Stars shone in the night sky, and bonfires illuminated the earth. In the military camp where they were stationed, Battalion Commander Pimon summoned dozens of guards to hold a welcome dinner for the Kingdom expedition team who had come from afar.
A large basin of black bean puree and baskets of tortillas were enough. In addition, there were abundant tropical fruits, delicious fish soup with spices, and a special treat for the leaders, a fragrant roasted deer.
Everyone ate large pieces of cake and drank soup, and they were very happy. Pimen told the story of His Majesty's invincibility since the Eastern Expedition. Puap also boasted about what he had experienced while exploring the northern continent. The two were in high spirits and talked for half the time.
After a whole world, he drank a jar of fruit wine, became drunk, and sang the songs of his hometown.
"Oh oh oh! The mother goddess in the water, she is the mother by the lake!
Her milk fell and multiplied delicious fish in the vast Lake Patzcuaro~..."
"Oh oh oh! The mother goddess in the water, she is the mother of the sky!
Wandering alone in the silence, looking for the flying child, until dawn~..."
“Oh oh oh! O goddess of the water, mother of the Prepecha!
She never differentiates, doesn't care about the appearance of her children, no matter where they are~..."
When the two of them sang until this point, their cheerful singing echoed in the military camp. All the Prepecha warriors sincerely smiled, and even the old militiamen who had been silent all this time also had a smile on their faces. Everyone responded loudly.
And, sing the song in my memory, by Lake Patzcuaro.
"...Oh oh oh oh! That is the light of the Mother Goddess, shining on our feet and our faces. She is our mother, no matter how we are! Sweat, covered with dust, or covered with blood
~”
The simple but warm banquet reached its climax. Pi Meng stood up drunkenly, waved his hands cheerfully, and shouted loudly.
"Bring them here, bring them all! Two for each of the warriors! Four for each of the two captains!...I, Pimon, will definitely take care of the guests!"
Before he finished speaking, a group of graceful Tlaxcala ladies were brought in with their naked upper bodies by the guards. The small wooden barracks was immediately filled to the brim. The swaying feminine scent hit his face, making him
The energetic young warriors' eyes straightened and they reacted instantly.
Seeing this, Pimen laughed "haha". He stretched out his big hand, gave a perfect demonstration, and shouted again.
"Come, eagles of Prepecha! Stretch out your sharp claws, grab the noble ladies of the snake descendants, spread your wings and sing to your heart's content on their smooth bodies!..."
"Phew! This is killing me..."
After a while, the veteran militiaman Chihuaco struggled to get out of the barracks, looked at the stars in the sky, and sighed faintly. He turned sideways, looked at the bonfire with swaying figures, listened to the passionate and urgent eagle cry, and felt helpless.
Shaked his head.
"I can't recruit you, I really can't recruit you! You'd better leave early..."
The old militiaman slowly walked through the noisy military camp, walked through the dead market town, stepped on the stars in the water, and boarded the long boat. His eyes became deep, looking at the boundless and bright night sky, like a lonely bird looking up.
old goat.
However, in this era, there were no goats. Chihuaco looked around the bow and saw only the young Dark Snake huddled in the corner of the deck. Dark Snake was wearing a sailor's short robe, hugging his legs, raising his head, and looking at the stars in the sky.
Well, it's like a little snake curled up and raising its head.
Chihuaco was silent for a while, straightened his clothes, and sat next to Dark Snake. Dark Snake shrank nervously, and did not relax slightly until he saw the appearance of the person clearly. He could keenly feel that the person opposite him
The old captain is a trustworthy person.
"Perhaps, he is the only one on the whole ship who can be trusted..."
"have you eaten?"
Chihuaco spoke softly and kept looking at the sky. The Milky Way on the tropical plateau is so prosperous that thousands of stars can be seen, even more than people on the ground.
"have eaten."
Dark Snake replied in a low voice. He had been unwilling to go ashore and did not dare to go ashore. Fortunately, the old captain acquiesced to him and stayed on the ship.
"what did you eat?"
"Eat the cake."
The conversation came to an end. Neither the old man nor the young man spoke. After a while, Chihuaco stood up, took out two clay pots from the cabin, filled them with fruit wine, and sat back down. According to
According to His Majesty's instructions, the Kingdom's expedition fleet has been carrying a large amount of Dan wine to replace Dan water.
