"William, I don't think we should open this box. Look at the text on it. This is ancient Egyptian priest text. It says a warning. Once this box is opened, the evil spirit sealed by the holy law will break the curse. When he returns to the world, he takes the internal organs and blood of all the people who open the box, and uses this method to resurrect them, transforming them from cursed spirits into monsters that harm the world."
Evelin just looked at the box at her feet, wiped the dust on it and saw the words described by the priest. A chill came over her heart. She felt that in the hot Egypt, a basin of cold water fell from the sky and poured onto her body, penetrating into her limbs. Bai Gu, her wisdom became more active in this moment of crisis. Her intuition told her that it would be dangerous to open this box or even recite the resurrection spell.
"Evie, don't worry, this is just something the ancient Egyptians used to scare tomb robbers. This is the age of science, the age of civilization, not the age of magic." Jonathan comforted his sister, and his mind was spinning very fast. , he looked at his "brother-in-law" with a flattering smile and said, "What do you think?"
"What is the Holy Law?" William asked doubtfully, as if he had heard something extraordinary.
"Uncle Long, I'm also curious, dad, do you know what the Holy Law is?" Xiaoyu looked at her dad.
"Well, well, dad actually doesn't know too much about this. It should be something like law." Dad said helplessly.
"It is the principle of Ma'at, the law in the minds of the ancient Egyptians, and the order of the world. Its counterpart is Isfit, which symbolizes chaos. The theme of all ancient Egyptian legends is Isfit (chaos). ) and Ma'at (order)." Evelyn replied, "This is the moral law followed by all the Egyptian gods, even the god Ra is no exception. In the court of the gods, the god Set Killed King Osiris and took away the throne of Horus, the son of Osiris and the patron saint of kingship. It was precisely because of the order maintained by the gods in the court that Horus regained his throne. In Egyptian mythology All story themes and all religious rituals are to achieve the victory of order over chaos."
"Can you tell me this story?" William asked cautiously.
Evelyn looked at the Black Book of the Dead in her hand and said, "The land of Egypt prospers because of the Nile River, so the Nile River naturally divides the country into two parts, the fertile black land that is irrigated by the Nile River, and the barren land in other parts of the country. Desert, in mythology, the god Ra gave his eldest son Osiris the dominion of the human world he created, which is the black land of the world, while the second son Seth got the dominion of the red land of the barren desert."
"So a turmoil occurred. Seth designed to kill his brother Osiris during the banquet and seized the throne of Egypt. However, the gods did not recognize Seth's right to rule. Osiris's wife, the magic goddess Isis, was resurrected. Osiris married her husband and gave birth to Horus with her. As a loser, Osiris was tired of the world and came to the underworld to become the master of the underworld. Horus defeated Seth under the upbringing of Isis and became the king of Egypt.”
"The uncle killed his father's throne, and the prince succeeded in taking revenge. It seems to be the Revenge of the Prince in Shakespeare's Hamlet." Jackie Chan said at this time.
"It's just that the battle between order and chaos is very difficult. The sun god Ra has to board the sun boat every night to lead the gods to fight Apophis, the giant serpent of chaos who devours the world. The sun god needs a king who can protect Egypt, so Seth Claiming to be able to protect Egypt, he was powerful enough to protect the Sun God from the daily attacks of the Serpents of Chaos, so the gods supported Horus and the Sun God favored Seth.”
"If the sun god supported Seth, then why did Horus get the throne in the end."
"Isis, disguised as a beautiful woman, came before Seth in the court of the gods, and wept and told the sad story of a stranger who had thus taken away her son's cattle, and begged Seth for justice. , Seth said in the court of the gods that this behavior was very shameless, and the gods also declared themselves guilty at this time, and Isis changed back to her true form at this time. Because the god Seth declared himself guilty, the sun god asked He Russ succeeded to the throne.”
Evelin said this and looked into William's eyes. There was warning in her eyes, "This is how the holy law exists, and the sacred commandments should not be broken."
"What will happen if it is broken?" William asked.
"The order of the world will be challenged. The struggle between Horus and Set determined the standards of justice and injustice, legality and illegality, order and chaos. The rule of Horus also set an example for all future kings. This This is also the reason why the Egyptian pharaohs and Egyptian subjects throughout the ages have unswervingly followed Horus and declared themselves followers of Horus rather than followers of the god Set. The former is about order, and the latter is about chaos. Yes. Those who break the Holy Law will become the destroyers of the world, and become evil dragons like the giant serpents of chaos that invade the world of order." Evelin said here, looking at William with expectation in her eyes, "I think we should go get the Sun Gold. Prayer, put the Black Book of the Dead and this box here, and don’t break the holy law.”
William fell into silence. It was obvious that he was pursuing power so persistently in order to fight against the evil dragon. Why, after listening to Evelin's words, did he turn himself into another "evil dragon" in the process of pursuing power? .
"No, Evie, I firmly believe that I am righteous." After William hesitated for a moment, his heart became clear. He would never be a chaotic snake like Apophis, a destroyer of the world. A dragon-slaying warrior fighting an evil dragon.
Even though he has the power of a dragon, he is carrying a heavy fate like a real hero.
"Read it out, Evie." William sounded like he was commanding, with an absolutely unquestionable attitude in his tone.
"You need a key to open the Black Book of the Dead, but I don't have the key." Evie said helplessly.
"Jonathan, take out the key. I saw you seemed to have stolen something from O'Connor when you were confronting him on the cruise ship. I think that should be the key to the Black Book of the Dead."
William turned his attention to Jonathan who was standing aside. Jonathan looked at William staring at him with half-smiling eyes, and cursed angrily, "Hell, how did you know that the thing is here with me?"
"Not only did I know that you stole O'Connor's key, you also stole my gold coins." William shrugged, took the key from Jonathan, and handed it to Evelin, "Read it, read it out earlier, I Just go back to England and get married."
"Soon." Evelin put the key on the Black Book of the Dead and opened the book. Her attitude suddenly changed.
From the dissuasion just now, to the active cooperation now.
Just to get married, not shabby.
