[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Yi Nan opened his eyes wide, looking at the old king.

"A garden suspended in the air..."

This is - the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?One of the Seven Wonders of the World?

Was it built by her?

Saar was standing behind the King of Babylon at the moment, seeing Yi Nan being so surprised, he was also a little confused, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand and scratching the back of his head.

Yi Nan's eyes turned to his face, and the two confused people looked at each other.

Inan suddenly remembered: According to historical records, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were indeed built by Nebuchadnezzar the Great to please his wife from the Kingdom of Medes.

——Is this a coincidence or fate?

Yinan and Sal looked at each other for a moment, and they turned their eyes away at the same time.

The old king was quite pleased to see it, and said to Yinan while twirling his beard, "Princess, don't you want to show your 'landlord's kindness' and invite us into the garden to enjoy it?"

The young princes behind Sal suddenly showed jealousy, knowing that the king's words like this were equivalent to officially giving this summer palace to Princess Media.In the future, as soon as Princess Medes and Saar get married, such a beautiful summer palace will belong to their young couple. If Saar does not invite them, they are not qualified to come to this garden as guests.

Although Sal has always been the old king's favorite heir, his younger brothers also have their own ghosts—this kind of thing can't be said until the last moment.What if Thrall dies while he is away on an expedition?

Yi Nan quickly bowed his head and saluted, and invited the old king and his party into the summer palace.

In order to welcome the royal family, the summer palace held a big banquet on the highest floor.

Even though it is the highest floor of the "Sky Garden", the place of the banquet is still shaded by green trees, and the cool breeze is blowing, which is very cool.In addition, there are gurgling clear springs gushing out of the mouth of the newly installed fountain, and the sound of gurgling water adds a bit of coolness to the guests who come to the banquet.

The female officials from Medes are also quite relaxed - all the affairs at the banquet are handled by the Babylonian royal family.Even all the utensils were packaged and sent from the Babylonian palace.

The Medes ladies looked enviously at the gold and silver plates and glass utensils taken out of the felt: they could not find such a luxurious utensil in the entire summer palace.

The cooks and attendants of Babylon were equally surprised that they got such good ingredients in the Summer Palace:

All kinds of herbs are available;

All kinds of rare fruits and vegetables have just been picked from the vine branches, and each piece is so fresh that water can be squeezed out;

The cattle, sheep, poultry and fish sent by Sal just yesterday have been slaughtered and cleaned, and they can be sent to the grill immediately.

The two sides worked together to prepare an unprecedented feast.Just after delivering two dishes, news came from the king, saying that he didn't want to use the gold and silver vessels sent by the palace anymore, or that the pottery used in the summer palace was more suitable for the environment of the banquet, and more belonged to the summer. The "wild interest" of the palace.

The Medes female officials were elated, knowing that the Babylonian royal family had given the princess enough face this time.

They looked at each other, thinking: Is there finally hope for the prince and princess?

At the banquet here, the king of Babylon enthusiastically raised a well-made tall glass to toast, watching everyone in the banquet drink it up.

The old king looked at Sal immediately, and said with a smile: "In that case, what are your plans for the future?" The old father's chin even moved slightly in the direction where Yinan was.

Saar was sitting opposite Yi Nan, he lowered his head and remained silent without saying a word.

The old king's good mood suddenly dropped a little bit.

Sal's brothers began to exchange meaningful glances again, as if they were ready to watch a good show.Although Saar's status was unshakable, most of them were happy to see Saar do something that the old king didn't like.

Yinan stood up at the right time and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to have a look. It is said that the barbecue should be ready..."

She left the banquet specially so that their father and son could talk freely without avoiding her.

When she was leaving, Sal gave her a look of pleading for help.

Yi Nan looked at him, smiled and shook his head slightly: In fact, she really wanted to force Sal to make a choice, either obeying the "voice of God" or following the "choice of the heart", which might help Sal ​​break free from his spiritual shackles Maybe.

So she left the table and came down from the highest floor of the summer palace. Instead of going to the kitchen, she sat and took a nap in the garden on the lower floor.

The lower gardens are built with fish ponds that are too high to support.Yi Nan sat by the pool, casually tore a piece of bread into small pieces, and threw it into the fish pond. One after another, the fish swam quickly, vying for each other without giving in, as if the piece of bread was a throne...

Yi Nan didn't care about Guan Yu, she was thinking about her own concerns.

The penthouse feud sounds like it's over.

In fact, Yi Nan didn't need to deliberately guess the result: according to what she knew about the man Saar, he would definitely stick to himself.

Therefore, Yi Nan, as the "Princess of Medes", is still "running with her" on the road to marriage.

But after getting along for more than half a year, she also began to feel more or less that the woman Saar was obsessed with was actually quite possibly... herself.

