[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

In the small courtyard behind the "Gate of Justice", Yinan helped Herod check his injuries—fortunately, they were all flesh wounds, and no muscles or bones were injured.

But every welt on Herod's back was swollen to the height of a finger. After seeing it, Inan knew that Herod had suffered a lot this time, and even she couldn't bear to look at it.

However, this Herod did not beg for mercy from the beginning to the end, and did not change his original intention for a moment.

This made Yi Nan feel a lot of guilt: she should have thought of this.She should be able to think that Herod needs a higher social status and more power in this position.

But after today's incident, the "Gate of Justice" can be regarded as truly standing in the city of Babylon.

The image of Herod is slowly combining with "justice". He is beginning to accumulate more and more popularity and trust. His authority is improving and gradually becoming unshakable.

Inan looked at the man in front of her with admiration, but Herod was silent and his eyes were a little distracted.He clenched his fists and rested them on his knees, and now he just sat there quietly, looking at the brick wall built with clay bricks.

He is like a post-stress trauma, and the whole person has not yet recovered from the insult and whipping of Prince Samier.

Yi Nan went out, found the captain of the palace guards, and asked for some medicated oil that the palace guards used to heal their wounds after flogging.

Seeing that it was Yinan who came to beg for it, the captain of the palace guard dared not refuse. He quickly offered it with both hands, and at the same time reminded in a low voice that it was Prince Samiye who was crying and cursing, and had already been carried back to the palace.

Yi Nan knew that this was the hint from the captain of the guard, and he had to prepare early to deal with King Hammurabi's anger.

She nodded her thanks, and returned to Herod's small courtyard with the small pot containing the medicinal oil.

Herod was still sitting there, his posture unchanged.

Inan dipped a piece of medicated oil into a clean linen cloth, and lightly touched the wound on Herod's back.

Herod felt obvious pain, and his spine trembled slightly.Hearing that he was inhaling in pain, Yi Nan quickly whispered, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll take it lightly—"

But a hand reached out and grabbed her wrist.

With a sound of "dang", the small jar containing the medicinal oil fell to the ground.Herod dragged Inan's wrist and dragged her to him.

Yi Nan: That's strange... Ordinarily, with her strength, ordinary people can't hold her back.

But Herod didn't know where the power came from, and he dragged the woman beside him to him.

His eyes were red and wandering—he knew full well that he had lost control.

He is clear, he has always been clear, that some things are woven into his soul, have always coexisted with him, and have always been firmly suppressed by his reason.

But once his body was flogged and his dignity was trampled on, Herod only felt that these dark things spread out from the bottom of his heart little by little.

He needs light, warmth, and the infinite tenderness of the woman beside him to soothe his wounds.

—he wanted this woman.

Inan saw Herod staring at him in a daze, and suddenly he circled her with a pair of iron-like arms recklessly.Before Yi Nan could react, his thin lips moved towards her tremblingly.

Immediately afterwards, Yi Nan suddenly felt a thin and sharp pain—this guy actually uses his teeth?

God, she has a unique constitution, she can't be hurt by anything from outside - but she can hurt too? !

She could clearly feel Herod's pain. He was struggling to endure and suppress the pain. This pain was also transmitted to Inan along the sensory extension, which made her resist instinctively.

Yi Nan stretched out her hand and pushed—she failed to grasp the force and measure in a hurry this time, and Herod was directly pushed out by her, hitting the opposite brick wall with his back.

With a bang, the entire brick wall on the opposite side collapsed, and broken pottery bricks fell down, burying Herod inside.

Fortunately, this brick wall is an interior wall, not the exterior wall of the yard.Otherwise, the palace guards and Babylonians outside would just watch Herod the "Justice" break through a wall and fly out.

Inan was taken aback, and hurried to push aside the collapsed clay bricks, and rescued Herod from under the broken bricks and dust.

She didn't know how to measure it properly, and she pushed lightly with her hand, and there was another "boom", and she knocked down a clay brick wall.

She finally understood a little bit - the brick wall of emotion was built in a hurry, it is not reliable at all, it is a tofu project!

Fortunately, it looks like Herod won't break a few more ribs from her push.

During this period, the captain of the palace guard came in to take a look, and asked, "Miss Ishtar, is there anything wrong?"

In the eyes of the captain of the guard, Miss Ishtar was as perfect as ever, with a pretty face, but her hair was a little messy and her face was a little red.

Sure enough, I heard Miss Ishta smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, it's okay—I just... just push the wall with me, and they all fall down."

