The King and the Priest[Comprehensive]

When Moses saw the famous high priest again, he could hardly believe his eyes.

Now almost no one does not know the name Tahir.

Almost everyone believed that the High Priest held countless powers, and even the young Pharaoh who had just succeeded to the throne was helpless against him.

He should sit in a magnificent palace and enjoy himself recklessly, and look radiant under the erosion of the supreme position of power and money—how many ironic words can be used, just smear on that god-like figure, it is not natural No matter what the truth is.

This word has spread a lot, and gradually everyone will feel this way.Even the few people who firmly felt that the High Priest was not this kind of person were inevitably affected, thinking that no matter how misunderstood he should be, he should be doing well.

But who would have thought.

At this moment, the figure that appeared in Moses' eyes was so... so...

"...Tahir? What happened to you all these years?"

Moses had to ask in surprise.

He was obviously frightened, so that he ignored the urgent matter when they first met, and hurried forward a few steps to reach out for support.

Because they met in secret behind other people's backs, the Chief High Priest of Egypt dressed in a low-key manner, covering his body with gray robes and covering up his recognizable blond hair.

Up and down the whole body, only a little fingertips under the sleeves are faintly exposed.

The first thing Moses saw was his hand.

Today's saint has also obtained divine power through some kind of adventure. Although his abilities are different, he has a pair of eyes that can see through superficial camouflage.

Just looking at it like this, he saw the high priest's hands that were carefully wrapped in white cloth, not exposing half of his skin, his brows twitched immediately, and a bloodshot glowed in his eyes.

The surface of the skin wrapped in cloth...how could it look like this?

It was like a scar that healed after the flesh was torn repeatedly, and where it could be seen, it was covered with black as if it had been carbonized.

Moses saw only a little dimly, and could not help but be astonished.

He and Tahir have not seen each other for many years, and the last contact was a sudden letter from the high priest, saying that he would help him and his tribe escape from Egypt.

"What happened? Wait, I'll try to find a way to see if it can be cured..."

It seemed as if he wanted to help, but in fact he couldn't do it.Because Moses didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't dare to take the liberty to look at it.

This is just the fingertips, what about the other parts of the High Priest's covered body, after all, he didn't dare to touch him recklessly.

"No need."

Before Moses tried to heal what seemed to be a scalded and burnt wound with a spell, the subject stopped him aloud.

Just listening to the voice, the high priest's voice was still as cold and indifferent as Moses remembered, almost unchanged.

Also, his straight-to-the-top style of doing things hasn't changed.Even if the other option of separate attention is closely related to himself, he will not be distracted.

"It's getting late, if your clansmen have arrived at the agreed place, let's start now."

"But, you—"

"My business is not as urgent as it was when you were doing it."

Tahir interrupted Moses again.

What he said was the truth.

Moses, who wandered among the people for many years and deeply suffered from the sufferings of the people who were reduced to slaves, finally got the revelation of the God he believed in.

He will lead his people to flee Egypt, cross the Red Sea, reach the land across the sea, and rebuild their home in the holy land there.

The suffering people need him to rescue, but this decision is undoubtedly a kind of betrayal-the object of betrayal is Moses' most trusted brother, the current Pharaoh Ramses.

Although the righteous brother would definitely not refuse him if he asked directly, but that would inevitably make Ramses criticized by everyone.

After all, it is not a trivial matter to return a family of slaves to escape from the country, and it will harm the interests of the Egyptians, which will largely arouse public anger, cause social unrest, and affect the name of the pharaoh.

Moses was very troubled by this, and God would issue oracle to urge him from time to time, and he didn't know what to do to get the best of both worlds.

That is, at such a difficult time to make a choice, an unexpected letter came.

The high priest wrote concisely in his letter, only saying that he had foreseen this happening, and in order to minimize the impact, he was willing to help.

"But how can you hide it from others? Whether it involves you or affects Ramses, this is not what I want."

"Compared to the greater disaster, it's nothing more than a little storm after the fact."

Tahir remained calm throughout the whole process, as if all the consequences were under control.

At that time, Moses hadn't completely settled down, but after hearing his words again, the huge stone in his heart just landed firmly.

What Tahir said was: "Ramses also prefers to solve it in this way."

He mentioned Ramses, and his tone was still so sure that Moses acquiesced that this was the result of joint discussions between him and Pharaoh.

