The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
While Atahualpa was reunited with his family, Petya came over and said to the Inca king, "Mr. Atahualpa, there is a young man who wants to see you."
Atahualpa wondered who would come to see him at this time. He said to Pietro, "I was reunited with my family, missing."
However, after a while, Petya came over and said to the Inca King, "That young man insists on seeing you. He said he can wait."
Atahualpa said, "Then let him wait."
The Inca King met with his family and took them to the various rooms in the courtyard, and assigned rooms to the queen and concubines. This was the first time he had done this, because someone had always done this for him, so he didn't have to worry about it at all. However, right now, he doesn't even have a helper, so he has to do it himself.
He began to allocate rooms to the concubines. Because there were many people and few rooms, he let two or three concubines live in a room, and arranged the best room for Queen Anna and her children. After making arrangements for the queen and the child, he said to the queen Anna Maya, "At night, I will take you and the child to sleep with me."
When he came out of the queen's room and walked past the courtyard door towards his own room, he heard someone shouting, "Your Majesty, my supreme king." The voice was so familiar that he couldn't help but be surprised and felt. Who do you think this is? He turned his head and looked towards the courtyard gate, and saw a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, prostrating himself towards him. He immediately shouted towards him, "Haya, is that you?"
"Your Majesty, it's me." The man continued to kneel to the King.
Atahualpa said, "Haya, come here quickly."
The young man stood up, crossed the threshold of the courtyard gate, and ran towards the king. When he came to the king, he flopped down on the ground and began to pay homage to the king.
The king took Haya into the living room, sat down on the chair, and said to Haya, "Where did you come from? I need you just now."
Haya continued to kneel on the ground and said, "On the afternoon when the king led 80,000 troops to Plaza de Armas to intimidate the Spaniards, I was staying in the palace, hoping that the king would capture all the big white men one by one. But not long after, a local prince came to the palace to report that the Spaniards had set up an ambush near the square and had hidden the rideable mythical beast in the woods, and told the Inca King not to go. Adventure. After hearing the news, I took the prince and ran all the way to find the king. However, before the two of us reached the square, we saw soldiers knocking down the wall of the square, and then, over the wall, they headed towards The people fled in all directions in the valley. We stopped an Inca officer and asked where the king was. The officer said that the king had been captured alive by the Spaniards. At this time, I saw the Spaniards riding mythical beasts over the wall and chasing the Incas with their long swords. The soldier and the prince hurriedly ran towards the castle not far from the square. The prince who guarded the castle happened to know the two of us, so he let us enter the castle, and then closed the stone door of the castle. We then went up to the top of the castle and saw the tragic scene of the Spanish chasing down the Inca soldiers in the afterglow of the setting sun. We felt that the Inca army was completely finished. It was not until late at night and there was no movement in the square that we finally I came out of the castle and ran to the prince's house to hide. Early the next morning, I saw Spanish soldiers arresting people everywhere, so the prince asked his family to run to the countryside to hide. However, I was thinking about the king. , so I stayed to inquire about the king’s news.”
Haya kept talking, "In order to make a living, I worked as a slave for a Spanish soldier, grazing and farming for him every day, and sometimes building him a house. From the Spanish soldier, I heard that the king was imprisoned. In that stone room in the barracks, and that room was guarded by dozens of Spaniards every day. I thought I would never see the king again. However, this morning, I heard the Spanish soldier say that the Inca King had An agreement was signed with the Spanish Marquis to exchange gold for freedom, and the king has been sent to the temple to live with his family. Then I ran over to see the king."
The king was still a little moved when he listened to Haya's narration. He kept saying, "Very good, very good. Now I need you to contact the princes and ministers for me and ask them to lead people to collect gold and silver from all over the country." .When enough gold and silver are collected, the Spaniards will release me, and I will still be the Inca King by then."
Haya nodded quickly and said, "But those princes were scared away by the Spanish. I don't know where they went."
The Inca King sighed, thought for a moment, and said, "How about you first go to the prince's residential area to inquire, then go to Bambamarca and tell the generals and princes about my current situation there. Talk about it, maybe they can think of a solution."
Haya said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will go now."
The king said emphatically, "Tell them that the situation is urgent, because the Spaniards want us to fill that room with gold within two months, otherwise they will declare the agreement invalid."
Haya said, "Yes, my great king."
When the king saw Haya wearing torn and dirty clothes, he said to him, "Why don't you change your clothes?"
Haya said, "It's an emergency, so I won't change it."
The king said earnestly, "Okay, go and come back quickly."
A few days later, some princes came to the Inca Council Room in the small courtyard of the temple to report to the King. In this way, the king was no longer lonely and bored, and began to discuss with the princes where to collect gold and silver.
This morning, there was another major event in the city of Cajamarca. The local church was repaired. This was not a big deal to the local Indians, but it was a major event to the Spaniards.
The local bishop, Father Vicente de Valverde, came to the barracks to invite Francisco Pizarro to the church to say mass. Pizarro readily agreed and said to the bishop, "I heard that the church has been renovated, but I haven't had time to go and see it. There is a mass in the church today. I think since we want the Inca King to convert to Christ, we must give him edification. Instruction, let him see more of our churches and believers, and also go to Mass with us. There is a saying in Spain: If you want to conquer others, you must first conquer their hearts. So, I think we should take Atta Valpa and his princes went to the church to say mass."
The bishop, Father Vicente de Valverde, felt that what Pizarro said was reasonable, so he said, "You can let him educate you, but this guy may be resistant."
