Chapter 113: The Scorpion King
The hand on Chen Zhi's shoulder was very soft, like a cloud, and when Chen Zhi looked back, it turned out to be Mina......
"Chen! Why don't you sleep yet? Mina smiled and sat beside Chen Zhi.
After this period of contact with Mina, Chen Zhi gradually discovered Mina's characteristics, her footsteps are very light, she is very good at tracking and concealing, just now she walked all the way, basically did not make any sound.
Chen Zhi got up slightly and looked at the tent behind him, Ji Ying had really noticed the movement here, and opened the curtain to look at them.
Chen Zhi waved his hand at Ji Ying, signaling that it was okay here, Ji Ying glanced at Mina with a cold face, then lowered the curtain and returned to the tent.
"Chen! What are you thinking about here without sleeping? ”
Mina took the teapot in Chen Zhi's hand, put it on the fire, and then deftly put the tea leaves in a sieve and strained them into the tea bowl.
"No, I just had a nightmare and couldn't sleep......",
Chen Zhi looked at Mina's golden and piercing curls and smiled slightly.
After contacting Mina for a while, Chen Zhi found that Mina was actually quite a follow-up person, and he was not as difficult to get along with as before, and the reason why Mina had been rejecting him before was because of Tony's death. But after this period of contact, Mina has been impressed by Chen Zhi and re-evaluated Chen Zhi's ability, and most importantly, Mina also understands Chen Zhi's personality better.
"Want to drink tea? I'll help you ......."
Mina smiled at Chen Zhiwei,
"This Egyptian tea will be boiled for a long time, you can rest first, and I will call you ...... when it is ready",
"I'll just wait here......",
After Chen Zhi finished speaking, he used the treasure bag he was carrying as a pillow under his head, and lay down next to the bonfire with his body tilted, watching Mina make tea there.
Having been in the desert all day, Mina's face was also full of traces of wind and sand, and her golden hair curls were a little messy, mixed with gravel, but this did not reflect her pretty appearance, in the moonlight, she was still a rare blonde beauty, and Mina was different from other Western women, although Caucasian women had white skin and beautiful faces, their hands and feet were generally very thick. But Mina's hands are extraordinarily slender, and her movements are very gentle when making tea, Chen Zhi looked at these white slender jade fingers, and still remembered the force of these hands hitting his face, which was heavier than a male boxer.
"Mina, do you think there will be demons in this desert......",
Chen Zhi looked at Mina in front of the bonfire and asked softly.
"Demon, do you mean the Scorpion King?" ,
Mina smiled back, her sweet smile swaying under the jumping campfire.
"The Scorpion King?" ,
Chen Zhi quickly searched for this word in his memory.
The Scorpion King is a controversial figure in the history of ancient Egypt, he is the first pharaoh in Egyptian history, once created extraordinary achievements, but there is no historical record of him, people do not know anything about him, and even many scholars believe that this so-called "Scorpion King" is simply fictional and has never existed in reality.
But in 1898, excavations in the Hierakonpolis area of Upper Egypt unearthed a stone slab called "Narmer", which is very old and far exceeds the history of Egypt.
The slab is carved with a king who has never been mentioned in Egyptian history, wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt and the red crown of Lower Egypt, indicating that he was the king who unified Upper and Lower Egypt.
At the same time, among the artifacts unearthed, the earliest scepter in Egyptian history was also found, which still depicts a man wearing a crown of upper and lower Egypt, as well as an iconic scorpion.
It was only at this time that archaeologists suspected that the legendary Scorpion King was real, and that Hollywood had made a big-budget movie about the Scorpion King in Egypt.
"Don't believe those things in American movies, that Scorpion King is an artistically processed ......," Mina said with a smile and shaking a teapot.
"Legend has it that the Scorpion King's hometown is here, and he is buried in this ancient Western Desert, and in the mouth of the local Egyptians, the Scorpion King is a real demon ......."
After Mina finished speaking, she poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chen Zhi,
"According to local legend, the Scorpion King, who was originally the chief of this desert, made a deal with the ancient god of the desert in order to defeat the chief of another desert, asking for power and victory.
The god of the desert demanded a bargain for him to sacrifice the desert with the blood of his beloved, and he did not hesitate to kill his own queen, and then won a brief victory.
But his greed also became stronger, he wanted to expand his territory, he wanted to be the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, and the evil god of the desert once again demanded the price from him, first for his mother's heart, and then for the eyes of his eldest son, and the scorpion king finally agreed, and slaughtered his mother and firstborn with his own hands.
The Scorpion King ruled Egypt from then on, and his power was as strong as a god, and no one could defeat him, and his soul had been defiled by demons, and he began to take pleasure in slaughter and cruelty, and he threw his concubines into the fire alive, and gouged out the eyes of all his children with his own hands and ate them, and all the Egyptians lived in blood and terror.
Later, because he was too evil, the god of death did not dare to take him in, so he lived for a long time, and finally the ancient desert evil god devoured him into the sand and never allowed him to come out, and the scorpion king also became an immortal demon and was buried in the depths of the desert.
Until now, the people of the desert use the Scorpion King to scare disobedient children......"
"Very interesting story ......",
Chen Zhi looked at Mina with a smile and said,
"It seems that in any country, there is an unholy side to the gods......"
"That ......, Chen, I'm sorry, I used to ...... you like that", Mina whispered a little embarrassed, I guess she had wanted to say this sentence for a long time, and now she finally found an opportunity,
"TONY'S MATTER, I DEALT WITH IT A LITTLE RADICALLY AT THE TIME, I WAS SO SAD ABOUT TONY'S DEATH AT THAT TIME, BUT NOW I THINK THAT AFTER YOU SAVED HIS CHILD, TONY WILL ALSO BE GRATEFUL TO YOU IN HEAVEN, AND YOU HAVE SUCH A POWERFUL ABILITY, YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO DEFEAT THAT TEAM AND SAVE TONY'S CHILD ~~~"
"Do you believe me so much......",
Chen Zhi smiled and looked at Mina,
"There are two ways to deal with things, communication and force, this is a foreign desert, we don't know anything about it here, and we try not to use force if we can solve problems with money!"
"Humph! Those of them ......",
Mina snorted resentfully,
"Those people are not sorry to die, look at their crimes, they are the real demons, even if we kill them all, God will forgive us......"
"Do you know what God thinks?" ,
Chen Zhi sat up and put the teacup next to the bonfire, and a cold wind blew, making people tremble,
"As you just said, only God can judge sin, since we are not God, we cannot judge what sin is, and we are not qualified to punish others~~, sleep!! I'm going to hurry tomorrow~~~",
After Chen Zhi finished speaking, he handed his blanket to Mina, the temperature in the desert at night was very low, and the air was very cool, maybe because the night was not so stuffy, or maybe there was a sense of security around Chen Zhi, Mina actually fell asleep with a blanket, her face was very relaxed under the bonfire, and she was not defenseless at all..................