The King and the Priest[Comprehensive]

The residence of the high priest is located in the center of the temple, which is a separate hall.

Because this high priest is indifferent and doesn't like to get too close to other people, there is no need for servants to serve him in his residence.

Even for the daily cleaning, when people come here, they can't help but hold their breath and concentrate, lightly and lightly, not daring to make unnecessary noises, and they will automatically retreat after tidying up.

That's why Ramses, who has never been here before, said that after coming in, the temperature around him suddenly dropped a lot, and it is definitely the best choice to come here to enjoy the cool.

"Sit down and watch this."

boom!

A stack of scrolls was slapped—no, it was just put down—and placed on the desk in front of the prince. At most, it happened to make a sound that could lift people's spirits.

Ramses (spirited indeed): "!"

He suspects that Tahir is still angry because he hugged him and ran all the way for fun, so he is still angry, and he has evidence.

Prince Ramses is the only No. 1 who can enter the high priest's bedroom in such a swaggering way, and can sit inside and look around.

Although the High Priest's attitude towards him was still so unenthusiastic, and he seemed a bit cold in details, he should be satisfied.

——At least close your mouth at this juncture, and focus on the "business" that endangers your life.

"Let me see what this is..."

Ramses picked up the papyrus that Tahir patted him, and glanced at the densely packed writing on the paper. handwriting?"

Strangely, he thought that this stack of papers was the secret information that Tahir had found. He touched it and looked again, but found that the paper was very new, and the handwriting looked like it hadn't been written for a long time...

"I can't bring out the original text of the information related to the curse I mentioned. I kept it silent when I came back."

"……Oh."

Ramses shut his mouth and carefully read the words on the papyrus that might have been written this morning.

The first line of characters that caught my eye was a person's name.

To be precise, it is the name of an extremely noble person, as can be seen from the logo at the end of the graphic text.

"Akhenaten?"

That's what he said, but when Ramses saw this name for the first time, he felt it was very strange.

He had no obvious impression of the name, and looking back, another special mark appeared.

It wasn't until he saw this mark that Ramses' expression changed from bewildered to stunned, and then to a flash of astonishment.

In addition to "Akhenaten", this key figure also has a title that should have been more famous: Amenho IV.

Amenhotep IV was a pharaoh of the previous Eighteenth Dynasty.

Logically speaking, if it was just a former pharaoh, Ramses would not be so horrified.

That's right, the astonishment quickly rose to the level of "horror", and the prince's mood ups and downs at this moment can be imagined.

He almost couldn't sit still, but reason came to his mind, and in the end he suppressed the sudden storm, but his face suddenly became strange.

"How could it be him."

It can't be blamed that Ramses didn't have any impression of the name one second, and his reaction was so strong the next second. There are obviously internal reasons that cannot be humane to outsiders.

If there is still a place in Egypt today where the deeds of that pharaoh are preserved, except for the Temple of Amun where Tahir is located, then there must be only the royal palace where the pharaoh is.

Ramses had heard of "Amenhotep IV" when he was still young.

Of course, he didn't directly say the full name of the former pharaoh, but mentioned it in a very taboo way, and he didn't even want to say more, and then he went directly to the part of warning and church.

This is what his father taught him personally during the Pharaoh's education.

In other words, in terms of seriousness, it is more like a serious "warning" to his future heirs than "education".

Ramses could still recall the tone of his father when he mentioned that person that day.

"Ramesses, you must serve God with the utmost piety. God Amon is always watching the world, and blasphemers and betrayers will inevitably be punished by God. The tragedy of the predecessors is a warning to future generations."

Blasphemers, and—betrayers?

The young prince couldn't understand it at first, and his father didn't want to talk about it. He only asked him to keep respecting the sun god and never do anything stupid that went against the god's will.

Ramses must have agreed at the time, but there were always questions in his mind, and if he couldn't get an answer, he would always feel uncomfortable.

So, when he was a little older, he tried to raise his doubts to his father.

He just wanted to know who the "blasphemer and betrayer" his father used as a counter-example to educate him, and what he did to be called such a cruel name.

At first, the father didn't intend to mention it to him, but after being asked for a long time, and his son would sit in the most honored position in the world sooner or later, after hesitating, he still mentioned the details to him.

"My father, that is, your grandfather, do you know the reason why the No.1 of our dynasty was able to start the Nineteenth Dynasty?"

"Well, because the last two pharaohs of the previous dynasty did not have royal blood and had no heirs, the last pharaoh passed the throne to the general who was both Vihir and the chief high priest at that time, that was the start of the [-]th dynasty Glorious Ramses I."

