Inca Elegy (Novel) "The Fall of the Inca Empire" (Volume 2) by Zhang Baotong
After dinner, everyone continued to fight. However, after a while, the bugle for an emergency assembly suddenly sounded. Everyone ignored the dice on the table, grabbed their money and ran outside the house. Returning to their own residence, they picked up guns and swords and ran towards the square outside. At this time, the Indian soldiers who were in charge of the horses also brought the horses over. The soldier took his horse, stepped on the stirrup, mounted his horse and stood in the queue of his team.
In less than two or three minutes, all the cavalry and infantry had already lined up in the square, preparing to rush to the front line to fight the Indians led by Kiskis. Because after the Spaniards entered the capital city of Cusco, some people said that Quiskis led his soldiers and fled northward; but others said that Quiskis and his soldiers were hiding in the mountains to the north and might attack the Spanish army in the city at any time. . Therefore, the Spanish army has actually been on tight alert.
The cavalry and infantry squads have been lined up in the square, ready to set off. However, they stood in the square for a long time, but no commander came out to issue battle orders. So some soldiers asked Captain Juan questions. Juan didn't know how he came back, but he didn't dare to leave the team casually, so he had to stand with the soldiers under the dazzling sun, waiting for orders.
After a while, Antonio ran over quickly and said to the four to five hundred soldiers who were arranged in a square formation, "The commander just received a report that a small group of Indians was discovered north of the suburbs of the city. . The specific situation is still unclear. Commander Pizarro asked everyone to stand by on the spot and not to be separated." After that, he ran back to the headquarters quickly.
The soldiers stood in the sun for about half an hour, and then they saw their commander, General Pizarro, walking majestically from the headquarters with Almagro and Antonio. He walked to the front of the troops, glanced slowly at the entire team with a very stern look, and then said, "Just now, we received a report from the detective that there were some small groups of Indian troops roaming the top of the mountain in the northern suburbs of Cusco. Move. So, I asked all the officers and soldiers to gather urgently and prepare to attack. However, later, the detective came and reported that the small Indian troops only stayed on the top of the mountain in the northern suburbs for a while and then left."
Then, he strengthened his tone and said, "It is said that Kiskis' troops are still stationed not far from us, and there is always the possibility of invasion and attack. Therefore, I ask the officers and soldiers to remain vigilant at all times. , be ready for battle, be ready to fight at any time, and destroy the invading enemies." After that, he asked Antonio to organize the entire queue and let each team line up and return to the barracks.
The soldiers who returned to the barracks began to play gambling again. The people who were throwing dice in Juan's office just now also gathered in Juan's office. However, Juan felt that his luck just now was not good, and the sun had already moved to the west and would set in another hour. So, he said to the guys gathered in the office, "We will have dinner in an hour or two. It's not enough time to play. If you want to play, let's play after dinner. I'll play with you all night." .”
But Leguisano said, "Then what are we doing during this time? How boring is it to be here?" A soldier suggested, "Then let's go shopping. Yesterday I went to the small river. Not only did the river It’s clear and the scenery is beautiful, and there are many Indian women washing clothes by the river. Their clothes are all kinds and colorful, and each different style and color represents a different ethnic group and tribe." Letomont Duo immediately said, "What's the point of that? Haven't you seen enough Indian women every day?"
At this time, Alonso smiled and said, "How about I take you somewhere, you will definitely find it interesting." Everyone asked, "Where?" Alonso said, "Don't ask yet, wait. As soon as you get there, everyone will be overjoyed and overjoyed." So Juan said to Alonso, "If that place is not what you said, you have to treat everyone to a drink." Alonso said to Juan, "If that place is really what everyone likes to go to, then you can treat us to a drink." Juan said, "Okay, let's go with him and see what fun and interesting places he can take us to." Everyone was cheering and followed. He left the barracks behind Alonso and walked towards a large building not far from the square.
When they arrived at a huge building in a neighborhood called Acria Huasi not far from the Inca Plaza, everyone realized that the place Juan had brought them to turned out to be the Palace of the Virgin of the Sun God of the Inca Emperor. This huge palace is about 120 meters long and 60 meters wide, and can accommodate more than 600 virgins. The Palace of Virgins of the Sun is a place dedicated to cultivating virgins of the sun. Such palaces can be seen everywhere in the Inca Empire.
