King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 179 The fate of the loser

The first "witness" to appear is a young man, and Igor does not I saw him well-dressed and well-looking, stride proudly ahead to the middle of the courtroom but did not go directly to the witness stand, but first stood under the high platform where the judge stand, facing Renly gave a salute. After the judge also signaled to him nodded, he turned around and took out a note, opened the mouth and said loudly: "Before the trial begins, by the order of the king, hereby declare an amnesty!"

An amnesty! Slynt straightened up, and for a moment, he thought that the king was still thinking of his old love, and planned to pull oneself, but the hope was quickly extinguished as soon as it ignited - the pardon object was not the oneself who was on trial today. There is a lot of content on it, and it can be summed up as follows: In the name of the King and Prime Minister, pardon all officers of the garrison who have bribed Slynt to keep their positions or get promotions. No matter what the final result of this case is, only Janos Slynt will be dealt with without any implication. As long as he abides by the law, makes an all-out effort, serves the king, and protects the safety of King's Landing, the past will be forgiven.

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After the amnesty was read, Slynt was completely paralyzed on the trial stand amid the relaxed comments of the onlookers. He has been wandering around the top power circle all the year round, he naturally understands what this amnesty order means, the king has given up oneself... This trial has ended before it started, he is finished, the next trial and Renly's final sentence The only thing that can affect him is the "degree" of his completeness.

Now, all he can hope for is to save a little life, to live the rest of his life with the small fortune hidden away from King's Landing by oneself.

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In the spectator seats, Igor's approval shines brightly: a beautiful move, in this troubled time when chaos is looming, this pardon is like a Cao Cao burn. The letter can quickly stabilize the situation in King's Landing and comfort people's hearts. It not only realizes justice to a certain extent, it can be regarded as an explanation for the common people, but also avoids confusion in consideration of the overall situation. It is an excellent operation at the textbook level. As long as he gets rid of Littlefinger, don't let him mess up, and give Ed the space and leeway to play freely, this North's political ability should not be underestimated.

Just don't know... what else is Varys, another big mess, planning and calculating at this moment?
After the king's pardon was read out, the first witness walked to the witness stand, took out another document-like thing, changed roles, and began to "testify".

Seconds later, Igor knew what it was: the official findings of the legal department's investigation into Janos Slynt.

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The former garrison commander is a downright man, convicted by investigators from several homes he lived in and bought for family and lovers in and around King's Landing. Countless money.

That's right, no jewelry, silverware, or art. In boxes, under beds, in cellars... but money is money. It's all stacks of coins separated by Golden Dragon, Silver Stag and currency, overlapping and overlapping, forming a dreamy one after another airtight metal wall. When the garrison soldiers who were going to carry the stolen money stepped in, they almost suspected that oneself had entered the treasury - in fact, due to the huge amount of money owed, the taxes of King's Landing and Crownlands generally stayed in the treasury and immediately sent to the creditors. It is used to repay the principal and interest, even if the treasury does not necessarily have so much cash all year round!
Finally, I counted it and converted the Silver Stag into Golden Dragon. The total amount is about 12,600 Golden Dragon, plus real estate and a small amount of other assets. When converted, the assets only investigated by Janos Slynt are more than one Fifteen thousand Golden Dragon.

This figure made everyone who came to listen to the air-conditioning: if you don't count fixed assets such as land and castles, ordinary counts can't come up with so much money! Compared to this, the three lovers and two illegalimate children that were announced next were a piece of cake.

This youngster who appeared first was not a "witness" at all, but a "prosecutor" in a different world version! It's just that Westeros doesn't have this concept and vocabulary, and Renly will call it the first witness.

As for Slynt... just like Zhao Dehan in the world of ice and fire, how terrible it is for people with no bottom line to collect money, you will never know if you don't copy your home.

