"Only a servant of God can send down a divine message so that people who speak different languages and have different accents can understand each other, and we no longer have a servant of God here."
"It's just that you don't feel like a servant of a god to me, but like a god like Naboo. Are you both a human and a god?"
Gudiya was about to have a full and in-depth exchange with Yu Zai, but at this time, there was a noise outside the palace, and a guard came to report that it was a priest named Nankam from a temple who discovered the war. With the omens of disaster, he wanted to meet the king of Lagash.
"Priest Nankamu said that when this man in strange clothes came to Lagash in the evening, a red star appeared today. The red star represented by Nergal, the god of plague and war... ..What is coming is not joy, but disaster..."
When Gudiya heard the words conveyed by the guard, he suddenly became unhappy.
Astrology is indeed one of the important decision-making methods for divination of national destiny, but we must not be superstitious about astrology. Otherwise, when the Akkadians attacked Uruk, why didn't the astrologers save them.
And in a sense, the so-called war is whether Lagash attacks others, or does others attack Lagash?
"Let Priest Nankam come in. I want to talk to him face to face and ask him about the results of his astrological observations."
The guard added: "King, there are many priests outside, all following Priest Nankam. Some of them have rosy faces and look like they have drunk too much beer."
"Um?"
King Gudiya immediately raised his eyebrows!
Are these priests crazy? After getting drunk, they dare to come to the palace and act drunk. In terms of courage, they are indeed the people of the God of War.
King Gudiya told Yu Zai that he had to go out for a while and could not let the King of the East see such a disrespectful situation.
"Sorry, I have some things to take care of. I'll be back soon."
King Gudea was very unhappy with Nankamu and these drunken priests coming to cause trouble near the palace. He walked out of the palace, dressed formally, and even put on his own leather cloak full of brass nails. .
At this time, the guards and the priests were confronting each other in front of the palace. Some priests were drunk and began to scold the guards for not respecting them. After all, the status of priests was much higher than that of soldiers.
"Priests are nobles! How dare you, middle-class people, point your spear at my head! If you can, stab me, stab me here!"
The scene was a bit chaotic. The drunk priest was very angry. Even other priests felt that his behavior undermined the majesty of the temple attendants. But that man was just venting his dissatisfaction. In the beer shop before, he shouted He was also the loudest.
In his own words, it is probably "I have been in the family for many generations, but I don't know the common man in the village"!
He was dissatisfied with the fact that a man in strange clothes was sitting on the king's chariot. At this time, the palace guard pointed a spear at him. This moment made his self-esteem hit.
As the trigger of the whole incident, Nankamu still firmly believed in his point of view. Not long after the man in strange clothes entered Lagash, the Mars Nergal in the sky turned red. There must be something between these two things. related.
At this time, Gudea walked out of the palace and heard the cry of the drunken priest. He grabbed the spear from the guard beside him and stabbed the priest!
When the tip of the spear was one millimeter away from the priest's eyebrows, the spear stopped. The priest was frightened and took several steps back. The arrogance he felt just now disappeared and turned into disbelief. Then A flash of fear.
"The Just Shepherd, the King of Lagash, the Great One!"
The drunken priest came down to pay his respects, and Gudea angrily shouted: "Didn't you just want the soldiers to stab you to death! Why are you retreating now?"
The priest responded: "The attendants of the gods can be killed by great kings, but not by ordinary soldiers."
Gudea: "Then, I will think carefully about whether you will still serve as a priest in the future. I hope you will not be stabbed to death on the street."
The priest's eyes were immediately full of disbelief, and he immediately protested, saying that he came from a family of priests, how could he be laid off just because you said he was laid off!
He thought it was just the king's angry words, but he still complained after being drunk. As a result, he was scolded by King Gudea and then caught and dragged away by the soldiers.
"Nan Kam! What are you going to do! Do you want to replace me as a just shepherd? Then I suggest you change your title!"
Gudiya looked at the middle-aged priest in front of him, and Nankam vowed: "The just shepherd, the king of Lagash, the great one! I am not here to make trouble, you are the one who belongs to Lagash Ruler, you are on par with the gods, and we are the attendants of the gods, and even more so, your attendants.”
"I'm just here to tell you that the horoscope I saw tonight reflects a serious problem, and it may be related to the strangely dressed man you welcomed back this evening!"
Nankam pointed to the sky. The palace's platform is very high, and it is not much different from the temple in style, so it is also a good stargazing area. In fact, compared to the temple, the palace is not the largest building in the city-state. The temple That's it.
Gudea also had good eyesight, and it was already dark now, and the stars were shining brightly in the black sky. He saw a red star hanging high in the sky, which was particularly conspicuous among the stars.
"Nergal."
"Yes, that's Nergal! Every time it appears, when it shines particularly brightly, it will bring disaster to the earth and the city-state soon."
"so what?"
Gudiya suddenly asked Nankam: "I have also been a priest, and my stargazing ability cannot be worse than yours. In this land where the sun, moon and stars shine together, and two vast rivers flow, Lagash is not the only one." The city-state can see Nergal."
"Can't you see other city-states?"
"Don't other city-states have their own explanations?"
"You go to the west, go to the north. Perhaps in the city-state of Kish, their monarch is seeing Nergal in the sky because he took an extra bite of rice. He is so scared that he throws down the bowls and chopsticks. Is it because he ate too much? He had a mouthful of food, so Nergal came to punish him?"
"Perhaps in the city-state of Nippur, their monarch leaked water everywhere in the evening, so Nergal appeared to punish him for his bad behavior of leaking water everywhere?"
"Nergal is very busy! I am also very busy. I have no time to listen to your nonsense here! Do you think I am the king of the four directions in the world? Nergal does not only appear in our city-state. Have you never been to other places? City-state? In that case, I suggest you go to the territory of Akkadian in the north, or to the mountains of the Kuti people, where you can see the stars more clearly!"
Gudiya asked in reply, spraying Nankamu's face with saliva.
Nankamu wiped his face, still firmly believing in his own judgment, and persuaded Gudiya:
"But I can't know what's happening in other city-states, but I can be sure of one thing, that is, there is absolutely no other person in such strange clothes in other city-states!"