"It's not just that. The last pharaoh with royal blood died young and left no heirs, so the throne was passed on to the outside world. The pharaoh who died young did not make any achievements, and there were not many records about him in the history books. record of."

What impressed the young Ramses the most was that when he said this, the profoundly obscure expression on his father's face seemed to be covered with an indelible shadow.

The pharaoh said to his young heir: "The reason for all this is the inheritance in the young pharaoh's body. What is kept in his body is the blood of the traitor. God Ra took this bloodline out of anger on him. cut off."

"Rameses, you just need to remember the name Amenjo, remember his stupidity and mistakes, and don't make the same mistakes again."

The warning to the heir ends here at most. Seti really still has a deep taboo against the "blasphemer", and did not tell Ramses what this blasphemer did to arouse the wrath of the gods.

Moreover, not only is it difficult to find his real name in the history books, it is equivalent to completely losing the traces of his existence.

What's more, its crimes also harmed future generations, which indirectly led to the continuation of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

"The answer is right in front of you."

The high priest's cold voice came, pulling the prince's thoughts back from the past memories.

Ramesses paused, narrowed his gaze, and quickly read the scroll of four or five pages in three lines in parallel.

While he was flipping through the materials quickly, Tahir was certainly not idle.

He walked into the inner room and came out not long after, holding a map in his hand.

Lord Mejed was safely placed on the table by him, and then he stretched out his hand and spread out the rolled up map bit by bit.

Just when Ramses finished reading the information and raised his head with a strange expression, the blond high priest had already laid out the map completely.

"Akhnaton, so it's this Ekhnaton?"

"Ah."

"It's really, really—"

Ramses paused again, it was really hard to describe what this was called, it was so unimaginable that it was incomprehensible.

Ramses would not have believed it if there was no evidence to prove that such a thing had actually happened a hundred years ago.

Yes, not only him, but any normal thinking person will feel unbelievable:

——Someone really wanted to, and did do such a shocking thing? !

"Our thoughts are not important, let's just talk about the key points."

From this moment on, Ramses finally saw Tahir's fierce side as the high priest.

The specific performance is that it is completely unsmiling (although it is almost the same at ordinary times), and cannot tolerate even the slightest sloppy.

Once a little bit of slack (referring to the high priest who is slightly dazed when he sees the high priest who is quite different from his usual state), the moment he is locked on by those ice blue eyes, the slack person will not help but shake, and give birth to something like a mountain collapse. A strong sense of guilt.

Fortunately, such a stern high priest only glanced at him lightly, and then looked away without any hesitation.

"Amenhotep IV, if the only remaining record is correct, he is the fourth pharaoh from the last to the first in the Eighteenth Dynasty. His real name is Amenhotep, but when he succeeded Shortly thereafter, he dropped the name and replaced it with Akhenaten, and he later added a similar format to his titles."

"I came to my senses, 'Akhenaten' means - 'Servant of God Aten'!"

"Yes. His original name was 'Servant of the God of Amon', but the god he believed in later obviously changed, from the god of Ra and the god of Amon to the 'Aten' in Akhenaten."

The most obvious details, as long as you look at it, you can immediately understand what happened at that time.That's why Ramses looked so weird after he woke up instantly.

Combining the God of Ra and the God of Amon, the belief in the supreme sun god has been infiltrated into the flesh and soul of every Egyptian many years ago, becoming an indelible mark.

Just like the people raised by the Nile always remember the grace of the sun, regard Pharaoh as the incarnation of God Ra on earth, and worship them forever.

People's belief in the sun god is higher and deeper, and it is impossible to have any disrespectful thoughts of trying to despise the sun or even replace the sun.

This is the instinct of the Egyptian people.May I ask, is there any descendant in the world who has been nurtured and blessed to grow up smoothly, who would arrogantly have the idea of ​​denying God the Father?

No, unwilling, and dare not.

Just passing such a disrespectful thought will make people panic, lest they be known by the omniscient god Ra.

However, in history, such an arrogant person—a pharaoh—appeared and directly changed his belief.

"It wasn't just his own belief that was replaced. Akhenaten ordered the construction of temples of the Aten god across the country. The original Amun temple was either torn down, or the statue was replaced, and it was directly replaced with the Aten temple."

Tahir said.

The information he showed to Ramses was found with great difficulty from the library of the temple, and it was placed in an extremely hidden secret compartment.

Tahir, who read through all the books in the library as a teenager, recalls being surprised that none of them mentioned Akhenaten.

Unbelievingly, I searched again for the first time, but I still didn't find any clues.It wasn't until the second time he went that he found the secret compartment in the corner under the guidance of Mr. Mejed who went with him.

The only tome found seems to have suffered a lot and was lucky enough to be hidden here by a monk.