After all, even if other people didn't know about it, he, as Pharaoh's righteous brother, knew about it. The relationship between these two people was not as bad as it was rumored, on the contrary, their relationship was extremely deep.

They had discussed it in private, and it was very reasonable for Tahir to help according to Ramses' wishes, and it was something they really did.

The foreigners gathered at the gate of the city received a token from the high priest, and with this token, they could reach the coast without hindrance.After that, it was up to Moses.

In this plan, the only risk is that after they leave, the fact that the high priest let them go is very likely to be discovered.

But for Moses' worries, Tahir only said that there is no need to worry, he has a way to deal with it.

"……OK."

Now that this has been said, Moses has to feel relieved.

It's just that there is still a little bit of confusion. Even Ramses, who can understand his behavior the most, should hesitate before making a decision when he learns from Tahir that his behavior is completely equivalent to betrayal.

In reality, how did you respond so quickly?And there was Tahir.

How could the high priest, who had little contact with him and his people, pay the price of possible damage to his reputation so simply, and help foreigners who had nothing to do with him?

Even from a certain point of view, they can be said to be a "hostile" relationship.

And, inevitably, the focus has to go back to the hands of the high priest discovered at this time...

"Does it really matter?"

"Yes, please don't worry about me. If you have a psychological burden, you can understand it this way: everything I have done is not for you or your people."

The high priest spoke bluntly, trying to erase the hesitation in Moses' heart as much as possible.

He only heard him say coldly: "Where to go is up to you to decide. The reason why I made this choice is only for His Majesty Ramses."

"Ah, Ramses..."

Sure enough, it was because of Ramses.

Thinking that his righteous brother would be so tolerant in order to fulfill himself, and that the high priest who had a deep relationship with him was willing to help him regardless of the reason, Moses was moved, and he was also deeply moved by the "friendship" between the two.

He made up his mind that even if it was to accept this favor, he would lead his people to act in a low-key manner, and would never let the pharaoh and high priest who secretly helped him and others be implicated.

Therefore, the high priest concealed questions that he did not want to explain, and it was naturally inconvenient for Moses to ask them.

Just before parting, the high priest also said to him: "If your Excellency Moses wants to bid farewell to His Majesty, please don't say too much."

Moses believed that this was because Tahir didn't want Ramses to know that he seemed to be injured, and sighed in his heart, but he really didn't mention it when he saw Ramses.

As expected of someone who had colluded with the high priest in advance, Ramses acted as if he just knew about it and didn't discuss it with Tahir at all when he heard his farewell and words of gratitude.

Pharaoh frowned and pondered for a while, but he never stopped him, and asked him the route to leave. If there was anything he could do to help, he would try his best to help out of brotherhood.

"Thank you, Ramses."

Moses thought to himself, Ramses' acting skills are so natural, without any flaws, if he hadn't met Tahir first, he would think he really didn't know.

Thinking of Tahir, although the high priest asked him not to tell the Pharaoh about his injuries, Moses hesitated again and again, and decided to remind the Pharaoh tactfully.

—Only you, you must trust him.

——Because, he is the only person who will help you without asking why.

Restricted by the agreement, Moses could only say this, but he hoped from the bottom of his heart that one day Ramses would find out what Tahir had done to him, and he would be able to understand this deeply.

It was with such agitated emotions and feelings that Moses led his people on a journey to find the holy land on the far shore and never returned.

When parting the sea and away from Egypt, where he had lived for more than twenty years, the saint once looked back at the coast that had been left far behind, as if he could look straight at Thebes from this direction.

He left, and it seems that there is no need to worry too much about the relatives and friends who are still there.

As I said just now, as long as Ramses is surrounded by the high priest Tahir who will always support him, he will never suffer setbacks.

This is not what Moses asserted based on his own intuition alone.

But when he parted with the high priest, he saw such a firm determination from the back of the other party who was always lonely——

"..."

"That is, after the curse, the biggest crisis he was going to encounter disappeared."

On the edge of the coastline at one end, on the cliff facing the sea that seems to be separated by an invisible hand, the figure tightly wrapped in a gray robe stood here for a long time, until the elongated team in the sea gradually moved away, and then slowly issued this similar message. Moaning sound.

exhausted.

This word with heavy pressure is revealed from every word sound.

But it cannot be denied that this sigh has a long ending, and what can be captured from it is the "joy" that contradicts exhaustion.

It should not be surprising.

Shouldn't you be happy that the long-cherished wish that you have insisted on for many years has finally come true?

