Stars shine in the night sky, and bonfires light up the earth. In the military camp where they were stationed, Battalion Commander Pimon summoned dozens of personal guards and held a welcome dinner for the Kingdom expedition team that came from afar.
The big basin of black bean puree is enough, and the baskets of corn tortillas are enough. In addition, there are abundant tropical fruits, delicious fish soup with spices, and a special treat for the leaders, a fragrant roasted deer.
Everyone ate large pieces of cake and drank large gulps of soup. They were so happy. Pimen told the story of His Majesty's invincibility since the Eastern Expedition. Puap also boasted about what he had seen while exploring the northern continent. The two were so excited that they talked all over the world. After drinking a jar of fruit wine, they became drunk and started singing songs from their hometown.
"Oh, oh, oh! The Mother Goddess in the water, He is the mother of the lake!
His milk fell and multiplied delicious fish in the vast Lake Patzcuaro~..."
"Oh oh oh! The Mother Goddess in the water, He is the Mother of the sky!
Wandering alone in the silence, looking for the flying child, until dawn~..."
"Oh oh oh! O goddess of the waters, mother of the Prepecha people!
He makes no distinction and does not care what the children look like, no matter where they are~..."
The two of them sang until this point, and their cheerful singing echoed in the military camp. All the Prepecha warriors smiled sincerely, and even the old militiamen who had been silent all this time were smiling. Everyone responded loudly and sang the song they remembered by Lake Patzcuaro.
"...Oh oh oh oh! That is the light of the Mother Goddess, shining on our feet, shining on our faces. She is our mother, no matter how we are! Sweat, dust, or blood ~"
The simple yet gracious banquet reached its climax. Pi Meng stood up drunkenly, waved his hands cheerfully, and shouted loudly.
"Bring them here, bring them all! Warriors, two each! Two captains, four each!...I, Pimon, will treat you, I will definitely take care of enough!"
Before he finished speaking, a group of graceful Tlaxcala ladies were brought in by the bodyguards, topless. The small wooden barracks was immediately filled to the brim. The swaying female aura hit their faces, making the young warriors with strong energy straighten their eyes and react instantly.
Seeing this, Pi Meng laughed "haha". He stretched out his big hand, gave a perfect demonstration, and shouted again.
"Come, eagles of Prepecha! Stretch out your sharp claws, grab the noble ladies of the snake descendants, spread your wings and sing to your heart's content on their smooth bodies!..."
"Phew! This is killing me..."
After a while, the veteran militiaman Chihuaco struggled out of the barracks, looked at the stars in the sky, and sighed quietly. He turned sideways, looked at the bonfire with swaying figures, listened to the passionate and rapid cry of the eagle, and shook his head helplessly.
"I can't recruit you, I really can't recruit you! It's better to escape as soon as possible..."
The old militiamen walked slowly and leisurely through the noisy military camp, walked through the silent market town, stepped on the stars in the water, and boarded the long ship for the long journey. His eyes became deep, looking at the boundless bright night sky, like an old goat looking up alone.
However, in this day and age, there are no goats. Chihuaco looked around the bow and saw only the young Dark Snake huddled in the corner of the deck. The dark snake was wearing a sailor's short robe, hugging his legs, raising his head, and looking at the stars in the sky. Well, like a little snake curled up and raising its head.
Chihuaco was silent for a while, straightened his clothes, and sat next to Dark Snake. Dark Snake shrank nervously, and then relaxed a little until he saw the appearance of the person coming clearly. He could keenly feel that the old captain opposite was a trustworthy person.
"Perhaps, he is the only one who can be trusted on the entire ship..."
"have you eaten?"
Chihuaco spoke softly, keeping his eyes on the sky. The Milky Way on the tropical plateau is so prosperous that thousands of stars can be seen, even more than people on the ground.
"have eaten."
Dark Snake replied in a low voice. He has been unwilling to go ashore, and he has not dared to go ashore. Fortunately, the old captain acquiesced to him and stayed on the ship.
"what did you eat?"
"Eat the cake."
The conversation came to an end. Neither of the two people, one old and one young, spoke. After a while, Chihuaco stood up, took out two clay pots from the cabin, filled them with fruit wine, and sat back down. According to His Majesty's instructions, the Kingdom's expedition fleet has been carrying a large amount of light wine to replace fresh water.
