Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 271
"Where is Lord Yazan? Take me to see him." Grazdan Mo Eraz came to the gate of the pyramid of the richest man Yazan and ordered to the guards.

"The Great Sage is taking a bath, do you think you are going to wait in the hall?" The pyramid guards replied politely, but they took Grazdan directly to the hall without waiting for him at all. answer.

"No," Grazdan abnormally rejected the guard's proposal, "I need to see Lord Yazan right away, please lead the way."

Yazan contracted a strange disease ten years ago during his adventures in Sothros, which reacted very badly on his skin, so Yazan spent a long time every day using some expensive oriental medicine Medicinal baths to relieve pain.

Grazdan knew that if he went to wait in the hall, he might have to wait until dinner to meet his master.

"It's against the rules."

"I said, I'm in a hurry."

"Who is not in a hurry to see the Great Sage Lord?" The guard had never seen a visitor who dared to show such an attitude, so he subconsciously asked, "Do you have any special reason?"

"Is there any special reason why I still need to report to you? Idiot, I will let you lead the way!" Grazdan changed his tone, took out the whip he carried with him, and whipped it at the other party, "Remember, you are just A slave!"

The guard was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Grazdan was the lord of Yunkai's second echelon wearing a tokar robe with golden tassels.He broke the rules of the Great Virtuous Lord, and the Great Virtuous Lord punished him, and he blocked the way here, even if the other party killed him like this, the Great Virtuous Lord might not frown because of it.

"Yes, yes, my lord." He bowed immediately and changed his direction, "This way please, my lord."

Grazdan was still angry, but he was too eager to confirm some things, and he didn't have the time to confront a dog, so he whipped the guard again, urging him to quicken his pace.

In this way, Ian followed behind them and entered the complex corridor of the pyramid.

The same sparrow he used to track Grazdan, a bird that can be found everywhere in the area, Ian took a few of them at random after coming to Yunkai.

With his legendary skinchanger skills, Ian has almost no difficulty in occupying these ordinary small animals. Even if he controls several at the same time, it will not increase the mental burden. Of course, this is without controlling humans or dragons. in the case of.

Soon, he followed Grazdan to the large bathroom on the upper level of the pyramid, but unexpectedly, Grazdan closed the door so quickly that Ian almost bumped into the door when he tried to keep up.

There is no other passage between the corridor and the bathroom except this door, and with the body of a sparrow, it is definitely impossible to push the door open, so Ian can only quickly walk through the corridor, find a window and fly out. I discovered the pyramid, and then began to look for a window to enter the bathroom from the outside.

bathroom interior
After closing the door, Grazdan walked into Yazan's magnificent bathroom alone. There are four baths in total, the largest of which can accommodate at least 100 people bathing at the same time without being crowded.

But at this moment, there is almost no water vapor in the entire large bathroom, and most of the baths are also in a dry state.

Because of the medicine bath, the great sage Yazan zo Quagz only used the smallest bath, and there was no scene in the bath like other Yunkai sages surrounded by beauties, the great sage soaked alone in the pool.Behind him, there was only a slave wearing a dress decorated with moonstone and Myrish lace, squatting outside the pool to serve him.

Grazdan recognized the female slave, so let's count her as a female slave, because although she is intersex, she is slender and sweet-looking, with purple hair and purple eyes.

She is called Sweetheart, and she is Yazan's most beloved slave. She is aloof and enjoys privileges. The other slaves of Yazan hate her, but Grazdan has a good relationship with her.

Sweetheart saw Grazdan's arrival, so while rubbing Yazan's head, she softly attached to Yazan's ear, who was resting with his eyes closed.

"Master, Lord Grazdan is here."

"He?" Yazan woke up from his half-sleeping state, opened his eyes and looked at Grazdan, "Why are you here at this time? Didn't you go out of the city to meet Earl Darry?"

