[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

"Babylon's captivity" is a historical event, referring to the Babylonian kingdom capturing Jerusalem and destroying the Jewish kingdom, and taking all the residents of Jerusalem captive.Whether they were nobles or priests, merchants or craftsmen, the Jerusalemites were taken as captives and escorted to Babylon in groups.

This is the great martial arts of the Babylonian Kingdom when it reached its peak, but it is also the endless pain of another nation.

And Yinan was mixed among these Zionites at this moment, and followed them to keep advancing towards Babylon.

The Zionites who were taken captive to Babylon had very little luggage—they were already enslaved, so they had little personal property to speak of.

It can be seen that the clothes on some of them are of fine quality, and many of them were once bright red clothes.But now the clothes of these people are the same as Yi Nan's, covered in long yellow sand, looking dilapidated and decadent.

The old man sang the song of missing Zion, which immediately attracted the soldiers of the Kingdom of Babylon, and the whip whipped loudly in the air a few times.

"Go forward! Go forward for me!"

The warriors shouted in the language of the Babylonians.

"Your king has lost to our bravest prince in Babylon. What right does the old man have to mutter?"

The Zionites quickly lowered their heads, dragged their shackles, and walked forward one by one, seemingly giving up.

But as soon as the warrior left, the Zionites cursed the Babylonians again.

"The city of Babylon is the ugliest whore ever lived, the mother of all abominations."

Inan had a deep affection for Babylon. When he heard the people from Zion swearing like this, he almost immediately retorted, almost forgetting that he was also a member of the "Prisoners of Babylon".

"No... you guys, please remember," the old man who sang in grief and indignation earlier said bitterly.

"Zion fell into the hands of the Babylonians. It was not the achievements and great achievements of the princes of Babylon at all. It was the gods who punished the Judeans, and it was the gods who destroyed our holy city."

Hearing this, Yinan became contemplative.

It seems that the Babylonian Kingdom’s attack and plunder on Zion deepened the belief of the Judaeans to another extent, making them more convinced that the "Doomsday Judgment" is real.

She thought of her observation mission this time, and suddenly felt that there was a long way to go.

Although people have been able to see the city of Babylon from a distance, they have not been able to come to the city after walking for a day.

At night, the captives lit torches and lay down on the ground to rest.Everyone was given water and a bit of coarse black bread. Inan chewed slowly, and she felt that there was a lot of sand mixed in the flour.

But the captives all felt that it would be nice to have food.Yi Nan heard from them that when the prince of Babylon besieged the city, they ate up the grass roots.

The night was dark, and the old Judaean man wanted to sing again, but he sang a few lines before being stopped by the Babylonian soldiers.A group of people could only watch the bonfire helplessly, with nothing to sit on.

At this moment, the lights suddenly brightened in the distance.A large group of torches moved towards this side, looking like a long dragon from a distance.

Yi Nan raised her ears to listen, she heard a woman's voice.

In the distance, a woman was talking with Babylonian soldiers, and the speaker had a very peculiar accent.

"Everyone, get up!" the soldier ordered briefly.

"Men, this way!" The soldier stretched out his hands, "Woman, this way!"

Suddenly, there was a Judean woman's scream: "You want to tear us apart, you want to separate our flesh and blood."

She shouted in the language of the Judaeans, which the Babylonian soldiers could not understand.But he opened his mouth to explain: "The princess of the Kingdom of Medes in the nearby camp is lost, and the maid of the princess came to look for it."

A Judean who could understand Babylonian translated immediately, temporarily calming down everyone's emotions.

Yi Nan had to go to the right hand side of the soldier and squeeze behind the women.The clothes on her body were cut too well, showing her curves, and it was impossible to pretend to be a man.

Immediately someone came over, held up a torch, and identified them one by one.

The ones who came were all women, with good figures and exquisite clothes.Without exception they wore thin veils trimmed with thin lace, and reflected gold in the light of the torches--pure gold, apparently.

The waiters held torches, and these women called the Judean women one by one to identify them carefully.

