[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Gu Erwen hurried to the royal court of Babylon, and saw the female officer Dolly was standing in front of the royal court, and no one else was allowed to enter.

Gulwin took a few steps forward and asked loudly, "Are those princes inside?"

Dolly nodded with a straight face, and glanced at the people standing outside the royal court by the way.

Outside the gate of the royal court, Takchi raised his head shyly and nodded to Gurwin.

Among all the princes under the former king, only Takchi was not interested in Saar's throne at all—others didn't know why.Obviously he is the eldest among the princes.If Saar is really gone and his queen has not raised any children, then Takchi should inherit the throne.

But Takchi always looked like a wimp.What was most regarded as a laughing stock was: once, Takochi attended a gathering of princes, and in the middle of the gathering, someone misreported the news, saying that the queen was coming here.Takochi was so frightened that he ran away on the spot, and has since been passed down as a joke.

Takochi didn't seem to care much about others laughing at him: "You don't know her skills..."

Because of this, Takchi basically stays away from the small group of princes, and does not participate in the nonsense of those younger brothers on a daily basis.

Today he was pulled over by other princes, but he didn't want to get involved, so he had to wait outside.

Gurwin didn't know the "past events" of the past, he only thought that Takochi "knew the current affairs".So the privy minister nodded to Prince Takchi, and hurriedly entered the royal court with the female officer Dolly.As soon as he stepped into the royal court, he heard the princes asking aggressively: "Since the king has no news, why don't you hand over the power that belongs to the king?"

"That's right! The king has not been on the throne for many years, and you should not be in charge of the Babylonian kingdom."

Gurwin wanted to shake his head when he heard this, thinking: These princes are still too young.

Sure enough, the Queen replied softly: "My brothers, the power to dominate the Babylonian Kingdom is not in my hands—it is in the hands of the House of Elders and the National Assembly. It is not me that you should be looking for!"

Princes: ...

Gu Erwen thought: Knowing nothing about the situation in Babylon, just relying on the word "Prince" on his head, he wants to take over power from Inan—these young people are too naive, right?

He said decisively: "Queen, Chen Guerwen, I have something important to report to you."

Yi Nan nodded and made a gesture of seeing off the guests.The palace guards took a step forward, and the princes suddenly felt as if a wall appeared in front of them.

Without talent or bravery, the princes failed to negotiate and could only leave resentfully.

Seeing Gurwen and Dori coming in together, Yinan smiled and said hello to the Privy Councilor.

"Is there any news about the king?" Yi Nan asked this in the first sentence.

Gurwin could hear the urgency in the soft voice.But unfortunately, he couldn't bring good news.

Gurwin shook his head. He had come for something else.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a loud neighing of a bird outside the window: "Chirp—"

"It's Jiujiu!" Gurwin said understandingly.

Saker Falcon Jiujiu is the pet that the king and queen have domesticated together.It is not surprising to hear chirping calls in the royal court at this moment.

But the queen suddenly stood up and came to the window.And the female officer, Dolly, was also full of joy.

Gurwin: ...Is there anything I don't know?

But the queen turned around and nodded at Gu Erwen: "Thank you for coming to rescue me, but if your news is not so important, let's go out of the city to meet it first!"

Gurwin: Welcome?welcome what?Meet... who?

Before he had time to think about it, the two women in front of him were ready to go out.The palace guards have quickly sent someone to inform that the eight gates of the city of Babylon were opened wide at the same time.

The queen naturally went to the largest and most magnificent Ishtar Gate.

If Guerwen still can't guess who is welcoming him at this time, he is really not qualified to be the Privy Councilor of the Kingdom.The deputy of Saar in the past, when he thought that the old boss who had been with him for many years would finally return to Babylon, and all the problems in the Kingdom of Babylon would be solved, this loyal and loyal veteran breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, it was too early to see off the guests just now." Yi Nan expressed regret when he stood up. "The princes should be invited to watch the ceremony together."

Gu Erwen also wanted to see those wonderful faces, and immediately said with a smile: "They will definitely not miss this opportunity, because they are afraid that this scene will be specially arranged by you for the sake of power."

Yi Nan thought about it and felt the same.She and Dolly looked at each other, and they both laughed.

When the eight gates of Babylon were opened, the citizens of the city were completely unaware of what was happening.

But seeing this battle, someone shouted: "My God, is the king back?"

Saar has been gone for four years without hearing from him.Even the most ordinary citizen of Babylon is in suspense.

Once the news came out, everyone couldn't hold back their excitement. They all ran to the avenue near the city gate, watching and waiting nervously.

But only the most experienced people know to go to the Ishtar Gate-the place where the king and queen forged a tacit understanding.As long as the person who comes back is really a king, he will definitely meet the queen who welcomes him home at the Ishtar Gate.