The palace is full of legitimate women of royal blood, and they are beautiful and clever. They can be said to be one in a hundred or one in a thousand. And in the monasteries in the provinces were the daughters of Indian chiefs and lower nobles, and occasionally from the lower classes.
girls, but they must be very beautiful. They lived in seclusion all their lives and remained virgins forever. They mainly served religious ceremonies, weaved clothes, brewed wine, sang hymns, and danced sacred dances for the priests and the Inca king. No one was allowed to enter the forbidden palace except the queen and her daughter, and no one was allowed to meet or talk to these women, who were called wives of the sun. On the virgins of the sun god, they are called God's chosen people. Some girls dedicated to serving the sun god were taken away from their homes when they were still young and sent to monasteries, where they were given to the care of older women, called guardians of the sun. Temple spinsters who have lived within the monastery walls until their hair turns gray. Under the guidance of these virtuous women, these virgins were educated in the nature of their religious duties. They were engaged in textiles and education, and used high-quality vicuña hair to weave curtains for temples and weave clothing for the Inca king and his family. Their most important duty is to look after the sacred fire that is lit during the "Raimi" festival. From the moment they entered this building, they were cut off from all contact with the outside world, even with their families, relatives and friends. No one was allowed to enter this sacred area except the Inca King and Coya, the Queen.
The lives of all the residents of these monasteries are not limited to small walls. Although they were virgins of the sun god and brides of the Inca king, when they reached the age of marriage, the most beautiful among them were selected to serve the king and were moved to the harem of the palace. The total number of such people sometimes reached not only hundreds, but even thousands, and they all lived in alternative palaces of the Incas throughout the country. When the Inca king decided to reduce the number of his family members, the concubines whom he dismissed returned not to their original monasteries but to their own homes, where, however humble her origins, she still maintained Dignity, far from being humiliated by the position she once held, is still universally revered as the bride of the Inca king.
The Temple of the Virgin of the Sun God covers a large area and is surrounded by high walls so that the people inside cannot be seen by the outside world. The Chastity House provides services for virgins
Every comfort was provided for them, and they were decorated with as much splendor and splendor as the palaces and temples of the Incas; for they received the special attention of the empire, which regarded them as an important part of its religious architecture.
There is a main door in the Sun Virgin Palace, which can only be opened when the queen arrives and the selected virgins enter the palace. There is a convenience door next to it for daily access. Inside the convenience door is a narrow alleyway about one meter wide. There are more than twenty priests guarding the small door in front of the alleyway. Seeing Juan coming with twenty soldiers, about twenty priests stood in front of the door, telling them something while trying their best to prevent them from entering.
Juan didn't want to listen to the persuasion and trembling of these Indians at all. He stepped forward and punched the elder priest in the face, knocking him to the ground with a bloody nose. Then, with a wave of his hand, he shouted, " Brothers, come in." So, the Spaniards rushed in with a coax.
They saw some houses along the narrow lane, and in front of each house there was a woman guarding the door. Although these women were also selected from the daughters of powerful Incas, they were not from pure blood of the Inca royal family. The Spanish soldiers who entered the alley thought they were virgins and wanted to violently abuse them, but Alonso said to them, "These are just caretakers. The real virgins live in the houses inside." ." So they rushed to the houses at the end of the lane.
The door of every house here is open, so the soldiers can break into the house without knocking or pushing the door. There are some virgins here who are young, and some are old and pearly; there are women as young as eight or nine years old, as old as fifty or sixty years old, but most of them are young women in their twenties. When the soldiers entered the house and saw the beautiful young women, they were like ferocious wolves pouncing on their prey. They pounced on the virgins and pressed them down. They took off their clothes and began to rob, rape and torture them.
Juan entered a room and saw a young and beautiful girl sitting on the bed making a precious tight-fitting gown called Wencu for the Inca King. He rushed over and hugged the young woman. The girl was frightened by the intruder, thinking that the devil had suddenly arrived. She screamed like a nightmare, dodged and fell on the bed.
Juan snatched the piece of clothing and threw it on the ground. He said, "Your king is gone, who will you make clothes for?" He got on the bed, pressed the girl on the bed with one hand, and put the girl on the bed. He took off all her clothes three times, and then raped the girl who was trembling with fear. Other Spanish soldiers also rushed into the virgins' houses and raped and raped the virgins in various ways.
It was not until late that the light in the room darkened, and the Spanish soldiers felt that it was time for dinner. Then they whistled and called their friends to come out of each house, and then walked out together along the narrow alley. This is the holiest and most admired palace in the hearts of Indians.
When these Spaniards came out of the Palace of the Virgin, they saw three to four hundred angry Indian citizens standing on the street in front of the palace. They were all wide-eyed and filled with indignation, and some of them roared and protested at them. . The Spanish soldiers immediately drew their swords, ready to kill the Indians who were besieging them. However, the Indians did not attack them. Therefore, they held long swords in their hands, put on a murderous look, and left in despair from the citizens in a panic and timidity, and walked quickly towards the barracks.