Yi Nan only took one look and knew that they were not looking for someone at all - they were looking for a substitute.

They first identify the women's age, then their figure, and finally their appearance.

If you are looking for someone, you must first look at the face.

They looked over one by one, and finally it was Yinan's turn.

Yi Nan heard them discussing in a low voice: "Whoever catches her first, don't let her speak!" The language was neither Babylonian nor Judean, and those women expected that Yi Nan would not be able to understand it.

Immediately, two women approached Yi Nan, each grabbing her arm.Both of them stared at her warily, and it seemed that if she dared to speak, the two of them would immediately reach out and gag her mouth.

Yi Nan greeted them with a smile, and then whispered to one of them: "I won't talk nonsense."

The faces of the two women were distorted immediately: Yi Nan spoke the Medi dialect with a correct accent.

The rest have already started acting.A middle-aged woman with the appearance of a female official squatted at Yinan and said loudly on purpose: "The noble princess of the Kingdom of Medes, why did you come here?"

It was the language of the Babylonians.

Yi Nan pursed his lips deliberately and did not speak.

The Babylonian soldier stretched out his hand and scratched his head: "Did you really find it?"

The female officer stood up and said to the Babylonian soldiers, "Yes, this is our princess."

Babylonian soldier: "It really doesn't look like... ah, no, it really does look like it!"

He said it wasn't like it at the beginning, obviously because Yi Nan was too "disgraced". How could there be a "princess" in this world who was like rolling in the yellow sand and still mixed with the captives from Zion?

But the word "like" is because although Yi Nan is disgraced, he has a slim figure and a high bearing. When he stands there, he gives people a feeling: this is not an ordinary person.It is hard to believe that she is a noble princess.

But the soldier still fulfilled his duty of inquiry. He asked the Zion prisoners: "Do any of you recognize this woman?"

Of course, no one from Zion answered—no one knew Inan, and no one knew how she got into their ranks.

The Babylonian soldiers immediately decided to let it go: "Since you found it, please serve it well, and don't let this happen again."

A group of female officials from the Kingdom of Media saluted the soldiers at the same time.The leader made a serious promise: "Of course, of course...we will not let the princess be so capricious again."

Yi Nan listened to it and thought: ... A wayward princess?

But it seems that these female officials are clearly selecting women of suitable age, figure, and appearance, and then bringing them back—to make up for the number.It sounds like the princess herself was too clever and indulgent to escape from the hands of these female officials.

She remembered what Daniel said before coming, that she would have a great chance to automatically obtain an identity, did she mean this? —Pretend to be the princess of the Kingdom of Medes?

Yi Nan didn't make a sound, letting the female officials manipulate him.

She was taken away from the camp where the Zionites slept in the open, and taken to a large camp with continuous tents.There, the female officials had already prepared hot water, picked up brushes made of soft horse mane, and made a gesture of scrubbing off the old mud that hadn't been washed for three years on Yi Nan's body.

But who would have thought that after washing off the sand and ash on the surface of her skin, the skin would be as crystal clear as jade, and could be broken by blowing a bullet.

The only thing the ladies can do is to throw away all her old clothes and put on good linen clothes for her, and then put on all kinds of complicated jewelry and gold-embellished clothes. edge of the veil.

"Princess……"

The two female officers looked at her with complicated eyes.

Under the light of the torch, the woman in front of her may look more "princess" than a princess.

One of the female officers said, "I heard from Nia that you can speak the language of the Medes? Where are you from?"

Yi Nan thought: This "Niya" is obviously one of the two female officials who stood by her side earlier and tried to control her.

She nodded and said, "Yes, I can speak the language of the Medes. But I am from Zion."

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why she appeared in the "Prisoner of Babylon" team.

She has a "one-size-fits-all reason": "When I was young, the workshop at home once took in a craftsman from Medes. That craftsman taught me to speak the language of the Medes."

The female officer on the opposite side nodded slightly, accepted her "panacea oil", and asked softly, "What about your family now?"

Yinan clasped his hands together and made a pitiful look: "In this world, I have no one to rely on. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been escorted to the Kingdom of Babylon along with so many strangers from my hometown."