The original intention of the book collectors is mainly to leave records, but it is undeniable that there should be an intention to hope that this record will be discovered by future generations one day in the future.

The booklet is not complete, not only is there a missing page in the middle, but some fragments have blurred writing, and key words seem to have been deliberately smeared out with red paint.

There are not so many gaps in the few pages transcribed from memory, because Tahir made up some by himself after repeated sales, so that Ramses could understand it more smoothly.

The original text probably reads like this:

[Bewitched by the sorcery of... the pharaoh lost his mind, drove away the priests and monks, ignored the pain and pleas of the people... the temple was torn down and rebuilt...]

【Amon... Aten... the sun god was furious, the sky in Egypt was dark, and the newly built capital was also dark, only the laughter of... could be heard. 】

【Pharaoh can't wake up, Egypt will suffer God's punishment.If no one stops the evil...Egypt will also perish...]

There is still something that cannot be filled in the middle, such as the name "..." that is mentioned repeatedly.

Obviously the most difficult problem is also put aside for the time being.

Tahir motioned Ramses to look at his unfolded map, and his slender index finger crossed the map landmark where Thebes was, and landed on a blank space not too far away from Thebes.

"Ramesses, it is impossible for you to be unfamiliar with the map. What is the situation in this blank area, did you know it before?"

"Let's think about it, this place... is obviously not far away, but it seems that it has never been mentioned by anyone!"

Since I have the impression, the area that Tahir is referring to on the map is blank, without a clear name.

Craftsmen would not choose to build mausoleums for dignitaries.

The army does not go that way when it goes out, and it has always been a detour.There are no villages where people live nearby, and it is said that they are just ruins that have been left unused for a long time.

It's not that this place doesn't exist, it's more like it was deliberately erased from people's memory, and it was gradually forgotten by people over time, and it became what it is now.

in this case……

——The situation of Amenhotep IV, who had to cover up his name, is exactly the same as this ruin!

"I suspect, no, I'm sure that is the new capital mentioned in this document, that is, the new capital that Akhnaton built himself after forcing the people to change their beliefs."

Tahir tapped the blank space with his fingertips, and then withdrew his hand without hesitation: "That new capital was named 'Akhenaten', and it is reasonable to be forgotten even now. "

Moreover, precisely because of the shocking event of changing religion, the first case in Egypt's history, great hidden dangers inevitably appeared in the late period of Pharaoh Akhenaten's rule.

The people could not accept his proposition at all, and he himself was assassinated and almost died.

Akhenaten's reforms were abolished after his death.He ordered the abandonment of the new capital and revered the god Amon again. The new Pharaoh was his son.

"So that's the case, then the former Pharaoh and I—"

"I'm very concerned about who this person whose name has been painted over is."

Ramses: "Huh?"

The prince was still not ready.

Because in the next moment, he was overwhelmed by the seemingly continuous amount of information that filled his head, and it was difficult to digest and process it in a short time.

"According to the description of only a few words, this person must be a conjurer, or a priest with magic power. He may be the direct guide of Pharaoh Amenho IV's replacement belief."

Tahir put away the map with a swipe, and put away the books that Ramses had finished reading.

Ramses: "?"

"The pharaoh's offspring are difficult, and the severance of the dynastic inheritance seems to be related to the curse. What is mentioned here is not a curse, but the divine punishment of the sun god who restored his status, but is it really the divine punishment of the sun god? In my opinion, The target may have been transferred, and it is more like a 'curse' than divine punishment."

Tahir went back to the inner room again, and when he came out, he had already changed into a outer robe.

Ramses: "??"

"And the name Celt I saw - the death of our predecessor, Pharaoh Ramses I, contained the writings of a conjurer. What Master Senedi said was true. At that time, the conjurer calculated I lost my former pharaoh, and now I have turned my attention to Ramses again..."

Tahir walked past the table, his face was covered with frost, and no one could stand in his way at this moment.

Ramses: "...???"

wrong.

Ramses only realized now that Tahir seemed to be talking to him, but in fact he wasn't talking to him at all!

Completely ignored him!etc!

"I can see and hear clearly before, but why is the progress suddenly advancing by leaps and bounds?"

The prince protested strongly, and he figured out the rebellious behavior of a certain pharaoh in the previous dynasty. He felt that he hadn't entered the topic at all, so his best friend switched to his own channel, talking to himself...

"..."

"Most importantly, do you feel like someone or something is missing?"

The High Priest, who had already walked to the door, turned his head and looked at His Royal Highness who was sitting peacefully in the distance, with a cold expression, and there was still not even a single flaw.

Ok.

As if he had heard these words, the High Priest walked back with light steps.

