Inca Elegy (Novel) "The Fall of the Inca Empire" (Volume 2) by Zhang Baotong
This incident made Pizarro finally realize that his past inference was correct, and it also made him feel a kind of comfort and pleasure after a long drought and good rain after a long day of dullness and puzzlement. He poured himself a glass of Chachi and drank two glasses in a row. Then he rolled a cigarette and hummed a leisurely and cheerful Spanish ditty while smoking.
At this time, Antonio came in and asked him if he wanted to check out the training of the soldiers in the military camp. He waved his hand and said, "I'm not going. Otherwise, you can just go over and have a look." Antonio said seriously, "How can I replace the commander?" Pizarro said, "Then I won't go." Antonio looked surprised when he saw Pizarro looking relaxed and at ease, and asked, "Commander has been depressed these days. What happy event happened today to make him so happy?"
Pizarro pointed to the pile of clothes and camel meat on the table, told Antonio about the capture of the Indian princess just now, and then said, "Well, I said the culprit of Santos and the others' death was Charcuchi. Horse, that's right." Antonio said with great admiration, "The commander is really good at knowing things!"
Pizarro said proudly, "Because I knew that the person who could capture Santos and the others must have been done by a commander who knew the cavalry very well, and among the Indian commanders, he was the only one who was very interested in us." The Spanish cavalry is relatively familiar with the fighting methods. Therefore, as soon as that incident happened, I concluded that it must have been done by his Chalkuch horse."
Before he finished speaking, Juan came over and said, "Report to the commander, we tortured the prince of Chachikata severely, but he insisted that the knotted rope was given to him by one of his new concubines. He sent it, and said that the content of the knotted rope was that my concubine was about to give birth to a child and the weather was going to be cold, so he should give him some clothes and camel meat."
When Pizarro heard this, his cheerful face suddenly darkened, and he asked, "Did you not be ruthless enough, so he refused to confess?" Juan said, "We took off his clothes and whipped him Beat him black and blue, and use a wooden stick to break one of his legs." When Antonio heard this, he said, "If he refuses to confess, you can call another prince to identify him. I heard that their princes and ministers can Identify the contents of this knotted rope." Pizarro nodded and said to Antonio, "Go and call two more princes and ministers to identify it."
Antonio responded and walked out the door. After a while, the chief of Tungula Province, Prince Beskara, was called over. When Prince Bescara saw Pizarro, he bowed timidly and deeply and said, "I wonder what the Marquis's orders are?" Pizarro's face was very gloomy and he said, "I want to know whether you are truly loyal to the young man. King of the Incas." Prince Bescara immediately smiled and said, "Of course I sincerely support and are infinitely loyal." Pizarro pointed to the small and exquisite knotted rope on the table and said, "Okay then. I want to know what’s in this knot.”
Prince Beskara took the knotted rope in his hand, looked at it casually for a while, and then said, "This is a letter from a prince's concubine to her husband. The content is that she is going to give birth to a child, and the weather is... I'm cold and miss my husband, so I want to send him some clothes and llama meat." Pizarro's face became even more gloomy and ugly when he heard this. He said in a strong tone, "Look at it more clearly, don't make a mistake." Prince Bescarra said, "I have seen this kind of knotted rope many times, and there is no mistake." Pizarro said, " I will also let others see it, and I will severely punish them if they see it wrong." Prince Bescara said, "If there is a mistake, let the marquis deal with it." Pizarro had no choice but to ask Antonio to take Prince Bescara away, and then take Pascal away. Brought by Ukamayaka, the chief of Stasa Province.
When Prince Ucamayaca entered Pizarro's office, he also gave Pizarro a big salute first, and then said, "Mr. Marquis, have you always been well?" Pizarro ignored his words and just spoke harshly. , "I have something that I need your help with." Prince Ukamayaka said respectfully, "Please explain, Mr. Marquis." Pizarro brought the knotted rope to the prince and said, "Someone gave me a knotted rope. , but I don’t know the content inside, please give me some advice.”
Prince Ucamayaca looked at the knotted rope, smiled, and said, "Congratulations to the Marquis." Pizarro wondered, "What congratulations can I have?" Prince Ucamayaca said, "The Marquis' concubine is happy. She is about to give birth to a child. Of course it is worth celebrating." Pizarro nodded and said, "Besides that, what else?" Prince Ukamayaka said, "And your concubine is very special. I miss you and hope to see you soon. So, she brought you clothes and llama meat, saying that the weather was cold and asked you to wear more clothes." After hearing this, Pizarro sighed, Say to Maharaja Ukamayaka, "Okay, you can go."
After Prince Ukamayaka left, Juan asked Pizarro, "What should we do with Prince Chachicata? Lock him up first?" Pizarro thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let him go." ." Juan asked, "Then if he is beaten like this, how should you answer the Inca king and those Indian princes when they ask about it?" Pizarro said, "Just say that he violated the regulations and contacted the outside world privately." Juan He nodded and left.
