King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 177 Resisting strictness and going home for the New Year

Igor guessed the beginning, but missed end.

He had expected that oneself would be interrogated or investigated for reporting to Tyrion, but what didn't expect was—a bunch of rhetoric prepared by oneself had no time to be used, and was sent directly. Into the prison of the Red Keep for nearly a week!
Five days, six days? Or five and a half days? In the dimly lit cell, the sense of the ebbing of time becomes blurred, and the only thing to be thankful for is that oneself is locked up with a bunch of Lannisters - as "political prisoners" and hostages, before Iron Throne officially goes to war with the Westerlands, The pay isn't too bad.

Judging by the reactions of the Lion Family on the same floor or the inmates who swore allegiance to the Lion Family, 90 percent of them were truly unaware of Cersei's incestuous behavior and her treasonous plans. Some of them kept complaining in the cell, some roared and roared, wanted this and that, and swore to go out to make the person who caught oneself look good; others were drained of Soul and sat in the corner of the allocated bed. , sitting silently as if waiting for death; apart from the extremes of movement and stillness, what Igor thinks is the most remarkable are those who seem to have nothing to do, eat and chat, and sleep when tired... regard the cell as a bedroom that can't be freely left. people.

In the cell where Igor is in, there is such a freak. After a few days, Night's Watch, who has nothing to do but chat, has made friends with one of oneself's roommates. . Lannister is too rich, and the rich generally need to settle accounts more than the poor. The identity of the oneself roommate is House Lannister's accountant in the King's Landing Chamber of Commerce. Igor learned from him that House Lannister and its affiliates The Westerlands forces, having swallowed and digested King's Landing's total wealth of the staggering hundreds of thousands of Golden Dragons, Iron Throne already have the starting capital to wage a war on the Westerlands... not to mention the hostages.

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“The Prime Minister arrested hundreds of people this time, at least a few dozen of them with noble status.” Humfrey Hisham, Igor’s new prisoner friend, said: “ The people of the Westerlands have always been valuable, and each person does not have a ransom of hundreds or thousands. I am afraid that it is impossible to get it. This is another tens of thousands of Golden Dragons." Up to now, the assets are only tens of thousands of Golden Dragons, most of which are debts and investors' money: "This is a war, if the army of six countries is besieging the Westerlands... tens of thousands of Golden Dragons will burn out in a few days. "

"Indeed, but don't forget, the fortunes in the castles captured by wars belong to the attackers. The Westerlands has many gold mines and is very rich. It is the easiest place for the Seven Kingdoms other than Reach." The target of 'war to support war'." Humfrey sighed: "Thanks to Duke Tywin, few people dare to touch the brains of Westerners' money, but if Iron Throne takes the lead, the hard bones will become fat in an instant, Ai Lord De just need to say, 'The wealth in the castle is all owned by the conqueror oneself.' Then the princes and soldiers of the six kingdoms will rush faster than anyone else... If House Lannister refuses to surrender and has no coup to deal with, he will be destroyed. It's just a matter of time."

Igor thought for a moment, and found that it was true, and couldn't help but worry: if oneself took a huge risk to cover Tyrion's escape, in the end House Lannister still lost the war...then Isn't it a pain in the ass?

"Humfrey, will your family pay the ransom for you?"

"My surname is Hisham, I am an illegal child, and my mother passed away early, who will pay for me? Ransom?"

"Where's your father?"

Humfrey doesn't seem to want to name the father, maybe not: "Some great character in Lanisport."

"What happens to civilian prisoners who are not paid for ransom?" This question was purely personal curiosity of Igor.

"There are only established rules among nobles, and commoners can't enjoy it... If there is a war, those with the status of Knight or above are eligible to be captured. A nobody like me will either die or be incorporated on the spot. Usually you can't enjoy a prison vacation." Humfrey scratched his head: "As for the current situation, it may depend on how things develop next. If the king easily captures the Westerlands, he may be in a good mood. You have to lose your head or be a coolie somewhere."

"If you are desperate, you can try putting on black clothed, at least you can save your life."

"Hi... The Wall, whoever likes to go to that hellish place.”

Igor wanted to say that oneself is the chief logistics officer and can cover you, but thinking that oneself is also Thrown Into Prison at the moment, how can he be qualified to make a big statement .

The conversation between the two was a little dry, and the topic came to an end, so they stopped talking, and sat quietly for a while, when footsteps were heard outside the door, and soon, the jailer brought a Winterfell guard who couldn't be more familiar. When I came to the outside of the cell, I unlocked the door and said, "Prisoner Igor West, come out, the prime minister wants to see you." , in Humfrey's somewhat envious eyes, got out of the cell with Hyle.

