Chapter 39: Lost Lamb

Chapter 039: Lost Lamb
More than a thousand people live in Sumer town, which is already a small rural market town, but Amon has never been to other places and feels that the town is much smaller than Duke Town. But the sky here is very blue, and most of the clothes people wear are light thin linen or cotton clothes. Looking at the fields and sheep on all sides, as well as those livestock and stocked chickens and geese, are obviously richer than Duke Town.
But the houses here don't look pretty and solid, and they seem to be poorer than Duke. When they walked past the temple in the town, Amon was even a bit surprised-the temple here was actually covered with wood, and there were only two floors not high! Compared to the magnificent shrine built by lapis lazuli and white marble in Duke town.
He murmured: "Why do people here build wooden temples? The houses are mostly made of wood. Are they not afraid of fire?"
Yin Nanna whispered: "It is expensive to transport the stones out of the mountain and reprocess them. It is cheap and convenient to build a house here with wood .... But the fir tree used to repair the temple is different from ordinary wood. "
Amon: "Which kingdom is this and what gods are enshrined in the temple?"
Yin Nanna: "This is the territory of the Kingdom of Barron. The Enril Temple is built."
Amon asked a little puzzledly: "I heard that the main worshipped by the Kingdom of Barron is the God of Marduk, and the main worshiped by Hati and Assyria is the great Enril. Why is Enril built here? Temple? "
Yin Nana shrugged her shoulders and said, "Maybe the realm of God and the realm of mankind are not exactly the same. In Balun, the city-states east of the Youdi River are the Marduk Temple, and the west of the Youdi River is built. It ’s both the Enril Temple, but the Marduk and other gods are also enshrined in the temple .... Anyway, it ’s the same deity, according to human legends, is n’t Enril the uncle of Marduk?

Amon nodded and said, "Oh, this is the case."
Amon stopped asking, but Yin Nanna asked: "Amon, don't you feel curious?"
Amon turned to look at her and said, "Is it strange that Enrille is not Marduk's uncle? As far as I know, the king worshipped by the Jeonju Empire is Horus, but under Eju The most important temple is the Temple of Isis, which also houses Horus and other gods. "
Yin Nanna blinked: "I mean the situation where the temple was divided along the banks of the Youdi River. How did it first form? Is there an agreement between the gods? Are you not curious?"
curious? The curiosity of the gods sent the lives of the old lunatic and Bell, and there were so many people buried, and Amon embarked on an unknown rugged and dangerous journey. He didn't want to entangle this question in front of Yin Nanna, and replied with a bitter smile: "What's the use of curiosity, I don't know Marduk or Enril, there is no place to ask .... Yin Nanna, this place You know how to sell clothes? Let's go buy clothes first. "
Yin Nanna pulled Amon into a horizontal alley in the town and entered a shop. A sixteen or seven-year-old boy greeted him and said, "Do you want to buy clothes, just take a look. Our store is The best goods in the neighborhood, both cloth and clothing. "
Amon bought clothes very easily, pointing to himself and saying, "I want to make clothes, I can wear them."
The man looked at him, and obviously Amon was not a nobleman, so he took the best set of light cotton cloth, the red stripes were very beautiful and prominent, but there were no other colors and embroidery. He greeted: "This set The clothes need thirty copper coins. They are cool and breathable in hot weather, and you can't buy them elsewhere. "
Amon thought that the cloth was not strong and not abrasion-resistant, and pointed to the next set of light, but densely knitted hessian clothing. "I want this dress, plus pants of the same fabric, two sets . "
The man replied slightly disappointedly: "Even a pair of ten copper coins in a pair of pants, two sets of twenty, do you stop looking at something else?"
Amon shook his head and said, "I don't need it anymore .... Yin Nanna, choose what kind of clothes you want to buy."
Yin Nanna pointed at a long dress on the wall: "This one looks good, I like it, will it be expensive?"
When the man turned his head to see Yin Nanna's pose, she felt a bright light in her eyes. She stared at her face and body and could hardly move her eyes. When she heard the question, she turned back and answered, "This lady, you really have In the eyes, among the clothes sold in our store, this is the best clothing that civilians can wear. It is slightly more expensive and requires sixty copper coins. "
The man glanced at Amon as he spoke. Amon didn't care what the man thought of him at all, and he took out a silver coin without thinking about reaching out, and said, "That's all, I bought it. Do you have a place to change clothes here, let her change the clothes first . "
The man was surprised by surprise, so he nodded again and again: "Yes, there is a small door behind the counter, and you can change clothes in the room." Then took the silver coins and found Amun twenty copper coins.
