The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Soto wanted to talk to Huascar for a while longer, but when he saw Usaka and the others standing aside, and heard that the banquet over there had been set up, he had no choice but to shake hands with Huascar and said, He said, "You take good care of your health. Our commander has said that he will send someone over soon to take you to Cajamarca and tell Atahualpa face to face to see who of you is the real Inca king. "
Huascar said very happily, "That's great. Please tell your commander to send someone here as soon as possible."
Soto led the people away from Huascar and came to a room where a table of wine and food had been prepared. Originally, the Indians did not drink wine when eating, but in order to make the Spaniards happy, they put wine and food together. After the Inca princes and generals had a banquet with the guests, Usaka took out two gold plates and gave them to Soto and Pedro, asking them to speak kindly to Mr. Marquis when they returned, and then sent them off. Bambamaka.
After sending away the two Spaniards and the Indian translator, Usaka became increasingly uneasy. He knew that what Huascar said to Soto and Pedro would have been terrible to Atahualpa. He will definitely not let Huascar go. Therefore, he thought there was no need to expect that Huascar would make him an assistant minister in the future, build him a palace, or reward him with land and beauties. What he was thinking about now was not when Atahualpa would order his execution, but that he had to find a way to kill him as soon as possible. This way he could wipe the slate clean of all his secret connections with Huascar and the Spaniards. But what measures should he take?
In the afternoon of the same day, he accompanied the Prince of Bescara to Cajamarca and met with the King again. The king looked worried and restless. When he saw him coming, he said, "It's been a hard journey!"
He said, "It is my duty to serve the king."
The Inca king hurriedly asked, "What did they say?"
Usaka reported the conversation between Soto, Pedro and Huascar to the Inca King in detail.
The Inca King listened and frowned, looking very angry and frightened. After a long time, he said, "The situation is very bad!"
At this time, Usaka said again, "Your Majesty, I have some important matters to report to your Majesty."
Atahualpa nodded and said, "You tell me."
Usacca said, "Some spies reported that someone indeed passed information between Huascar and the Spanish. They also said that Huascar promised to give the Spaniards more gold in exchange for freedom."
When Atahualpa heard this, he was even more surprised and said, "Is this really true?"
Usaka said, "Indeed, but it's not clear who was tipping off the information."
"No wonder the Spanish Marquis has been coming to me these days, asking me to bring Huascar to Cajamarca immediately, saying that they will personally interrogate the dispute between him and me, and let him decide who is more powerful. He is qualified to be the King of Inca. I think the Spaniards will definitely lean towards Huascar, because he is the King of Inca. Therefore, if the Spaniards let Huascar become the King of Inca, is there any way for us to survive? "As he said this, Atahualpa turned blue with anger and said loudly, "You have to investigate carefully when you go back and see who is spreading the news to kill the nine tribes."
Usaka said, "Yes, my great king."
Then, Usaka asked, "What should we do with Huascar? We can't really let the Spaniards bring him here to interrogate you, right?"
Atahualpa said, "Of course." Then he thought for a moment and said, "But the Spaniards asked me to bring Huascar over as soon as possible, and I agreed to them. If he is executed, how can I show him to the Spaniards?" explain."
Usaka said, "I think he should be executed as soon as possible. As for explaining the matter to the Spaniards, just say that it was the people below who did it. You don't know. What can they do?"
Atahualpa thought for a while and said, "Okay, you go back immediately and kill Huascar as soon as possible. In two days, I will send someone to take their people to Bambamaka. If they ask Regarding this matter, let’s just say that the four of you discussed it and decided to deal with him because you were afraid that he would cause unrest across the country after he was released from prison.”
Usaka said, "As you command, my great king."
Atahualpa warned, "You rush back immediately and deal with him that night, but before he dies, you must ask him to find out who is informing him. I will send Prince Beskara in two days." Take the Spaniards to Bambamarca.”
Usaka said, "Yes, my great king."
Usaka left Cajamarca and traveled quickly. When he returned to Bambamarca, it was already dawn. He returned to the castle without even returning home, so he found the other three prison supervisors and simply conveyed Atahualpa's instructions. Then he called a group of soldiers to the tower and opened the four doors of the tower. He unlocked the iron door, pushed open the iron door, and entered the house.
Huascar heard the sound of the door opening and knew that his death was coming. He sat up from the bed and said to the soldiers who came in, "What are you going to do?"
The soldiers followed Usaka's instructions, and without saying a word, they rushed over, tied Huascar with a rope, and said, "Be honest, your death has come."
Huascar cursed, "Tell Atahualpa that the Spanish whites will avenge me."
Usaka said in the darkness, "Stop his mouth."
So, a soldier immediately stuffed a prepared cloth ball into his mouth. At this time, Usaka walked up to Huascar and said to Huascar, "Honorable King Inka, our king has ordered that you be executed immediately. Let's go now."
Huascar glared at him fiercely and wanted to say something, but his mouth was blocked.
After leaving the tower, a group of soldiers held torches and illuminated the road, leading Huascar off the platform, across the playground, and out of the castle. On the path leading from the castle to the river behind, Inca soldiers held a torch in one hand and a spear in the other, guarding the area closely with three steps and one sentry. Usaka and three other trusted aides appointed by Atahualpa led Huascar along the path to the river. At this time, there were many soldiers holding torches standing by the river. They tied a large stone with a rope and waited for Usaka and the others to arrive with the prisoners.
When they came to the river, two soldiers asked Huascar to stand on the high bank facing the river. Several other soldiers lifted the bundled stone and tied it to Huascar's body. Then, Usaka waved his hand, and the soldiers pushed Huascar into the river, and threw the lifted stones into the river. There was a "kubo" sound in the river, and a splash on the river. Big waves. Then, under the light of the torch, the rushing river continued to flow.
Seeing Huascar disappear without even a trace, Usaka breathed a long sigh of relief. This time he finally wiped away all traces of himself. He thought that if he were allowed to go to Cajamarca to see his king again, he would never feel that timid and guilty feeling in his heart.
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short and medium-sized novels. Today's release is the life essay "The Starting Line of Life (Part 2)")
