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Chapter 19 Winter Solstice Sacrifice
Compared with Christmas and New Year, which have no sense of existence, the winter solstice is more ceremonial in Luxor.

The ancient Egyptians created a spectacle at the Temple of Karnak:
On the day of the winter solstice, the sun will rise from the end of Ram Avenue, and the light will pass through the opposite gate walls and pillars impartially.The sun from the sunrise on the winter solstice just fell on the statue of the sun god, and the gods Amon and Ra were able to unite together.

Here in the Temple of Karnak, the stone window through which the sunrise can be seen is called the holy of the holies [Holy of Holies].So on this day, there will be hundreds of people who are more diligent than the archaeological team, and they will gather in front of the Karnak Temple before it is dark and wait in line to receive the first ray of light.

I heard that the temple where I work every day still has this program. Teachers Lou Shiqi, Xin and Ji responded positively. Even getting up at four o'clock could not dampen their enthusiasm.The team leader and others have already participated in the first year. This year, I am really not interested in taking two hours of sleep just to watch the sunrise.Although it was Mr. Wang's first visit, the quilt was obviously more attractive to him.In fact, I don’t really want to go, but He Rongchuan greeted Lou Shiqi and me in [Into Egypt], saying that it is time to participate in a 279 team building.

I haven't seen those 279 people since the last time we ate together.So I thought it would be okay to get in touch with the team leader and the others while they were away this time.

After telling Ah Tian and Lao Zhang about watching the sunrise on the winter solstice, Ah Tian said that she would sleep with the sunrise every day, so she would not come to join in the fun.Lao Zhang happily made an appointment with me to watch it together.He said that he could just run there, so it was his morning exercise.I laughed at his naivety.Luxor, where the sun is not out, is like an ice cave, so let him wear more clothes honestly.

On the morning of the winter solstice, we got up hungry and discredited, and when we got off the bus at the Temple of Karnak, we trembled like hollow cabbages.

He Rongchuan, Jiang Can and Bai Shu are even more active and are already waiting for us.They also brought the breakfast packed from the hotel, which seemed to glow in the dark.

I didn't see anyone else, so I asked, "Mr. Bai, are you the only ones watching the sunrise?"

Bai Shu smiled gently, saying that some people are night owls who can't get up, and some people are not interested.In fact, even he himself was fooled by He Rongchuan and Jiang Can.

So at the end of the team building, Teacher Bai, Jiang Can and He Rongchuan watched the four members of our archaeological team eat breakfast against the cold wind.He Rongchuan was a little dissatisfied with this direction.Especially when I learned that Lou Shiqi and I had to go to the construction site after watching the sunrise and could not explore Luxor together, we showed great regret.

I simply don't know what 279 people are doing in Luxor every day. Is it really just for "investment investigation"?
After a while, Lao Zhang also came trembling.When he got up, Ah Tian was still asleep, and he was pulled over under the soft and hard conditions.When we came to Egypt, we were not prepared to need protection from the cold.Ah Tian and I each have a fur cape that they brought back from the Suez Canal, while Lao Zhang only has a jacket and a healthy body.

After the confluence, there were already a lot of tourists, so we could only pick up a side seat.Fortunately, I barely have some vision, and I can still see the sacrificial performance in front of the temple.It is said that it is a sacrificial performance, which is basically a few people holding up flags and waving them to win the prize.

The three teachers, Bai, Xin, and Ji, were relatively stable and not very good at crowding around with people, so we left them in the crowd.Lou Shiqi and Ah Tian Lao Zhang have already met each other, and He Rongchuan and Jiang Can are also out of touch.Soon a few people can complain about the strange background sound effect of the sunrise ceremony together.

While waiting for the sunrise, Lao Zhang, Lou Shiqi and I trembled rhythmically together, while the other three were unmoved by the severe cold.

Compared with the ostentatious sacrificial performance, it is obvious that more effort has been put into the background music.Before sunrise came the tune of the magnificent Egyptian sacrifice in front of the temple.

It's a little different from what I've heard in the past two years, but it feels inexplicably familiar.

Many Western Egyptologists have worked together to restore the chanting of the Book of the Dead, and even successfully restored the voice of the sun god priest in the Temple of Karnak (the specific operation is probably to restore the movement mode from the muscles in the throat of the priest mummy).Although only monosyllables have been recovered so far, it is already amazing enough.

