In the quiet wooden house, the king loudly announced his daughter's name. In the Nahua language, "Ilhuitl" means light, alluding to the sun in the sky. And "Tlacoatl" is "the long serpent of the rain god, the sacred serpent". The two names taken together are "the sun and the giant snake", that is, the "light snake".
Everyone in the room was silent for a moment before understanding the political meaning behind the name. The eyes of the doctors and priests soon showed deep envy. They looked at the daughter held up by the king, and then at the snake girl who looked in disbelief, and congratulated and blessed the king.
"Blessed by the Lord God! The sun god gives the divine princess, and he will also give the princess the appearance and health of the sun!..."
"Praise the Lord God! The divinity of the Rain God turns into a long snake on the seashore and guards the princess! She will rise on the snake, travel the East China Sea and the mountains, and control the vast sea and land!..."
"Master of the family! Blessed by the Lord God and protected by the ancestors! You have another sacred heir! ... and she is also a caring princess..."
"Haha! Hahaha!..."
Shuluo laughed heartily. Among the congratulations from everyone, it was the words of the captain of the guard, Ekart, that suited his heart the most. He smiled and nodded to everyone, then touched his daughter's wrinkled little face, and then, amid the child's powerful cry, he handed his daughter to the priest of the Goddess of Spring who was looking after him. It was only then that he looked at the weak and nervous snake girl Miawa, nodded slightly, and reached out to touch the woman's cheek.
"Miawa, take good care of yourself! Don't work too hard, don't think too much, take care of your body and take good care of our children!..."
"Yes! Your Highness!...I, I wanted to give birth to a baby for you..."
Miawa's weak voice was trembling, even inexplicably aggrieved. Shulot raised his brows, glanced at the healthy and lively daughter next to him, and interrupted the woman before Miava could finish her words.
"Yes. As the Lord God testifies, my daughter is very good! This is our daughter, I like her very much! You have to take good care of her! Do you understand?..."
Seeing the sharp and serious eyes of the king, the snake girl Miava was startled, lowered her smooth neck, and nodded obediently.
"I obey you! My Highness..."
The rising of the sun brings new life. But under the clear sunshine on the seaside, in the smooth Golden Bay City, there is a "wise" messenger whose mood is neither clear nor smooth at all. He is guarding the main temple like a cage, unable to sit still at all times. install.
"Hey! Lord God! It's been seven or eight days! Why hasn't His Highness Shulot met me yet?... We agreed to meet today, but why was it canceled at the last minute? Could it be... Could it be!... His Highness is very dissatisfied with me? You don’t even want to give me a chance to meet?!”
"Ah! If I can't see His Highness, what will happen to me, what will happen to me with this well-thought-out excuse, and the surrender of Priest Papu... What should I do? What should I do!... Tilandidan's two children are still in the kingdom. In my hands, I don’t know if it was sent to the Alliance!…”
Mayan businessman Tikalo was worried, stroking his wise bald head, and looked anxiously at the entrance of the courtyard guarded by red-haired warriors. He stared for a moment, stood up on tiptoes, and tried his best to look outside through the high skylights on both sides, but he couldn't see anyone. After looking back and forth like this for a while, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and came to the door of the courtyard, with a shy face and said with a smile in unskilled Guaquili.
"Two respected warriors! The Lord God protects you! I... want to go out and communicate with the filth deep in the earth..."
"What? What do you want to do?"
The two Guakili warriors guarding the gate looked puzzled. They looked at Maya's bald head running back and forth, wondering what the other person was talking about.
"Uh... I said, I want to go to the toilet..."
"What! Do you want to squat?"
A Guakili warrior was startled, stretched out his hand, pointed at the barrel in the corner of the courtyard, and replied carelessly.
"Isn't that a wooden barrel? You go and squat there! Hold on tight, someone will come over to change the barrel in the morning, just once a day, and it's time to have breakfast..."
"Uh... cough! This respected red-haired warrior... um... I can't get out here. I want to go to the toilet in the temple outside..."
The newly built toilets and strict hygiene laws in various Totonac city-states and temples were one of the new policies brought about by the kingdom's conquest.
"Huh? You don't need to be in a separate pit, but you have to be crowded with others in a lively way?"
The Guakili warrior looked at Maya's bald head in confusion, as if looking at a fool. He thought for a moment and shook his head firmly.
"No! There is an order from above that you are not allowed to leave the yard! Unless the Chief of Death summons you!..."
"Uh... Dear red-haired warrior, please be accommodating! It's been seven or eight days... This is an old habit of mine. I'm really not used to being alone!..."