The female officers looked at each other, and Yi Nan saw them nodding to each other.

"That's great."

The female officer who spoke first was slightly at a loss for words, and seemed to find it difficult to speak.But things have come to this point, they must first communicate with Yinan.

"You may have heard earlier that we are the female officials of the Kingdom of Medes. We accompanied our princess to Babylon to marry."

"Marriage?"

"Yes, the princess of the Kingdom of Medes is engaged to the prince of the Kingdom of Babylon."

"That's great, congratulations!" Yi Nan pretended to be ignorant.

All the ladies showed despairing expressions, and the one who spoke patiently told Yinan the truth: "The princess of the Kingdom of Medes has always had a sweetheart. She had to come to Babylon to marry for the sake of the country, but she couldn't stand Babylon. insulted by the prince, and fled with her sweetheart."

"Oh, it's eloping." Yi Nan helped them choose the correct words.

The ladies were extremely embarrassed together.The one who spoke nodded with a mournful face: "Yes, it's elopement."

"But the Kingdom of Medes failed to send the princess to marry Babylon, which means ignoring the marriage agreement with the Kingdom of Babylon, which in turn insulted the Kingdom of Babylon. This will lead to the two countries being at odds...may lead to war, just like Babylon Men are like Judaeans."

Yi Nan spread his hands together: "But what does it have to do with you and me?"

Her questioning seems simple, direct, and thoughtless, but it hits the nail on the head, and she can tell the truth in the shortest possible time.

The female officials were dumb for a while, and finally said in unison: "This way we female officials will die."

Yinan: That's right, tell me earlier!

The female officer who kept talking said earnestly to Yi Nan: "Look, you are helpless in this world and have no relatives. If you are willing to marry the Prince of Babylon as a princess of the Kingdom of Medes, you will reap the rewards we have for you." Unlimited loyalty."

Obviously, they lost their princess, and now they urgently need to find a fake princess.

Yi Nan was finally convinced, and began to ask the details one by one: "Are you sure that no one in the Kingdom of Babylon has seen the true face of Princess Medes?"

The female officials shook their heads together: "No! The princess is the most honorable woman in the entire kingdom. It is impossible for strangers to see her appearance before marriage."

Yi Nan thought for a while, but felt wrong again: "But you said that the princess was insulted by the prince of Babylon..."

The female official hurriedly explained: "That's right. Babylon and the Kingdom of Medes have always had a marriage agreement. The princess of Medes had already bid farewell to her lover and arrived in Babylon as promised. Only then did I hear: Prince of Babylon Not planning on marrying anyone at all."

"Will not marry anyone?" Yi Nan was curious: the matter was more complicated than she imagined.

"Yes, it is said that the Prince of Babylon also has a sweetheart. But he has never met this sweetheart."

Yi Nan: Wait... I'm going to be dizzy.

"The Babylonian prince claimed that since he could remember, he knew very well in his heart that he would marry a certain woman in the future. Some people said that he was instructed by the gods. In this life, he will not marry unless it is this woman."

"Whether it is the king of Babylon or the king of Medes, they have put pressure on the prince, but the prince refused to change his words, insisting that even if he is forced to marry the princess, the two of them are definitely just a superficial couple in name. He absolutely I will never look at the princess, and I will never regard the princess as my wife."

"Claims that he will definitely marry a woman in the future, but he has never seen this woman himself?" Yi Nan confirmed again.

"Yes!" The ladies nodded.

"Don't know your name?"

"do not know!"

Yi Nan rested his hand on his chin: This sounds unscientific. Is this an excuse to refuse marriage?

Otherwise, this Prince of Babylon is just a delusional patient?Or have you ever accidentally eaten a small mushroom?

Thinking about it, Yinan almost laughed out loud:

On Babylon's side, there was a prince who fantasized about his fiancée in his mind; and on the Medes side, there was a princess who eloped and escaped?

This marriage contract was concluded wonderfully!

Seeing the wonderful expression on Yi Nan's face, the female officials were a little at a loss as to what to do.

