Legend of Ishi

Inanna clung to the stone wall outside, squatting on the small platform with her ears stretched inward, wanting to know the origin of these foreign invaders.If it is a good person, she will jump out to ask for help; if she is unlucky, she may have to blow the cold wind outside all night.

Thinking of this, Inanna gritted her teeth at these inexplicable people.

"Prince, be careful." A young boy's hoarse voice came, accompanied by the sound of "thumping" footsteps, it seemed that someone had drilled through the hole from the outside to the inside.

Inanna was stunned for a moment, this person didn't know which language she was using, but she understood it, but it was very difficult for her to listen, and she had to slow down a bit to react.It feels like you are listening to the TOEFL listening comprehension. Although you can understand it, but because you are not a native speaker, you have to think about it in your head.

Not to mention the birdsong that Inanna had never heard before, even if the river god wanted to open the golden finger, the human brain would not be able to adapt so quickly.

Inanna froze for a moment before realizing that there was a prince among the group.

prince?She has only seen Arab princes and European royal princes on the Internet, but based on her unfavorable and unimaginable situation, she speculates that it may be the prince of an asteroid in the Milky Way?

She clawed at the rock wall desperately, not daring to show her head, so she could only squint her eyes desperately. With the dim light in the room, she could only see a piece of snow-white robes dragged on the ground that was yellowed by the dancing flames.

Inanna convinced herself that since it was the robed one, it must be the Arabian prince.Although the Arab royal family has a lot of children, all of them are handsome men and beautiful women. When I am sure that I am all right, I run out to ask them for help, and maybe I can take a photo with the handsome prince.

She was thinking so wildly, but she forgot the cold wind that was blowing people to death.

"Luka? Is this your home?" A clear male voice asked, the voice was like the stream in the forest that Inanna had heard, full of rhythm, such a simple question seemed to him like It's like reciting a beautiful poem, but there is a noble majesty between the lines, which makes people almost want to kneel at his feet to answer.

Inanna thought so, and sure enough, someone knelt down, and the young attendant named Luca knelt down at the prince's feet with a "bang" and replied, "Your Highness, my master, thank you for coming."

The prince didn't intend to ask him to get up, and kept asking: "Why are there no other people walking along the way?"

Luca quickly raised his head and replied: "Your Highness, I received your order a month ago. When I set off for Hattushas, ​​an Assyrian businessman passing by reported to the administrator that there were remnants of Hurits in the east. (that is, the Kingdom of Mitanni, which has been destroyed by Bitedo). The administrator made a decisive decision and asked everyone to bring all the harvested grain and fruits to the underground fortress before winter, so as not to lose all the income of the year to the Hurits. Looting."

The prince didn't make a sound, but an old male voice replied: "Luka, you are too timid. The prince didn't blame you. The administrator did this as a precaution. If the Hoolites looted a lot Fan Li, what will you bring as tribute to the King City this year? The King loves the wine produced here the most, if all the wines are in the mouths of the Hulites, won’t you be furious?”

Luca hurriedly said yes, but the prince didn't care about the grapes: "Everyone has gone to the underground fortress, is there anyone to take care of the pigeons?"

"Yes, yes," Luca pointed outside, "This place is a transit point for the pigeons used by the spies sent by our country. I ask the administrator to send someone to take care of the Pigeon Valley every day, count the number, and prepare enough pigeon food. Please Don't worry, Prince."

After speaking, he bowed down again, until his forehead touched the sandy floor, and he felt worthy of the prince's entrustment.

Inanna managed to understand this sentence, and then suddenly realized that the big stone beehive outside turned out to be a pigeon nest, but the young man inside kept his attitude so low, and there are still spies using carrier pigeons to deliver messages these days. Inanna thought something was wrong, her body stiffened involuntarily, she slowly retracted her head, and curled up on the stone platform outside.

But she didn't know that she had already exposed her traces.

The prince was silent for a long time before he asked Luca again: "Has everyone gone to the underground fortress?"

"Yes," Luca didn't know why: "the administrator will verify the number of people when they move, and ask the garrison to ensure that no one stays in the village, so as not to be caught by the Hoolites and reveal the location of the dungeon. And it won't be until the next year In the spring, no one can come out of the dungeon except the soldiers assigned by the magistrate to take care of the carrier pigeons and collect pigeon dung for fertilizer."

The prince nodded, but looked at the wall on one side. Luca felt strange and looked over. If General Hazas hadn't winked at him, he would have yelled.

