King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 178 First Entry into the Throne Room

"The trial is in the afternoon, what are you doing so early ?" For those wearing black clothed, House Stark's guards always have a natural friendliness plus one, a gray robe guard kindly said: "Don't stand at the door of the Red Keep, we have to pay attention to you. Sun is so basking, Everyone is tired, go find a place to eat and come back!"

"We're done." Nina replied, but her reaction was quick: "But Mr. Igor certainly didn't! Let's go, let's go. Find a place to eat."

A group of people accompanied the acquitted Igor to the nearest restaurant to Red Keep, ordered a few good dishes, and "washed the dust" for him.

Several people watching, eating alone, the scene is a bit weird. Fortunately, all Igor's subordinates except Ser Alliser were present, so there was nothing to be polite. Drinking wine and eating meat, Igor asked casually, "In the past two days when I was away, the operation of the industry...isn't there any problem."

"Sir, you have already greeted me , so the industry maintains its normal operation, but during the period, it cooperated with the investigation of Janos Slynt and Tyrion Lannister by Prime Minister Ed-sama." Nina sat at the side of the table, pouring wine for him obediently and diligently, admiring and seeing his joy exhibit one's feelings in one's speech : "Although you left for a little longer than I said before, we finally held back and didn't have any random thoughts to rescue you."

"you did good ." Purge the Lannister forces In King's Landing, Ed's control is almost absolutely dominant. In this case, trying to fish for oneself will not only have no results, but once Edd is disgusted, it may make a mess. After squatting in prison for a few days obediently and obediently, Ed did not let oneself out? Igor initially only used Nina as a helper and secretary, but after discovering that this smart girl never messed up anything oneself told her to do, he began to trust her more and more: "Ser Alliser, they are testifying, so what about you? According to me I know, you and Slynt are old acquaintances."

"It's an old acquaintance, so I came to see, he and you 'opposed'... what happened." Alliser replied angrily: " As a member of House Thorne, Knight who has been anointed with holy oil, I am qualified to enter the Red Keep to sit in on this trial without your consent."

"Yes, yes, I am indeed qualified, but I am the logistician. Officer, don't meddle with Castle Black's Instructor." Igor laughed: "But there is one thing I need to correct, Slynt is not against me, but against 'us' - the interests of the Night's Watch industry, Legion."

Alliser snorted turned his head away, seemingly disapproving of Igor's wordplay.

When words get sour, adding words is useless, the relationship between the two was not very good when they were in Castle Black, and they won't be relieved just because they changed places. So, there will be no more communication in the next time, and Igor's mouth after eating a few Heavenly Prison rice is indeed a little light, voraciously solved the lunch, sat and rested for a few minutes, decided not to go home, and talked with Nina and Gerolds and the others, first watch the good show of the trial of their own enemies.

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After leaving for two hours and returning to the Red Keep again, the gates finally began to open to those involved in the trial.

As the former commander of the Capital Guard, Janos Slynt, familiar to most of the residents of King's Landing, is qualified to be personally judged by the Master of Laws within the Red Keep. In order to demonstrate the dignity of the law and the fairness of the trial, it is customary for this kind of judicial activity to allow or even encourage the participation of civil representatives with status, status, and invited civilians.

Igor was not of noble birth, nor had he been knighted or invited by the Master of Laws, so he could not participate in this trial...but during the days he was imprisoned, the people in King's Landing However, public opinion has quietly changed: he is still the famous "Others Killer", but with the ghoul's entry into the city and the spread of rumors of "Night's Watch Industry Boss overthrowing the commander of the garrison", this nickname has changed from being full of ridicule. The taste gradually began to become respectful.

Once, the "Fantasy Adventures of Night's Watch" made him a well-known braggart and big talker in the Seven Kingdoms, the only real "Battle of the Others" in the whole story, was Countless people brought it up as a handle and evidence for the false content. But as Eddard Stark summoned nobles and celebrities from all over King's Landing to observe the real ghouls, the wind turned 180 degrees.

A Night's Watch that crossed the Sunset Sea to Westeros, killed Others, and had an amazing martial skill. During these days Igor obediently and honestly squatting in prison, he has become a Legendary in the eyes of countless King's Landing and Crownlands residents without oneself knowing.

As something called "reputation" that is difficult to measure by numbers quietly accumulates, in the eyes of ordinary House Stark guards and soldiers of the garrison, he has changed from an ordinary Night's Watch to an ordinary Night's Watch. Unusual great character. When he, wearing a black jacket and Alliser Thorne, entered through the Red Keep gate with several witnesses from the Night's Watch industry with their heads held high, the guards who knew him didn't notice anything wrong and let him go without any obstruction or questioning. went in.

