Chapter 473
2021-01-06
Chapter 473 The Whistleblower (Part 1)Igor is completely unclear about the identity and purpose of the comer, let alone I don't even have the interest to guess - but as a power leader who is preparing to fight the country, whether it is according to the routine, following intuition or simply out of caution, he is impossible to put this kind of mysterious mysterious who came from afar and was instructed by someone. The visitor is missing.
After several rounds of intensive body searches that turn people inside out, visitors who are confirmed to be unarmed are allowed into the Lord Commander's office. The visitor was a tall and lanky youngster, about twenty years old, and he looked pale because he was unwell, the weather was cold, or he was detained by the Queenscrown guards for a few hours.
The visitor was led by the soldiers to the Lord Commander's office. When entering the house, he turned his head to thank the guide, and when the door was closed, he turned and looked towards the depths of the room, walking slowly and orderly. Finally, they stopped at a distance that would ensure that they could hear each other's words clearly without being too close to cause discomfort and vigilance. They folded their hands in front of them, bowed deeply, and opened their mouths respectfully.
"Your Excellency, Lord Commander, from Koli Snow, with regards to you. Thank you for keeping us safe from the Others and the dead, for your great service to the North and Seven Kingdoms, we Keep it in mind, unforgettable."
Although he is an illegal child by surname, this man's fluent speech, calm demeanor, and prudent demeanor all indicate that he is well educated. In such a world where dignitaries can be taken as squires and sidekicks by dignitaries with a little bit of a stage, such a person specially came to visit, impossible just to express personal gratitude.
With an open mind, Igor nodded slightly: "Hello, Keli Snow, it is the duty of the Night's Watch Legion to defend against human predators, no need to be so polite. But the war is not over yet, we There is still a lot of unfinished business to be busy with, please trouble your Excellency - speak your mind."
Glancing at Humfrey standing by the side with no intention of leaving, I understand that this person is probably Lord Commander's confidant, Ke Li cleverly did not ask for a private conversation, but raised his head and showed another identity: "Castle Lord Roose Bolton, Castle Lord Roose Bolton greets the adults, he ordered me to send an important message about ——North’s allegiance to the Queen on the land grant, the position and countermeasures agreed by the nobles after deliberation.”
“Lord Bolton? May he live a long and healthy life.” Igor laughed, not surprised at all. , "What news, let's talk about it."
In the next few minutes, the visiting youngster succinctly restored the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch to the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
In old Winterfell, the more ancient North nobles come together under House Stark's orders. They expressed unease at the return of the mad King's Daughter, contempt and disdain for Igor's kneeling to Daenerys, and unanimous indignation and hostility for Night's Watch occupying the last Hearth... After some discussion, the Northerners Finally, the general policy and strategy was determined: pretend peace, not open war; contact the opposition within the land grant, and take advantage of the window of Igor's leadership to go north to the Wall to pursue the Others to launch a mutiny, so that he cannot return to the Wall alive. At the same time, he asked Stannis in the south for technical assistance, secretly produced and assembled the dragon hunting crossbow, and vowed to seize the opportunity of the Queen's three dragons, one killed and two injured, and they and their masters were wiped out in Drogon and Rhaegal's recuperation. Trouble will completely vanish!
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"In order to paralyze your vigilance, Lord Commander, Robb Stark deliberately let his illegalimate child brother Night's Watch Jon Snow also participate in the half-time meeting, and instructed The princes did a scene in front of him with a strong internal discord and a majority tending not to be your enemy... then tricked him after the meeting that North had decided to remain neutral." Full summary of the meeting The youngster did not intend to stop, he continued with a solemn face and a sense of justice: "Lord Commander and Queen Daenerys have made great sacrifices to protect the human kingdom, and Lord Bolton does not want to see heroes be defeated by requite kindness with enmity. In a tragic end, I specially sent the next secret to come to the north of the North to warn you and the Queen, and remind the two to prepare as soon as possible, so as not to fall into the trap of House Stark."
Igor facial expression gravely read Humfrey, who was listening, turned his gaze back to the visitor, and a trace of anger "generated by betrayal, deliberately suppressed but could not be hidden" flashed vividly from his face, and he breathes deeply pretending to suppress the throbbing in his heart. Slowly said: "Thank you for coming to tell the truth about this meeting, but please forgive me... What token or evidence do you have to prove that you were sent by Lord Bolton?"
"Token?" After all, not everyone's name is Igor. Ke Li, who performed unilaterally throughout the whole game, was a little bit timid as soon as he entered the interaction - he froze briefly but obviously, but fortunately he quickly reacted. , "No, Lord Bolton can't prove my identity to you with any token, but it is specially emphasized that I will bring this original sentence to him, he said: 'I look forward to working with you, Lord Commander, to make something with Westeros. Come on.”
Humfrey on the side cast a slightly puzzled look, no wonder he didn’t understand: this is when Igor and Old Flayer gathered at Deepwood Motte for most of the North’s nobles to discuss and deal with The last words Bolton said to Ironmen during a seemingly ordinary conversation on the exterior wall after dark.
Unless Roose Bolton was caught and tortured and then confessed to this conversation without any substance, this sentence is indeed enough to prove the identity of the visitor.
