The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 24 The Invisible Hand
  As a community of descendants of soldiers, Reger's neighborhood has been considered for attack from the beginning. The entire community has been considered as a fortress from the beginning. As long as the roads in it are blocked, it can become a fortress. .

It is also because of this layout that even after so many years, people in this neighborhood still remember their ancestors, and on this basis, their gangs were born.

The Targaryen family has many communities of this nature in King's Landing. Although most of these communities have deteriorated into gangs over time, they are still enough to serve as the cornerstone of the true dragon's rule. For three hundred years, the Targaryen family has been running King's Landing like an iron barrel.

After all, the two thousand men of the City Guard alone cannot control such a huge city, and the solution Targaryen is looking for is to set up this kind of community in King's Landing.

And when Reg asked his people to look for information, Hugo could only wait there. At the moment, the outside of the community was like a black box, and he had no idea what was going on.

In order to pass the time, Hu Ge read the books in his area. As a united military community and now a gang, they have a collective lobby. Hu Ge just looked at the books here. This lobby is very simple. It is probably just Bring it to the rally.

He was flipping through "The Establishment of the Capital Guard". This was the first time he had seen this book. It seemed to be old, and the things mentioned in it were also very interesting.

This book points out that in the era when the True Dragon Dynasty was still powerful, when Targaryen formed the capital guard, he massacred and purged the local forces that had grown up in King's Landing before. After purging them, he took the Dragon King family with him. The power of labels is starting to take over.

This book gave Hugo a deeper understanding of the situation in King's Landing, and a better understanding of why Robert was always hunting outside the city. The city was indeed full of "dragon stench", but he couldn't be tough. If you want to deal with it, you can only hide.

While Hu Ge was reading, Black Blade was silently polishing the sword in his hand. Some followers were also nervously arranging their equipment, and some asked the literate people in the team to write a suicide note.

Bishop Lu Chen couldn't stand being lonely and always wanted to talk to people to relieve his stress, but no one paid attention to him. Everyone had their own way of relieving stress. In the end, the bishop could only sit there in despair.

This scene was broken by Reghe who walked in with a grimace. The gang leader looked at the hall and walked up to Hu Ge. "Master Hu Ge, my subordinates brought back some information. I think you should take a look." ."

Hugo jumped up directly. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He had to know what was happening in King's Landing now, so he didn't notice the unnatural look on Reg's expression. However, as the man behind Reg appeared, he I also realized something was wrong.

The man who walked in was short and fat, wearing a half-length leather cloak, with a round, bald head under the hood. Then the man waved to Reg, and the gang leader stepped back with a look of awe. Seeing this, Hu Ge had a tacit understanding. He walked into the side room and asked a few of his cronies to follow him in. The man also followed in next.

He had a feeling that the person in front of him was not simple, and was probably the person he was thinking of.

"Hello, I'm sorry to see you in such an environment. If it were a better place, I would definitely treat you with etiquette more in line with your status." The voice was very soft, very different from his appearance. In line with, "I am Varys, and it is through the mercy of our great King that I am able to continue my role as Master of Intelligence."

These words seemed to sound like thunder around Hu Ge. Hu Ge never expected to see this person.

Varys, one of the most mysterious beings in the original novel, is also a master at playing with information gaps. Hugo decided to keep a distance from this person. The stage he had set for himself was not in Westeros. In this case, it was better to keep a distance from this person. But he didn't expect that he could actually see Wallis here, and he didn't expect that Wallis would take the initiative to see him.

"What are you here for?" Hu Ge didn't ask him how he found his words, because the eunuch would definitely not tell the truth, and there was no point listening to nonsense.

"Of course it's for the kingdom." Hu Ge directly showed a look of disbelief on his face, and Wallis showed a sad look, "Oh, eunuchs are so untrustworthy... But for the sake of the kingdom, these are all small things, I Don’t you want to know what happened in King’s Landing?”

Hugo immediately became serious. Understanding the information about King's Landing was the top priority now. Seeing this, Varys stopped showing off and began to tell.

"The initial cause of the incident was a surprise inspection conducted by the City Guard at the port. Our respectable guards in the City found a large number of weapons and equipment. Then the dock guild suddenly launched an attack. They killed the inspecting golden robe, and there was chaos. It also started from the docks, and then the Mountain, our brave knight under Lord Tywin, led his army into the city, and with his atrocities, chaos swept the entire King's Landing."

"The dock guild, the bakers guild, the cooper's guild... there are also several big gangs. They attacked the golden robe like crazy and fought with the army of the Magic Mountain. Some royal nobles also joined here. Amid the chaos, these rioters took control of the city gate and closed it."

The wharf, the baker, the cooper... they are all local snakes, which is really interesting. These families are all involved in this chaos, so no wonder King's Landing is like this.

Then, Varys's next words aroused Hugo's vigilance, "They have more weapons and equipment than imagined. Lord Hugo, my channels tell me that someone is distributing weapons to the most restless forces in King's Landing. equipment."

"What do you know about providing weapons?"

Hugo is very concerned about this matter. He has a hunch that this is the key to solving the current problem in King's Landing. Varys also said very simply, "My informant spent a lot of money to know the inside story. Lord Hugo, They told me that the people who provided the weapons were from the trading city-state area and were provided by the Pentos people."

Hu Ge was a little confused when he heard the word "Trading City-State District". Bishop Lu Chen gave a timely explanation, "It is the area where the residents of the Free Trade City-State live, Lord Hu Ge."