In this world, the biggest joke that fate can make is probably nothing more than this.

Yi Nan thought: After the experiment is over in the future, she can write her experience into a novel... A novel may not dare to write about so many coincidental encounters... But no matter how self-deprecating she has, there is something in her heart. Everywhere is still melancholy.

The more she thought about it, the more irritable she felt, and she simply dipped her feet into the fish pond.

The cool water immediately stimulated her skin and woke her up.

What is going on now is the scientific observation task of ancient society.In fact, no matter how entangled Saar is, how lost she is, these are placed under the huge motif of "human civilization", and the emotions of these "individuals" are insignificant and nothing.

Inan calmed down.She heard footsteps behind her, guessed that Sal was looking for her, and immediately turned around and said, "Saar..."

"Still thinking about Sal?" the visitor laughed.

The person who came behind was Ta Keqi, Sal's half-brother, who was said to be only a few months younger than Sal.But in Yinan's view, God is so unfair. The two are about the same age, but they gave Sal all their brains, and Takchi basically didn't get much.

Seeing that it was Ta Keqi, Yi Nan didn't panic.Her feet were stained with water from the fish pond, so she just sat on the ground, reached for a sheep towel, and slowly wiped off all the water droplets on her feet.

Takochi just stared at Yi Nan wiping his feet in a daze.Judging by his appearance, his saliva was about to drop.

Yi Nan ignored him, wiped off the water slowly, and walked up the steps by the fish pond slowly.

"Prince Takchi," Yi Nan greeted him politely, "Why, you are...lost, may I guide you back?"

Ta Keqi, who escaped from the table, looked at Yinan with a shy face: "Princess... since the elder brother doesn't want to marry you, you can marry me!"

Yi Nan asked with a smile, "You?"

Seeing that Yi Nan didn't show much resistance, Ta Keqi became more unscrupulous, took two steps towards Yi Nan, and blocked her on the steps of the fish pond.Yi Nan couldn't leave the fish pond. If she tried to forcefully pass by Takochi, she would be hugged by the prince.

"Yeah, brother and father had another dispute at the banquet just now, I'm afraid you guessed it!" Ta Keqi looked at the face of this beautiful woman in front of him, thinking that brother would put this piece in his mouth. If you don't eat the fat next to you, you may be sick.

He opened his arms and blocked Yinan's way.

But in fact, Yinan had no intention of running away.She was already in a bad mood, and she thought it would be a happy thing for someone here to come to her door and give her a good beating.

Immediately, she clenched a pair of pink fists behind her back, and her whole body was full of strength.Speaking of her "power", after coming to this era, she hasn't used it much, and she is panicking.

Prince Takchi over there was completely unaware of her thoughts, and repeatedly tried to die.He said with a playful smile: "Brother is a dead man, and he won't turn around. He said he won't marry you, but he won't marry you. Even if he builds this summer palace for you and secretly raises you, he will have no name and no distinction in the end." Yes, I really wronged you...how about me..."

"Although I'm not talented, I'm still a prince of Babylon, and I can't humiliate you, a princess."

"Besides, I'm not good at anything else, but when it comes to the ability to make women happy, all the concubines in the yard agree... Don't you believe me? If you don't believe me, you can try it! Try it out first, I don't mind..."

Takochi stopped Yi Nan by the fish pond, and a pair of dishonest hands reached out to her waist.

Yinan's left and right hands squeezed each other's knuckles behind their backs, making a crisp sound.She thought to herself: It is not easy for the placenta to grow so big. Since your old man is upstairs, I will pay attention to propriety.

While imagining the prince being beaten into a pig's head by her, she couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth excitedly.

But Takochi thought she was really moved, and couldn't help being overjoyed, shouting "Be good", and rushed over with one arm.

But before he touched Yi Nan's clothes, someone grabbed him by the back collar.

With a clouded face, Sal stretched out his hand to hold his second brother.With long hands and long feet, he held Takchi by the back collar and lifted him up in the air.

"You deserve it too!"

Sal snorted.

"Brother!" Tukchi yelled as if begging for mercy, his eyes still kept on Princess Medi's side, and happened to see Yi Nan's expression of regret.

Yinan is of course regretful that the object of venting his anger was snatched away.

Unexpectedly, this gave Tu Keqi great courage, the bastard prince shouted: "Brother, since you don't want to marry, why are you pestering others?"

Sal's face was dark, he was holding a big living person struggling up and down in his hand, but he just stood there numbly, looking at the woman in front of him.

He felt a strong sourness in his heart.

He heard all the words that Takochi asked Yinan for love, and he even saw Yinan's excited or regretful eyes.He didn't know why, his heart seemed to have been hit violently, and the sourness swept over him.

