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Chapter 16. The Inca Knots

The Inca Lesson (Fiction) "The Demolition of the Inca Empire" (Volume 2) Zhang Baotong

Juan led Pizarro and the soldiers to the houses in the middle of the row of houses. When he entered the house, there was only Chalkuccima in the huge house. He was sitting in a large chair and resting with two crutches next to the chair. Seeing Pizarro bringing people over with a fierce momentum, he felt something was wrong, but he did not stand up from the chair, but just opened his eyes and looked like he was left to fate.

Pizarro walked to Chalkuccima and asked directly, "You probably have heard of it. Our twelve cavalry were caught by your soldiers, cut their heads down, and hung them on the big tree at the entrance of Billcas to sacrifice the divine objects?" Chalkuccima smiled slightly and said, "Is that true?" Pizarro said angrily, "What are you laughing at?" Chalkuccima said, "You Spanish are not invincible." Pizarro said, "You must be responsible for this."

Chalkuccima raised his head and asked, "Why do you have to be responsible?" Pizarro said, "Because you secretly planned and commanded it." Chalkuccima said, "I have been taken here by you and can't go out. Why do you say that it was planned and commanded it?" Pizarro said, "No Indian can defeat the Spanish cavalry except you." Chalkuccima smiled coldly and said, "You took us Indians right?" Pizarro said, "You may not admit it, but we will find out the truth." As he said that, he took everyone out of Chalkuccima's house.

Then Pizarro came to the duty room of the post and sat in a chair, and asked Juan to call Peterya on duty to ask. Pizarro asked Peterya, "Who does this old Indian man usually come into contact with?" Peterya said, "That is the Indian princes and nobles and the new Inca king. They were together throughout the entire march. What's wrong, the Marquis?" Pizarro was silent for a long time before saying, "The twelve Indians were captured by the Santos cavalry team, and they cut their heads and hung them on the tree next to the town of Billcas to sacrifice."

"Really?" Peterya was a little unbelievable when he heard this, but soon he knew it was true, and tears suddenly flowed out of his eyes. Pizarro said, "So, I want to investigate the Indian army commander to see if he is in harmony with the Indians outside." Peterya wiped the tears from his face and said sincerely, "But I think it shouldn't be the ones that Charkuchima did, because our soldiers guarded him and those princes for twenty-four hours a day, and they could not contact the outside world. So, I think it could not be his. Maybe it was done by other Indians." Pizarro said without comment, "But others cannot be so familiar with our cavalry, nor can there be such a clever way to capture all our cavalry without falling to the ground. What do you think?" Peterya thought about it, but still couldn't understand it, and said, "I can't explain this."

Pizarro said to Peterya and Juan, "From today on, you will take a better eye on these Inca princes and don't let them cause any trouble for me." Juan and Peterya said, "Yes, Commander-in-Chief." At this time, Antonio also came to report the investigation results to him. He knew that Antonio would not find any clues or signs, so he waved his hand and walked out of the duty room without even listening.

The investigation had no results, which made Pizarro very depressed and dull. He had to send someone to inform Captain Soto that he would concentrate his troops during the march and not be dispersed. Then, he sent someone to send a letter to Almagro, asking him to keep a certain distance and contact with the Soto cavalry team in case of an accident. Because he knew that the Soto cavalry team was getting closer and closer to the capital of Cusco, the Indians would definitely try their best to stop them.

Then, he locked himself in the house for several days, kept smoking, and kept analyzing and thinking about who was commanding the battle. However, this question was like a mystery that has been passed down through the ages.

At noon that day, Antonio came to inform Bishop Vicente de Valverde that the famous Inca temple had transformed the famous Inca temple into a Christian church, and pushed the throne there down and replaced it with the icon of the Virgin and the Son. He asked him to attend the completion and ceremony of the Christian church. However, he was upset and had no intention of attending the church ceremony at all, so he refused twice in a row.

However, just after noon, Peterya brought a princess who gave clothes to the Inca princes. The princess was about twenty-two or three years old, young and beautiful, wearing a beautiful and noble red dress, carrying a small basket woven with wicker.

Pizarro was smoking in the room, and when he saw Peterya come over with a young woman, he asked the woman, "What are there in the basket?" The woman said, "It's some clothes and meat." Pizarro asked, "Who are these things given to?" The woman said, "It's for my husband, Prince Cagekata." Pizarro asked Peterya, "Who is Prince Cagekata?" Peterya said, "It's the attentive old man who stays by the New Inca all day long." Pizarro asked again, "How is this man?" Peterya said, "It's nothing special, I just like nodding and bowing, and bowing, like a full slave."

Pizarro nodded, then asked for the small basket in the princess's hand, poured the things in the basket onto the table, and the clothes and meat were poured all over the table. But when looking through the clothes, he saw a very small and exquisite knot rope. This immediately attracted Pizarro's attention. Because he knew that the Indians regarded knot ropes as a kind of text. However, only princes and nobles could understand this kind of text. Because they had all been specially trained in such schools.

Pizarro frowned and asked the princess in a vigilant tone, "How many times have you sent your husband?" The princess replied, "I'll give it once every two or three days, three or four times in total."

Pizarro asked Peterya, "Is that true?" Peterya said, "Yes, but Captain Juan agreed." Pizarro slapped the table and scolded, "The problem is here." As he said, he took the delicate knot rope to Peterya and said, "Did you see, what is this?" The princess was also surprised and said, "How could there be such a thing in her clothes?"

Pizarro said to Peter, "You lock this woman up first, but you can't let anyone know about it." Peter, "Yes, commander-in-chief." Then Pizarro said to Peter, "Go and bring me the prince named Cagekata."
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