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Chapter 142 [141] Sin King

The day.

Chimalpopoca, who had just arrived in Tepanix and sought help from his grandfather, was sent back to Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs.

The city-states headed by Tepanix formed an alliance, and at the same time sent troops to Tenochtitlan to complete the blockade of Lake Texcoco.

This scene seems familiar.

The wheel of history seems to be turning around, and it has returned to a hundred years ago, when the ancestors of the Aztecs were besieged by the city-state alliance.

Some people were enslaved, and some people fled to Lake Texcoco for refuge, and only then did the current Lake City come into being.

Today, Lake Texcoco is besieged, but the "water garden" that has been handed down has become a Jedi instead.

The order in the city has collapsed, and the Aztecs, who were once united by their beliefs, became a mess at the moment of the collapse of their beliefs.

Some nobles and rich people wooed soldiers and began to search for food stored in the city.

There are also low-level farmers holding up farm tools, and they are likely to raise poles and revolt.

The so-called monarch family is at stake.

When Chimal Popoca returned, the people in the city also saw the situation of the army outside the city, and the civil strife subsided for a short time.

People realize that maybe the divine punishment judgment has not yet come, and they are about to become the ghosts under the spears of the alliance of cities.

The steward of the court who came with Chimalpopoca brought the will of the king of Tepanix——

"The new monarch of the Aztecs will embark on the 'Road of Salvation', go to the north of the earth, find the temple of the only true God of Balance in the world, and pray for His mercy and forgiveness!"

"During this period, the Aztecs are not allowed to step out of the city in the lake, and will be monitored and lived by the city alliance!"

Speaking of this, he glanced at the young man contemptuously, full of sarcasm, "If the great Aztec monarch Chimal Popoca can appease the wrath of the gods, not only the Aztecs will be saved, He will also be a hero of the League of Cities and will be recorded in history!"

On the contrary, he didn't say anything, and the Aztec nobles in the palace already knew it well.

This kind of imprisonment cut off the way of life.

When Judgment Day comes, hundreds of thousands of Aztecs will bear the brunt and be sacrificed to appease the wrath of God.

It is even possible that before the Judgment Day comes, they will all be slaughtered.

Life and death are in the hands of others.

There was a dead silence in the palace.

Chimal Popoca was already in a state of despair.

Among the crowd, only his uncle, Izkoater, still had light in his eyes, which he pinned on his nephew.

If the gods left behind the path of repentance and salvation, it would not be the severance of life.

If you have piety, you can really reach the palace of the gods and ask for mercy and forgiveness, the Aztecs will not perish.

"Chimal Popoca, the rise and fall of the Aztecs will depend on you!" Izcoatel said suddenly.

Everyone woke up and looked at him in astonishment, thinking that he had lost his mind and gone crazy.

Chimalpopoca was still sluggish, but his uncle slapped him on the shoulder. The pain made him regain his soul, "I, I don't know what to do..."

"Then embark on the road to redemption!"

"As long as you can return smoothly, the punishment of the trial will be erased. This is our only chance, and only you can complete this important task. You will repent and atone for your father on behalf of your father! You are the Aztec monarch!"

The words fall.

The hope of life was rekindled on the faces of the people around.

It is on the verge of extinction, even if it is just a straw, we must firmly grasp it in our hands.

"Go, Chimal Popoca!"

"When you set off, the chaos of the Aztecs will subside, and all the people will pray for you, and piously repent of our ignorant belief in false gods!"

"If you return, you will be the master of ZTE and lead the Aztecs to rebirth!"

"If you die, no one will blame you. This is a sin left by our ancestors. As descendants, we have no choice but to bear it!"

The power aristocrats who were about to start a struggle suddenly united as one.

Because they have no choice.

The 12-year-old boy feels the gaze of countless eyes, and his blood boils with expectations.

"Okay, I'll go!"

"I, Chimal Popoca, with a sincerely repentant heart, will find the gods to beg His forgiveness."

that night.

Izkoatl crowned his nephew Chimal Popoca again.

The whole city gathered under the altar, shouted the holy name of "Equilibrium", and made a sound of repentance and praise.

This coronation has nothing to do with enthronement.

It is an indigenous naming ceremony, and Chimal Popoca is his first name, which means "smoking shield".

He has not yet reached the coming-of-age ceremony, so he is not allowed to be tested and given a name.

Now, however, he will embark on the road to redemption and become the hope of the Aztecs.

The elders of the royal family put on a crown made of gold for him, and shouted his name——

"Tonight, the Aztecs will call upon the name of Kinkou, make a pilgrimage to his glory, make our king a messenger servant, embark on the road of salvation, and offer repentance and piety!"

"Chimal Popoca, we name you the 'King of Sin', you will carry the sins of our ancestors and people, and beg to be baptized by His Balanced Lord to purify all sins and troubles..."

That night, all the people in the city in the lake were united and there was a lot of voices.

The name of equilibrium keeps shaking the night sky.

