Chapter 552
2021-01-06
Chapter 552 Unreal (Part 2)"I don't know much about the food culture of Westeros, But whether in China, where I come from, or North, where everyone is at the moment, not drinking a toast... is considered extremely rude." The proposal to share a drink hit a wall, and Igor's face darkened with a clearly discernible speed and intensity. After coming down, "Lord Varys' body looks very tough, how could he be so sick that he can't even drink such a glass of wine?"
"Ashamed to say, intelligence work is really tiring...stressful. Underneath, your stomach..."
"I don't care about your stomach, Lord Varys." Under the clothes at the neckline, something started to heat up, and Igor interrupted eunuch coldly, "Actually, I don't care if you are rude or not, but your attitude of not drinking this glass of wine gives me the feeling that you did not take the mediation I just finished with a lot of words and the consensus we reached on Nanzheng. Seriously, I just didn't dare to refuse in front of me... When I turn around and get out of this door, the stumbling blocks that should be played, the sly tricks that should be played, and the bad words that should be said in the Queen's ear will be all the same. I will intensify my efforts to regain the place I lost today, right?"
"Your lord is overthinking it." Varys shook his head without hesitation, "After thinking and considering these days, I don't need to remind and analyze. I have also realized and realized that the confrontation with Lord Petyr is not beneficial to the Queen's career. It is the most correct choice to obtain North's general support and position and start the South Expedition as soon as possible. Even if you don't organize this meeting today, Lord Commander, I will I will persuade Your Majesty after Lord Stark returns to winter, and let go of the investigation of Karstark and a whole bunch of neutral families..." The weak spot has not been exposed, and it can be called a textbook-level stable as Old Dog. However, it was only halfway through that I was stunned by a snake, and then it was suddenly interrupted by a bigger change: Igor, who was standing still a moment ago, suddenly "Zheng" without warning. With a bang, he pulled out the steel sword around his waist, and with a bang, he slanted the tip of the sword to the table, nailing it beside the empty cup that had been put down.
Such a move would naturally startle the others in the room, and the two of them jumped up from their positions with a "rub".
"Wait, I have something to say!" Petyr shouted with his hands up, while Varys pulled out his dagger - the distance between the two was temporarily longer than the length of the sword, but it was only at Igor's feet. When he makes a move or initiates a first-hand attack, he will use the indoor furnishings and another living person as a cover to find a first-line counterattack opportunity in the detour.
"Stop talking shit." Igor suppressed the burning pain, his face was cold, he clenched the hilt of the sword, but his lower body didn't move at all, "I said, why is Lord Varys so tough, his feelings are in his arms The hidden guy gave you confidence? I must have been too euphemistic before, so that you couldn't understand what I said, so let's change to a more vulgar and straightforward way of expression-"
"Today's wine—you have to drink it, and you have to Hah if you don't drink it!" He suddenly changed his face and drank in a low voice, he paused slightly, twisted his wrist and flipped the steel sword on the table, while While showing the sharpness of the blade, he adjusted his voice to the most intimidating and persuasive deep state: "If you drink it, everyone is happy, there is nothing wrong with it; otherwise, you will not give me Igor West face, then don't do it. Blame me for using this sword—'help' you drink it! Guess what? Whether it's cutting the throat and pouring it down the esophagus, or opening the stomach and pouring it directly into the stomach, that scene... tsk, it's not very good! "
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"If you don't drink, you won't give me face" - before crossing to the world of ice and fire, this sentence was on the "Stupid Words Ranking List" in Igor in mind Steady in the top three, he never expected that one of his most hated words would one day come out of oneself's mouth.
No matter how good the steel essence long sword is, it can't match the style of the Valyrian Steel Sword, but the former is not without any advantages: the newly polished blade has a first-class reflection effect, and the bright cold glow accompanies the sword The slight turning of the body flashed the eyes of the two terrorized people, as if making a silent accompaniment to the bearer's direct and fleshy threat... Murderous aura that was so real that it seemed to be real, and the suppression made them tense with chrysanthemums. .
Unsullied outside the door couldn't save the game, and the two smart people who understood this very unanimously chose silence instead of shouting for help to worsen the situation - after seeing that Igor was only threatening with a sword rather than attacking directly, Petyr temporarily held the "persuade in" line that came to his mouth in his throat, while Varys held the equally bright dagger without embarrassment, not knowing whether to withdraw it or strike first.
If Igor's purpose was to get people scratching their heads, he's been totally successful so far... Varys really can't guess what he's up to now.
If the wine is poisonous, of course, he is impossible to coax oneself to drink it, but he will dry it first; but if there is no poison in the wine, how can a foolish and foolish man draw his sword—just for the sake of Force others to "give oneself face"?
In normal times, Varys would spend hours, days, or even longer pondering and slowly scrutinizing each other's real thoughts and plans... But now, he knows that oneself has to react as quickly as possible: every procrastination In the last second, the probability that Igor loses his patience and picks up his sword will double!
After frantically exhausting his brain power for a few seconds, he had a preliminary judgment on the situation.