She... Really, hurt, disgusted, and wanted to turn around and leave?Would you rather find such an unbearable Takochi to live with?

Since she came, unconsciously, the two of them have experienced together for a long time, they fought side by side, they sweated, they appreciated each other...

He began to trust her and regard her as his best friend, but he never knew how different his feelings for her were—until this moment, he really felt it.

At this moment, Saar really doubted his unreasonable persistence, the castle in the air that he drew in his heart, the lover he had never met before, and the shadow of nothing...Compared with this woman in front of him, which one is more important, which one is more important?

He was indeed sorry for her. The two countries clearly had an agreement on marriage. When they met for the first time, he didn't even let her enter the city of Babylon.

But she lived in this summer palace safely, and lived in a very comfortable way.

For this, he was secretly relieved—she didn't make a fuss about leaving, but got along with him very calmly and advised him, whether it was the Ishtar Gate or the Tower of Babel, she had contributed a lot.

He never thought that one day she might really leave...

But now, she fell in love with that idiot-like Takchi.

Saar found it hard to believe, hard to accept - what he couldn't accept even more was his inner feelings: Is he... in love with Yinan?

So, the voice from the gods, the obsession for many years... What are those?

Many years later, he really fell in love with another woman. Is this fate playing a joke on him?

The two faced each other, and Sal only felt that something was stuck in his chest, and he couldn't speak a word.

Yi Nan was exceptionally natural, and stretched out his hand to him: "Give it to me!"

Sal: "... what?"

"This guy! You can teach my brother a lesson, can't I let this rude thing suffer?"

Yi Nan pointed to the Takochi in Saar's hand.

"what--"

Takchi groaned.He finally understood why the woman acted so excited just now: it's not because he can coax women, but because he is too weak!

Sal was still immersed in his own emotions, unable to react.

Yi Nan simply did it himself, and casually took the back collar of the second-rate prince from Saar.

She is not tall enough, so she has to raise her arms high to lift Takchi in the air.But she held it so lightly and deftly, which frightened Takochi into a fool.

The bastard grabbed his collar with both hands, screaming "ah" "ah" in fright—he really didn't expect that a woman's arm could lift him up easily, and after weighing him, he was in the air. shaking --

Takochi let out a scream, and felt his body fly directly into the air, and then with a "bang", he was completely immersed in cold water from head to toe.

He was almost terrified, and his first reaction was: I'm going to die, I'm going to be drowned by that woman.He thought that he had been thrown into the Euphrates River by the woman, and there was no reason for him to survive.

Unexpectedly, he put his hands together and sat up from the fish pond.Two fish jumped and bounced off him, and Takchi sat in the fish pond dumbfounded with two green algae hanging on his head.

Sarah was also surprised.He seemed to wake up suddenly: So... so she didn't fall in love with the idiot second brother... But what happened to all the messy thoughts in his heart just now?

Yi Nan came over and held Sal's hand, lowered his voice and said, "Go!"

In her voice, there was a kind of excitement of escaping from the crime scene calmly.

She pulled Sal and quickly descended from the complicated ladder system in the summer palace garden to another floor.While running, she said to Sal: "When someone asks you later, just say that you lost your way when you came downstairs and met me, and I brought you back."

Sal was still a little unsure, hesitantly asked: "Takchi..."

Yinan let out a "puchi" laugh: "Looking at your clever face, why can't you even figure this out? Takochi didn't dare to say a word...he would use the same excuse as us to get lost and stumble downstairs Falling into the water..."

Sal suddenly realized: Thanks to him having a smart head, why didn't he think of it?That fellow Takochi must be absolutely unwilling to tell the truth about being thrown into the fish pond by a woman!

At this moment, Sal sincerely praised: "Your skill...is really good!"

Yi Nan took his hand, and the two ran to the exit on the bottom floor of the summer palace in one breath.Yi Nan stopped his feet suddenly, and Sal also stopped.

There happened to be a wheat field in front of the two of them, and their eyes were full of fresh colors.There just happened to be a gust of wind blowing, blowing Saar's heart full of joy—this is the joy of being mischievous, the joy of succeeding in a prank, and the joy of being accompanied and being together.

It seemed that he had never been so happy in his life.

Yi Nan let go of his hand slowly, and asked in a low voice, "You need...to untie it yourself."

Saar: Yes, he needs to untie this knot, unravel this riddle, and untie this bondage that God has given him... He needs to find the answer by himself.

He pondered for a moment, ready to confess to Yi Nan his ups and downs in the past period of time.

"actually, I……"

He just said these three words when he suddenly stopped, with a strange expression on his face.