The captain of the palace guard nodded and bowed back, "You can do what you want, you can do what you want!" It was clearly written on his face: As expected of Miss Ishtar, knocking down walls is as easy as knocking down doors.

Inan quickly cleared away all the broken bricks, "dug out" Herod from under the clay bricks, and asked repeatedly: "Herod, Herod..."

She wondered if Herod had any fresh wounds.

But Herod was covering his face with his hands—he was too ashamed to face Miss Ishtar.

"Herod, Herod..."

The more he listened to the soft and sweet whisper, the more Herod wanted to escape, the more he wanted to hide his whole body.

"Please don't come near me—"

"I'm not worthy—"

For the first time in his life, against his will, he wanted desperately to kiss the person he had been dreaming of all this time—at the moment when he was pushed away, he finally realized completely: he was too greedy.

But at this moment, while heartbroken, Herod actually felt a little bit of relief and relief: he finally didn't have to hide in front of her, he was just such a person, with a greedy monster living in his heart - he would never be able to escape this A monster, and the name of this monster is actually called "Want Her".

Now he was finally about to lose her.

He admitted it.

But as long as he thinks about the future, when the stars are gone, when the night is long... when he can only be accompanied by loneliness in the dark, with this monster around, he should be able to support himself and let himself live Like a person, a normal person, a good person.

"Herod—"

The gentle voice is still there.He felt that she helped him to sit up, but he still covered his face with his hands, and he felt that the palms were wet, full of tears from his shame.

Gradually he felt her arms wrap around his neck.

"Herod, I will punish you severely!"

"Then you punish."

Even if I am punished to never see you again, I will admit it.

But he felt two soft lips slowly pressing against him - and then he began to feel a sharp tingling.

Not just the pain in my heart, but also... on my lips.

Kiss for kiss, tooth for tooth.

This is homomorphic "revenge".

She couldn't rub sand in her eyes, and couldn't tolerate the slightest injustice.

"Returning Civilization Project" laboratory.

There is a "hidden rule" in the laboratory - the researchers who participate in the experiment need to respect the privacy of the "observer".

Yinan's watch will transmit all her real-time data in various historical periods back to modern times for everyone to analyze.But some data about her personal life will be automatically marked with a "privacy" label by the data transmission system.

In the past, most of my colleagues would automatically block these data.But today, several researchers in the lab are talking about a piece of content marked with the "privacy" label.

"Yinan's thinking is correct! Homogenous revenge, tooth for tooth, eye for an eye—she used this method to strengthen the rule awareness of ancient judicial officials and help him refine legal principles. Anyway, I agree with this approach!"

"Although the method may be open to discussion..."

A researcher who specializes in the study of ancient customary law and case law watched the big screen and made endless comments.This researcher is a well-known "nerd" in the group. Anything related to ancient law codes, jurisprudence and principles will be involved in "academic" aspects by him.

The colleague next to him saw the person coming in from outside the door and hurriedly bumped him with his elbow.

The researcher quickly shut up and turned around.Everyone looked at Daniel standing at the door in unison.

About Daniel's temperament has its own speechless ingredients.The originally lively laboratory suddenly fell silent.

Daniel's eyes slipped to the big screen, which had a "privacy" label next to the data on it, and the images projected on the big screen happened to be quite sentimental.

"Boss, we... this, there is no other meaning..."

A researcher explained to Daniel rather sheepishly.

Daniel said coldly: "If the data marked as 'privacy' does involve your research field, I think Yinan also trusts you and allows you to process these data. But please don't broadcast and discuss it publicly in the laboratory Alright."

"Ok!"

"no problem."

All the researchers nodded and solemnly agreed, and left the laboratory one by one—leaving this laboratory to Daniel.

As the person in charge of the "Reshaping Civilization Project", this laboratory has always been Daniel's "private territory".

After everyone left, Daniel calmly came to the big screen, and he operated on the keyboard casually—originally, the image file projected on the screen would be turned off with just one click.

But Daniel accidentally clicked the replay.

He didn't know what to feel in his heart, he seemed a little jealous, and he seemed a little helpless.

Inan is an independent, thinking person.Even if she was sent to ancient times by the "Retrospective Civilization Project", as the person in charge of this project, he does not have the authority to stop her from falling in love with someone in another time and space.

It's just that he would feel sorry for her.

In those past eras, Inan had an immortal body and almost eternal life.Even if she falls in love with someone, the other person can only be a short-lived passerby in her life.

Such a truth, that girl is so smart, it is impossible to understand.

If she still chooses to give affection, it can only prove that she really loves.

Daniel crossed his arms indifferently, and watched the scene from beginning to end, as if he was trying to find out whether the other party was really moved, and it seemed to be a way to prove that he was really not moved.