Sin King Chimalpopoca sat on the altar, and every citizen bowed down to him, regardless of age, cut open the palm of his hand with an obsidian dagger, and smeared the blood on his legs and forehead...

Their sacrifices will guide the way for the 'King of Sin'.

And the blood on their foreheads will also represent their sins, and they will kowtow and surrender before the true God.

The sacrifice continued until the next afternoon.

Chimalpopoca nearly collapsed and fell into a coma.

The starting team has been formed, and more than 100 palace guards and maids, as well as bachelors who are proficient in astronomy and astrology, will embark on the road of redemption together with Chimal Popoca.

They carried the most precious treasures of the Aztecs, to be sacrificed to the true god upon their arrival.

The sleepy Chimal Popoca was carried onto the sedan chair, and several guards carried them together. After the sacrificial activities last night, his body was covered with blood, and he has become a blood man.

The gates open.

This road is the only land entrance and exit to Ayutthaya, and is now apparently guarded by the armies of the cities.

After negotiations, the two parties learned that the Aztecs had accepted the will of the king of Tepanix and were going north.

Each city dispatched manpower to form a 2000-man battle group to accompany them.

Make sure they don't flee, hoping to leave the Aztec fire alive.

This trip was decided in a hurry, but the cities were rich, and weapons and food were quickly mobilized. They only needed to go north and collect supplies in the cities along the way.

As for the more distant unknown road, they can only rely on themselves.

Nowadays, the city-state alliance only manages one place, each is an enemy, and has no ambition to expand outward.

Although there are distant tribes who come to trade, the farthest distance known is only a few hundred kilometers.

The temple of the gods must be far away.

No one can confirm the follow-up path, only one direction is clear——

All the way north!
When Chimalpopoca awoke, it was already the third day.

He has experienced both physical and psychological torment these days, and this sleep is in a state of darkness.

The wobbly sedan chair made him very uncomfortable.

After ordering someone to put him down.

The waiters and maids in the team greeted them one after another.

One of the middle-aged men was a bachelor who was accompanying him. He pointed to the maids and said, "We don't know how far this road to salvation is. If you can't reach it in this life, you have to leave the Aztec fire, so that everyone can see it." He moves on!"

Chimal Popoca was shocked, "If I can't go back, the Aztecs in the city will..."

The university scholar said: "Master Izkoater ordered me to give you the secret book, and you will know the arrangement after reading it!"

As outsiders of the city-state civilization, the Aztecs quickly absorbed their advantages and made up for their own shortcomings.

He created his own hieroglyphs and left many ancient books for later generations.

They also advocate education. For example, this great scholar is an expert in astronomy and herbal medicine, and has always been a doctor for the nobles in the city.

Of course, the so-called medical skills are limited to the use of herbs to cure diseases, which are a bit more advanced than witch doctors, following the written records summarized by the predecessors, but obviously far inferior to the ancient oriental countries of the same period.

After all, American civilization started too late.

Chimalpopoka read the secret book and saw his uncle's handwriting...

Although the road to redemption was forced by Tepanix, it was a helpless move.

But when everyone was at a loss, it was his uncle, Izkoatl, who stood up and made the final decision.

Tracing the original Aztec history...

Chimal Popoca's father, Vizi, had more than six years to live, and Chimal Popoca, who was over 6 years old, would take the throne more than six years later.

There are not many pens and inks left by him in history.

He reigned for 10 years after assuming the throne, and because of his kinship with the king of Tepanix, he participated in the struggle for successors to this powerful city-state...

Because he stood on the wrong team and was assassinated, he was 29 years old.

But now, there is no difference in the context of development. He is also forced to embark on an unknown road due to the will of the Tepanix Kingdom.

After his death, the fourth king of the Aztecs was his uncle Izcoatel.

Izcoatel was the founder of the Aztec "Three Cities Alliance". He got rid of Tepanix's vassal relationship, and took advantage of the civil strife in Tepanix to quickly annex it with the Allies. The treasury was divided.

Since then, the Aztecs have embarked on the road of strength and hegemony.

There were only a few sentences in the secret book, but Chimalpopoca burst into tears when he saw it.

Izkoatl indeed regarded him as a fire seed, leaving the meaning of bloodline to continue.

It would be best if he returned with success.

If not, save yourself as much as possible and leave your blood.

As for the Aztec capital, there is no need to worry about Chimal Popoca.

Because the true God made a prophecy, the judgment will come after 2 years, whether the Aztecs will live or die, there is a definite number.

In these two years, countries will not kill the Aztecs. Because of the coming of the gods, countries hope that the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Aztecs will calm their anger.

If he is alive, someone will be sent to find him and return.

If he cannot be redeemed in the trial, at least he is a hope.

Of course, everyone understands that whether Chimal Popoca can survive the road is unknown.

But other than that, the Aztecs had no choice but to hope for a miracle to finally repent and be redeemed.

After reading the secret book, the grand scholar took back the secret book and threw it into the bonfire when he was camping for a rest at night.

