Chapter 116
"Duke Tywin is back at King's Landing, did you know that?"
"It was a battle to decide Iron Throne's ownership, and several Free Cities along the coast were alerted, wouldn't I know? "
Late night.
Westeros, King's Landing, capital of the Seven Kingdoms, Palace on Aegon's High Hill, Red Keep.
Somewhere in the dark stone path underground in Red Keep, the sound gradually came, and the light of the torch cast two twisted shadows on the wall.
As the two walk in, the butter torch can be seen held in the hands of a rough brawny man in an iron helmet.
His companion was more bloated than him, and on each of his ten carrot-thick fingers wore one or two gem-set rings, red gold, silver, rubies, sapphires, large diamonds, yellow Tattooed tiger eyes...
Like a show-off nouveau riche.
Although they were fat, they both walked lightly. The man in the helmet seemed to be sliding on the ice without making a sound. The "local rich man" with a yellow forked beard was even more peculiar. Put it on the heel and keep the state of Water Dancer stealth when walking.
you can't judge a person by appearance, these two fatty are actually brilliant Water Dancer!
"Why did you choose to come to me at such a terrible time, now that you know it? Tyrion may have the wisdom of Duke Tywin, but Duke Tywin is far more vigilant and more vicious than him.
When facing him, I, the Master of Whisperers, must be careful and vigilant every minute and every second, and I must not go wrong with every word and every slightest movement." The helmeted man said in a complaining voice.
The man in the steel helmet is wearing an old hard leather jacket with brown filth and rusted iron armor, with a dagger and a short sword tied around his waist.
He has a round face with scars, a smooth upper lip and a short black moustache on the lower lip. If he didn't have those eyes that occasionally reflect a bright light, anyone would think of him as a flea street. A down-and-out warrior who can be seen everywhere.
The rich man sighed, "I don't want to come to King's Landing at this time either. Stannis' fleet suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, but he hired Salladhor Saan's fleet.
The notorious pirate who proclaimed himself the Earl of Blackwater Bay, almost blocked the sea route from the Narrow Sea to King's Landing.
Also, there was no ship left in the Sea Territory near King's Landing, and I was bare. My boat didn't dare to dock at all. I had to wait until midnight, and the smugglers took advantage of the darkness to take me to the rapids at the bottom of the Red Keep."
"Then you come back?" The man in steel helmet wondered. road.
"The disobedient little Queen from Slaver's Bay sent me a message." The rich man sighed.
He sighed a lot tonight.
Hearing this solemnly, the man in steel helmet asked: "Does she give you information, or do your people report information about her?"
"She specifically asked the merchant ship to bring me A letter."
"What did you write?"
The rich man didn't want to sigh anymore, but when he heard this question, he still sighed heavily and said, "She was right first. I sent fleet to pick her up to thank her, and then apologize for taking my cargo in exchange for Unsullied.
After some courtesies, she promised me the loss of wealth for withholding my cargo and fleet , and will double compensation in the future.
Because Astapor is alone, and the sea is often patrolled by Meereen and New Ghis ships, she needs Blackbeard Groleo to control the navy...
Well, yes, she built a small navy, a dozen cargo ships, and two long ships. Groleo became the little Queen's Master of Ships, and the crew also transformed into the Mother of Dragons' sea knights.
Alas, the terrified girl who was under my fence has died on the Dothraki Sea and was reborn in blood and fire, the new Dragon Queen is a real Targaryen."
After a long silence, the man in steel helmet said: "I know what you said, in the past six months, New Ghis, Yunkai, Meereen have all begun to stir, and they have also formed 'Allied Forces Against the Demonic Mother of Dragons', but they are concerned about the Queen's Thousands of Unsullied, only dare to send fleet to harass the coast of Astapor.
But she has a dragon, and even a young dragon can quietly burn sails and ropes in the dark.
Lu After losing four ships one after another, the coalition changed its strategy, no longer harassing the docks and coastal settlements, but completely blocked Astapor's commercial activities.
But aside from slave trade, Astapor has any other attractive goods. ? Blocking the sea route has no effect on her."
If Dany is here, through the dialogue between the two, you can easily guess their identities, one is the Pentos trade Magister, House Targaryen's "old friend" , Illyrio.
The other is Varys, the Master of Whisperers of Westeros, known as The Spider.
After Jorah confesses to clemency, Dany guesses that Illyrio has a connection to Varys.
While hearing her conjecture, Barristan told her directly that Varys and Illyrio were best friends and partners more than two decades ago.
Varys, as an intelligence monger, hides in the dark and is responsible for gathering information.
Illyrio came forward to help him find customers in need of information, and by helping those customers, he established a network of contacts in oneself's business.
The two are a perfect match and have made a big name in Pentos, even King Aerys on the other side of the Narrow Sea knows it.
At this time, the two old friends walked forward while talking, and soon came to the end of the passage.
Walking about two floors up the narrow staircase that spiraled upwards, the front view suddenly widened, and with the firelight, the hazy rare beast head in the dark revealed its true face: a huge cave Inside, between the stone pillars standing on the left and right sides, there is a row of huge dragon bones with hideous faces.
"I don't know when the three dragons of Dragon Queen will grow to be so big."
Illyrio looked at the tall skull in the building in front of him - the legendary Balerion, and was full of emotion ," she gave me a letter explaining in detail the reasons for not being able to come to Pentos.
