On the day of the Valley Feast, Egypt once again ushered in a grand parade.Like the festival of Opet, this varied event begins at the Karnak Temple on the east bank of the Nile.The only difference is that on this day, the people of Egypt would place the icon from the temple of Karnak in a shrine on the top of the sacred ship, and then cross the Nile, where the monks would tie the icon to the pole of the sacred boat and carry it to the bank of the Nile.The festival of Opet is held on the east bank of the Nile.The Valley Festival takes place on the banks of the Nile.The former is more about thanking the great gods and celebrating the harvest, while the latter is a ritual that has always been a sign of reverence for the gods.In previous years, the icons brought out of the Karnak temple on the east bank were the main god Amun, the wife of Amun, and the child of Amun.This is a tradition of the New Kingdom of Egypt and has not changed for hundreds of years.But today, when the monks lifted the icon from the holy ship and lifted the white cloth covering the icon, the icon that appeared was not the family of Amun as the Egyptians who had been waiting on the shore for a long time.The middle of the icon was both familiar and unfamiliar to these Egyptians.It was the god of the sun, the god Aten, who was highly revered by Pharaoh Ekhnaton.Almost half of the population could not understand why Pharaoh had changed the sun god from the god Amun, which they had always believed, to the god Aten.Over the years, the former oracle and now Queen Nefertiti has been in the temple of Aten, and Pharaoh Ekhnaton has strongly admired the god Aten, and even tried to set up the god Aten as the only main god in Egypt.This was undoubtedly a huge change, and the ordinary people of Egypt could not understand the twists and turns, and the Egyptian nobles and royals tried to stop the exhortation, but to no avail.The contradiction between the priestly class of Amun and the Egyptian royal power became more and more intense, and the nobles played little role after "insertion".The nobles present looked at the Aten icon in the middle of the icon, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, Ekhnaton was afraid that this time he would have to completely change the god Amun to the god Aten, regardless of public opinion.Ekhnaton standing in front of the icon swept the Egyptian people, ignoring the surprised or suspicious or angry faces on their faces.In eight years, compared to the fifteen-year-old who had been, Ekhnaton in his twenties had more mature experience and the elegance of a king, dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the golden crown on his head symbolized the power and majesty of the pharaoh.The winged eagle and the mirror snake king represent protection and conquest.The shadow of the pale gold "color" is on the deep and sharp eyes, and the thick eyelashes are perfectly connected, luxurious and handsome.If Ekhnaton eight years ago was a sword that had just been unsheathed, the cold light burst out, and the wild "sex" was fierce.Then the current pharaoh has precipitated the sharpness of immovable gods and a strong sense of hierarchical oppression.He didn't even say anything, just stood there quietly, and swept over it, so that the people who were talking about it because of the appearance of the Aten icon instantly fell silent.Ekhnaton didn't think it meant anything about the reactions of these people, which had been expected for a long time.Since the Amun icon was replaced with the Aten icon, various consequences were considered and countermeasures were prepared.In order to weaken the power of the priestly class of Amun and recentralize the divided royal power on it, it was prepared for nearly twelve years, so no matter how these people did not understand and object, they could not change the decision.Ekhnaton withdrew his gaze, lowered his deep eyes slightly, and looked at the thin golden line on his wrist.It was a chain made from Nefertiti's hair, a few strands that Ekhnaton had insisted on cutting from Nefertiti's hair eight years ago.After the craftsman weaves it into a chain, it is sprinkled with antiseptic "medicine" powder, and it has been worn for so many years.I've been preparing for today for a long time, and my only regret is that Nefertiti is not around, so I can't watch this grand occasion.Standing ten meters away from Ekhnaton was a handsome young man, who was in the middle of development, and his body began to twitch.Wearing the same gorgeous costumes, his skin is whiter than ordinary people, and he has a blue "color" like an ear of wheat pendant pinned to his hair.The cuff of the charm was on the left side of the boy's head, and after being quenched with a layer of light gold, it extended all the way to the forehead of at least a year.In the center of his forehead, there is a jewel-shaped figure hanging from it, and if you look closely, you will see that it is a small gold mask made of gold.At the side of the young man, there was also a tall man, the man's hair was a little special, and the ends of the hair were an uncommon red "color", like the surging red river in the sunset."
Gary, is Father going to announce it today?"
The boy turned his head sideways and looked at the guard beside him."
Yes."
Gariru replied that he was a henchman of Ekhnaton and a man of Pharaoh.When Tutankhamun was four years old, he was sent by Pharaoh Ekhnaton to be Tutankhamun's mentor.But at that time, both Kia and Tutankhamun himself knew very well that the guard Gary was not only a teacher who came to teach His Royal Highness the martial arts, but also a supervisor who monitored the movements of the mother of Wang and Kia.But even if Tutankhamun said this very clearly, it didn't prevent him from liking Gary.Of course, this kind of liking is just a kind of respect for those who can improve their skills and become strong."
Father, like this, I think there will be opposition from many people."