One of them seemed to have made up his mind and said to Yi Nan affirmatively: "Beautiful girl, if you are willing to dress up as the princess of Medes and marry the prince of Babylon, you can live a good life as a prince and concubine, and you can even become a queen in the future .And this marriage is destined to be a superficial marriage, you don't need to get along with the Prince of Babylon on a daily basis."

"In this way, you not only saved all of us and helped the two countries avoid a war, but you can also enjoy the luxury, wealth, luxury and delicious food every day..."

The female officials looked at Yinan, and they all felt that she definitely did not look like she had never seen the world. She must have been a young lady from a noble family in Zion before.Luxurious food and gourmet food may not be attractive to her.

But these female officials really have no other way, they don't know how to persuade this young girl.

Unexpectedly, Yinan asked suddenly: "Are you sure that the princess of the Kingdom of Medes will not come back to the Kingdom of Babylon and ask to marry the prince?"

The female officials nodded in unison: Elopement does not turn back, the rules of the Medes have always been like this.

The corner of Yi Nan's mouth slightly raised: "Then, I will accept the identity of Princess Medi."

Pick up an identity for nothing, don't want it for nothing.

Besides, the Prince of Babylon, she is really interested: a person full of delusions... Isn't it because he ate a small mushroom?

The ladies were overjoyed.One of them hurriedly asked, "What should I call you?"

Yi Nan was curious: "Why? Doesn't your princess have a name?"

The female official smiled and explained: "No one knows the princess' boudoir name except the king and queen of Media. We thought it would be more convenient to call you by your original name."

——At least she won't be blank and unresponsive when calling her.

Yi Nan thought for a while, then nodded decisively: "Okay, my name is 'Yinan'."

The female officials of Medes wrote down together: In their culture, this is a name that has nothing to do with any gods.

"Princess Yi Nan!" The female officials bowed in unison to greet Yi Nan, "I'm tired today, please settle down early, and I'll be heading to Babylon tomorrow."

Unexpectedly, on the second day, Yi Nan and the female officials accompanying her could not even enter the gate of Babylon.

"Princess of the Kingdom of Medes?" The guard of Babylon City looked towards Yi Nan's car, "Did no one tell us to welcome the princess of the Kingdom of Medes?"

The female officer walking at the front of the line frowned: "How is this possible?"

"Our princess is the marriage partner of the Prince of Babylon. News has been sent to the city of Babylon early on."

"But the city gate has never been notified. We only know that the captured Zionites will arrive in the next two days, and they need to be placed in the civilian garrison to prepare for the repair of Babylon's city wall."

The female officer was angry, and immediately said: "Then at least let us enter the city. The princess needs to rest, and then we female officials will go to meet the king and queen and arrange the wedding of the princess and the prince..."

The guards in Babylon City insisted: "Without an order from above, even a princess cannot enter the city..."

The two sides were at loggerheads, and suddenly heard the sound of hooves, and a majestic and heroic voice came from a distance: "What's going on here?"

The guard was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted the rider who came over: "Your Highness, this is your fiancée and her party."

It turned out that the Lord came.

The female officer was also quite excited, and the Medi accent in her words was even stronger: "Your Highness, this is your fiancee!" Finally, the right owner has been found.

"My fiancée?" The man on horseback asked suspiciously, turning his head to look at a large group of cars parked in front of the door.

Yi Nan was sitting steadily in the car.

Her carriage is a two-wheeled carriage with half-person-high walls on three sides, and the rear wall just becomes the backrest of the carriage.

But this car is not very comfortable to sit on.One is that it is bumped, almost breaking people's bones; the other is that it is difficult to maintain balance. After all, this kind of carriage has only one axle, and the people on the carriage sometimes lean back and sometimes lean forward. , to ensure that it does not slip off the car.

Along the way, it has been quite difficult for Yinan to maintain his current demeanor.Fortunately, she was wearing a veil so that her pale complexion would not reveal what happened to her all the way just now.

And her pair of pupils exposed outside the veil are still flexible, looking forward to the posture, turning around a little, she has already met the visitor.