A trace of calmness and anticipation was growing in Ramses' heart, but he didn't expect——

He watched helplessly as the high priest, who was full of nobility, walked over, walked over, and walked past him after watching!

Not only did he ignore the big prince and walked over without looking sideways, but the high priest took back the "missing item" he was carrying with him, and it turned out to be...

Lord Mejed: Watch.

Ramses was in a shock that could not be calmed down for a long time... the air in his perspective looked at each other, even though he couldn't see anything, he seemed to have keenly captured the contemptuous contempt of God.

Tahir retrieved Lord Mejed, who was almost missed, and pretended to leave again.

Ramses: "I haven't finished talking yet, and the ins and outs of the curse are only halfway through. Where are you going alone? Of course, the point is not this, the point is!"

"--And me?"

As soon as his words fell, the situation had a new development.

The neglected prince could not move immediately.

Tahir stopped, stopped in front of the stunned brown-haired young man, and first looked at him steadily.

It was in stark contrast to the toughness of the spell that temporarily imprisoned people's actions and the coldness of the eyes that were not stained with excess color.

The gaze that fell on the prince's face was very light, as if only a soft breeze had blown over it.

"I'm going to visit the ruins of Akhenaten."

"Go and investigate that sorcerer? Don't care about anything else. I don't need to say more about this matter. I know it will be dangerous! How can this be done? Just let me go, I'm going too!"

"No."

"Tahir!"

Ramses couldn't help but get excited.

Although he was restrained in essence, his words were full of air, and the light in his golden eyes suddenly condensed, giving people a kind of coercion that they dare not look directly at.

But even so, Tahir still did not compromise.

The high priest said calmly: "This matter cannot be known by more people. It is related to the royal family's secrets. I will only sue the Pharaoh to solve it as quickly as possible and minimize the impact."

"Now I know, I must go with you!"

"No."

"you--"

"You haven't had a good rest in the past few days, Ramses, did you close your eyes for two hours?"

Ramses (chokes violently): "...What!"

Then his body became lighter, and then flew into the air.

The high priest, who was regarded as extremely weak, picked him up with both hands, carried the tall and strong prince directly to his bedroom, and put him directly on the bed.

When he put his right hand on the wide-eyed prince's ear, the high priest leaned slightly, and the stunning golden hair fell like a waterfall from his smooth side face.

"Your complexion can no longer hide the obvious dark circles under your eyes, my highness."

His Royal Highness (has lost the ability to speak): "..."

"Before going to the ruins of Akhenaten, I have to deal with the affairs of the temple first, and find a representative who will complete the ceremony for me during my departure. It will also take time to report to the pharaoh in the palace. It can't be done in a day, understand Yet?"

His Royal Highness (completely defeated): "..."

"Well, you must sleep until I come back."

After finishing speaking, the high priest stroked the prince's eyelids that were no longer struggling, stood up again, and left with an unmistakable graceful posture.

He stepped out the door perfectly.

Then in the next second, he staggered in a place where no one could see, and his arm, which was excruciatingly painful after exerting too much force, barely supported the wall. The most painful place was indeed his waist.

The High Priest who lost his composure in an instant (his face is covered with shadows, his expression cannot be seen clearly): "..."

Fortunately no one saw it.

After a short rest, the High Priest stood up firmly, except that the hands under the sleeves were still trembling in conditioned reflex, there was no abnormality on the surface.

As he said before, he quickly took care of the affairs of the temple, and he might go to the palace to meet the Pharaoh and report on the things that must be done, including the fact that Prince Ramses tried to go with him.

In fact, he hoped that Pharaoh would exit to prevent Ramses from going, but this idea was completely shattered.

Pharaoh's expression changed drastically when he heard the curse and the name of Celt, and he was almost overly frightened, but he had no intention of preventing future heirs from taking risks.

"..."

The high priest could only go back with regret.

When I returned to the temple, I just stepped on the point where night fell, and this extraordinarily busy day was about to pass.

The prince who was held down to sleep did not know the passage of time, and only felt in a daze that the pressure and fatigue accumulated in these days were leaving.

"pull……"

"Latin... Sith..."

Just when the pressure was all gone, he heard someone calling him softly.

This is the voice!

The drowsiness also dissipated, and the recovered prince suddenly opened his eyes, and saw the scene he most wanted to see as he wished:

It is similar to the last scene I saw when I fell into a deep sleep.

The blond friend in a white robe was sitting by the bed, looking down at him.

The soft light captured from those blue eyes in an instant, and the wonderful scenery so close at hand, made time reluctant to flow forward.

not only that.

He also charmed the young prince.

The author has something to say: there are references to history, the details are purely fictitious and purely fictitious, after all, it is a fan of a certain game under the skin of pseudo-history haha

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