Aztec Eternals

The sea and sky are wide, the east is boundless waves, and the land is looming in the southeast. The Kingdom Exploration Fleet, starting from the mouth of the Owl River, followed the extended land, all the way to the east. After walking for 120 miles, you will reach the mouth of Jianjiao River; after another 60 miles, you will reach the mouth of Pingsha River.

The Owl River, Jianjiao River, and Pingsha River are three long rivers lined up, like the roots of trees, extending inland and branching out into more than ten tributaries. The tributaries of these long rivers connect the four states of Tlaxcala, the coast of Vastec, and the coast of Totonac. They even extend all the way to the southeast, reaching the border of the three junctions of Totonak, Mistec, and Zapotec, and the vast Big Grass Lake, 700 miles away. In other words...

"Lord God! This eastern seashore is really a wild place, there are trees everywhere, and it is connected by these rivers!"

Puap took off his eagle helmet and wiped the sweat from his forehead and neck. Then, he took a shriveled dried tomato, threw it into his mouth, and chewed it one by one. A very sour and slightly sweet taste spread in the mouth of the Ash Warrior, making him refreshed again.

"After getting down from the plateau, the coastal lowlands, apart from the continuous rainforest, are rivers one after another! ... If there are no rivers, big and small, drilling everywhere in the forest for hundreds of miles, it would be really difficult. Human life!"

Hearing this, the Mayan merchant Tikalo shook his head and laughed. Where is this going? Next, wait until the Mayan tribes of Yucatan, more than 2,000 miles of rainforest from north to south, 1,600 miles of rainforest from east to west, green oceans everywhere, and no long rivers connecting the inland, that is really killing people!

If there is no local guide to lead, no local city-state support, any legion if it goes deep into the rainforest, it will be a dead end! Well, no matter how powerful the Legion is!

Thinking of this, Ticarlo lowered his eyes and pondered. Some long-standing family records flashed in his mind, making it hard to let go. After a while, he smiled.

"After crossing the three great rivers, we left the area of ​​existence of the Vastek tribe and came to the territory of the Totonak people. Further southeast, after a hundred and twenty li, is Yu, who is revered among the Totonak tribes. Snake City! In ancient legends, this is where the Feathered Serpent God left the mainland and took a snake raft to the starting point of the East China Sea!"

"Therefore, hundreds of years ago, the seaside tribes who believed in the Feathered Serpent God built an ancient city-state here, and built the revered ancient temple of the Feathered Serpent! Then, the Totonaks who went south from the northern wasteland , After settling on the seashore, he gradually converted to the Feathered Serpent..."

"It's mid-January, and it happens to be the first Feathered Serpent Day after the new year! The Totonak tribes along the coast will hold extremely grand festivals that last for several days. If the fleet hurry up, they should be able to catch up just in time. superior!..."

The paddlers took turns paddling, and the fleet kept moving forward. Two days later, the kingdom's exploration fleet finally arrived at Feathered Serpent City. At this time, in Feathered Serpent City, a celebration ceremony was being held to worship the gods. And tens of thousands of Totonak tribes are dancing and celebrating inside and outside the city-state!

"...Benevolent Feathered Serpent, she has the most beautiful feathers in the world! She rides the hurricane through her feathers, dances in the storm by the sea! She sings with us with a fluttering beard and a smile on her face! .. ."

The singing of joy reverberated throughout the city-state. Nobles and chiefs, all dressed in bright costumes, with tall bird feathers, surrounded by gold, silver and precious stones, raised their hands to sing. On the other hand, the young girls, wearing short shirts with bare clothes, bare wrists and ankles, strung with colorful shells, danced youthful and lively dances to the sound of "Ding Dong".

The whole city is plunged into a sea of ​​festive joy. The arrival of the Kingdom's fleet did not attract much attention. Although the kingdom's longships were large, they were similar to the galleys that the Mayans often traveled with. In fact, there were also several Mayan merchant ships docked on the seaside of the city-state at this time. On such festive days, nobles and chiefs never spared their wealth, and it was the best time to do business!

Under the vigilant gaze of their Mayan counterparts, the group stepped off the long boat and entered the ancient city in front of them. Although this Totonak Feathered Serpent City has the same name as the Tlaxcala Feathered Serpent City, its architectural style is more primitive and very different.

The Feathered Serpent City of the Tlaxcalans is a small but strong castle with a complete bluestone outer wall and a high twin temple. The Feathered Serpent City of the Totonaks is an open market city-state with a vast area, only simple wooden fences, and most of the houses are low grass huts and wooden sheds. In the city-state, the only stone buildings with more than two floors are the single pyramid more than ten meters high, and the most respected Feathered Serpent Temple built on the top of the tower!

"Huh? This is the withered statue of Feather Serpent God? It looks really strange."

The old militia Chihuako stood near the temple, raised his head, and looked curiously at the carvings of the pyramid temple. The Prepecha people believed in the three gods of the sun, the earth and the moon, and the Mexica Alliance had abandoned the belief in the feathered snake and completely destroyed the statue of the feathered snake. Therefore, this is indeed the first time he has seen the appearance of Feathered Serpent God.

The floating withering is vivid, and the withering has been chiseled for hundreds of years. In a circle of feathered long snakes, there is a clear-cut feathered snake **** standing. The eyes of Feather Serpent God are two huge sapphires, and her forehead is extremely broad, her nose is high and upright, and her appearance is very deep, which is completely different from the rest of the Nava gods. More importantly...

"It's really strange! Feathered Serpent God, why does he have such a long beard?...I mean! It's really ugly, much uglier than Your Majesty!..."