Pizarro said, "There will definitely be resistance because they believe in the sun god. However, as long as he is influenced, he will slowly change."
The bishop said, "Okay, let him edify me."
Pizarro said to Hernando next to him, "Now take some people to decorate the church, and then inform those soldiers who are not on duty to put on solemn and neat suits and arrive at the church on time at ten o'clock in the morning. Let’s say Mass. Since we are going to take the Inca King there, we must make the activities and ceremonies solemn and grand.” After that, he took his secretary Robert and the translator Martin to the Sun God Temple to visit and invite the Inca King. Attend mass in church.
After the Inca King signed the agreement with Pizarro in exchange for freedom in gold, Atahualpa was moved from the military camp cell to the Temple of the Sun behind the Plaza de Armas. The temple is not far from the military camp next to the square, so the three of them rode a few steps to the door of the temple. The temple is under a towering old tree. The front door is not spacious, with only a small small door. In front of the door stood the duty officer, Second Lieutenant Petya, and six Spanish soldiers with loaded guns. Seeing the commander coming, they immediately saluted, then came over and tied the horses next to the tree.
Pizarro, led by Peter, entered the temple. This temple is not very big, with a house built in the middle. Moreover, as soon as they entered the small courtyard, there were six armed Spaniards standing guard, and the open spaces and corners around the small courtyard were closely guarded by sentries walking back and forth. There are several neat houses in the middle of the small courtyard. Facing the main entrance of the small courtyard is a relatively large house. It was originally a hall for priests to worship, but now it is a conference room where Atahualpa summoned princes and ministers. Other houses were occupied by his concubines and children.
There are two princes guarding the door of the main meeting room in the small courtyard. Seeing the Marquis of Spain coming with someone, the prince guarding the door saluted and blocked the visitor, saying that the Inca King was attending the morning meeting and asked them to wait outside the door. Pizarro usually required the soldiers guarding him to abide by and respect the living habits of the Inca king, so he also had to take the lead. So, the three of them sat on a stone bench in the open space of the small courtyard and waited for the Inca King to retire.
After a while, a little tabby cat ran out of a small house in the courtyard, and then a girl about four years old chased out of the house and caught the little tabby cat. The girl was very lively and cute, playing with the little cat. Robert liked the girl very much, so he walked over and talked to the girl. Although the girl didn't understand what he said, she seemed to be very fond of Robert and let him play with the little cat with her. When Robert saw that the girl was very cute, he couldn't help but hold the girl in his arms, took out a colored pen and a piece of paper from his pocket, and taught the girl to draw. Because the Incas did not have writing, they were very curious about colored pens and paper. But the girl was smart and quick, and she quickly used a paintbrush to draw a little cat according to Robert's teachings.
At this time, a young woman came out of the hut just now, calling "Kaya" and walking towards the girl. Robert raised his head and looked at the woman who came over. This glance made him instantly out of his mind and stunned. He had never seen such a beautiful woman. Her body was light and her walk was ethereal, as if she were walking from fairyland. Her appearance is so beautiful, and her beauty is so dignified and mysterious, conveying the charm of a young woman that makes people yearn for and be obsessed with.
Although she was only wearing an ordinary light red cloth, I don't know whether it was her clothes that made her look so attractive, or whether it was the clothes that made her so wonderful. Perhaps, a young and beautiful woman like her would look very graceful and lovely no matter what kind of clothes she wears. However, her beautiful, lake-like eyes revealed a deep melancholy.
He kept staring and looking up at her with this frightening gaze, and she was also shocked by his direct and burning gaze. The two looked at each other for a very brief moment, but the woman immediately realized that she was a little embarrassed, so she stopped in front of Robert, bowed to him, smiled with a red face, and then said to the girl , "Kaya, let's go back to the house."
However, the girl raised the painting in her hand in the air and said, "Mom, look."
But the woman didn't look at it at all, and said in a commanding tone, "Let's go back."
Robert wanted to introduce himself to the woman, but when she saw that she had no intention of getting to know him, he handed the girl from his arms and said, "You are such a cute kid."
The woman just nodded to him and led the child back to the house. Originally, Robert wanted to wait for the woman to turn towards him when entering the room so that he could take another look at her, but the woman did not give him such a chance at all.
While Robert was in a daze, Pizarro teased from the side, "What, did you take away his soul?"
Robert blushed in embarrassment and said, "This woman is so beautiful. With this woman by my side in this life, I will be happy even if I am locked up here every day. Alas, Atahualpa is so beautiful." So blessed.”
Pizarro asked Robert, "Do you know who this woman is?"
Robert shook his head and said, "Isn't she Atahualpa's concubine?"
The second lieutenant Petya on duty said, "She is the queen of the Inca king."
Martin on the side interjected, "She is the most beloved daughter of the late King Huayna Capac, Queen Ana Maya, who is called the goddess of wisdom by the Incas."
Robert suddenly realized it and said, "No wonder it is so beautiful."
Everyone waited for a long time, but the Inca king's morning dynasty had not yet ended. Pizarro couldn't help but become a little anxious, because the mass in the church was about to begin. So, he walked to the big house and asked the gatekeeper, "How long do we have to wait?"
The gatekeepers understood what he meant, but they still signaled that he had not finished his morning service and asked him to continue waiting. Pizarro was annoyed, pushed the gatekeeper aside, and broke in with his secretary, translator and bailiff.
