Chapter 556

Chapter 556

2021-01-06

Chapter 556 Loyalty in Adversity

Outside Winterfell, Bolton's Army and Land Granter's Small Armored In the military, the North Army led by Robb and the North Army stationed a few miles away faced each other faintly, and the atmosphere was chilling.

In the castle separated by a wall, the situation is even more tense and chaotic.

After the poisoning incident suddenly occurred, the well-trained Unsullied immediately arrived and took over the scene, bringing back the bodies of the Prime Minister and the Master of Whisperers, but the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, whose life and death were unknown, was caught first. His bodyguards carried them back to the barracks. Immediately afterwards, the land-grant army soldiers blocked the doors of Winterfell, controlling all personnel inside and outside the kitchen who could come into contact with food, drinks and even seasonings and raw materials; while the Queen Guard began to attack the House Stark members and the iron vault from afar The messengers did a personnel count, took all the suspects except the Unsullied soldiers out of the room and searched their residences and luggage...

The investigation of the scene and the search for the murderer were carried out in an orderly manner. At the same time, another worrying situation loomed: After news of the Lord Commander poisoning spread rapidly through human-to-human transmission, the originally disciplined Land Granters began to show signs of losing control.

Most of the land-grant army soldiers are unruly beyond the wall people. Even after the brutal slaughter-style screening of Others and the strict training and training of Night's Watch, they are still very difficult to manage. The officers usually rely on Igor's prestige and intimidation, with the help of a cult of personality, can hold the scene. This usually doesn't seem to be a problem, but now when something happens to him, his weak point is immediately exposed: the silhouette of the Lord Commander has not been seen for a long time, the wall is full of wind and rain, and rumors of various versions are rampant - in "Listen to At the same time as "everyone can do anything", naturally, "everyone can think and say anything"... Seeing that the situation is about to deteriorate further and evolve into "everyone can do anything", Daenerys made a decisive decision and ordered Unsullied to intervene to assist. The Night's Watch officer maintained order, and at the same time controlled two dragons to fly around the castle, relying on the two-pronged shock and awe, barely keeping the situation out of control.

The Queen's Guard, who sailed north to join Daenerys, is the elite of the elite. Naturally, there are not only soldiers. Along with several important officials, they are also equipped with a variety of indispensable professionals— - such as maids, cooks and medics. These non-combatants come in handy when encountering emergencies that lance can't handle.

The royal chef takes over the kitchen and prepares additional meals for the Daenerys and Unsullied by himself, but the healer has no time to save the people and has to lead the investigation into the poisoning.

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The night is getting darker and darker. In Winterfell, which has gradually become quiet under the curfew order, in the guest room building under the guard of Unsullied, the Queen is sitting in the room on the second floor, Facial expression gravely listening to the report of the investigation team leader.

"After investigation and testing, it can be determined that the source of the poison is the wine that the three adults drank together." The doctor pointed to the pile of evidence piled on the table, "The wine jug and the three cups were checked. There is poison."

After a slight pause to confirm that the Queen was listening, the healer continued to report: "I then examined and autopsied the bodies of the Prime Minister and Master of Whisperers, and found no signs of trauma and violence. The cause of death was It is undoubtedly poisoning." Of course, the disembodied corpse could not be dragged into the Queen's room, so he could only detail the autopsy results empty-handed: "The poison has caused significant changes in the blood of the two adults. This is from the surface of the body. The color can vaguely see the clue, and after the bloodletting is compared, the guess is confirmed. The research on the poison is not deep, and it can only be roughly inferred: this poison has the effect of seeing blood and sealing the throat, and can quickly poison the body after entering the human body. The blood of the victim deteriorates, so that it can no longer support the human body, so as to achieve the effect of 'killing the invisible'. The whole process is silent and painless, and often the poisoner has reached the end of his life when he finds the abnormality... This is also The reason why the guards outside what sect failed to quickly discover the abnormality and rescue."

The Queen nodded indifferently: "What is this poison called, and where does it come from?"

"This ..." The doctor shook his head in embarrassment, "At first, there were a few suspects, but the specific nature could not be completely matched, so they could only be ruled out. Forgive my short-sightedness, I am afraid that this issue should be sent to Citadel, please be more professional there. The Maesters will come to judge and answer."

