[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

After all, Aligal did not dare to live in the house of his younger sister Ishtar—although all those properties are now under her name.

She also dared not go back to her own home.This home is now the home of the "Bachelor" Gugalana.Going back rashly is tantamount to confirming her de facto marriage with Gugalana.

In the end, Aligal chose to stay in a hotel!

Gu Jialana and the royal official who handled the inheritance case also sneaked into this small hotel.The innkeeper couldn't help but stare sideways at it, and then quickly retracted, pretending not to see it.

Eligar talked about Herod, and also focused on the "seven doors of justice", asking the two men in front of him to give advice.

Gu Jialan rubbed his hands tremblingly: "Herod, Herod...will not ignore the friendship of his colleagues!"

Aligal glared at her useless husband: "You haven't seen my sister! She's that kind of... a goblin that makes all the men in the world willing to risk their lives for her!"

It was only recently that she realized that her own sister had turned out to be such a beauty.

The royal etiquette officer nodded deeply: "Yes..."

He raised his head belatedly, and found that Aligal and Gugalana were staring at him with unfriendly expressions, and they seemed to be suspicious.

"I, I'm just talking about Herod...Herod didn't marry a wife, never touched a woman...He's full of blood, willing to go all out for a beauty, it's normal, normal..."

——He finally got away with it.

Aligal lowered his head with a sullen face.Gu Jialan, who had never met Ishtar, was curious about the beauty, but he dared not say anything because of his "ex-wife".

"If Ishtar really went to the 'seven gates', it would be cheaper for those 'gatekeepers'." The older sister was still indignant.

She can rob her younger sister's property without mercy, but when she thinks that her younger sister is going to go through the famous "seven doors of justice" regardless of shame, Aligal becomes furious.

After she finished speaking, she found that the two men next to her were pregnant with ghosts, and they were looking at each other with smiles. She wondered if they had already met in secret, and wanted to go to the exit of the "Seven Doors" of the palace together and wait.

Aligal was furious, staring at the two men with raised eyebrows.

The royal etiquette officer had no choice but to play sloppy eyes again: "Don't worry, sister-in-law... no, Miss Aligar, don't worry."

He said: "Tomorrow the king will receive a mission from Egypt—the 'Seven Doors'. Even if the gatekeepers don't know the importance, they will definitely guard the gate and prevent any complainant from passing through there."

Aligal eased his face slightly: "That's a good relationship."

She looked up at the two stinky men again: "What should I do with Herod?"

Gu Jialana quickly said: "I'm in charge, I'm in charge of him... Tomorrow's king will indeed have a period of time for domestic government affairs. Before that time, I will try to tie him up and prevent him from seeing king."

Unexpectedly, the royal court officer shook his head: "My boy Herod, you can't hold back. Let me arrange it."

While a group of people were discussing how to deal with Herod, Inan was playing with a parrot at Herod's house.

She taught the budgerigar to say "Hello" and "Good morning" and so on. Who knew this guy could do it, and he said it very smoothly.

So Inan taught the guy to say "Herod is not bad", while stretching out his fingers to scratch the thin down on the bird's neck, thinking that Herod looks like a stinky and hard stone, but he does have a tough heart The tenacity of never pulling out and never admitting defeat.

In the long river of history, she has always met men with such qualities—I don’t know whether it is due to the principle of the "magnetic field" that Daniel said, or she is always so lucky.

She waited for a long time, but Herod did not come back, so she held up an oil lamp, passed through the door that Herod pointed out earlier, and after a long passage, she came to the warehouse where the clay tablets were stored in the royal palace of Babylon.

The storeroom is stocked with endless wooden shelves.A clay tablet is hung on the side of each shelf, and the clay tablet is indexed with cuneiform characters, which roughly marks the age and content of the clay tablet on the shelf.

She walked over these wooden frames one by one, and the faint light of the oil lamp in her hand illuminated these indexes.She seems to be passing through history, passing through the glory created by the Shepherd King and the Hero King one by one.

There was also a dim light in the distance, and Herod was sitting in front of a low table, with a large pile of clay tablets piled up beside him.

He saw Yi Nan holding the lamp, and quickly stood up: "Why are you here?"

Yinan looked around at the tall wooden frames, and said, "I want to see the world and see the royal family's treasures."

Herod smiled wryly: "Where are the treasures, they are just cumbersome files."

"But I really found something." He came over and took Yi Nan's hand, and pulled her to sit beside him, "Look——I found an arrangement for the royal family to invite nobles to a banquet. Invitation, but this is not important, what is important is that it is written here, 'accompanied by Mushchenu Gugalana and the couple of Aligar'."

