The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Robert was thinking as he rode on horseback, and came to the gate of the military camp, where he happened to meet Peter. When Peter saw that Robert looked wrong, he said, "What, Juan bullied you again?"
Robert let out a long sigh and told Peter what happened when he met Juan just now.
Peterya cursed angrily, "Damn, this is too bullying. We risked our lives to follow the brothers here, not to be bullied by them. No, I have to report this to the Marquis. "
Robert immediately said, "Don't tell the Marquis. He is very busy these days. He sits in the office thinking about problems all day long and is not in a good mood."
Peterya said, "We can't keep doing this. Let others bully us like this all day long. How can we live our lives?"
Robert smiled wryly at himself and said, "Nothing, compared to the Inca King, who am I?"
Peterya also smiled and said, "That's right." Then he said, "Don't you think it's strange? A few nights ago, shortly after it got dark, a meteor streaked across the sky from a distance and fell slowly in the sky. In the dark Andes. Just then, Atahualpa came out of the meeting room. The soldiers heard that he could understand the sky, so they pointed to the scene in front of him and showed him. When he saw it, he screamed, "The sky will be destroyed." King, my life is at an end. The soldiers were puzzled and asked what this has to do with your life. He said pessimistically that before his father, King Wayna Capac, died, this kind of thing appeared in the sky. The same scene. This is a bad omen that God is going to kill the Inca King!"
When Robert heard this, he felt that the Inca people were really miraculous in some places. They could see signs of their own disasters through celestial phenomena. However, he could not tell Petera that the Inca king would definitely die because of this. Once the word gets out, it will cause great panic and confusion among the Inca people. He asked, "How is Queen Anna doing these days? How does she react to this?"
Petya said, "She still seems to be like that. I heard that she was severely punished by King Inca a few days ago, and she stayed in the house all day and refused to come out."
Robert said, "She is so pitiful."
Petya said, "There is no way, she is destined to be like this. She is a queen and cannot help herself. Even if she really loves you, she cannot marry you." Then, he added, "Actually, Chichnina is really good. , after she saw you that time, she has been very attracted to you and often asks me about you. Otherwise, you should marry her. "
Robert smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "But I only have Queen Anna in my heart."
Peterya sighed and said, "You are really going to the dark side, you are so stubborn." After saying that, he broke up with Robert.
Robert entered the military camp and prepared to find some people to clean up the house for Almagro's officers and soldiers, because the Marquis of Pizarro said that they would be able to arrive in Cajamarca in two or three days. As soon as he entered the military camp, he saw Martin coming to him on horseback and said, "Mr. Secretary, go back quickly. The Marquis is looking for you in an emergency."
When Robert arrived at the headquarters, Pizarro was looking at the map drawn by the bishop. When he saw Robert coming back, he said to him, "Almagro has sent people to explain. They can bring people to Cajamarca at noon. Once their people arrive, the people on both sides are not familiar with each other. In addition, the treasury and the Inca King's place are easy to be hijacked, so you immediately draft an order. Starting from tomorrow, no one is allowed to leave the military camp without permission from the headquarters, and no one is allowed to ride out privately. In the past, we did not have enough people and horses, and could not set up sentries at urban intersections. From tomorrow, we have more people and horses, and all Guards must be set up at urban intersections, and anyone entering or leaving the military camp must be strictly inspected."
When Robert heard this, his heart immediately started to flutter, and he felt like an overwhelming dark cloud was rolling towards him. Of course he knew that if this order was implemented, it would be almost impossible for him to take Queen Anna away from home. So, he thought that if he really took the queen away, he must do it before this order was implemented, which meant that it was best to do it tonight, because by tomorrow, he would not be able to leave anyway.
So, he said to Pizarro, "I'd better go back to my room and write, that way it will be quieter."
Pizarro nodded and said, "Hurry up, there will be a meeting of officers at night to make announcements and arrangements."
Robert said, "No problem." and hurried back to his room.
