a lot of money."

Xili was surprised. Compared with this farmer, she did not use her own labor to earn even a piece of cloth after she came to ancient times. Everything she had, including food, drink, use and even the skills she learned, all came from Kai. Lu.She felt ashamed, and even more urgently wanted to find Helen and Paris, end the war, and stop the unnecessary casualties and losses of Xitai in the Trojan War.

Soon, Xili had another chance.The High Priest of Luxor in Thebes, Nifanara, will hold a prayer ceremony to the female Hippo Goddess Opel before the concubine is due to give birth. At that time, young priestesses will be selected from various temples in Lower Egypt to dance in front of the gods In a few days, people went to the palace to report one after another.

Rushafa managed to hijack a priestess on the way and detain her in the temporary residence. The identity and belongings of the priestess were taken over by Xili. Married with a high popularity, she has long been handy in this job, and easily sneaked into the palace.

She silently prayed that she would not run into Senasa, Akenami or anyone who knew her. As long as she found Helen and Paris, she promised that she would leave Egypt in the shortest possible time.

The author has something to say: Generally, in such a setting, there are only places that Xili doesn’t want to go, and there is no place she can’t go. Students who have read the comics will definitely agree. start wah wah wah

Downstairs people started to renovate, so noisy that I can't sleep, and I can't write well, big hammer, impact drill and so on are all inspired murderous, sorry for being late today

Egypt is a polytheistic religion, and the focus of each place is different. The following figure lists the gods that everyone likes in various places in Egypt.But Osiris and the sun god still play the leading role, but because Lower Egypt is close to the port, the religious diversity is more lively, while Upper Egypt is a little more monotonous, which also leads to the religious power of a single god, so Senasa doesn't like to stay there .

Heti has a pantheon, Senasa likes a variety of atmospheres.