Igor couldn't help but sigh and was afraid - you know, it took several months for the Night's Watch industry to grow and develop to achieve "capacity for debt". Even today, if the part of the net assets belonging to the investors is removed, the entire ownership of Night's Watch may be no more than a thousand Golden Dragon... Slynt has more than ten times this amount of cash, but he doesn't know how to use it, and he is stunned. The Night's Watch industry built by Tyrion with money and the community of interests built with the funds raised are forcibly brought down!

If Slynt knew how to use the money to build relationships and find allies, even if Tyrion had the Lannister surname, the outcome of the fight was far from clear.

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The "prosecutor" finished reading the investigation results, looked towards Renly and retired, and walked off the witness stand.

Janos Slynt's face was ashen, he knew how much money oneself's family had, and in front of real gold, white silver evidence, he had nothing to say.

The second witness was an officer of the Dongying Garrison. Aral Dim, Slynt's most loyal minion. In the presence of Renly and all the onlookers, as a participant, he exclusively revealed the "procedures" and a series of "rules" of Janos Slynt's sale and deduction of military salaries; at the same time, he also confessed that the former paid for the murder of the man who intended to accuse him of killing him. Garrison soldiers, as well as smuggled crossbows and Garrison soldiers on the eve of the civil unrest in the Red Keep, tried to forcibly silence Igor West, Chief Logistics Officer of Night's Watch, and produced physical evidence.

Oneself's betrayal made the lifeless Slynt finally have some reaction. He suddenly realized that the enemy did not intend to let oneself go, but chased them to the court. Before Yarar could finish speaking, he cursed with a face looking sinister, accusing Yaral of betrayal, shouting that he also had a share in the matter... He tried to retaliate by biting his partisans, but it was obvious: Yarar was determined to To hand over this petition to the forces that brought down the former boss of oneself, and enjoy the protection of the amnesty order. After Renly ordered the guards to silence Slynt, a third witness came on the scene.

Igor, a businessman with a familiar face, is accused of charging Slynt a protection fee and disrupting operations if not paid. Slynt's explanation for this was that it was all voluntarily handed over by the merchants... The pale rebuttal drew boos.

Fourth... Finally it was Nina's turn, Igor watched with interest oneself's clever girl walk onto the witness stand, tearfully and terrified she said that Slynt had forced her to follow. When he came home, she signaled her subordinates to use force.

"If Lord Igor hadn't happened to come back from Vale and stopped this, I...I don't know what would have happened..." Tears rolled in Maiden's big bright eyes, even as he stood in court. Speaking of her testimony, she was timidly afraid to look at Slynt. Igor never found out that the girl who blushes when she sees oneself is actually a showgirl. If he hadn't known that this testimony was obviously exaggerated, he would have been born like most of the men in the throne room and rushed forward to hug Nina in his arms to comfort him. The urge to care.

Igor still remembers what happened the day oneself returned to King's Landing, oneself just defended Nina with a strong attitude, how come it is in her mouth now, it seems that oneself arrived in time, great divine prestige Using martial power to stop Slynt from robbing civilians?
(This boasting of a major event is actually a highly subjective testimonial. It is obviously to put Slynt to death. Is it Nina oneself's idea, or Tyrion's inspiration before leaving?)
"Fart! I've never had the idea of using force, I'm very politely inviting! It's you stinky girl who is shameless!"

Forcibly robbing people and calling people a stinky girl, even if she didn't When it was full, the throne room was still a little boiling.

"Quiet!" Renly patted the armrest of the chair and shouted from the judge's bench: "Janos Slynt, you can't speak without permission, if you do this again, I have to have someone put something in your mouth. NOW! Witness, in the name of Master of Laws and Duke of the Stormlands, for your safety, go on!"

"Under the protection of Lord Igor, his unreasonable thoughts about me have I succeeded, and then I thought of other ideas." Nina looked terrified by Slynt, and glanced at Renly gratefully, tears rolled down her eyes and slowly slid down her pale and tender cheeks. She shiver coldly said: "He caught my big brother... Neil, find someone to tell me that if I don't realize it that night... wash up and go to him, I will hang my big brother, and later You know what happened... Lord Renly."

"Fart! When am I going to hang your brother..."