His room is just to the left of the headquarters office, and on the other side is the room of translator Martin. Pizarro's room is on the right side of the headquarters office. Because he and Martin are figures that Pizarro can't live without at all times and must be on call. The room is about thirteen or four square meters. There is a single bed, a wooden box, a small table and two small stools. He usually writes while leaning on the small table.
However, when he returned to the house, he did not want to write anything. Instead, he closed the door, lit the oil lamp, found a large leather bag from the wooden box, then lifted up the sheets and pulled the large wooden box out from under the bed. He opened the lock of the wooden chest, which was filled with gold and precious stones. This was because the Marquis of Pizarro secretly hid the gold items and treasures he usually paid and robbed with him and asked him to keep them on his behalf. If these things were in Spain, even if we lived in splendor and wealth for several lifetimes, we would never be able to use them up. However, the leather bag is not big enough to hold so many gold objects and gems. He had no choice but to put the most precious and exquisite gold objects and gems into his leather bag.
By the time he filled the suitcase, it was already afternoon. At this time, he was sitting at the table and hurriedly writing more than half a piece of paper. Then he suddenly remembered that he should get the map from the Marquis' office so that he could use it when he left. So, he came to the headquarters and saw Pizarro still sitting at the table, smoking a cigarette. He entered the room and said to Pizarro, "Mr. Marquis, let me take a look at your map."
Pizarro looked a little strange and said, "Why are you looking at the map?"
"I wanted to see the geographical distribution of the Inca kingdom," Rolbert said.
Pizarro did not agree, but asked him, "Has the order been drafted?"
Robert said, "Soon." He picked up the map on the table and went out.
Returning to the house, he remembered that he should prepare casual clothes for himself, because he could not walk around in the Inca Kingdom wearing Spanish military uniforms. So he borrowed some clothes from the locals who were cooking in the military camp.
Before you know it, the sun is going to set. He thought he had to leave the barracks before dark, because once it was dark, if he took so many things out of the barracks, he would be easily discovered and suspected by the sentries. So, he carried the black leather bag filled with gold and gems, went to the horse house, and asked the Indians who were watching the horses to lead his horse out. He put his leather bag on the horse, jumped on the horse, and walked calmly outside the military camp.
When he arrived at the gate of the military camp, the sentry on guard asked him, "Where are you going? Why are you carrying such a big leather bag?"
He smiled mysteriously at the sentry and said, "Bring some tobacco and food to visit someone."
The sentry smiled and said, "Visiting your father-in-law?" Because the soldiers all knew that he didn't even have a woman, because when allocating women, the Marquis specially selected a young and beautiful woman for him to be by his side and take care of him. However, he resolutely refused, saying that his women must love each other and not be assigned. Therefore, the soldiers laughed at him as a gentleman.
Robert nodded at the sentry and quickly walked out of the door. Robert came to the cypress forest in front of the temple. It was still bright, so he could only hide in the forest alone and wait for darkness.
Finally, it got dark, but Queen Anna had not come out yet. He was afraid that if it was too late, the Marquis would send someone to find him, so he tied the horse in the forest, put the leather bag in a dark place, and went straight to the temple gate. forward. A soldier named Gomedon saw him coming and said to him, "Petya has been called to the military camp for a meeting."
This made him feel a little embarrassed. Why was it that everything he did was so unsatisfactory? This made him worry about whether he could successfully escape tonight. But he still had the courage to say to Gomedon, "Please help me send a message to Queen Anna, saying that I am waiting to see her outside the door."
When Gomedon saw that the Marquis' secretary asked him to deliver a message, there was no way he could disobey, so he immediately went into the temple to deliver the message.
Robert returned to the forest and waited for the princess while looking towards the entrance of the temple. After a while, when it got dark, I saw a familiar figure flashing from the door of the temple and entering the dark forest.
When Queen Anna came to him, he didn't even have any more words, he just said, "Hurry up and get on your horse. Let's leave here now."
Queen Anna was startled and said, "Where are you going?"