First, she was too soft-hearted, she originally only planned to buy Unsullied to protect oneself, but after seeing the miserable appearance of the slaves, she decided to Do what a Queen should do - make this world a better place."
Varys' mouth twitched, speechless saying: "I remember she didn't receive any Royal Family education, and she was surrounded by Cruel horse men, where did this idea come from?"
"Maybe it's the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard who is too upright? Barristan the Bold can be regarded as a legendary figure. It's definitely more influential than Mormont."
"I kind of regret arranging that Old Guy to find the little Queen." Varys sighed.
"We originally thought that Barristan would help her gain momentum. He has a great reputation in Westeros and can influence the choices of some Knights." Illyrio shrugged and continued: "Second, she wants to wait for the dragon. Grow up." Varys nodded in admiration, and shook his head again, "But we don't need an Aegon with Teats, she can be Rhaenys or Visenya, but not Aegon !
If the dragons are controlled by her, our plan..."
Varys' voice dropped, his eyes flickered with inexplicable rays of light, and his face gradually changed gloomy.
"Hehe, don't worry, my brother." Illyrio patted the fat eunuch on the shoulder and smiled hehe: "dragon has three heads, a Knight can only control one dragon, the Dragon Queen Still asking me about the Targaryen illegitimate child!"
"She thinks..." Varys' expression softened, looked thoughtful, "I didn't get the news, look The little bird who came to Astapor is a little slack!"
"Maybe she never mentioned it to anyone else, your little bird can hear all the secrets. She told me that she was in House of the Undying sees the prophecy, dragon has three heads, and her dragon needs three Dragonriders. If you don't have an illegal child, you can also contact House Velaryon in Driftmark."
Speaking of this, Illyrio asked jokingly Fat eunuch, "Should we take advantage of that six-year-old?"
Velaryon is to Targaryen what Mormont is to Stark.
Velaryon was House Targaryen's retainer during the time when Valyria ruled the world.
Targaryen later left Valyria for Dragonstone, and Velaryon followed, making a home in Driftmark, next door to Dragonstone.
Dynasty Early-Stage, the two marriages are so frequent that they can almost be regarded as a family.
Dance of the Dragons period, in addition to Targaryen blood descendant, Velaryon also obtained the qualification to ride dragons.
If House Velaryon knew that Dany hatched a dragon at this time, they would probably abandon their family and leave Westeros directly, and return to Dany's command, and Dany would definitely accept and reuse it.
It's a pity that they don't know, it's useless to know, and they are powerless!
House Velaryon has been withering badly in recent years. The previous generation Earl Velaryon just died in the "Battle of Chibi" created by Tyrion, leaving only a six-year-old son and an adult illegitimate child brother.
Varys's heart moved, and he suddenly guessed the purpose of Illyrio's visit to oneself this time, and pondered: "Do you want Young Griff to go to Astapor ahead of time?"
Illyrio's fat pig bubble Bright light flashed in his eyes, full of smiles nodded and said: "I came to you because of this idea. It's only safe to talk about this kind of thing in person. What do you think?"
<>Varys tight Wrinkled frowned, inserted the torch between the sharp teeth of a dragon's skull, walking back and forth in the empty stone hall a little irritably.The thick soles brought an irritable rubbing sound on the ground. Obviously, he lost the composure he had maintained before and got out of the Water Dancer state.
"Horselord died unexpectedly, and she hatched a dragon like Wonders out of the three broken stones you gave... Our plan changed and changed, the third revised plan It is to let Young Griff slowly get in touch with her, contact with the dragon, and then reveal his identity after he has gained the dragon's favor. Now... although he is unwilling, it seems that it is time to revise the plan for the fourth time."
Illyrio sighed then said, helplessly said: "Astapor is not a Pentos, and I can't arrange some things."
"You continue." The Spider said.
"Continue what?"
"The third reason."
"Oh..." Illyrio nods, saying, "She thinks winter is coming , launching a war of conquest will cause a large number of civilian deaths. This reason is the same as our previous plan, but it is not to be concerned about the civilians, but the cost of launching a war in winter is too high, and there are too many uncertain factors. A sudden blizzard may ruin a hundred thousand armies."
"Ai, the times are changing too fast, and the rhythm is out of our control." Varys looked extremely helpless, the war between the lion and the wolf was a long time ago. The scheduled plot, but it happened too early.
A few years earlier, he had to pull Viserys and Horselord to fill the hole, but those two people not only failed to fill the hole, but also made a deeper hole... ...
"I have a feeling that in addition to me, there is one or even several chess players hiding in the dark." Eunuch sighed.
“Dragon is a symbol of status, and it is also a force that determines the current situation. No matter how big the change is, it is so insignificant in front of dragon.” Illyrio said firmly.
Varys nominates, agreeing with what he said.
In Game of Thrones, the dragon is enough to counteract any downsides, even turning the board over.
"You can let Young Griff pass, but not now." Varys gritted his teeth and said with some grumbling: "Since she has more than 10,000 Unsullied, why isn't she sweeping Slaver's Bay for the first time?
Now Allied Forces Against the Demonic Mother of Dragons is scouring the mercenary group. In the past six months, Second Sons, Company of the Rose, Stormcrows have entered Yunkai one after another.
If Bloody Mummers were not caught earlier Hired by Duke Tywin, that group of Bloody Mummers will also be on the opposite side of Dragon Queen.”