The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 28 Braavos Trader

Hu Ge's team did not stay in the trading city-state area for long. After getting what they wanted, they quickly left the place, taking with them all kinds of seized documents and the arrested people.

These Pentos people obviously didn't expect someone to catch them so soon. They reacted extremely slowly and were even pushed to the ground by the knight. Most of them didn't understand what was going on.

After all, there are too many foreigners involved in the trading city-state area. Just arresting people suddenly is fine. If they stay here for a long time, there may be some problems.

If it brings more trouble to the Iron Throne, there may be some trouble in the future.

After Hugo left, the trading city-state area quickly returned to calm. Except for the Pantos people, everyone was still doing what they should do. The relationship between the various trading city-states was not good, and it was only Pantos anyway. People suffered heavy losses and it had nothing to do with them.

In the guild hall belonging to the Braavos people, officials and assassins from the Secret City began to discuss what had just happened.

"There is a problem with the plan. The Pentos people were just captured by Hu Ge's people. Are you sure there is nothing wrong with those documents? If they are found to be fake, it may bring some trouble to Neptune."

The speaker stood by the curtain, carefully observing the scene outside. He hid his figure behind the window and never exposed his whole body. He was wearing the clothes of a Braavos colonial official, and his identity was easy to reveal. He was Braavos. Voth's colonial governor in King's Landing.

"You can rest assured. The Faceless Men did it. It's absolutely foolproof. Even the cheesemongers in Pentos didn't find the problem. How could these stupid Westeros people find it?"

The person sitting on the recliner said leisurely. Compared to the steward, he was dressed much more casually. His figure was thin, and his close-fitting clothes made him look more capable. There was a thorn hanging on his waist. sword.

"Well, we have to discuss how to deal with this Hugo. Where are the Faceless Men? They should take action."

The chief said anxiously, and a dangerous color flashed in the thin man's eyes, "That's not something you can inquire about, Lunt, do what you should do."

"Do what I should do? Uthello, the plan failed. I suggest that we discuss the failure of the plan. After all, Neptune must see your and my reports, so can you tell me the full plan? ? According to the procedure, I should have known this a long time ago. You always do things secretly, and I only saw some parts of this matter from beginning to end. "

Lunt's words caused boredom to flash in the eyes of the man named Uthello. He didn't want to tell this man about their plan. A layman would always add opinions without knowing anything, but things have developed into what they are now, and there is no hiding it. necessary.

And as he said, it is convenient for him to write a report, which will be sent to Neptune's desk as a reference for Neptune's evaluation of their actions. This is his responsibility.

So Uthello calmed down and talked about the plan, "The plan is to pass false orders to the Pentos Chamber of Commerce in King's Landing, in the name of preventing the expeditionary force from crossing the sea, and let them provide weapons manufacturing for the restless local forces in King's Landing. After this chaos, the Pentos people will definitely be expelled by the Iron Throne, and Braavos can occupy this empty market. At the same time, if the damage caused by the chaos in King's Landing is large enough, the Iron Throne will have no intention of supporting the so-called Eastern Expedition and collapse. The first step of the expeditionary force plan has been completed. Next, if we deal with Hu Ge, the expeditionary force will definitely be completely disintegrated."

"Then both goals failed. I told you why you looked so bad when you heard that the rebels under the Red Fort were defeated. It turns out that this is your so-called profession."

Lunt did not hesitate to laugh at the failure of the person in front of him. Faced with the superior's ridicule, Utherault did not pay attention at all, because he would not waste time on meaningless sarcasm.

"If you ask me, just follow the old plan and just kill that Hu Ge. That was my opinion from the beginning, but you are going to use this guy to kill two birds with one stone. Now, there is nothing left. , I will indicate this in the report to Neptune."

Braavos has always monitored Westeros. Hugo once wondered why there was no expedition eastward to the Andas homeland given the current situation in Westeros. The core reasons are these. Braavos people.

Braavos is very concerned about the west. When the Seven Gods or the noble lords want to start a wave of returning to the east, the Faceless Men belonging to Braavos will use a precise assassination and clever provocation and Guidance to end the fanaticism stirred up.

Andas has never been a peaceful land. If the Andals here get help from their compatriots across the sea, and even Westeros gets involved in the political situation of the Eastern Continent, then for Braavos, the situation will undoubtedly change. Bad direction.

"Lunt, don't exaggerate the facts for me here. The purpose of ostracizing Pantos has been achieved. It is estimated that it will not take long for the reckless king on the Iron Throne to come back and expel the cheesemongers. As for Hugo, he only needs to be clean once." It's just a neat assassination and the aftermath, the faceless men have already taken action." Uthello was also a little annoyed when he heard this, and his tone became harsh.

"Then you hope that the Faceless Men can deal with that Hu Ge cleanly."