"This is the only clay tablet I have found so far that has their names registered. If we can get the confession of the noble couple who attended the banquet at that time, it will prove that Sister Ling's marriage really existed."

"But what if they argue that they are pretending to be couples for the sake of the banquet?"

Herodon was speechless, and nodded after a moment: "Your worries are justified. Without a marriage contract, it means that there is no direct evidence."

He thought for a while and said, "I also found some evidence that the other party destroyed the files."

"This is the archive index for the marriage documents between Uruk and Babylon - you see, the index records that at the time of archiving, there should have been 250 seven indexes on the shelf. But now there are only 250 six left on the shelf. Lost That one should belong to Sister Ling."

"Amazingly, turning this clay tablet over—"

As Herod spoke, he turned over the clay tablet.Yi Nan saw that there was a line of thin small characters on the back of the clay tablet, and she could read it, and she read: "No. 130, sent by Master Yelta of Uruk and Lady Xerxes of Eridu personally. Archive."

"Yes, the clay tablets pointed to by this index are all marriage certificates from the marriage between the two places more than ten years ago." Herod replied.

"This can only prove that there was a documented marriage letter sent by your father and Lingtang personally, which also coincides with the time when Lingjie came to Babylon."

"The existence of this index and the disappearance of this file, I think, should prove that the key documents have been damaged."

There was a crisp clap of applause, and Yinan smiled and said, "That's not bad, Lord Herod."

Although there were only two dim oil lamps, a thin, suspicious blush could still be seen on Herod's face.

He lowered his head and said, "Miss Ishta, go and rest. There is still one night to go. I want to check the relevant information again and see what evidence I can find."

But Yi Nan said, "I can't sleep without my maid, Apu."

"This..." Herod's face turned red immediately.

"I'll rest here with you." Yi Nan pointed to a bed spread beside Herod.Apparently Herod spent the night in the archives all year round, often spending one night here.

She lay down on the bed, talking to herself, and closed her eyes after hugging the pillow stuffed with wheat bran.

Herod, however, hadn't recovered from the shock, and was stunned for a long time before slowly turning his gaze back to the clay tablet in front of him.

Although Yi Nan was lying down, he was not asleep at all.She came here not to supervise the work, but to protect Herod to a certain extent.

She couldn't predict how Aligal's side would act, but she thought they would use all means to prevent any possibility of a "turnaround" on her side.

Since the other party is someone who is very familiar with Herod, it is possible to think that Herod will look for evidence in the archives.

Just in case, she decided to protect the royal courtier—anyway, she has the power, wouldn't it be useless if she didn't use it?

Who knows, nothing happened overnight.

All night, Herod just sat in front of his low table, looking at one clay tablet after another, as if there was no end to it.Sometimes I would hold an oil lamp and search patiently along the shelves in the warehouse.

Yi Nan would close her eyes and pretend to be asleep when he got close. She could feel the other person's gaze on her face and body, quite gentle, but she didn't stay for long.

The official of the royal family really looked for clay tablets, turned over clay tablets, looked at clay tablets... stayed up all night, in order to fulfill his promise: there are always some things in this world, and only by hard work can there be hope to turn them over.

Overnight.Herod's eyes were bloodshot, and he returned to his own room holding the clay tablet that could be used as evidence. He heard the parrot jumping and calling "Herod is not bad", the young man was actually a little shy.

"I'm going to the palace now - after King Hammurabi has met the envoys, I will find an opportunity to meet the king and report my findings, and ask the king to thoroughly investigate your inheritance case."

"Promise me, don't go to the 'Seven Doors'." Herod looked at Inan eagerly with red eyes, hoping she would make a promise.

Yi Nan nodded with a smile and said, "You've already figured out a way, so I'm going again, isn't it stupid?"

In fact, she was thinking in her heart: Since there was no movement in the clay warehouse last night, the opponents might take action in the palace today.

She watched Herod go away in peace, thinking: this guy is still too young.

She didn't promise Herod at all just now that she would not go to the "seven gates", but she still coaxed Herod to leave her in the "single dormitory" and go to the palace alone.

Inan's prediction was extremely accurate——

As soon as Herod arrived at the palace, one of his superiors came to him: "Herod, I have something to do, please come and help me."

Herod asked, "Is it a waste of time? I have some other important things to do today..."

The boss patted him on the shoulder casually, and said with a smile, "Herod, you have always been counted as the most diligent in the palace, why are you starting to push back today?"

"Don't worry, a little work."

If Gugalana or other colleagues came forward, Herod might be suspicious.But the person who came was the boss who had always taken good care of him.