"Earl Darry declined our invitation to a banquet," Grazdan said, watching Yazan's reaction. "He thinks that pleasure should not be enjoyed until the war is over."

"Wisdom beyond age." Yazan laughed, without showing any displeasure, but commented like an elder.

"This..." Yazan's reaction made Grazdan unable to figure out what he was thinking for a while, so he continued to probe, "Aren't you angry? You specially prepared a banquet for him."

"Deliberately? For people like us, whether it's intentional or not, isn't it just an order to the people under you?" Yazan smiled, and gently shrugged his left shoulder to signal Sweetheart to press his shoulder instead, "If It wasn't that the Council of the Sage Lords agreed that my pyramid would be more able to support Yunkai's cards, and I have no interest in participating in this matter at all."

When the Council of the Sage Lords was held before, Grazdan happened to miss something and didn't attend, so he didn't know the details at that time.

"He's not coming," Yazan continued, and then closed his eyes leisurely again, "I just happened to be free."

"But with your character, I'm afraid the Council of the Sage Lords can't order you?" Grazdan couldn't accept this explanation.

Grazdan knew Yazan very well. Although the great lord was also a shrewd, brave, and energetic figure before, since his condition deteriorated severely and he knew that his time was numbered, he had already become ignorant of most things. Lost interest.

And if Yazan himself is not interested, even if the harpy came to the world, he would not be able to force him to do anything. This is why Grazdan subconsciously suspected that Yazan was also involved after realizing that there might be ghosts in the banquet. reason
"Of course, but they tell me that the young man named Ian Darry ambushed the famous pirate Euron Greyjoy in Astapor. A pirate in a corner has information related to my strange disease, and now these materials have fallen into the hands of the earl. That's why I thought it would be good if I could get to know him."

"But you just said that it's okay if he doesn't come."

"How many people have I met who claim to understand my strange disease?" Yazan did laugh. "Those people are all liars, so why should I hope for it? He comes, It’s fine if you don’t come.”

"Ah" It's also a good thing that Grazdan is not a modern person, otherwise a word would pop up in his mind - lie flat.

Of course it’s good to have it, but it’s fine if you don’t.

"Okay." Now that Yazan said so, it proves that he really didn't participate in anything, just like his attitude of indifference to everything after knowing that his time is running out, he has long since lost interest in lying.

Grazdan breathed a sigh of relief so he wouldn't have to choose between Yazan and the man.

Who would I choose?Grazdan suddenly thought, and then he was taken aback by his own thought. He thought he would choose Yazan without hesitation, but he found that he was hesitant. Forget it, fortunately, I don't have to make a choice.

"So? You said so much? Did you find any problems?"

"I suspect that this banquet was a conspiracy by the Generalissimo." Grazdan paused, and then confided his conjecture, "They may want to murder Earl Darry at the banquet you held here, and then The crime was blamed on you."

"Oh?" Yazan's lazy eyes suddenly brightened a little, as if he hadn't heard such an interesting thing for a long time.

"There are three things that make me suspicious. One is the camping site recommended by Grazdo zo Ark (General Butt Shake) to Earl Darry at that time."

Camp outside the city
Sitting at the table, Ian was a little irritable. The pyramid structure of the great sage Yazan was simply inexplicable. After the sparrow that he changed his shape was locked outside the door and went around, he couldn't find it until Grazdan left. Window location in the large bathroom.

Therefore, Ian had no way of knowing what Yazan and Grazdan said during the ten minutes they spent together.

But the good news is that after leaving Yazan, Grazdan went directly to the north gate of Yunkai.If nothing else happened, he should have come straight to his camp, and he should be able to get a lot of information from him by then.

On the other side, Ass Shake General Grazdo zo Ark is still on his way to the Grand Marshal's tower on the southeast wall.

In this way, Ian followed the two with two sparrows, and then put his thoughts back on the manuscript paper.

So far, Ian has sorted out the following key doubts about the story of "General Shaking Butt Reselling Military Food".

