Cultivation little Taoist

Chapter 1031 Where is the Fountain of Youth

The Inca king Huaina Capac had a son with the queen of the Kitu kingdom, named Atahualpa.

When the child grew up, he was smart and capable, shrewd and experienced, prudent and stable, brave and good at fighting, and he was healthy and handsome, so he was deeply loved by the Inca king and was always with him.

The Inca king wanted to pass on the entire empire to him, but he could not deprive his eldest son and legal successor, Huascar Inca, of the rights, so he violated the precepts of his ancestors, passed some kind of legal cloak and had the meaning of returning the property to the original owner, and returned it to the original owner. The Kitu Kingdom was handed over to him, and several provinces were added to him, and some experienced lords and a part of the well-trained army were also stationed to serve him and accompany him.

All in all, he did his best to create all favorable conditions for Atahualpa, even at the expense of the crown prince, and everything he did showed that he was a father who loved his son more than anything else.

As a result, sufficient firing squads and bloodthirsty butcher knives were prepared for Atahualpa to usurp the Inca throne of his elder brother Huascar after his death, and slaughtered the Inca royal family so bloodily.

While King Huayna Capak was busy with the above-mentioned affairs in the royal palace of Tumi Pampa, and making great constructions on the land of the kingdom, news came suddenly that some strangers who had never been seen in the local area were in a boat in his The coastal areas of the empire are active, trying to figure out what is there.

This news made the king anxious again, and he couldn't help remembering an ancient oracle passed down by the kings of the past, saying that after passing through the Inca kings, some strangers who have never seen will go there and seize their throne. , to destroy their empire and their idols.

And three years before this omen, a strange thing happened in Cuzco, which as an omen cursed by the sun-god astonished Huaina Capac and terrified the whole empire.

In addition to the magnificence that the Incas obtained from witchcraft and heard from the devil, they also saw the terrifying comet in the sky.

One of them was very large, and its green light was terrible, and its light fell on the palace of the Inca king.

Besides, there were many strange signs and omens that terrified wise men, wizards, and priests of their religions.

These people are closely connected with gods and demons, and they all predicted that King Huayna Capac would die soon, and that his royal family would be destroyed by bloody massacres after his death, and the empire would be destroyed. will fall into the hands of others, and other great disasters and misfortunes are about to befall everyone and individuals.

But they dare not make these situations public, lest they make people panic.

Sure enough, in the sixth year after his death, King Atahualpa of Kitu launched a civil war and imprisoned his elder brother Huascar in the name of sacrificing his ancestors and swearing allegiance to the Inca king Huascar, and usurped the Inca throne. State affairs and restore Huascar, summon all members of the royal family within four generations, including Inca princes and governors, and capture them alive and slaughter them.

So far, the blood of the children of the sun has disappeared. "

Ye Feng paused, "The murals after that are relatively new.

This should be regarded as a narrative system. Someone must have come to paint new murals every year before. "

Fatty listened enthusiastically, and urged Ye Feng to continue, Ye Feng cleared his throat: "Infighting has seriously weakened the strength of the Inca Empire itself, and at this time, the Spanish colonists are invading South America.

The Spanish colonist Pizarro occupied Cajamarca, an important town in the north of the Inca, and sent envoys to ask for a meeting with Atahualpa.

The next afternoon, the Inca king arrived in Cajamarca in a golden sedan chair accompanied by some unarmed nobles.

However, Pizarro had already laid traps. After Atahualpa rejected Pizarro's impolite request for them to be baptized and converted to Christianity, Pizarro ordered ambush soldiers to rush into the venue from all directions according to the signal agreed in advance. The trampling, the smoke and the sound of the arquebus dazzled the unprepared Incas, and the Incas who died of drinking or crushing killed every exit.

After Atahualpa, the last Inca king, was unfortunately arrested, Pizarro extorted a huge ransom from him, that is, the golden house.

However, when the blackmailed gold and silver were assembled, Pizarro perfidiously declared Atahualpa's twelve "crimes" of murdering his brother, worshiping evil gods, and murdering the Spaniards, and then hanged him.

Since then, Pizarro has sent troops to occupy all parts of the Inca.

In November, on the day he captured the Inca capital Cuzco, he sent people to rob the Temple of the Sun.

The Spanish thugs not only plundered the wealth of the Incas, but also destroyed various works of art and valuable materials at will.

For the convenience of shipment, the invaders melted a large number of metal crafts into gold bars and shipped them back to Spain.