Of course, you have to be happy, and you have to be completely relieved.

The wind on the cliff blew over, although it failed to lift the hood of the person standing here, it lifted his clothes and long sleeves slightly upwards.

There are still "things" that shouldn't appear in him, showing a ferocious side without concealment.

It seems to be a scald and a burn, but in short, it is a carbonization-like scar that can only be left after encountering extremely high temperatures.

The skin that was originally crystal clear and jade-like was eroded like this, it was a waste of money.

It's really hard to imagine what it's like to be in other places like the clothes.

I don't know how long it took to accumulate such damage, but what is certain is that it must be unbearable for ordinary people... No, it should be almost impossible to endure the pain for a long time!

But this person who quietly looked into the distance here seemed to be unaware of the pain that burned his body all the time. Instead, in the shadow cast by the brim of his hat, the corners of his mouth finally slightly curled up after several years.

"...What are you laughing at? You've been looking like you're going to die these past few years, but you just laughed at this time, you're going to die, aren't you happy!"

There was an existence that saw what he had done for so many years and was furious for some reason. He couldn't bear to watch it any longer, and hissed and growled incongruously in his ears.

If Snake Staff could go back to the past, he would die of boredom and would not sign a contract with a stupid human named Tahir.

In these three years, which is not short for human beings, it has witnessed the whole process of a smart person with IQ, EQ, and planning, without changing his face, driving himself to a dead end that no one can pull back.

The idiot high priest drove himself to death regardless of the snake staff.

But this doesn't affect the fact that Snake Stick can be pissed off by him just by watching.

look what this guy did

——In order to lift the curse of Pharaoh's imp, he betrayed his original belief without saying a word, and was punished by God on the spot. It was lucky that he didn't die immediately.

——He completely disregarded his supposedly clean reputation, and used almost cruel means to get rid of all the ministers who had two hearts towards Pharaoh and who might affect Pharaoh's governance and power in the future.

——His courage became more and more bold in the end, and he even directly interfered with the "God's Punishment" that was bound to come!It saved Egypt from a catastrophic disaster.

I won't talk about the first two, the focus is on the latter.

That is "God's punishment"!Although it is called God's punishment before and after, it is completely different from the degree of backlash he suffered from betraying his faith.

When it comes to religion and religion, and the conflict between gods and gods, Snake Zhang is very taboo and unwilling to say more, but his speechlessness to Tahir is real.

It has followed him for more than three years, and it roughly knows how he came to make a deal with the "future" that should have happened.

It is nothing more than an equivalent substitution.

The opportunity for conversion lies in "betrayal", because the future he can see is only related to "betrayal".

Changing a "future" related to betrayal, according to the magnitude of the impact caused by the normal occurrence of this future, the cost of changing the future will be turned into a curse and returned to himself.

From the moment he discovered the truth, She Zhang said to Bai Skin Egg, why is this human being so courageous?

It's okay to be bold, he doesn't like anything, he doesn't want anything, and he doesn't want everything he has done to be known by that pharaoh kid. What exactly is he asking for?

Don't ask for nothing, it thinks that he is just tired of life and wants to die.

——Although it was kicked away by the white egg after saying this sentence, the snake stick still firmly believed that Tahir was looking for death.

When Tahir gradually became blind due to divine punishment, and his flesh and blood would be burned as long as he came into contact with the sun, Snake Zhang said, look, he won't live long.

When Tahir finished writing the letter to Moses and immediately started tidying up the things in his room, Snake Zhang said, look, before the oil runs out and the lamp dries up, he is looking for death again.

The most stupid and intelligent person in the world kept the pharaoh in the dark, who was the only one who should know all this, and kept it from the beginning to the end, preventing him from discovering the slightest clue.

Even if one day this idiot really died, the pharaoh and the kid rushed over to look for clues, but they still couldn't find it.

Because before that, the idiot found all the things that could restore the truth, or slightly, slightly reveal some of his inner voice, and burned them.

Perhaps it was an illusion, but the flame that burned countless things that day rose extremely fiercely.

What was burned were all the letters he had left with the Pharaoh over the past 20 years, the collection of poems of a certain Pharaoh that he had copied and copied many times, and other things related to the name "Ramesses"...

There is another thing in it, because the material is particularly inflammable, before it is destroyed by other means, it was held in the hand of the high priest and stagnated for a while.

His eyes had indeed lost their sight a long time ago, and he could still trace the outline of the thing with his fingers.