I originally wanted to get some useful information from this knotted rope, but after spending a long time, I found out that it was just a joy in vain, which made Pizarro's dull and troubled mood even more serious. He smashed an expensive earthenware wine glass with all his strength, and then sat alone on a chair in the office, gasping in dismay. At this time, it was getting late, and Tutu came over to ask him to eat. But he raised his hand and said angrily, "If you don't want to eat, I won't eat." The voice frightened the concubine so much that she didn't dare to say anything more for a long time. She just stood pitifully in front of the door to accompany him.
He smoked cigarettes one after another and piled a small pile of cigarette butts in the ashtray. Only then did he realize that Tutula was still standing in front of the door, looking at the pitiful look of his beloved beauty. , his heart suddenly softened, he stood up quickly, walked over and hugged the beauty in his arms, and said in a reproachful tone, "Why don't you go to eat and are you still standing here?" Tutula fell into Pizarro's arms. Inside, he squeezed a smile and said, "If the master doesn't eat it, how can I dare to eat it?" Pizarro looked very moved and said, "Okay, my little pigeon, let's go eat together." With that, Holding the beauty's hand, they left the office together.
Although the dinner was simple, it was what Pizarro liked to eat. There was vicuna jerky, braised potato and tomato vegetables, polenta and corn tortillas. Before the meal, Pizarro drank a large glass of chicha as usual. He poured a large glass of wine for his beloved concubine, and then he also picked up a large glass of wine. As soon as the two clinked their glasses, they started drinking. In the past, he always drank by himself, but now he feels that drinking with his beloved is more interesting.
Tutula has been good at drinking since she was a child, and her drinking capacity is no worse than Pizarro's. Therefore, when she starts drinking with Pizarro, there is no hesitation or humility. As long as Pizarro picks up the wine glass and clinks it with her, she will drink. It was very refreshing, so Pizarro liked to drink with her very much.
After the two drank a large glass, they picked up their glasses and were about to continue clinking glasses. Juan came over and reported, "Commander, that King Huaypalcon Inca is making trouble." Pizarro was startled and said, "He What's the trouble?" Juan said, "He thinks we injured the prince of Chachikata. It's such a big fuss that he insists on seeing you to reason with you."
When Pizarro heard this, he said angrily, "I think he has the opposite idea?" Juan said, "How about you go and have a look? He is leading everyone to make a fuss." Pizarro said He put the glass of wine in his hand on the table, stood up, slung his pistol and sword over his body, put his military cap on his head, and said to Juan, "Let's go, I still don't believe he is a rat." Can you still be more stubborn than a cat?”
At this time, the sky was already dark, and the evening breeze was cool and gentle blowing from a distance. There was silence in the military camp, with only a few lights shining brightly from some rooms.
Pizarro and Juan arrived at the dormitory where the Inca King and his ministers lived. From a distance, they could see soldiers with live ammunition and heavy security, and all the houses had lights on. Pizarro went straight into the Inca's house. However, the Inca king was not in his room. Instead, it was in a room next to it where the ministers lived.
Pizarro was led by an Indian prince to the next room. There was a person lying on the bed in the room, moaning in pain. Pizarro knew at a glance that this man was the Prince of Chachicata.
Before Pizarro entered the house, the young and weak Inca King Huaypalcon stood up from the bed and faced Pizarro angrily and asked, "Why did you beat my people to death?" so?"
Pizarro replied angrily, "He has to ask himself." The young Inca king said, "I asked him, isn't it because his wife gave him a knotted rope?" Ask a princess to lift the felt and show Pizarro the scars on Prince Chachicata's body.
Pizarro approached the bed and took a closer look. He saw that Prince Chachicata's body was covered with whip marks. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, feeling that Juan's punishment was too harsh. However, he could not let the young Inca king knock him down, so he said, "You should know that the Soto cavalry team was attacked on the way south recently, and more than ten people were killed. We suspect that this knotted rope is one of you Information exchange with the outside world." The Inca king still asked, "This is just your suspicion, not the truth. Why do you just beat people without finding out the truth?" Pizarro said, "We tortured him just for this reason. Find out the facts, what’s the matter? You don’t accept it?” The Inca King raised his head and said, “I just don’t accept it, what’s the matter?”
The young Inca king had always been weak and timid, and had never dared to speak loudly to the Spaniards. Today, he put on a questioning posture and challenged the Spanish commander who dominated them. This really made Pizarro and the Spaniards present. Surprised. Pizarro felt that he should give the young Inca a good lesson and teach him how to respect his master. So, he put his hands on his waist and said angrily to the Inca King, "What, you don't want to be the Inca King anymore?" Then, he said in a more serious tone, "I can tell you, you are inappropriate, I You can let someone else do it." However, the young and gentle Vaipalkon said, "Very good, I just don't want to be a man yet." After saying that, he took off the Bola crown and threw it to the ground hard.
Of course, it was impossible for Pizarro to abandon Vaipalcon before his expedition was completely victorious. Although he is just a puppet, even if he is a puppet, as long as he is the Inca King, the Indians can respect, obey and worship him. Originally, he just wanted to use these words to scare the young and weak Inca King. Unexpectedly, instead of frightening the young Inca King, these words made him so embarrassed that he could not get off.