A "secret text" written on a gold plate mastered by the priests of the Incas was also destroyed in this catastrophe.

Since then, the once glorious Golden Empire has become a province of the Spanish Empire.

The ominous prophecy of the eighth Inca King Viracocha came true.

The Spaniards, whom the Incas had never seen before, came to their land, and the sun god revered by the Incas was overthrown. The population dropped from 600 million before the invasion to 150 million later.

So far, the story of the mural is over. "

As Ye Feng said, Xia Shihan sighed with emotion: "Time is an eternal river, and the tide covers up the glory of the past.

During the hundreds of years of colonial rule, civilization was devastated, myths and legends were regarded as "heretics" and destroyed by universal taboos, and precious records were burned as "works of the devil" and preserved. Very few came down.

History has become a myth and gradually forgotten in the passage of time.

However, it has been handed down for hundreds of years and its flavor still exists, which shows its inner vitality.

Especially in the independence movement that represented the awakening of national consciousness at the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century and the cultural root-seeking movement of "searching for national identity", this kind of "underlying inner waterfall" was called by the magic realist writer Asturias. The endless flow of Indian blood" has been endowed with special meaning in real struggles and has produced tremendous power. "

The harmony between the two made Fatty feel like they were a golden boy and a jade girl.

This has never happened before.

Xia Shihan has now completely caught up with Ye Feng's footsteps, whether it is cultivation, courage, or knowledge.

Obviously, Ye Feng was also very satisfied with Xia Shihan's words, and kept nodding his head.

"Then... is the Fountain of Youth here?
Why is there no mention of the Fountain of Youth in such a long story? "Wei Manyun asked tentatively.

Ye Feng glanced at her inexplicably, which made her tremble all over in fright, and waved her hands again and again: "I'm sorry, I won't ask any more.

Since Ye Tianshi said he was here, he must be here. "

This is what Ye Feng wanted.

Let her be afraid of herself, and many things are more convenient to do.

"The location of the Fountain of Youth should belong to the secret, and the Incas didn't record it, which is normal.

But according to the voyage diary of the Spanish explorer Juan Poncedrian, the diary recorded in detail how they found the holy spring in the tribe of the Incas. According to his description, the holy spring was the last time the golden rod of the sun god Appeared after being inserted into the earth. "

"Then...according to the description of this myth, it is at the foot of Mount Guanacauli?" Wei Manyun asked timidly.

The fat man couldn't help laughing when he saw this formerly arrogant girl become like a little chick in front of Ye Feng.

Wei Manyun also looked at the fat man in embarrassment, not daring to speak out to refute.

"No, the place they really came to for the first time should be this cave—Bacalek Tangbo."

Ye Feng said lightly: "Among all the records, there is no detailed record of any address, but this cave - Bakalek Tangbo has detailed records.

In fact, think about it, it is easy to understand one thing. "

"According to the myth, what the sun commanded was: "If you can insert the golden rod at once, then stop there, because that is the place Pachacamac chose for them, and there they will build Towns and dynasties until their descendants complete their mission! "

In this way, they came to this cave.

One day, the Inca King Manco Capac came out of the cave just as the sun was rising, so he named the cave Bacalek Tambo.

The king ordered the first village to be established there. "

After Ye Feng recounted it again, Wei Manyun suddenly realized: "Actually, this is the first place where the golden rod was inserted!
Otherwise, the Inca King Manco Capac could not have ordered the establishment of the village here.

Because he never gave such an order along the way. "

Ye Feng nodded, "It's just that it was deliberately concealed by the Inca mythology because of the Fountain of Youth.

I guess, when the Inca King Manco Capac inserted the golden staff, he discovered the trace of the holy spring.

But such a miracle will definitely cause unnecessary scrambles and wars for humans. Therefore, the Inca king abandoned this cave, only built a small village, and at the same time found another treasure land. "

"There is one more thing I don't understand." Wei Manyun asked timidly, "Then why did this cave reach the bottom of the pond instead?"

"Mountains and rivers have changed." Ye Feng replied, "The plate movement and other reasons, or the special magical hiding of the Fountain of Youth.

Since the murals here clearly say this cave, it should be some kind of cave.

As for why the cave reached the bottom of the pool, there are many explanations for this, so I don’t think I need to say more? "

Wei Manyun nodded again and again, not daring to speak anymore, and stepped aside, but the fat man shouted in surprise:
"Hey! Crazy! There are outsiders here!"

(End of this chapter)