It should be...how many years ago?

The amulet of the god, which was carefully carved into the appearance of Horus, was not delivered to the real owner due to various concerns.

He kept it to this day.

Perhaps both the Snake Staff and Mejed, who was watching him silently, thought that there was only one thing that he would not have the heart to destroy.

But the truth is the opposite, after a little caressing, this idiot, idiot, idiot, single-minded guy smashed such an important thing to pieces!

The fragments are mixed with the ashes of the papyrus, and there is no trace of the past, and no one will find that the bottom of this amulet was once engraved with someone's name:

—May the light never go out, Ramesses.

……

"All right!"

"It's all right now! You're happy, and you're about to die, and I'm going to be free again! It's not that no one has persuaded you, who cares that you died outside in such a miserable way. First, your body was burned, and your soul escaped. Melting in the sun - fizz!"

Today's surprisingly noisy snake was halfway through its yelling, and was kicked away by a white figure rushing across.

When Tahir walked back slowly, as if he was tired from walking, he stopped slowly and leaned against a tree to rest, a snake spirit wrestled fiercely beside him.

Tahir knew that after leaving this time, he would never return to Thebes, and naturally he would not return to the temple.

Probably tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow?The "proof" deliberately left will be obvious to the world, letting everyone know that the chief high priest Tahir is a greedy and arrogant person who has hooked up with foreigners.

He blasphemed the gods, despised the Pharaoh, and tarnished the name of the Temple of Karnak. Everyone who knew him should cast aside him, and everyone who was close to him should be ashamed of him. Had a relationship.

... Fortunately, there are almost no people who can be regarded as "close" to him, and the only one who can't tolerate others to insult him.

The high priest sitting in the shade of the tree slowly lowered his eyes, and began to reflect on his preparations over the years.

Because of the rush of time, some things are indeed done too hastily, and they fall into the eyes of others, which is the excuse.

However, it doesn't matter.

What will become of his reputation, how people in this world and even future generations will evaluate him, these have nothing to do with him now.

As long as the only purpose is achieved.

She Zhang's scolding was heard.

Tahir thought, it’s not that no one has persuaded him, on the contrary, there are many people who have advised him not to do so.

The first time was in the tree hole post on the magical forum, an unknown person who had never met but felt close advised him:

[Although I don't know exactly what will happen, I can feel that you are going to do something quite - quite difficult.It will be very painful, and you will feel hopeless every step you take. Will you really not regret it? 】

At that time, if he felt something, he also had a premonition of what he was about to do.

So he replied: [I will not regret it.On the day when I took the initiative to walk into the darkness for the first time, I made this awareness. 】

【Oh...is that so? 】

The unknown person was a little disappointed, but seemed to be cheered up by it.

[As expected, I still don’t understand human emotions.right?Because I haven't experienced it, I can't help being a little envious... But!Come on, we must persevere! 】

Tahir never replied yes or no, but he did as he said, and he really stuck with it.

The second time was in front of the huge statue transformed by the evil god.

It should be the first and last time that he heard the voice that truly belonged to God.

The voice asked him if he had made up his mind.

——It is a merit to change the king of tomorrow to be eroded by a curse, and it is a sin to give up reverence and break idols without hesitation.

——The work and the crime can be offset, but only a very small part can be offset.

—The real fault lies with you.Your existence has caused Ramses' future to deviate.How heavy the punishment you will get, except for the part that betrays my favor, depends on how much your existence makes Ramses make a choice that deviates from the original track.

After all, God is just, and he does not just condemn foolish and ignorant human beings, but also wants to give him a chance:

As long as he gives up his life in this world to offset the current crimes, his soul can still go to the underworld, and enter the place of the gods that only the purest soul can enter.

For the already scarred human beings, God's mercy is a gift, and it is also the best path he can choose.

however.

——For your gift, the humble servant is very grateful, but if I just leave...

——What about Ramses, who still encounters setbacks in the future?

Under the gaze of God, such a humble human being showed no cowardly expression.

His eyes, which he could still see at that time, were extremely bright, with a fire that could not be extinguished for a while, as if the sunlight borrowed from the person behind him fell into it.

——God, please allow me to bear the guilt and live on, and take one more step, two more steps.

'Even a little more...'

'I also want to clear the way for him. '

Author has something to say: Dying, but Tahir isn't dead yet

Then, he made a devilish voice: Babes, although both of them will die tomorrow, I never said that Tahir died first