The prince is handsome and arrogant.He turned his head to look at Yi Nan coldly, and repeated again: "Are you sure, I have a fiancee?"

The female officer choked back: I knew the prince was not easy to mess with, but I didn't expect it to be so easy to mess with.The people have been sent to the front, but they still refuse to admit it.

"This is Her Royal Highness Princess from the Kingdom of Medes." The female officer hastily explained, "Your Highness, after all, the princess has traveled far and wide. Can you let the princess enter the city first, and then discuss the wedding..."

The prince stopped her with a choked voice: "I have never had any marriage contract with the princess of the Kingdom of Medes... Don't talk about entering the city. Even if there is a marriage contract, it is definitely not my consent, so please go back and forth from wherever you come from." go……"

Unexpectedly, his words were interrupted by a woman who stood up from the car.

"You're scared!" The woman's voice was quite sweet, but also quite arrogant.Her Babylonian dialect is also well-spoken, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The prince of Babylon reined his horse immediately, and the steed under him stepped back a few steps.Immediately, the face of the person was very ugly.

Not long ago, he led the iron cavalry, broke through Zion, and captured a large number of craftsmen and laborers. The prince who has made such great achievements in battle, and the heir to the throne that is sure, someone even pointedly pointed out that he was "scared".

"If you are not afraid of anything, why don't you dare let us into the city?" The woman stood on the car, holding on to the side of the car for balance, "The marriage contract can be renegotiated, but you have no right to treat each other as equals. Such a rough treatment of people from the Kingdom of Medes?"

"You don't need to provoke me." The prince's face was as cold as a piece of ice, "The king once said something. If I personally welcome you into the city, it means that I agree to this marriage."

"I, Prince Saar of Babylon, only marry whom I know."

Now the two are facing each other with the tip of a needle, and neither of them is willing to give in.

But I don't know if the woman's beautiful eyes and firm gaze attracted some attention, the Prince of Babylon finally softened a little:

"I know you are innocently involved, but I am really embarrassed."

"If you can take a step back and don't go directly into the city, I can arrange for you to stay in the summer palace outside Babylon first, and we can discuss things later. Is this okay?"

"Summer Palace?" Yi Nan rolled his eyes—is that the Summer Palace she is familiar with?

After half a day, Yi Nan got the answer: yes and no.

From the geographical point of view, this is the summer palace built by Hammurabi when he was alive.She once had a heart-to-heart talk with the old king in that summer palace, and solved Hammurabi's knot with Herod.

But she started from the era of Hammurabi and made persistent efforts to span more than 1000 years to the present Summer Palace.

During this long period of time, the summer palace has probably experienced countless times of destruction and reconstruction, and now it looks completely different - a lot of mud and stones have been piled up on the houses made of clay bricks.It seems that people are building here again and again, and before the remains of the previous generation are completely annihilated, people are eager to build a new layer of buildings.

This made the entire summer palace taller and taller. From a distance, it looked like a towering hill had grown out of thin air on the plain of two rivers.

But now most of the buildings in the summer palace seem to have been abandoned for a long time, and the colonnades are covered with vines. The exotic flowers and plants that were once widely planted here are growing wildly close to the ground, but in the summer palace The high place has been reduced to a bare piece.

While Yi Nan was admiring the summer palace, which was both familiar and unfamiliar to her, the ladies from the Kingdom of Medes had already quarreled with the followers of the Prince of Babylon.

"The insidious and cunning Babylonians... are putting us all here. They don't provide us with food and clothing, and they don't give us hands... Isn't it obvious that they want to force us to go back to Media by ourselves?"

The female officials scolded and scolded, but they never dared to return to the Kingdom of Medes—once they returned to the country, the fact that they had found a "false princess" to fill their numbers would be revealed immediately.Even if they were treated unfairly, they could only stay in Babylon and die.

However, Yi Nan showed a bright smile as he looked at the entire summer palace that had lost its glory.

Starting from nothing, with nothing, and finding a way to support yourself?

Isn't this farming?

——I know this question!