Chapter 575
2021-01-06
Chapter 575 Knockout"Lord Igor, it's so comforting to see you're safe and sound ."
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Bolton." Good thing, even if you don't take the initiative to come to the door, I plan to make an appointment in the name of negotiation in the past two days, and give you a good beating. Igor didn't even blink an eye, and quickly switched seamlessly from the dissapointed ordinary person back to the cold-blooded authority mode. With a sincere smile on his face, he raised his arm and made a gesture: "Please sit."
Roose Bolton raised his legs across the bench and sat down directly across from Igor.
House Bolton has soldiers, food, money and land, and it is worth using for the Southern Expedition, and Igor is now the last person around Queen who can talk at any time... Both sides understand People, they didn't cast aside all considerations for face with each other, so at this moment, as if the previous secret wits and unhappiness did not exist at all, they greeted each other with smiles like old friends for many years.
After three or two unnutritious greetings and mutual compliments, the chattering party is the first to cut to the point.
"Lord Igor, as you know, a few idiots under my command did a scoundrel thing in the winter town outside Winterfell a few days ago, which not only caused the entire army of Dreadfort to be banned from leaving the camp by Your Majesty, but also Now I can't go in and out to see Queen at will, and then suddenly there is a poisoning case... I haven't been able to meet Your Majesty for several days, and I can't figure out Queen's next intention and plan. Your Majesty You are close to Your Majesty, can you tell me a little bit, and let the next... at least not be so smeared in front of your eyes?"
This is a show of weakness and help without any tricks, Old Flayer this time Really panicked.
First, he pretended to be a whistleblower and tried to provoke the Queen's plot to set fire to House Stark on a dragon. Even Varys, who led the way for him to hold House Bolton on the Queen's thigh, died suddenly...
Under this chain of failures, now he is not only no longer a Night's Watch A friend of mine, also recorded in a small book by House Stark, isolated by the whole North, the only one who can count on it is the backer Daenerys. But without Varys as an intermediary... He even lost the normal channel to communicate with Queen. Finally, the door of Winterfell was reopened. He was invited to enter. He tried to find a way to skip the middleman and communicate directly with Daenerys. , was actually blocked in the name of "can be seen at the battle meeting".
How did Bolton know that the "battle meeting" was not an excuse, and how could he guess that Daenerys had just been educated like a little child. He was anxious and annoyed and didn't want to meet guests, he only saw - oneself finally The life-saving straw, actually ignore oneself!
Seeing that a shocking backstab that had restored the glory of the "Red King" was about to turn into a foolish jump-back of his own demise, how could he still sit still?
After thinking about it, now I can only look down on Igor, hoping that he will point out a clear path for the sake of the old friendship and the oneself still useful, and pay a little price in exchange for the existence of the family.
"Ah... Mr. Bolton, don't blame me for saying it badly, right now you are really in unprecedented danger." Igor sighed with a feigned regret, and slowly shook his head: "House Stark treats you You are dissatisfied with the fact of being the first to be loyal to the Queen, but the Queen has a very bad impression of the Terror Fortress because of the good things you did, not to mention the poisoning case that led to the death of Petyr and Varys. There are actually some clues to House Bolton... Although after the incident The investigation confirmed that this was the culprit's framing method, but Your Majesty still had a thorn in his heart, which made no sense to go in, but it would be troublesome to pull it out or remove it."
"Huh?" The hair on Roose Bolton's back stood up - how can this poisoning case have anything to do with oneself? For a while I didn't know if Igor made it up to bluff oneself or if he really had the inside story, but he didn't dare to question, so he cooperated with a panicked expression and hurriedly screamed, "Lord Commander, this is really wrong, House. Bolton is loyal to the Queen, how could he possibly be involved in the murder of Hand of the Queen? Please help clarify in front of Your Majesty, and by the way, give me a direction - how to get out of this dangerous situation and regain Your Majesty's trust ?"
To talk to smart people is to save effort - on the road.
Without more whiplash, he oneself knows where to go.
Bolton on the surface is asking "what to do", but it's actually asking - "what do you want".