Amon couldn't help but shine when Yin Nanna changed her clothes and came out. The dress she chose was extremely fit, with very fine white cotton, printed with indigo stripes, which just outlined the delicate figure, almost all in all. The guy's eyes were straight, and Yin Nanna turned around and asked playfully: "Amon, is it good-looking?"
Amon nodded: "It looks good, you are good-looking already, even better in this dress."
My companion also exclaimed: "Girl, you are so beautiful, what's your name?"
Yin Nanna looked back and smiled, "My name is Yin Nanna, can I get another pair of shoes after buying such expensive clothes?"
Such expensive clothes? Is it really expensive? Amon has no concept about this. Of course, clothes are expensive because they cost money, but it's not a big deal. I bought two sets of clothes and a skirt for only eighty copper coins in total. liqueur.
And the bone that laughed at Yin Nanna was almost crunchy, so he took out a pair of cloth tripping shoes from behind the counter. The thick soft linen sole looked very comfortable. He said with a smile: "Of course it is possible, come here often, we are here There are all kinds of beautiful clothes. "
Yin Nanna smiled at him again, but didn't say thank you, and pointed at Amun and said, "It's not my shoes, but he paid for them. You should send a pair of shoes that he can wear. This pair is too small."
The dude "ah" was obviously disappointed, but Yin Nanna still looked at him with a smile. He took another pair of shoes that Amon could wear along with the original pair and handed them to Yin Nanna: "Okay, I will give you one more pair, even if I give it to the lady."
Yin Nanna laughed and said, "You little guy gave me two pairs of shoes, so you are not afraid that the boss will come back and scold you?"
The young man suddenly came to his spirits and raised his chest. "Fear what, the boss is my father, this shop is my house! ... Miss, you must come often, I will give you a bargain." Listen to this Looking at his look in his tone, he didn't know whether he wanted to give cheap or to take advantage.
Putting on the new clothes they bought, the two went to town again, which was even more striking. Pedestrians in the past almost stared at Yin Nanna—her face, her breasts, her body. Changing someone will definitely be uncomfortable, but Yin Nanna laughs as usual.
When he left the shop, Amon asked again, "Where is a sheep seller? Let's buy sheep."
Yin Nanna: "Of course it is impossible to have a market on the other side of the town."
Tianshu countries have similar regulations, slaves must not wear dyed fabrics, and people must not have embroidered clothing. Yin Nanna claimed to be a shepherdess slave, but she wore a floral dress dyed with indigo stripes. But Amon was still inexperienced in this area, because there were few slaves in Duke.
The residents of Duke Town are almost all miners' houses. Only the mayor and Lord Xiao Gu have servants who live and live. There are slaves who mine in the mine outside the town, and they do the same work as miners, and they wear the same clothes. Amon just thought that Yin Nanna changed the skirt so much, even he couldn't help but always turned his face and looked at him twice.
The two came to the market town, and Yin Nana caused a lot of commotion. Amon is not afraid of people. At first, he dared to look directly at the eyes of Aikou-Maria. He was also regarded as a in the cave savage tribes. He has also become the center of attention in Duke Town more than once. What does it look like? He just vaguely felt something wrong, but didn't figure out what was wrong.
Almost every stall owner would come to greet him diligently, and then glanced across Amon's sackcloth and straw shoes inadvertently, with a strange look, as if it felt like it was a pity that Yin Nanna stood with him.
But looking around the market, she could not find the white sheep with black spots that Yin Nanna said, and her expression seemed disappointed as if she was about to cry again. Amon comforted: "Will it be a sheep? Anyway, what you lost is a sheep, and I can give you a bigger and better one."
Yin Nanna shook her head with a pout and said, "No, what I am looking for is that kind of sheep. From here, there is a sheep pasture, and there are more sheep there. Shall we go to the shepherd and buy one?"
Amon nodded. "Well then, let's look for it."
They've been around in the town of Sumer, and almost everyone in the town is talking about a guy in straw sandals and burlap, leading a charming and charming girl here. The girl was wearing old clothes, and the young man led her to the old Joseph's tailor shop and bought a beautiful and expensive new dress. It is said that the young man bought only two sets of burlap clothes, which was very cheap, and asked the girl to ask Joseph for two pairs of shoes.
Life in a small town is dull and boring. This kind of thing is the easiest topic to spread. People are debating that it must be the guy whose girl has been abducted by someone to elope past this place. The two should come from far away, because the guy speaks with a Hardy accent.