Seeing that Igor pondered for a few seconds without answering, youngster quickly added a little anxiously: "Lord Bolton also said that if the lord has any strategies and plans to deal with it, just say it, he will be very happy. Willing to provide cooperation and support to ensure that the Night's Watch Legion earns its due status and honor, and makes up for the rewards and rewards that land-grant soldiers and civilians should have received but never will be offered."
Igor concealed After a quick calculation in his head, he looked at Keli Snow with calm eyes for a few seconds, and then nodded with a friendly expression: "Understood, please go back and tell your master, I have received his reminders and warnings, and will immediately start trying to deal with it. House Stark's conspiracy...but there will be no immediate response on the surface. Land grant needs to continue to maintain balance with North and use this brief respite to prepare for a confrontation with the enemy within humanity in the name of the beyond the wall expedition War. Now is not the right time to start showing hostility in a big way, and there is no clear plan and plan... But I promise that if there is any need for cooperation or cooperation, I will immediately send someone to contact Lord Bolton and discuss with him. A plan of action."
Send someone? The ready-made liaison is here, why not let oneself bring the news back to the Fortress of Terror, and also send another who?
Keli Snow muttered in his heart, but also understood that oneself was not qualified to ask the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch and the Land Grantor to give an immediate and clear answer, so he could only obey nodded and added a sentence. Words: "My 'caravan' brought several cages of Raven flying to the Dreadfort, and I will also temporarily stay at the business station guest house in the outer city. If the Lord Commander needs anything, just send someone to summon him below. That's it."
After saying this, seeing Igor looking at oneself but saying nothing else, knowing that this meeting has come to an end, and if you stay any longer, you will only be disgusted, so consciously take the initiative to leave : "Then, I won't disturb your work for now. I'll go back to the outer city and wait for your orders."
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Qhorin ·Snow After waiting for a long time, the meeting only lasted less than half an hour. When the visitor resigned and left the room as politely as he had entered the door, Humfrey looked at the closed door and sighed: "Sure enough, it's pointless to have illusions, North finally adopted the adults' expectations. It's the worst and most difficult solution in the world. Fortunately, they also have internal divisions, which is great news for us, how are you going to use it?"
Igor relieved his feigned anger. , his expression relaxed: "Great news? hehe, remember -- the difference between 'someone told us something happened' and 'this thing did happen' is subtle, but it must not be ignored preconceivedly. Otherwise, it will become a tool and weapon in the hands of others, and be played by the nose."
Humfrey is just an illegal child born and raised in the world of ice and fire. After being caught by Robert and sent to the Wall, he is very simple Serve Igor wholeheartedly, he has not experienced the political struggle of intrigue or the baptism of rumors like howling wind and torrential rain in the Internet age, so he will still instinctively choose to believe after hearing what others say - but this does not affect After being reminded by Igor, he immediately reacted: "Your Excellency is saying... the situation reported by that person just now is not necessarily true?!"
"Even if it is not false, it is definitely exaggerated. "Igor said with a cold laugh, but quickly put away his expression and shook his head, "But, the truth is not the key, the key is: even if it is true, you believe that Roose Bolton sent people to us out of a sense of justice. Whispering?"
"Certainly not," Humfrey blurted out, "he's sending the message to your Lord so that you owe him a debt, once we get House Bolton's help to foil House Stark's plot , then he is naturally qualified to ask to replace him and become the new Lord of North." After hesitating for a while, he finally decided to say what he said in his heart: "But it's not too much... People are taking huge risks with oneself's Feng Jun is against the entire North, and if he can't get equal or greater benefits in return, what are you going to do?"
"It's not too much." Igor nominee agrees with this, "but did you notice just now that That youngster, in the process of talking with me, performed very well at the beginning and the first half, but the second half was a little chaotic and didn't know what to say. Even the key line that could prove his identity was unexpected. Only after I asked did I remember to say..."
Humfrey shrugged disapprovingly: "He's just a child, seeing Lord Co. mmander, it's normal for a great character like you to be nervous. "
"For something so important, Bolton will send a child to deliver the letter?" Igor smiled and shook his head, "No, if that youngster is just nervous or stuttering, it's normal. The point is—he's not panicking, he's just a little unprepared. You see, he simply told me the matter, and then he had nothing to say. Seeing that we didn't immediately have an idea or idea, he didn't stand in a daze stupidly, so he just said goodbye and left. "
"What does this mean? "
"This shows that he is not ready to come to see me, and this meeting may be an alternative, a last resort. You can't understand this because you've never had the experience of 'fucking a great character into being a nobody and tricking them into doing what you want', which I happen to be quite experienced in. A messenger and lobbyist, came to see me, the land grantor, trying to build a political alliance between Queenscrown and the Fortress of Dread I refer to the choice? How can he just say a few words and then have no more words, and can only resign decisively in order to cover up the embarrassment? "
Igor's eyes flashed a cold look again: "I boldly speculate that Roose Bolton's original plan was to send the man just now to the last Hearth to tell the Queen the news, and let the angry Daenerys pressure me Or simply ride a dragon to burn Winterfell. It was only because I hit a wall with a death order to Buckwell 'no outsiders should be allowed to touch the Queen' that the alternative was taken - continue north to Queenscrown to meet me. But his master didn't tell him how to talk with me, and I couldn't possibly agree to the advice or conditions that I originally planned to dedicate to the Queen... I didn't have a clear order and didn't dare to make my own decisions, which resulted in a lack of preparation, The end of the whistleblower can't come up with the next plan. ”
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(end of this chapter)