"Then keep things and talk about it when you have a chance in the future." Queen did not hold on to this matter. After all, what is this poison called? Nor is it the most pressing issue at the moment. "What about the other thing I explained?"

"Oh!" The medic came back to his senses and quickly replied: "The poison was also detected in Lord Commander's vomit at the scene, As for why he was able to rush out of the house and spit out the poisonous wine... I guess it may be because the body refinement has been stronger all the year round, and the other two adults have been poisoned earlier, which gave him the opportunity to quickly discover the clues. Judging that oneself has been poisoned, and resolutely take self-help measures. Very smart and decisive, but it is not enough, even if you spit out all that can be vomited in the stomach, there will still be residual poison on the stomach wall, and it has to be thoroughly washed immediately. Stomach, in order to expel the poisonous wine as much as possible...Unfortunately, for some reason, Lord Commander trusts witches more than medicine, and his guards refuse to let me rescue, alas..."

Speaker Shaking his head, regretfully sighed.

It's a pity, but the precautionary actions made by the Night's Watch soldiers are understandable - everyone in this castle, including oneself, is suspected of being poisoned at this moment. Treatment, of course, has to be carried out by someone they oneself trusts.

In addition, anyone can say big things, but in fact - he is a military doctor, good at dealing with sword wounds, and he is barely competent in poisoning and killing people, but where does he have experience in detoxification? Frankly speaking, apart from inducing vomiting and gastric lavage, what he can do next is not necessarily more than that witch.

After all, the high priest of the Red God religion really knows Magic.

"Okay, let's go." Daenerys still had a stiff face, frowned, and waved to the doctor who seemed to want to talk nonsense: "Continue to investigate, if there are new findings, report them immediately."

The healer bowed and bowed obediently out of the room.

As soon as the door closed, Daenerys slid back into his chair - completely letting go of his strong disguise.

Without the loss of a single soldier, her power has been dealt an unprecedented blow... one of the most shocking, furious and bewildering moments Daenerys has ever remembered, only the death of Khal Drogo can match this.

But the time Horselord died, at least the killer made it clear that she knew who to take revenge on. And this time... a lot of messy thoughts were crowded into her head, and she didn't even know where to start.

"Your Majesty, are you all right?" Missandei asked softly, approaching her worriedly.

"I'm fine—" Daenerys replied subconsciously, only to say a word, but then shook his head, "—that's weird." In front of Missandei, who was called Master and Servant, she didn't need to pretend that she was actually more like a sister. , "I'm in a mess right now and I don't know what to do, what to do?"

Missandei went around behind her and pressed Daenerys's head softly as usual: "Your Majesty, I don't know how to detoxify and detox, and I don't dare to guess who the murderer is. I only know that the most urgent thing right now is - you have to leave Winterfell as soon as possible."

"Why?"

"Drogon and Rhaegal are the biggest guarantee for the order in the city right now. They have the most oppression force when they fly overhead, but the impossible dragon never hits the ground." The little clerk analyzed with a serious look, "and once it hits the ground, , their deterrent effect will be greatly reduced. It's already dark today, and the day is over, but if the Lord Commander does not show up or is confirmed dead tomorrow morning, that group of wildling soldiers will definitely make a big mess! When the time comes, even if the Unsullied Guards can fight against ten times as many rebels, what's the point of exchanging your life for your elite and this gang of Barbarians?"

After taking a breath, the little maid used With some hesitation, he continued, "Although it is understandable that the soldiers of Night's Watch refused you to send someone to rescue Lord Igor, this is after all a warning and disrespect to you, so there is another possibility that you have to be guarded. That is - Lord Igor is not poisoned, everything is just a scene he directed and acted, and he wants to clear the suspicion of oneself poisoning through 'poisoning distress'. If this is the case, then you are even more dangerous, The land-grant army commanded by someone is a hundred times more threatening than a gang of rebels, and since he dares to cut off your right and left arms, the next step must be to try to control Your Majesty you!"

Everyone almost died Now, how can you still suspect that he is the murderer?
If it was someone else, this kind of vicious speculation is really not easy to export, but Missandei has no such worries - she is just Daenerys' personal maid, and like Unsullied, she has no other ambitions and a way out except being loyal to the Queen. The so-called desire is nothing, she has no political status, and it is impossible for anyone to be an ally or an enemy. Naturally, she has no motivation to frame and attack anyone, so she can say whatever she thinks. No one will suspect or accuse her of bad motives!