Amon followed Yin Nanna to the town, and she saw the herding sheep grazing there. Yin Nana suddenly surprised and pointed out: "Look, that's the sheep I'm looking for!"
Amon turned his head and stunned: "Yin Nana, why are you pointing at me?"
Yin Nanna patted him: "You look over there."
Amon turned to look at the other side, and there were a few lambs with black spots in the flock. At this point, Yin Nanna ran in a small step, crouched down and hugged a sheep and shouted in surprise: "It's it, Amon, it's the sheep I lost!"
"Miss, don't talk nonsense, that's my sheep!" The shepherd carrying the long whip came from a distance, shouting unhappyly, a burly old man.
Amon hurried over and reminded Yin Nanna: "How could this be your sheep, it can't fly, and you can run here from such a far distance, have you read it wrong?"
The old man glanced at Amon and said to Yin Nanna again, "This is my master's sheep. Every morning I drive them to the hillside to graze. I will drive them back to the sheep pen every evening. I will take a careful count every day. Sheep are definitely not yours. "
Yin Nanna, holding the sheep and not letting go, started crying again at Amon: "But this is the sheep I lost, I know it, Amon, help me!"
The shepherd was angry: "Beautiful girl, you can't be so unreasonable! It's the sheep I put."
Seeing that the two were going to argue, if Yin Nanna wasn't a girl, the old shepherd would probably be whiping. Amon quickly stood in the middle and persuaded: "Maybe it's a sheep that is almost the same. She has been looking for a day. It is inevitable that she is in a hurry. So, I want to buy this sheep. How much is it?"
Before the shepherd had spoken, Yin Nanna stood up and pulled Amun and said, "This is obviously my sheep. Why did you pay for it? He stole my sheep!"
The shepherd was finally angry, and pointed his whip at Amon's nose: "Foreigner, did you bring this girl to be a robber? Watch out for my whip!"
Yin Nanna hid behind Amun and said, "We are not robbers, you are a thief, you stole my sheep!"
Amon didn't care about the shepherd's whip, and opened her arms and said, "Uncle, don't be angry, she lost an identical sheep, thinking that this is her .... I promised to help her find it back and spend money. Buy your sheep. "
The shepherd snorted, and slammed with a wave: "Not for sale! This is my master's sheep."
Amon: "I will give you more money, your master won't blame you but just happier."
The shepherd glanced at him, and stretched out and said scornfully, "Well, two silver coins, love to buy or not!" He hated the two foreigners. The girl said he was a thief, and a young man was guarding him. The girl looked even more abominable in front of her, so she offered an outrageous price and wanted to send them away.
Unexpectedly, Amon had already taken out two silver coins and handed them over, and the shepherd narrowed his eyes, even forgot to reach out. Amon pulled his hand over and put the silver coin in his palm, saying, "This is money. If you collect it, can you send me a rope so I can take the sheep away."
The things outside the mountain are really cheap. Amon has already said that he is willing to pay more, but he didn't expect to only need two silver coins. The shepherd glared at Amon as if looking at some monster. The sheep was not big. Five silver coins could be bought for five. Today, he made a small fortune.
He looked at Amon for a long time, and then suddenly came back to God, and tore his whip rope down and handed it to Amon: "Take this to tie the sheep, there is no other rope here." I lowered my voice and whispered, "You young man, you are a generous and good person! Why don't you buy yourself a good dress if you have the money? ... Although the girl is beautiful, I'm afraid you can't afford to splurge."
Amon said thank you, and tied the sheep with a whip and led it away from the pasture. After walking far away, Yin Nanna hugged Amon's arm and put it in his ear. He said, "Amon, do you think I don't make sense? But this sheep is indeed mine, and I dare swear that it is related to The one I lost was exactly the same. "
Amon smiled bitterly: "Maybe it's yours, maybe it's not yours, but there is no evidence that it is in someone else's flock. Unless someone proves that the sheep ran from your flock, you can't take it casually. It ... the place where you lost your sheep is very far from here, it is unlikely that it will run over by itself. There are also a lot of black spots in the flock of sheep, which may be almost the same. "
Yin Nanna: "The spot of each sheep is different. Of course the person who recognizes the sheep can recognize it. I would like to thank you for buying this sheep anyway .... but why do you spend so much money? You are strong and completely Don't be afraid of the blackmailer's extortion, who is your opponent? "
Amon shook his head and said, "I went to buy the sheep, not to grab the sheep. If I can prove that the sheep is yours, I don't mind helping you get it back. Unfortunately, I can't prove it, I don't believe you . "
Yin Nana lowered her head and said, "But this way, I owe you too much. How can I repay it?"