"Drink."
"Um."
Dark Snake stopped sipping the wine, and a blush quickly appeared on his face. He turned his head and looked at Chihuaco carefully. The other person was looking at the starry sky, his old face was slightly drunk, as if he was muttering something in a low voice. When Dark Snake saw this,
After getting a little closer, I could barely hear clearly.
"Blind gods!...A deer puts on wolf skin and becomes a wolf, eating humans..."
"Are these still the warriors of Repecha?... In the old kingdom, the gentlemen were also cruel to the common people who were like weeds, but in fact they were just deer eating grass... Now, after they follow the Mexica,
It's different from before, even the bones have changed, and the eyes are glowing red..."
"Ha! I can understand their words and recognize their faces clearly, but I always feel like they are fierce Mexica... In this kingdom, there are more and more Mexica at heart!...
.They are all wolves.”
"It's great to be a wolf! There are wolves everywhere in this world. Either I eat you, or you eat me. Eating others is naturally better than being eaten!... But, I don't want to be a wolf..."
"?...Wolf? Eat?..."
Dark Snake opened his eyes wide and listened hard. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand the dialect of the old militiaman, and could only feel the other party's emotions. Well, this feeling was like stars, high and far away, and empty.
Still shining light.
"Um...do you want to listen to some music?"
"Um?"
Hearing this, Chihuaco was stunned. He drank wine, blushed, turned his head, looked at the young man for a while, and then asked curiously.
"What song is it?"
"The Song of the Stars. It was sung by the priests of the Holy City. It's very nice. It's a very old song. I heard it when I was a child and remember it."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Dark Snake pursed his lips, memories appearing on his face.
"This song talks about a star, the origin star... A year in the solar calendar has 365 days, which is the cycle of the sun. A year in the sacred calendar has 260 days. In fact, this is also a star
The period of a star. It’s just that that star suddenly disappeared a long, long time ago.”
"..."
The old militiaman didn't understand what Dark Snake said. He just looked at the young man's serious face and nodded with a smile.
"good!"
Dark Snake cleared his throat, looked at the position between Mars and Jupiter in the night sky, and sang leisurely.
"...You are the origin of the gods, floating in the desolate and ancient star realm for 37 million years..."
Thirty-seven million years? How much is this? The old militiaman thought for a moment, but he couldn't figure it out and didn't care. He just listened quietly, drinking and smiling.
"...A jaguar in the astral realm, stepping on the footsteps of the wind. She came to the boundless river, the tree of life, and sat on the withered treetops, looking at the star of origin...like a seed."
In Mayan mythology, the Milky Way is a sacred tree of life. The stars of the Milky Way are located in different corners of the tree. The astral jaguar is one of the four gods of creation in Mayan records. In astronomy, it represents
Mars. The position of the origin star in the poem is opposite to Mars.
The city of Cholula has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, and many of their myths, like the Mayans, originated from the ancient Olmec era.
"The seeds sprouted in the sea of stars and gave birth to the gods in the sky... The star world is a beautiful garden, and the gods walk under the trees. Everything is so beautiful... until the darkness of death rushes from the deep shadows, like
It was the lightning falling from the sky that shattered the homes of the gods!"
When Dark Snake sang this, for some reason, tears flowed from his eyes. There were tears on his face, and there was sadness in his singing.
"...All things collapsed, the sacred tree overturned. The star of origin fell, the gods died in the darkness, and the floods surged across the stars!..."
"Many years later, the remaining people built tall towers. They prayed, they offered sacrifices, and they waited on the earth for the return of the gods~"
Chihuaco pursed his lips and his eyes softened. He didn't know what the boy was singing, he didn't know the origin of the stars, and he didn't care about the shocking secrets that might be hidden in this poem.
"Phew! He is also a miserable child."
The old militiaman sighed. He could understand the young man's voice. He was a foreign nobleman, even a descendant of a god, who had lost his home, family, and all status in the great era of wolves, and was reduced to a humble captive.
After singing a cappella, the boat was silent again, with only the rushing water. The old and the young sat close together and said nothing. They looked at the Milky Way in the sky, thinking about someone far away, their thoughts drifted far away, and their hearts were close to each other.
Very close.
This chapter has been completed!