Tit for tat, kiss for kiss - fair enough.At least between his lips and teeth, Yi Nan didn't let others take advantage of him at all.

The video was shown to the end, and the word "privacy" was removed, indicating that after that, Yi Nan continued her observation activities on ancient civilizations normally.Nothing happened between her and the Babylonian royal official.

Daniel closed his eyes slightly, and seemed to be slightly relieved.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, opened his eyes wide, operated the keyboard with trembling hands, rewinded the video data, and replayed the last scene, the most lingering scene, almost frame by frame .

He greedily looked at every detail, every position of physical contact between the two sides... He didn't care that the door of the laboratory was still open, someone might come in at any time, and he was staring at the "private affairs" of these female researchers to study carefully .

In the end, Daniel seems to have finally confirmed something——

With a shocked face, he pressed his fingers tightly to his lips, with disbelief written in his eyes.

The thin, sharp pain, the depression left by the plain white teeth, the uncontrollable throbbing of the heart... these are all his memories.

he remember? !Really, he remembered it all!

In front of the "Gate of Justice", Prince Samiye's leg was broken, and he was severely whipped more than [-] times.This incident deeply angered King Hammurabi.

In addition, the biological mother of Prince Samiye came to King Hammurabi crying again, demanding that Herod, the ceremonial officer, be severely punished.

Hammurabi was very troubled by this. Herod was adopted by him and he watched him grow up, almost indistinguishable from his adopted son.Wang has always admired him very much.

However, this time, Herod violated the head of the royal family because of his insistence on the so-called "justice"-this was intolerable to Hammurabi.

Herod responded very simply.He directly reported for sick leave, saying that he was injured by Prince Samiye and needed to rest for a few days to recover, and he would go to the "Gate of Justice" to be on duty after recovering.

Hammurabi thought about it, and felt that it was inappropriate to take Herod under the knife now. After all, Herod was whipped for no reason.He could only suppress his anger for a while, and reprimanded Samiye's mother and son instead. After all, this pair of mother and son are not easy-going lamps.

But the story of Herod was immediately spread in the city of Babylon.All the Babylonians relished the two principles Herod the Great quoted at the "Gate of Justice": "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" and "a prince who transgresses the law is as guilty as the people."

In the city of Babylon, every day someone transplanted blooming flowers into clay pots and handed them to the palace guards, asking them to deliver them to Herod's residence.Everyone is praying that Lord Herod will recover soon.

There is a sign in the tavern in the city of Babylon, saying that as long as the guests who come to the store can praise the health of Lord Herod, they can get a free glass of beer.

In a blink of an eye, Herod became the person who received the most blessings and praises in the city of Babylon.

As for Prince Samiye, he should be the most despised person in the Babylonians now: no one even wants to mention him.

Hammurabi has been in power for decades and knows the situation of the people like the back of his hand, how can he not know this.The king of Babylon was very complicated for a while: After all, the prince he had placed high hopes on was not as popular as a humble royal ceremony official in the palace...

The old king was very depressed, and the backyard was on fire, so he decided to go out of the city and live in the summer palace outside Babylon for a few days.

The king was not in a good mood, and the process of leaving the city was not so complicated—the king neither called Herod, his favorite courtier, nor brought any concubines or princes with him. He just brought a few palace guards, Just go out.

"stop!"

After Hammurabi’s guard of honor left Babylon, he seemed to encounter a familiar situation—a young girl with her servants bowed her knees by the side of the road to salute the king.

After Wang Jia stopped, King Hammurabi came to the people who were saluting by the side of the road, and said softly, "We met again."

Yi Nan raised his head playfully and asked, "This time Herod is not here, do you still remember who I am?"

"Even if the king forgets someone, he can't forget you?" King Hammurabi said with a smile.

This girl, with her own strength, knocked down the "Seven Doors of Justice", persuaded the Egyptian envoy, rebuilt the "Gate of Justice", and beat up his son—the most important thing is that there is no one in this world who dares to blame her. None of her people could be found.Even Samier, he only dared to pinch soft persimmons, and only dared to criticize Herod.

If you can still forget this, you will be damned.

"You won't stay here, and you want to sell some amulets to the king, right?"

Hammurabi's vision of seeing people was both ruthless and accurate. When he first met Yinan in Uruk, he knew that she wanted something from him—but he didn't expect that she would cause such a big commotion in Babylon.

Now seeing this girl on the side of the road again, Hammurabi felt a little apprehensive.

But Yi Nan smiled and said, "It's already been sold."

