"Weird things appear together with strange astrology. Other city-states may look for things they have done wrong, but in Lagash, don't we know best what kind of abnormal situation happened!"
"You drive a chariot for a man in strange clothes and welcome him back to the palace of Lagash from the outside world. Rumors are spreading in the city. How can you be sure that he is not deliberately dressed like this from another city-state, and then speaks bad language to come here to pry?
Where’s the intelligence?”
"Perhaps he is an Akkadian, or an Elamite spy!"
"The appearance of Nergal is a warning to you! Perhaps your secret is being spied on by outside spies!"
Gudea was very unhappy: "Thank you Nergal for the warning! But we believe in the God of War Ningiles, and the God of War told me that all this is reasonable."
Nankamu was really anxious and angry: "Did that man in strange clothes say anything deceptive to you?"
"Don't believe anything he says!"
The priests have deep faith in the astrology, after all, several important divination in the past have been correct.
Under Nankamu's strong request and explanation, even though Gudiya was very wise, he could not help but have a trace of doubt at this time.
So Nankamu asked Gudiya again, how did that man in strange clothes make you believe him?
"Detailed maps of several city-states, from the northern sea to the southern sea, and you can't know the remaining one."
Gudiya's eyes flashed, and Nankam immediately jumped up excitedly:
"The just shepherd, the king of Lagash, the great one! I can conclude that this person must be a spy sent from other places! He is deliberately drawing a map of Lagash, and he has made the map of the surrounding city-states like this
In detail, he must have deliberately used these things to gain your trust!"
"The Kuti people are definitely not so intelligent, so this person is either from other city-states, or a spy from Akkadian and Elamite people! Dressed up in strange clothes, it is just to arouse your curiosity. After all,
If it were an ordinary man in a reed skirt drawing a map on the plains, you would arrest him without even looking at him!"
Gudiya touched his chin carefully.
"What you said seems to make a little bit of sense."
Nankam said excitedly: "Really? That's what happened! No problem!"
There’s nothing wrong with being old!
Gudea turned back and looked at the palace gate. The suspicion that he had dismissed before rose again.
"But he is a servant of God, even a stronger person than a servant of God. He is already able to communicate with me."
"That's even more true!"
Nankamu was so excited that he slapped his thigh, indicating that this was the failure of the other party's disguise. Now his little tail is exposed!
"He already knows our language. He pretended not to know it before just to arouse your curiosity and prevent you from doubting him! Now he can't hold it in any longer and naturally wants to show off some of his abilities as a strange person.
And you said that the servant of God can use the will of the servant of God to talk and skip the language barrier, which further proves that my guess is correct!"
"There are no gods anywhere in this place now! These are all Akkadian gods, and the names of the Akkadian gods are just the names of our gods changed!"
"So, this servant of God must be a native god of Akkadian or a god of the Elamites. No matter what, he is definitely not a friend of us Sumerian city-states!"
After Nankamu analyzed it, the priests around him nodded frequently, and they all thought it made sense.
Gudiya also thinks it makes sense.
So he told Nan Kam that he had just drank two bottles of water given by the other party and the taste was amazing.
"You drank his water? Isn't it poisonous?"
"No, he drank first."
"Then I understand!"
Nankamu understood again and immediately said: "This is another way to reassure you! If we don't come tonight, you will really be confused by him!"
"This wine seems to be really not poisonous. As for the bubbling water and the wine that warms the body, they must be some new drinks made by the Akkadians or Elamites. They are just for
This step of the plan has been planned for a long time!"
"The Akkadians and Elamites, whoever planned this operation, have terrible thoughts! You were almost fooled!"
When Gudiya heard this, he thought it made sense.
But there is one last doubt, and that is the red sheep.
This was an agreement between King Urbaba and Nabu, the God of Knowledge. He could not tell the priest in front of him, but Gudea could guess what kind of explanation the priest would give.
"So at this time, the best way is to go in and question the King of the East head-on and systematically to see if he is genuine or fake."
"That's right! Just shepherd, please take us in, and we will confront him face to face! We will definitely expose his lies, and we will not let Lagash fall into tricks and disaster wars!"
"Any pretender must not understand something. With a little guidance, we can slowly figure out the identity and origin of the other person!"
Nankamu was excited.
If he succeeds this time, then he will be Lagash's savior, his status will skyrocket, and becoming a high priest will not be a fantasy.
After all, he has many years of experience as an intermediate priest. After saving Lagash, he can even show his great wisdom. He faced the king directly and exposed the tricks of outsiders, so he was sealed and his reputation spread to all directions!
This incident should be included in the story, written at the end of the epic, and be praised and read by future generations!
He turned around and preached to the priests:
"Priests and attendants of the gods! Foreign countries want to destroy our myths and stories again, and want to drag Lagash into a disaster of destruction and deception. Nergal gave us the prophecy, so that
We succeeded in changing our destiny at a critical moment!"
"The brilliance of Nergal makes ordinary people confused, but we priests can understand the meaning it symbolizes!"
However, Nankamu had not yet entered the palace. While he was still preaching, a telescope was handed to him.
Nankam was enthusiastic about preaching and took the telescope casually. He even heard someone telling him in his mind that this thing could see the stars more clearly. He thought it was the behavior of King Gudea, so he used his eyes to look at the stars more clearly.
I glanced at the telescope, but didn't notice that the cheers from the surrounding priests had disappeared.