Chapter 256
"What does the Faceless Men want to do?" White Cloak asked in confusion, stirring the milk tea in the cup.
In the early morning of second day, it was still the lounge just above the book cellar on the second floor of Seneschal's Court. Dany, who had rested in the middle of the night, appeared opposite the old Knight again.
The morning light scattered through the curtains gave her a slight burning pain, as if her skin was being scorched by fire.
Quaithe's admonition is not wrong, mental body cannot appear in blue|sky|white|sun.
But Dany also noticed that mental protection didn't collapse immediately. Maybe oneself is more resistant to sunlight than ordinary person, and can even adapt slowly?
You can try it.
Dany moved closer to the window again, enduring the burning pain and affirmed: "It's very simple, they plan to Dragon Hatching, Braavos also wants dragon, and also wants to find dragon's weakness to deal with the three evils of Mother of Dragons. Dragon."
"Then, do you want to notify Citadel immediately?" White Cloak frowned.
"You can inform, but not now, when we leave Oldtown, leave a letter anonymously to the gatekeeper, Faceless Men will never give up the identity of 'Pate' anytime soon."
Whether it's Faceless Men or Citadel, Dany doesn't have a good impression. She would be very happy if she could see the dog bite the dog.
But now tell Citadel Faceless Men about the book stealing, the cellar will be guarded, and she won't be able to go down and peek.
"Ser, in fact, I also want to steal the book, do you have any idea?"
"Uh..." The old Knight's face was distorted, and he said quietly: " I have no experience with this, so I can't help you."
"Ai, the key to the Faceless Men must have been obtained from Archmaester Walgrave, you can go..."
Before Dany could finish speaking, White Cloak interrupted her and complained, "Your Majesty, Archmaester is in his 90s, and even dementia, such a poor old man, I can't do it!"
"I don't need you to rob, you can always steal, right?"
"Ai, I—"
"dong dong dong..." The old Knight was about to feel aggrieved While crying, the knock on the door saved him.
He quickly got up and walked over to ask, "Who is it?"
"I'm Zoan, the apprentice who delivers breakfast for two guests." The outsider replied.
"Oh, please come in." The old Knight immediately opened the door and welcomed the gray robe middle-aged apprentice with a tray in.
Breakfast is very simple and rich, four roasted sausages with bursting casings, six boiled duck eggs that have been peeled off, a pot of dark brown tobacco and berry wine, and a small bamboo basket Red strawberries with sparkling water droplets, a browned baguette.
After the apprentice finished setting the plate, the old Knight stuffed two copper wheats into it.
"Thank you, if you need anything, you can ring the bell to let me know." The middle-aged apprentice continuously nodded and said thank you.
The door closed, and Dany said with a weird expression: "I saw strawberry seeds in his teeth."
"I saw it too," the old Knight tied oneself. Napkins, stuck a sausage into his mouth with a fork, and mumbled, "Have you forgotten? Zoan, the apprentice who was locked out in the wood house yesterday at noon."
"I remember, he stole Archmaester's waffles."
"To be honest, I was going to give him a Golden Dragon," the old Knight cooed, drink a mouthful of wine, and put his mouth shut. The bacon inside rushed into his throat, burped contentedly, and sighed, "But seeing those few strawberry seeds, I have no sympathy at all."
"It's impossible to say that. Let him hear," Dany laughed, "otherwise, the next time you deliver your meal, you won't be able to spit your sausage in your mouth halfway through."
"Uh, really... ." The old Knight looked at the half of the sausage on the fork, his face twisted, half-sighed, sighed then said, put the fork back on the plate, and began to eat the poached duck eggs.
Dany spent another morning in the book cellar, in addition to looking through the materials of Valyria Sorcerer's Lens, he also found some interesting things on the "Secrets" bookshelf.
The Maesters know everything about Cersei Lannister and Jaime, for example. Even five years ago, before Robert died, he made it clear that Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen were not King's children.
Even "Game of Thrones Best Adoptive Father" Jon Arryn made it through "The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms" - with lots of info about the Noble Lady and what their children look like Description - Discovering Joffrey's identity, doesn't Citadel know?
You know, even the book "The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms" was written by Grand Maester!
Dany even saw a letter from Grand Maester Pycelle to Seneschal, probably around the time of Prime Minister Arryn's death.
Pycelle advises Citadel to stay neutral: Maester should not be involved in the struggle for King's Landing rights, it doesn't matter who sits on Iron Throne, Seven Kingdoms finally settle down, and don't fall into the situation of vassal conquest again because of trivial matters .
Obviously, the Old Guy knew not only about Cersei's affair with Jaime, but also about Jon Arryn's death.
"Hehe, Grand Maester swore allegiance to King, equivalent to King's retainers, old fogey said it so grandly." Dany sneered again and again.
White Cloak once told her that the person who persuaded Mad King to open King's Landing was also Grand Maester Pycelle. As a result, after Tywin entered the city, he ransacked the capital of Seven Kingdoms and killed the whole Rhaegar family.
In the latest issue of the file, in addition to the bad things about Cersei and Jaime, it also recorded the process of "Red Wedding" and the speculation about "Purple Wedding".
Well, the process of Red Wedding has been roughly restored, and even the cause of death of some nobles in North has been described in detail, but the "Purple Wedding" of Joffrey's death is only speculation, and even Citadel is not sure what happened at that time.