First, if it is said that General Shake-Ass hopes that he can stay in Yunkai for a few more days, it is to give him time to collect military rations, so as to avoid his reselling military rations from being discovered by the generalissimo.Then the fact that the Grand Marshal is going to present the mansion as a gift and the fact that Yunkai invited himself to the city to a feast itself still cannot be explained.

Second, the timing of the Volantis buying grain. In fact, Ian did not doubt the motivation of the Volantis merchants to buy grain at a high price. Although Volantis itself is the largest grain exporting city in Essos, they Under normal circumstances, it is definitely impossible to go to Slaver's Bay to buy food.

But the slave bay is indeed in a rather abnormal state now, because the slave bay is about to fight, and the opponent is still an invincible horse king.

Any speculator with a sense of smell can find a business opportunity to buy food in Slaver's Bay at this time-once the Ghis coalition forces are defeated and the farmland in the Skahazaban River Basin controlled by Meereen is burned by the centaurs, then Slaver's Bay will be on the market. Then there will be a very severe famine.

At that time, the Volantene merchant will be able to use the food collected at this time to blackmail the wealth accumulated by the Giths over the centuries, turn the entire ship's food into a large amount of gold, and then get money from the Dothraki. Buying a large number of slaves at a low price can be said to be a profitable business.

And if the Ghisian Alliance wins, the possibility seems very small to those businessmen. Even if the Ghisians really win, the profits they can get from the defeated Giths by buying Centaur slaves at a low price will be much higher This is due to the investment in purchasing grain in advance.

After all, Drogo's card LS has more than 10 people. Although the roaring warriors of more than 4 young and middle-aged men are worthless, those women and children can still become high-quality slaves...Of course, they don't know that Ian doesn't intend to sell any slave.

Therefore, some merchants bought a large amount of grain at this time, and the stupid and short-sighted General Shaking Butt couldn't hold back the temptation, and secretly bought the food when he thought he could collect new grain to fill the hole before Ian arrived. It is indeed a thing of the past that the grain reserves in the Yunkai warehouse were sold.

But it is such a seemingly reasonable reason, when it is connected with the timing of the other party's purchase of grain and other suspicious points, it makes Ian feel a deliberate element, which is a taste of trickery.

I don't know if he was influenced by the talent of the Green Prophet, but Ian suddenly had an intuition, as if some kind of great danger was approaching.

some kind of danger.

Where will the danger come from?Who can threaten me in my army in this situation?Or is there really a traitor among my lieutenants?
Ian became irritable inexplicably, as if the talent of the Green Prophet was really warning him.

Are there any traitors?

Before that, Ian and Celia had ruled out the possibility of everyone except the two Unsullied instructors in Astapor, and then Ian also made excuses for the first time. Hicks transferred to his camp in the army.

It stands to reason that even if they are traitors, they have lost the ability to threaten themselves, but this feeling of uneasiness still hasn't disappeared.

Banquet Grand Marshal. Ass Shake General. Volantene Merchant Volantis
"Volantis!" Ian blurted out suddenly, "The third opened bounty box is in Volantis, and among the three mercenary groups hired by Yunkai, the mercenary named 'Bloody Hand' The regiment also belongs to a certain Volantis Chamber of Commerce"

Soon, a series of clues began to be assembled in Ian's mind.

"Is there a player behind this matter? The players of Volantis are plotting against us?" Celia said suddenly.

It was only then that Ian remembered that although Celia was not involved in his follow-up reasoning activities, she was still by his side.Obviously, Celia thought of the player through the word 'bounty box' that Ian said.

"There is a player who has been expected for a long time, and the question I have been struggling with is whether he is active in Yunkai or in Meereen.

After all, we are in the light, they are in the dark, and we don't have any clues about them.But..." Ian narrowed his eyes, "I didn't expect it to be a friend who came all the way from Volantis to Slaver's Bay, we have to show him our enthusiasm. "

(End of this chapter)