Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 36 The Death of the Black Falcon
"In the room of the knight of the Grafson family? How did he go there?" Ian continued to ask.

"I don't know, my lord."

"And what about the knight?"

"It's gone, and so is his page," Jenny shook her head. "I followed your instructions to knock on the door. I knocked a few times for the first time. After there was no response from inside, I left temporarily. I stayed in the lobby for a while, and then knocked on his door again, but there was still no response from inside. , I was very puzzled at the time, so I pushed it, only to find that the door was not locked."

"Then you saw the black falcon's body?"

"Yes."

"Have you seen the cause of death?"

"what?"

"What wounds are there on Black Falcon's body?"

"Sorry, my lord, I was terrified at the time, and I screamed straight away, and then some mercenaries ran in to check the situation, and when they found out that the deceased was their boss, they all exploded, and I dare not continue Stay there and come up to report to you immediately."

"Damn it." Ian took a bite. You were the first to find the body, and then ran to me non-stop. Doesn't this just add suspicion to me?
"Put on your armor and get ready to fight." Ian ordered.

Luo Er immediately blocked all the tables and stools against the door, and then the three of them helped each other, and quickly finished putting on the full set of equipment.

Listening quietly to the movement outside the door, Ian now only hopes that when the mercenaries under Black Falcon attack, Denzel can stand by his side as promised.

However, they waited for a long time, and before the mercenaries under Black Falcon came to knock on the door, they found that the sound downstairs gradually disappeared.

After a while, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Sir Lucian, Janey, are you in there?"

"It's my aunt's voice." Jenny whispered.

"Martha?" Ian asked outside the door, but he had already recognized the other party's voice.

"Yes, it's me, Sir Lucian." Martha said.

"And us." This time it was Denzel's voice.

"What's going on outside?"

"Most of Boss Morgan's mercenaries have already left, and only four of them are left in the room where his corpse was."

"Open the door." Ian took a step back and ordered.

"Could it be a trap?" Rolle frowned.

"Probably not. If so, this door can't stop anyone." Ian shook his head. If Denzel and his mercenary team were also on the other side, he would have no chance of winning.

After hearing the words, Luo Er accepted the order, moved the table against the door, and then pulled the door bolt.

There were only three people outside the door, Martha, Denzel, and Sir Granson, and there was not a large group of mercenaries standing like Rolle feared.

"Sir Lucian." They all bowed their heads when they saw Ian.

"Have you caught the murderer?" Ian asked aloud.

"No."

"Then why did they leave?"

"Catching the murderer is far less important than vying for the position of the new boss, isn't it?" Ian recognized that it was Granson's voice, "Except for Dorian, he is an orphan adopted by Boss Mogan, and he has always regarded Boss Mogan as an orphan." For father, only he stayed with a few people and vowed to avenge Boss Mogen, while the others left in a hurry."

"Then why do you still keep it?" Ian asked with a smile.

"I don't." Granson wanted to argue, but he changed his mind when the words came to his lips, "You are really insightful, I am indeed a member of the Black Falcon Mercenary Group.

I didn't leave because I don't think I have the capital to compete for the position of the new head of the mercenary group, and I think becoming the new head of the mercenary group is not as profitable as following you.

But I'm curious, how did you know that I belong to the Black Falcon Mercenary Group? "

"Two points, the first is your attitude on the issue of 'Black Flame Treasure'."

"My attitude?"

"From the very beginning, you seem to be sure that I hired you to do very dangerous things. I think you must have thought that I came here for the Blackfyre treasure?"

"Huh? You guessed it?" Granson admitted in surprise.

"So you didn't shy away from talking about the Blackfyre Treasure at the beginning, at that time you probably wanted to find out how much information I knew.

Then you suddenly discovered that I didn't know anything about the Blackfyre Treasure, so you immediately changed your attitude and became reluctant to talk about this issue.

All because you don't want another contender here for the Blackfyre treasure.

If you are really like what you said, you have already been excluded from the ranks of looking for the Ghost Thieves of White Wall City like Denzel, then you should welcome new competitors like me like him, only then You have a chance to get a piece of the action.

And if you don't, it means that you are either a member of the local Property Knights Alliance or a member of the Black Falcon Mercenary. "

Granson's throat felt a little dry.

"The second point is what you call Black Falcon."

"Everyone calls him Boss Morgan. He doesn't like the nickname Black Falcon, because the title 'Black Falcon' belongs to the position of the head of the mercenary regiment, not himself." Granson seemed to realize something, and immediately explain.

"I know this, for example, Martha and Jane have always called him the boss of Morgan, but they are just the shopkeepers of the inn, you are different, you are a knight, since Denzel has always been like me Calling him Black Falcon, why do you condescend to call another person the boss?"

"This, so you already guessed that I am Mo Blackfalcon's person? Then why did you choose to hire me?" Granson lost his voice.

"Didn't I say that? I'm not interested in Blackfyre's treasures. Since I have no conflict of interest with Blackfalcon, what does it matter if you belong to him or not? Originally in my plan, I was going to use To a large number of his people. It's just that the plan is now in vain, by the way, you will still serve me now, right?"

"I formally apologize for my previous deception, Sir Lucian, and if you will forgive me, my sword will be yours."

"You have my forgiveness, sir, but never lie to me a second time." After Ian finished speaking, he looked at Denzel again.

"Oh? I never lied to you, sir, I swear in the name of Queen Nymeria." The Dornishman said hastily.

Nymeria is the warrior queen of the Rhoynar people. In order to avoid the invasion of the Valyrian Empire, she led the Rhoynar people to sail westward and arrived in Dorne in many places.Later, he married Morse Martell, a Dornish man, and the two joined forces to unify the shattered Dorne.

In the hearts of the Dornish people, she has a very lofty status, and even women in Dorne enjoy the same inheritance rights as men because of this queen.

"I know you're not lying, my friend." Ian nodded and looked at Martha, "When will the inn resume normal business?"

"The mercenaries under Black Falcon smashed it up below, scaring away almost all the customers, but there are still spare tables in the warehouse, and the business in the store will soon return to normal, but those few have to worry about it. How to deal with the mercenaries who are revenged by the boss?"

"I can try to persuade them to leave." Sir Granson was ready to take up the task on his own initiative.

"Why let them go? They are also mercenaries, aren't they?"

"They only want to avenge Boss Morgan right now, so they can't be hired by you," Granson explained.

"But now," Ian narrowed his eyes slightly, "I'm also interested in the so-called Blackfire Treasure."

(End of this chapter)