But Maester was sure the killer wasn't Tyrion.
The reason is also very simple, the highly poisonous "Strangler" in Joffrey is a potent poison, almost killed on the spot, Tyrion's IQ will never be so stupid.
Dany also sees oneself's information in the document. The record before Red Waste is very weak. It can be seen that Citadel didn't care about her before Dragon Hatching.
The subsequent speculation about her Dragon Hatching and even the process of capturing Astapor are well documented, but the battle of Yunkai and Meereen is completely unknown.
The night was dark, the fog began to spread from the river, the lights revealed by the window of Seneschal's Court were dim, the hall was empty, very quiet, even standing by the window could hear the snoring of the janitor Luo Khas. Voice.
A black shadow, as light as a cat and as swift as a snake, followed the base of the wall to the fifth stone arched window on the left side of the gate, its body as soft as Yi Ti silk, and slid into the hall in the blink of an eye.
Then, as if nothing had happened, he pulled up his hood and walked silently but quickly to a wooden door in the Southwest...
"Kara ka-cha!" The sound of unlocking It sounded again in the dark cellar.
The difference from last night was that the visitor did not fumble for the torch on the wall. He walked forward in the dark, knowing the ropes, came to the round table in the center of the bookshelf, and took out the glass from the wooden cabinet under the table. The oil lamp of the lampshade, lit skillfully, came to the bookshelf skillfully.
He took out a book called "Targaryen Dragon Hatching Notes", read the preface, and skillfully opened his robes and hid the book stickers...
"Whoa-" As he flipped through a Maester notebook, a small snowflake-like piece of paper suddenly fell from a gap in a page.
Curiously, he squatted down and picked up a piece of yellowed sheepskin the size of a fingernail. There was only one word he could make out - "forbidden technique".
"Forbidden technique? Could it be the ancient secret technique destroyed by Maester..." He muttered to himself, under the yellow light of the oil lamp, his hands were so fast that only afterimages could be seen.
Soon, he collected 85 scraps of paper and returned to the table. With the eyesight trained by several decades of Faceless Men's career, it only took him a quarter of an hour, an A4-sized book page. been pieced together completely.
It's a big piece of paper, and hundreds of words are written on it: forbidden technique, forbidden technique, forbidden technique, forbidden technique! It's really a forbidden technique, too terrifying, such a forbidden technique, such a forbidden technique...
If he has read the texts of the Tianchao junior high school, he will definitely scold the other party for being Xianglin's Wife , has been repeating "forbidden technique" and "terrible forbidden technique" - no wonder you can see the word "forbidden technique" when you pick up a piece of shredded paper - it makes him feel itchy, but he doesn't know what forbidden technique is. what.
Fortunately, the last few lines of teenage boys gave some explanations: Two thousand years ago, Hades the Fire Demon, the most Legendary Archmaester in Citadel, learned a forbidden technique from Death God when he traveled to Asshai, which was able to cultivation success Demon, reversing life and death, but...
"Damn, but what? I said a few hundred words of nonsense before, why is there an ellipsis here?" I couldn't help but cursed eagerly.
Indeed, it belongs to the forbidden technique of Death God!
And Faceless Men's belief is Death God, but for thousands of years, Faceless Men can't communicate with Death God at all, not even Blood Priest who believes in "Black Goat".
Well, Black Goat is the Death God of the Qohor people, just as Stranger is the Death God of the Andals.
Faceless Men is both an Assassin Organization and a long-established religious group. They believe in Death God of all nations, Black Goat of Qohor, Stranger of Westeros, Essos mercenary and Warrior believe in Pale Child, wild lion of Yi Ti people... They believe in Death God, Faceless Men.
They think that all Death Gods are actually one god's countless faces.
As a result, all Death God ignores Faceless Men of this faith.
......
After cursing a few words, he continued to look down: the ultimate secret is hidden in a clay pot that everyone can see and ignore, The following is the method to turn on the Magic Pot: 1. Kiss the clay pot seven times; 2. Use your palm to grope the surface seven times; 3. Put it on the high platform, kneel and kowtow seven times, and shout "XXX" seven times (this is the Dragon Language, it should be read like this...).
If the Magic Pot is mad and wants to attack you, it can also repeat the Third Step, and chanting "XXX" can restrain its actions.
"Magic Pot?" He looked around with the oil lamp, even the tiniest nook between the bookshelves.
Finally, he stood by the wooden ladder and looked at the gray jar in the corner with a distorted expression: "This, is this the chamber pot??!!!"
He Unwilling to do so, I searched the bookstore for the second, third, and fourth times.
Eventually, he sat slumped in the high backed chair, looking up at the pitch-black ceiling, muttered: "The clay pot that anyone can see and ignore...isn't it? But..."
"forbidden technique, forbidden technique, Death God's forbidden technique, terrifying forbidden technique..."
In a dilemma, He also became Mrs. Xianglin.
Gradually, his expression calmed down, and his eyes firmly said: "For the sake of the organization, for the sake of the ancestors of the Faceless Men, I am willing to fight! Although there is a high chance of getting nothing, it is almost impossible for me to give it a try. No loss—there's no one here anyway."
So, he picked up the clay pot according to the secret record...
"Fortunately, the clay pot has been around for a long time. It has not been used before, and the smell is not that strong."
His dignified expression on the battlefield loosened, and he pouted and leaned over, "Bo, bo, bo... "