With some "movement-restricting objects" on his hands and feet, Igor followed Hyle to the Prime Minister's office, walked into the door, and saw oneself's biggest backer, who was also the one who ordered the arrest of oneself... ...and the "disciple" Arya standing next to oneself, the girl winked smugly at Igor, as if to say with an expression: "I saved you, are you touched?"

"Stark Your lord." In front of Ed, Igor dared not make eye contact with his daughter. Standing at the table, greeted, and waited for the great character to speak first.

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"After being locked up for a few days, it's time to clear your mind." The Prime Minister looked up at Night's Watch, and said indifferently: "I know that oneself committed a crime. What's the matter?"

It turned out that oneself was not forgotten in prison.

The person will be locked up for a few days, and then he will say, "Do you know what happened to oneself?" If this is an ordinary person, I am afraid that the legs will be so soft in an instant that they will confess all the mistakes that oneself has made in eight lifetimes. It came out... But Igor is a modern person who has read a lot of popular science books on psychology, and has experienced the storm in King's Landing. Although this trick is the first time he has experienced it personally, he also knows the routine.

even more how, Edd still had Arya present, which made this interrogation less scary at all.

(He didn't plan to do anything to oneself.) Igor intuition that oneself's previous judgment was correct. The moment he watched Tyrion leave, he was thinking about how to deal with today's interrogation, and the final countermeasures could be To sum it up in one sentence: Resist strictness and go home for the New Year.

Pretending to be aggrieved, Igor spoke according to the plan he had already made: "My lord, I did kill two people that night...but they did it first, and I was forced to. Self-defense."

Playing stupid? Ed did not expect Igor to make this move, and frowned, the boy in front of him was too cunning, and he blocked what oneself had to say: "It's not this one."

"It's not this one. ?" Igor opened his mouth and looked confused: "Which one is that? Please tell me."

"The day Ser Alliser sent the ghoul into King's Landing, you accompanied him into the Red Keep , and left halfway, where did you go, what did you do?"

"It turned out to be this, such an adult. At that time, when I saw a big mess in the Red Keep, I suddenly remembered that Miss Arya would often go out of town to Night's. Watch where the recruits were trained to find someone to practice sword techniques, and it was with Imp. I was worried that she would be taken hostage by Tyrion Lannister, so I hurried out of the city and went to pick her up from the city!"

"Arya didn't have her that day! Let's practice sword techniques."

"Master doesn't know!" Arya interjected, "Even my oneself was stopped by Modan Septa that morning, and I knew you wouldn't let me leave the Tower of the Hand. Is it good!"

Ed looked at Arya dissatisfied, and the girl realized that oneself shouldn't take the initiative to speak for Igor, pouted, and said no more.

The Prime Minister turned around and continued to stare at Igor: "You may not know, but the guards I sent to the gate said they told you that Arya didn't leave the Red Keep."

"Red Keep has a side door, my lord." Igor said seriously, since the Night's Watch industry became popular, he hasn't trembling with fear for a long time, for fear of saying the wrong thing: "Now that I think about it, I can indeed go to Tower of the Hand. Asking Miss Arya where she is going... But at the time of the emergency, I thought: In case Arya is out of town, it will waste a lot of time to ask around. I don't dare to risk your daughter's safety, I just decided, even if go on an errand for nothing, and go out of town first."

"putting it that way, you're kind, but I'm the one who blames you? Well, explain, why Tyrion arrived when you arrived. After leaving the Night's Watch Industrial Park outside the city, you immediately rode away? Why did you deceive the soldiers of the garrison who rushed to capture, and Tyrion left by boat?"

Ed looked directly at Igor's He raised his eyes and asked his tone of voice one by one, gradually becoming fiercer: "There was no ship leaving for Casterly Rock that day! I know, there are rumors in King's Landing that my North Guardian and Winterfell Lord is the big backer of Night's Watch, and will always help. With you guys, this time I'll tell them that I don't have anyone's backing! Joining Night's Watch, my previous sins will be written off, but I went to King's Landing in black cloth and committed crimes again, do you really think that the world has no right to judge Night's Watch ', no one can do anything to you? No such good things!"

The remark that Hand of the King is the backer of Night's Watch is indeed widely circulated in King's Landing, whether Ed admits it or not. , his existence is the biggest help for the Night's Watch industry to develop so rapidly... Could it be that Eddard Stark cherishes feathers to such an extent that just to prove this statement is not true, he took oneself to the knife, killing the chicken to warn the monkey, Oneself off for the King's Landing people?
Igor doesn't dare to think too much, even if the guess is true, oneself is impossible to take revenge on Eddard Stark in anger.

