Chapter 258
"Without the acquiescence of Sealord and Iron Bank, would you dare to kill people and make revenge everywhere? Without the protection of Braavos' huge navy, a single mercenary team hired by a monopoly could wipe out the entire House of Black and White (Faceless Men) At Braavos headquarters), why are you surviving to this day?"
Jaqen was silent, although Braavos never promised to protect the House of Black and White, and the Faceless Men never made it clear to the Braavos government| Allegiance to the government, but people of normal intelligence know that there must be a deep relationship between the two.
As the 'Magic Pot elf' said, Braavos' assassination ability is indeed strong, and he can fight head-on, and ten Faceless Men may not necessarily beat ten experienced and skilled mercenaries.
Faceless Men is impossible not to miss once, and impossible to keep hands and feet clean every time, so that the family of the deceased has no doubts.
Most of those who can be assassinated by Faceless Men are not ordinary persons - ordinary targets can be assassinated by ordinary assassins, so why pay a lot of money for Faceless Men?
And for revenge, 10,000, 100,000 Gold Honor is really nothing to the rich and powerful, 10,000 Gold Honor can hire at least 500 outlaws, and can't stack a House of Black and White?
House of Black and White is open in Braavos, just and honourable, but it's never been knocked on.
Dany continued: "With Faceless Men's business model, the cost is terrifyingly low, but the income is terrifying. What do you want so much gold for? Where is the gold now?"
Why did Iron Bank become the world's No. 1 bank in just a few hundred years?
It is said that the gold of other banks in Nine Free Cities combined is not as much as that of Iron Bank.
Murder and set fire to the golden belt.
Only relying on maritime trade and loan sharking, can you make so much money?
Braavos is located in the northwest corner of the Essos continent. The location is not that good, at least ten streets behind Volantis.
In terms of maritime trade, Braavos is not as big as Volantis one third.
And don't Volantis merchants lend money?
hehe, the person who first thought of using finance to control other city-state governments was the Braavos banker!
"The rise of Mother of Dragons threatens the stable and peaceful political situation in the world today. Many people and forces want her to die, so there is no need for us to reject this business." Jaqen said slowly.
"Well, that's honest." Dany nodded, confirming oneself's previous thoughts.
What is the current political situation in the world?
As the head of Nine Free Cities, Braavos influences the political situation of other countries through Iron Bank, and is the old big brother of the western world (west of Qarth).
Just as the USA does not allow a country to rise, there is only one boss, and the current boss definitely doesn't want to abdicate and make way for the good.
Speaking of heartfelt words, Braavos, who has been holding high the banner of opposition to slave control, is actually inseparable from slave trade!
Of course they didn't directly participate in the slave trade, but the great seafaring trade was supported by the slaves, and the dividends of the great seafaring trade were eaten by the Braavos people.
Where there is business, there is harm, and there is sin.
"The essence of Citadel is to spread wisdom. You have also seen that, in addition to Westeros people, Summer Isles people and Free City people can join Citadel to study.
So, you steal the book The matter of the cellar is not a big problem in itself, stealing books can’t be considered stealing… sigh, can the scholar thing be considered stealing?”
Jaqen’s heart was madly swiped by the “lying | trough”, but repeatedly nodded Respond, "Archmaester, you are so right."
"Only one point, the reason why the old man chose to seal himself is that he did not want to take the old path of the evil Half God in the extreme eastern lands - accepting sacrifices , sucking the soul of a living person - it also protects the forbidden technique from being known by others.
Forbidden technique is strong, but it can do great harm. If it is used indiscriminately, it will be harmful to oneself, others, and even the world. It's no good."
"Magic Pot elf" with a cane in one hand and a long beard in the other hand, looking like an expert who has seen the vicissitudes of life, sighed in Jaqen's expectant eyes: "Young man, let's go, the Death God forbidden technique will not be rumored."
motherfucker, after so much foreshadowing, in the end, it will not be rumored. Are you kidding me, or are you kidding me?
Jaqen almost fell back with anger, and said in a muffled voice: "Archmaester Hades, if there is any taboo in the forbidden technique, please tell me and I will follow it."
"No way. , can't teach you, Jaqen, you go." Dany just shook his head.
Suddenly, Jaqen divine light flashed, and the incantation recorded on the remnants of the secret record sounded, and pointed at the 'Magic Pot elf' on the spot: "Mother, son filial piety! Faceless Men are all idiots. ”
Dany was stunned for a while, and didn't react at first, but when Jaqen repeated it for the second time, she suddenly thought of the incantation written by oneself, and immediately howled, holding head rolled off the bookshelf.
"Ahhh, Jaqen, you bastard, stop reading!" she yelled with a twisted face.
"Mother, my son is filial! Faceless Men are all idiots."
"Mother, my son is filial! Faceless Men are all idiots."
"Mother, son filial! p>
"Mother, my son is filial! Faceless Men are all idiots."
......
Seeing that it really worked, Jaqen said more cheerful. Dany also cooperated with him, laughing wildly in his heart, but his body kept rolling on the ground, his head, legs, and torso shuttled back and forth between the bookshelves like phantoms, seeing Jaqen trembling in fear.
——The very powerful Half God!
Then he chanted the mantra louder and faster, and his Chinese became more and more standard.