Robert said, "Go away and leave this place forever."
Queen Anna seemed a little caught off guard and said, "But nothing has been arranged."
Robert said, "What time has it been? Why do you still care so much?"
Queen Anna thought for a moment and then said, "The child hasn't been brought out yet."
Robert said, "The child will be taken care of."
Queen Anna still seemed very hesitant and said, "Don't say hello to the king? I think he is very pitiful now."
"He brought it on himself," Rolbert said.
But Queen Anna explained for Atahualpa, "That day, after I told him that you had a strong reinforcement that would arrive here soon, he felt very frightened and said that swarms of locusts were flying here, here. There will be a disaster. At night, he came to my room and said to me, maybe the Spaniards really won't let him out. I asked him how he changed his mind. He said that the more people you come, the better. He is no longer needed, because you can have enough troops to deal with the Inca army. Within two days, a meteor crash occurred, and he really felt that his days were numbered."
Roberto nodded and said, "Yes, my princess, the Inca King's days are indeed numbered. Almagma will lead more than 200 people here tomorrow. Once the reinforcements arrive, we will collect the gold." If they are divided, the Inca King will be executed immediately, because they are eager to march to the capital city of Cusco to find more gold there, and will not let the Inca King hold them back. This is what the Marquis said to me personally. "
Queen Anna said, "No wonder the king told me that the gold in the stone house was full. He also asked the Marquis to let him out, but the Marquis refused to come to see him."
Robert said, "The Marquis said that you can abide by the signed agreement, or you don't have to abide by it. But I think he had no intention of abiding by it from the time he signed the agreement." As he said that, he led the horse He came over and said to the queen, "We must leave at once. If we are late, it will be too late."
The queen looked a little surprised and said, "Do we have to leave now?"
Robert said, "The Marquis is convening a meeting. If I stop, the meeting will not be held. Therefore, the Marquis will send someone to find me right away. By then, we will not be able to leave even if we want to."
The queen said, "If I want to leave, I have to take the child with me. Otherwise, you wait, I will hold the child, and we leave here together."
But Robert immediately grabbed Queen Anna and said, "No, if you take the child with you, they will not let you come out of the temple."
"But what will happen to the child when we leave?" The queen wanted to cry.
Robert said, "The child will not be left alone. We must leave here immediately. When the situation is better in the future, we can come back and take the child away."
Queen Anna said, "My child," and burst into tears.
Robert didn't want to say anything else, so he picked up the princess and put her on the horse, warning, "We have to leave here quickly. The Marquis is setting up sentries at the intersection of the city. If we don't leave right away, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave." ." After saying that, he put the leather bag into the princess's arms, jumped on the horse, shook the reins, and the horse came out of the forest and walked along the moonlit path toward the hills in the valley.
The path leads through the city in the valley and into the wilderness on the outskirts. The moonlight shines in the depths of the valley, and there is a dreamy moonlight color everywhere. The night wind blew silently, and it was a bit cool. From time to time, the hoarse howling of wolves could be heard on the mountainside. The princess looked at the moonlit path stretching towards the hills in a hazy way, and asked, "Where are we going?"
Robert didn't know where to go, so he said, "Let's keep moving forward and quickly get out of the Spanish pursuit range."
The princess asked again, "Why don't we take the royal road?"
Robert said, "Because the Marquis was meeting with me to set up sentries in the city, I was afraid that he would not see me and become suspicious and would send cavalry to chase us. So, I chose this path. This path leads to the wilderness. It’s deep in the mountains. It’s not easy to attract the attention of the Spaniards.”
When they reached the end of the valley, they dismounted and led the horses to the mountain ridge. Then, they climbed over several mountain ridges and walked for most of the night. Feeling that the Spaniards would not chase them again, they came to a very remote place. small mountain village. They rested in the village for the night, and then, led by a local Indian, climbed over the mountains and reached the Royal Road. Then they thanked the Indian and headed south along the royal road to Pachacamac, crossing the hot desert to Chile.