Amon smiled: "You have repaid me, brought me to town, and gave me such delicious cakes."
Yin Nanna: "But your sheep is too expensive. If I don't talk so much, you won't spend so much money."
Amon shrugged. "Not expensive, I think it's cheap."
Yin Nanna took the whip rope from Amon to hold the sheep, and the two crossed the market and returned to the town. Amon was looking for a place to be smoked for nothing more than to experience people and things, and had no specific purpose. When he returned to the town, he noticed that people were looking at them with a strange look and pointing in private behind the scenes. But when he turned his head to look, people looked away again.
Although Amon did not have the experience of going out, he was not stupid. He quietly swept through the detection of magic, and probably knew what people were talking about, and his heart was a little funny. At this time he also realized that Yin Nanna was by no means an ordinary shepherdess slave, and she saw more people outside the mountain, including many women, who were not as tender and beautiful as Yin Nanna.
When walking past the pub in the town, Yin Nanna stopped suddenly. "Amen, you are not tired. If you are tired, you can go in for a glass of wine."
Amon suddenly remembered something. The mayor of Dashty once said that the cheapest glass of wine in the tavern outside was only a copper coin. He was always doubtful, and really wanted to see. So he rushed to Yin Nanna and said, "I don't know. Will I delay your time when I go in for a glass of wine? Or I'll take you home first, and it should be dark not far from the town. "
Yin Nanna asked, "Would you like to send me back?"
Amon: "You have to go a long way after dark, and of course I have to send you back. Anyway, the market town is here."
Yin Nanna smiled: "Thank you! If you drink or not, it will be dark anyway, there is still a long way to go after dark, so go ahead and rest for a while."
Wine is a luxury, but it is not just aristocracy. Many civilians have a few drinks in the tavern when they have money and leisure, which is the most luxurious enjoyment on weekdays. During the war years in the history of the Tianshu continent, some countries once banned civilians from drinking, because winemaking consumes a large amount of food, which needs to be controlled during the difficult period of tight supplies.
People who drink too much always want to make a fuss, say something that they usually don't dare to say, and do things that they don't dare to do, so pubs are often one of the most chaotic places in a town. Amon took Yin Nanna into the tavern and immediately heard a loud noise. But when they saw them coming in, many people whispered again. Obviously the topic discussed in the tavern just now is the two foreigners who came to town today.
Amon found an empty table and sat down. There was a boss and two guys. The boss personally came over and asked, "Young man from afar, what would you like to drink? We have the best wine nearby."
Amon spoke very directly. The first sentence was what he cared most about: "Is your cheapest wine here a cup of copper?"
The boss froze, and then smiled: "Yes, a cup of copper coins, would you like a cup?" Although he was laughing, but there was a bit of scorn in his eyes. He had heard about the foreigners in town. This guy is very generous to the girl, but he is very stingy, and now it seems so.
How is a glass of wine enough? Amon waved his hand and said, "Come on a pot."
The boss greeted the man and brought a jug of wine and two glasses. Yin Nanna naturally reached out and took the jug. He poured a glass of wine, but instead of sitting down, she stood beside Amon holding the jug. .
Few women come to the pub to drink, and occasionally most of them are prostitutes in the town, and brothels are another messy place in the market town. There was such a beautiful woman in town, who was brought into the tavern by Amon. Everyone's eyes were focused on Yin Nanna, waiting to see the beautiful woman drinking. This was more enjoyable than the small dishes and wine dishes. I did not expect her to not drink.
Amon was about to say Yin Nanna to sit down. The owner of the tavern first asked: "Girl, why don't you sit down? Is anyone not allowed to sit down?"
Yin Nanajiao explained with a smile: "No, I'm a slave girl, I can't sit and drink here .... Amen, drink slowly, I stand and pour you wine."
That's it! The whisper in the tavern suddenly became louder, like a buzz flying up. The girl was a slave girl brought by a guy from a foreign country. He wore cheap clothes, but showed off the beautiful appearance of the slave girl, and bought a dyed skirt for her in violation of the rules.
If Amon was a noble adult, and there was something wrong with her favorite slave girl costume, no one would go about it. But Amon, wearing straw shoes and coarse linen, drinking the cheapest inferior wine in the tavern, and taking the beautiful female slave so publicly, was a sin.