Hammurabi: - Huh?

Yinan explained with a smile: "The pottery factory authorized by me fired the tiles custom-made for your summer palace. I happened to be here, so I escorted the things to your mansion along the way to see the housekeeper of your mansion... Oh, I am so stupid. Now, what's the use of being satisfied with the housekeeper of the Summer Palace, your satisfaction is the first priority?"

When Hammurabi heard her clear and crisp voice, she was so cute and chattering, and felt like taking a deep breath of the fresh air after the summer rain.

But he didn't quite understand: "Authorized brick yard? Isn't this brick yard yours?"

Yi Nan smiled sweetly: "This is a long story. The most respectable and wise king of Babylon, may I explain it to you while you are heading to the Summer Palace?"

Hammurabi: ...you are a smiling little villain!

He suddenly felt that he had fallen into someone else's trap again.

And these pottery yards that produce multicolored tiles are indeed not Yi Nan's own industry.

The only pottery factory she has now is in short supply.However, the production capacity has reached the upper limit in a short period of time, and it is impossible to produce more tiles.

Instead of watching so many customers waiting, it is better to take this opportunity to license the technology, so that everyone can earn money together.

She has now communicated with some well-established pottery fields around Babylon about the intention of "authorization": she is responsible for teaching them the technology of firing tiles, and the other party pays her a certain amount of "authorization fee"; in the next ten years, these pottery The brick yard will give her [-]% of the net profit.Ten years later, she let go completely, and each company will gain a foothold in this market based on its own ability.

Yinan's requirements are very high, the "authorization fee" itself is very valuable, a mature pottery brick firing site, experienced firing workers... These are all hard conditions, and he will immediately move upon hearing the news and ask for the pottery brick field in front of Yinan More than half of it was sieved.

In addition to these rigid conditions, Yinan also has various weird additional conditions. For example, these pottery brick farms must plant a certain amount of forest trees in the Euphrates River Basin every year to make up for the burned firewood; The ashes from seaweed burning cannot be dumped at will, but must be dealt with centrally...etc.

Among the pottery yards that could meet the requirements, Yinan finally negotiated ten.

She visually estimated the market capacity of the entire Babylonian kingdom. Within ten years, these ten companies would never saturate the market.In order to ensure their own high profits, each company will do everything possible to keep the technology in its own hands and not spread it to the outside world.

As for ten years later, the technology of firing pottery bricks will inevitably spread slowly.

But at that time, the ceramic tile market must have expanded to the surrounding areas, Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula, the entire Mediterranean...

Hammurabi was amazed as he listened: he once again firmly believed in his earlier view that if anyone who could marry this girl could not win the world, at least he would have no problem controlling the Kingdom of Babylon.

When Hammurabi left the palace, the king, who was out of the city for leisure, watched with great interest for a while when his chief of the summer palace received and counted the reserved tiles, and then arranged for craftsmen to paste colored tiles on the main entrance of the summer palace.

After watching for a while, Hammurabi suddenly turned his head to look at Yinan, and asked as an invitation, "Let's chat for a while?"

Sure enough, Yi Nan saw that "the wisher has taken the bait", and nodded immediately: "As the king wishes."

The director of the summer palace hurriedly welcomed the two into the garden of the summer palace.Hammurabi was the host. He asked Yinan to sit down first, and then ordered drinks and snacks to be served. Then he asked, "Miss Ishtar, what do you think of the 'prince breaking the law'?"

Seeing that Hammurabi's question was sincere, Yinan raised the corners of his lips and said with a smile, "I'm wronged!"

Hammurabi was puzzled: "Is Miss also feeling wronged for Herod?"

Yi Nan stretched out his hand and patted his left shoulder: "I am wronged for myself."

Hammurabi: ...?

Yi Nan: "I beat the prince, and I also whipped him. Up to now, no one has jumped out to accuse me, as if I never appeared in the whole thing. Can this be called?" Are people angry?"

Hammurabi understood right away.

Prince Samier was punished, and those in his harem blamed Herod, but seeing Herod's low status, it was easy to pinch a soft persimmon.No one dares to bully such a ruthless character as Miss Ishta, not even to mention it.

Hammurabi looked at Yi Nan holding up the glass in his hand, took a sip of the juice, and couldn't help but think again: This is really a smiling little villain!He ran all the way here, and it seemed like he was interceding for Herod.

So he also changed into a smiling expression, and asked tentatively: "Then the king will promote Herod to a position and promote him as a freeman Avell, okay?"

Inan swallowed the cool juice and smiled back at Hammurabi.

But she said, "Up to you!"