Tutankhamun first looked at the crowd of onlookers, and then at the Pharaoh, who was calm and quiet, and did not show his voice, and spoke casually, as if he was watching the excitement, and did not care about Ekhnaton at all.Gary didn't speak.For this pair of fathers, there is no right of any voice in itself.Pharaoh cared about Tutankhamun because of the queen, but this concern was not the father's concern for the child, but more like the care of a fairly useful commodity after weighing.Tutankhamun is not stupid, on the contrary, as His Royal Highness, he should be smart, and he has long seen the clue of this.The affection for Ekhnaton also slowly turned from the initial reverence to the insipid.Tutankhamungari didn't speak, he glanced at it with his peripheral vision, and guessed what Gary was thinking at the moment.He raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything more.What was Daugari thinking, in terms of things, Tutankhamun had hoped to be cared for by his father at the beginning.At that time, I couldn't understand my father's indifference to my mother, and I couldn't understand why my father looked at his mother with a faint murderous intent.Tutankhamun couldn't understand why his father made his mother a concubine if he didn't like his mother.What Tutankhamun couldn't understand was that his mother also disliked his father, and even disgusted him, looking at his father's god as if he were looking at an enemy.At that time, Tutankhamun was suspicious of this more than once, and slowly after that, he understood more and more, and then he realized that there was still a person between his mother and father.And the existence of this person is the root of all this.Queen Nefertiti is known as the most beautiful person in this room.Tutankhamun had no queen, but there is a blurry picture in his memory.Since childhood, he has an amazing memory, and in the blurry picture in his mind, he is a man with a gold mask.Golden hair, blue eyes.Like the sun and the sea.But Tutankhamun remembered that when the man touched his cheeks, the cool and delicate fingertips, and the calm and indifferent coldness in the blue "colored" eyes.Tutankhamun has heard a lot about the rumors about Nefertiti, and without exception they are all praise.It is said that Egypt is an irreplaceable existence, and that it is a gift from the sun god to Egypt.For Nefertiti, Tutankhamun's senses are complex.Thinking about the gold mask that was carefully hidden by my mother in the room, and the intoxicated and joyful expression of my mother every time I mentioned Nefertiti, I felt a little uncomfortable.Because in the eyes of the mother, what floats is the love and longing for the lover.Tutankhamundaw's mother was a dancer, but when his father was about to give her to the king of the Hittites, she was stopped by Nefertiti and taken by her as a maid.Later, Tutankhamun used some passages to learn the story of his mother and Nefertiti, as well as the forbidden stories of his father, mother, and Nefertiti.After learning the ins and outs, Tutankhamun's senses for Nefertiti became more complex.On the one hand, I instinctively hate Nefertiti, who seems to be a perfect existence in everyone, as a mother's child, I hate Nefertiti to punish her, and let my mother miss it alone in the long years.Out of selfishness, I even thought that if it weren't for Nefertiti, the relationship between mother and father would not be like an enemy like it is now.But on the other hand, Tutankhamun also knows that without Nefertiti, nothing would exist.Her mother may have been sent to the neighboring Hittites, and she could not have come here.Moreover, deep down in Tutankhamun's heart, there was a subtle, hazy closeness to Nefertiti.I can't say why.Maybe it's because Nefertiti took it herself, or maybe it's because of the blurry picture in her memory.Thinking of this, Tutankhamun couldn't help but lift up and touch the gold mask pendant on his forehead with his fingertips.It was given to me by my mother when I was four years old.I could have refused the gift, but I let my mother put it on my forehead.Even after that, I would always touch and "touch" this delicate and hard coldness from time to time."
Gary," Tutankhamun asked the guard beside him again, but this time not about Pharaoh Ekhnaton, but about Nefertiti."
What kind of person is the queen?"
Although Tutankhamun had many conjectures about Nefertiti, this was the first time he had asked questions.When Gary heard this, he didn't answer it immediately like the previous question, but was silent for a long time, until Tankhamun looked behind him with a suspicious look, and then Gary's lips moved and said, "It's an attractive person." ”"Charming," Tutankhamun chuckled, and a hint of coldness appeared at the bottom: "This is still an expected answer, but you say, Gary, what I want to understand is not a perfunctory and exaggerated answer that can be said by just asking a person." ”Gary shook his head slightly, "It's not perfunctory. ”After a pause, he continued: "Your Queen, you will understand the meaning of my words. ”“？”
Tutankhamun seemed to hear a joke, "The queen has been in the temple of Aten for nearly eight years, and no one except the pharaoh can enter it, what can I do?"
”At the end of these words, Tutankhamun's voice couldn't help but rise a little, and even revealed a sense of aggressiveness."
There's going to be a chance."
Gary replied, and then seemed to think of something suddenly, and looked at Tutankhamun with some strange looks.Tutankhamun paused for a moment at the god of Gari, and seemed to realize that his emotions were a little excited.calmed down his emotions and quickly reined in his expression.At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and the people who had been looking at Pharaoh Ekhnaton looked in the other direction.And this direction, at this moment, several people shouted exclamations, and they shouted out a word in an extremely excited tone."
Nefertiti!""
It's Nefertiti here!"