Daenerys fell into a brief silence after listening to the little clerk.

It's not that she was shocked by Missandei's words, but... She suddenly realized: In fact, deep in one's heart, oneself also has this suspicion. What the girl did was to help her express her doubts through the mouth of oneself.

Her Hand of the Queen and Master of Whisperers were well invited to the party, but walked in and lay out... The organizer of the banquet is of course the natural and unsuspenseful first suspect!
Although all the personal and physical evidence so far shows that Igor is also poisoned and his life is at stake, after all, hearing is false and seeing is believing. In the case of no face, the more evidence is like this, everything seems reasonable and reasonable. , When she can't doubt on the surface, it will become more and more difficult to contain the association in her heart!

Igor was the only one who survived, not only not a consolation, but the biggest reason why her mind was in chaos at the moment: if he were to die in the same way, the loss of Daenerys, who had three important ministers, would of course be better than the loss of Daenerys. The two will be more heartbroken, angry, and more determined to find out the murderer behind the scenes and bring them to justice, and start actions with a firm attitude and clear goals... But now, although on the surface is actively maintaining order, organizing investigations, and pursuing Hunting for the murderer, in fact, a subtle voice in the back of his mind was continuously chanting: All this is useless effort, the real murderer is actually the third person who survived!

Reason tells Daenerys that with the loss of two arms, the southern expedition can only continue if Igor survives; but subconsciously, she secretly hopes that he better not. Can survive the disaster - at least this way, the hero who oneself once admired against Others, the close comrade in arms and the only confidant who once relied on and trusted, can always live in her heart, instead of being transformed into her mortal enemy and nemesis, or With suspicion and bitterness, they continued to carry out that grand unification war together.

Two diametrically opposed thoughts were circling in her mind. For a time, she didn't know whether oneself preferred Igor to die or to live, and she was a little afraid that the next one would come from the Land Granter. news.

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"Why? Missandei, why?" Daenerys was confused and dazed, "Did I do something wrong when I dealt with Miss Stark yesterday? His monarch, even after backing down and showing goodwill, still can't quell his anger? Petyr is clearly on his side, why is he also affected?"

"Your Majesty, what happened to you yesterday? Very well handled! Even if Duke Eddard Stark comes back from the dead and comes to the scene, I can't hold any more resentment for your actions to appease his daughter!" Seeing Daenerys' self-doubt, Missandei became a little anxious and even spoke His tone also became quicker, "The matter of 'Lord Commander is the poisoner' is just a conjecture for the time being. Before confirming his life and death, it is meaningless to think about it, so organize an Unsullied Guard as soon as possible to protect House Stark. The most important thing now is that the members leave Winterfell overnight! You can choose to ride the dragon to the south, or you can choose to be stationed next to the Dreadfort army, relying on the hostages and the confrontation between the North's internal factions to balance the situation and try to escape the danger... ...whatever you do, it's better than sitting here and thinking about it!"

Missandei rarely speaks in such a strong and eager tone, and the contrast makes Daenerys wake up just in time, and she collects her scattered thoughts , his eyes became clear and firm again: "Okay, let's do this first, you go to send an order to the guards, we simply pack our luggage and immediately transfer to the outside of the city." Nodding, and rushing out of the house in small, eager steps.

It was a biting cold wind outside the door, and Missandei relayed the Queen's decision to the Unsullied guards on duty with the coldness pouring into his lungs, and instructed them to prepare for the transfer... In the past, this should have been Lord Petyr's mission, but Right now, Queen can only rely on her for the time being. Even if she is bronze oneself, she has to carry this burden. However, before a slew of details were given out, a familiar visitor, escorted by two Unsullieds, came outside the Queen's room, interrupting what she was doing.

"Ms. Melisandre!" Missandei closed her mouth in time to prevent leaks, turned her head and looked towards the Red Woman, who was a head taller than oneself: "Your Majesty has rested, you have something to see her. If so, please come back tomorrow."

"Don't try to deceive a high priest, little girl." Melisandre's voice sounded a little tired, but his tone remained calm and unquestionable, "Now, you have two A choice - either be a smart girl, go into the house and report to the Queen and tell her that I have something to see; or be a silly girl who can't tell good from bad, try to stop me and force me to 'find a way' to get in. I have time You'd better make a decision now."

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