"Your Highness, you have to hurry up on the matter of breeding the next generation. I, the Aztecs, have merchants in various cities as spies. Your favored maid can be picked up by them before they leave the border too far to preserve the bloodline."

Chimalpopoca was not shy, looking at the accompanying maids as if they had completed a heavy task.

the next few days.

Various maids would come into his account at night.

Seeing spring as a teenager, he ate and drank all the way. In his opinion, the road to redemption was not that difficult.

A month and a half later.

The last small town on the northern border of the City-State Alliance.

That night.

The sudden sound of killing awakened Chimal Popoca who was sleeping soundly.

He sat up in shock, hearing shouts from outside the house——

"The Aztec maid wants to escape with the caravan!"

"Kill them all!"

"I saw how late these maids stepped into the account of the 'Sin King'. This is the spark of sin they want to leave behind!"

"Hurry up and catch the 'King of Sin', be careful that he escapes..."

boom!
The gate was broken open, bloody soldiers bound Chimalpopoca, and when he tried to resist, he was beaten unconscious.

When he woke up again, his eyes were already covered in blood.

The corpses of the Aztec court guards were piled up like a mountain, and the maids had their stomachs cut open and hung on wooden frames.

Dead, all dead.

The only one who survived was the great scholar, now also covered in bruises, showing his sorrow to him, shaking his head slightly.

Hit the road again.

The so-called sin king no longer has the treatment of a monarch.

You are not allowed to take a sedan chair, and walk among the ranks, surrounded by expressionless soldiers from other countries.

The grand scholar who served him was still taciturn, and the fire of hope seemed to have been extinguished.

At first, one master, one servant, and someone helped to set up the tent, but after a while, the salary dropped one after another.

Walking in the wilderness and forests, the soldiers from all over the world also became irritable, and even stopped seeing him as the lord of a country, and began to mock and curse.

I don't know how many days have passed.

The gloomy Grand Maester unexpectedly regained his composure. He looked at those warriors who were restless all day long, and whispered to Chimarpopoka: "We still have a chance!"

He asked: "What chance? All of us are dead, only you and me are left!"

"If we keep being watched by them, sooner or later, we will be killed. They are already impatient, and it is impossible for them to really be willing to escort us to meet the true God!"

"When the palace guards died, the treasures we sacrificed to the true gods were all carried by them. Those treasures are the source of evil!"

"They will think that as long as they kill us, the mission does not need to continue, and they can even swallow these treasures!"

Chimarpopoka said: "But they will kill us first before dividing up!"

The Grand Maester smiled bitterly: "It depends... if I can stir up their anger with each other, and turn against each other first, King of Sin, you know very well that the hatred between city-states is deep!"

"We have no choice but to..."

"Without them, it is possible for us to truly embark on the road of redemption and find the temple of the gods, so as not to be directly killed by them!"

Chimalpopoca took a deep breath, and he took out a sculpture from his arms, which was the statue of the Lord of Balance.

He placed it on a stone, silently chanting praises and confessions, "The only true God in the world, the Lord of Equilibrium, Uchimar Popoka, I pray for your mercy and forgiveness, and give me guidance to embark on the true road of salvation. Even if I die, I would like to die under the judgment of the gods..."

……

Equilibrium 11 years, mid-September.

Chihuahua is fully explored and the system map is open.

Zhou Li'an took the group to Sonora State, which borders Arizona, the United States, and is only 200 kilometers away from the Phoenix City of the Hohokan people, and only 10 kilometers away from Palm Springs, the 450th city of Equilibrium.

It takes two hours to arrive by plane.

Right now, as long as the exploration of Sonora is completed, there are only two places left in the "Baja California Peninsula".

The Baja California peninsula is connected to California and faces Sonora across the sea. The long and narrow peninsula is divided into "Baja California North and Baja California Sur".

The place is of little significance, as there are many deserts and volcanoes in the Xiachang Peninsula, and there is no natural deep harbor.

After the U.S.-Mexico War, the United States looked down on this piece of land. After taking California, it left the peninsula in Mexico.

But come here, 3 days is enough to explore the narrow and long peninsula.

The development momentum of the balanced cities is good.

Returning to equilibrium, time acceleration can be activated.

And nearly three months have passed since the Aztec crimes fell.

Zhou Li'an was also curious about the impact of the punishment on the cities...

[Eye of the Void] opens.

Consciousness descends over Tenochtitlan.

At this moment, he discovered that a new city was rising outside Texcoco Lake.

It is not so much a new city as a military fortress.

Among them are all majestic city-state warriors, they wear different costumes and set up their own banners...

Fly to Lake City instead.

The depression in the big city is no longer the prosperity it was when that day came.

The flowers in the courtyard buildings in the city seem to have withered, and they no longer have vitality.

When consciousness comes to the palace.

Hearing what people are talking about...

"The Aztecs were besieged? They also sent the new monarch, Chimal Popoca, to look for the Temple of Equilibrium and pray for salvation???"

(End of this chapter)