Immediately afterwards Yi Nan also heard the sound of horseshoes: "Is there an urgent report?"

When Sal saw it, he suddenly raised his foot and ran away, and hurriedly said: "It's the most urgent military report..."

He ran quickly to the place where the banquet was held in the summer palace, gesturing and giving orders to the knights on horseback as he ran.

The knight jumped off his horse, saw Thrall, and joined him while galloping, and the two quickly disappeared from Yinan's sight.

Yi Nan was not slow, although the two men ran faster.When she ran to the top floor of the summer palace, she saw that all the female family members of the royal court of Babylon had retreated.

The king of Babylon sat alone at the table with his eyes closed.

All his princes, entourages and guards all knelt on one knee and saluted the king, including the second prince Takchi who had two green algae hanging on his head.

The top floor of the summer palace was so quiet that it seemed that the sound of the waves of the Euphrates River could be heard in the distance.

The king of Babylon suddenly opened his eyes sharply. He asked coldly, "The Egyptians want to occupy our land, destroy our ports, and cut off our trade routes... What should the Babylonians do?"

All the men in front of the king said in unison: "Don't give up an inch of land, fight to the death!"

After all, the king of Babylon was old. He seemed to be holding his breath in his chest, unable to function. After holding it for a while, he asked again: "Who wants to be the commander?"

The princes all asked for their orders, but everyone knew that the responsibility of the commander could only fall to one person.

"Sar, the king's most trusted son, please come to your father!"

Sal got up immediately and came to the side of the king. The father and son talked to each other in a low voice.

Yi Nan stood in the dark and could see clearly. When Sal stepped forward, the brothers behind him were secretly looking at each other and exchanging glances.

She looked at the situation of the old king, and then at those brothers of Sal, and couldn't help secretly sweating for Sal.

Just at this moment, the old king raised his head, glanced at his sons, and frowned slightly.He suddenly looked at Yi Nan, and their eyes met.The old man's gaze was quite meaningful, Yi Nan was slightly taken aback.

Immediately, the old king leaned in and said something in Sal's ear, and Sal was stunned for a moment, and looked towards Yi Nan with very complicated eyes.

Because the Egyptians invaded Babylon's borders, the Babylonian royal family's banquet in the Summer Palace came to an end.

Sal quickly rushed back to the royal city of Babylon, cleaned up his own personal guards, and rushed to the border early the next morning.

The rest of the Babylonian royal family slowly returned to the palace.

When Yi Nan solemnly sent them off, Saar's deputy, Gurwin, slowly approached Yi Nan for some reason, and whispered, "Will you come to the expedition ceremony tomorrow morning?"

Yi Nan: "Me?"

A few years passed quickly in her mind, and she basically understood what the conversation between the old king and Sal at that time meant.

She nodded decisively: "I will be there."

Gurwin breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Your Highness, I knew you would agree."

He immediately turned bitter again: "I really want to stay and serve the princess, but I guess the prince won't allow it..." Gurwin's eyes showed deep regret.

Yi Nan: ...Where is it all?

She thought for a while and said to Gurwin: "You tell the prince for me, I need at least a list and a token."

With these two things, it should be enough for her to stay in Babylon to take care of Sal, right?

Early the next morning, a very simple departure ceremony was held outside the gate of Babylon.

The king of Babylon did not attend. It is said that he was a little out of shape because he was worried about the frontier war.

Thrall set off early, so not many people sent him off.

Seeing Yi Nan, Sal felt grateful, and was about to say something to her, but saw Yi Nan looking around, pointing to the sparse crowd of seeing off, and said: "It seems that you are not very popular!"

Saar: ...you are talking nonsense.

In fact, he made a special trip early in the morning, and chose to set off at a time when there were not many people, just to be able to meet her and explain some important things clearly.

The old king ordered him to go out yesterday, and at the same time reminded him that before setting off, he should think about the future——

The king's father's meaning was very clear. It was a long journey to the border area with Egypt, and it took several months to go back and forth.The old king felt that his time was running out, and he had to prepare for everything behind him.

Therefore, the old king suggested that he might as well leave all the affairs in Babylon to her—if he could trust this "prospective" fiancée.

After all, not many people would have imagined that the princess of Medes, who was rejected by Saar in public, would actually be Saar's second hand in Babylon.But as to whether Yi Nan is reliable, whether such an important matter is worth entrusting, depends on Thrall's own judgment.

Saar was busy with the various arrangements for the expedition last night, and almost stayed up all night, so he had no chance to think about this matter at all.

But at the moment when he saw Yi Nan, it was as if he had suddenly taken a reassurance.He just felt that there was no one he could trust more in this world.

So Sal strode over, suddenly opened his arms, and embraced his most trusted partner, who was also the most resistant woman.