As a result, the whole city of Babylon was full of joy, and there were crowds of people in front of the Ishtar Gate and on the avenue leading from the Ishtar Gate to the palace. The Babylonians who came to greet them were all crowded at both ends of the road. In addition, a happy "human wall" was built.

The gate of Ishtar has been opened, and an excited crowd is waiting inside.

But Sal, the king of Babylon, will really come back and appear in front of the world?

The falcon circling in the sky screamed loudly, as if it was the prelude to the appearance of the king.

Before others could react, the queen had already driven her horse and galloped out from the Ishtar Gate, running so far that it was almost on the horizon.There she finally stopped and faced a tall man.

The two looked at each other for a while, only to see that the man opened his arms and embraced the queen.

"It's the king, it's the king—"

At this time, Gu Erwen, the Privy Councilor who was still staying in front of the Ishtar Gate, was so excited that he raised his arms high in the air, completely ignoring the image of an important minister, and started running in circles under the tower.

"Really a king!"

After being confirmed by the Privy Councilor, the citizens of Babylon were almost crazy for a moment of joy.The sound waves of the message spread around the entire city around Ishtar Gate.

"The king is back—"

"The king is back!"

In history, the first king who bravely embarked on a difficult and dangerous journey with the dignity of a king finally returned to Babylon after riding through the waves.

In the large laboratory of the "Retrospective Civilization Project", all the instruments are operating normally.Only one instrument suddenly started flashing a yellow light.

At this time, there was no one in the large laboratory: Daniel, who always regarded the laboratory as his home and was nicknamed "planted in the laboratory" by his colleagues, was invited to attend the exchange event for the first time.

The instrument flickered for a while, then returned to normal.

A researcher came in and glanced at it. Seeing that everything was normal, he was attracted by the "grand occasion" being played on the big screen. He folded his arms and began to enjoy the big party where people welcomed the return of the king in ancient times.

When Sal saw Inan galloping towards him on horseback, he felt that his eyes were stuck firmly and he couldn't break free.

She was still the same.

It has been nearly ten years since I first saw this "Princess Medes".Saar himself is no longer that young boy, but Yinan is still so beautiful.

Sar's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought, when he grows old in the future, but the beautiful wife beside him is still as beautiful as ever, old couple and young wife, what should we do?

On the other hand, when he just returned to land, even his loyal subordinates who had been with him for four years laughed at him, with long hair and sharp claws, like a savage.

When he was in Eridu, Sal had already found the best barber, trimmed off his long hair that was knotted into a seaweed shape, cut it into the original short hair, and shaved his beard neatly , revealing a bare chin.Hand and toe nails, not to mention, are all manicured to look like a normal person.

He tried his best to dress up as he was when he first met her, but he found that he was already different from before——

His skin was bronzed by the sea, and he felt particularly aged after years of sun exposure.He has just reached this age, and there are already many wrinkles on his forehead.The corners of his eyes and mouth no longer raised like ordinary young people.When he pursed his lips tightly, the fine lines would appear especially deep.

She will not grow old, she will always be young - and he will eventually age irresistibly.

But in an instant he realized again: This is not surprising, she has always been like this, thousands of years ago, she already had this look.

Thinking of this, Sal jumped off the horse, he opened his arms, embraced his wife, and said tremblingly, "I haven't seen you for so long, you still look like this!"

Not only the beauties remain the same, but the Kingdom of Babylon also remains the same.She guarded for him any little achievements he had made before.

Saar was so moved and ashamed that he left, he couldn't help but put his forehead on Yinan's neck.

Yi Nan patted him on the shoulder lightly, and when he raised his head, he held his face and said softly, "And you are still who I am in my heart."

Skins can be exchanged, but what she appreciates is the soul in this skin?

Saar looked at Yinan, and suddenly shouted joyfully, and the woman holding him turned around a few times on the spot.

After being warm for a while, the two got on the horse together and rode together.Sa'er was in front, and Yi Nan was behind, embracing Sa'er's waist.The other horse let it follow casually aside.

People of Babylon: No wonder!I have already expected that today is a feast of dog food!

So Saar hugged his wife tightly and came to the Ishtar Gate.

Gulwin let out a low shout, and the guards knelt down in unison.Thrall solemnly surveyed his courtiers and guard.His eyes swept over a few people standing alone in the distance: those were his younger brothers.

The few princes couldn't stand the pressure of Sal's gaze at all, and they all knelt down numbly, thinking to themselves: The elder brother has come back in good condition, why are they jumping around.It's better to please one or two in front of the big brother, maybe he will be sealed to a province to be the governor in the future.

Takochi was the fastest to kneel, and he still didn't forget to teach his younger brothers: "I should have said it earlier..."

Sal turned his eyes away, he didn't want to spend his mind on irrelevant people at all.