A free trading city? This word made Hugo frown. He was going on an expedition to the Free Trade City. Are the people from the Free Trade City providing weapons to the citizens of King's Landing? Hu Ge was very puzzled as to why those Easterners did this, but his mind became calm as he thought of his own influence. If turmoil breaks out in King's Landing due to the expeditionary force, the turmoil will definitely be used as attack material against the Eastern Expedition by those who oppose the expeditionary force. Even the king can change his view and think that the expeditionary force will pose a threat to his rule... In this case , the foundation of the expeditionary force's existence may even be threatened!
  And even if the king does not lose trust in the expeditionary force, if the turmoil is too big and the casualties in King's Landing are too many, then Robert may not have much energy to support the Eastern Expedition, which is also dangerous for his career. You know, his biggest financial sponsor now is the Iron Throne!
  The provision of weapons, the forces in the city, the riots... and the absence of the king and prime minister, the ambiguous attitude of the city guard, and Tywin's beast... Hugo felt that someone was controlling everything with a pair of invisible hands.

He felt that the crux of the matter was probably the Free Trade City people, but there was something puzzling about it. They couldn't hide their traces at all. The riots couldn't overthrow the Iron Throne, and they wouldn't have to be liquidated in the end.

This weirdness made Hu Ge feel more and more terrifying the more he thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt. He felt that the water was getting deeper and deeper. The most important thing to him was that if the person who led the riot succeeded, the expedition might not be successful. It fell into disrepair!
  The anxiety in his heart made Hugo stand up suddenly, and walked anxiously in front of everyone to relieve his mood. Everyone present looked at Hugo in confusion. They didn't understand why Hugo suddenly reacted like this. Only Wallis still smiled. Silent.

Think about it, Hugo, think about what can prove to solve the dilemma. Hugo is thinking hard about the solution. He needs to prove that the turmoil in King's Landing has nothing to do with the expeditionary force, so where should he start?

Suddenly, Hugo realized the key, those Free Trade City people who provided weapons! If we obtain evidence that the trading city-state provides weapons and equipment to the King's Landing forces, wouldn't it be equivalent to making a meritorious service to the kingdom, and wouldn't it mean that the expeditionary force would be taken away?

But then Hu Ge's mood became low. With the few people he had now, it would not be risking his life to go to the trading city-state area to find evidence.

No, no, no, don't be so hasty yet, Hugo warned himself, it would be better to get some more comprehensive information. After thinking about it, he looked at Varys, "Varys, do you have any information about the Magic Mountain and the Lake family's army?" ?”

Hu Ge still remembers the Magic Mountain and the Lake family army he saw at the Dragon Gate. Why this group of people entered King's Landing is currently a mystery, and Hu Ge also needs to understand what this group of people is about.

"As soon as the Magic Mountain and Amochi came in, they massacred various major guilds, which led to a fierce reaction from the guilds. As for the Lake family and Lord Hugo, they are flying the banner of Targaryen. The dock guild has announced that They cooperated and other forces followed suit.”

Hearing this, Hu Ge immediately felt a strong sense of powerlessness. Why did the restoration of the previous dynasty even happen? What is going on in King's Landing now?

However, although the situation was messy, Hu Ge's idea remained unchanged, that is, he must find a way to exonerate the expeditionary force from its responsibility.

At present, it seems that dispatching troops from outside the city is undoubtedly the best way, but now the embarrassing thing is that he cannot contact the expeditionary force outside the city. Even if the old sparrow sends people into King's Landing to get him according to his instructions, Don't know where I am. Hu Ge felt powerless as never before. Damn it, he was actually in such a troublesome situation...

Hu Ge took several deep breaths in succession to calm down his emotions, distinguish what was important at the moment, and made contact with the expeditionary force outside the city his first priority. If the expeditionary force outside the city could come in, then the matter would not be so critical.

Thinking of this, he looked at the eight-clawed spider in front of him. At present, this guy was the only one who could provide a channel. Noticing Hugo's gaze, Varys showed that sweet smile again, "What can I serve? , Lord Hu Ge?”

"Lord Varys, can you contact the expeditionary force outside the city?"

Hugo looked at Wallis's eyes, hoping to see something in those eyes, but how could the Octopus Spider express its thoughts easily? It seemed impossible to analyze this guy's emotions.

"I can only say that I will try my best." The eunuch said.

"Then it's up to you, Lord Varys."

When Hugo finished speaking, suddenly, there was a noise outside. Just when everyone present's attention was attracted, Hugo heard a sentence that made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"That Hugo is right here. Brothers, kill him. Once he dies, no one will replace us!"

After these words, there were loud shouts of death. There was already a fighting outside, and it seemed that the fighting was fierce.

Finally, Hugo looked at Wallis again, "Warys, what are you doing?"

"For the kingdom." Varys repeated again, the eunuch's eyes were full of seriousness, "I tried hard to prevent the chaos from breaking out, but the power in my hands was still too weak. The king and the prime minister were hiding outside, trying to stay away from this government. The mess. So, Lord Hu Ge, I am here to find you. You can go about your business and I will try my best to help you."

"What do you mean?" Hugo was keenly aware of what Wallis was implying, and that "politics from many sources" was very concerning.

Varys is one of the top conspirators in Westeros and the person with the strongest ability to obtain information in King's Landing. He cannot talk useless nonsense - of course, he may be misleading himself, but Hugo still has to listen.

Facing Hu Ge's question, the eunuch just made a non-discussable expression, "You will understand later, now is not the time, oh, the noise outside is getting louder and louder, Mr. Hu Ge, it seems that you are needed over there. ."

(End of this chapter)