So Herod nodded and let his superiors lead him into an empty room.

"Someone will send some clay tablets for you to sort out later..."

Herod immediately sensed something was wrong: "Why do you need to arrange the clay tablets here? Why don't you go to the clay tablet warehouse?"

The boss shrugged his shoulders: "No way, it's a matter of being entrusted with loyalty. As long as you stay here for a full day, I will keep you safe and sound."

Herod immediately knew that something was wrong. He lowered his head, covered the important clay tablets in his arms with both hands, and rushed out.

Several royal guards blocked him.Two bronze spears were pointed at him, one of which was pointed straight at his throat.One more step forward for Herod and he will be...

"Herod, why are you so stubborn? You have worked with Gugalana for many years, let go of this matter, Gugalana can only benefit you!"

It seems that this boss is also an obvious insider.He approached Herod and reminded him in a low voice: "I heard that the wife and sister of Gujialan are a rare beauty. She is also a noble Avell. If she is still as rich as before, you What do you expect to marry someone?"

This sentence seemed to touch a chord in the deepest part of Herod's heart.

As long as he thinks of Miss Ishtar, waves will naturally rise in his heart.Being alone with her last night, he even had to suppress the impulse in his heart several times, forcing himself to return his attention to finding evidence.

But... None of these can be a reason for him to abandon "justice" and obliterate "fairness".

The gods are all watching him act—watching whether Herod can uphold his conscience and make the right choice.

"Boss, if you do this, can you explain it to the god Marduk?" Herod couldn't help but asked back in a low voice.

His boss was obviously taken aback when he heard the words, then he laughed and replied, "In front of the gods?"

"Herod, you don't need to worry about this kind of thing. I send a lot of sacrifices to the temple of Marduk every year. The god of Jupiter will never take offense at me!"

Herod felt even more annoyed: it turns out that offering sacrifices to the gods and believing in the gods is just a deal with the gods—if you offer sacrifices, the gods will secretly erase people's bad deeds secretly?

But the spear points at his throat hit hard, and one of them even made a small gash in his neck.

"You stay here and stay well!"

"Today is an important day for the king to meet the Egyptian envoys—you know, looking at the whole world, only Egypt, a big country, can compete with our Babylonian kingdom. Many officials and nobles from the country are present today. The king All he has to consider today are national affairs, and he will not interfere with a mere property seizure case."

"Herod, today is not a good time." The boss advised him meaningfully.

"That's all I have to say."

The boss left, and the guards locked Herod into the hut.Herod carefully protected the clay tablets in his arms—fortunately, during this dispute, the clay tablets he collected so hard were not broken.

Herod thought about it carefully, and felt that there was something in the boss's words, and he didn't fully express it.

His boss may have benefited from Gu Jialana and others, but he declared in advance that he would only stop him for one day.

The boss expressed cryptically: Today is not the right day, and the next day will be long, so come back slowly.

Yes, this property seizure case can wait, but this kind of thing cannot be banned. In other cases, if the parties cannot wait, will they have to suffer injustice in vain?

Thinking of this, Herod suddenly came to his senses: Miss Ishtar, can Ishtar wait?

His face changed suddenly, and only then did he realize that the eloquent woman was playing tricks again—she never promised herself at any time that she would not break through the "seven doors of justice".

Herod slammed his fist heavily on the door and shouted angrily, "Let me out!"

He realizes that he needs to get out and stop the woman who will stop at nothing to get "justice".

He wanted to tell her: Based on his understanding of the king and the Egyptian mission, today...is really not a good time!

Miss Ishta... Inan, in fact, she has already arrived at the Seventh Door.

She was still wearing the same full outfit she had when she rushed out of the glass shop yesterday - a seductive para suit as the base, and a "pressed hair" on her head, which was actually a gold collar, fixed with a hairpin On the head, a necklace of gold leaves hung densely, and on the forehead hung a gleaming ruby.

There is a lapis lazuli necklace around the neck, earrings on the ears, a brooch on the chest, a jade belt on the waist, bracelets and anklets on the hands and feet.

Yinan: In fact, it is really heavy to wear so many, which is very inefficient and affects the construction work.

But in order to respect this "seven doors", she should at least dress up according to the "rules".

However, her appearance immediately inspired the "gatekeeper" in front of the "seven gates", and someone from the first gate immediately ran to the second gate to deliver a letter:

"Beauty, she is a beauty, wearing gold and silver!"

"My God, why is there always such a good thing recently? One yesterday, another one today!"