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Of course, if the Red Keep can enter, Maegor's Holdfast in the castle, where the king lives and recuperates, they don't even have the qualifications to approach. Under the surveillance of a large number of guards along the way arranged by Ed, the observers and witnesses who entered the Red Keep had no chance to run around, and could only follow a fixed route and were introduced to the throne room, where the trial was held.

Limited by the terrain of Aegon's High Hill, Red Keep is not large in scale, and there is no space to build or set up a place for judicial activities. Therefore, the court is generally replaced by the throne room, which is why the trial The reason why it usually takes place in the afternoon—Ed used this place to go to court in the morning to meet ministers and petitioners on behalf of the king. At noon, people hurry up to move tables, chairs, plaintiffs, witness boxes and other facilities and utensils. Good for a trial.

Walking into the throne room transformed into a temporary court, Igor's resentment against Ed for shutting oneself up for nearly a week disappeared in an instant - this is the real trial, compared to this, The "trial" in which oneself was called to the prime minister's office in the morning, questioned and released on the spot after a few words, was as gentle as a joke among his own family... No matter how hard Ed put on his face, how fair and incorruptible he thought he was, But he is a gentle man at the bottom of his heart. In fact, he is the biggest supporter of Night's Watch, and he favors and protects the interests of Night's Watch and its industry. Before this incident, there will be no change after it happened.

Soon, Igor realized again: oneself was entering this legendary hall for the first time. But what is disappointing is that he did not see the legendary throne made of dragon flames - because the king and the prime minister have determined not to preside over this trial, and the Master of Laws is not qualified to sit on the Iron Throne, in order to avoid visual In embarrassment, the person who arranged the venue covered it with a cloth curtain, and instead used a large wooden chair in front of it as the judge's seat.

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Janos Slynt has offended a lot of people, but unfortunately few of them are great characters, who hate him so much that they gnash the teeth and want to see him lose his head. Ten million, unfortunately most of them are not eligible to enter Red Keep. People from all walks of life stepped into the throne room one after another, but in the end, only a little more than half of the auditorium was filled, which was completely incomparable to the spectacle of the trial of Tyrion killing the king in the original plot.

After a while, Arya, who joined in the fun, also jumped in from the door, saw Igor, shook her head angrily, and sat far away on the other side of the spectator seats.

"What happened to Miss Stark?" Nina also witnessed this scene, it was a little strange - with Arya's temperament, seeing Igor, shouldn't she be laughing and sticking to it.

"It's nothing, little girl is upset." Igor said that Arya wanted to sneak out of the Red Keep to continue the sword technique class, and then remembered that this little she-wolf was actually the only oneself in the Red Keep. Intelligence source, if there is a standoff between the two and never communicate with each other... After all, the one who suffers will be the oneself: "Nina, go over there to coax her, remember, if you have the opportunity to ask me, how is the king's injury, and how the battle is? When will the fight officially start."

"en." Nina nodded, got up and walked towards Arya, and quickly sat down beside the girl, laughing and talking to her.

As the judge of this trial, Master of Laws Renly Baratheon comes into view, Igor realizes that oneself Bai has sent Nina to inquire about Robert's injuries - if the king is dead or dying, Renly, the second-ranked Baratheon in the line of succession, is impossibly still in King's Landing, and must be heading back to Stormlands to prepare for the throne.

But if Robert is really okay, why is House Lannister fighting Iron Throne?
While thinking about it, Renly loudly ordered the criminals to be brought on the court, and the trial finally began.

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Janos Slynt was brought into the Throne Room by two golden robes.

Compared to the last encounter a week ago, the middle-aged man who was brought in at the moment seemed twenty years older. The originally sturdy figure had lost a lot of weight, the hair on the top of the already half-bald head had almost completely fallen off, and the remaining few rubs had turned gray, and his spirits were lethargic. A soldier helped him to the dock, holding on to the fence, seemingly having difficulty even standing.

"Janos Slynt, son of the butcher." Renly was now sitting on the large wooden chair on the high platform in front of the throne room, covered with cloth in front of Iron Throne, and his solemn and luxurious clothes made him look majestic: "You are being Do you admit to the crime of hiring murder, abuse of power, embezzlement and bribery, extortion, pick quarrels and stir up trouble, and leaking important military information?"

Slynt lay on the dock, struggling He straightened up and lifted the head, gritted his teeth and said, "I deny it! This is all framed by the queen and her henchmen... and some people with ulterior motives!"

The former commander of the garrison, actually Like Igor, he denies all the accusations, but can he, like the chief logistics officer, resist strictness and go home for the New Year?

Renly's expression did not change at all, looking towards the guard beside him: "Call the first witness!"

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(end of this chapter)