"Slynt!" Renly was furious and stopped drinking A voice stopped the prisoner from speaking. He did know what happened later, if he remembered correctly, it was Loras who came to find oneself, and through the hands of oneself, the big brother of Maiden in front of him was released. At the time, I just thought it was the Tyrell who broke the law, but didn't expect that was the case. Oneself, as the Master of Laws, in front of one's eyes, someone dares to impudent like this, but oneself has been ignorant for a long time, suddenly feeling dull, getting more and more annoyed: "Okay, please let the witness go down and rest. , who's next?"

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This is what happens to the loser.

Like a fully armed elite Ranger encountering an ordinary wildling, this trial was a complete one-sided slaughter - no turning point, no bright spot and nothing to speak of. Witness after witness came to the stage, exposing and accusing Slynt's appalling arrogance and crazy methods... Although Tyrion ran away, the plan he had arranged and the net he had laid were still functioning normally. How many of these witnesses were arranged by the Night's Watch industry and its allies? How many exaggerated Slynt's crimes at the behest of Tyrion and the Crownlands nobles who invested in the Night's Watch property?
Igor doesn't dare to make judgments, but Nina is not the only one. What he is most curious about is whether the allies of the Night's Watch industry themselves want to kill him, or do they simply want to vent their anger for the oneself who was stabbed and injured?
Capital is really a beast, and Slynt, the unlucky bastard who doesn't know what power is, unfortunately became the first victim to be swallowed by this beast.

The trial continues, but the outcome is no longer in doubt. Slynt also defends oneself in two sentences at first, but soon discovers... each of the accusations against oneself has witness evidence, and everything is indeed done by oneself, but without exception than the real situation. Exaggerated three points, to the end. He had already shrunk in the dock like he was dead, resigned to his fate.

(This trial has nothing to do with oneself.) Igor thought, watching the enemy in a state of confusion. He didn't take a bath for a few days and felt very uncomfortable. He decided to leave the venue early and go home to rest after all the witnesses in the Night's Watch industry had finished their testimony.

But just when he had the idea of leaving, Slynt from the dock suddenly lifted the head and interrupted the testimony of a Linhemen garrison officer: "Lord Renly... Enough, enough, let him stop talking, and don't call the next witness, I plead guilty...I plead guilty!"

"oh?" As the king's younger brother, he is busy making friends with nobles Renly, who has drawn political allies, may be one of the most indifferent Master of Laws in the history of Seven Kingdoms. He is having a rare judge's addiction, but didn't expect the defendant to collapse so quickly , so he lowered his head and looked at Slynt in the audience with interest: "There are still several witnesses who have not yet appeared in court. Do you intend to plead guilty to all charges?"

"Agree, admit it all. I It's a moment of confusion to commit so many crimes..." If this trial goes on, oneself will die, Slynt understands that oneself can't sit still, he thinks of oneself's old acquaintance, Alliser Thorne: "I...request to wear black clothed, serve the kingdom to wash away your sins! Please allow Lord Renly!"

As long as you are alive, there is hope, and as oneself, you are automatically an officer when you arrive at Wall. After the Battle of the Reavers, many Crownlands nobles and garrison officers were forced to put on black clothed, oneself knew far more than Alliser Thorne... At the Wall, with oneself's ability to make friends and build a team from scratch, three or five Years later, he will be the commander of the Night's Watch Legion again. At that time, oneself will get all his debts back!
"Well, you're in the cell, you probably didn't see the ghoul sent by Ser Alliser." Renly's mouth twitched, thinking of the ghastly thing Eddard Stark called oneself and many important officials to see together. It took two days for the nightmare to get out of the shadows. If that thing is really in the thousands beyond the wall, it is not necessarily better to go there to guard the Wall than to die: "The Wall defenders are short of manpower. If you decide, I have no reason to reject it."

"Wait a minute!" Just when everyone thought the trial was about to end prematurely and the case ended with Slynt clothed in black clothed, there was a sound from the bystanders, and a black clothed man stood up: "I I have something to say!"

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(end of this chapter)