What did Igor think? You can put it aside for a while, but whether the wine is poisonous or not, there are only two possibilities: yes, or no!
If it is poisonous, then Igor oneself will suffocate first and then draw a sword to force oneself to drink together, that is, to perish with oneself ——I will not discuss whether this possibility exists. If it is true, then I have made up my mind to give it up. The other side of life is naturally impossible to tolerate oneself not drinking poisonous wine and escape alive, whether it is drinking or not drinking, oneself can't escape death today anyway, the difference is only whether it is poisoned to death or hacked to death - whether it is drawn by a sword or by a sword N swords.
And if it's not poisonous, then the other party's stupid behavior of using life as a threat just to force oneself to drink a glass of wine has only one explanation other than going crazy: this guy wants to use this kind of childishness. Form, to establish the authority and leadership of oneself in this half of the royal... In fact, the three giants under the Queen's command. Perhaps when the smooth experience of Lord Commander of the Night's Watch and the Land Giver gave Igor a one-sided experience, he may have naively thought that everyone in this world is like the Commander of Shadow Tower and Eastwatch, as long as they defeat the convincing Once, you'll be obedient forever - once oneself and Petyr this time succumb to him over drinking, never dare to fight it again!
This kind of world view is naturally stupid in the eyes of the capable Game of Thrones Gao Wan, but considering that Igor is a reckless soldier turned soldier, maybe, he really thinks so!
Most of the doubts faded again, Varys looked down at the dagger in his hand, and at the glass of wine that was still sitting on the table... What to do, suddenly became a difficult question to decide. .
If Igor didn't drink that glass of wine, he would choose between "being poisoned" and "fighting", and Varys would naturally choose the latter;
And now, the other party The act of doing it first and foremost changed the glass of wine from "definitely poisonous" to "probably not poisonous", then... in the relationship between "resolutely not drinking and being hacked to death" and "betting that it is not poisonous to live" There is a world of difference between making a choice between death and life.
Is Igor being stupid, or is even this "hope for life" an illusion created after he carefully plotted against it?
How many years has oneself not faced such a problem that makes him worry about gains and losses?
Varys can't tell, but he's certain: If he's been plotting for decades and ends up being hacked to death by angering a reckless man for refusing to drink a glass of non-poisonous wine, he'll be fine even if he gets down to Hell. Will die there again out of remorse.
The ominous foreboding was like the background sound, but the desire to survive and the increasingly bad look on Igor's face made him unable to think any more.
Varys put away the dagger and bowed with a smile on his face: "Small things of self-protection, call the two adults laugh...Old man, I've seen too many wind and rain, really Bold does not raise. Since Lord Commander is so obsessed with this trifling glass of wine, then I'm not a fool for Ironhead, I'm just wronging oneself's stomach!"
To make sure that when the situation arises, With all his might, eunuch didn't even dare to sit back in his chair, he cautiously reached for the wine glass, held it up in front of him, stared at Igor's silhouette out of the corner of his eye, and took a sip.
Under Petyr's gaze, Igor's stiff face, which was already on the verge of eruption, loosened a lot. His left hand seemed to tug at his collar unconsciously, but his right hand was still holding the steel sword and using the tip of the sword. He dialed the empty cup that he had drank upside down on the table.
"Drink—light."
Now that the decision has been made, there's really not that much difference between a sip and a glass, Varys sighed secretly, lifting again. Picking up the wine glass, here comes an authentic, who can't find fault with anyone, and gulp it down.
Igor's expression became more relaxed, but he still did not put down his weapon, but turned his head away, as if he was still pointing his finger at another person in the room: "Lord Petyr, you just now What do you want to say? It doesn't happen that you have an upset stomach, so you can't drink alcohol, right?"
This means nothing but Petyr, how dare Petyr pretend to be stupid, since even the dead eunuch judges that there is nothing wrong with the drink, he What is there to be afraid of.
Not much nonsense, he also happily raised his wine glass and raised his neck, without needing to stress, he drank it clean once again.
Three glasses of wine are empty, Igor is not good now, and he doesn't need to be stern. He put the sword back into the scabbard and put on a sincere smile: "Hey, look, Why is this necessary? Oh, forget it... Please allow me to apologize for oneself's stinky temper, the two adults. Today's matter will be revealed, and no one will mention it again in the future... Please sit down, this luncheon, But I've used all the best ingredients that I can find in the North's first family's pantry, even a king can't have such a treat in the cold winter."
He put it away. Weapon, took the lead and sat down, recalled the squire who had left and started to enjoy the food, the feast at hongmen who had drawn the knife at the last moment, suddenly turned back to the happy colleague's dinner.
After a whole night of targeted planning and a little on-the-spot performance, his huge adventure on the side of Qingjun succeeded in taking the most difficult but also the most important 1st Step, which is gratifying, but if you start to relax, you can It's too early, the next part of the plan is the essence and the key. Wherever there are mistakes and mistakes, there will be endless troubles.
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(end of this chapter)