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Chapter 70 To the Stars

The group started drinking again and shouted some inappropriate toasts.

Someone knocked on the wine glass:

Respect the moonlight! Respect the flame! Respect the stars as brilliant and eternal!

Arno became interested and quoted a passage from Herodotus's "History" passionately.

"Faced with the humiliated and furious queen, the servant Gyges gave her his own answer:

‘I covet you, and I am willing to die because of it.’” He paused and continued: “But if you allow it, I will kill Candaules who insulted you and replace him!”

In the end, Gyges did replace Candaules and became the king of Lydia and the husband of the queen.

Knowing the origin of [Boiling Snow], Arno's move makes people confused whether he is insinuating something or simply showing off.

Jason glanced at Alex, then raised his glass high: "Replace it!"

But Alex didn't notice his gaze. She was inviting Laila, who was sitting aside, to dance together.

Someone started singing a Spanish ditty. The drunk people were swaying around the long-burning bonfire.

There was a small sand dune a few steps away, and a crowd of people gathered around it. Arno turned his head, looked at it with interest, and stopped the passers-by to ask what was going on there.

"That's a temporary astronomical station. You have to watch the weather carefully. You can't really rely on Egyptian astrology."

Socrates silently patted the drum head with his hand. He still looked a bit like Socrates when he didn't speak.

Ali looked at the night sky: "It's the starry sky. The starry sky above us controls our destiny*."

He was talking about Laila. Unexpectedly, the liar Ali was also an artistic young man. Speaking of artistic young people, here is another one.

"The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves*." Arno pressed his fingers on his chest, where he had his cross. "The same is true of fate."

When the Egyptians looked over, Arno returned to his nonchalant smile.

Li Yuan on the side looked at the flames and drank a mouthful of Erguotou.

"What are you doing?"

"Your people didn't take you with them to the Temple of Set. Doesn't it feel good?" Karl sat down next to him. There was a half bottle of vodka lying there. Karl picked it up, looked at it, and poured it on the fire.

Lao Gao suddenly became angry, and Arno and I both looked over.

Li Yuan ignored Karl. However, Karl did not retreat. He approached Li Yuan and seduced: "They are using you, but they don't want you to know the truth. But I can give you the truth."

Li Yuan turned his head. "Oh, you are here to bribe me." He looked at Karl's blue eyes close at hand and smiled. "Then what do you want from me?"

"I know that Blake gave you the pocket watch, and I also know that you can find the destination by yourself." Karl said firmly, "Since you don't need that pocket watch, why not exchange it with me. I will give you what you want.

Truth, give me the compass you don’t need."

"It seems like they are all coming here to look for opportunities." Li Yuan sighed. "Although I have never seen the world, I know that these things are not cheap. You can't fool me."

"Isn't the truth not enough in your eyes?" Karl said with a smile.

"After all, it is what you want, and you may have to exchange it for the thing you value most at the moment." Li Yuan also smiled. "But it must be worth it, right?"

"What a bargaining little thing." Karl raised his eyebrows and leaned forward. He was too close to Li Yuan. This was not just a cheap flirting technique, but a threat.

But before Karl could complete a desired gesture, he was hugged by Arnold.

"Why, don't you know that the pocket watch Yue Chen has already been given to me?" Arnold narrowed his eyes and got close to Karl, and said with deep meaning. "I am not Yue Chen, and I don't understand the benefits. If Karl wants it,

, come to my tent at night and I will give you something."

Karl immediately sat back and glanced at Bruce subconsciously.

Arnold laughed. We couldn't help but laugh too, and Bruce narrowed his eyes without sympathy.

Karl knew he was being tricked by Arno, but he couldn't maintain his posture. He tried his best to say to Li Yuan: "Think about it carefully." He couldn't sit still anymore and went back to the tent.

Unexpectedly, Carl happened to bump into Rhea when he was leaving. However, both of them were uneasy, so they did not start fighting again.

Rhea came out with a thick blanket and went around. Although her eyes were a little red, people who didn't know the inside story would not think that she was sad. Rhea didn't care about her image now, and wrapped herself up like

The chubby peeled broad beans, paired with her somewhat arrogant expression, were even more adorable. But not long after, she sneezed several times, making her eyes and nose wet.

Rhea didn't appear here just to lose momentum. She pushed everyone away with her eyes and motioned for me to stay.

No matter how much I resented her bossing me around, it all disappeared after hearing that conversation. So I just sat there obediently.

Rhea opened a gap in the blanket and handed me a roll of papyrus. I took it confused.

"I bought this from an antique dealer in Chicago. His previous family was the director of the Egyptian Archives in Oxford." Rhea retracted her hand and wrapped herself tightly before continuing: "

I don’t know what the mystery is here. The antique dealer said that Polish explorers in the 18th century took it out of an ancient Egyptian temple in the Sahara Desert. The Oxford scholar who resold the papyrus said that it was from the Old Kingdom period.

s things."

I unfolded it and took a look.

A complete zodiac unfolds.

This is different from the zodiac that was introduced to Egypt through Greece in later generations. Each god has a distinct Egyptian color. In addition, the entire night is painted in.

This detailed star map looked familiar. I couldn't help but lift the papyrus and compare it with the sky in front of me.

Those stars that I didn't recognize were actually painted in my hands five thousand years ago. Even the out-of-time moon was no exception.

When I wasn't paying attention, the borrowed full moon had quietly nestled in the night.

"How could this happen?" I murmured.

"Don't be confused by what you are seeing. We are in Egypt now, but Egypt is not the center of the problem. The magnetic field is the root." Rhea reminded me, "Many people here know this."