He had just reported to the prince that there was no one here, but now he immediately slapped himself.

Pigeon Forge is dry, and even though he forgot to clean the house a month ago, the water left in the jar should have dried up long ago.But at this moment, the pot on the wall was leaning there, but there was a puddle of wet marks on the ground, which was obviously water poured in by someone.

Luca swallowed and calmed down completely.He knows his own house best. There are only four walls in the house, and there is only one place for the thief to hide. Now that the exit has been guarded by soldiers, the uninvited guest can only stay outside the cave, on the small platform where he usually takes care of the pigeons.

He looked at the prince, saw the prince nodding to him, and approached the entrance of the cave like a nimble deer jumping on the cliff with a bronze dagger. He didn't even make a sound, which showed his well-trained.

Inanna was racking her brains to figure out how to get through the night. No matter how she pulled the clothes on her body, the cold wind still poured into her neckline like a blower, and her whole body was numb from the cold.

Just when Inanna breathed on her hand, she didn't even feel the sudden danger around her, she was suddenly grabbed by the collar, and she was easily dragged in like a chicken.

But at the moment of life and death, she reacted very quickly. The moment she was thrown to the ground, she rolled forward, dodged the cold and sharp bronze dagger, and randomly grabbed a handful of dry firewood piled by the wall to block the tight spot. Followed by the second knife.

The bronze knife was not sharp enough to cut the dry wood.But the attack was heavy, and the weak Inanna fell to the ground.

Inanna was lying on the ground, gasping for breath, staring in front of her eyes, she couldn't even see who the attacker was, and she didn't have the strength to get up again, just waiting for the other party to make another stab and she would die in hell.But at this critical moment, her stomach let out a series of "gurgling" sounds.

She heard the man's laughter: "Stop, Luca."

It was only then that Inanna realized that the one who stabbed her was the owner of the house. Then she thought that in the United States, homeowners have the right to shoot.

Luca looked at the prince worriedly, wondering why the prince didn't let him do something cruel. The remaining Hurits were staring at his country, and the second heir to the throne, Princess Midavan, disappeared in Egypt. The empire is now suffering internally and externally. , This kind of suspicious person who appeared in the middle of the night should be killed in order to avoid worries.

Inanna knew clearly that she had temporarily saved her life, and there might be room for negotiation.

She was about to support the floor to get up, but her hands were wet, and she realized that the clay pot she filled earlier had leaked long ago, and this should be the culprit who betrayed herself.

Inanna belatedly stared at the boy standing above her who refused to put down the knife. The boy was still dissatisfied, as if it was a great grievance that he couldn't kill herself, so she wanted to scold you for killing me! A poor man with thousands of knives, even the only pot in the house has a broken bottom.

But when the words came to his lips, they froze, just like the kind of people who have learned English for many years but can't speak at the end.

When she was at a loss with her mouth half open, she heard the gentle and elegant male voice, which made her hair stand on end: "Luka, let me see her."

Without waiting for Inanna to protest, Luca grabbed Inanna by the hair and dragged her backwards in front of the prince.

The so-called "Prince" stood in the backlight, and Inanna's scalp ached. She couldn't see his appearance, nor his expression. She only saw the white gold-rimmed robes in front of her. Get scared.

She heard the man in front of her say to the elderly man beside her, "Bring the torch."

Immediately, a group of soldiers ran in to guard the entrance of the cave: "General Hazas, the torch you want."

The old general asked Luca to restrain Inanna's hands and feet without the prince's words, and he pulled her chin towards the prince, and hung the torch less than a finger away from Inanna's face, scaring Inanna immediately. Get up, but how can she match the strength of two men.

She was so frightened that she couldn't scream, the heat from the torch scorched her face, as if it was about to fall on her face and scald all the skin and flesh.

Inanna opened her eyes wide in horror. Tears filled her big black and white eyes, but refused to drip.

She watched as the prince condescendingly bent down, scrutinized her from head to toe, You Qi looked at her face again and again, and asked General Hadzas to check what she was hiding in her clothes hands and feet.

Inanna was so frightened that her hands and feet were numb, and she knew that she could only cooperate now, otherwise the three men who didn't know what to do and the group of soldiers who ran in just now could stab her to death with a single sword.

And that prince, she finally saw him clearly now, she saw his silver hair comparable to the moonlight outside, brown eyes that are more radiant than amber, and the corners of his mouth are colder than the night wind in the canyon cold smile.

It was the first time in Inanna's life that she saw such a man, and it was heart-warming at first sight, and horrifying to see him again.