"My lord, Tyrion wants to go back to Casterly Rock because Janos Slynt arrested him in front of the public at Linhe Gate that morning, and was bumped into by Ser Jaime and your guard Captain, who arrived later, and almost made a scene. After the incident, Ser Jaime turned his head and went back to the Red Keep, and Tyrion said at the time that he planned to return to Casterly Rock City today - this is not a decision I tipped him to make provisionally!" As for why he gave the garrison The soldiers of the team pointed the wrong way, it would be easier to explain, Igor looked innocent: "I don't really know if there was a ship going to Casterly Rock that day, I just correct the last sentence Tyrion said to me before leaving. The soldiers in the garrison just told the truth, there is no guarantee that the Lord is true or false."

Speaking of someone, Arya was also indignant: "That is, if you want to blame that shit Slynt, stupid, fat and fat. If you are lecherous, it will lead to bad things! And father, you also said, Night's Watch must not interfere in Seven Kingdoms affairs, and my master can't stop Imp from letting him run away!"

Arya should not be left here , Ed thought, just relying on one's own preferences, it is really ignorant to turn to outsiders. He remained unmoved, his arms crossed his chest, and he sat there quietly staring at Igor, without saying a word, but with a straight face, with a "I'll be watching you quietly acting cool" expression.

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Igor knows that this is putting psychological pressure on oneself through silence. Once oneself starts to think wildly because of this atmosphere, the other party’s goal will be achieved, and once the psychological defense line Shaking begins to appear... Then there is no need to say more about what will happen next.

The way to deal with this kind of psychological tactic is very simple, as long as you insist on what oneself said, without any hesitation in his demeanor and words, in the case that Ed can't produce evidence, oneself will be able to get out of trouble smoothly, Go home and sleep today!
I knew it in my heart, but when the silence really lasted for a period of time, Igor had no choice but to find out: a oneself who can't meditate or meditation, standing in front of a great character such as the Prime Minister of Seven Kingdoms who can decide the fate of oneself, waiting for the other party Deciding to stay with oneself, I really have no ability to relax and think about nothing.

He gradually began to realize that oneself's previous self-confidence was actually based on two foundations: the first is the "innocence inference" that only exists in modern times, that is - if there is no evidence to prove that oneself gave Tyrion By tipping off the information and helping him escape, Ed can't convict oneself; the second is that Ed will let oneself go even if he is suspicious if it proves that beyond the wall Others and ghouls threaten North .

But actually? In the world of the feudal lord era of the Ice and Fire World, people like oneself who do not have aristocratic status are lucky to be able to go through the step of "trial". With so many people entering the prison this time, how can there be time for trial one by one? Ed wants to punish oneself without proof at all. As for the threat of beyond the wall, under the circumstance that Edd is firmly in the position of Prime Minister and can mobilize the resources of the Seven Kingdoms in principle, the power of the Night's Watch industry is really not enough...

Even if Edd is lawful The guy insists on doing everything by the rules, there is no evidence to convict oneself of any crime, but just suspicion and dissatisfaction with oneself... is enough for him to say hello to Mormont and drive oneself back north to guard the Wall - and as Night's Watch A member, if "organizationally" asks oneself to return to the base camp to do business, oneself can't say a word of objection.

Oneself's life is guaranteed, but if he is forced to return to the Wall and hand over the Night's Watch industry to others, it would be better to die.

The cold sweat came out of her pores again, Arya seemed to see that Igor was in trouble, relying on oneself as her daughter, she once again acted coquettishly: "father, the master can answer all your questions. Now, if you don't have anything else to say, you can let him go!"

Time passed by, Eddard Stark's expression tightened for a while without Igor changing his mouth or admitting his mistake, and finally his face relaxed, Shaking his head helplessly: "Okay, this time, it's only tentatively that I wronged you, Hyle, get the key and let him go."

This is the end? Igor was relieved and was about to say "thank you", but the moment he opened his mouth, his heart moved. Could this be a trap?

"My lord, the word 'tentatively' is difficult to accept. I cannot accept forgiveness for what oneself has not done. If I can't prove my innocence, please lock me back and continue the investigation. This matter."

"You have something wrong, master!" Arya exclaimed, staring.

Ed grinned, this kid... oneself originally concluded that Igor did this, but at this chaotic juncture, he didn't have the energy to investigate and collect evidence for such a trivial matter. Seeing that oneself once misunderstood Igor as a liar, and he has done a lot of real things for Night's Watch Legion, he will spare him this time after a few days of warning and beating. But now that he is so stubborn and assertive, Ed is not so sure in his heart.

Perhaps, oneself was influenced by the "Others Incident" prejudice and wronged him?
"Okay, I corrected. After investigation, I declare in the name of King Robert that Night's Watch Igor West did not intervene in the internal affairs of Seven Kingdoms this time, and was acquitted. If you are satisfied with this answer, there is nothing else. If you don't, go back quickly."