If oneself is a greedy man who wants to turn his power into cash at the moment, he can only complain about how difficult Night's Watch is financially, how thin and how badly the soldiers under oneself are dressed and eaten. Old Flayer He will definitely send a large amount of gold and silver as a protection fee in the name of funding and donations, in order to cover him.
However, Igor's current situation is more than that: no matter how much money there is, there must be a safe and prosperous political and economic environment, and it can be used generously. If you can't find a country, you can only bring in many foreign objects... No, you can't even bring in a coffin.
"Don't panic, my lord, Your Majesty doesn't really doubt House Bolton's loyalty, it's just that a lot of things happened to hit one another, causing her to be upset and not in the mood to think rationally, and her impression of you has been greatly diminished. It’s very bad... This kind of dissatisfaction is naturally troublesome in peacetime, but now is the time of war, everything is possible.” Igor calmly explained everything, “First of all, if the Castle of Dread can come out Two thousand elites have occupied one third of the North's total number of troops with one family. Queen impossible will forget this. This is a big advantage for you; Your Majesty will then convene the princes to discuss and collect the food and grass that the army needs to go south. Armaments, as soon as the supplies are available, the southern expedition will start immediately. Mr. Bolton only needs to quickly calculate how many family properties there are in the Dreadfort, and show his arrogance when he knows it. When Your Majesty asks about the amount of supplies that each family can provide, he will be the first to speak. By suppressing the rest of the North princes in one fell swoop, it will definitely attract the Queen's special attention and earn a good impression."
This is about oneself paying for family property... Bolton pretended to be grateful, at least this is indeed a valid message . There is no turning back arrow after opening the bow, and he has already become a stud. If he still thinks about saving some chips, he will soon have no chance of being squeezed by others.
"Many thanks to Lord Commander's guidance, I will start counting immediately..."
"Don't worry, this is just the 1st Step to break the game. Next, Lord Bolton, you have to guard against Stark. And the rest of the North family." Igor glanced at the lively direction of the North princes, and there were people watching him and the Old Flayer sitting opposite each other, "They misunderstood and resented because you took the lead in allegiance to the Queen, but House Stark Or your de facto monarch, if you do nothing, the Queen is likely to see you as a member of the ordinary North princes and order you to merge the Dreadfort forces into the North coalition and obey Robb's command to coordinate operations. When the time comes him You can't guard against it, whether it's wearing a shoe or stabbing a knife in the back, that's the real big trouble!"
Daenerys isn't so stupid, but Roose Bolton doesn't know. Although Old Flayer is shrewd, he is not a transmigrator. His sources of information are limited, and he doesn't know much about Queen. In addition, in order to better control him when Varys is still alive, he has not given him much direct contact with Queen. ... What Igor has to do now is to inherit eunuch's control policy of the former, while seizing the disconnect between Bolton and Queen and their unfamiliarity with each other, creating panic, so that Bolton, under the fear of a possible bad situation, cannot Don't go as oneself tells you to.
"It's true, so what's the point?"
Bolton agreed, but his mouth was bitter. He is not stupid, he naturally sees that Igor is probably desperately trying to undermine oneself's position in this negotiation... However, Petyr's frame-up and Varys' sudden death have put him in a state of incompetence at the moment. The absolute weakness can only be slaughtered by others. He couldn't slap the table and walk away, and he didn't dare to risk betting that the Queen was not so confused - Daenerys is Mad King's daughter after all, in case she is Mad King bloodline attack, a careless oneself is put into the North coalition army , can oneself still defy the military order?
"Simple, when the time comes, you just have to volunteer to be the vanguard... This crisis will be solved. Two thousand people are just right for the ex-military, and the Queen will never give you any more burdens or troubles, And if you walk at the forefront of the army, you will naturally have the most opportunities to kill the enemy and make merit. A military victory can be worth countless suspicions and misunderstandings, even if there will be some casualties, as long as I report to the Queen that the Terror Fortress fought bravely for Your sake Majesty's great cause of reunification throws her head and sheds blood, can the Queen not be sympathetic to the adult's bravery and loyalty, and always hold a grudge against you because of a small misunderstanding?"
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(end of this chapter)