But at this moment, as a program to attract customers during the winter solstice, entertainment is naturally the most important thing.After the sacrificial music is played, the multilingual commentary on the winter solstice will be played on the radio.First Arabic, followed by English, French and other languages.When the Japanese version mentioned "Kami Sama", I, Lou Shiqi, and He Rongchuan laughed at the same time, and we knew that they were all old Two-dimensional by looking at each other.The last broadcast language is Chinese.

When the words "the sun god touched his sacrifice" fell, the dazzling light rushed towards us from all over the temple.

Lao Zhang has been holding up his mobile phone waiting to take a picture, but now he has been shaken so much that he squinted his eyes.He asked me in the noisy crowd: "Old Wang, this is different from what you said. Why didn't the sun rise from the middle?"

Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians carefully calculated the buildings to welcome the first ray of sunlight at the sunrise of the winter solstice, but now there is a slight deviation.Yesterday's sunshine has passed through [Holy of Holies], and on the day of the winter solstice, the sunshine did not follow the routine.

Just about to retreat, Ah Tian suddenly pointed to the side of the temple and asked me: "What are these people doing?"

From our vantage point, we could just see a few people dressed in white walking past the statue of Ramses II and gradually disappearing into the pharaoh's horizon*.I have only seen their clothes in the murals of the temple, which should be the costumes of ancient Egyptian priests.

There was no such program in previous years, and I was a little confused.So I could only fool around with "probably a group performance".Ah Tian didn't go into the details, he yawned and called Lao Zhang to go back to catch up on sleep.

I took two steps, and couldn't help but look back at the direction those people left, and found that Ali was also crowded in the crowd.He kept watching the strangely dressed people until they were lost in the sunlight.I wanted to say hello to Ali, but there were too many people and he was too involved, so I had to give up.

When the tourists dispersed, we finally joined Teacher Bai and the others.

Anyway, it can be regarded as watching the sunrise on the winter solstice.

Because then Lou Shiqi and I were going to the construction site, Ah Tian said that she would go back to sleep first, and have lunch together after I got off work.Before leaving, Lao Zhang took out a bag of food from his jacket to help me digest my stomach wall.The team leaders later brought us breakfast when they came to the construction site, so I ate three meals happily this morning.

The three people from 279 followed us around the construction site.They have also heard about the temple that was crushed by me, and they are very much looking forward to seeing its style.Mr. Liang, who arrived on time, said that the excavation and protection of the underground temple can basically be guaranteed, and the work will be restarted in the near future.Teacher Bai said that they must give them a chance to come and have a look.

When Teacher Liang took Teacher Bai and Jiang Can to visit the construction site, He Rongchuan stood by and watched Lou Shiqi and me build the station.

"You seem to be quite leisurely all day, what on earth are you here for?" Lou Shiqi was stimulated by He Rongchuan's idleness.

I'm actually curious too.

He Rongchuan has a good temper. "These two don't know anything. We have a special mission here. Since we will be colleagues in the future, you will naturally know about it later."

"Then I haven't seen what you guys are doing these days."

"Because our mission can't be carried out yet." He Rongchuan didn't hide his secrets, "Actually, there are still two members who are not here for our operation. I don't know much about the other person, but I still know a little about one of them." One or two. He is an indispensable main character."

Hearing this, my heart skipped a beat.

"Who is it?" Lou Shiqi asked.We both stared at He Rongchuan full of curiosity.

This He Rongchuan has nothing to do with a three-point smile, and he is very good at being a man.Sure enough, in 279, he also served as Bao inquiring.

He gave us a name: "Yin Yuechen."

I frowned.I thought he would mention Li Yuan, but I didn't expect it to be Yin Yuechen again.

"Yin Yuechen?" Lou Shiqi repeated the name. "What is Yin Yuechen doing? Why didn't he come with you?"

He Rongchuan didn't give a damn either. "Yin Yuechen is different from us, he belongs to the Yin family."

"A member of the Yin family? Which Yin family?" Lou Shiqi asked, "Can you finish your sentence at once, don't make me keep asking."

I also made a look of doubt.