Lunt's tone was a bit resentful, but he also knew that he was venting his anger. He could doubt many things, but the ability of the Faceless Man could not be doubted. The believers of the Thousand Faced God had never let Braavos down.

. While the people of Braavos were discussing, Hugo was leading the mercenary knights through the streets of King's Landing. No one could be seen on the streets of King's Landing now. The citizens of King's Landing were considered "battle-hardened", so they all hid at home. , only dared to look at the situation outside through the crack in the door. He would tremble when a large group of people passed by, which reminded them of some bad memories, for fear that soldiers would break into their home.

Looking across the empty streets, Hugo's thoughts didn't stop for a moment. He was thinking about how to deal with the returning king and the mistress of the Red Castle he might face.

However, just as he was concentrating his thoughts, he suddenly felt a strong pain in his right hand. Hugo immediately stopped his horse. His behavior almost caused the knights following him to fall off their horses, but at least everyone was shocked. Stopped dangerously.

"Lord Hugo?"

Someone asked tentatively, while Hu Ge looked around with a little horror. There was a birthmark like a seven-pointed star on his hand, which appeared on his hand when he came to this world.

And the pain of the seven-pointed star only meant one thing, and that was danger. He had escaped several dangers by relying on this when he fell into the grass in the river. But now the question is where does the danger come from. What Hugo sees is a piece of extremely ordinary King's Landing buildings. They are all classic King's Landing poor houses. There is no difference at all.

The seven-pointed star would not lie to him. Hu Ge thought like this and put the shield hanging on the saddle on his chest. Seeing this, many knights also followed suit. Since Mr. Hu Ge raised his shield, it must mean that there are enemies nearby.

"Sir, what's going on?" The knight who was closest pulled down his visor and looked around vigilantly. Hugo did not answer immediately. He was focused on looking for possible enemies, but found nothing. .

Since he couldn't find anything suspicious, Hu Ge began to wonder if there was something wrong with the mark on his hand. It had been some time since the last mark appeared, but he gave up the idea in a blink of an eye. The mark had never let him down. .

But there was no way to stay frozen here. Thinking this way, Hu Ge put down the shield in his hand slightly, and then at this moment, he suddenly felt something flying from the front.

Because Hu Ge's spirit had been tense, he subconsciously raised his shield. Then Hu Ge felt a heavy blow on the shield. The force transmitted through the shield made him a little stunned.

And this was just the beginning. Then several more crossbow arrows flew towards Hugo and hit the shield. Wood chips flew everywhere. Moreover, the horse under Hugo was hit by the crossbow arrows. Hugo was knocked off the horse as the horses neighed. .

However, after falling, Hu Ge did not forget that he was being assassinated, and immediately hid behind the horse's corpse.

The mercenary knights also reacted at this time. The knights quickly formed a shield wall in front of Hugo to protect Hugo. Then a few reckless knights rode their horses directly towards the place where the crossbow arrows were fired.

However, the assassin they were looking for had retreated. The assassin skillfully put away the special crossbow and fled along the already familiar road. The escaping assassin was filled with shock.

The target first stopped suddenly in front of his intended shooting area, forcing him to shoot at targets outside the shooting area, but that was okay. This was taken into account when planning. Just shoot outside the shooting area.

But the next development surprised him even more. According to his shooting, the target should be hit by one arrow, and one arrow is enough. Each crossbow arrow has deadly poison, which is enough to make the arrow hit. The man died in pain a few days later, but it turned out that the man's shield and horse blocked all the crossbow arrows.

As a faceless man who serves the God of Many Faces, the assassin will not regard this scene as the target's luck. Where can there be so much luck?

Every assassination is a sacrifice to the Thousand-Faced God. They are all fatal kills after thorough preparation. They are all carried out under the watchful eye of the Thousand-Faced God. No matter how small the probability is, they have been considered.

There are only two possibilities for the failed assassination. One is that the target is the Favored One of the Thousand-Faced God, but this valley man who has never left Westeros has absolutely nothing to do with the Thousand-Faced God.

The other is that the target is favored by other gods, and the gods intervene. This is something that the faceless people have experienced before, and the tendency of the faceless people is this possibility.

Judging from the target information, the one that could be related to him was the Seven Gods who had always been regarded as powerless. When the Faceless Man recalled his experience during the assassination, he did find some weak strange feelings, which were related to what he had obtained. It's similar when empowered by the Many-Faced God, but it feels completely different.

The Faceless Man has no intention of completing this assassination. He must return to Braavos as soon as possible. The House of Black and White must know this important news. As for the assassination, let them decide after Sea King knows it.

In this way, the faceless man disappeared into the streets of King's Landing, heading to the trading city area, where there were ships for him to leave, and he had to get on his way quickly.

(End of this chapter)