The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Seeing that the drinking scene had reached a deadlock, Robert wanted to adjust the atmosphere. He said, "Everyone calm down." Then, he explained to the Inca King, "Men and women having intercourse or having an affair is not a crime in Spain, even if it is a crime, it is a misdemeanor. Unlike in the Inca Empire, men and women having an affair The men will be hanged and the women will be buried alive.”
Robert added, "I heard that in some tribes in other provinces, men and women can have fornications casually, including some Inca tribes in the past who also regarded mutual seduction and fornication between men and women as a very normal phenomenon. In that context, I I don’t think people will overly investigate or impose severe penalties on adultery between men and women. Therefore, we Spaniards also have very clear legal provisions on adultery between men and women. If it is not rape, it does not constitute a serious crime. . Therefore, it is difficult for us to deal with incidents that do not constitute serious crimes."
Seeing that Robert was adjusting, Pizarro also felt that now was not the time to have a stalemate with the Inca King. Because he needed him to find a way to transport gold and silver from Cusco and other places as soon as possible. He was afraid that if this guy's attitude changed somewhere, the gold and silver he might have obtained would be lost, because he heard that after Atahualpa was captured, many Incas began to hide their gold.
Therefore, he toasted a glass of wine to the Inca King and said, "I just made a rude statement, please forgive me." Then he said, "Please don't worry, your Majesty. I will investigate and deal with him strictly when I return. Once found, I will imprison him for a month." Confinement. In addition, I want to guard the officers and soldiers guarding the temple to strengthen their duties. No Spaniards are allowed to enter the temple without my permission. As for the king's concubines, they are under the control of the king himself. I want to pass this Afterwards, both of us will work hard so that something like this that makes the king sad and painful will never happen again."
Of course, Atahualpa didn't want to offend Pizarro, let alone estrange the relationship with him, because he was his own master, and his words could make him live or die. Therefore, after hearing what Pizarro said, he immediately nodded in agreement, and then asked his concubines to pour wine for everyone.
By this time, lunch time had passed and everyone was a little hungry, so they started eating. However, everyone looked at the way the Inca King was eating, and they couldn't help but eat. They all acted polite and elegant, eating the vegetables slowly and carefully while looking at the Inca King.
Every time the Inca king wanted to eat a certain dish, he always pointed to that dish. So, the concubine next to her put the vegetables into a small green plate with clean hands, and held them in front of the king's eyes. The king put the food into his mouth with his hands. When the king was about to spit out the bones, another concubine held her hands in front of the king's mouth and asked him to spit out the bones. When the king wants to eat another kind of food, the concubine will put that food on another small green plate and bring it to the king to eat. This was the first time the Spaniards saw the Inca eating. Therefore, I was very curious about the Inca King's way of eating, and I felt a little trance watching it.
It was that damn Martin again who accidentally got a piece of meat on the Inca King's clothes while eating vegetables. The Inca King stood up immediately, called his two concubines, and entered the house next door together. After a while, the Inca King came out wearing new and clean clothes. This dress is very strange. It is not made of cotton, cashmere, or animal fur, but it is bright in color and straight and smooth.
Pizarro couldn't help but touch it with his hand. He felt it was smooth and furry, so he asked, "My lord, what are your clothes made of?"
Atahualpa saw that the Marquis was very curious about his clothes and seemed very happy, so he said, "The Tumbes people made these from the down of a giant man-eating poisonous spider."
Robert said in surprise, "That kind of poisonous spider is very poisonous. As soon as the poisonous sting on its body touches a person, the person will be poisoned to death very quickly. One of my friends was killed by this poison in the forest of Tumbes." The spider was poisoned to death."
Pizarro felt a little incredible and said, "In order to make such clothes for you, someone would risk his life?"
But Atahualpa said disapprovingly, "If they don't do something like this for me, what good are they?"
Martin, who had been depressed for a long time, wanted to take the opportunity to ridicule the Inca King, so he said, "Who calls me the Inca King!"
Pizarro touched King Inca's clothes with his hand again and asked, "How long do you usually wear clothes like this?"
The Inca King said, "Just put it on once. It's not like the Marquis who wears that military uniform all day long."
Hearing what the Inca King said, the two Spaniards stuck out their tongues in surprise. Robert said to the Inca king, "So you have many pieces of clothing like this?"
The Inca king said, "That's okay."
Robert boldly said, "Can you let us take a tour?"
King Inca smiled and said, "What's wrong with that?" Then he led everyone into the room next door.
The room next door is the king's bedroom, which is not big and contains nothing but a large bed and a few large wooden boxes. Robert opened all the boxes and took a look. Only one box was filled with clothes. The other boxes contained all kinds of garbage, including leftovers, fallen hair, spit out bones and Food, as well as unwanted clothing and used towels.
Everyone was very surprised that the Inca King put the waste that should be dumped into the garbage dump into a box for safekeeping, and they said, "Why don't you just dump this garbage? Why put it in the box?"
Atahualpa said, "These things are all sent to Cusco for burning."
These words made the people present even more incomprehensible.
Robert continued to ask, "These garbage are not treasures, so why are they transported to Cusco and burned?"
Atahualpa found it difficult to explain this problem to the non-believing aliens like them, but he still said, "Everything used by the Inca King has the spirit of the gods and cannot be thrown away casually. If the enemy gets it, This will cause the Inca King to lose his aura. Therefore, everything used by the Inca King will be transported to a temple in Cusco and burned together."
Listening to these words, the Spaniards remembered their common practice of Indians carefully picking up the clipped nails, clipped and combed hair, placing them in the small holes and gaps in the wall, and keeping them properly. After asking, I learned that they believe that all people who have been born must live a new life in the world, and their souls must ascend from the grave to heaven with all their physical belongings. That their souls might not be wasted in searching for their hair and nails, they should gather their nails and hair together now. So that they can ascend to heaven quickly. When they dug up Inca graves in search of gold, they dug up the Inca bones and threw them everywhere. The Indians begged them not to do this, because the bones could only be resurrected when they were together. It can be seen that they firmly believe in the resurrection of the body and the immortality of the soul. And they also believe that there is life after death, where bad people suffer and good people rest in peace. The wicked experience all kinds of sickness, pain, care, and toil, without rest or joy. Good people, on the other hand, can find all kinds of comfort, ease and joy, be carefree and rest peacefully. They even believe that the soul will come out while the body is sleeping, which is what we call dreaming, because they believe that the human soul cannot sleep. Dreams are omens and omens for them, and these omens and omens will indicate that they are either in danger of impending disaster or of great blessing.
But the Spaniards find these very funny. So, after hearing this, Pizarro said, "Since the Inca King has the aura of a god, how can he be captured by us?"
Atahualpa said sadly, "This is because the gods abandoned me at the last moment."
Returning to the dining table from the next door room, everyone drank wine and ate vegetables again. Pizarro suddenly asked, "I heard that your brother Huascar is still imprisoned in the castle of Bambamarca? How is he doing?"
When Atahualpa heard his brother's name, his body twitched suddenly, but he immediately concealed his extreme panic and said, "He is very good there, enjoying the courtesy and treatment of a king like me."
But Pizarro shook his head and said, "No?"
The Inca king said with certainty, "It is indeed so."
Pizarro looked at the Inca King carefully and said, "Well, I will go to see him sometime. I heard that he is a loyal and honest man."
Atahualpa said repeatedly, "Very good."
(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 life essay "Plain is True")