He felt satisfied as she pressed her cheek against his back and exhaled warm steam, just like in his memory.

He lightly raised the rein, and the four hooves of the horse under his seat touched the ground, and the rhythm of the crisp hoofbeats accelerated.He was impatient and wanted to be alone with his queen. He had countless things to say: the experience of these years, the endless thoughts of her... Now that I think about it, I really don't know where to start.

When Daniel returned to the big lab, there were many people in the lab.

The researchers saw Daniel coming back and reported to him: "Boss, it's 'Match Point' again."

This is a new term invented by the researchers to refer specifically to the "tipping point" when the task is close to completion.

Daniel nodded, walked quickly to the instrument, reached out and pressed the keyboard a few times to read all the experimental parameters.

The big screen is still Babylon in 587 BC. After welcoming the return of the king, people gathered on the streets to celebrate with songs and dances.

Nobody paid any attention to Daniel.

Daniel frowned, and said angrily: "Who was on duty here before? You didn't notice the fluctuation of the magnetic field parameters?"

As soon as he finished speaking, an alarm sounded in the laboratory.Several instruments alarmed at the same time, and the red warning lights began to flash.The scene on the big screen began to violently flutter, twist, and blur...

The researchers in the laboratory all panicked.The colleague in charge of magnetic field technology made a judgment in panic: "The magnetic field is disordered, this is the magnetic field disorder!"

Daniel reached out and smashed the table angrily: the timing of this magnetic field disturbance is too unfortunate.

He asked his team: "Make all preparations and manually open the return device of the 'space-time tunnel'. Prepare to welcome the return of our researchers."

"Yes--"

The whole team immediately entered a tense working state.

"Boss, the return device is ready!"

"Boss, the return device shows that... has been transmitted..."

"This……"

Daniel frowned tightly.

The screen switched to a real-time image of the return device—feathers and blood were scattered all over the device.An originally healthy Saker falcon was lying on the device, the right wing seemed to be broken off, and the whole bird lay down on the floor, twitching occasionally, and making a hoarse cry from its throat.

"Alive!"

A researcher who studies ancient creatures screamed, jumped up, and rushed to the return device to rescue it.

Daniel slumped down on his seat, covered his eyes with his hands, his chest heaved, and he couldn't calm down immediately anyway.

Colleagues in the lab looked at each other, they had never seen Daniel lose his composure in front of others.

They don't even know that Daniel is thinking over and over again at this moment:

——It wasn't her, luckily it wasn't her.

Fortunately, it wasn't her who was teleported back this time.

"Do you still keep the box I gave you back then?"

In the royal palace of Babylon, Sal hugged his wife and whispered in her ear.

"Of course!" Yi Nan struggled to sit up, opened the radiant glass bead curtain, and asked the female officer waiting outside to fetch the box.

Sal refused to let her go easily, and continued to ask in a low voice, "Have you secretly looked inside?"

Yi Nan couldn't help giving him a blank look: "Do you think I'm such a dishonest person?"

However, she has always been very curious and wanted to know what Saar gave her. She was so mysterious and refused to reveal it.

The female officer took the box, handed it to Yi Nan, and reported to Saar, "The priests of the temple have been waiting in the royal court for a long time."

Yi Nan handed the box to Saar and said, "Does the king want to meet the priests? During your absence, the high priest has come to trouble me several times."

Sal raised his eyebrows: "There are still people in the world that you can't handle?"

Yi Nan smiled and said nothing: Of course she can handle it, it's just that she doesn't want to use some more drastic methods.

Saar thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Alright, I just said something in front of all the priests."

During the four years of Saar's long voyage, he had chewed over and over again all the memories of Yi Nan in his mind, everything he could think of, and used it as a pastime and sustenance on the slow sea journey.

So he remembered many, many details.

If Yi Nan is not a "god", she has unexplainable abilities and can create various "miracles".

But if it is said that she is really a "god", she has never admitted it herself - even Saar has a feeling that she is always emphasizing "human", emphasizing the ability of "human", and encouraging "human" to try .Even if she is really a "god", she is also a "god" to ordinary people.

Saar had never told Yi Nan before, and he remembered many things that did not belong to this life, all about her.

But now he felt it was time to tell her.And he wants to do something, to help her realize her wish.

So the king and queen of Babylon took a moment to groom themselves before leaving the bedroom side by side and heading to the vestibule to meet the high priest of the temple of Marduk.Before leaving, Sal didn't forget to take the box with him.

The priests of the temple waited for a long time in the royal court, and saw the king and queen appearing slowly.

The high priest took a step forward to salute the king, and said straight to the point: "During the time the king was away, the temple and the queen had some small disputes about the use of the 'Tiantian Tower'. Now that the king is back , the temple wants to get the king's confirmation as soon as possible."