Seeing this, Chiwaco shook his head and sighed. In this era, all the ministries in the world do not have the habit of growing beards. Genetically speaking, Native Americans also have the least body hair, skin hair follicles are the least sensitive to male hormones, and they rarely develop lush beards. This **** statue fell in the eyes of Chiwako, just like the feeling of the ancient Chinese people when they saw "foreign barbarians" for the first time.

Two steps away, Puap's eyes widened. The beard carved by the Feathered Serpent God was dyed with gray-red dye and inlaid with rubies. The face of Feather Serpent God was plated with some silver particles, and it shone in the sunlight.

"Broad forehead, high nose, blue eyes, white skin, and a big gray-red beard? . . . huh? I seem to have heard someone say this is..."

"This is a foreign demon! Damn it! These fallen Totonaks not only believe in the Feathered Serpent, but also portray the Feathered Serpent as a white-skinned demon!..."

Seeing the engraving of the temple, the chief priest Tomat's eyes widened in anger, and his hands were shaking with anger. Although the Feathered Serpent God of the Alliance also has a beard, but it is not carved, this pair of demons in the divine revelation looks like!

"Ah! Supreme Lord God! May you send down thunder and punish these lost tribes! The legions of the alliance must come here, destroy the statues and burn the demons to ashes!..."

"Tsk tsk!... The Feathered Serpent God of the Totonak people is indeed very strange. I don't know who they learned from, but it looks different from our Mayan Feathered Serpent God!"

Not far away, the Mayan merchant Tikalo touched his wise bald head and looked at the statue of the temple, with puzzlement and confusion in his expression.

However, at this moment, from the high temple, a few old feathered snake priests suddenly walked out. Armed with corn and feathers, they sang and danced down the pyramid. And more than a dozen priests and apprentices, carrying a gorgeous bamboo raft, carefully followed behind.

The young dark snake stood on tiptoe and looked out. On the raft, there was a wooden statue of a feathered snake with gold and silver ornaments and the height of two people. At the bottom of the wooden statue is a row of several long wooden snakes. This is exactly the engraving of Feathered Serpent riding a snake raft.

"...Benevolent Feathered Serpent God, she suffers a secret heartbreak.

She was harmed by the dark gods and witnessed the decline of the doomsday!

She took out the obsidian stone mirror and looked at her pale face.

She stretched out her old hand and left the last handprint on the stone...

"

The Feathered Serpent priests sang and danced while carrying their rafts and walked towards the seaside several miles away. The people of the city-state also sang and followed in the footsteps of the priests. The nobles took out the thin mirrors of black yao stone, reflecting the light of the sun, falling on the undulating sea, like a little shining star.

Everyone in the fleet looked at each other and followed the residents of the city to the sea.

"Benevolent Feathered Serpent, she chose to exile herself!

She left the people she loved and went to the endless oriental lake.

There is her homeland and the beauty of countless birds and flowers.

The subjects who loved her wept and pleaded. they said:

Merciful and bright God, when will you return? ...

"

At this point, the Quetzalcoatl priests have come to the sea. They put down their gorgeous rafts into the vast sea. The nobles and chiefs immediately stepped forward, scrambling to put their gold, silver and precious stones on the godly raft. The young and pure city-state girls are holding tropical flowers and decorating around the raft.

Soon, driven by the currents and tides, the tall Feathered Serpent statue, loaded with gold, silver, gems and flowers, slowly sailed into the depths of the sea. Tens of thousands of Totonaks stood by the sea, staring blankly at the distant raft. Sadness gradually appeared on their faces, even tears.

Until a big wave came and the idols on the raft disappeared, the feathered snake priests sang again in sad tones.

"Benevolent Feathered Serpent, she has left the weeping people!

She took the green snake's raft and headed to the far east.

She made the promise of the gods to those who love her and the people who are loved!

The beautiful feathered snake will return in a certain spring,

With prosperous flowers, end the brief blight...

"

"She said: I will return from the lake in the east,

Ride a boat like never before!

Bring back peace and prosperity, bring back light and wisdom,

save you again! ...

"

The song of the feathered snake priest sang here, and suddenly stopped in the wind. The priests and apprentices blew deep conch shells like weeping at the bottom of a lake. The myth of the Feathered Serpent God, circulated in the ballads, told here, leaving only endless regrets, and the last ethereal hope~www.readwn.com~ The sad atmosphere enveloped the crowd. Tens of thousands of Totonaks couldn't bear it any longer. In groups, they fell to their knees by the sea with tears in their eyes. They stretched out their hands tremblingly, facing the boundless sea in the east. Under the guidance of the priests, they made a hysterical call:

"...Come back! Merciful Feathered Serpent!..."

"...Come back! Bright Quetzalcoatl!..."

"...Please take a big ship and return from the eastern sea! Use light and prosperity to save your people!"

"...Please, please come back!..."

The sound of weeping blood is heartbreaking. The calls and mourning of tens of thousands of people sounded on the beach outside Feathered Serpent City and spread far into the distance. However, on the distant skyline in the east, there is only the empty sea and the lonely flying seabirds.

Chiwako stood in the crowd, staring blankly to the east. He has never participated in such a celebration, but he can really feel people's desire for Feathered Serpent God, and their desire for peace, light and prosperity!

However, in the past hundreds of years, in thousands of sacrifices to the gods, the benevolent and bright Feathered Serpent has never returned. In the world of Central America, in the constant division and fighting, the balance of the population limit is maintained. The world is heading towards the Bronze Age with difficulty, waiting for the breakthrough of thousands of years of savings.

In the original history, such Feathered Serpent ceremonies would continue to be held. This call and waiting will continue forever!

It was not until exactly thirty years later that a tall three-masted sailing ship, on this day of the festival, really returned from the eastern shores and sailed to the wildly welcoming crowd. Then, it is loaded with "the messenger and incarnation of the Feathered Serpent", with brutal greed and desire, bringing endless darkness and death!