Dany thought, it's not a problem to roll around like this all the time, so he thought about it, suddenly jumped up, bumped his head against the pot on the bookshelf, shouted loudly: "old man , rather die than submit!"
"Bang——" in a flash, Jaqen didn't have time to react at all, the clay pot fell from the wooden frame at once, waiting for the knock on the sliding wooden ladder below to emit With a crisp sound, he was hurried forward to catch it.
"Whoops, whoops, it hurts the old man!" Dany was lying on the bookshelf, holding head wailing, "Jaqen, you won, the old man taught you the forbidden technique."
Seeing the pot with a hole in his arms, Jaqen was heartbroken and thought it was over. Seeing the "Magic Pot Genie" now, I just screamed in pain, and even gave in, and my chest was instantly filled with ecstasy.
"Ai, Archmaester, look at this..." He held the pot like a treasure, never wanting to let it go away again.
"Boy, you are ruthless enough, promise me a request and teach you the forbidden technique."
"Archmaester Hades, you said." Jaqen said happily.
"Cultivation and forbidden technique are not allowed in Westeros. I'm not afraid to tell you that cultivation forbidden technique is prone to problems, ranging from attracting Death God's attention, to being followed by Him at all times, and even possessed by him. .
He is Death God, and he is concerned about it, and sooner or later will bring bad luck to your relatives and friends."
'Magic Pot elf' taught earnestly, but Jaqen listened to the more and more Rejoice: Noticed by Death God? Isn't that what we Faceless Men want? As for bad luck, the Faceless Men have no family or friends, but only bring bad luck to their enemies.
"I swear, I will never cultivate forbidden technique in Westeros." He said immediately.
"Okay, I'll teach you..." The 'Magic Pot elf' panted, expounding the theory of yin-yang spirit matter at a very fast rate.
In addition to what Bu Cheng taught, she also came up with a theoretical summary of the "forbidden technique" that made people numb, based on the "cultivation experience" she saw on the Internet (a certain novel) in her previous life. ".
"Archmaester, speak slowly, I don't understand very well." Jaqen said embarrassedly.
"Ai, stupid! Simply put...Aiya, my magic power is almost exhausted." The elf suddenly screamed in panic.
"What?"
"The clay pot is broken and the essence is leaking. I'm running out of time. I'm about to fall into a deep sleep. Do you have any serious problems, hurry up."
"What?"
" p>
"How long will you sleep?" Jaqen asked hastily.
"Not sure, it depends on when the magic power will be replenished. Otherwise, so many Archmaesters come here, why did you brat just pick it up?
For hundreds of years, for sure Others have also tried turning on the Magic Pot, but it's too dark here, there's no moonlight, and the magic power replenishment is slow." The 'Magic Pot Genie' shook his head.
"Moonlight? Is it related to replenishing magic power?"
"Place the clay pot under the moon, recite incantation in your mouth, and worship it, and the speed of recovery is up to the worshiper It depends on the size and piety."
"It's a bit like those evil cult Priest activities..." Jaqen wondered.
"Of course, evil cults worship Half God. Old man is also Half God. The magic power required is essentially belief strength."
"You Also need blood sacrifice?"
"Don't, don't, blood sacrifice will aggravate the demonic nature of the old man, and the old man would rather die than fall into the devil!" The 'Magic Pot elf' said loudly and forcefully.
"How long will it take for you to come out again?"
"Maybe half a month, maybe half a year and you won't be able to wake up, after all, the jar has a hole."
Seeing that the Magic Pot elf was already so angry, Jaqen quickly asked: "What kind of meditation do you cultivate? Teach it to me first."
"God's revised Valyria Grand Sorcerer inheritance! Listen carefully, this is It's 108 basic characters..." After saying this, without reading a single character, the 'Magic Pot genie' suddenly exploded into a ball of golden red light dots and disappeared in front of Jaqen's eyes.
Well, she hid behind the bookshelf and used "Fire Control" to gather a stray Fire Element star point above the bookshelf where she was staying.
The previous "special effects" also did the same, immortal rosy clouds and divine lights gathered by Fire Element.
"Grand Sorcerer inheritance...God revision? 108 base characters..." Jaqen murmured in shock.
Without any hesitation, he immediately lowered his head to look for the broken pottery shard. After finding it, he didn't bother to look at the books again, wrapped the pot cautiously in his clothes, and quickly left the book cellar.
Out of Seneschal's Court, Pate immediately took the clay pot in his hand. ..
"Hey, Pate? What are you doing with the jar?" As soon as he left the gate of the Citadel, the 'Rhaella' female Knight saw him.
"Oh, the pot is broken, I'm going to the china shop to find the master to fix it."
Pate is honest, he really plans to fix this treasure "Magic Pot" tonight , so that the magic power that the "elf" has finally accumulated is lost from the hole.
"It's just a broken clay pot," 'Rhaella' looked down curiously as she ate the skewers.
"Oh, this, is this a chamber pot?" 'Rhaella' took a step back and covered her nose.
"Uh, it's not a chamber pot, a jar of pickled vegetables, it might not suit your taste, but I quite like it." 'Pate' said calmly.
"This taste...forget it, as long as you like it." 'Rhaella' pulled up 'Pate''s free left hand, and put a bamboo skewer barbecue in oneself's hand into his hand A shovel, "It's just... I can't eat it anymore because of the smell. I'll give it to you." Thank you with a smile.
The two chatted a few more words before separating by the river.