"Drink."
"Um."
Dark Snake took a sip of wine and quickly blushed on his face. He tilted his head and looked at Chihuaco carefully. The other party looked at the starry sky, his old face slightly drunk, as if he was muttering something in a low voice. Seeing this, Dark Snake moved a little closer, and then he could barely hear clearly.
"Blind gods!... When a deer puts on wolf skin, it really becomes a wolf and eats people..."
"Are these still the warriors of Repecha?... In the old kingdom, the lords were also cruel to the common people who were like weeds, but in fact they were just deer eating grass... Now, after they followed the Mexica, It's different from before, even the bones have changed, and the eyes are glowing red..."
"Ha! I can understand their words and recognize their faces clearly, but I always feel like they are fierce Mexica... In this kingdom, there are more and more Mexica at heart!... .are all wolves.”
"It's great to be a wolf! There are wolves everywhere in this world. Either I eat you, or you eat me. Eating others is naturally better than being eaten!... But, I don't want to be a wolf..."
"?...Wolf? Eat?..."
Dark Snake opened his eyes wide and listened hard. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand the old militiaman's dialect and could only feel the other party's emotions. Well, this feeling is like a star, high and far away, empty and still shining.
"Um...do you want to listen to some music?"
"Um?"
Hearing this, Chihuaco was stunned. He drank wine, his face flushed, turned his head, looked at the young man for a while, and then asked curiously.
"What song is it?"
"The song of the stars. It was sung by the priests of the Holy City. It's very nice. It's a very old song. I heard it when I was a child and remember it."
Dark Snake pursed his lips, memories showing on his face. The holy city he mentioned naturally refers to the city of Cholula.
"This song talks about a star, the origin star... A year in the solar calendar has 365 days, which is the cycle of the sun. A year in the sacred calendar has 260 days. In fact, this is also a star The cycle of a star. It’s just that that star suddenly disappeared a long, long time ago.”
"..."
The old militiaman didn't understand what Dark Snake said. He just looked at the young man's serious face for a while, smiled and nodded.
"good!"
Dark Snake cleared his throat, looked at the position between Mars and Jupiter in the night sky, and sang leisurely.
"...You are the origin of the gods, floating in the desolate and ancient star realm for 37 million years...."
Thirty-seven million years? How much is this? The old militiaman thought about it for a moment, but he couldn't figure it out and didn't care. He just listened quietly, drinking and smiling.
"...The jaguar of the astral realm, stepping on the footsteps of the wind. He came to the boundless river, the tree of life, and sat on the withered treetops, looking at the star of origin...like a seed."
In Mayan mythology, the Milky Way is a sacred tree of life. The stars of the Milky Way are located in different corners of the tree. The Astral Jaguar is one of the four gods of creation in Mayan records. In astronomy, it represents Mars. The position of the origin star in the poem is opposite to Mars.
The city of Cholula has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, and many of their myths, like the Mayans, originated from the ancient Olmec era.
"The seeds sprouted in the sea of stars and gave birth to the gods in the sky... The star world is a beautiful garden, and the gods walk under the trees. Everything is so beautiful... until the darkness of death rushes from the deep shadows like It was the lightning falling from the sky that shattered the homes of the gods!"
When Dark Snake sang this, tears flowed from his eyes for some unknown reason. There were tears on his face, and there was sadness in his singing.
"...All things collapsed, the sacred tree overturned. The star of origin fell, the gods died in the darkness, and the floods surged across the stars!..."
"Many years later, the remaining people built tall towers. They prayed, they offered sacrifices, and they waited on the earth for the return of the gods~"
Chihuaco pursed his lips and his eyes softened. He didn't know what the boy was singing, he didn't know the origin of the stars, and he didn't care about the shocking secrets that might be hidden in this poem.
"Phew! He is also a miserable child."
The old militiaman sighed. He could understand the boy's thoughts. It was a time when wolves were swarming, a foreign noble, even a descendant of a god, who lost his home, his relatives, all his status, and became a humble captive.
After the a cappella song, the boat was silent again, except for the rushing water. An old man and a young man sat close together and said nothing. They look at the Milky Way in the sky and think of someone far away. Their thoughts are far away, but their hearts are very close.
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