Mayan businessman Tikalo's eyes flashed. He was eager to know the news from the outside world and His Highness's arrangements for him, so that he could think of a response in advance. And the priests of the main god in the temple are his best sources of information! The local priests of Totonak are much easier to deal with than these barbarians of the wasteland who have no knowledge of anything. And if a smart person like him is kept locked up and thinking nonsense, sooner or later he will drive himself crazy.
"Ahem! Dear red-haired warrior, I have two small items that I want to present to the priest of the main god... Well, I ask you to pass them on for me..."
Tikalo thought for a moment, reached into his arms, quietly took out two small jade ornaments, and stuffed them into the hands of the two gatekeepers. Then he said with a smile on his face.
"Please take care of me and be a little accommodating..."
"Eh? Lord God! This slippery feel...is it made of jade? Valuable jade?!"
The two red-haired Guakili warriors held the jade ornaments in their hands and looked at each other for a while, with some changes in their eyes.
"Yes! It's Mayan jade from the east. It can be exchanged for a lot of...um...cloth and pottery!..."
Mayan businessman Ti Carlo looked at the two red-haired warriors with a smile on his face and asked softly.
"God bless you! Two respected warriors, these two pieces of jade ornaments...are my thoughts, not my respect!..."
"..."
The two red-haired warriors looked at each other for a moment, their eyes flashing. They hesitated for a while and whispered a few words in the dialect of the wasteland.
"…what do you think?"
"Take it! It's the same in the wasteland anyway, it's no big deal."
"Uh, that's okay...then let's do it!..."
The two chatted for a while, then nodded understandingly and accepted Ti Carlo's bribe. Seeing this scene, the smile on Ti Carlo's face became even brighter. He walked lightly and was about to walk out the door, but was caught by two warriors!
"You, go out the door, what are you going to do?!"
"Uh!...This? Me?! Didn't you already agree?..."
"What do you agree to?...Oh, you mean that? Okay!"
The two red-haired Guakili warriors smiled naively, pointed to the corner of the courtyard, and spoke seriously. After hearing a few words, Ti Carlo felt dizzy and almost fell down in shock.
"Witness the Lord God! We are not as particular as your southern tribes. We don't need to carry any wooden barrels... Aren't you used to being alone? Come on, let's squat with you, one on the left and the other on the right!..."
"Ah! This! You? You!...Cunning! Hateful! Simply evil!..."
While the three of them were talking, a clear bell suddenly rang from the main temple outside. The sound of the bell drifted away like flying feathers, and then became more and more urgent, until it was the ear-splitting bone trumpet sound! The long leather horn blew out a melodious and melodious tune, resounding throughout the Golden Bay Temple and the city-state. And if people who are familiar with rituals listen carefully, they can clearly hear that this is the beginning of the formal ritual to worship the gods!
"Woo! Woo! Woo!..."
"Praise the Lord God! All the priests of the Lord God, come to the main hall to gather! Hurry!..."
Shouts in Mexica and Totonac echoed throughout the temple of the main god. Soon, dozens of chief priests from various tribes gathered in the main hall of the temple. Then, Yin Muyu, a second-level priest who was born in Jinwan City, held the snake-headed inheritance scepter and shouted with joy, his voice as loud as a trumpet.
"Praise the supreme God! Praise the bright sun! Praise the sacred serpent!..."
"Our most revered Death Temple, the most supreme King of the West, has just given birth to a sacred eldest princess! She is also the daughter of the Chief Snake Mother, a blessed daughter with the blood of the sun and the divine snake flowing at the same time! ... "
"The sun shines on the seashore, and the divine snake coils around the coast. The fusion of the sun and the divine snake is the queen who is destined to unify the seaside land in the myths and legends of the seaside tribes!... Come! Let us recite the Ali Sutra and prepare for the future. The eldest princess of the seaside, sincerely pray loudly for the hope of our seaside tribes!... The Lord God bless you! Praise the bright sun! Praise the sacred giant snake!..."
In the temple, upon hearing such good news, dozens of priests from various tribes in Totonak suddenly showed ecstasy from the bottom of their hearts on their faces. In this era, the power of myths and legends is so deeply rooted in people's hearts. And where people's hearts aspire is real domination and power!
At this moment, the priests from all the seaside tribes shouted and danced like crazy, not only for the descendants of the gods predicted in the legend, for the hope of the seaside tribes, but also for their own bright future!
"Blessed by the Lord God! Praise to the Lord of Death! Praise to the sun and the giant snake!...Praise to the blessed daughter of God, the hope of the seaside tribes!..."
