The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
When Atahualpa heard Pizarro mention the name of his brother Huascar that day, he immediately felt extreme fear in his heart. Because he knew that Huascar was the true Inca King, and his Inca King's crown was only snatched from Huascar's head by force. Today, Huascar is still imprisoned by him in the Bambamarca Castle not far from Cajamarca. There were four of his most trusted princes and ministers and 3,000 Inca palace guards guarding the place day and night.
Of course, the reason for his fear was not that Huascar would escape from prison, but that Huascar would collude with the Spanish. In that case, the Spaniards would definitely abandon him and support Huascar. Because Huascar not only has more gold than him, but is also more honest and loyal than him, and he is also the natural Inca emperor. If Huascar once became the Inca emperor again, he would definitely come to him to settle accounts. After capturing Huascar alive, he almost killed all his wife, children, sisters, uncles, aunts, princes and ministers, and even the maids and servants of the palace. It is conceivable that once Huascar comes back and counterattacks, not only will Atahualpa die without a burial place, but all his relatives and ministers will also be executed. So, how could he not be frightened when he thought about this? This incident made him toss and turn and stay awake all night, but it made him determined to make a bold decision.
In the morning, he got up very early. The two concubines who were sleeping with him helped him get dressed, and then entered the meeting room. After breakfast, he sat blankly in the big room of the meeting hall, and considered the decision he had made over and over again to see where there were loopholes. Because he knows that there cannot be any loopholes in this kind of question, and every link must have a sufficient reason as an explanation. Otherwise, it will easily lead to death, or it will cause very passive and serious consequences for himself.
More than twenty princes and ministers had already walked over from all over the city of Cajamarca and were standing in front of his house waiting to attend court. Since he moved to the Temple of the Sun God, the place has become bigger and the treatment has changed. Therefore, he began to restore all the official duties and etiquette performed by the Inca King in the past, because in this way, the Incas and Spanish could feel the respect of the Inca King. Only with nobility can we value and respect the Inca King more.
After a while, a prince came in and said, "Your Majesty, the time for morning court has come, and the ministers are waiting outside."
Atahualpa responded numbly and said, "Let them in."
So the prince who was guarding the door opened the door of the house and said to the princes standing in front of the door, "Please come in."
The princes entered the house respectfully and barefooted one by one, lined up in two rows and knelt down according to their duties and dignity, and then shouted together, "Good morning, your Majesty."
Atahualpa straightened his clothes, assumed a posture of sitting upright, and replied to the princes, "Welcome, my ministers." Then he asked, "Fellow loyal relatives, what do you have to report to me? Something about?"
Prince Beskara, the chief of Tungula Province, was a survivor of the massacre in the square. He knelt down and said first, "Report to your Majesty, the Spaniards are slaughtering llamas at will, thirty to fifty of them every day, and if this continues , it won’t be long before the llamas of the Inca royal family will become extinct.”
Atahualpa's heart was in such a mess that he had no time to care about the llamas. But he still nodded listlessly and said, "I understand."
Then, Sulucek, the general manager in charge of palace affairs, said, "Report to the king, the bitch Gina who did not keep her chastity and betrayed the king has been detained in solitary confinement. How to deal with it, please let the king know clearly."
Atahualpa looked like he had a severe headache and said, "Then keep it closed."
But the princes shouted in unison, "If you betray the Inca King, you will be buried alive!"
Atahualpa said impatiently, "Where do you think she should be buried alive? In this temple of the Sun God?"
Everyone was silent. Because they really couldn't bury her alive in the Temple of the Sun God, and it was impossible for the Spaniards to let them take her out of the small courtyard.
Everyone was extremely angry that the bitchy concubine named Gina betrayed the king, because in the hundreds of years of history of the Inca Empire, no woman in the palace had ever betrayed the Inca king, let alone the Inca king's close beloved concubine? However, they felt extremely sad and devastated because they had no way to deal with this kind of woman.
But the steward Sulucek said, "If the king agrees, I can strangle her to death with a rope."
The king asked, "What will happen after strangulation?"
The palace steward was asked. Little did he know that Atahualpa had considered this issue many times.
Everyone said sadly, "Then let her continue to live like this?"
Atahualpa didn't know how to deal with it, but this kind of thing could only make him upset, but there was no better way. So, he sighed and said, "If you humiliate the Inca King, you must be severely punished. However, let me put it aside in advance and let me think about a more appropriate way."
The princes all said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Atahualpa motioned for his concubine to bring him a glass of water, took a sip, stood up, and paced in front of the minister with his hands behind his back, as if thinking about something. Suddenly, he asked, "How is the gold collection going?"
Sulucek, the general manager in charge of palace affairs, immediately replied, "The ministers sent to Cusco and all over the country have been away for many days. However, because of the long distance, there is no news from those who went there; but there are also people who have left from The response from Cusco was that Huascar had already had all the gold taken away and hidden, so there is not much movement at the moment.”
Atahualpa's face turned gloomy, his eyes were filled with fierce blood, he stared straight at the palace manager, and said fiercely, "I'll tell you what is the most important thing, this is the most important thing. If If I cannot transport enough gold and silver in two months, then I will be executed by the greedy Spaniards. As soon as I die, they will make Huascar king. Have you ever thought about it, once Huascar becomes king? What will happen to you if you become king?" As he spoke, King Inca looked at the steward in a serious tone and said, "I tell you, my fate, and the fate of all of you, hangs on these golds. Above. You have to be more attentive to me, and I will reward you heavily when things are done."
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short and medium-length novels. Today's release is the romantic love story "Childhood Sweethearts")