"I'm just an archaeologist, and I came here just to study ancient Egypt." I came back to my senses. "Li Yuancai is an astronomer. You can trust him more than me to look at star maps."

"Have you studied ancient Egypt in the desert?"

I frowned. "This is part of my job."

"It's okay if you don't want to admit it, but you don't have to lie to yourself."

Rhea shrank herself into the moving blanket fortress. This slovenly look made her face look more delicate, and her peach blossom eyes, which were exactly the same as Li Yuanru, were slightly red from the cold.

To be honest, Rhea's eyes are more suitable for her. She was soaked in the soil flowing with honey, and her sparkling peach blossom eyes are full of spirit and elegance. But Li Yuan's peach blossom eyes made his

His expression became even colder. It would be fine if a tree like a weeping willow grew alone by the cold pond, but a gorgeous peach blossom actually bloomed in the ice and snow. The cold pond was made even colder by the flowers of a tree. It must have been colder.

It is withered and unappreciated, which makes it even more sad. I just accidentally took the wrong road and came to this cold pool, and I didn’t want to stay for a long time.

"I also thought about giving this thing to Yuechen, but I feel more at ease in your hands." Rhea said: "Only you can keep him alive."

I chuckled. "Don't blame me. I'm not that capable."

"You make him want to live, that's enough. He can do the rest by himself." Rhea didn't look at me and said to herself: "I just want to tell you, if you want to find what you want,

The answer must not be allowed to be found by Yue Chen."

I was speechless, and Rhea spoke again. "You and I both know the reason why Yuechen came to Egypt, but you probably don't know what his purpose is, right?"

I shook my head.

"Yuechen is the heir to my family, and the Li family is not a small family. We don't care about those things from the Yin family. They should belong to Yuechen, and they will not be missing at all."

"That's great." I said dryly.

I have become numb to this kind of world of rich people. Now I just want to find the temple of Thutmose III as soon as possible and verify my conjecture. It would be even better if I could earn an extra sum from 279 to cover the down payment.

.

"These can also be yours." Rhea glanced at me. "Aren't you happy?"

I put on a smiling face. "What's the point of being unhappy? I'll definitely catch the pie in the sky. If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have come to the desert to eat dirt." I paused, and Rhea smiled.

Peach blossom eyes stared at me. "But it's a pity, my family is still alive, and your Yue Chen is also alive."

"I'm afraid he doesn't want to live."

"What do you mean?" I frowned and stopped thinking sarcastically.

In fact, there are clues to this. Li Yuan mentioned that no matter what kind of injury he suffered, he would not leave any traces. Alex mentioned to me Li Yuan’s disregard for his own safety when he was in Antarctica, and his persistence in things that can hurt him.

of pursuit.

"I don't know Yuechen. He is not close to me. In fact, he is not close to anyone. I don't know you either, but I didn't lie to you." Rhea lowered her eyes and showed a sad smile. "Originally, I also

Not sure, but now I know that if anyone can make Yuechen change his mind, it can only be you."

Rhea said she hoped we were all safe and she would make sure of that.

The bonfire was lit again, and the heater was working diligently. However, it was still too cold for the eldest lady. Rhea threw away these words without thinking, and an antique papyrus that was enough to send me in.

She went back to her tent. But she didn't tell me what Li Yuan's purpose was here.

I didn't move the nest, just sat by the fire in a daze.

Li Yuan put his clothes on me and sat next to me. When the full moon hung above my head, there was no need to worry about him catching a cold. So I didn't refuse.

"Want to know what she said to me?" I glanced at him.

Li Yuan shook his head. "We have heard enough."

He looked calm, but I felt a little lonely for some reason. It must be sad to hear that Rhea gave up her own happiness for him. I wanted to comfort Li Yuan, but I couldn't.

Instead, Li Yuan said first: "It doesn't matter, I'm used to it. They care about me because my father and mother think I'm pitiful and unlucky."

I said, "I don't care about that."

Li Yuan laughed and said, "Thank you." He then said sternly, "No matter what she says, don't listen to her."

I sneered. "Your aunt said you wanted to die, so let me stop you."

"Why, are you afraid that I can't think about it?" While I was talking to Rhea, Li Yuan drank a lot of wine, and his jade-like face showed some redness. He bent his eyes that were not stained by drunkenness. "

Don't worry, how can I die?"

I looked towards Rhea's tent in the distance, and it turned out that this was what she meant.

"Why do you have to go to the temple of Thutmose III?" I asked Li Yuan.

"I have to go and experience my destiny." The cold pool reflected the full moonlight. "This is my destiny. You don't need to go on this trip with me."

Ari and Arnaud both quoted Shakespeare, namely [King Lear] and [Caesar] respectively.

The inspiration came from standing in the ruins of ancient Rome many years ago, and my undergraduate classmates came here for this period.

I personally like Herodotus' "History" (as a literary work), so I included some personal items.

Here Riano and Jason are quoting a metaphor from the beginning of [History]:

King Candaules of Lydia was very confident about his wife's appearance, so he secretly brought his servant Gyges to his bedroom and showed him his wife's naked body. But according to the custom here, if a woman is removed

It was a great shame and humiliation for a man other than her husband to see her naked body. Therefore, the princess who found out about this had a grudge against Candaules and gave Gyges two choices:

One is to kill Candaules, become king and marry her; the other is to kill Gyges.

Gyges, who coveted the queen's beauty, chose to conspire with her to kill Candaules and seize the queen and the kingdom.

Here's why Jason echoed: "Replace it."

(End of chapter)