"Brother Lou and classmate Wang Yu may not be familiar with each other, but I just heard about it." He Rongchuan thought for a while, and said everything he could say. "The Yin family is a large and flourishing family, and its resources and power are intertwined. If it's just like this, it's nothing special, but the members of their family have some talents that ordinary people don't have. Speaking of this Yin family, in a sense It can be regarded as the starting point of everything, and Yin Yuechen is the key to this matter. Even in the talented Yin family, he is a unique talent, and he is absolutely valued by the family. It is said that he can solve the Yin family's millennium problems. Dilemma."

Lou Shiqi made a disdainful voice. "Millennium dilemma? Do these Yin family members want to relocate their ancestral graves?"

I coughed a few times.

He Rongchuan shrugged.He also thought that the Yin family was exaggerating.

If I hadn't known about the Yin family in advance, I would have thought this statement was nonsense.But if the curse of the Yin family being "transformed" really exists, I actually believe that both Li Yuan and Li Zheng have been transformed.Then if this Yin Yuechen can solve this problem, he is indeed qualified to be raised so high by the Yin family.

"In fact, regardless of Yin Yuechen's situation in the Yin family, his strength is beyond doubt. He has helped us complete many tasks in the past. Mr. Meng and others value him very much. It is said that this time he came to Egypt or above The people in the group only joined after three reminders and four invitations." He Rongchuan added.

This is really a bit beyond my expectation.Didn't expect this Yin Yuechen to be so capable?I thought he came up on his own initiative.This is what Grandpa Li told me, the relationship between Yin's family and 279 is a bit inconsistent.

"Tsk, the shelf is really big enough." I pretended to say something.

"Who says it's not." He Rongchuan also curled his lips.He doesn't like to gossip behind others' backs, so I didn't hear more about Yin Yuechen from him.

As for Hanwu, even He Rongchuan didn't know its true face.But he heard that this person, or this title, appeared in the 279 team many years ago.But now the person under this title is not sure if it is the original one.

And He Rongchuan himself joined 279 through school recruitment a few years ago.Lou Shiqi and I were speechless for a while.

"Brother Chuan, do you know why your expedition team needs us? I can only dig soil, but this one may not even know how to dig soil." After all, I looked at the building with disgust. Qi glanced.He also stared back angrily.

He Rongchuan wrinkled his face and said hesitantly: "Actually, I'm not sure, but."

I was waiting with bated breath when I heard Jiang Can shouting from a long distance: "Chuan Zi, come here quickly, there is a nest of scorpions here!"

Then He Rongchuan gave me a sorry look, and ran over to play with the scorpion relieved.When Lou Shiqi heard that there was a scorpion, he also followed him.

My inherent prejudice against 279 was shaken after contact.But soon, the real identities of the members of 279 that Ah Tian found out made me have to be vigilant against them again.

Xia Shangzhou's job is to be an allegro artist, which is even less real than a host of a local TV station.Bai Shu is a general practitioner, and Han Jiangxue is a programmer.Both He Rongchuan and Guangyu are technicians.Of course Meng Weiqing is not a salesman of a state-owned enterprise, he is the section chief of a state-controlled oil company.Jiang Can is a veteran, Ding Ze is an inheritor of Tibetan medicine, and Chang Xiao is a primary school math teacher.

"They must have another layer of identity. Someone hid the information very well." Ah Tian slammed the keyboard irritably. "Good job, you can stop me."

She lifted her eyes, and there was a triumphant light in them. "Wang Yu, what these people want to hide is definitely not an ordinary secret."

I looked at the continuous flow of data codes on the screen, as if I was in touch with someone from 279.

A team swaggering in a foreign country with a secret in their hands, they need me again, what do they need Lou Shiqi for?

What are the people who came to Egypt from all over the world?
Who is that Yin Yuechen who has been to the Antarctic and is about to appear in the Egyptian 279 team?

Arno, who has the eternal eye, the student of Professor Holmes, and Li Yuan, who has disappeared, what kind of roles do they play here?

Ah Tian continued to fight with the people on the other side of the protective wall. Lao Zhang and I, two cobblers, couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time.

Within a few days, an invitation from a Chicago house handed me answers to certain questions.

　Tomorrow, the protagonists will appear!

　　The pharaoh's horizon refers to the place where the sun first rises.

　　Chicago House - Chicago House is the academic base of the University of Chicago in Egypt.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)