"Thank you, sir."

This matter is finally over, Igor felt helpless, and without any evidence, he still took him with him. The injured oneself was locked in the prison for a few days without being asked. When it was released, oneself had to express gratitude. This is power... I don't know when oneself can make the great character in front of him dare not despise it so much?
Unshackled, Igor thanked Hyle and left the Prime Minister's office rubbing his wrists. Behind him, Arya caught up, her face full of excitement: "Master...good job! I admire you more and more, no matter what others think, I support you, Tyrion is not a bad person!"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's really none of my business."

"Don't worry, I understand." Arya winked at him, with a look on her face that we knew the secret. expression.

Tyrion is definitely not a bad guy, but oneself tipping him off to help him escape is both a violation of Night's Watch discipline and the law, which has nothing to do with "bad or bad". Arya, a little child, doesn't understand such things, but Igor oneself can't help but be horrified: even a little girl guessed that Tyrion was able to escape was oneself's "credit". Because Ed is from North, he is too confident.

The reason why oneself can be released is that the "refuse to admit" strategy has little credit. The more reason is that oneself is disguised as a "loyal Night's Watch logistics officer", and that Only the ghoul's credit.

It is also fortunate that Robert didn't die. Oneself was judged by Ed, who was impartial and human. If it was Stannis' rigid temperament, oneself would be extremely unlucky this time.

Anyway, Igor doesn't regret helping Tyrion escape. But people always have to learn a lesson. With the experience of this prison disaster, he at least remembered one thing: he can no longer arbitrarily predict the possible behavior of Ed's great character at this level based on his "familiarity".

"Master, there is one more thing." Arya hopped to accompany him to the gate of the Red Keep: "The father said that King's Landing may not be peaceful for a while recently... don't let me go out of the Red Keep again. In sword technique class, I found a small secret passage to go out, and when the time comes I will quietly find you!”

(Is it Arya too good at drilling around, or is this Westeros really a pill? Red Keep as Royal Family Jubao, the secret passage that went out can be found by the little child?!) Igor was startled and looked solemn: "No, if you do this, I am afraid that your father will really drive me back to Wall, You won't see me again! Go back and tell your father about secret passage, and let him find someone to seal it up."

"Aiya - but it's really boring in Red Keep." Arya shook Shaking his head: "And that secret passage was originally sealed by an iron gate, but I am thin, so I can squeeze through the crack."

"It's really going to kill you...don't be afraid to get stuck in it. Stark to death? Want to practice swordsmanship, find your father's guards, and don't mess around." Leaving Tower of the Hand, no longer surrounded by House Stark's guards, Igor relaxed a little: "You dare to run out of secret passage. Red Keep came to me, not only will I not accompany you to practice swordsmanship, but I will also spank you and send you back."

"Hmph, if you don't come, you won't come...I won't tell you!"

"This is for your safety. It's true that the city is not peaceful these days. I won't hurt you father and master." Igor said earnestly, rubbing his beard and slag's chin, Seeing that oneself actually said such old-fashioned words, he shook his head: "Okay, just send it here, you are not allowed to step out of the Red Keep, master oneself will go back."

"che, save you in vain. It's over." Arya felt that oneself's good intentions were not rewarded, she became angry, and did not say goodbye, she turned her head and returned to the Tower of the Hand.

Igor reluctantly sighed, what oneself said just now is for your own good, it won't hurt you or anything... I heard from my parents when I was a child, what oneself thought at that time, I guess Arya is just a general feeling, everyone from this age.

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The atmosphere of Red Keep inner Qi is awe-inspiring. On the city wall and between buildings, there are soldiers with a mix of gray robes and golden robes, walking with long spears and crossbows. Going around on patrol, even the gate is guarded by a roughly 1:2 mix of House Stark guards and garrison soldiers. Here, Igor unexpectedly sees several people in the Night's Watch industry, including Ser Alliser, Nina, and security team Captain Gerolds.

How is this possible, if the intelligence organization of the Night's Watch industry can be so hands-on, and the people under oneself get the news that oneself is about to be released and come to pick up oneself, how can Tyrion not be until the day of the accident? run away?

is it possible that is to keep oneself here every day? Igor was a little moved, but this would go wrong.

"Your Majesty!" Nina saw him from afar and called out.

Igor walked over, smiled and greeted a group of black clothed persons, "Why are you here?"

"The trial of former garrison commander Janos Slynt Today, we, as whistleblowers and witnesses, were asked to come to court." Nina couldn't hide her joy at seeing Igor released, explaining: "It's a pity that the guards won't let you in because it's too early."

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[I forgot to update it yesterday, the six-thousand-word chapter is here, let’s pretend nothing happened. ]

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