"No, no, it's not the same as yesterday's one. That appearance, that golden jewelry... Ah, the most blessed person today is definitely the brother of the seventh door!"

"really?"

"But now that the king is receiving foreign envoys, it is impossible to spare time to meet those who pass through the 'seven gates'. Shall we tell them to come tomorrow?"

"You are stupid!"

"If you can't see the king today, maybe you will come tomorrow?"

"Besides, we have been guarding this 'seven gates' for so long, have you seen anyone who can really see the king through here?"

"It would be a fool not to enjoy this beautiful blessing."

"Understood, I understand—I'll go upstairs and tell the brothers on the seventh floor, everyone, don't forget to sneak up and watch the fun... Hee hee, look at the beauties!"

Yi Nan had already stood in front of the first door, and was looking up, admiring the pattern on the door lintel mixed with red clay bricks and precious stones—this was already in the form of a "mosaic" decorative painting, and she hadn't seen it yesterday. Look so carefully.

Just as she was admiring it, a "gatekeeper" approached her impatiently, and asked with a smile: "Miss, have you encountered any injustice and need to talk to the king of Babylon to uphold justice for you?" ?"

Inan nodded.

The hand of the "gatekeeper" has almost reached her head.

"Poor lady, we are very sorry for what happened to you—but do you know the rules of this 'seven doors'?"

One of the "gatekeepers" checked Yi Nan again for the sake of caution.

"'Seven Doors of Justice', if mortals want to pass through, they need to sacrifice to the gods every time they pass through."

Yi Nan nodded: "I understand!"

Someone had already touched the gold leaf on her headdress, and shouted with uncontrollable joy, "It's not copper, it's real gold, it's real gold!"

All the "gatekeepers" who gathered on the first floor were overjoyed when they heard the words: I haven't seen such a fat sheep come to the "seven gates" in many years-God, who did this, who wronged this person, so rich! , and such a beautiful lady? ——Let them take advantage of it.

Someone has already declared eagerly: "Everyone is not allowed to snatch it later, and if you pick up the fallen gold leaves, you are not allowed to keep them privately, and everyone will share them equally..." This is not even a cover-up.

The man was slapped on the mouth immediately: "Hush your voice! This is a sacrifice to the gods."

——Are you not afraid of being heard by the "stupid, white and sweet" lady in front of you?

Unexpectedly, Yi Nan seemed indifferent.She still raised her face, looking at the seven-fold door in front of her.

"But there is one more thing I don't quite understand: from here, can I really see King Hammurabi?"

This sentence is still very naive.

The gatekeepers nodded in unison and said, "The king is in the palace today. If you go up from here, you will definitely see the great king. The king will uphold justice for you."

Yinan listened carefully, and it seemed that there were voices and music in the direction of the palace—according to what Herod said, a ceremony was being held in the palace to receive foreign envoys.

If Hammurabi had time to see her, the sun would have come out from the west.

She smiled and turned to the "gatekeeper" in front of her, thinking to herself: You men, men's mouths, deceiving ghosts.

"But I still have a question. Is the sacrifice handed over to you when passing through this gate, and then offered to the gods?"

Among the gatekeepers, some were already waiting impatiently, shouting: "Miss, you are taking off your headdress!"

Someone also maintained a superficial calmness and said, "Miss, in theory, it is like this...Of course, you can also give us the sacrifice first, and then go through this door."

"If you pass through this door, but you haven't handed over the sacrifice, but want us to do it, then... the scene will not be very good."

Yinan walked towards the door with a smile, reaching out his hand against the post supporting the whole door.

Her hands were very white and beautiful, which set off the red glow of the doorposts especially beautifully.

"I have to ask clearly!" Yi Nan said angrily.

"After all, I came here just to see if these seven gates no longer exist, will I not have to sacrifice to the god of Jupiter?"

She gently rested her bare hand on the doorpost of the "first gate".

There was only a light "click", and along her slender fingers, branch-shaped cracks appeared one after another on the pillar, like newborn saplings, growing rapidly and recklessly.

Although Babylon ushered in a team of envoys from Egypt, the daily life of Babylonian citizens remained the same—after all, they didn't care about the politics of diplomatic relations with foreign countries.

But that day was approaching noon, and when the king of Babylon was supposed to meet the Egyptian envoys in the palace, there was a sudden "boom" from the direction of the palace, as if some building had collapsed.

The citizens of Babylon stopped their work in shock, ran out of workshops or shops, and looked towards the palace together.

Finally someone identified the source of the voice, excited and gloated, and shouted at the crowd around him: "It's the 'Seven Doors'!"

"It's the 'seven doors that won't kill you'!"