It turned out to be for the Tower of Babel.

The dispute between Inan and the priests was whether the Tower of Babel should be used entirely for offering sacrifices to Marduk, the god of Jupiter, or whether the top part of the tower should be used for stargazing and observation.

Yinan once mentioned "stargazing" and "lookout", which were the purposes set by Thrall himself.The high priest did not believe that the king would really say that.

Sal raised the corners of his lips and looked at the high priest.He smiled and said: "It seems that the priest is still unwilling to believe the fact that the king and the queen are one. The queen has the same power as the king."

All the priests raised their heads and looked at the king and queen in shock.

They seem to have never heard of such a king who can generously distribute the authority in his hands to the queen.

But think about it, in the past few years, Saar was willing to hand over the country to the queen and go to sea by himself.It seems that this king really has such generosity and courage.

"But..." the high priest was tongue-tied.

He really wanted to say that the royal power was bestowed by the gods, so how could it be easily transferred to others.

But behind the high priest, a very obedient priest suddenly said: "What the king said is true!"

All eyes instantly turned to this ordinary priest who was not too high in status.

The priest said loudly: "The combination of the king and the queen is one body. As long as the king grants the queen a token that symbolizes royal power, the queen will of course be able to replace the king and take charge of state affairs."

What he said was extremely slick, as if there was nothing wrong with the trouble he and the high priest came to find Yinan before, and he had every reason to support Yi Nan's authority in the future.

Sal rolled his eyes, and immediately understood: the priesthood is not monolithic, and there are also people who take advantage of every opportunity in order to climb up.

He casually handed the wooden box in Yinan's hand, nodded and said, "Very well said—"

"Since everyone is here, please be a witness: This is - this is the token I gave to the queen."

Holding the wooden box, Yi Nan thought to herself: She still has no idea what is in full bloom here.I don't know what kind of souvenirs are worthy of this weight.

But she has been waiting for more than four years anyway, and she is not in a hurry for this moment.

So she held the wooden box extremely calmly, as if Saar really gave her an extremely important token, rather than a small gift to express the affection between husband and wife.

The priest who spoke just now was the first to bow down to the king and queen with extreme flexibility, and said respectfully: "The villain is one of the witnesses—"

At this moment, everyone else had to express their opinion.Even the high priest bowed down hesitantly, saying, "Testimony—"

What good did he witness?

Anyway, the king has returned to the royal court, so the queen will only be able to raise flowers, grass and children in the future?

Seeing that the priests were obedient and did not raise any objections, Sal nodded in satisfaction and said, "Very good."

"This king's voyage, the turbulent place that no one has ever set foot in. It has never been seen in any classic records. The king has never seen its description in any oracle."

Sal opened his mouth and slowly said what he had prepared for four years to prove one thing.

"What impressed Wang the most was that when the fleet sailed to the southernmost tip of the mainland, the fleet sailed into the land of storms."

"The crew prayed countless times to the gods to calm the storm. In fact, the gods didn't help at all-we watched as the ships in the fleet crashed into huge reefs and were smashed into powder in the foamy waves. As for the people on board ... We didn't even have a chance of rescue."

Yi Nan was beside Thrall, quietly stretched out his hand, and gently held Thrall's big rough hand.

Saar's voyage story has not yet been told to her, but she can already imagine the tragedy: after all, human history is similar.Even in the nautical age after 2000, the stormy land at the southern tip of Africa caused countless ships to die under the sea.

The corner of the high priest's mouth twitched slightly, thinking: the neighboring ship crashed into the reef, not the king's ship, maybe this incident itself was the will of the gods?

But I heard Saar say: "So at that time, I said to the crew: We can no longer rely on the protection of the gods. At this moment we are in a very far away stormy land, and the gods may have never set foot. The only ones who can rely on are us Own--"

As soon as he said this, the high priest's body began to tremble, knowing that the three words "uninvolved" were already a challenge to the belief of "omniscient and omnipresent".

As the priest who presided over the sacrifice and helped people maintain their faith, he was the first to realize how the king's words would affect the whole of Babylon and even the whole world.

The high priest was shocked. He never thought that the reason why the king sailed so risky for four years was to confess such a sentence to the world.

"Because of this, we were able to come back alive."

When Sal said this sentence himself, the high priest was even more shocked.

Like the other priests, he prostrated himself on the ground, not even daring to raise his head.

Because the royal court of Babylon at this moment seems to be shrouded in a golden "holy light".

Sal and Yi Nan stood side by side, fingers intertwined, and looked up at the sky together.This vision between heaven and earth seems to be a footnote for Saar's words.

There was a "chirp chirp" call from outside the window of the Wang Ting. The Saker falcon kept by the Wang Ting was chirping uncomfortably at this moment, and flew towards this side quickly.