The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Queen Princess Anna Maya is looking at the glass. This piece of glass was hurriedly put in her pocket when she was taken away from the palace courtyard by the Spaniards. Although the glass did not allow her to see her appearance very clearly, it did allow her to see her appearance. Most Inca women looked at the water in the tank to see how they looked. This is both inconvenient and unclear.
She looked a little tired and haggard in the glass, because these days, she had been worried about her husband and anxious about the entire Inca Empire. In the past six months or so, everything has seemed like a nightmare repeating itself. This nightmare started when her father, Emperor Huayna Capak, divided the entire empire between the two princes. Although she told her father about the outcome, he passed away before he could amend his will. Perhaps this was God's will. The Incas could often predict the disasters and good fortunes that would happen in the future decades or hundreds of years ago. This kind of prediction is called an oracle. The eighth Inca king, Viracocha, received an oracle from the god Viracocha Inti. After quelling the rebellion of the Chanca people, he prophesied to future generations that after several generations of rule, the Inca Empire would surely People never seen before came here to seize their thrones and destroy their empires and idols. In this regard, he wanted all subsequent generations of Inca kings to pass this message down from generation to generation and keep it in mind, but not to spread it among the people. This prophecy has been passed down for more than two hundred years, and the Inca kings of later generations have almost forgotten this prophecy. Moreover, when his father was seriously ill during his lifetime, he also asked the palace priest Faldoka to watch the celestial phenomena. Mother Moon was said to indicate that worldly gods were threatening the Inca royal family and empire. A huge disaster will befall the relatives of the royal family. After his father, King Capac, goes to his father, the Sun God, to rest in peace, a cruel war will break out between the princes and his sons. The royal family members will kill each other and bleed into rivers, and they will all be killed within a few years. thus leading to the destruction of religions and empires.
Looking back now, I feel that this tragedy is happening in the Inca Empire. Thinking of this, Queen Anna Maya couldn't help but shed tears of sadness. As an Inca princess or even a queen, although she could see the tragedy of the Inca Empire, she could not prevent its development and demise. This is the tragedy of the Inca Empire and her own tragedy.
While she was looking at herself crying in front of the glass, suddenly, the door was knocked open. The Spanish officer who brought some cavalry into the palace courtyard that day and escorted them all to the military camp took two A soldier and an Inca entered the room and saw Queen Anna sitting by the bed, holding a small piece of glass in her hand, with a few tears rolling down her face. She felt that this woman in front of her was really beautiful. generally.
He walked up to Queen Anna and touched the queen's face with his hand. However, the queen shook her head and gave him a back view. When Captain Juan saw that the young woman was so rude to him, he suddenly threw her down on the bed and went to kiss her. However, the woman spat in his face. He slapped the woman twice in anger, then let her go, wiped the spittle on his face with his hands, and cursed, "You don't know how to behave, and don't you know who I am?"
Queen Anna got up from the bed and covered her face. This was the first time in her life that she was bullied by others. But she held back the tears and wanted to look strong and unyielding in front of the Spaniards.
The Inca Martin came over to comfort Juan and said, "Captain, don't be angry about women. They don't know you at all."
Juan wiped his face and said to Martin, "Tell her to pack up immediately and move to the temple."
Martin said, "Yes, Captain." Then he said to Queen Anna in Indian language, "Queen Anna, don't feel bad. He is the younger brother of the commander of the Spanish army. No one dares to mess with him. Don't care. Now the Inca The king has signed an agreement with the commander to exchange gold for freedom. The king has moved to the temple. You take the children to prepare, gather in front of the door, and go to the temple together."
Queen Anna frowned and asked, "Did the king really sign such an agreement with the Spaniards?"
Martin said, "It's absolutely true, I was the translator for the Inca King. It seems that you will be able to live freely soon."
Queen Anna did not appear happy, but said, "Do you think the Spaniards will let the king go free?"
Martin was stunned for a moment, and then said, "But this is signed by many of them. The Spaniards always do things according to this written agreement."
Queen Anna shook her head sadly and said, "I hope so." After saying that, she went to the room where Princess Rashuta lived next door to take care of the child. Because the child is playing with other children in the next room.
After Queen Anna left, Martin said to Juan, "The captain has dozens of young and beautiful women in his family, and he still cares about the Inca King's woman?"
Juan sighed and said, "But none of my dozens of women can compare to this one. This woman is so noble and beautiful." Then he asked Martin, "How did you get the Inca King's concubine?" Got it? You’re really fucking capable.”
Martin said, "Do you know who this woman is? She is Keya and Queen of the Inca King. She is Princess Ana Maya, who we Inca people call the goddess of wisdom."
Juan nodded and said, "No wonder this woman is so arrogant. However, the more such a woman is, the more I like her. One day I will get her and tame her."
After a while, more than 20 women and several children gathered in front of Inca's apartment. At this time, Juan led a cavalry squad and escorted them to the temple. It was very different from the situation when escorting the Inca King last night. There were no sentries or patrols deployed by the Spanish along the way. If these twenty-odd women really start running, the cavalry squad may not be able to capture them all. However, the Inca people have a nature of obedience, especially women. Therefore, the Spaniards did not worry at all that they would escape. And even if they escape, they will not cause much loss or harm to the Spaniards.
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short stories. Today's release is the love story "I Love You")
